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   by andyl 13y ago

   The US Government strikes yet another blow to undermine the credibility and trustworthiness of American Internet Industry. Mission Accomplished.
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   by andyl 13y ago

   We found that the Angular learning curve was steep and was difficult to bring new devs up to speed quickly. Our solution was to migrate from Angular to ReactJS. Much simpler, faster and better.
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   by andyl 13y ago

   Headphones block noise. Headphones are a social signal: "don't interrupt me". Headphones are 'in-the-zone' muscle memory. Headphones are amazing!
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   by andyl 13y ago

   I had hoped to use BeagleBoneBlack for a mobile low-powered application, but the overhead of the different architecture was too much hassle, and I ended up using an Intel NUC. With NUC I can use the same OS as our high-end servers, same 64-
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   by andyl 13y ago

   We started in Backbone, then migrated to Angular to mitigate nested view chaos. Latest rewrite drops Angular in favor of React and a bit of Backbone, mostly to reduce the learning curve for new devs. Using React for views is the simplest&
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   by andyl 13y ago

   The TV series 'Black Mirror' had an episode that reminded me of Her. Black Mirror - Series 2 - Episode 1 - 'Be Right Back' presents a woman in a relationship with an android. Very interesting. http://vimeo.c
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   by andyl 13y ago

   A few years ago teachers complained that both my boys were too intense on the playground, 'diagnosed' with ADHD. Docs were eager to prescribe meds to make them conform. There is something in our society wants to redefine normal b
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   by andyl 13y ago

   Of course they did (do). Just like telcos. What is amazing is the carelessness that the government shows w.r.t. protecting the interests of American tech firms. NSA could hardly have done more to destroy worldwide trust and credibility in
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   by andyl 13y ago

   Fred George posted talks on microservices, using Apache Kafka as a message bus to connect language-independent components for marketing and ad-targeting. Interesting approach. I'd like to see examples of microservices applied to other
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Feinstein is the Senator that consistently works against the interests of her constituents in Silicon Valley.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Dart: Google's ActiveX
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Wow. Net neutrality is dead. Here comes Google fiber (with it's own selective routing...) I'm thinking of switching to Sonic.net - they seem to respect Net neutrality. Does anyone have Sonic.net experience pro or con ??
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Pot, gambling, junk TV, junk food, social media. Escapism and distraction.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    The problem with Erlang is the syntax. Elixir is the solution.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    I also practice CDD. But my experience is that few people complain. Maybe 1 out of 20. The rest silently endure a bad UI, walk away from the app without comment, or badmouth the app to their trusted friends. Complainers have to be cultiva
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    by andyl 13y ago

    We're starting to move our system into containers - early days and there is a lot to learn. It feels like we are in the Cambrian explosion of containerization - many different theories/opinions on best practice. Articles that de
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    by andyl 13y ago

    We've transitioned from Angular to ReactJS with great success. Much smaller learning curve. Using Backbone to handle the models and React for the view is a great combination.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Relationship dynamics transacted in dollars - wow. The next logical step would be to bring this system to the sexual realm.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Great post. I also use plain React (no JSX) with CoffeeScript. I've used Ember, Backbone, Angular, but for me React/CoffeeScript is by far the most productive.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    I really want a better markup for producing books. I'm not sure that this is it.
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    “Year of Code” Director Doesn’t Know How to Code(slate.com)

    2 points by andyl 13y ago|0 comments
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    by andyl 13y ago

    No. Too many opportunities for abuse.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    There is a related phenomena called 'well actually'. http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Is bi-directional replication going to be included in 9.4?
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    by andyl 13y ago

    We have principles! Marriage is bad and drugs are good. Read it right here on Hacker News.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Marriage is an anachronism - a form of oppression at odds with the consumer society that we worship. Hey - time for my Soma!
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    by andyl 13y ago

    Letting down his Harvard MBA spouse. Yeah I can relate to that. Humblebrag.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    I think the Blackphone is a fantastic reaction to the problem of corporate and government spying. It will build awareness of privacy issues, and pave the way for other more secure offerings. A great first step.
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    by andyl 13y ago

    "You guys are awesome and we wish you all the best." Fundraising is such a giant waste of time. (I've been there)