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  1. Comment on The Crystal Programming Language in ~comp

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    Wow. As a Rubyist, this intrigues the heck out of me. Interested parties might also want to take a look at Elixir which shares a fair amount of Rubyesque attributes such as duck typing, rich...

    Wow. As a Rubyist, this intrigues the heck out of me. Interested parties might also want to take a look at Elixir which shares a fair amount of Rubyesque attributes such as duck typing, rich introspection, and a reasonably eloquent language. While not quite as idiomatic as Ruby in terms of sheer syntactic sugar, it compensates by possessing a back-end as powered by Erlang. In addition, interprocess / thread communication is represented by a psuedo-actor model, which for people like me (from a MUD development / heavy pub-sub paradigm background) it is fantastically interesting.

    For an implementation of the same paradigm inside of Ruby, check out Celluloid.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Hey ~comp, what's your current project? in ~comp

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    Building a reverse proxy from an embedded system that doesn't support anything but HTTP connections to a telnet socket to a MUD for the purpose of linking in-game users (from the embedded system)...

    Building a reverse proxy from an embedded system that doesn't support anything but HTTP connections to a telnet socket to a MUD for the purpose of linking in-game users (from the embedded system) to the MUD as a backend for a 3d visual representation thereof.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on All we want to do is watch each other play video games in ~games

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    Sometimes people would prefer to live viscerally through other people for a very large number of reasons. For games, maybe because they don't have the equipment for it. VR is very difficult to get...

    Sometimes people would prefer to live viscerally through other people for a very large number of reasons. For games, maybe because they don't have the equipment for it. VR is very difficult to get into, for example. Sometimes it's because they're just not good enough at the game and would prefer to watch someone play it better than them. Or it could be that they just want to see all the nooks and crannies explored. Maybe they just like the YouTuber / streamer. In any case, it's the same thing for all media.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Familiarity: upvote arrows vs tapping on the votes in ~tildes

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    Agreed. The number isn't a very obvious UI mechanism, and arrows give instant visual feedback as to what clicking on it performs. I would recommend an arrow above the number, specifically.

    Agreed. The number isn't a very obvious UI mechanism, and arrows give instant visual feedback as to what clicking on it performs. I would recommend an arrow above the number, specifically.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Chasing the carrot on a stick: A karma system. in ~tildes

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    I would agree with this. I think that a tier-based system is the superior approach, as a point-driven system only encourages gaming the system - like the highest-karma users on Reddit that do...

    I would agree with this. I think that a tier-based system is the superior approach, as a point-driven system only encourages gaming the system - like the highest-karma users on Reddit that do nothing but take already-posted content and repost it countless times.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Bohren & der Club of Gore - Destroying Angels (2011) in ~music

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    Haha, no probs. I'd highly recommend their Sunset Mission and Black Earth albums. They're both absolutely fantastic, and give off that beautiful "depressing rainy city at night" vibe.

    Haha, no probs. I'd highly recommend their Sunset Mission and Black Earth albums. They're both absolutely fantastic, and give off that beautiful "depressing rainy city at night" vibe.

    2 votes