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   by tlack 16y ago

   The license debacle got me to switch (I clearly remember Dive Into Mark's spirited long rant), but Movable Type's weird Perlisms, and quirks like rebuilding all the posts when you changed the layout, would have sent me running eventually an
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   by tlack 16y ago

   Fantastic idea. "Casual mentoring" like this brings a lot of the benefits of incubators to those not participating in them. I'll echo others in saying that we need more specificity in our expertise and a better browsing system. Perhaps allo
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   by tlack 16y ago

   To me what's most interesting -- and something you touched on briefly in your article -- is that it seems this concept could be a powerful way to tie in Ajax and lazy loading (like Facebook does where parts of the page are loaded after the
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   by tlack 16y ago

   I wish the examples here were more concrete. This could be a powerful mechanism, beyond the usual tiresome MVC.
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   by tlack 16y ago

   It's a very easy to use product that is used by tens of thousands of pages, if not more. The revenue alone would be significant once they release better paid options. If you think an app like that is as easy as having a bunch of themes done
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   by tlack 16y ago

   It's like not you're sharing needles with a heroin addict by using C. :)
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   by tlack 16y ago

   I wonder how fast nginx would be with C scripts for modules, rebuilding executables as needed using file mtime? Might be worth the experiment. For things like presence servers and COMET, it makes sense to code in C. Anyone else interested i
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   by tlack 16y ago

   I don't think he would appreciate being 26 years old and making $100 a week again. I think perhaps his feeling of emptiness is not due to his possessions, but due to a lack of passion: he probably needs a more interesting job. I would defin
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   by tlack 16y ago

   I am generally strongly opposed to outsourcing, but the Facebook API is a moving target and generally considered very poorly documented. There's also not much example code out there that still works with the current SDKs. I've had a very ha
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I wonder if Facebook developed this functionality to aide companies bringing their ecommerce efforts directly onto Facebook (as Amazon and hundreds of others are now doing).
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Are you sure? Unless I am misremembering, much of the Facebook code I see and write verifies permissions after they are accepted to see what you actually got.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Your user id is just 82? Have you tried disabling all the apps that have issued an offline_access request?
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    by tlack 16y ago

    this can be disabled in BandPage. i wonder why they left it open for all. good catch.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    For one project we leased a server from ThePlanet.com that included 10tb of bandwidth for about $399 or so. Our Amazon S3 bill was about $1,200 at the time. If something else in our network fails we can use this box in a pinch as an emergen
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    Ask HN: Anyone using SSDs from SoftLayer yet?

    11 points by tlack 16y ago|4 comments
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I'm also very happy with Linode. Similar enough to regular hosting that it's quick to set up (no worries about AMIs, etc), cheap, fast, and there are always plenty of extra instances available should you need to scale quickly.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Well now that the highly moralistic scrapers know it's not allowed I'm sure they'll stop.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I'd love some control over the coloration and some ideas of how my mouse drags can affect the final result.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    http://xoxo.cm/2e773
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Random Matchup mode would be fantastic.. no one is online right now that I'd like to play with.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I don't think Farmville needs Facebook to exist - it just needs a way to stay constantly connected with the player to continue the "social loop." With Facebook out of the picture they'd have much more freedom to interact with their hard cor
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    by tlack 16y ago

    There's a free evaluation version and a free online book or two - all linked from code.kx.com username anonymous/password anonymous.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I believe they want to cut Facebook out of the equation so they are not handcuffed by their restrictions and whims.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Have you found any interesting personal projects to use Q/Kdb for? I've been trying to learn it for years but haven't found anything to use it for that really makes me want to learn.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I think it would be more interesting and fair if he hand-wrote the assembly code as well as the LLVM code. Those labels are unnecessarily intimidating and I'm sure a human could make the code structure much more clear.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I think his suggestion is that the Apple experience is so much better that it is worth forming emotional attachment with the company, and that this is something Android will never be able to provide.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Would love to see a 25mp digital back on that thing for ultimate nerdery.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I feel like some example use cases on the homepage might be helpful, perhaps as a short illustrated video or slide show. I'm not quite sure how this product will benefit me from a quick skim. What's the difference between a "lab" and a regu
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    by tlack 16y ago

    Perhaps something to access and update your data remotely, such as office documents, bookmarks, photos, etc. You could probably even do high latency chat.
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    by tlack 16y ago

    I've seen a couple of references to the fact that Erlang does, in fact, run on Android, including one here on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1518686 and the download page :) http://www.burbas.se/artiklar/erlang-for-the-android-p