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big_lou··on Java Virtual Machine in pure Node.js
Yep. Mad props.
big_lou··on Java Virtual Machine in pure Node.js
I thought that that was the worst thing that ever happened, and I turned out to be wrong. No inconsistency here.
big_lou··on Java Virtual Machine in pure Node.js
This is the worst thing that ever happened
big_lou··on Lisphp: A Lisp Dialect Written in PHP
This is the worst thing that ever happened
big_lou··on Audio pioneer Ray Dolby passes away
At least we still have this Dolby: http://www.thomasdolby.com/
big_lou··on Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic Income
So corporations should have literally zero disincentive to make money? Is that what you intend to argue? Because that seems to imply that corporations should be completely unfettered in every conceivable way, be it legal, economic, ethical, or otherwise. Am I missing something there?
big_lou··on How People Think Facebook Connect Log‑in and Log‑out Work
It's a win because users aren't forced to go through the typical create username/password --> email verification --> sign in flow. Is it worth it to the end user? Maybe, maybe not. But it saves them time, and there's lots of empirical evidence that sign-up rates are drastically higher with social login.
big_lou··on NeoCities
Maybe that's because it was made public basically an hour ago
big_lou··on NeoCities
Maybe there will be an API. The project is one month old.
big_lou··on NeoCities
PEOPLE. This is clearly not intended as a business. Stop asking about the "business model." It strikes me as just being a cool side project that enables people to make websites. That's it.

Yeesh.

big_lou··on Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce Unix Bootstrap
How is this not blowing up HN right now?