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Thanks for this Chris. I've been learning Clojure in my free time, and you've combined several of the things that most interest me in one post (noir, overtone, and clojurescript).

Weird. I can't remember ever having trouble loading a tumblr blog.

I wonder what accounts for our different experiences?

I really don't know what Twitter's next move is. They've done a great job of building a successful platform. But the product is very simple (by design), and it seems they've largely exhausted the obvious extensions to it. How are they going to stay relevant for the next 5-10 years?

Ah, yes. What I'm talking about above applies to level 4 merchants, (less than 20k ecommerce transactions), who can get away with lower level compliance. The ABCD levels refer to the self assessment questionnaires (SAQ) these level 4 merchants are required to completed.

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/docu...

I used to work as a low-level tech for one of the largest PCI compliance providers. For smaller merchants (I think less than 20k? transaction per year) there's 4 levels of compliance: A, B, C, and D.

A is for merchants who redirect to another site or use an iframe (like paypal). B is for merchants who use a dial up terminal. C is for any merchant who accepts credit card information electronically (i.e. an internet connected terminal or a website with no redirect / iframe). D is for anyone who stores credit card information.

A & B just require you to fill out a self-assessment indicating you're aware of the rules and following them. C & D both require "scans", probably of your website or server (at least a couple hundred dollars, if not more).

Slightly off topic, but I am really enjoying working with Noir and Clojure in general. It just feels so clean, because I'm working with all of these elegant abstractions. I can just write the code in a way that makes sense, and then use a macro to fill in the details of whatever technologies I'm actually working with.

Seriously. This is a completely ridiculous prediction. I'm not saying it's actually likely, but I see a greater chance that things will go the other way: i.e., Amazon will open up the Fire (or future devices) to work with the Android Market.

Seriously, I have the sickest feeling in the pit of my stomach. These congresspeople don't understand what's going on AT ALL, and the deck is already stacked against anti-SOPA activists. They don't seem to be even discussing the constitutionality of what they're suggesting.

When it comes to privacy violations in the digital age, this is so far down the list of concerns that I don't understand why we're talking about it. Probably just because some politicians in (I believe it was) Germany misunderstood what it is and took legal action against Google.

Facebook / other social networks, poorly secured databases, warrantless GPS tracking (in the U.S.), cell phone data being stored; these are all orders of magnitude more worrying and more likely to cause harm.

There's a certain class of people for whom any change to something they are familiar with is automatically negative. I imagine that in 20 years, they'll be the market for phones with a physical dialer.

Very nice! It caught my terrible rendition of the interrobang.

Good points. Any idea what a good solution would be?

Hi there. I'm kinda new to programming, I changed majors and have only been working at it for a couple of years. I've been very inspired by some of the posts I've seen here. They kept me going to finish this project, so I wanted to share it with you.

I made a strength training app because I wasn't really satisfied with the user experience of the few that were already in the market. I started doing strength training about 3 years ago, and as a (previously) skinny nerd, it really changed my life. The confidence, energy, and overall feeling of health I've gained are incredible. I really believe that if you're someone who has let their health go, the biggest thing you can do to improve your programming, your startup, or your life is to get fit.

Now I'm not going to say that it isn't hard. It really is. Doing a set of heavy squats is definitely the hardest part of my day. But it doesn't have to take much time (1 - 1.5 hours, 3 times per week).

What I'm trying to do with Strength is make it simple for someone who's never weightlifted or done a squat before to get started. It helps you set up a program, and then tells you what lifts to do, how long to rest for, reminds you when it's time for a workout, etc.

Any feedback (or feature requests, or bug reports) is appreciated. You can email me: matt (at) airlocksoftware (dot) com

Thanks!

This is very impressive. I really like the app icon. But it's refusing to import my iTunes library (10.6.8).

I'd totally be up for more research into this area. The comments I'm talking about are not asking for harder evidence. They're saying "my personal experience is worth more than yours."

And there aren't any women (that I know of) who are telling men that they can't complain about their treatment as public figures. So you've created a false dichotomy. Plus there's the fact that there are male public figures in this thread saying that women are harassed more than they are. So really, we've got people who aren't might not be public figures of any kind telling women who are to suck it up.

Your comment really bothers me. I really just want to respond with "fuck you", but maybe there's still something there to save. How exactly is trying to make your body conform to what your mind is telling you so weird?

Try to use a little empathy, and imagine (if you're a man) waking up in a woman's body tomorrow, and having everyone treat you as if it's always been that way. Might you not want to try to have your body express what you feel you are internally?

Yeah, sure, I'll try to clarify. I'm not advocating that we should stop them from speaking with any kind of legal measure. I value free speech too highly for that. I'm referring to the specific comments that I paraphrased. I don't think those posters have any specific malice towards women. I don't know them, but they're probably smart, generally respectable guys.

But they are an example of people who are apparently unwilling to acknowledge that maybe the harassment some women receive online or in the workplace could possibly be outside the realm of their experience. We have one group of people, women in tech, who are saying that they are being harassed (and providing examples of specific threats against them). Then we have a certain subset of men in tech who are saying "I know better than you do, and I say that you aren't being harassed any more than men are." That attitude is the problem (as well as the people in the community who don't immediately call them on it).

People with no personal experience in the matter saying it's not a problem and ignoring the fact that those who do have personal experience are saying that it is. And I think you could make a case that the underlying cause is that somewhere deep down they believe themselves "smarter" (or something) than women. How else can you tell someone that their own interpretation of how they are treated is incorrect?

Does that make sense?

I can barely believe the things I'm reading on this page. Lots of comments similar to "It's just trolling, get over it." And "she's just reinforcing negative stereotypes of women by not being strong enough to handle the internet." And "men deal with negative comments all the time and don't whine about it."

These are the exact attitudes that are the problem! Why can they not see this?