andrewvc

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by andrewvc 15y ago
Completely agreed. There
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by andrewvc 15y ago
The difference is in being explicit with permissions. That said, JSONP is one of the ugliest (but useful!) hacks ever invented. For more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy
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by andrewvc 15y ago
This is some screwed up stuff, as nearly every WebSocket library and tutorial really encourages treating them as discreet messages. This should be fixed post haste, because very few people really want a stream based protocol for web sockets
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Well, I agree and I don't agree. I'm personally not a huge fan of node, and I prefer to write non-blocking code in Aleph/Netty (which is closer to twisted in terms of potential to block due to blocking java libs) myself. But, I can understa
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by andrewvc 15y ago
I've known a few developers that use Django or Rails and have no idea how things work underneath. This is a disadvantage. Seriously, that's not even an argument, it's an anecdote of dubious validity. My personal experience as a rails deve
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by andrewvc 15y ago
The real problem with xxx is that it solves nothing (i can still register a .com), and is nothing but a money grab.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
I thought this was going to be about http://amber-lang.net/ , smalltalk on javascript. Another project worth checking out.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
I use both rails and sinatra. Sinatra is great for small things and beginners. However, if you're going to spend all day writing web-app code, learning rails pays off HUGELY. It's the full package for modern web-app development, with massiv
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Or people who genuinely find his music tedious.... Personally, I find the notion of a guitarist boring. I like music, not guitars played expertly.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Why, on the blog, does the Director of Communications at paypal use a headshot that looks like he's trying to stare you down before killing you? Oh wait.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
True, I was having some issues with bubbling the events up correctly while dragging over the canvas, so I wound up just merging the rock images in once dropped. That's also why you can't move them once placed. It's something I'll be fixing
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ShowHN: I made a Zen Garden with Canvas / Clojure / Noir(rocksandsand.com)
14 points by andrewvc 15y ago|3 comments
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Experiences with Noir: Taking Clojure Web-Dev to the Next Level(blog.andrewvc.com)
6 points by andrewvc 15y ago|0 comments
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by andrewvc 15y ago
It's just as easy to ignore a physical board. I've done it. There's no substitute for discipline.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
What a painfully bad article. Press releases can be disingenuously upbeat and straight-jacketed. From the hip snark this over the top is just as bad. Even innocuous statements in the release are torn apart. What a joke.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Very cool! You've easily written the best UI for this kind of thing I've yet seen (though a language syntax picker would be nice). Quick question though, why redis vs something disk based? Are you worried that if this sees a lot of usage yo
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Well, he divides the world of photography cleanly into two sorts of people. And given the tone toward my piece, it definitely sounds like I'm in the group that's in the author's good graces.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Wow, it's amazing to me that this got upvoted: The second are what I call "lifestyle artists". These are people who aren't really artists but are simply attracted to the lifestyle. They socialize with other "artists", are often "hangers on
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Yes, so here technique really matters. You want a photo that looks professional. So, my article was written with a fine art perspective, but you aren't making fine art, you're making a brochure. This is where you need to learn about lightin
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by andrewvc 15y ago
"coffee cups on the grass". Hey, could be worse, I coulda taken a photo of a lemon! http://www.abstract-art.com/abstraction/l2_grnfthrs_fldr/g01... Who does this Manet character think he is anyway?
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by andrewvc 15y ago
I didn't mean to be condescending in calling Peter a developer. The article really isn't about Peter, it's about the legions of technical photographer developers out there, probably why that title was on my mind.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Hey, that's me! I think you may have missed my point. Norvig's post, in and of itself is mostly fine--though I'd say the tips on composition in there, which you must have missed were poor--but within the context of the present day, with boa
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by andrewvc 15y ago
That's a fair point. I think it's a great thing to read slowly for engineers new to photo (for the average person it's way too technical). I'd say as a rule don't try and put everything in there together at once. By the time you're don
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Yeah, and one funny thing I'll point out is, a lot of the most talented photographers I've met could care less about learning about what a Bayer filter is, the differences between a CCD and a CMOS, or even how to use curves properly in phot
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by andrewvc 15y ago
You do not need a Porsche to commute to work. You do not need a steak for dinner. You do not need air conditioning. You do not need toilet paper. And yet, I think there's something obnoxious about people who buy Porches to sit in urban tr
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Well, I'll agree that I kinda trailed off toward the end of the post. The point I was trying to make was that you'll have to figure out all the non-tech stuff for yourself as an individual experience. There's no book for that, no checklist.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
Hey, well I guess I you're right about different aspects being enjoyable to different people. However, I guess I feel like some people use technique to avoid and rationalize rather than grow and create.
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by andrewvc 15y ago
I agree it's orthogonal, I make it clear in my post that it's an option, but only one of of many. Some shots need technique, others are fine with a polaroid. There's nothing more to say about it.
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You Can't Hack Photography(blog.andrewvc.com)
57 points by andrewvc 15y ago|75 comments
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by andrewvc 15y ago
That's great that you're really getting into photography, there's nothing like working alongside other photographers to really get good critiques about both technique and aesthetics. Just remember though, science will only get you a very sh

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