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by cryptolect 13y ago
Coming from Ruby, when I last looked at Go about 5 months ago, I was dismayed at the package management state. My specific concern was around version pinning. I'll be excited to try out Cargo when it launches.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Hell yes. I've been writing API code for a bunch of bitcoin-related exchanges lately, and on reflection, it seems quaint that my bank doesn't offer an API, if only to do read-only queries of transaction history and balances. For i
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I've discovered programming approaches in Clojure that I'm now looking for in other languages. For instance, two of the things I looked for straight away in Julia was if there were immutable types and map functions, since I'v
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I know how you feel. A off-the-cuff post [1] about why I chose a few different web-related libraries hit front page of Hacker News a while back. I spent maybe 30 minutes on it, and laughed when I noticed it had been received so well (someon
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Clojure to die for(cjohansen.no)
173 points by cryptolect 13y ago|73 comments
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Machine Learning course from Stanford (via Coursera)(coursera.org)
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Interesting. Makes me wonder how long until we see something like a mix of LightTable and Cloud9 (web-based IDE). Web-based REPLs will be great for collaborative development.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
There's a fairly active mailing list over at dev-identity@lists.mozilla.org. If you have a heavy investment in Persona, I'd recommend you ask there.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I tried Go after a few years of Ruby, and compile-time errors is what annoyed me the most. Bzzt that variable is defined but not in use, fail. Bzzt that function is defined but not used, fail. Bzzt that library is included but not used, fai
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by cryptolect 13y ago
It failed to get wider adoption because the average consumer doesn't see the problem they solve as a problem. There's a far small potential userbase who recognize the privacy benefits of the Persona system.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
An app is constructed from various building blocks. As you gain experience, you learn to recognise what building blocks are required, and you can tackle an 'app', one block at a time. A challenge for new programmers is being able
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by cryptolect 13y ago
My next step up from "Hello World" should be relatively simple for most languages. Pick a public JSON API. Retrieve it over HTTP. Parse the JSON into a data structure. Print some interesting part of the data. This exposes you to
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Why not both?
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Feels like this is the beginning of a trend: Clojure, Hy and now Gisp.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I think much of the audience of HN is surprised that something so rough and unpolished could be so successful. A popular assumption is that you need to professionally use modern technologies to standout and be successful. Flappy Bird shows
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I tend to agree. Until CACert becomes more mainstream, it is not as useful, except within a community of users who also use it. The main advantage I'd see with CACert is wildcard certificates (which you dont get at the first level with
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Author here. I changed the body color css after seeing the comment above. :)
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Looks like they miss a step where they provide or link to instructions on how to improve, rather than just detect and explain why your client is bad.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Unless I 100% own my 'answers' and my social network won't be sold, I won't use this. I see there being value as an open source project, but if this is just a way to monetize and mine me and my friend's opinions the
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I don't like the amount of permissions their mobile (Android) app requires: * storage - modify or delete contents of usb storage * location ? * your applications information ? * bluetooth settings ? * network communication - full netwo
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Previous discussions of Owncloud here have mentioned that Owncloud suffers from scaling issues and a few other big problems. Could anyone familiar with such previous issues comment on whether those seem to have been addressed?
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Interesting. I know a few exchanges who could definitely use an improvement like this.
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by cryptolect 13y ago
[citation required]
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Long ago I had bought a copy of "On Lisp", read pg's essays, and tried to get into Common Lisp. The issue I had at the time was the lack of a 'batteries included' lisp. At the time I ended up moving to Python instea
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by cryptolect 13y ago
The Zeroconf title made me think it was something like Etcd, but it's just a smalltalk environment?
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I think it's getting to a tipping point where more developers have been burnt by the overly generous promises of MongoDB then those still believing the marketing. I think there would be a lot less hate for MongoDB if it hadn't adv
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I'd point out that "security first" might mean something to you, but not necessarily to NGOs, human rights defenders and activists. It is a good goal for the project, but I think the name doesn't mean anything and will b
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by cryptolect 13y ago
I've been trying out a few different options in this space. I'm doing work with Docker, and in certain scenarios I'd like my containers to 'learn' their configuration at startup. I initially spent some time trying o
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by cryptolect 13y ago
Surveillance capability has advanced beyond broader public awareness and legislative controls. The gap between what can and what cannot be monitored continues to shrink. It's in the various intelligence agencies best interest to not ed
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by cryptolect 13y ago
It's cold in hell tonight.

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