Hey guys, I know it's because in the US everyone is invested in mac/ios, but could you tone down the linux bashing? Actually I don't mean tone it down exactly (I hate some of the quirks too), it's just that the last two episodes seemed to be dominated a bit by this topic. Whose computer is the greatest doesn't matter to everyone you know. I am interested to hear about mac's new hardware, and how many different monitors it supports - but I guarantee you there is a toaster out there that I could program to ssh into my server so I could do my job if I had to. And it's already running linux.

Still loved the show though!

I came across the "First Sale" doctrine which states that the owner of the intellectual property has no "right" to control the re-sale of their property. Now all of the app stores have no option to re-sell your purchased apps. Is this, in a way, a direct violation of the "First Sale" doctrine? I know that valve was charged by the EU in this regard some time back. What do you guys think?

the reveal last week of a Macbook (being made fun of world wide, check out the video "Apple Engineer explains the Macbook") that is sub-par at best and is just the latest D'ohs in an increasing list of faux pas being made by Apple.

Apple seems to be repeating history. I'm not sure if anyone remembers the near obsolescence of Apple in the 90s, but it was pretty bad. So bad that Apple started licensing their out-of-date sub-par OS to 3rd party vendors (unheard of for Apple). The OS was revolutionary in 1984, but by 1994, it was decrepit. Anyway, Apple started going down a path of ignoring their core markets which were Education and the Arts (music/video/photography/etc).

This trend didn't stop at Apple until the return of steve jobs and his insistence that Apple get back to its core Markets.

The trend is returning. Apple has decided to end Aperture (Photo Editing) software this year and has decided that $1,300 netbooks seem to be "all their customers need".

Add to this the fact that Apple seems to be letting their software languish again. When OS X premierred, Java was a first class citizen even receiving integration into Cocoa. A decade later, in an effort to make sure interoperability never becomes the norm at Apple, Java was removed from the OS all together. Oracle has since picked up support for the Mac, but I've noticed issues with Java's ability to work on the Mac. James Gosling, the creator of Java, interestingly notes that this "deprecation of Java" coincided with Apple's exit from the server market.

Just like Google used the name Go for its programming language when Go! (and Goo which is similary enough) already existed, Apple copied the name of an already existing programming language. Except Apple copied it completely, the programming lanuguage Swift have already existed for seven years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_(parallel_scripting_language)

I have read all these threads and they all say things like:

• choose the best language for what you want to do,

• choose the language for which you have support,

• choose any language to start with, starting is most important

While those points are generally sound for most people, they are mostly of secondary concern to you.

ChrisLAS, your circumstances are unique. You are a podcaster with a substantial audience.

More than anything else, your effort to learn a language is "content". The interest your decision has attracted proves there is a lot of demand for this "content" amongst your audience.

Just like any other "content", learning to code should satisfy your current audience and attract more viewers.

With that in mind, consider the following:

• Python is more likely to be picked up by beginners

• Python is more likely to be taught to beginners

• Python is used in more fields than Ruby

• Python is probably the most popular language used by your audience, across multiple shows

• Python users are more passionate about spreading the Gospel of Python

• Python doesn't carry as much baggage as Ruby (cough hipster cough)

I don't think I need to spell out how each of these factors relates to "learning-a-language-as-content".

Maybe somebody can mount a "content"-focussed argument for Ruby?

tldr : python, ldo

i stumpled upon this http://breach.cc/ , a new browser which is still in alpha stage but it looks very promising , it is built over chromoum and uses nodeJS so the whole browser is written in JavaScript (looking at you m.domenick) . you may want to take a look at it!

This week's show started off by taking up Mac vs. System76...again. Luckily, Overcast allows me to fast forward. I think this topic has been beaten to death.

On the plus side, covering Java 9 features was good stuff.