robertlf

I read all three of these in college and I know Demian and Glass Bead Game meant a lot to me. You should check out Siddhartha.

Boy, did this conversation veer off-track or what?

I haven't attended a movie theater for the last five years for this very reason. I don't think the average person has a clue as to the damage being inflicted on their ears when they go to the movies and I believe the number of tinnitus cases in the U.S. will skyrocket in the years ahead, not only from going to the movies but from all the other "noise pollution" we're subject to on a daily basis.

As I write this, I'm using a ThinkPad T480s while I get the leaking battery on my 2015 MacBook Pro replaced. The ThinkPad is a nice machine with a great keyboard. A lot cheaper than the MBPs too with comparable specs. I loaded the Windows Subsystem for Linux onto it this morning and then downloaded Debian Stretch from the Microsoft Store. This all took one command line command to enable WSL and then two clicks to download and install Debian (other distros are also available). So far it seems pretty nice. Not the same as running iTerm and Tmux on my MBP but this will do in a pinch.

As I was dropping my laptop off at an authorized repair shop, I went and typed on last year's MacBook they had on display and was reminded why I may never buy another MBP -- the butterfly keyboard. There's hardly any keyboard travel at all so it was like typing on concrete. If I wasn't looking at the screen, I'd never be sure if my key presses registered or not. If Apple doesn't bring back the scissors keyboard I may never buy another Mac. Ever. Between the butterfly keyboard, that stupid touchbar, and the lack of a physical escape key, Apple has ruined the MBP line for (non-Apple) web developers like myself.

Maybe they should add the 2015 MBP 13"ers too as mine battery is bulging.

I have a similar problem and am totally frustrated by the lack of human support at Twitter. It's really pretty ridiculous.

I'm a web developer and I need a reliable keyboard that's comfortable to type on. The MBP keyboards have been neither comfortable nor reliable since 2015. I've been holding onto my 2015 MBP with it's scissors mechanism keyboard for dear life. For the first time in ten years, my next laptop won't be a MBP. It'll either be a Lenovo ThinkPad or a Dell Inspirion running Linux. Goodbye Apple.

If this is intermediate, then I must be an expert.

I stopped reading at "funded by Apple Inc."

I'm sticking with Bitbucket. It works just fine for me.

I stopped using StinkedIn a couple of years ago and don't regret it at all. You might do the same.

Sweet!

My first question whenever I see a new framework like this is, is it going to be around for the long-run?

I've always lamented the fact that the major browsers don't make it easy to see how old your bookmarks are and provide a way to highlight and delete ones that you haven't clicked on in awhile.

Given that they've been working on 4 for so long, I'd learn 3 now since it works and the migrate to 4 when it's ready. And for the record, I'm tired of everyone bashing Bootstrap. I'm using it for a production site and I love it. I'm a one-man shop and I need to earn revenue now. I can't afford to spend the next six months learning the quirks of CSS and its crummy layout techniques. Bootstrap has allowed me to create a responsive website that works well across all devices. It also looks much more professional than what I could have done on my own, not to mention the fact that my site looks much better than those of my competitors. I'm grateful that Bootstrap is around.

I've been with name.com for probably five years now and I've been pretty happy with them. If I've ever had a question, I can call them and get right through and have my question answered. They haven't given me a reason to look anywhere else.

Looks nice but who knows if it will be maintained five years from now?

I liked the old site better. This is clearly a case of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The purpose of documentation is utility, not to look modern. It does nothing that I can see to improve the utility. In fact, all of the white space makes it harder to use. It would be nice if there were an older "theme" users could continue using.

I totally agree! I know that books are difficult to write and the author deserves his or her due. But these are paper prices for electronic content and I just won't pay this much, particularly when most (if not all the information) is available online with just a little effort.

So how are you going to stand out by creating a resume that looks like every other resume created on this site?

Typical Millenial

Yup, the rich get richer.

You need to check your copy. It's "i" after "e" except after "c".

For the most part, I agree with your opinions and have chosen to develop my product as a web app rather than one that runs on iOS or Android. However, I think web apps will always be hindered for developers if we have to continue relying on an arcane and ugly language like JavaScript.

So glad I'm no longer a .NET developer. Every year it's a new razor blade.

I'm 57 but didn't start programming until I was 27 years old. My first summer quarter at Purdue they still had punch card readers and I remember sitting in the hall in the basement of the Math building waiting to have my deck read and then pick up the green striped output paper in the adjoining room. The following fall we had our first DEC VT 100 terminals.

I guess I would consider myself a hacker of sorts as I now work for myself doing mobile web development with Python, JavaScript, and Django. I have to work for myself because no one will hire someone my age.

I kind of agree with simonsarris. You take a risk if you rely on a company's product if that company doesn't rely on that product to stay in business. Dropbox lives and dies by its storage feature; Google doesn't.

Very informative post. I only have two questions. First, how difficult it is to get a good Internet connection there? Can you buy a "hotspot" device? Also, what about healthcare? If you get sick, can you get access to good medical care at a reasonable price?