And you are here why?

1. Identify the key features of whatever you are working on (e.g. “ consensus algorithm ”, “ FIFO Queue ”, “ Bubble sort ”) 2. Explain why your preferred language is the best language to implement whatever it is ( golang ,   C# , whatever. It doesn’t matter, as long as it is   your preferred language) 3. Preemptively claim that any weaknesses are actually strengths (The goofier the point, the better. e.g. “ Buffer overflows are   good , they help identify security threats! ”, “ Package management is not needed, because dependency fais an NP-complete problem! ”) 4. Randomly interject with comments about features that are “unique” to your language (It doesn’t matter if they actually are. The distraction   is   the point. e.g. “ Returning the value and error, of course, makes golang superior to everything else ”)

/via WuMo

WuMo brings the pain... It never gets old :-)

These posts pretty much sums up everything you need to know about my attitude towards fanboys. That said, every now and then somebody else truly encapsulates the experience.  In this case, WuMo has at it ...

Bloom County said it all, a long time ago Hackers, as a rule, do not handle obsolescence well. Mind you, the unsaid caveat should be "Unless you are a fanboy " (ref: the latest MessiahPhone)  

Then --> Green is Good Now --> Greed is Good You all saw Apple removes green certification from its product range   here we are with word that Cupertino is no longer considered to be environmentally friendly where their product range is concerned, especially after Apple had requested the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) group which is in charge of setting environmental standards for electronics to remove all 39 – yup, you read that right, all 39 of its products from its green registry. Followed by the pretty rapid flip-flop In a letter to customers posted on the company website, Bob Mansfield, Apple senior vice president of hardware engineering, admitted it was a "mistake" to remove its products from EPEAT, a nonprofit rating group backed by many manufacturers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. So what was it? Greed? Idiocy? Orneriness? Me, I'm betting on greed...  

From BGR , Ubergizmo and others, is the story of a chinese vendor that is selling, wait for it, Home Buttons for the next iPhone. Yup. You got that right. Home Buttons . For the next iPhone. Why is this a story?  Really, WHY? Please, just shoot me...

WulffMorgenthaler calls it like he sees it

Consider the situation. You are trying to do something on your macintosh. Doesnt matter what.  Something.  You just can't figure out how to do it, so you ask.... At this point, the road bifurcates. The road more traveled (i.e., the way the rest of the  world - and clearly, the way any sane person - does it)  :  You get a response saying "Ah, just do blah blah blah..." or "You can't do that. Sorry mate..." The road traveled by Apple Fanboys (i.e, you want to do something different .   Quel Horreur! ) : You get about 38 responses saying "Why do you want to do that ?"  "Oh, thats not a smart thing to do!"  "Don't do that!", "Nobody does that!", etc., etc. What is  it with Mac people?   I *dont* want to use the Search Bar in Safari.   Really.  I..Just..Dont.. I want it to work the way Firefox works - type in your query in the URL bar, and google searches it for you.  Is that so difficult ...