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What the Fark 3: The Strange and Unusual

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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I've had this debate before, and I oppose teaching everyone to code. It takes a certain skill set, and if you don't have it, then it's a waste of money and time that would be better spent honing the skills you actually do have. In fact, you may end up alienating employees who struggle with it, and lose them to other companies who will utilize the skills they are best at.

Your hipster, just like my developer friends, can't understand that because they have those skills, and coding came naturally to them. "It's so easy! Why wouldn't we teach everyone?"

It's like trying to coach a hockey team's offense. A good coach can teach positioning, do shooting/passing drills, and emphasize taking high-percentage shots. They can't teach sniper hands, hand-eye coordination, reaction time, or "hockey sense".
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It would be like trying to teach basic social skills to a SW Engineer :D
 
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joecct said:
If only the Stanleys had done this to Sheridan Whiteside
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I see no problem with this. I wish the people I manage followed procedure as well as she.

"The suspect's boyfriend stated to investigators that he has told his girlfriend that once someone is told to leave their property three times, she is to go get the gun and shoot it at the ground.

"If that does not work, she is to shoot people in the leg."
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If she works for me, I'm giving her an "Exceeds" on her PD.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I've had this debate before, and I oppose teaching everyone to code. It takes a certain skill set, and if you don't have it, then it's a waste of money and time that would be better spent honing the skills you actually do have. In fact, you may end up alienating employees who struggle with it, and lose them to other companies who will utilize the skills they are best at.

Your hipster, just like my developer friends, can't understand that because they have those skills, and coding came naturally to them. "It's so easy! Why wouldn't we teach everyone?"

It's like trying to coach a hockey team's offense. A good coach can teach positioning, do shooting/passing drills, and emphasize taking high-percentage shots. They can't teach sniper hands, hand-eye coordination, reaction time, or "hockey sense".
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I've worked with enough programmers who don't "get it" to know not everyone should code. What a ridiculous idea. Not everyone should be a doctor, either. Or an... anything. I'm not even sure why that's a debate.
 
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Not everyone should be a full on "coder" but from what I've read coding is going to be so prevalent in such a wide array of professions - even those you might not thing would require it - that it's become essential to become at least an introductory course nearly for every student.
 
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Cards Against Humanity is back at it for their Black Friday absurdity.

They doubled the price of their game on Black Friday. People bought it.
They sold people a literal box of sh**. Cow manure in a box. People bought it.
They blatantly told people not to donate, they were going to buy personal items with the donations. People donated.
And now...

They're digging a fu**ing hole for no goddammed reason, and people are donating. After three hours of making this available, they've raised $40,000. If the donations stopped right now, they could pay for the teamster, operator, and equipment rental for over another 32 hours. But they keep getting donations.
 
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aparch said:
Cards Against Humanity is back at it for their Black Friday absurdity.

They doubled the price of their game on Black Friday. People bought it.
They sold people a literal box of sh**. Cow manure in a box. People bought it.
They blatantly told people not to donate, they were going to buy personal items with the donations. People donated.
And now...

They're digging a fu**ing hole for no goddammed reason, and people are donating. After three hours of making this available, they've raised $40,000. If the donations stopped right now, they could pay for the teamster, operator, and equipment rental for over another 32 hours. But they keep getting donations.
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Most kids have dug a hole just to dig a hole at some point in their lives. Why not take that to 11?! :cool:
 
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The people who run that site are incredible. Probably stoned out of their minds for most of their 15 minutes so far :D
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
The people who run that site are incredible. Probably stoned out of their minds for most of their 15 minutes so far :D
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They really are. I mean, at one point, they thought up the idea to make the most offensive game ever, and continue to run promos that go against the idea of making money, and they still make a ton of money. Genius.
 
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