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by RNeff 6y ago
Understanding Comics by Scott Mccloud http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/index.html The four printed books by Edward Tufte https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ Successful Drawing by Andrew Lo
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by RNeff 6y ago
Khan Academy khanacademy.org is a free online learning site. It has a complete math curriculum, and is branching out into other topics.
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by RNeff 6y ago
Charge the sponsoring company a fee of $70K to $ 100K a year for each visa. Then use the money to make STEM college degrees free or very low cost for US students.
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by RNeff 6y ago
I used to say the software project would be done two weeks after the last change to the requirements and specifications. No more "just one more thing".
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by RNeff 6y ago
Will need very talented programmers, data center designers and excellent management. Good luck with that.
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by RNeff 6y ago
College is more than just learning a vocation. Another goal is evolving yourself into a well rounded human being. Each quarter / semester take one course outside your comfort zone. Public speaking, improv theater, drawing, photography,
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by RNeff 6y ago
IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Control Data Corporation (CDC), Cray Research, Motorola Semiconductor, Commodore, Atari, Silicon Graphics, Burroughs, Sun Microsystems.
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by RNeff 6y ago
It depends on supply and demand for skills. If you have average skills that a hundred thousand other people have, then your skills are less valuable. If you have expert skills in a high demand area, then up. So building websites and most ap
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by RNeff 6y ago
I have not seen any solution for tracking changes, differences,displaying versions, etc. I.E. git for pictures. Some visual languages can turn an area into a 'subroutine', I have not seen any solution to build libraries of reusabl
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by RNeff 6y ago
It should be easy to write correct programs.
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by RNeff 6y ago
Sorry, you are new to Computer Science. Undergraduate CS only covers a couple of percent of the topic. Do you know distributed systems, machine learning, robotics, image processing, concurrency, NLP, programming language design, hardware de
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by RNeff 7y ago
The Vienna State Opera is releasing one opera a day, up for 72 hours (subtitles in multiple languages) https://www.staatsoperlive.com/live The Metropolitan Opera (NYC) is releasing one opera a day, up for 23 hours, has Engl
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by RNeff 7y ago
Khan Academy has programming classes, including both AP courses. Also look at their Pixar in a Box classes. Free EdX has a bunch of college level CS courses, including several verions of Harvard's CS50 courses. Start with Introduction
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by RNeff 7y ago
Tech rapidly transitioning to completely remote interactions. Why do people have to travel and cram together to get things done?
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by RNeff 7y ago
Simple first steps: Every worker that just uses a computer and a phone is converted to a remote worker. Close down the huge energy wasting office towers and eliminate commuting emissions. The famous 'build a HQ2 with 50,000 new jobs i
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by RNeff 7y ago
Develop a methodology for writing correct software. No bugs, guaranteed.
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by RNeff 7y ago
User groups provided assistance, shared knowledge, and shareware software before there was the Internet. I attended a PC users group at Stanford during the late 1980's. Mostly product announcements and demos. A lot of I did this, you c
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by RNeff 7y ago
How do you tell the difference between civilians and combatants?
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by RNeff 7y ago
Years ago, I worked at a large stock trading website. We deliberately used both Oracle SQL and Sybase SQL, with an interface layer. We deliberately did not use any special features from either. We ran both in production, some services on on
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by RNeff 7y ago
They should build 25,000 or more apartments at Moffett Field / NASA Ames. Use the runways as streets, build 10-15 story buildings with retail at the base. Sheath Hanger One with transparent solar panels. Then many can walk / bike
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by RNeff 7y ago
San Francisco or Palo Alto.
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by RNeff 7y ago
This is the best book on software engineering and project management. 1. Need standards for process, coding style, change control, documentation. Must be easy to move people between projects without massive retraining. Implies use only one
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by RNeff 7y ago
There is a lot of success in translating speech into a foreign language speech in near real time. The next step would be to convert heavily accented speech (example: English) into normal pronunciation speech (example: English). This is call
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by RNeff 7y ago
Several of my jobs in the past were programming proprietary languages and systems. No one outside the company had experience. Look for CS background, wide experience, quick learner, and team player attitude without arrogance. The difference
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by RNeff 7y ago
Texas cannot be a high tech hub until it prohibits non-compete agreements. With non-compete agreements, startups can start, but cannot grow.
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by RNeff 7y ago
Offer a quiet, private office. Two or more monitors. Free snacks and free lunches. Modern software stack (whatever that is). Or full-time remote.
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by RNeff 7y ago
A private, quiet office. Two or more monitors. Free snacks and free lunches. One conference a year.
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by RNeff 7y ago
Nope: The keyboard made the product disgusting to Suits. https://rrandyrrodent.tumblr.com/post/186454963342/why-the-x...
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by RNeff 7y ago
1. It was very expensive, almost a $ 1000.00. 2. The interface was very cartoon-like and silly. 3. Cell phone coverage was kind of flaky back then. 4. No executive that wore a suit would sign a purchase order for thousands of dollars to a c
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by RNeff 7y ago
Take something completely different that does not use a computer. Take a studio art class like drawing or sculpture. Improv theater. Social dance. Intro to piano. Photography. Physical exercise like swimming or archery. A foreign language.

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