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by csytan 17y ago
I'd suggest waiting until you want to start collaborating on a project. My first few scripts used folders for version control, and it was perfectly adequate. Why wait? Here's a few reasons: 1. If you've only written one script, then your
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by csytan 17y ago
The data entered into the store has to be validated somewhere. The advantage is that the schema needs only be stored within the code instead of both the code and the database.
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by csytan 17y ago
Hey Matt, As someone who has lived in NB (Fredericton) for most of my life, I feel I can relate to your problem. Even though F'ton is a university town, and known as one of the more tech-centered places in NB, it is still seriously tough t
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by csytan 17y ago
I agree that these shoes are fantastic for running. The one thing that annoys me about them though, are the independent toes. Sure, they feel a bit more "free" than normal shoes, but on the other hand, they make the shoe tougher to put on
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by csytan 17y ago
Try using the http://smush.it/ web app.
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by csytan 17y ago
One reason to import something within a function would be for lazy loading. If I do end up having many different imports, I tend to group them by library/framework. I've learned a lot by looking at the source code for guido's rietveld: ht
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by csytan 17y ago
HN meets its first spam bot..
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by csytan 17y ago
It would be helpful to mention what your startup is doing.
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by csytan 17y ago
Seems like you managed to find some time for fun while working on S3stat :) http://www.s3stat.com/web-stats/cheap-bastard-plan.ashx
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by csytan 18y ago
Seconded. I'm really impressed with the amount of features he has been able to pack into DuckDuckGo while keeping the design dead simple.
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by csytan 18y ago
A tree-based forum visualization using js and canvas. It is intended to make it easier to follow longer discussions. Link (using proggit as test data): http://www.webnodes.org/reddit Source: http://github.com/csytan/webnodes/tree/master
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by csytan 18y ago
I'm excited to see that someone is working on a high level database API. This will be very useful for hooking up non traditional databases like bigtable or couchDB.
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by csytan 18y ago
A simple item based algorithm which has been reported to work quite well is Slope One. The advantages are that it is easy to implement, can be updated on the fly, and it works well (enough) for sparse data sets. http://www.daniel-lemire.c
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by csytan 18y ago
>You also need to explain that clicking "next n" shows you children of the current parent comment. Good point. I'll change it to "Next n replies" >Honestly, yet another 'web2.0' pointless app that will die due to lack of funds or u
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by csytan 18y ago
You're right. I'll get right on that. For now, please use http://www.webnodes.org/
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Ask HN: Review my prototype (webnodes)
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by csytan 18y ago
That makes me picture programmers in sweatsuits jogging around the mall :)
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by csytan 18y ago
For some background information, the course instructor started a thread on a popular Starcraft forum: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=865...
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by csytan 18y ago
This is a really good idea. Whenever I learn a new language, it is always a pain re-learning how to do common tasks. Is anyone interested in working on this as an open source side project with me? My preferred stack is Python, Django, App
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by csytan 18y ago
Instead of following the blog, you might want to check out the appengine group: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine I'm actually quite impressed with their work. The platform (despite its limitations) is extremely easy to wor
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by csytan 18y ago
Threading is a great idea because you can easily follow a discussion, and it takes up much less space than quoting. The disadvantage is that often there is a lot of scrolling to be done when you're not interested in a particular subtopic.
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by csytan 18y ago
The graphics and layout of your site look great :) I have a suggestion that might be of use: reduce the content on your main page so that the user can tell in 15 seconds or less what your site does, and how to get started. Some examples: -
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by csytan 18y ago
Hi :] What part of it would be useful?
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by csytan 18y ago
The stack traces are intentional. Since it's an open source project, I figured I would make debugging as easy as possible. As for the DOM injection, I will look into that after I have fixed the major bugs.
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by csytan 18y ago
Hi siong, Your site looks nice :) I'm going to be working on a developer sandbox once I fix most of the major bugs. This should let people write python code in their browser and have it run on the server. The API is very simple: around 5
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by csytan 18y ago
The scrolling bug should be fixed now, and I think the auto-complete bug should also be fixed. I turned off box shadows in safari, so that might speed things up a bit. There's still a lot of room left for javascript optimizations after I g
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by csytan 18y ago
Thanks, I'll look into that
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by csytan 18y ago
I've been testing it in the latest version of Safari on Windows XP, and there doesn't seem to be any major bugs. Could you tell me what isn't working?
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It's an appengine app
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Thanks for asking :) Adding the brackets greatly simplifies things for the implementation of the command dispatcher/suggester. In addition, in some situations it can be difficult tell what part of the command is an input and what isn't. Fo

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