canweriotnow

I was a philosophy dropout software engineer who worked on the other side of the country and was aggressively recruited by Palantir a few years back (I passed, mostly not wanting to relocate)... I think they like to keep that top-tier CS count high but still go after engineering talent when they spot it, like any half-sane software shop. The degree thing probably (theoretically?) helps the sales pitch but it's not like an East Coast "white-shoe" firm where anything other than a Harvard MBA is automatic disqualification.

I thought we resolved this with hackernews.el - why would you read hackernews with anything but Emacs?

IT MAKES NO SENSE>

Is AltaVista going to do an IoT pivot next? Maybe Pets.com?

I covered evil-mode in my previous post[1], mostly advising new converts not to rely on it, but just to take the Emacs plunge completely.

[1] http://decomplecting.org/blog/2014/10/23/welcome-to-the-dark...

Definitely! Angel List has a really simple REST API, it shouldn't be hard to do.

I used it with my (fake) EdTEch Startup Generator[1], to check if my fake startup is actually a real startup. I was surprised how often it happens.

[1] http://eduwampus.herokuapp.com *

* May load a little slow, it's on Heroku free tier.

I love that Solaris is such an essential target... Oh, how I miss you, Sun...

Even in C, always remember the rules of Macro Club[1]:

1) You do not write macros.

2) You do not write macros that violate expectations of normal code behavior.

3) If this is your first time, you must write a macro.

4) Don't think object-oriented.

5) No shirt, No shoes, No dynamic scope.

6) Don't create new scoping rules.

[1] http://stuartsierra.com/download/2010-10-23-clojure-conj-mac...

> I agree on the point of frameworks. I don't like any that exist so I made my own Rails-inspired one.

With blackjack and hookers? Please say with blackjack and hookers.

I'd actually be okay with this if they also stopped using LaserShip. They're part of the reason packages take "significantly longer than the advertised two days" to arrive.

"Thou shalt not take the name of root in vain."

I use a Mac for work. Mainly (sadly) because XCode. But other than XCode crap, I could do everything else on Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc.

I'm not completely against OS X... until they finally disable non-App Store software sources, the thought of which is, I expect, giving someone at Apple a massive hard-on at this very moment.

Without jailbreaking?

You can develop for Chromebooks, on Chromebooks, for free, and it's one-time $5 to distribute. That's what.

The point is about access to the tools, the skills, and the ability to share; if the vendor controls any of those, FAIL.

OP here, current iOS and Android developer with active accounts on both. Difference being: I'm happy to be an Android developer (will be happier when the Clojure/Android project reaches fruition); every time I have to dip my toes in Apple's filthy ichor of an app ecosystem I want to vomit.

Not about money for me, but if I was a little kid hacker again, money would have been a big deal.

^ I hope to Eris you're trolling.

Apple developer documentation? comp.os.linux was better documentation, in 1996.

You don't. It's $25 to publish on Google Play; you can share a *.apk with whomever you wish.

On iOS, on the other hand, it's $99/yr if you even want to run your own code on your own device. And you have to 'provision' your friends' devices if you want to share with them. It's extortion, it's stupid, it's immoral.

This. This right here. This is why I detest Apple as a professional developer.

The "hacker kids" issue is almost orthogonal, but I can't stand the idea of someone telling me what I can run on a device I purchased.

Yeah, but if you want to run that code on a device you own, why should you have to pay Apple a $99 ransom?