andrewtj

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by andrewtj 16y ago
Does http://apps.ycombinator.com/ work?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
But then aren't you just replacing syntax errors with "why can't I attach this visual thingy to that visual thingy"? Yes — the idea being to replace syntax and/or logic errors with just logic errors. Either way, they the essence of what
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by andrewtj 16y ago
The comparison you asked for is that of an apple and an orange. I think you may have also misunderstood my comment on syntax — I wrote "removing syntax as a source of errors" not "remove syntax".
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I don't think visual necessarily implies non-textual. I remember once seeing an old terminal app used by an airline that would allow you to escape the bounds of the input area if you used the arrow keys. You could literally type anywhere on
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by andrewtj 16y ago
What would be the point of this? I think many seasoned programmers forget that for the non-programmer, syntax is a sizeable impediment to getting a working program and so I'd imagine removing syntax as a source of errors would open up pro
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I'm not sure this is the "best feature" that no one uses, but it is one that I've always thought some crafty hacker could do something cool with. BonjourFoxy[1] adds Bonjour support to Firefox and is predominately used to find websites adve
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Just to be totally clear — you've explicitly done a lookup against their resolvers for a record that is not in flux and received a TTL higher than what the authoritative servers give out? Any chance you could post their name server addresse
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by andrewtj 16y ago
That's beyond the scope of my question — my concern is solely resolvers extending TTLs.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
The main issue with using DNS for failover is that the name servers of many major ISPs don't respect TTL values, particularly those under 3600 seconds. I've seen this repeated in many places but never with any concrete examples. This lead
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I don't see how launchd provides any improvement over cron for this task — what am I missing?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
You would probably enjoy watching WWDC 2010 Session 205, "Simplifying Networking Using Bonjour". Bonjour is a service discovery protocol built in-part with small headless devices in mind which is something you might find interesting in and
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I don't think there's anything there that will make the site less shallow so the power users should still be quite at home.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I wonder how intentional this controversy is — Posterous sure seem to have gotten quite a bit of coverage out of it.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
It does feel like there's been a lack of polish of late. Main things that bug me are that AdWords keeps telling me to upgrade to Safari 4 from Safari 5 and the redirect loop on Google Groups that inevitably results in a page telling me I'm
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by andrewtj 16y ago
He's explicitly not arguing from your perspective. Ah, but he needs to: If you had the choice of running a railway monopoly then you'd be crazy to throw that opportunity to price gouge customers away too. Regular folks know this too, an
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by andrewtj 16y ago
As there is no other implementation of what I'm working on in the open that works, this piece, save for the comment on generating competition (which I think would validate the service), would actually argue more for keeping my service's cod
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I've found having a hyphenated surname and an email address that ends in ".id.au" quite beneficial in determining how much thought a company has put into their computer systems.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I've found the resources the folks at Basho (makers of Riak) have put together on their wiki and blog quite useful. The following would be a good starting point: http://blog.basho.com/2010/03/19/schema-design-in-riak---int... http://blog
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Right — I'm trying to get an idea of what people are after in/from a DNS service with an API. Have you looked at running your own database-backed name server at all?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
It seems you have over-estimated your system administration skills and expect prgmr to compensate, even though that's clearly not the business they're in. Frankly, this thread reflects pretty badly on your ability to take personal responsib
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by andrewtj 16y ago
I have managed to get my server up again now and also got a response from prgmr. What was the issue?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Have you emailed Luke about your discontent? http://book.xen.prgmr.com/mediawiki/index.php/Complaints
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by andrewtj 16y ago
What would you like to see in an API for a DNS service? Just the ability to create/delete/update records and zones or something more?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
According to the rep I chatted with this is only open to residents of the US and they've run out of servers for the program.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
That's right — registration prevents drug dealers from getting disposable phone numbers because they are incapable of circumventing the law.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Zed's writing has generally struck me as being pure larrikinism (especially under the banner of ZSFA). Unfortunately I'm not sure that there is an analogue for larrikinsim in American culture and it's not a concept I can easily explain; the
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by andrewtj 16y ago
That's quite extraordinary — I've registered prepaid SIMs with Telstra, Vodafone and Virgin which have all required registration in order to receive calls and be topped up; a process which Google tell's me via http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComL
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by andrewtj 16y ago
The only practical thing I can see it doing for you is giving you extra administrative overhead.
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Would the down-voter care to explain their rationale?
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by andrewtj 16y ago
Basho have an excellent guide that'll get you a decent practical understanding of Riak in about 45 minutes: http://wiki.basho.com/display/RIAK/The+Riak+Fast+Track

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