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I find this article very weird. Anyone that has gone thoufhout a CS degree should know how to code this simple programs (such as FizzBuzz). An university that offers a degree that does not teach to 1) program, and 2) how to solve basic problems with programmin; should not be allowed to have a CS...

Interesting systems. Well, of course they may change, especially because of population agening, but it is still good to have an idea how these things are done. It doesn't, however, sound so secure this way, but perhaps is just because I'm used to the scheme in my own country (which will...

Hi, this thread is not exactly a "Career Guidance", but it is rather about how it will end. If it does not belong here, I apologize. [Note from mentor: I've moved this from Career Guidance to General Discussion. Please keep this as factual as possible, and avoid contentious political arguments...

@Boing3000 : Clearly the problem in the above discussion is that you want to say that Computer Science is not a sciente, as you say. However, this was not the main purpose of the thread, to argue whether CS is a science or not (there is already too much of this useless discussion online). My...

Fair enough, but then it is not a CS fault, it is just the investment in research inside universities, though in companies it continues - my advisor worked at AT&T in their R&D group. And it is also not true worldwide, perhaps it is in the US (or the country you are referring to). I think you...

These are some harsh words. Why do you think there is no such thing as CS? How does research continue, then? On the matter of advancements, yes there is a lot of things going on on computer graphics, and the applicatiom of GPUs to many fields as potential speedups. In my searchings and...

I think programming languages could be said to be developments of CS. In fact, there is a huge number of languages nowadays, all sorts of tastes. On the "applied" point of view, this is good, because allows people to develop in different environments with different proposes that a certain...

First of all, thanks for pointing out the links, they make a very good material on the subject :) As for the quoted text: yes, okay, I don't expect the "CS guy programming a bunch of codes" to go out so soon, with or without QC. However, to be honest, I didn't major in CS to become a coder, as...

Okay, it makes sense that those important guys were from outside CS because of the time. However, today I don't know listen a lot about new break through findings in CS - or about great names of the field. I'm a CS major. I'm about to start my MSc degree also in CS, but doubt has strike me in...

I see. So basically the CS ideas and developments are covered, and the developments of those who use these ideas are the ones that really get to the general public. But then, not that I want to be too specific, but what advances in CS do you think helped in say, Physics, or Engineering? Oh...

Yes, Ariane 5 rocket. Although (risking going off-topic) I've read that it was due to the number of bits to represent numbers and the concersion from one another. A failure that could be fixed through software. (A link, but I don't know how trustable it is...

Oh yes. I meant to ask about pure CS stuff. As in, what did CS alone bring of advancements to the our world? To be clear, I'm a CS major trying to understand what my field has brought up. I'm pretty unsure with what in fact have we contributed, and the level of importance of this contribution...

Hi, I wanted to start this topic to discuss what are real advances in Computer Science (CS) that actually have contributed to the world, both to sciences and academia, as well as to the industries and common people. Usually, the discoveries on Physics, Engineering, Chemestry and Biology are...

I see. So homeomorphic, I'm sorry if I'm going too personal, but you basically did something like I'm thinkin on doing: Changed from EE to math? And as you said, to get a job with math degree is a hard journey (well, here in Brazil, a degree in Math or Physics basically implies you'll have to be...

I like doing some programming, but every time I'm doing a big class work (a big program) I see how I will hate this life, because most of the time the problems are about the language, the algorithm is correct, but in some point there is a pointer missing, a bad alloc, or anything else. Then...