Hacker News: GrooveStomp

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Let me see your Lisp implementation. Here's mine."

GrooveStomp — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:09:11 +0000

Pretty warty implementation. You have to pass strings and their lengths to a C function. Ah well, it's the intention that counts. :)

https://github.com/GrooveStomp/SnakeEyes

New comment by GrooveStomp in "The State of the Art is Terrible"

GrooveStomp — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:05:26 +0000

Well, I'm a software developer and I can relate to what you're saying. I certainly don't try to defend poor software, and often I find myself frustrated with the current state of software. But, the reality of the situation is, you can't change the whole world all at once! Do what you can, plan to change the world and operate step by step. In the meantime, make your money, earn your living and deal with the current state of affairs while you're improving the world in your spare time! :D

New comment by GrooveStomp in "The conversation that led to Ruby being called Ruby"

GrooveStomp — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:00:24 +0000

Thanks! The one linked in the headline read like to chatbots randomly writing stuff at each other.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Judge Finds Apple in Violation of HTC's Newly Acquired Patents"

GrooveStomp — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:11:27 +0000

I was just going to comment on this quote. Glad someone beat me to it.

I wonder if it's actually one of the biggest problems, though? What are the average number of invalidations for other industries? Do other industries also suffer from "The Lodsys Problem" to the same extent as software? I'd also like to see a reference for that number!

My inclination is that, yes, software patents are terrible and should be abolished. Also, regardless of how 90% compares to other industries - it's a strong indicator that the way patents are granted in the first place is very broken.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Eric Schmidt Caught Using A BlackBerry"

GrooveStomp — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:44:27 +0000

If that's a Blackberry device, then why does it also have the Google logo on it?

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Ask HN: How many of you/us use Google Reader on a daily basis?"

GrooveStomp — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:55:59 +0000

Maybe you could change this into a poll? I use Google Reader and check it often, but I'm very selective of what I subscribe to, so there's not usually a lot of updates to catch up on.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa"

GrooveStomp — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:15:43 +0000

Naturally, I didn't read enough and then commented something that makes little sense in context. Thanks mbreese!

New comment by GrooveStomp in "WebAppKit - create web applications using Cocoa"

GrooveStomp — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:30:13 +0000

Cool. Anything similar for *nix and Windows? I'm fairly certain you can embed WebKit in GTK - in fact, I think that's functionality exposed by the API. I'm not sure to what extent it's supported with other language bindings, though.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Real Blogging for Hackers Written in C"

GrooveStomp — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:15:49 +0000

Small demographic? I'm not aware of any hackers written in C. :)

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Is There Anything Good About Men?"

GrooveStomp — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:46:04 +0000

That is so cheeky and perfect in context. :D

New comment by GrooveStomp in "What is HTML5?"

GrooveStomp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:29:49 +0000

Very thorough introduction that emphasizes the right points. I like the author's dislike of the canvas element - and specifically his description of why he dislikes it, and how he ultimately accepts it and encourages it's use as a way to further web standards.

I'll recommend this read to any of my technically-oriented friends who ask me about html5 in the future.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Comcast cuts off customer for going over 250GB of legitimate use"

GrooveStomp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:56:19 +0000

> Your electric utility service is capped, but they use a different method because electric utilities are metered. You have a fixed capacity feed to your house. For example, our home has 150 amp service. I cannot exceed that draw or the main feed breaker trips and everything goes dark. I can request installation of a larger feed, but I have to pay the build-out, and there are hard limits based on my local zoning.

It sounds like the analogy here would be having an internet connection that has a maximum throughput of X. If you want X+Y, where Y is larger than zero, then you would have to buy a larger throughput connection. Once that's done, you'd be free to use it as much as you want, provided you pay for that usage.

That doesn't seem to be the case in the linked article here.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "How to Use the iPhone's Home Button"

GrooveStomp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:04:09 +0000

That diagram is hilarious!

The home button continually stumps me on the iPhone. I've brought up the multitasking menu a couple of times (probably 25% of the time when I try to do it). Honestly, I stumbled upon the feature by accident once when trying to backout to the homescreen and it brought up the multitasking menu instead. Since then I've tried specifically one of: a double click, triple click, single click, click and hold; to see if I could consistently repeat the multitasking menu behavior, and I simply haven't been able to.

By comparison, the Nexus S is dead simple to use for multitasking or backing out. I really, honestly think the Nexus S benefits hugely over the iPhone by having more than one dedicated button.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "What people are saying on Facebook about Google+."

GrooveStomp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:08 +0000

Maybe I'm missing something: I just see a bunch of people's profiles in a search results listing. Do I need to actually have a Facebook account to see what's relevant?

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Google: "Android is the Linux desktop dream come true""

GrooveStomp — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:37:44 +0000

I was thinking about this the other day - with netbooks, tablets and smartphones running Android showing no signs of slowing down; Android really does seem to be "the dream come true" in terms of "Is this the year of the Linux desktop" kind of dream.

It's kind of exciting and also kind of scary. I'm not a fan of the Android development stack at all, and this comes from someone who's been championing Android over iOS for the past several years. I think overwhelmingly it's probably a good thing, I just won't be dabbling too much.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "My experiences as a Recruiter on Hacker News "

GrooveStomp — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:51:19 +0000

I completely agree. Hacker News is supposed to be an open, intelligent community and we really shouldn't tolerate that kind of bullying.

It's amazing how some people react to acts of public good.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "A change thousands want made to Google+ circles"

GrooveStomp — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:04:22 +0000

This is an awesome analysis. I think the best thing to come out of Google+ is the clarification of kinds of digital social interactions and how we might tackle those in the (short-term) future. Maybe even Facebook or Google will iterate and offer robust solutions here.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Non-coder Hacker News"

GrooveStomp — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:02:02 +0000

Alright, that's done, now where's the all-code Hacker News? :)

New comment by GrooveStomp in "Firefox 8 is 20% faster than Firefox 5, matches Chrome 14"

GrooveStomp — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:18:40 +0000

Apparently saurik and I are the only ones confused!

I found it very jarring to read that Firefox 6 isn't out yet, but the thread talks as if Firefox 8 is actually out, or very close to being released. In my mind I'm envisioning a weird, staggered, neither increasing nor decreasing of version number release cycle.

I think you're coming from a different angle where all of this is very familiar for you, so you can't relate to the confusion some of us other readers have had to deal with.

New comment by GrooveStomp in "To defend Android, Google must attack software patents"

GrooveStomp — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:45:55 +0000

I completely agree with you. My sister in law was talking about working for a high-profile lobbying group because "That's how real political change happens." I pretty much felt sick to my stomach right then and there.

Unfortunately, most of us (myself included) realize that's just the way things are now. I'm not defending this position - just commenting on it.