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The log scale charts make it seem like the performance is all the same. It would be nice to see relative performance in a table or chart.

I think the toilet bowl cleaner used to be more viscous and last a long time.

I called [redacted] HR a few minutes after this was posted.

They just called me back and said they were able to get to him in time and he is getting help.

This reminds me of the 2013 Goldman Sachs aluminum story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/a-shuffle-of-alum...

Another interesting read is how BEAM (the Elixir/Erlang VM) does scheduling: http://jlouisramblings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/how-erlang-doe...

Hello, post author here. What I mean by "N/A" here is "Not Applicable" as in Ruby was not designed for concurrency. I didn't mean to say that it is "Not Available" or not possible. I also was only describing language features without considering libraries.

Even JRuby's first recommendation for concurrency is "don't do it": https://github.com/jruby/jruby/wiki/Concurrency-in-jruby

I recently created this site for Elixir:

https://elixir-examples.github.io/

One static site CMS that I know of is: http://www.webhook.com/

It's open source. Design and content is edited collaboratively and it deploys a static site.

Are there any other CMS systems designed to deploy static sites?

There's also a form in the footer now to be notified by email when we can deliver to your zip code.

I think you might be misunderstanding how this service works.

The Github repositories don't serve the packages.

Jitpack checkouts the repository code, builds it, and serves it like a normal maven repository. Here is a sample repository https://github.com/jitpack/maven-simple and the maven repository it is served from: https://jitpack.io/com/github/jitpack/maven-simple/0.1/maven...

Yes, but I think that syntax is a little ugly, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8916893

Yes, I see || as a wart or crufty. Think about the type signature of || in ruby:

  <Type 1 or Type2> ||(Type1 arg1, Type2 arg2)

but in how many other languages is this?

  boolean ||(arg1, arg2)

C, Java, Objective-C, C++, C#, PHP vs Ruby, Perl, Javascript

If || is used more frequently as a logical operator returning true(1) or false(0) to test logical or (not to be used for assignment), why overload this operator?

Having a separate operator like ?: better shows the intention of the usage. It also resembles the ternary function which has similar functionality.

I know and use both Ruby/Rails and Groovy/Grails and wanted to debunk a myth here:

"Interest in Grails/Groovy is diminishing" - I won't comment on trends but there is still a large, active user base and community

I won't list the benefits of Ruby/Rails over Groovy/Grails because I will assume the audience here is familiar with Ruby/Rails.

Specifically here are some benefits of Groovy over Ruby:

  - Very good JVM tooling and integration
  - Familiar (Java)
  - Developer friendly (Ruby has a number of syntax warts, e.g. elvis operator, null safe operator - just to start) syntax 
  - Optional static compilation
  - Optional typing

and Grails over Rails:

  - Performance - take a look at techempower benchmarks http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r9&hw=peak&test=query
  - Spring integration - having Spring built in is often useful in an enterprise context where existing Spring use exists
  - Typing is nice if you like that (Mentioned above)

When I need to decide between using Grails and Rails, it usually comes down to developer convenience vs performance. I am asking myself do I want to give up a lot of performance (with Grails) for a little more developer conveniences (with Rails)? Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no.

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Does anybody there take out loans in Bolivar, use the Bolviar to buy $300 at the official exchange rate, then sell a few of those purchased dollars in the black market to repay the loan immediately?

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Sent to evgeniuz, I'm bjfish

The article didn't mention this is called a late merge, zipper method, or zipper merge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_merge

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This reminds me of Garden Fresh Farms indoor farms: http://gardenfreshfarms.com/

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The relationship is that they are taking an underutilized resource (trucks) and increasing utilization through their network much like Uber is filling cars.

The current "our business model" section in the letter is confusing and I think the letter should be more up front about what their value proposition is. I had to read their "nosotros" page to figure it out:

  Más del 25% de los camiones en Brasil, México, Colombia y
  Argentina viajan vacíos cada semana, dejando de lado
  ganancias potenciales de US$4.5 billones cada mes. Nuestra
  tecnología pone en contacto a quien tiene la carga con
  quien la puede transportar, así el transportador nunca
  viajan vacío,...

More than 25% of trucks in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina travel empty every week leaving behind potential profits of $4.5B dollars. Our technology puts people with cargo in contact with transporters, so the transporter never travels empty,...

It appears they are filling empty trucks which I find similar to "empty leg flights" which are sold by private jet operators.

I think you would need to include companies with < $500M values to be able to answer the question:

> But is the seed strategy working for startups and VCs?

The data presented here appears to have a selection bias since you've only selected companies that resulted in $500M+ valuations.

So, I don't think you can draw this conclusion from the data presented here:

> But on the whole, investing in seeds seems to pay off handsomely for VCs

I do agree that investing in seed pays off if you have a big winner!

> particularly if the seed investing program lands a big winner

Aside from that potential fallacy, I find the data and other questions here interesting.

I think this site is similar to what your describing: https://trackif.com/

Thank you in advance for any feedback