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by aarongough 16y ago
These days Javascript is plenty fast enough to achieve this goal by simply writing other languages over the top of it... There are some examples of this happening already, HotRuby for instance.
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by aarongough 16y ago
Ah so you did Kevin! Sorry, I didn't tweak to the connection immediately as the original poster had a different name... I'm really glad to hear the Gem is working well for you! Please let me know if you guys have any further feedback now th
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by aarongough 16y ago
I would be curious to find out which library (if any) they're using to interact with the TMDB API... I wrote one of the two Ruby libraries available (ruby-tmdb) so I would love to get some feedback from them if they are using it!
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by aarongough 16y ago
Looks great Atestu! I'm curious as to where you're getting your data! I'm building out something similar at the moment and I'm using TheMovieDb.org I noticed you're using Rails as well so I'm just curious which solution you chose!
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by aarongough 16y ago
I'm actually in the middle of implementing a Scheme variant at the moment, so it's interesting to read about the features/decisions involved in another implementation. Scheme really is a beautiful language! I just ordered copies of SICP and
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by aarongough 16y ago
Hey Marc! I'd have to look over the book again to give you valid feedback, it's been a while since I looked at it. It definitely pointed me in the right direction though so I appreciate that!
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by aarongough 16y ago
Thanks!
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by aarongough 16y ago
That is surprisingly fun and addictive given that it's so simple...
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by aarongough 16y ago
Also, a bunch of resources I found useful: http://treetop.rubyforge.org/ http://www.complang.org/ragel/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_syntax_tree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing
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by aarongough 16y ago
It was actually a mixture of both. The first 'book' I read was http://createyourproglang.com/ , which pointed me in the right direction as far as next steps. Personally I think the book is a little light on details, but it's much more ap
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by aarongough 16y ago
Thanks Mahmud! It's definitely nothing advanced, and it's a bit of a dead end as far as languages go, but I think it gets the point across!
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by aarongough 16y ago
All feedback is warmly welcomed! If you see any sections of the code or docs that are unclear please let me know and I will fix them!
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by aarongough 16y ago
Thanks Marc! Yeah, this has been a while coming now! I've just started writing a book that goes into greater (and more fundamental) detail on the process of simple language design. Great fun!
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Show HN: Koi - a programming language that teaches language implementation.(thingsaaronmade.com)
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Hardware Upgrades for Developers(thingsaaronmade.com)
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by aarongough 16y ago
Shouldn't the first rule of writing good software be "nothing is a black box"? At some point something in that box is not going to work how you expect it to, regardless of who makes it.
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by aarongough 16y ago
So I'm paying to fix a bug in their software that I've already paid for? Call me crazy, but if I have the option of cracking open the stack and having a go at fixing the bug myself I'll do it. At least that way I'm not dependent on anyo
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by aarongough 16y ago
Just signed up, looks pretty good. 2 suggestions: 1) Having a linkedIn profile shouldn't be required to sign up. 2) The 'pages' associated with an account don't seem super useful to me right now. A lot of my most interesting work is not gra
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by aarongough 16y ago
The threading on the container and it's lid is not something that would be easy to do on a 3 axis mill. I think it does show off the advantages to an extent, but something else (like their ball-bearing example) may be a better front-page ex
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by aarongough 16y ago
Definitely lots of great links there! Out of everything I've seen I think the RepRap has the best overall toolchain for creating models and controlling the machine. One of the reasons I thought the machine in the OP looked so good was becau
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by aarongough 16y ago
I've been keeping an eye on the various processes that enable rapid prototyping and micro-scale manufacturing for the last few years. This is the first time I've seen an off-the-shelf 3D printing solution that works well and is affordable
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by aarongough 16y ago
Agreed. For that exact reason my main dev machine now has hourly local backups through time machine, local HDD clone backups every 4 hours and a separate offsite backup with Mozy. In addition to the remote repos on Github and my normal loca
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by aarongough 16y ago
Time consuming from a development stand-point, or billable-time standpoint? Switching to the auto-scaling version of delayed_job on heroku took me about 20 minutes and it has worked flawlessly ever since. The repo is here: http://github.co
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by aarongough 16y ago
I was just coming to the thread to post the exact same thing. I'm using the auto-scaling version of delayed_job in production on two applications and it has worked absolutely flawlessly. As the jobs are only for sending emails in the backgr
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by aarongough 16y ago
Lua is a great little language... I only really 'discovered' it a few weeks ago and have really enjoyed what I've seen so far. I don't think it will replace Ruby for me, but I like it's minimal feel for comparison...
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by aarongough 16y ago
I hope the welding shop has proper ventilation systems... There are some pretty nasty chemical gases produced by various types of welding...
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by aarongough 16y ago
I just shot you an email! Sounds like an interesting idea!
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by aarongough 16y ago
Toronto does take styrofoam in it's recycling program now. Though I've never seen that done anywhere else...
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by aarongough 16y ago
Gabriel was the first thing I thought of when I saw this link... I would be interested to hear how this impacts him and DDG.
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by aarongough 16y ago
So why not just disable web history?

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