Simple questions on language and idioms.
When you interview someone for a Ruby programming job what should you ask about their Ruby knowledge. These are simple questions that should only take a minute or two that will give you a good idea if they have worked with the language. …
If you happen to need hospitalization you can make the experience somewhat easier.
Having a go-bag of useful items will make it easy to grab and go. You may be unable to remember, write, or talk.
In the bag:
A well-developed system may make your company millions. That takes a team effort.
Remember, a mistake or an oversight by the lowest programmer may cost your company millions. There are very few people who can do more damage than a programmer to an organization.
The most important thing to find…
And keep up to date.
Most of the documentation on software is out of date. The cost for keeping it up to date is over the cost of programming. Most documentation does very little to advance the project.
There are only three classes of documents worth writing and keeping up…
I have worked on tiny embedded systems where I designed the hardware and software to systems of 80,000 computers(nodes) scattered in data centers around the world.
This is a list of some of my experiences on computer systems. Each one is true. All of them have a story behind the…
Democrats, liberals, believers of freedom and the Constitution, we are losing. The right-wing has the winning fight in the dog. We have more people, but that does not matter.
They have the anger, the yelling, the boots on the ground, the committed voters, the government, and the media. They are…
People are complicated, including bullies. That being said I have always hated bullies. I have put myself between bullies and victims many times. Being bullied always hurts. You have my sympathy.
After over 40 years of working, I am an expert in one, and only one, subject. That is the processing of data from spacecraft. For most of my work life, I either worked on this directly or indirectly. I worked for NASA, Air Force, and Industry as both a direct…
My father’s death
My father died on July 4th, 1984. He was on an anti-terrorist squad as technical support. He was going to retire in August, at 57, after the LA Olympics. He would be there as part of the team.
I had not seen him in over six months…
