Yes that was the oddest one. It was odd to me as it seemed to be inspired by progress in agriculture, pestacides, farming practices etc... but they went (repeatedly) for size over quantity (which seems odd to us today).
If you can find any Egan books, read them. you will probably love them, I find myself day dreaming about them YEARS after I have read them, and then have to go back to read them again. He is a genius.
Are low TTLs effective in practice? Sounds like a good idea, but what % of users are using DNSs that just ignore it and cache things well beyond what they should?
I think there analogies for both sides of the argument. In the case of bank accounts (or bank security) I don't test it by trying to break in, check how it works with id theft etc ;)
But for backups, at least in this (early) era of manage hosting/cloud, its probably not too onerous to test your plans etc...
Yes I have used it a fair bit to write javascript - in some ways it provides the boring bits of stuff around js (like module-like systems, name spaces etc..).
If you like IDEs, IDEA from jetbrains even knows when you are doing inlined JS and assists you as you code.
I thought I would hate GWT by now, but its one of those things that mostly stays out of my way. Would I used it for a new project from scratch? Not sure... maybe. There are lots of other options now for more classic web approaches that dont' require it to be a monolithic ajax app (and jquery is pretty hardened to provide a lot of the glue/lubricant).
I have no idea about the whole mess, but I think the statement "techcrunch is just a blog" would probably resonate with a lot of people and actually get them sympathy.
I do think the TechCrunch PR and marketing probably could have made it better, but perhaps there is a bit much credit and attention given to the louder mouths then is deserved.
In any case, interesting to watch, and a device like this for that price point would be awesome if anyone can pull it off.
Like most things, there really isn't much new, just distilled ideas, perhaps with some terminology that makes it easier to describe (or more catchy). But yes, SaaS isn't new at all.
Perhaps the term "web" is regressing to mean interlinked hypermedia, more so then a general term for applications built using the web + other technologies.
I don't know if AppJet was profitable (enough) or not, but I would be some kind of an exit was inevitable. Could have been worse then this for them and their users. Good luck to them anyway.
Indeed. As a parent and software producer I can feel the same part of my brain activate when (irrationally) defending my "offspring". I don't think I will change that though ;)
Not really. I guess you could, in cases where you had the C source code, and were happy to compile everything into bytecode (including all that C codes dependencies with it). You wouldn't be running native code any more unlike JNI. JNA would be considered an alternative.
I know topics like this generate some discussion here, and I feel slightly bad flagging it, but for those who can flag, please consider how this is related (or not) to hacker news.
Yes I saw that (and took their word for it). It is interesting that they seem to deeply care about compile time speed (I guess given Go is a fresh start in so many ways, people thought it would be nice to have super fast compiles for quick turn around and testing).
Interestingly here in .au MS degrees are generally quite "soft" - seemingly anyone can get it part time. The bachelor ones require a lot more work. It used to be that a masters was a step towards a doctorate, but now its more of a business qualification thing (think MBA) for those who didn't do the right undergraduate degree the first time and don't have 3 or 4 years to spare.
What about forgetting about weight. Unless you are a boxer or a jockey who cares. Measure size: waist in particular. It doesn't lie (and isn't affected by hydration), or lap times, or weight you can lift. It seems the focus on weight is picking the wrong variable to optimise for.
It is certainly good news for zoho - I would be quite happy if I were them. But as another poster said, ms are being clever in attempting to dilute googles online office mindshare by introducing people to new competitors.