condescendence's comments

Definitely one of the cooler and more in depth posts this year, what a great read.

Agreed, I love this project I just dislike how data is presented (although it is a nice interface).

As for the "Representative from California 37" this is your voter sub district or whatever user you selected that was on the map, which brings me to my next point.

Although I think this website is good, it doesn't target any specific users. The immediate information presented to the user such as "Representative from California 37" or popular bills is confusing and I'll make the bet that it scares users away (along with the forced signup if you couldn't find /explore). Instead of a catch all landing page I'd make the /explore more user specific.

Let me paint a picture of how I see this: So you already know where the user is from, when I click "representatives" why aren't I brought to a page with MY representatives, instead I'm brought to a page with a list of people who don't represent me. I should note that the individual representative pages are spot on though I like the collection of twitter, sponsored bills, etc. I think that if people are brought to information about their specific representatives that they are more likely to 'care' about whats happening on this site.

After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful.

It hasn't.

Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

Sorry about that I don't mean to shit on your project; honestly its pretty damn cool. I like the usage of django/daphne for a single page app...it came out nice.

I just don't see the usability cause I already have multiple messaging/chatroom services.

Another chat app with mostly arbitrary ways to communicate? No thanks. I understand this is for HN community, but with XMPP, ICQ derivatives, IRC, etc I already have too many spaces to keep up with.

Its nice though, I like the profile key integration.

I've been with TMobile since VoiceStream Wireless PCS.

Not a single robot call, ever. Honestly I don't even think I've gotten a telemarketer or salesperson either.

Elon Musk is someone who takes personal offense to criticism of his company/products. If a hack is to showoff an awesome new car, which this is the case, I doubt he would have any issues with it.

On the other hand, if some guy found a major security flaw and posted it all over the internet I bet the car would be remotely driven into a brick wall at 100mph+ with the driver inside.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/michael-hastings-ca...

>The later might make some sense, though, as part of training for the drone operators. Spotting a small disturbance in the surface of a street such as a pothole could require similar skills to spotting a small disturbance in the surface of a street due to someone having buried a timed or remote-control explosive there.

Okay never thought of that situation, it would be a good training scenario.

Are you on LSD?

There's also similar quirkiness with the VPN client. Does notifications for random events, and they aren't even consistent.

To add what Jerf said, the edit to my original comment says:

>On a small note, this is "finalized" pdf but in reality it will change when implementation occurs.

It's one thing to say, here's the specification, however like construction you get to the site and then you realize oh shit, this isn't going to work. So they amend changes to make it work.

In a perfect world they should have gone back to the engineers/architects and reported their findings so they can make the changes to the white paper accordingly. But this almost never happens, same thing in the tech industry.

That's why when they go back on site to fix a pipe leak they drill into the electrical conduit because they moved the whole line to the right 3 feet and never told anyone.

4G definitions are still largely being fought over, and you're gonna try and jam "5G" down my throat?

The entire article is complete speculation, and the sad part is that they don't even talk about the cooler ideas they're coming up with for the specification.

For anyone wondering about 5G I think the coolest thing they've discussed so far is breaking down the different use cases (people in home, people traveling on trains, vs working in an office building) because these put completely different types of strain on a network. They're trying to come up with sub specifications to encompass more types of network use cases rather than thinking "xG is for cellular phones" it'll be more like 5Gx is spectrum/protocol for home internet, 5Gy is the spectrum/protocol the phone uses. Although from a marketing prospective this will sound like "Bring 5G to your home."

Honestly I'm surprised that didn't happen with 4G, I know there are things like Clearwire (I think they were bought by sprint?) but it wasn't a huge move from physical infrastructure.

For some more realistic info on what's happening:

https://www.ngmn.org/uploads/media/NGMN_5G_White_Paper_V1_0....

EDIT:

On a small note, this is "finalized" pdf but in reality it will change when implementation occurs.

I think many people's flask personal projects resemble his examples in some way ;) He covers just about everything a modern web app needs

Flask is just awesome, I've never messed with a framework that's made things so simple yet doesn't take away from functionality if you're looking to build more complex apps.

Anyone looking to get into webscripting/webapps should definitely take a look at flask, its python based, good for prototyping or production apps and has tons of useful documentation.

I skimmed it, didn't see IRC or ICQ and didn't read the rest. Just another filler article from Ars Tech...

I'd argue the opposite to be honest. Kids need the difficulties they face in cities. I grew up in a half/half environment due to divorced parents and I can easily say that kids coming out of city schools have more 'life' skills. In this environment kids are forced to deal with many different cultures/backgrounds at a young age and learn the importance of getting to know other types of people.

In suburban environments (I don't have a direct source right now, but it's sorta of widely accepted) kids often are among peers exactly like themselves. This really does nothing for development, especially if 90% of the school is of a certain race/culture...which typically happens in divided suburban environments.

In addition to this, they are also exposed to the realities of life. Seeing homeless panhandling, the speed of the city, the ever changing environment, it's a good representation of what someone might face in life. Being exposed to these elements builds a stronger person.

Sure they might have an overall different outcome of life, for example kids certainly aren't dirtbiking/atving in the city, but that all comes down to exposure, parenting, and self interest.

Since other people have ripped apart your site already I'll focus on the good. I like the marketing towards dev teams, I've been thinking about this for sometime. B2B industries are strong and provide secure streams of money.

I started a virtual server service in the past and of course marketed it as such, unfortunately they're a dime a dozen. Your marketing approach might be the edge you need. The $49/month plan ain't bad either, I might grab that just for myself ^-^

One thing to focus on, I think, is to explain what we'd be getting for a CPU, I use Virtual Servers/Machines for everything..even have a few servers at my house for my development needs. Some are old and still usable, while some are razor sharp off the shelf stacked with the latest Xeon's. What I'm getting at is that I don't really care what's in the thing, but I'd like to know what I can run on it efficiently.

For example I buy the $49/12GB package. Do I get more CPU's if I split it up into 6x2GB vs 12x1GB? Or is that a flat rate item of 1vCPU per machine?

iOS/OSX only? Meh. The real need is on every platform you haven't yet developed for. At my work right now we use TFS built in tracking tools. I can't even begin to described how annoying it is to work with that system. There are no tools right now that have a built-in workflow and are minimal for windows/linux. There's tons of bug/tracking systems but they tend to take the approach of giving you tons of features and allowing you to make your own workflow which ends up creating a big mess if people get lazy with filing issues/tickets.

I'm sorry I know its a good first step, but those who need minimal issue tracking and such are probably on a windows/linux platform where current solutions are bloated and maybe even too feature filled.

Then again this is only my 2¢

There's not even user authentication and you're talking about SQL injection?

>[WIP] DO NOT USE Please checkout the TODO list

Yeah I was just writing and forgot to go back and re-read my post. My mistake.