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TFrancis

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TFrancis··on Adobe Introduces P2P Flash Player, Kills CDNs
Could this be a replacement for torrents? I don't understand why someone couldn't write a BitTorrentish client in Flash/Air. It could really lower the barrier to entry for many people. Have you tried explaining how to use the BitTorrent protocol to a lay person? Seriously, if the Pirate Bay offered an in browser Flash based P2P client that was interoperable with other BitTorrent clients, that would really shake things up.

Personally, I don't believe that keeping the browser open is really that much of a problem. I keep Meebo and GMail open all day. It's been said, Firefox is the new Emacs; just another operating system.

TFrancis··on Ruby Symbols Are Not Pretty Things
Are there any Lisp head that want to compare/contrast symbol use in their domain?
TFrancis··on Ask YC: How do you lose weight?
I totally agree with you on your last point about sloppy record keeping. You've learned over time how to properly estimate calories. Once I started to actually measure and record the food I consumed my weight changed dramatically.
TFrancis··on Ask YC: How do you lose weight?
Bikram Yoga is my way. It's a style of Hatha Yoga. Bikram Yoga is very intense but, also very rewarding. I can't recommend it enough.
TFrancis··on The (humorous) dangers of Google's new deep search
Additionally, the interface to web crawlers (robots.txt) is well defined.
TFrancis··on Bloxes
Jef Raskin is one of my heroes.
TFrancis··on Ask PG: Why the cookie change?
No I'm suggesting that static content be served by something lighter than Apache.
TFrancis··on Ask PG: Why the cookie change?
> For static pages, there's no reason he can't stick an Apache in front.

For static pages, there no reason to stick Apache in front.

TFrancis··on The nightmare of installing Lisp: a noob's perspective
apt-get install sbcl
TFrancis··on Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?
Here's another vote for Trac.
TFrancis··on Ask YC: Why? The more time I spend here the more I get done.
Get back to work Drew!
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