Comment on: In protest of the new privacy bill, I created RuinMyHistory, which will pollute your search history
0 30 Mar 2017 18:54 u/Fyrix in v/programmingComment on: Will being a programmer become a near minimum wage occupation?
The only market I see being flooded is that of JS coders who do nothing but import a library/framework that someone more talented put together. Anyone can move GUI components around, that is not software development. While there are a lot of jobs from fly-by-night websites right now, we will see that market get saturated within the next five years as new graduates flood it. If this is your job today, you'd be smart to have a backup strategy for when you're replaced by a cheap and talent-less new graduate.
As others have said, there will always be a market for talented developers. It's something you're born with, not taught.
Comment on: Nothing is more indicative of a bullshit job than the interview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem
Pretty cool stuff, but it's annoying that they ask these kind of questions in interviews, as it's basically just trivia. Either you know about Fermi Estimation or you don't. Totally irrelevant to how good you are at programming.
This is the best strategy I have seen for diluting the value of your data to advertisers. Maybe not this script exactly, but this idea. Your search information and internet history have been for sale for 15+ years, so this bill changes absolutely nothing. The only option is to fill your search and history with garbage that obfuscates any real trends. The software that analyzes your data isn't smart enough to filter the fake traffic from the real. True privacy is nearly impossible unless you are willing to give up the internet entirely.