The problem is most universities only offer a Computer Science degree rather than a Software Engineering one, and employers specifically are requiring a BS in Computer Science. I think coding bootcamps are great as I attended one, but there's still a stigma associated with them as bootcamps vary in quality greatly. For example, you have top tier ones, okay ones, and then trash tier ones.

I mean, are you suggesting they should just let everyone in? Not everyone is cut out for programming, despite what the government or other people might say. For the coding bootcamp I attended, they tested for three things: programming ability, desire to learn and personality/culture fit (you're a team player and you're not an asshole). Bootcamp prep courses exist for a reason (so people have some background coming into the bootcamp). I came into the bootcamp with no job experience, but I also have a CS degree. I don't think my resume was stellar as I wasn't getting offers or anything. That being said, they didn't require a resume. They just asked questions about why I wanted to attend the bootcamp and whatnot.

As for the extra cash thing, I took a loan out and I don't regret it considering I have a $100k offer that I have accepted. So it's not necessarily limited to those who have extra cash stashed, although it's easier that way.

Hmm, interesting.

This reminds me of a Medium article I read last night about StackOverflow and its problems. The thing I like about Reddit is that Karma isn't as important. Like it matters because at a certain point your posting privileges are limited but I feel karma isn't really that important. I think Reddit is vulnerable to gamification, but I feel it just doesn't matter as much. Like there was this "one troll" on r/linux and that person just kept making new accounts. Honestly if I'm on Reddit, I'm just shitposting most of the time if not lurking. But StackOverflow is different. It's supposed to be a community of developers just discussing technical things. And I think I agree with April that the moderation team really needs to do something about the whole issue of gamification and out-group/in-group and reputation.

This is somewhat irrelevant to the point you're making, but the thing I like about Chromebooks is the ability for me to install a community-supported open source operating system. It's the same with the Nexus line and my iPod Classic. With phones especially, there is a limited time frame for security updates. With Chromebooks, Google only provides updates for a specific period of time just like with phones. And the iPod Classic stopped selling a long time ago (I'm using Rockbox on it).

I wish I had mod points so I could mod you up. But yeah the situation is a mess. A lot of tuition is wasted on bureaucracy, and people don't spend money when they don't have money to spend.

I wish I had mod points. I want high school counselors to stop pushing college on everyone because it's not guaranteed to be a good return and for many people they don't need to go to college.

Hmm, it's kind of interesting because I used Scala for a personal project and I just wrote the types out even though Scala does have type inference. But Scala still feels less verbose than Java for some reason.

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I've only been in NYC for 3 days counting today and their public transit system is amazing. Everything is connected.

The upside of Chromebooks is that Linux is almost guaranteed to have drivers that work with the hardware. Sure my Celeron 3215U isn't super powerful but it works for my needs. I probably should have gotten a Dell CB13, but eh, maybe in the future.

What's interesting is that humans who can't feel emotions have trouble making simple decisions like what to eat.

The nice thing about Truvia is it comes with erythritol. I don't mind the taste of Splenda but it contains maltodextrin and dextrose (so you can measure it), which is still sugar the bacteria in my mouth can metabolize. Erythritol has been shown to be more effective than xylitol.

Like DemoLiter3, I just watch YouTube through youtube-dl or mpv with youtube-dl hook.

If you don't think this is a negative, you're basically saying you don't care about everyone who has a Windows install on a small SSD.

And honestly, I'd say grabbing the desktop market at this point doesn't matter because it's a niche market, plus appealing to the masses is always a bad thing in my experience.

Sure it does. Use Gentoo and compile everything. You do realize many Windows programs have the exact same problem? The only reason you don't notice it is because Windows stores *every* possible DLL ever, causing the winsxs folder to bloat in size.

I'm not sure if you're aware of the whole fiasco with the Intel ME, but there are concerns about smartphones for pretty much the same reason. Like there have been bugs found in the ME. So there may be bugs in the phone's firmware as well.
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