jrsims

'man sftp'

:)

So that we'll have something to implement, thereby creating value?

Any vimmers out there who would stay with emacs after giving it a fair shake? Any converts from emacs to vim? I want to hear your story. Thanks.

What doesn't kill Ruby should hopefully make it stronger.

This is _why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Whytheluckystiff.jpg

That's exactly what an INTJ would say. If you were an INTP, you wouldn't have posted that because you would've been second-guessing yourself. :)

I love Xubuntu. Surprised there isn't more buzz about it.

Same addictions here, minus the snowboarding. I really need to be more active. That might cancel out some of the effects of said addictions.

If everything were available in microformats, wouldn't that dramatically lower the barrier to entry for search startups who want to be the next Google?

That said, wouldn't it be in Google's best interest to keep microformats at bay? Natural language processing + strong AI is how Google stays on top, no?

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw

Serious question:

Doesn't the fact that Twitter has been running a highly trafficked Ruby website for a while now nullify all arguments that "Ruby's not ready"?

Sure, we all know that Ruby could be better. But isn't it ready now?

Yeah, I'm noticing a pretty even split between the MB/MBP vs ThinkPad. Guess that means you can't go wrong either way unless the type of work you'll be doing depends on an OS-specific feature.

For example: Consider what mobile platforms you will be developing for. If that includes iPhone, an MB/MBP will be essential (iPhone is probably not a market any of us want to ignore at this point).

What's the max display resolution a MacBook can handle when plugged into an external monitor?

1.9 is a development release. Ruby uses odd numbered points for those. The refined, "stable" version of 1.9 will be 2.0.

When Rails and Django compete... we win!

Well, thank goodness for Dr. Raibert. And while we're at it, thank goodness for Albert Einstein.

It's the people who would exploit the technology developed by these benign characters that frightens me.

So it is perfectly reasonable to be paranoid about emerging technologies that have the capacity for great good or great evil.

I admire your optimism. It is indeed exciting technology, but I think this will have military applications long before it is available for public use.

For now, Roomba will have to do.

Install macports and you can add wget, as well as elinks and many others.

http://www.macports.org/

Thanks, this is interesting!

What languages/technologies did you use to build this?

I have restored balance on your behalf. :)

So here's the question I have with sites like this: What are the legal implications of people submitting other people's personal contact info to the service without permission?

Are there not privacy laws that come into play here? Not saying Chatterous are up to no good - really, it looks like a terrific service - but you see what I mean.

If you're a terminal junkie, then try installing 'irssi' over MacPorts.

Love it.

Why Snak for $29 when you can Colloquy for free?

http://colloquy.info/

Also, if you're a terminal freak and want a good text mode IRC client, I probably don't have to tell you that you can install 'irssi' over MacPorts.

Real hackers use irssi. :)

Although I'm certain that Django lets you be agile, does it let you be more agile than with Rails (in terms of both team and solo development)?

Answers to that may change the game somewhat (both can be made to work, but which one lets you work better?)

Loving the concept. I had always imagined that sliders or dials would provide a much more intuitive and accurate feedback mechanism than simple up or down votes.

Still, a slider is not as fast as a click, so curious to see how that affects user participation.

I'll give it a whack for a few days and see how I like it.

Can't this doc be summarized to a few bullet points? I have things to do!

How do you pronounce "Pentaho"?

So, question. I often see people claiming that Ruby is replacing Java in some domains, but I don't often see the same thing said of Python.

Is Ruby (the language itself, not the implementation) somehow seen as "ahead" of Python in some way? Why isn't the same thing said about Python?

Or is it all hype and the Python folks are pragmatic enough to stay out of such arguments?

I can agree.

I think a lot of us geeks - as smart as we claim to be - have a difficult time executing our ideas because we're so in love with the ideas themselves, that often they suffice for the actual thing. Many of us want our products to be perfect at launch. It's a totally insane way to be.

Hacker News helps me get real and break through my self-imposed reality-distortion field (you know what I'm talking about!). I discovered Hacker News two weeks ago and I've done more actual work on my product since then than in the last 3 months. Loving it.

Well, they are financial numbers aren't they?