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I'm curious to see how smooth the interaction is with this product. It seems it could be awkward to ask a stranger who doesn't speak your language to look at your iPhone and click buttons to communicate with you.

On the other hand, if they can make it feel "magical", it will be an impressive achievement.

This is how I interpret it too. It's self-deprecating and ironic. It is a complex reference though, so its not surprising that some people misinterpret it.

This is really awesome. I will use this a ton.

This a little unfinished but I have a python alternative to this that is Open Source. Velocity Bootstrap is the name, here is the location - https://github.com/robee/velocity-boilerplate-public

The HMAC library in Python still uses MD5 (http://docs.python.org/library/hmac.html) which is known to be exploitable with hash collisions. My opinion is that its not too difficult to roll a MAC setup using some SHA based hash.

You guys are killing it! Making Waterloo proud.

Thanks for the heads up. Hot-fixing now.

Willet payments (http://getwillet.com ) is a similar product but has what I believe a better integration process and lower barriers to entry for both buyers and sellers. Willet supports in-app payments for one time purchases, subscriptions and repeatable purchases.

(Full disclosure: I am a co-founder of Willet )

Object Oriented programming exists because it is how humans conceptualize the world around them. Humans think in objects and actions on, in and between objects. OOP is a translation of natural thinking into systems and behaviors. Why is this a bad thing, especially for learning?

I guess my question is, why does OOP and an natural translation between the real world and the code world lead to this discussion and a certain level of condescension around utilizing the concepts of OOP?

Take the example of Waterloo,

There is enough passion and help for startups like Communitech (http://communitech.ca) and Velocity (http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca), there just isn't enough people willing to take the financial risk that an early stage startup needs to expand. Inevitably, once a certain maturity is reached, startups move to the Valley.

The virtuous circle of startups that has occured in the Valley has yet to happen in Canada. The virtuous circle being Startups that make it big or have large exits, helping bring money to more up and coming startups. There are no Kevin Rose's that have startups ( arguably successful ) that are now funding other startups.

I am originally from Regina, SK and it seems like there is a lot of CS research in the Gaming space, but the startup community there is almost non existent. The majority of the programmer talent goes to the government IT shops and the consulting firms that help the government IT shops.

Velocity residence at the University of Waterloo is basically for the purpose of dorm room startups.

http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca

Or Publ.ca

http://publ.ca

I want the writer to be in full control. They should be the originator of the tweet. What do you think of only being able to re-tweet a story, IE) if the writer wants to tweet it originally they can but if they don't, others cannot tweet on their behalf.

Thats pretty good- find some way to aggregate the tweets and facebook comments about the story. Something like Echo but something that fits the overall feel.

Thanks