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by axod 16y ago
I could. Java is beautiful compared to Ruby in a lot of ways. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1948234
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by axod 16y ago
The former isn't guessable unless you know special modifier characters. It's also error prone if you typo a single character. The latter is readable.
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by axod 16y ago
FWIW, I come from Java and find Ruby to be fairly ugly. It's all subjective, but I prefer concise, exact non ambiguous readable code. From a google for 'ruby sample code'... http://www.fincher.org/tips/Languages/Ruby/ print " with no
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by axod 16y ago
The problem at the moment is that it is essentially free to squat on millions of domains. It's just a matter of getting organized, using grace periods, advertising income, so you don't actually have to pay any money to hold millions of doma
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by axod 16y ago
I think there's likely a ton of people using it, since it's so fashionable right now.
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by axod 16y ago
The only sane answer is to increase the registration price for domains so that it relates more to the market worth of that domain.
517.
by axod 16y ago
It is surprising. They're short, but they're also absolute trash.
518.
by axod 16y ago
Such is the fickle contradictory nature of some geeks. Down with advertising! Adblock for all! ooo! a pretty advert for geek fortune telling! Count me in.
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by axod 16y ago
Surely if the average person is told "There's an X chance you'll die. There's a Y chance you'll lose a leg. There's a Z chance you'll be blown up", they'll worry unduly no matter what X,Y,Z are. I can see what you're saying, that if you're
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by axod 16y ago
Surely those things can be tested for properly by a doctor if you're planning kids and believe you may be high risk. I don't know how things are in the US (I know health care is 'interesting' over there), but one of the jobs of a doctor is
521.
by axod 16y ago
Isn't this just fortune telling or astrology for geeks?
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by axod 16y ago
Well trolled. In actual fact, there's more 'slaves' today than at any time in history. For one, legalized slavery in the US - prisoners are forced to manufacture household appliances, number plates, military uniforms etc. If they refuse, th
523.
by axod 16y ago
>> You have deprived the owner of the design of their right to determine how that design is distributed, in a sense. But the whole notion of 'right to determine how IP is distributed' is an artificial, and very recent creation. Why
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by axod 16y ago
Again, IMHO the definition of stealing supposes that you have deprived the previous owner of something. I don't think we should use 'stealing' to apply to 'design' or any type of non-concrete property.
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by axod 16y ago
> " but simply taking something that's not yours is not the right solution, in my opinion." I think that was his point - you're not taking something that's not yours. Say I take a photo of your cup, then feed the 3d image into a 3d prin
526.
by axod 16y ago
Maybe we'll start seeing 'cherished' IPs? http://123.123.123.123/ ? :/
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by axod 16y ago
That's a separate issue though. Screening a single physical DVD to a party of people simultaneously is illegal. But me connecting a really long cable to a DVD player and connecting it to my TV. There's no way that can be illegal. There is n
528.
by axod 16y ago
Scenario 1: Your DVD player is connected to your TV with a cable. Scenario 2: A DVD player is connected to your TV via several cables (The internet). I don't see a great difference there, other than the length of the cable.
529.
by axod 16y ago
hehe it is awesome fun. And hopefully most people won't have to delve into the horrible specs :)
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by axod 16y ago
If you have to go lower level and implement the server protocol, my heart goes out to you. Websocket is a fantastic advance for the web. But the protocol, in particular the handshake is truly awful. It's awful in that it defines silly usele
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by axod 16y ago
Using PHP+MySQL for something where the vast majority of pages are static seems a bad design choice. I guess the caching can aid with that, but it seems a better idea to optimize for reads in the first place.
532.
by axod 16y ago
> "My brain has re-wired itself to completely ignore advertising." This post is an advert :/ You didn't ignore it... Perhaps we have different definitions of 'advert'.
533.
by axod 16y ago
With due respect, BS. Utter BS. plentyoffish.com has around 6m monthly and is run by a tiny team. (1 person for a long time afaik, maybe 2 now?) It's pie in the sky to think that you need to spend so much to run what is essentially, a very
534.
by axod 16y ago
I use it daily, but I wouldn't donate. I wouldn't pay for it, and if it was gone, I'd expect its hole would be filled by other websites. Sorry if that sounds uncharitable, but I don't agree with donating to such a large bureaucratic organiz
535.
by axod 16y ago
clouds :/
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by axod 16y ago
I tried to register mib.by They took the money, then a couple of weeks later said it "had been denied" for some reason or other. I think they said that someone local owns a trademark on 'mib' or somesuch. It's still unregistered and unused.
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by axod 16y ago
People who get offended by geometric shapes have way too much time on their hands.
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by axod 16y ago
Doesn't look like rocket science. Also using XML is just... hrmmm I'm not sure there's anything that technically impressive that came out of wave.
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by axod 16y ago
> Disagree. And not based on myth. Based on direct experience over 25 years doing programming. Verbosity -- holding all other things equal -- does equal less productivity. Well, around 20 years here. If you look at the extreme. Regular
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by axod 16y ago
You're right, those are the only thing I do use, where appropriate. If you just avoid all the enterprisey crap, Java is a very nice place to be.

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