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I disagree. There are crafts people who do awesome woodwork, but woodworking is a hell of a lot easier to learn that software development. Also, my dad was a welder, a very good one, but most of the welders he worked with were drunk fools and did 'acceptable' enough work. If you have half a brain you can learn to weld and even fabricate metals. I've been in that world and I know exactly how smart those people all are (hint: most dropped out of high school).

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Everyone I know that "treats it like a day job" falls down on keeping their skills up to date. This is a tough field and to do it well, you are studying a lot.

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It's creepy how the surveillance state is edging its way into our homes so voluntarily. Look at all the IoT projects with cameras and this Amazon Echo device. All a subpoena away.

Oh, and let's not forget "just put all your data in the cloud" and then a court finds that "cloud" is not subject to your personal possessions...

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Too bad the business model of VMS was so bad, eh? UNIX, and more to the point, KILLED VMS on every front. And yes, I have had the displeasure of having to use VMS and code in it and deal with the special snowflake sysadmin people who operate VMS, the most recent one being just two years ago. What a time! What mystifies me is that there are still many companies out there who refuse (stuck?) to migrate off of ancient OpenVMS Alpha hardware--all because the IT people stomp their feet and throw tantrums and won't let it go. Where are the rational tech people? Still advocating these monoliths for job security...

VMS had its day, its day is over. Learn. New. Skills.

I enjoyed using VMS in college years ago. I am now biased because I have never been mistreated as a professional developer so badly than while dealing with that VMS admin! The man was so toxic that the company should have fired him many times over but refused because he was the "only" one who could kinda sorta run their database (note: they had to restart the application daily to keep it running and the boxes had all kinds of memory issues and they were buying used hardware off of eBay to keep it running--this is a major healthcare company mind you, thousands of customers whose lives are at stake).

Time marches on, skillsets have to be upgraded, which is apparently too much for some people to accept.

Dumb companies, dumb sysadmins.

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The security community has been chasing these issues in UNIX for what? 40 years? It's a definite issue.

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I personally don't think an item is particularly dangerous lacking the intent to use it. I'm tired of the breathless stories about people forgetting their concealed weapons and then getting nicked for it. Yes, it's a dumb move, and maybe for some carrying a gun is irrational, but for others, it is a daily part of life and is necessary and they passed the background checks so what threat are they? None. Yet the government lays a heavy fine on these people for what is a minor mistake.

And for the downvoters: I'm fine with how firearms are currently handled when it comes to commercial aviation, but I will note that if you own your own plane or have access to a private jet, there is NOTHING stopping you from carrying your gun right onto the plane! The horror! And many commercial pilots are also armed, so these 'prohibited items' are all over the airports despite what the public believes.

What most concerns me is not the few dumbasses, but the breathless reporting of non-newsworthy events. We all just want to get where we're headed safely and not deal with a lot of bs.

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I don't feel safer when government puts a soft glove around its forceful nature, though. Look, we need to keep bombs off of planes, I understand that. But TSA isn't all that successful at it--they failed pretty miserable in their last penetration tests.

TSA Pre-Check seems to me to be the acknowledgement by government that they went too far in the direction of inconveniencing frequent fliers and in true government fashion, they devised a heavy-handed system that kinda sorta deals with that issue except it costs you your privacy.

I don't know what the answer is. I despise our increasingly totalitarian nation, though. I also despise the leadership that flies on private jets and never has to see a TSA line but who get to decide for us what is best.

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They don't want to hear it.

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Crikey, speak the truth on here, get a downvote. Like clockwork!

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You'll downvote me for saying this but...a lot of people can't manage money. You give someone $100 or pay off all their debts or whatever and they'll just be right back in a mess in no time. I'm not saying don't help them, I'm just saying it is a difficult problem. They need behavioral reconditioning, not an easy task.

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Loved the article, but holy hell medium.com is a bastion of dishonest journalism! I'd move the tensorflow article somewhere else!

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I have had the same issues, but you have to know when to pick up a phone.

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You're the only one. Commuting SUCKS!

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I don't know where you live, but the stress of commuting alone has led me to want to get out of the business. Companies have got to smarten up! There's no earthly reason why dedicated knowledge workers need to be on some cube farm or stupid newsroom office every day. It sucks.

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Wow. That's...disturbing...

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Gambling has always been a tax for the mathematically illiterate. Casino gambling has always been a scam and this proves it--whenever someone too clever comes along, they run right to the muscle to get their money back.

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But it doesn't matter how it gets funded, it will always be chronically under-funded! I have watched this going on for thirty years! There is something inherently wrong with public education systems. I don't know if it is the unions or what, but no matter how much money we throw at them, they are always under-funded. It's amazing.

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Well, we have thrown welfare at what? Three generations now? How has that worked out? It hasn't. We're right back where we began but now with three generations of people who have never worked for a living.

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Focus on what I said: You can never achieve that. The wealthy will always find ways to undo whatever leveling you attempt. The elite social class in the US is its own little society and most of us are not in it!

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Why do I get downvoted for offering what is thoughtful criticism? I'm not just some nobody who walked in off the street and I have actual credentials and experience teaching higher education. Furthermore, I am not wishing ill will upon others. I would like to stop the outright fleecing of today's college students, however. It's high time that ended.