

In the private sector, I once was asked to come up with 12 uses for a kettle. I said make 12 cups of coffee. I didn’t get the job.


In the private sector, I once was asked to come up with 12 uses for a kettle. I said make 12 cups of coffee. I didn’t get the job.
It’s more about their practices, the same for Microsoft and Google. I still have my trusty Nokia 8110 4G but I know it’s going to die one day and then I’ll have to choose between Google and Apple :(
But you’re using a Mac and my conscience won’t allow that!
Yes I do. It’s pronounced th.


The very first computers were programmed using physical switches and buttons. Punched cards came later. Being a programmer in those days was a lot harder than it is now!


You could say they got ahead of the game.


They were a nice-to-have!
Developing on a phone sounds like one of the most unpleasant experiences I can imagine. And I include dinner with my ex.
Pretty much any ide will spot that. Maybe you can use it to teach your colleagues not to use a plain text editor.
It is awesome, in the same way a planet killer asteroid heading straight for us is awesome!

For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.
At home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.
Yeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.
I used to work with a guy who would, genuinely, use the mouse to copy and paste individual characters.
You have backups? Right?
Ah! The glory days!
Found the Java programmer…
It also says cake day underneath the 2 years ago, or at least I see it on the web client.
How else are they going to get you to buy a support contract. If it was easy, you wouldn’t need it.
Yeah, but ask a stupid question get a stupid answer!