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by dougk16 10y ago
Hey thanks, really nice focused feedback there that I will take action on. A pipe dream I have is to actually make the engine powering my website work without JS as well. So a zoom/swipe navigation would actually go up to the server to
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by dougk16 10y ago
Could you give me any more information? My original site (years and years ago) was a PHP monster that got hacked briefly through a security vulnerability in my hosting provider (wasn't my fault, I swear!), so maybe the corporate firewa
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by dougk16 10y ago
Bah yea need to update that, thanks for the heads up.
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by dougk16 10y ago
Did you mean worrydream or my personal website? If you mean mine, sorry for the scroll-jacking! It's been a few years since I've touched the input handling code and that kind of stuff tends to rust really fast. Might have to go ba
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by dougk16 10y ago
Ha! I was going for spiral galaxy, but now you've got me wondering about all those job applications that I never heard back from! FWIW the engine ( https://github.com/dougkoellmer/swarm ) that runs the website doesn
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by dougk16 10y ago
First the master: http://worrydream.com/ Surprised nobody's posted it yet. Other people are also posting their own, so here's mine: http://www.dougkoellmer.com/ Other job-hunt-specific efforts: h
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by dougk16 10y ago
Ha, here's an old thread where I asked the caja developers about that exact scenario: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-caja-discuss/... Some possible mitigations but I don't know if th
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by dougk16 10y ago
https://developers.google.com/caja/ Used it a few years ago. It was a little finnicky to get working right but I was impressed at the time. No idea where the project is at nowadays.
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by dougk16 10y ago
Coffee shops that have single-origin beans only used for pour overs, french press, etc., can typically use the same bag over the course of at least multiple days, sometimes weeks. Two shops around me at least keep them in nice jars, but no
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by dougk16 10y ago
The amount of crema is definitely tied to air exposure so the quicker you can use up your beans the better Check out this simple vacuum sealer: http://www.pump-n-seal.com/ No affiliation, I've just been using this de
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by dougk16 10y ago
I've had similar situations and my assumption is that the other person looked me up on facebook and that's how the connection was established. Still creepy but seems more probable than facebook infiltrating my other communication
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by dougk16 10y ago
The planet itself could slow the probe down quite rapidly. ;)
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by dougk16 10y ago
lol I failed big time! Well at least at the starting-a-company thing. Kids are great so far though!
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by dougk16 10y ago
Ha yes I was stupid for a long time (as a stay-at-home/starting-a-company dad) and actually tried to work during the kids' naps. Napping myself would have been a much more effective use of my time. Took me a while to realize thoug
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by dougk16 10y ago
Strictly speaking yes you typically have several hours of "free" time each day while your child naps. The issue (assuming a creative job like a developer) is you have no idea how long you have, or how well they'll sleep, so b
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by dougk16 10y ago
GWT's JAva->JS transpiler does a pretty good job too. As long as a library isn't too reflection-heavy it can compile without modification. And if a library is reflection-heavy odds are you're not going to have a use for it
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by dougk16 10y ago
Agreed, but the tension there seems to be that it also demands an org with enough money to buy small countries. Not just for the R&D either but also to sway public opinion, change existing laws and create favorable new ones, and for law
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by dougk16 10y ago
You didn't finish the story! (spoiler alert: poor rising up, overthrowing, etc.)
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by dougk16 10y ago
"Every automated System needs a very well trained and calm operator when it all goes south." I think that's sort of the paradox discussed in the article, or at least one that comes to my mind. The more automation you have in
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by dougk16 10y ago
No idea about Stirling engines but you could always use other kinds of steam engines or turbines, albeit with lower theoretical efficiency. There's a very niche hobby for this kind of stuff, see https://www.youtube.com/
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by dougk16 10y ago
The focal point for light going through a sphere is right at the surface of the sphere on the opposite side of the light source. So the focal point will rotate around the outer surface of the sphere as the sun moves throughout the day (and
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by dougk16 10y ago
I believe the heat will be used to drive a Stirling engine. Most concentrated solar power rigs use steam engines of some kind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power
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by dougk16 10y ago
Sure, questions welcome! For the most part I was limited to classes intermediate and above when I started out so there's some basis for communication. Of course the best part of travel is learning the native language. After a few month
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by dougk16 10y ago
If you're serious in your travel ambitions, one simple term: Teaching English as a Foreign Language For the most part the qualifications are (1) a heartbeat and (2) English proficiency, and not even native level necessarily. No college
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by dougk16 10y ago
Exactly. For my toddlers I also view it as training in some level of obedience (not running to the other side of the store), social interaction, dealing with disappointment (no you can't have the batman matchbox car set), learning abou
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by dougk16 11y ago
Somewhat related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof#Scientific_research
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by dougk16 11y ago
While I don't agree with the general sentiment of vinceguidry (e.g. I think comments answering "why?" are very important), for your specific counterpoints I do tend try solve it in code if possible: 1) Vector3 calcNewtonianGr
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by dougk16 11y ago
For their normal coffee I totally agree, but have you tried one of their Reserve coffees on the Clover machine mentioned in the article? As far as I know it tunes its brewing parameters to each individual type of bean and it's consiste
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by dougk16 11y ago
Very nice! I'm looking to do a simple store just like this for a physical craft and was considering options. Could you explain or link more to how you used Heroku?
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by dougk16 11y ago
My website itself is just peacock feathers. The engine/CMS powering it is the more interesting part and I agree has other applications. Thanks for the feedback.

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