ntoshev

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by ntoshev 18y ago
On the iPhone I have no problems with PDF, but I can't open scribd at all.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
The Scala argument in Paper Tigers is incorrect. If Java-style static typing catches 90% of the bugs that can be caught with 5x more complex type system, I would say some trade-off for simplicity is acceptable and it is reasonable to just u
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by ntoshev 18y ago
You should blog when you have something to say, not just because you want to critique someone.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
The article doesn't have anything to say, except that they hate 37signals. Why does this get promoted here?!!
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by ntoshev 18y ago
It is irrelevant if this series is "made up", what is important is that there is no substance in the articles at all.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
Your version is much better: it explains what happened in detail and it has much less noise. I guess the one currently on the homepage is more upmoddable because of the creationists reference.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
It seems you can't have direct threaded interpreter for JVM or CLR where the opcodes conform to specification that can't change between versions of the interpreter. The SquirrelFish announcement's list for future developments ( http://webki
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by ntoshev 18y ago
If the websites you scrape don't want you to do so, they will update their robots.txt and ban you. If you don't respect that, they will ban your IP and/or take legal action. So just try not to piss them off.
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Clojure from Azul perspective: STMs vs Locks(blogs.azulsystems.com)
3 points by ntoshev 18y ago|0 comments
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by ntoshev 18y ago
Ability requires memory, at least for basic things. You can't be a good programmer and forget the syntax of the language you are working in. If you need to look up something as fundamental as switch statement in the internet, it's like a wr
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by ntoshev 18y ago
You know the syntax of switch in the language you have been using in the last three months. If you don't, something's wrong!
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by ntoshev 18y ago
The real estate here in Bulgaria may be a bubble too, although it hasn't bursted yet. Vacation properties' prices are already falling. Few people can afford to buy a place to live in Sofia. For those who can, quality is another problem. The
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by ntoshev 18y ago
http://code.google.com/p/pyrfeed/wiki/GoogleReaderAPI
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by ntoshev 18y ago
Google Reader archives the feeds. Just keep scrolling back. There is also a not-very-official API.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
No, I don't think this helps. Yes, you get more bandwidth, but the signal-to-noise ratio drops.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
It is good, but still low-bandwidth. Perhaps the reason for compulsively refreshing the homepage is that we just can't get enough. Any suggestions about how to make better online environments for people who care about similar things?
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by ntoshev 18y ago
It is a very clear signal indeed, thank you for summarizing it well.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
You are right. But I have a question: what are network desktop applications like iTunes good for?
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by ntoshev 18y ago
It is not a start from scratch, but it is incompatible with previous versions of Ruby in significant ways.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
I'll release a solution to this problem (among others) in a month or so. If you are interested, drop me a line on my username at gmail.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
I basically agree with you, just I'm not sure which revenue sharing businesses are doomed and which are not. AdSense is obviously far from doomed. eBay is in the revenue sharing business as much as a game guide sharing site would be. What i
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by ntoshev 18y ago
I tried the YUI and ExtJS grids. Both seem to have quirks, but in the end I chose ExtJS and it has worked for me so far. I looked at things like performance to add dynamically 100 rows, and general flexibility.
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Poll: Are you a builder or entrepreneur?
17 points by ntoshev 18y ago|18 comments
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by ntoshev 18y ago
mostly builder
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by ntoshev 18y ago
mostly entrepreneur
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by ntoshev 18y ago
both
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by ntoshev 18y ago
neither
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by ntoshev 18y ago
I don't think it is a choice. As described, entrepreneur/builder are two distinct personality types.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
Entrepreneur. Woz is a builder. This may not be a duality with clear-cut boundaries, but nevertheless it strikes me as a very true one, one that helps me understand things. Introvert/extravert is not clear-cut either.
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by ntoshev 18y ago
Scalability is important, but it seems the raw speed of websites to any particular user gets less attention than it needs. There is quite a bit of data that slow sites are much less attractive to users, even if they don't consciously realiz

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