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IRC log for #friendlyjava, 2016-03-15

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00:04 * pdurbin wonders if it's any good
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14:04 aditsu pdurbin: it's quite entertaining, often cheesy but I liked it
14:04 aditsu don't remember the meat popsicles line though
14:07 aditsu I hope kozukumi wasn't too weirded out
14:07 pdurbin way to go sfisque ;)
14:09 aditsu according to wikipedia, "It has been called both the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time."
14:15 aditsu on another note, AlphaGo finished the games with Lee Sedol, with an impressive 4-1 score
14:16 aditsu a huge achievement for AI
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21:12 kozukumi hello all
21:53 pdurbin kozukumi: it's from a movie. The Fifth Element (1997) - IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/
21:53 kozukumi ?
21:54 pdurbin kozukumi: we thought we scared you away: http://irclog.greptilian.com/friendlyjava/2016-03-15
21:58 kozukumi ha
22:00 kozukumi nah im in the uk and it got late is all
22:00 kozukumi am i the only person to talk in here then? lol
22:05 * pdurbin thinks pulsar said something once
22:05 pulsar READY.
22:05 pdurbin pulsar was BORN READY
22:05 kozukumi nice
22:06 kozukumi So can I chat about Java here? Or does it have to be Bruce Willis movie related?
22:06 pdurbin we can make an exception
22:06 kozukumi nice
22:06 pdurbin or throw one
22:06 kozukumi So I'm not a programmer but I would like to learn and was thinking of starting with java
22:07 kozukumi Good idea or bad idea?
22:09 pdurbin I'm thinking.
22:09 pdurbin kozukumi: what are you trying to build?
22:10 kozukumi Not sure to be honest lol, looking more at a place to start
22:10 pulsar you can start with any language of your choice, as pdurbin mentions, it boils down to what drives you to do so. just learning a language wont cut it. you have to have an usecase or a problem you want to solve to get into that.
22:11 kozukumi Kinda like learning to paint, i want to learn but not sure what i want to paint just yet
22:11 pulsar how old are you?
22:12 kozukumi i was thinking about a little game that my son can play on my phone
22:12 kozukumi 31
22:12 pdurbin kozukumi: android or iphone?
22:12 kozukumi android
22:12 kozukumi hence java :)
22:12 pulsar so you could use java for that, yes. but the dev enironment is rather harsh to get into
22:13 pulsar for ppl with 0 dev experience that is
22:13 pulsar you might also consider somethign web based
22:13 kozukumi well i did some c# a long time ago so its not totally new to me
22:13 pulsar so bascially webgl + javascript
22:14 pdurbin kozukumi: you should start with http://appinventor.mit.edu ... and have your kid help: https://plus.google.com/+PhilipDurbin/posts/PbtgTWgqQry
22:14 pulsar but sicne you have an idea about what you want to code, java would be a match. yes.
22:14 kozukumi my kids 3 :)
22:15 pdurbin 3 year olds can do usability testing :)
22:15 kozukumi good point lol
22:15 pulsar smoke testing too ;)
22:15 pdurbin my 9 year old made a game for her little sister at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/101511902/ and we are planning on moving it to app inventor so we can play it on android
22:17 kozukumi haha nice
22:21 pdurbin and maybe someday we'll do it "for real" ... in Android Studio and everything
22:23 pdurbin I played around a bit at https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-android but it's not a game.
22:23 kozukumi yeah i thin ki would like to at least learn some of the basics
22:26 pdurbin I got a lot out of android videos by https://www.youtube.com/user/derekbanas
22:28 kozukumi cheers
22:28 kozukumi so are you a professional dev?
22:29 pdurbin yeah, this is me: http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin
22:32 pdurbin aditsu CJ_ kozukumi pulsar sfisque xb new job opening to be my boss: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerID=25240&siteID=5341&AReq=38761BR :)
22:33 pulsar heh... does that offer include a greencard? :)
22:33 kozukumi Shit I could do Cambridge UK
22:33 kozukumi not America tho :(
22:34 pdurbin "We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position."
22:34 kozukumi Hello Philip
22:35 pdurbin well, if you know anyone in Boston...
22:40 kozukumi I see you are a Linux guy, what you run?
22:48 pdurbin redhat stuff for a looong time... more recently ubuntu
22:50 pdurbin I've really only done full time professional development for three years.
22:52 sfisque would they require relocation to mass?
23:02 pdurbin sfisque: hmm. dunno! probably
23:08 pdurbin ideally
23:20 kozukumi Yeah I mostly just use Ubuntu as it works and I am lazy

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