chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

inktomi

// From Camera
Bitmap photo = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");

File imageFileFolder = new File(getCacheDir(),"Avatar");
if( !imageFileFolder.exists() ){
    imageFileFolder.mkdir();
}

FileOutputStream out = null;

yanchenko

/**
 * Copyright 2013 Alex Yanchenko
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *  
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

frankiesardo

public class CustomMatchers {
    public static Matcher<View> withBackground(final int resourceId) {
        return new TypeSafeMatcher<View>() {

            @Override
            public boolean matchesSafely(View view) {
                return sameBitmap(view.getContext(), view.getBackground(), resourceId);
            }

            @Override

lttlrck

git branch -m old_branch new_branch         # Rename branch locally    
git push origin :old_branch                 # Delete the old branch    
git push --set-upstream origin new_branch   # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote

stefanhoth

android {
  
    // .. set up build flavors etc here
    
    //instead of "app-release.apk" this method will rewrite the name to
    // "MyCoolCompany-MyGreatProduct-v<defaultConfig.versionName>-RELEASE.apk which is much better suited for archiving and overall handling
    // To restore the default behavior just delete the whole block below
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->

        def apk = variant.outputFile;

egslava

package org.cnii.layoutloader.ui;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;

/**
 * Special thanks to Daniel López Lacalle for his response 
 * (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8394681/android-i-am-unable-to-have-viewpager-wrap-content/20784791#20784791)

marchold

import android.content.Context;
import android.preference.SwitchPreference;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Switch;

/**
 * Custom preference for handling a switch with a clickable preference area as well

2bard

Movement:

j, k        down, up
h, l        left, right (in some contexts)
space       page down
pg up/down  page up/down
arrows      up, down, left, right

joseluisq

Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (Linux/Mac)

Open ~/.bash_profile in your favorite editor and add the following content to the bottom.

# Git branch in prompt.

parse_git_branch() {