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spacesword··on Twitter acquires Revue
Good point, bad analogy. Twitter treats pedophiles really well.
spacesword··on A Prenup Is the Latest Must-Have for Tech Startup Founders in Love
The 50% divorce rate is a myth
spacesword··on Doing work locally minimizes problems with Electron apps
There’s also revery: https://github.com/revery-ui/revery

Native cross platform apps built using the react paradigm written in reasonml/ocaml

And the vim based text editor being built using it: https://github.com/onivim/oni2

spacesword··on App Analysis: Air Canada
I think you should have a discussion section where you talk about potential implications (possible password leaks via S3).
spacesword··on Data.gov is down due to a lapse in government funding
How is building a barrier along the border a racist policy?
spacesword··on IBM releases Elm-powered app
I’ve found that Elm people don’t like jokes in general.
spacesword··on Rails, still?
“And Phoenix would be the Rails to Erlang's Ruby (Elixir). The learning curve is steep, you will need to learn OTP. Which is probably why adoption lags."

The author has no idea what they are talking when it comes to the alternatives.

I was making simple CRUD apps in Phoenix (the types of apps I would normally use rails for) for a year before I even looked at OTP. You can become productive in elixir and Phoenix very quickly especially if you come from a ruby/rails background.

I recall a blog post by dockyard where they said they had new hires making commits within the first week.

spacesword··on ReformedFelonForHire.com – High quality software skills, at a competitive price
I would take a risk on him as a remote employee. But no way would I be willing to take a risk for an on site position. Especially with #MeToo

OP maybe you should focus on remote jobs and be transparent upfront?

spacesword··on Exploring ReasonML and functional programming
Agreed, I love Elm but the lack of documentation was a pretty big hurdle for me. Especially because I came from using elixir/phoenix on the backend which I found had excellent guides and docs (for language, framework and most packages).
spacesword··on MacBook Pro? No
I personally love the keyboard. Also, I don’t mind it being a little thicker but I love the current weight.
spacesword··on Hotbed of Misinformation
I'm assuming its "wetback" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetback_(slur)
spacesword··on My search for a MacBook Pro alternative
This is no longer true with the 2016 MacBook Pro's. So far I love my new Mac, but the battery is absolute crap.
spacesword··on Rails 5.0.0.rc1
Phoenix and Elixir are trucking along nicely. Elixir 1.3 is on release candidate, as is Ecto 2.0 and Phoenix 1.2.

The big feature of Phoenix 1.2 is channel presence: https://dockyard.com/blog/2016/03/25/what-makes-phoenix-pres...

Whats coming in elixir 1.3: http://tuvistavie.com/2016/elixir-1-3/

Ecto 2.0: http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2016/02/ecto-2-0-0-beta-0-i...

Other than that the community is growing at a healthy pace. Hex packages have gone from 1000 to over 2000 in the last 6 months.

spacesword··on Show HN: %%30%30: A Game
Works with Opera 32 as well.
spacesword··on Why I wouldn’t use Rails for a new company
Im betting on Elixir + Phoenix framework being the future, for many reasons. Mainly speed and concurrency while still maintaining the productivity of rails.
spacesword··on X to close
They mention X and O on the PS controller but usually in games O is for no and X is for yes. Completely opposite of the batsu/maru, incorrent/correct they were discussing.
spacesword··on Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012
Sounds exactly like the now canceled TV show "Revolution".
spacesword··on Show HN: Freelancy – an easy way to track your time and earned money
What is the OSX app built on? Is it the Node Webkit wrapper?
spacesword··on Show HN: To-learn list and course reminders
Love it, any plans on adding Lynda and TutsPlus courses?
spacesword··on Why we ditched our free plan
They have a 30 day free trial still.
spacesword··on Zed: The Next Phase
You say: "Worse, they can fork the project, and create a proprietary version and start selling it"

So why not release the source code under GPL or even MPL or EPL?

spacesword··on Affordable, automatic sit-to-stand desk
But is it automatic?
spacesword··on How We Built and Launched Mod For $22,450
I haven't seen the AirBnb ones can I get a link?
spacesword··on 2x2048
You should put the score beside the board so we don't have to scroll up to see it every time. Also a chat feature would be cool. Other than that, very fun version.
spacesword··on Python web scraping
How do the ruby web scrapers compare to the python ones?
spacesword··on Popcorn Time Is So Good at Movie Piracy, It’s Scary
I had no idea node.js was this powerful, can somebody point me in the direction so I can learn how to use PeerFlix to make something like this?