While the article makes a good point about evidence handling being a team effort, it seems to rely on the premise that the evidence is cached on the device. Not a whole lot here for social media based or internet transmitted evidence.
To the title I respond: its the same answer as any planned obsolecense argument. People don't like paying for sustainability. Would you wan't to just pay someone to keep using your 1956 Kitchen Aide mixer? Just cause it ain't broke yet? Perfection is not a good business model.
Sure, pure eugenics by genocide might be a quick fix. But how long does that last? You think radiation only affects those who fit your stereotyped profile?
What about all the opportunity to forgoe scorched Earth policies and work through compromise. You would think ending up with more supporters would be more self serving than making glass and gambling you can intimidate the left overs into ideological submission.
I felt too compelled to stick with existing design pattern theories and maintain a sort of persistent stubbornness with traditional xUnit style tests and TDD rather than follow the rabbit on this article.
I get that the term "coding" to a jaded programmer or engineer is just translating, but as part of his post he talks about teaching problem solving. Programming languages, or rather the knowledge of how to "speak" in a programming language (coding) provides a medium to express a problem's solution. So maybe I'm not understanding why we shouldn't teach kids to code.
Exactly. Yes, coding by itself is useless, but arithmetic by itself is useless by the same token. Both are tools that give you the ability you solve many useful problems.
I think this quote really shows exactly the point you're making.
"I bet there is many an undergrad CS student who doesn’t really understand the algorithm they are trying to write a program for. They read the requirements once, and then begin to code. Code it seems is the only tool at their disposal."
Also, if they don't understand the algorithm they're trying to write a program for, they missed the point of the lesson. This is an education problem, the student probably thinks they're not there to do anything other than get their degree in the easiest way possible, so they find an existing algorithm and copy/paste it. It's the whole reason why in math focused classes, you're instructed to show your work and that it will be part of your score.
In response to the article writer's point, how and why would you teach someone an algorithm without the modern tools to implement it?
The only thing that I took from this was NSO Group, blacklisted for selling to foreign governments, demonstrated an iPhone exploit and another reason to stay awake in foreign countries.
I am a former U.S. Marine and I have found that the things you learn and the training you experience only give a glimpse of how strong the bonds you gain are in service. I will always identify with my service as there is a implicit understanding in the phrase semper fidelis, which is the Marine Corps motto. But I think that many other service members hold the same value in their service.
