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Re:Switching From React To Vue.js on Sunday May 28, 2017 @01:18PM (#14435242)
Vue has electrolytes and it is gluten free. Seriously though I think Vue is the latest shiny example of everything that is wrong with the javascript community.

Javascripts huge problem is the lack of a standard library or better yet a standard way of doing anything. To fill that void alone came NPM. With a million tiny fragmented micro libraries. Then it became a common to start reinventing the wheel and selling your idea to build up your community by claiming the trivial syntax changes make it so much easier to use. I like you have no clue why people are getting so excited about rewriting their apps all the time.

I think of Vue like attempting to reinvent the calculus of react with a clever syntax and more simplified form but results in a Riemann approximation.

I think Vue is more frontend focused where react is achieving far more like react fiber. I do not doubt the power of js community to keep cloning things into forms they are more familiar with and claim a smaller payload is best metric of success.

Who would have thought so much open source collaboration would lead to so much fragmentation?

I wonder what machine learning algos will come up with when they design their own programming language, because I think programming languages are being held back by discussing what syntax makes me feel good to type out.

Re:Ask HN: Let's talk about the Metaverse on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @06:26AM (#12642763)
I don't know how you define a Metaverse, but I assume it comes with high expectations of sensory inputs. Check out https://highfidelity.io/ I think this project will grow to meet the high expectations of a metaverse.
I have yet to find the time to do this myself, but my research concluded that Michael Halls-Moore's @mhallsmoore blog project qsforex[0] is the best place to start. I have used Oanda as a broker and found their service to be great. Plus, As far as I know Oanda is the first to the retail market with an open API. Although, I haven't yet used Oanda's API[1] as mentioned in the setup. Check out quantstart's write ups[2] for the best info on getting started with algo trading.

[0] https://github.com/mhallsmoore/qsforex [1] https://www.quantstart.com/articles/Forex-Trading-Diary-1-Au... [2] https://www.quantstart.com/articles#algorithmic-trading

Re:Functional Programming Jargon on Sunday July 24, 2016 @01:31PM (#12153963)
I like how mpj explains it. Monad - FunFunFunction #21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QveBbn7t_c

Furthermore, the creator of Elm has a fun explanation too. Evan Czaplicki - Let's be mainstream! User focused design in Elm - Curry On https://youtu.be/oYk8CKH7OhE?t=1454

More serious computer scientist explains monads in the following. Erik Meijer: Functional Programming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0N1aZ6SnBk&feature=youtu.be... and here too https://www.infoq.com/interviews/meijer-monads

Re:Ask HN: Cool YouTube channels to follow? on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @08:28AM (#12121312)
I am enjoying funfunfunction. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q by Mattias Petter Johansson https://twitter.com/mpjme
Optical computing such as but not limited to what Optalysys is working on [0]. Private company investor information linked below [1].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2yQ9xFshuc [1] http://optalysys.com/about/investors/

Re:Om Next Quick Start on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @08:39AM (#10457571)
For replication instances run in a master-replica setup using Streaming Replication try:

http://www.repmgr.org/

repmgr is an open-source tool suite to manage replication and failover in a cluster of PostgreSQL servers. It enhances PostgreSQL's built-in hot-standby capabilities with tools to set up standby servers, monitor replication, and perform administrative tasks such as failover or manual switchover operations.

repmgr has provided advanced support for PostgreSQL's built-in replication mechanisms since they were introduced in 9.0, and repmgr 2.0 supports all PostgreSQL versions from 9.0 to 9.4.

https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/repmgr src: http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/13649370142/wha...

For Sharding try:

http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/10853187575/sha... http://rob.conery.io/2014/05/29/a-better-id-generator-for-po...

For clustering try:

https://github.com/smbambling/pgsql_ha_cluster/wiki/Building... https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Replication,_Clustering,_an...

I too wish there existed a nice dashboard db management tool like the ones Rethinkdb and Couchbase provide out of the box.

Re:$100K in Google Cloud Credits on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @01:44PM (#10187155)
Possible donate the credits to an open source project? I suggest contacting @williamstein [0] who has been actively seeking help to fund Sage Math Cloud [1]. See post here [2] and here [3] for reference.

I'm living on credit cards -- I have no NSF grant support anymore, and SageMathCloud is still losing a lot of money every month, and I'm unhappy about this situation. It was either completely quit working on SMC and instead teach or consult a lot, or lose tens of thousands of dollars. I am doing the latter right now. I was very caught off guard, since this is my first summer ever to not have NSF support since I got my Ph.D. in 2000, and I didn't expect to have my grant proposals all denied (which happened in June). [3]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=williamstein [1] https://cloud.sagemath.com/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10175563 [3] http://sagemath.blogspot.com/2015/08/react-flux-rethinkdb-an...

Re:The Simons Foundation and Open Source Software on Saturday September 05, 2015 @06:48PM (#10176287)
I think SMC will evolve to become the backend technology for empowering the textbooks of the future.

At this point in time the state of there is no github for academia. I find it strange that before the ultimately collaborative pursuit of academic knowledge can be done there exists this formality of competing for cash. In contrast I like how the opensource community has become a self organizing system independent and driven by volunteerism. Hope to see the day where academia is more like the opensource community and Sage Math Cloud becomes a platform to transform the competitive academic world into a collaborative and evolving opensource community of mathematical researchers.

I believe the hotspot for discussing academic pursits in math currently is http://polymathprojects.org/ as mentioned here https://terrytao.wordpress.com/category/question/polymath/ That is more like a blog or a forum site then per say a github for academia. So, where is the future of online collaborative academic research?

I would suggest following the work and talks of Raymond Hettinger @raymondh Such as: Raymond Hettinger - Beyond PEP 8 -- Best practices for beautiful intelligible code - PyCon 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M
Re:Ask HN: Getting started with Clojure on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @08:48AM (#10122515)
Add Carin Meier Living Clojure to your reading list http://gigasquidsoftware.com/#/books/index

Clojure for the Brave and True is a great way to get your Emacs setup.

If you are going the light table route then start here: https://github.com/swannodette/lt-cljs-tutorial or here http://clojurekoans.com/ with videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1p6TgkbKXqyOwq6iSkce... Check the validity of the dates above. Both lessons are an easy win to gain syntax knowledge.

Watch this for a brief overview: Frameworkless Web Development in Clojure by Andreas ‘Kungi’ Klein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LghX4oDWcY

After you get http://leiningen.org/ installed on your linux vm then start hacking on this: http://www.luminusweb.net/

Next post your code review and questions up here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/3ibjfg/new_clojuri... and here http://clojurians.net/

Rinse and Repeat.

Re:ClojureScript 1.7: ClojureScript can compile itself on Friday July 31, 2015 @07:47PM (#9985163)
Thanks, for all the fish ( by fish I mean awesome code ) @swannodette and team! Can't wait to use Om Next.

Also looking forward to seeing some code examples of Demand-Driven Architecture[0]. Does anyone know of any edifying clojure code examples?

[0] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/domain-driven-architectur...