|
Fresh from toppling Intel as the planet’s biggest seller of chipsets, Samsung has confirmed that it has begun manufacturing ASIC chips which are used to mine bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies. Coming soon: free computer, as long as you let it mine bitcoin for someone
|
|
|
|
|
Bubble is close to peaking. I'll know its topped out when Mojang releases Minecoin (aka minecraft 2) where steve uses his pick axe on PC's around the world to find encrypted electronic letters, numbers and symbols to store in his crypto wallet. Creepers have been replaced by international government officials that want to regulate Steve. Secret codes for immutability and hidden ledgers abound. Promise of coming updates with new buzzwords and the latest ICO's as they pop up.
|
|
|
|
|
j snooze wrote: Bubble is close to peaking
The one in stocks, or in bonds?
Try to find one person in your vicinity who isn't vested in either, be it by pension-plans or otherwise. Now try to count the amount of people that own some form of crypto's. And you "think" the bubble is "where"? 
j snooze wrote: Promise of coming updates with new buzzwords and the latest ICO's as they pop up.
Yes, lots of people trying to emulate the succes that is a BC, but not many succeeding. But still, lots of room on the upside before it is as ubiquitous in the market as stocks, or a Euro 
--edit
Don't take my word for it; here's Alan Greenspan: 'We have a stock market bubble' - Jan. 31, 2018[^]. To quote;
"There are two bubbles: We have a stock market bubble, and we have a bond market bubble,"
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
modified 1-Feb-18 8:04am.
|
|
|
|
|
From the included pix, those would be some nice offices to work in. Would feel much less like being locked up.
Take a look inside Amazon’s Spheres as they get set to open | The Seattle Times[^]
From the article:
Seattle Times: Tourists stopped by to snap photos of the orbs during their two-and-a-half years of construction. Some critical locals who saw the edifice as a corporate vanity project gave it a label of their own: Jeff Bezos’ Balls, referring to Amazon’s founder and CEO.
|
|
|
|
|
But, what happens when the dinosaurs get out of control?
|
|
|
|
|
Hi, according to what I've read, those are not work/office spaces, but a kind of zone of relaxation/retreat, which employees "book" reservations into to escape their cubicle-farms.
Would you want to work 12 hours in "72 degrees and 60 percent humidity during the day, and 55 degrees with 85 percent humidity at night." ?
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
|
|
|
|
|
A recently released report by technical recruiting company HackerRank found 81 percent of recruiters primarily use resumes to assess developers, although the company predicts that will change. No more, "Must have 30 years experience in a 10-year-old technology?"
|
|
|
|
|
What?
Most recruiters still rely on resumes when looking to fill developer jobs, not the candidates’ actual abilities.
Um, my resume describes my skills, and my skills are my abilities, so WTF are they saying?
it’s more important than ever to truly take the time to understand who developers are, what they’re interested in, what drives them, and what they look for in a job.
What? Those aren't skills, those are personal qualities have nothing to do with why a programmer wants a job. Hellooooo...I need to pay the bills??? How often does a programmer get to choose work that aligns with who they are (sociopaths, if you believe that other Insider News post) or what they want to actually work on.
I know a guy that would love to work for a game company, but he's a junior dev, so he's slogging out code in C# for an insurance company. Not his ideal.
Latest Article - Code Review - What You Can Learn From a Single Line of Code
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
|
|
|
|
|
Marc Clifton wrote: Um, my resume describes my skills, and my skills are my abilities, so WTF are they saying?
It is expensive-sounding bullshit, my dear expert; go back to your perpendicular lines in the form of a cat
Marc Clifton wrote: Hellooooo...I need to pay the bills??
So does the author, and the drivel is obviously making money.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
|
|
|
|
|
Eddy Vluggen wrote: So does the author, and the drivel is obviously making money.
And that's exactly the saddest part... that such crap actually sells 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
How, then, shall I make the type of person who ends up being a recruiter know the glory of my skills, the profound techniques of dinosaur dentistry by which I cobble the shiny new thing onto the old legacy beasts ?
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
|
|
|
|
|
SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund has agreed to invest $300 million in Wag Labs Inc., a startup that uses a smartphone app to connect dog walkers with dog owners. Ladies and gentlemen: your startup bubble in action
I don't normally post investment news, but this got my goat (which I understand I can get someone to walk on Wag).
I think Chris needs to market CP as a "crowd-funded information site" to get some of these big bucks.
|
|
|
|
|
Kent Sharkey wrote: Ladies and gentlemen: your startup bubble in action
There's some kids here doing the same, without an app. Must be worth 200 million, if they only need an app
Kent Sharkey wrote: I think Chris needs to market CP as a "crowd-funded information site" to get some of these big bucks.
Put my CP-points on a blockchain and we'll see from there 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
|
|
|
|
|
Cleaners and optimizers that try to scare PC users into paying for upgrades will be detected and removed. Says company that hemi-semi-demi-bullies folk into upgrading frequently
|
|
|
|
|
Still, it's half the battle. (And if it stops Corel's nag screens....)
|
|
|
|
|
Soooooo... what small piece of Windows will be remaining?
|
|
|
|
|
The PenDriveLinux windows application to create a bootable USB-stick
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
|
|
|
|
|
Vanished IMAGE now found. Don't suppose anyone kept a copy of its comms code? "Everybody's talking at me I don't hear a word they're saying. Only the echoes of my mind"
No backup?
|
|
|
|
|
Kent Sharkey wrote: No backup?
That was my first thought! It's NASA for gods sake they don't make mistakes...they are human after all.
Don't let your mind wander too far.
It's too small to be let out alone.
|
|
|
|
|
Check the Hubble.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
|
Maybe they stored it on a Zip drive.
|
|
|
|
|
Or a Jaz drive. Those were already exceedingly rare in their prime...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
|
|
|
|
|
Or a superdisk. I know I did.
|
|
|
|
|
den2k88 wrote: Jaz drive
Only bad memories of these.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
|
Computing fraud from criminals imitating Microsoft and other tech companies is a problem for users of technology, especially those who don’t know any better. One down, way too many to go
And I don't see anything about a fine to recompense victims
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
