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1,017 karma · joined October 13, 2011

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/chalkers; my proof: https://keybase.io/chalkers/sigs/o4im9JIWuQOT5C_9SI0mNRjF83A-CfeFnjN6-fl8m5I ]
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achalkley··on Duktape: an embeddable JavaScript engine
I'd like to see this running on an Arduino :)
achalkley··on Introducing Phoenix, Swift set free
I think "stratosphere" is the Cloud platform. The phone from AFAIK is Indie Phone.
achalkley··on JavaScript for OS X Automation
Ionic is amazing. I started using it last night.

PhoneGap by itself is too much of a blank canvas. This framework is opinionated and you can get something sophisticated up and running fairly quickly.

achalkley··on Ask HN: Do you own a 3d printer? What has been your experience?
I'm waiting for my Buccaneer to be delivered by Pirate3D.

It was very cheap - I got the early bird. Their early online demos of creating 3D objects called "SmartObjects" was pretty impressive and intuitive. It seemed to have a lot of features that are now being baked in to MakerBot printers.

achalkley··on Show HN: Try Ion before you buy – uses BluetoothLE, Node.js, websockets, jsmpeg
FWIK BTLE is pretty poorly supported on devices and even at the OS level on Android.
achalkley··on Show HN: An open-source, Raspberry-Pi-based Siri alternative
Open Source project pitched like a product. This is how you do it peeps!

I like this a lot and I'm encouraged to see it.

achalkley··on 2(048)
The first 2048 game I've won!
achalkley··on Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training
@ivan_ah Yep I totally use it for proofreading. Often I find mistakes in news articles and such and end up being that person notifying them of a mistake :)

Mine is a little slower than yours - http://i.imgur.com/WGW1QWk.png - I use cmd + alt + shift + s as my short cut.

achalkley··on Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training
I'm impressed. I often get my Mac to read things to me as I find it difficult to follow text.

This was great.

achalkley··on We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it
My DogeCoin price app was too simple too.

http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/1wmmk9/my_dogecoin...

achalkley··on Put.io
Has this pivoted?
achalkley··on 1/9998 = 0.0001 0002 0004 0008 0016 0032 0064 0128 0256..
What does this mean?
achalkley··on Ask HN: Is it possible to get a tech job without a degree?
Yes. Taught myself everything. Now in US on an O-1 Visa.
achalkley··on Ask HN: Where do you spend Bitcoins?
Reddit gold.

About to use some on Adafruit products.

achalkley··on Poll: What's your target price for 1 BTC?
> When the entire world is using it

Sure. When it hits it's adoption plateau - whether that's just techies, financial institutions or everyone who would. What's the price you think is "reasonable".

achalkley··on Shopify accepts Bitcoin
Risk in what way?
achalkley··on Shopify accepts Bitcoin
The only way you could do it without a "pre funded" account (online like Coinbase) was if you had a RPC-Client for your transactional wallet, say on your local machine. This client would schedule payments.
achalkley··on Shopify accepts Bitcoin
This is really forward thinking Shopify! Great news.
achalkley··on Bitcoins reached $300
Amen.
achalkley··on The Coral Content Distribution Network
What the heck is that "Illuminati" thing at the bottom of the page mean?
achalkley··on Show HN: Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier
Wow.
achalkley··on Beware of geeks bearing gifts
It's not considering that everyone's privacy is being violated. You have no rights if it's in digital form. Your speech is monitored. You are physically removed from a country because of a misunderstood tweet. [An example : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312].

The threats of violence and detention against your will by nation states are real, and having Google and other tech companies being complicit is scary. Why are they complicit? Because of the same threats of violence.

We are slaves. Maybe not whipped, maybe not starved, but threatened, poisoned and our children's children are in debt slavery because of the rainbows and unicorns we think is just around the corner if we borrow a little bit more. And by the sweat of their brow will we pay for the NSA / GCHQ, the wars and such like.

achalkley··on Beware of geeks bearing gifts
They don't care about their image. They care if they get locked up if they don't comply.
achalkley··on Beware of geeks bearing gifts
You're telling me that you don't think every HTTP request could be tracked by Google? Someone not on Loon wouldn't have that.

Could Google provide free internet without tracking people?

achalkley··on Beware of geeks bearing gifts
What is a "Google Account"? It's a fuzzy thing - they track you and sell you without a log in or not.
achalkley··on Beware of geeks bearing gifts
When the internet is being used as a "right" or commodity like food and your digital persona, which you don't "own", is being used to profit someone else, and your "right" to it is revoked if you choose to "own" it, the metaphor is apt.
achalkley··on Apple Prohibits Android Lessons in New Treehouse App
> “There’s some really weird behavior going on,” says Carson, claiming that the iPad apps for Lynda.com and Udemy have Android content. “We don’t know if it’s just a random oversight by Apple or if there’s something worse going on.”
achalkley··on TSA searches valet-parked car
How do they "scan" I hope they're not using those ADE 651s?
achalkley··on Hacking a $9 Remote Control Car with Arduino
Exactly! Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I feel like an Asgardian.
achalkley··on Ask HN: JetBrains vs NetBeans vs Eclipse for PHP, Python and Ruby.
Not used it. I've used AppCode, RubyMine and IntelliJ all great products.
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