akavlie

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by akavlie 15y ago
What sorts of compromises does Go make (that Rust does not)?
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by akavlie 15y ago
Rust seems very similar to Go. Anyone looked at/played with both enough to offer some wisdom on the pros/cons of each language?
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by akavlie 15y ago
I tried to switch to DDG recently; after a couple of weeks using it as my default search engine in Chrome, I had to switch back to Google. Speed was a pretty big factor, but more than that, the search results just didn't compare. Still, I'm
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by akavlie 15y ago
I understand the frustration with the crippled lambda. But with regard to len() and other global functions that seemingly belong as methods on string/array/etc. -- it's worth reading Armin Ronacher's post on the rationale behind that: http
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by akavlie 15y ago
While more human friendly, that would inhibit serialization.
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by akavlie 15y ago
If you have any questions about the installation, email me -- akavlie at gmail.
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by akavlie 15y ago
Yeah, we realize that a lot of functionality and IRC commands are still missing, beyond the basics. It's still under active development, we just decided that it's in good enough shape now to post on HN. It would help a lot if you could post
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by akavlie 15y ago
The majority of the code is in the front end... so even if you go with a different backend, you have to learn to love JavaScript when doing a project like this ;-) JS used to really irritate me, but I've grown to appreciate it quite a bit
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by akavlie 15y ago
Actually, my work on web-irc started originally as an attempt to improve qwebirc. I found the code difficult to reason about, and thought we could do better with a clean start and socket.io-based messaging. So I started my own thing. See th
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by akavlie 15y ago
I've tried deployment on Nodester, which is running node 0.4.9. It had issues, though not caused by node-irc, as far as I could tell. Best to run it on 0.6 in any event; that's what we're using in development.
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by akavlie 15y ago
Main advantages are: 1. Accessible to those who don't have expertise or interest in setting up their own IRC bouncer 2. Usable from any web browser 3. More friendly UI 4. Usable by sites that want a chat room for their users (look
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by akavlie 15y ago
What tech stack would you use, if you built a client like this?
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by akavlie 15y ago
Haven't done any work (yet) on a mobile interface. I think it would scale down pretty well by simply cutting out the sidebars past a certain screen size threshhold (via media queries), and making them dropdowns or something at the top. I'm
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by akavlie 15y ago
The other collaborator here. I started with a similar client called web-irc, to make a better open source web IRC client. I combined forced with thedjpetersen because his tech stack was almost identical. And it looked better, to boot :-) T
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by akavlie 15y ago
The app still works in IE, it just requires page refreshes on every page load.
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by akavlie 15y ago
I had been wondering when Harmony was due. The end of NEXT year? Wow, that's a long wait.
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by akavlie 15y ago
To be clear... are you saying you ask contractors to not use features like CSS rounded corners, gradients, and box shadows?
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by akavlie 15y ago
When I saw the domain name I was expecting some juvenile propaganda, rather than serious analysis. I was not disappointed.
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by akavlie 15y ago
My experience with hardware support was not so hot either. On a ThinkPad X220 with latest Ubuntu, I would get random crashes when unplugging the DisplayPort adapter, or right in the middle of working. Also, lack of proper built in fan speed
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by akavlie 15y ago
Ideally, yes... though such a move would probably void most of the reasons for using PHP in the first place -- ubiquitous availability, and popular software that is built in PHP. Take those away, and mess with conventions that all the curre
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by akavlie 15y ago
I expect that this petition will be just as effective as all the others.
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by akavlie 15y ago
Version 2.0 (current version is 2.1). Apparently upgrading is not trivial (due to Spring framework or whatever... I don't know, I'm not familiar with the Java stack). You mention an example where JSP fares best; there are a lot of examples
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by akavlie 15y ago
That wasn't meant as a criticism of LinkedIn's adoption of it, more my own circumstances and the fact that frameworks are still using JSP by default in 2011.
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by akavlie 15y ago
JSP is an archaic template language. I'm on a project with JSP on the front end; compared to Django, Jinja, or any of the other Python template languages it's really limited and verbose. It's interesting that LinkedIn chose dust.js as it do
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by akavlie 15y ago
Just posted another update, with a snapshot of Google Analytics visitor count by service provider. Amazon.com Inc. ranks at #2 with 350 visits.
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by akavlie 15y ago
Not completely sure, Cox (my provider) says in the small print: "Static IP addresses may be required or dynamic IP addresses may be assigned without a static IP request, depending on location." http://ww2.cox.com/business/arizona/data/pric
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by akavlie 15y ago
I have no experience doing a PR blitz as you've suggested in your other comment; it would be tough to fill in all the details you didn't spell out. Might be worth it, but it sounds like a lot of work.
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by akavlie 15y ago
UPDATE: Amazon just reinstated my account (with an equally impersonal email). I updated the post to reflect this. A partial victory, but it's still not really satisfying. Had I not taken the effort to blog about this, and gotten lucky by hi
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by akavlie 15y ago
All of my weekend listing was done from home. Don't remember accessing my seller account anywhere else recently.
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by akavlie 15y ago
Unlike eBay or craigslist, items on Amazon are listed under fixed, pre-existing products, with variations (in condition, included accessories, etc.) noted in its comments field. On a baseline seller account, it's not even possible to create

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