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Sort of related, I've implemented a GitHub pages based serverless app demo, that uses GitHub API to execute git operations from the browser. Though slightly weird, I really enjoyed this experiment, and think there might be something to this concept.

https://github.com/idoco/GitMap

I was really surprised to find out that this works in chrome, since the "site-per-process" policy was one of the major ideas that google implemented and advocated - and different processes shouldn't have access to the same memory space.

But then I read this - https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-is...

"Most renderer-initiated navigations (including link clicks, form submissions, and scripted navigations) are kept within the current process even if they cross a site boundary. This is because other windows in the same process may attempt to use postMessage or similar calls to interact with them."

I disagree, and I can tell you from first hand experience that this is how a tank NBC protection system works - The crew cabin is pressurized with high flow of filtered air.

http://elbitsystems.com/Elbitmain/files/Kinetics_NBC-CBRN.pd...

[Edit - adding this] I can also say, that this creates a very uncomfortable sensation in your ears while the cabin is being over-pressurized (about 2 minutes)

I don't think that Facebook is trying to ride the chatbot trend because it will work better with 3rd world slow internet. Their vision is like Telegram's (and many others) - That people will find it easier to use a natural language interface to interact with services.

The map doesn't show the current user location. You will need to submit a new entry to see it on map.

Submitting a new entry creates a pull request on your behalf to push the new data to the gh-pages branch.

These are not my claims, they are taken from Israeli sources. They probably have there own interests too.

The only event I found from 2012 is labeled as 'regular collects of Heron TP carrying weapons' I'm not sure what it means.

Follow the money.

Israeli sources claim that the reason that this information is published at this timing is a German-Israeli drone deal in which the US Predator lost - http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/europ...

They also claim that since 2011 (The last "hacking" incident) there was a major change in the way that drone communication is encrypted.

Edit: changed 2010 to 2011

Until I googled it just now, I actually didn't know about this whole drama. I've been using it for the last year and had a really good experience.

(Drama: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nodejs/Rl3drk9YQ_Q)

+1 for using hook.io for the hosted API. I just love this service and think this is a great use case for it. Will support it on kickstarter.

IMHO, The use of incoming WebHooks handles the polling problem quite well. This makes REST over http one of the fastest and most elegant way to implement Microservices.

I remember getting so excited with Johnny Lee demoing the movable projected displays 7 years ago on youtube, and thinking that this could be the future - youtube.com/watch?v=liMcMmaewig

This looks like a really big step toward getting something like this into every house :)

Liked the homage to zombo.com :)

Had to reference this xkcd.com/855

I posted MapChat (idoco.github.io/map-chat) three weeks ago at about the same time of the day and also got tons of traffic from HN.

HN crowd was brutal, and I wasn't really ready for that. People were trying to crash it in so many ways. But the overall experience was really fun :) and I also got some very valuable feedback.

It is done.

Lets try to enjoy some hacking free chat, instead of ruining it. You can fill you spare time by implementing new features and sending me pull requests :)

I see some abuse from some specific IPs, and I'm thinking about automatically black-listing them after two messages in less than a specific threshold. What do you think?

Does the problem still persist? which browser are you using? Are you on some restricted network? (Like an internal company network behind a fire wall?)

Yes! Right now it is just broken :) you get an endless stream of notifications, I will add a very simple distance filter.

I'm using a google maps api key to track this, and so far I had only 11K hits on their server. The free limit is 25K for 90 days. After that I'll need to start pay :)

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't really tested it on Safari yet (Although I did test it on ios) I will look into that :)

I will try to add some features to improve conversation, you are welcome to add and track these suggestions on the issues page of the project.

Hi, I'm not sure what is the best way :)

GitHub issues are a good way if you want to comment about the app. You can also contact me at ido.mapchat @gmail.com

Yes, I was thinking about that. The change is very small, but I'm not sure about its implications.

Currently the websocket connection is in http, I'm not sure how it will effect the server if I change it to https. Will it create more load on it?

Yes, this is intentional. I found it easier to be able to move users that blocked my view. They pop back into place after they write again.

Maybe I'll change it after I'll make messages dissolve after some time.

Yes, this is at the top of my list. Thanks :)

You are right that was very silly of me. I got some real XSS filter instead.

There are private rooms, but the UI do not support that yet. Just add #word to the url and get your private chat map. i.e. http://idoco.github.io/map-chat#test

Thank you for your participation in my XSS hackathon experiment ;)

Thanks! The button to close all current balloons is at the top of my list :)

I'm afraid that a reply button might take out some of the fun and the simplicity, but I will conciser that.

Yeah, I added some real XSS protection.

Before today, I thought it would be cool to enable some html :)

Good to hear! This is my intention.

If you implement some new cool features, I'll be glad to merge them.

Thanks for your feedback. The next things I will add are users and messages counters.