mckoss

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   Idea Man? Ex-Microsoft geek reviews Paul Allen’s memoir(geekwire.com)

   3 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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   by mckoss 15y ago

   (I've been running social bookmarking site, Faves.com, since 2005). I still think there is a largely unmet need that fits into the "Social Bookmarking" niche. But I don't think "Social" is the best way to think about it. As an avid user (o
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   by mckoss 15y ago

   I've been thinking about a clean way to handle multiple inheritance (for mix-in style classes) in JavaScript for a while. I think this approach is the best I've come up with so far. There's more documentation (and source) on this github re
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   A Multiple Inheritance Pattern for JavaScript(wiki.pageforest.com)

   3 points by mckoss 15y ago|1 comments
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   by mckoss 15y ago

   Creating a programming system where the primary representation of a program is not text, but rather a dynamic data structure is the core idea behind Intentional Programming (Charles Simonyi's post-Microsoft company). http://intentsoft
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   by mckoss 15y ago

   At $500/mo, this is more like a "weekend-style" business, providing some nice walking around money even if not enough to pay the bills.
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   by mckoss 15y ago

   Didn't Linus forget newnode->count = 1;
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   by mckoss 16y ago

   Missed things like overloading in C++ (calling different functions by matching of their type signature, not just their name), template functions, generics, and exception handling (try/catch/throw).
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   by mckoss 16y ago

   Residual rates sold through Google AdSense are frequently below $0.50 CPM.
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    If library writers were to use CommonJS Modules (i.e. just use require() and exports), we'd be most of the way there. Require.js and AMD still feel like they are not appropriate in all scenarios (e.g., I really don't want or need a "loader"
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Found a nice solution for multi-processors: http://u.go2.me/4Kx
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    I'm working on extending the example to allow for use of Web Workers.
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    An implementation of the Ambiguous Operator (Amb) in JavaScript(wiki.pageforest.com)

    2 points by mckoss 16y ago|2 comments
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    An Open Source Data Format for Puzzles (Crosswords, Sudoku, etc.)(ipuz.org)

    1 points by mckoss 16y ago|0 comments
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    tl;dr
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    Updated JavaScript namespace.js - now supports CommonJS Modules(github.com)

    1 points by mckoss 16y ago|0 comments
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Amazing. Tried to run the current CPython port on iPad and the browser crashes. :-(
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Very interesting. I wonder why Chrome wasn't mentioned at all in the survey. I would love to find some tools, like a Chrome extension, that could display an accessibility score for a web page and provide guidance on solving problems. For
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    TBD feature...
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback. BTW, can you explain why you can't do page rendering in JavaScript for accessibility? Is there reason screen readers can deal with dynamically generated HTML?
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Yeah. In this app I used the (very nice) ShownDown.js as a MarkDown format generator. Which DOES properly sanitize most input. I then added the special <script> evaluation stuff as a cool "hack". As client-side JavaScript gets mo
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Yes - this app is not a good example of doing this "right" (my bad). It should instead sanitize the input before displaying it (especially to another user).
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Thanks for the pointer to unhosted - I've not seen this before. Sounds like a standard protocol to separate application from data storage - pretty similar to the Pageforest model - except federated!
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Don't be hater ... come work with us! ;-) Seriously, thanks for giving it a try - I'd love to get your feedback on problems you have using the platform...
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    It is true that you'd need to write your app so that you either segregate user's input (the only one reading a document is the original user who created it), or sanitize user-entered data in the client before displaying it. I think this is
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Please? ;-)
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Good feedback. What I'm aiming for (and trying to see if there are others that this resonates with), is a higher level of abstraction for HTML5-centric application development. There's a lot to learn to build applications that span databas
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Your JavaScript application uses a REST protocol, or, more usually, or client JavaScript storage wrapper: http://wiki.pageforest.com/#pageforest-api/storage Simpler apps will save their state in a document created for the user (up to 1 MB
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    User authentication is handled by the server, and then a session cookie is created on your application sub-domain. App writers don't have to worry about authentication - just redirect the user to the www.pageforest.com/sign-in/appid page, a
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    by mckoss 16y ago

    Good points. The back end is implemented on App Engine. But we provide an abstracted storage interface. Application can created "documents" (up to 1 MB of JSON, and saved using a HTTP PUT or POST). Our permissions model is based on the