tallerholler

Well, it's interesting that anyone would be concerned about (1) meanwhile probably 99% of open source projects use e.g. github, bitbucket, gmail, etc...

If it's an open source project then shouldn't everything be out in the open anyways? If that's not the case then it implies it's a private project in which case there should be a budget...

Maybe Im wrong though?

it would be nice to have a button to use desktop version at top or bottom.. on iOS it's nice but I also like seeing more headlines at one time

> but it doesn't mean facebook can just do whatever.

It all comes down to this; Facebook can do whatever the fuck they want.

I haven't used ruby but ive been writing python for many years and so the indentation-based syntax definitely something I enjoy. But that said I didn't even use coffeescript until I was forced to while working at a huge media company where the big project I worked on had the large client written in coffeescript... once I got used to working with it I think I enjoyed the clean code and productivity gains..

I guess your milage may vary though depending on what you're doing etc.

definitely.. I mentioned "gluten-free" craze because it really became this big marketing thing despite the fact that only a small percentage of people have celiac disease. Foods that don't even contain gluten are labeled "gluten free!" etc to piggyback off it...

and yeah I didn't say anything as I figure it's similar to discussing politics.. was just curious for my own knowledge since I don't really consider if food is organic or not normally...

Not trying to make personal rant but just speaking from much personal experience I was replying to a comment (and agreeing) that if we (as a society) are going to be ok with and accept ethanol as legal, it's highly hypocritical. Ask any drug counselor, rehab worker, or social worker which drug is the most devastating to society and you will find that alcohol compares to none. Is it because it is more widely available? Yes I'm sure that has something to do with it and that's what I wanted to point out. It's also often misunderstood how dangerous alcohol is compared to other drugs on a physical level. You can do all the heroin in the world and when you quit, you will feel like you're going to die but most likely you won't. However if you quit alcohol you are likely to go into grand mal seizure and potentially die. anyways now I am ranting and could go on and on.. but yeah I agree it's biased because alcohol is legal, my point is just that we shouldn't make other drugs illegal if one of the worst ones is legal.

> ES6/7 code is much cleaner, clearer, and more idiomatic

I'm assuming you're talking about the compiled javascript from coffeescript and not coffeescript itself? I find coffeescript code much, much nicer to read, write, and deciper.. but that's just me!

> ES6 clearly made Coffee Script less relevant

I see that a lot and find it highly subjective. I don't find es6 useful at all and will stick with coffeescript for the foreseeable future but that also has to do with my reasons for using it.

I completely agree with you but I think another reason some people aren't as keen to coffeescript as others might have to do with their other coding experiences/languages/habits...

Coming from many years of python development, coffeescript is a natural fit...

imo these (esp indentation) are why I don't plan on abandoning coffeescript any time soon.. es6 be damned!

> and alcohol is certainly as bad as cocaine or heroin.

statistically speaking alcohol isn't even in the same league as any other drug. it ruins and kills more people than any other drug period. it's highly hypocritical that we as a society are accepting of it (and glorify it), yet we shun e.g. marijuana. just look up the numbers they don't lie... (ftfy)

that's a good argument for using human readable slug.. definitely

ember/ember-cli...

paywall :/

this is awesome! please continue and get multiplayer but also don't get busted by blizzard...

don't try to figure everything out man.

I just turned 32 and I had a "young-life crisis" from 29-31 probably where I didn't know what I wanted to do. My best friends seemed to be more successful than me and I felt like if I didn't make something happen quick then my contribution to society would be nil.

Sometimes you gotta just roll with life. If you think your job is dead end, then take a big boy breath, put in your notice and leave. Find another job. Go travel for a few months. Learn a new technology or build something that interests YOU.

Most of all, enjoy life. Stop and smell the roses. Hang out with friends and family and make new memories with them. You got your whole future ahead so just take it one step at a time!

hello, do you have email I can pm you?

this resonates with me... I found myself in a series of bad incidents that pushed me towards escaping with alcohol. then due to my compulsive nature, it spun out of control and I ended up in rehab etc and took 2 years to pull back out. when it all started I had run out of money, was extremely lonely (needed therapy but didn't even know how to get it then), and had lost my job etc. it caused me to self-destruct at age 29 because my vision for life suddenly seemed lost to me. now I'm 32 with s great job, sober, stable, and life is great.

I haven't checked but it's a valid point. I think we're going to register the trademark anyways just in case it helps the cause.

One of my co-founders says he thinks that registering it after the fact won't have much affect but who knows. Also, the defunct public relations company that had the same name appears to not be in business and hasnt been for at least ~4-5 years...

You have valid points... I think it sucks that people can sit on domains without using them but you can always make the argument for why they should be allowed to.

So now I have to decide between a .tv or .io domain (or hey I can use .rocks, .world, .xyz!!!)

Do you think it is too risky to keep a name for a social startup (that has big potential) when the .com is taken? if it gets funded and gains traction, is there more of a chance of acquiring the domain down the line?

> If it's okay to own a company without that information being public, then why not a domain?

Because domains are finite and hold more importance to a business than an actual business name does and by allowing private registration it encourages various entities to sit on the domain indefinitely and prevent others from creating value with it.

Why it shouldn't be allowed is it lets people sit on domains and not use them for an indefinite period of time. Being able to sit on it for a short period of time seems reasonable but for years and years to sit on a domain and not use it seems like it hurts the industry.

Additionally as you pointed out by linking my previous post, I find it very questionable that the same company that charges people to hide their domain (and host them), can then also charge people to backdoor communicate with those same sellers. This seems like a shady business practice.

it's a legitimate question...

See comment below but basically I think it's owned by a now defunct Public Relations company in Canada (probably holding onto it for namesake).

I'm not going to choose a new name based on this. What I'm really getting at is the bigger picture of people being able to sit on domains and hold them hostage indefinitely AND be able to hide their identity. When someone buys a house or a building, it is public domain and they can't hide (in theory). Why isn't this the case for domains? Why is a private company like Domains By Proxy (GoDaddy) allowed to both hide the domain AND charge you to unhide it? That is the part that seems shady and definitely unethical to me.

I dont want to change the name honestly. We do own the .io domain for it but the name is really good and particularly fits the application. I think it's being squatted on by the owners of the now defunct company in Canada by the same name (appears to have ended ~2010)

It's definitely a risk to continue though because if it gains traction we may never be able to acquire the .com

Additionally, because of the way things are set up where anyone can just hold a domain indefinitely, basically there are barely ANY available .com domains now which sucks for people trying to create things.

I feel like facebook rather than stay stagnant has actually declined. By trying to be everything for everyone, it is a diluted, unorganized, mish mash of things and it's hard for me to even grasp what the core value is anymore. Is it a social network? a photo app? a news aggregator? a gaming platform? one thing is for sure by spreading out to multiple audiences it opens them up to be competed with. At least twitter has stayed true to it's original intent.

hello, what challenges in particular? Are you a moderator?

edit: I saw you posted a few challenges :) I don't work for reddit but if you're a moderator Id be interested to PM you about something around that...

why don't you post a link to check it out??

terrible tragedy.. hopefully it wasn't suicide, grooveshark was a great product

can you expand?