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by Lasher 14y ago
Different application area but we implemented Lua into a MUD (online RPG) as the scripting interface for all area builder development and it was probably the single most valuable change we ever made. Check out the 'lua coding' section on Aa
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by Lasher 14y ago
Java couldn't keep up as we grew. It was rewritten and finally finished in 2007, the main core is still pure 'C' with the rest in Lua. Using Lua was probably the best single decision we ever made in terms of flexibility and what we've been
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by Lasher 14y ago
Aardwolf MUD, has been my side project since 1996 and not stopping any time soon. http://www.aardwolf.com
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Ask HN: Mobile shopping cart recs?
1 points by Lasher 14y ago|0 comments
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by Lasher 14y ago
Like the previous poster said, it depends what the names are. If they are top quality generic .com domains then your best bet is probably contacting a domain broker. If they are just average names from an abandoned project you could try any
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by Lasher 14y ago
Interesting article but a little misleading at the start. That first example (billing management software) touts 900 paid users @ $65 per month after moving away from the freemium model, but how many of those 900 users would have never beco
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by Lasher 14y ago
Agree with Softbuilder. Treating all function points equally and trying to come up with a generic "programming hours per fp" is about as useful as asking "How heavy is a rock?"
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by Lasher 14y ago
When the BBS came along it was awesome, then it was too addictive and the phone bill was insane. Then we discovered blue boxes and PBX hacking and it was really on. It seemed amazing at the time being able to pick up the phone, make a few t
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MIT Tech Review blasts ICANN / new top level domains.(technologyreview.com)
5 points by Lasher 14y ago|0 comments
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by Lasher 14y ago
Strongly recommend fulfillment by Amazon if you can make the numbers work. As a long time Prime member the only time I will ever consider non-prime is when there are no 'Prime' options available, or there is a massive cost differences which
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by Lasher 14y ago
With ICANN opening up .[anything] to the highest bidders this kind of situation is only going to get worse. Stick with the global TLDs and the major (stable) country codes.
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Ask HN: Best Ruby On Rails resources for experienced developer?
8 points by Lasher 14y ago|9 comments
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by Lasher 14y ago
Hard to comment on this and not sound like a "hater", but wasn't the decline of MySQL as an open source solution pretty much inevitable the second Oracle acquired it? Oracle have handed other open source DB providers a gift, let's hope they
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by Lasher 14y ago
I'm a developer with extensive experience in building technology solutions and scaling them at all levels, from Fortune 500 all the way down to hobby game (400,000 lines of C / Lua) with a couple of thousand users running on a single PC. I
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by Lasher 14y ago
These are not new "dilutive" shares - the stock was always factored into the FB market cap so it's not like publicly traded shares are suddenly worth 60% less just because the float increases. But it does mean that for a while people who