IsaiahShiner

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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
> Which version of language? Which interpreter? Ah, very good question. Currently, it's just whatever version is in /usr/bin/$LANGUAGE. You can see in /home/$USER/.dit-languages how the language configu
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Hmm, I can see how I'm being confusing. This is partially trying not to give information overload with poorly written explanations, especially for features which I haven't added yet. It's also because dit is really trying to
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Ah, this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722 Super interesting! It's like, data, without an interpreter, has no meaning. We rely super heavily on humans as general purpose interpreters, and when we design co
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Dit is ready! About 4 months ago, we posted just a website to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21263839 Now we're launching the MVP and hope you'll join us in trying to make data much better! For a primer
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Show HN: Dit – A new kind of container file for standardizing data(github.com)
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Hello everyone! Its been 2 and a half months since I posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21263839 I've made a lot of progress. The most significant thing is certainly the demo! ( https://www.ditabase.
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Show HN: Object Oriented container file: A tool to make all data more useful(ditabase.io)
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Hey everybody! Looking for feedback on the essential components of the product. I would love to hear all your ideas on how dit could work differently, and how I can make it better!
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Show HN: Dit – Live demo of a container file that can hold any data(ditabase.io)
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Ask HN: Guide to Friends and Family Safe Investment?
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
For block length, if you can't use context or control character/symbols, then the label would be required to specific the length of the payload in bytes, or similar. When you reach the end of the given length, then the next token
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Let me see if I can boil down your comments to specifc questions that I can answer. "Is DitaBase compliant with JSON-Schema?" The answer to this question is critical to understand about how DitaBase is different: if you want it to
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
You are correct, DitaBase is in some ways extremely similar to Linked Data/Semantic Web/RDF etc. In fact, I would say that DitaBase is, in some ways, just another attempt at making the Semantic Web deliver on its original promise.
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Hey! Well, I can tell you that as of right now, it's hovering around 0.8% conversion, which isn't terrible. We'll see if I can improve that before activity on the page dies down. You're right, what I have now is relative
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
An example dit is now live at https://www.ditabase.io/example.html
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
The first thing I'll say is that if it would be helpful, I can have an example of a real dit (showing real syntax, the way labels change on the fly, etc.) on https://www.ditabase.io/example in a few hours. I only didn&
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by IsaiahShiner 7y ago
Hey guys, looking for feedback on the essential concept of the idea. I'd like to hear from real programmers whether they understand what DitaBase is and whether they think they would use, either now or in the future. It's been dif
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Show HN: Schema.org with GitHub and scripts: A tool to make data more useful(ditabase.io)
69 points by IsaiahShiner 7y ago|18 comments