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jedediah | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: how do you regression test your web apps?

I don't know about all of the browsers you mentioned, but my team regression tests on a handful of those browsers using Selenium. [http://seleniumhq.org/] We use a ruby library to drive the Selenium engine and it seems to work pretty well.

Edit: Btw, nice job on skulpt, it looks really nice.

jedediah | 16 years ago | on: Free e-copy of Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice

Have a look at the links they provide... One can get the book in a variety of formats through different stores. For instance, I got a few of these books for free via the Sony Store today.

jedediah | 16 years ago | on: Why Portland is a great place for startups

The drive is fine, but it's not like anyone actually gets in the water once they get there. It's far too cold.

jedediah | 16 years ago | on: Rate HN: Our site - Looklookbuy

Very cool!

To increase the signal/noise ratio, I'd love to specify that I'm looking for a product, and not accessories for a product. For example, I just searched for a camera I'm looking to buy. The first large set of results were accessories for that camera, and since they're cheaper than the camera itself, they showed up first.

Great start!

jedediah | 17 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why not use technology to find people to talk to at a conference?

When I'm at a conference, I prefer finding people with entirely different sets of interests. This gives me the opportunity to potentially learn something new and maybe even find out about a field I didn't previously know about.

This idea sounds interesting. I'd like to see where it could go if you built it online and let people use it while not at conferences; keep a virtual "hallway track" online at all times.

jedediah | 17 years ago | on: Ask HN: how to unit/integration test app that sends email?

Since you're writing a web app, there are very likely many well-tested libraries for sending mail. I suggest using one of these, then stub the interface to the librart and make sure your code is using the correct API when talking to the library.

jedediah | 17 years ago | on: Ask HN: What apps are essential for mac?

Carbon Emacs

jedediah | 17 years ago | on: Used Video Games Are Good For The Industry (It's Just GameStop That's Bad)

So in the original image, a gamer would buy a used game from GameStop instead of a new game from Best Buy.

If a used game will suffice, why would the same gamer not just buy a $40 game from Dawdle instead of the $60 game from Best Buy?

jedediah | 18 years ago | on: Homemade relay computer (6 Hz)

Got to see a demo of this system in person, and it was truly spectacular. I learned more in 10 minutes watching this thing than I did reading multiple books. (I took 'Compilers' from this guy, HIGHLY recommended to anyone who happens to be at portland state.)