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Re:Introducing Disque [video] by antirez on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:03AM (#9818520)
$ ./antirez --voice "godfather" --talk

(I hope is understandable at least...)

Re:Introducing Disque [video] by linkmotif on Thursday July 02, 2015 @11:00AM (#9819315)
So nice to see you post this here. While watching I was really enjoying your Italian accent and was thinking about how amazing it is that so many people have to learn English. Reminded me of your post "English has been my pain for 15 years" (http://antirez.com/news/61). Thank you for conquering the language and presenting this to us. Really glad to have another message queue to explore.
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by antirez on Thursday July 02, 2015 @11:22AM (#9819480)
Thanks linkmotif, when I finished talking, as usually, there were people literally ROTFLing for the accent, but in a positive way. Finally at least I can kinda talk in a more casual way, it used to be harder than this in the past because of totally lack of practice, usually I just write/read. Thanks for your message :-)
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by gkya on Thursday July 02, 2015 @05:47PM (#9821914)
Developing oral skills in language learning out of context (i.e. some place where it is spoken) is a schizophrenic thing. I have somehow put on a british accent two years ago (mother tongue turkish), and the process was like this: watch lots of programmers' talks, and read out loud, being conscious as to my articulation, all the blog posts that I happen to read, and sometimes make monologues alone in my room. And my daily input was vast, as I was having a short two-year break from the uni. Now I'm studying Italian language and literature at the university, and am proving to myself that the way I learned english was spot on, self immersion is incredibly fruitful. One should merely be able to tolerate not understanding everything, written or spoken. And while you definitely have the italian accent, you are speaking is excellent, congratulations.
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by ie on Thursday July 02, 2015 @11:54AM (#9819702)
I am a native english speaker (born/raised in California) and also very self conscious about the way I sound for different reasons. I suspect many of us have this kind of internal battle, even if it seems relatively insignificant to other people.

FWIW, I think your accent is interesting and enjoyable to hear.

Re:Introducing Disque [video] by antirez on Thursday July 02, 2015 @01:17PM (#9820235)
Thanks :-) I understand what you mean I think, since speaking Italian I've also a strong Sicilian accent... but I tried hard to preserve it, after all it's my origin.
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by mandeepj on Thursday July 02, 2015 @04:39PM (#9821465)
+1 for not forgetting your roots. I am also in a battle with my accent. Hopefully, one day, very soon, I will win it.
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by ie on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:39AM (#9818739)
Understood everything no problem. Having recently implemented a job queue system using Redis I am excited to see Disque.

I wonder if it makes sense to use Disque in the same environment as Redis, since we have use cases for both a key-value store as well as a job queue.

Re:Introducing Disque [video] by antirez on Thursday July 02, 2015 @09:46AM (#9818790)
Thanks, definitely makes sense to use Disque for messaging and Redis for caching/storage, and for messaging too when you need ephemeral messaging without guarantees, but you need to control very well the semantics, so in Redis you can build your messaging thing using its primitives. But for reliable message exchanges, with guaranteed at least once delivery, Disque is the thing to use (or other good & reliable message queues).
Re:Introducing Disque [video] by joeskyyy on Thursday July 02, 2015 @03:41PM (#9821127)
I've never had issues understanding you before man! Always amazing to hear your thoughts out loud because it shows how much you truly care about the projects you put so much time in :D