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by robotmay 14y ago
I do test for caching (though I must admit I write first, test later); I'll write that up in a later post. Similarly, I'll put up some comparisons to show the performance difference those changes have made :) I think everyone should be cach
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by robotmay 14y ago
Agreed. Though I will admit to often prematurely optimising as I quite enjoy performance tweaking :)
813.
by robotmay 14y ago
Aye, I was going on the assumption that people were using memcached/redis. I'll add a little section in case anyone wasn't sure about that bit :)
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Everyone should be using low level caching in Rails(robotmay.com)
45 points by robotmay 14y ago|18 comments
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by robotmay 14y ago
Hah, that's quite entertaining. Doing a non-bubbled search on Google has it at 2/3/4/5 for me. The site at #1 is, I'm assuming, much older.
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by robotmay 14y ago
I must admit that a significant portion of my love for DDG is because of the duck. It just looks so enthusiastic.
817.
by robotmay 14y ago
http://bing.com/webmaster . Good luck, it took about 2 weeks before it even hit it once :\
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by robotmay 14y ago
Ah ha, that's really interesting. My site hasn't been around very long, but it has been submitted to both Google & Bing for the same amount of time. Nice to know that it balances out over time, but it looks like Google pays more attenti
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by robotmay 14y ago
I always knew Google hit more (especially if you're watching the access logs) but I didn't realise quite how much more until I saw the graphs on Cloudflare.
820.
by robotmay 14y ago
Aye, I think Cloudflare had Yahoo! in there as a bit of a legacy thing. I find myself appending !g to a lot of my queries on DDG; but I'm fine with that, as it offers me some interesting features that I don't get on Google.
821.
by robotmay 14y ago
http://millionshort.com popped up a while back and I've actually found it incredibly useful, especially for any topics more likely to be found on little personal sites.
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by robotmay 14y ago
All equally valid points. For me I find that the quality of results is what still draws me back. I use DDG for most things these days (as it's especially good for quickly finding repos on GitHub etc), but if I have anything less certain (li
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This is probably why everyone still relies on Google(robotmay.com)
105 points by robotmay 14y ago|38 comments
824.
by robotmay 14y ago
Well talk about an excellent way to show off your platform. It's really smooth, nice work.
825.
by robotmay 14y ago
Here and Reddit so far, though I really should investigate Pinterest more (I'm targeting families). Twitter has a really low pickup rate for me, probably because I'm not that popular. Facebook is a little better as friends are more easily b
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by robotmay 14y ago
Are there any downsides to using d3.js? We're looking to rebuild a primarily chart-based application in the near future, and it's currently top of my list of libraries to use.
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by robotmay 14y ago
I once got penalised in college because I solved a problem using SQL instead of 'the wizard' :\
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Ask HN: So what are the early opinions on RubyMotion?
4 points by robotmay 14y ago|0 comments
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by robotmay 14y ago
If you love that sorta thing then you may enjoy being a barber-surgeon/doctor in a living history group. It involves a bit of expense in acquiring all the tools and knowledge, but you'll be by far the most popular person with the public. On
830.
by robotmay 14y ago
The natural environment of the re-enactor is the pub; you just have to know which one to loiter in ;) Actually I got started by looking for local groups near me. There are three main types of groups; battle re-enactors, living history, and
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by robotmay 14y ago
I'm a historical re-enactor, and one thing we get to have a bit of fun with is fruit & veg. Aside from sneaking totally inauthentic fruits into displays to see if people notice ("why that coconut floated across the atlantic" etc), we do
832.
by robotmay 14y ago
I like it; I've had a need for something similar recently (though I settled on SO Careers). Slight layout error on the homepage in Firefox 12 (OS X): http://i.imgur.com/ZlTi3.png
833.
by robotmay 14y ago
I've used Gollum ( https://github.com/github/gollum ) which is a pretty straight-forward little wiki and works well in a small company.
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by robotmay 14y ago
I like the concept; I think simple server configuration is still an unsolved problem and it's good to see someone taking a stab at something new. I'll hopefully have a chance to try it out soon. Quick note; set 'cursor: pointer;' in your CS
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by robotmay 14y ago
Ooh, I hadn't seen that one - sorely tempted to go to France for that now :D
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by robotmay 14y ago
Hell, I'm a natural English speaker (and quite literate), and I still have to pay attention when reading Tolkien.
837.
by robotmay 14y ago
I was incredibly excited when I found out Euruko is only £65; every other Ruby conference is extortionate. I don't care about fancy venues or freebies; I want to meet other people and learn something new. Most of these conferences are prici
838.
by robotmay 14y ago
Looks like it's the same setup as Cardiff Castle; most likely run by the local council. These kinda one-off places are what will hopefully be easily added when I open up event/place submission to users; which I'm hoping to get up in the nex
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by robotmay 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback! The geocoding can be a little odd at times and I'm keeping track of things like this to help me improve it. The first thing I'll do is ensure that all the city/area links on the homepage point to more or less the ce
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by robotmay 14y ago
Aye, managing the events/places is the trickiest part at the moment. One of my main goals is to have people submitting their own events/places or submitting those they know of near them; I can't index everything by myself, unfortunately! I'

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