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germano··on Taking PHP Seriously
Elixir and the Phoenix framework work like this, with a process spawned per request.
germano··on Ask HN: Would a .Net back-end put off potential acquisitors?
I'd say the assertion was under the assumption that the devs in question know the .Net stack well enough to gain at least a 10% productivity gain over using a stack they are less familiar with.
germano··on The next version of DuckDuckGo
By the grandparent's description, the difference would be that DDG is not saving the ip address and browser information associated with the search query. If they're only saving the frequency of each search query and nothing else, then there would be no way to see for a particular user/browser/ip address what search queries have been performed because that dimension to the data simply doesn't exist.
germano··on Flappy Bird is proof that no one knows what the audience wants
Jetpack Joyride has the exact same control idea when you're controlling the "Profit Bird" vehicle. So it must be a bird thing.
germano··on Mastering Vim in Vim
If you consider the price in terms of the utility you'll get out of it I think that's a reasonable price. This book[1] is recommended up the page and that's $23 minimum.

[1]: http://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim

germano··on Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
I would imagine that the price/kW of coal will become easier to beat as we run out of it.
germano··on Visual Studio 2012 RC Available Now
http://uxmovement.com/content/all-caps-hard-for-users-to-rea...
germano··on VsVim
If there's anyone out there comfortable in both the way of vi and the way of Emacs, does this feel better than the Emacs emulation [1]? I'd love to be able to work with text more efficiently in Visual Studio, but the Emacs emulation feels only half way there. [1] http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/09dc58c4-6f47-...
germano··on The distinction between music and noise is mathematical form
If it was a computer playing the exact same notes as MacDara Ó Raghallaigh but with simple sine waves, would it be boring then? The author notes in the first paragraph that if an instrument is producing overtones then it is being polytonal, and hence not necessarily boring.
germano··on Play a Ruby + AI Coding Game in Your Browser via Bloc
It looks like this is because rescue is a reserved word in Ruby (Disclaimer: I'm not a Ruby expert, just basing this on a Google search and the syntax highlighting)