Yeah, but ask a stupid question get a stupid answer!

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!

With a baseball bat?

Martial law is coming soon.

So not really on a phone, using a phone as a CPU. You may as well get yourself a computer and work in a proper IDE. You’ll be just as mobile and more productive!

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!