Shameless plug, I did a talk at KotlinConf on this...

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[thomasnield]

Shameless plug, I did a talk at KotlinConf on this whole Python and ML subject. And yes, join the #C4W52CFEZ channel if you want to banter about this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8GYPG6pt5w▾

[elect]

Just noticed the laptop, excellent choice, Thomas 😄

[thomasnield]

System76 ❤️

[codeslubber]

@cedric? @orangy??? 👮 ?

[cedric]

uh?

[codeslubber]

you were talking about plugs the other day and where they belonged, self-promotion.. was a joke.. OP @thomasnield was adjoining here because of prior discussion..

[thomasnield]

System76 is paying me to do road shows for them. I did have people at KotlinConf ask me about it. Perfect commercial segment happened right then and there.

[thomasnield]

@elect has been hired by System76 as well. We are paid as a team to plant seemingly organic conversations about System76 laptops, on forums as well as conferences.

[codeslubber]

ok are you joking now? if so that's pretty funny.. had never heard of those machines.. look interesting.. did you get their OS?

[thomasnield]

@codeslubber totally joking 😛

[thomasnield]

If you like Linux, System76 is pretty swell. Kudu is great, Galago Pro is nice but has mediocre battery life. Oryx Pro is the one most people buy last I checked. I use Linux Mint though, I haven't tried PopOS yet.

[codeslubber]

did you get 32 GBs RAM? I read that CoffeeLake will be probably the biggest CPU leap in the last decade, thinking I will wait for that to make it to a Macbook Pro (have to still code for ios).. or, I could just keep my late 2013 for that and jump ship...

[thomasnield]

Just 16 gigs. I dunno, there's always something to wait for. But procrastinating these kinds of purchases don't hurt.

[codeslubber]

Not procrastination, the last couple Macbook releases have been a complete joke

[codeslubber]

'oh you waited years, here, have last year's processor, a chicklet keyboard add on, and fork over another 4 hund...'

[codeslubber]

then their mea culpa was 'ok have Kaby Lake, but w/out a 32GB option...'

[cedric]

I increasingly prefer Windows for development

[codeslubber]

I want to give it a try.. maybe they will deliver a way to compile ios code then there might be an exodus

[cedric]

Not really an option if you're writing iOS, obviously

[codeslubber]

you could write a lot of the code on another machine then just use a mac to assemble the ui

[codeslubber]

or we could do an OS project where you write the ui using a DSL and it gens ios and android versions since K and S are so close...

[cedric]

Somebody needs to invent a language that can compile to multiple back ends

[thomasnield]

I have a Surface Pro as well. Not a fan of Windows as much but the hardware is excellent.