I’ve collected the top 30 Stack Overflow New Programming Jargon entries below, as judged by the Stack Overflow community. Enjoy.* 1. Yoda Conditions Using if(constant == variable) instead of if(variable == constant), like if(4 == foo). Because it’s like saying “if blue is the sky” or “if tall is the man”.
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Apple Campus II – 3,600 jobs and the big push into Austin, Texas
Pushing ahead with plans to invest $304 million in Austin, Texas, Apple has secured a deal for three large patches of land adjacent to its existing campus, which — when developed — will expand its presence in the area and result in the creation of more than 3,600 jobs. The State of Texas offered Apple …
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Goodwill – a leader in recycling e-waste, creating green jobs
The following is a press release from Goodwill of Orange County, California. It discusses the great success the company has had managing e-waste and creating green jobs. Check out your local Goodwill to see if they are also accepting e-waste, there is a good chance they are! Turn Your E-Waste Into New Opportunities. We all …
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Photos from inside Apple Headquarters
It’s the Chocolate Factory for tech nerds. Search the web for “Apple HQ,” and most of the results you get will be pictures of Apple’s Cupertino headquarters — from the outside. Usually with some fanboy standing next to the “1 Infinite Loop” sign. But what we really want to see is what’s inside the ultra-top-secret place …
Technology-themed comic book – The Zen of Steve Jobs
Kobun was a Zen Buddhist priest who emigrated to the U.S. from Japan in the early 1970s. He was an innovator, lacked appreciation for rules and was passionate about art and design. Kobun was to Buddhism as Jobs was to the computer business: a renegade and maverick. It wasn’t long before the two became friends–a …
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"I never found anybody that didn't want to help me if I asked them for help." – Steve Jobs, 1994
Transcript: I’ve actually found something to be very true. Most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help. I always call them up. I called Bill Hewlett when I was twelve years old and he lived in Palo …
“I never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help.” – Steve Jobs, 1994
Transcript: I’ve actually found something to be very true. Most people don’t get those experiences because they never ask. I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help. I always call them up. I called Bill Hewlett when I was twelve years old and he lived in Palo …
The origin of Steve Jobs turtlenecks
I was looking at this incredible collection of Apple Computer ads and noticed that the very first one in 1977 has this smart-looking fellow in a turtleneck. Scroll down to the second ad from 1977 and there it is, another turtleneck…