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In fact it reminds me about a massive book on cellular automation that I once picked up, which went to incredible length in interpreting the potential of dynamic patterns in 2D space. It was a monument to extreme intellectual rigour and dedication, if nothing else. If only I could remember the title.

These games really are impressive though. I wonder if there's been a good thesis written on them yet.

I'm not getting it though, I have too many bills already. lol who can afford to camp on this stuff I just don't know. It seems like gambling.

That's awesome. Unused domain. If you can just think up names for projects like that, I have a few other ideas to tell you about ;D

Their mailing list page is so minimal, and no Twitter posts yet except this one in 2013: https://twitter.com/gabehollombe/status/390062486210088960

Do you know whether their work is stalled, or approximately when it may be publicly announced? Though I know maybe that's top secret

The idea isn't to shove people out of the circle when they present something they've been working on.

As for myself, I spend 90% of my time (outside of work) alone, and there are a lot of wonderful things I see and think while wandering slowly in the early morning or evenings. It's not that I want to be alone, it's just really hard to find the right people, even knowing they're out in the world.

I wouldn't want to spend too much time interacting with my phone, but this app could be a nice place to check in and see that others are delighting in the world just the same as me, wandering alone. Like a nod to strangers who share the same concept. Nice work.

It's not his only action, although it may be the only action people are interested in, or the only action that we remember because it has drawn so much attention. I would be interested in a more comprehensive history of Brendan's life.

I can only speak for myself here. I'm 24, and I grew up with the view that religion was a funny ritual the neighbours carried on, because it gave them something to do. Repeat: I grew up with a limited perspective. I saw marriage only as an expensive party and a legal contract.

Now I know this isn't the whole story. The idea of allowing gay marriage is deeply offensive to people only because it is perceived to destroy the integrity of their tradition and cultural heritage. I wouldn't take it too lightly, what gay marriage is asking of those who maintain that heritage, because in their hearts it isn't heritage, it's truth.

That's how it seems to me now anyway.

Perhaps donating to Prop 8 was "trying to impose" but the backlash is of the same ilk.

I would worry about the possible impact of Brendan's personal beliefs if I thought that he truly has a heartfelt disdain for whole classes of people, but as far as I can tell, he doesn't.

The question of whether to support gay marriage doesn't always reduce to bigotry and homophobia. In Brendan's case, although no one seems to know, I think it comes down to a simple and specific commitment to a traditional idea of marriage, and it probably doesn't have the far-reaching implications that people assume.

Of course, his donation could have been motivated by complex ideologies. In that case, if we're going to hold people to such a high standard on the moral checklist, then I would worry more about the things that we don't know than the little glimpses we have into the inner lives of our leaders.

It's interesting to see where all this public discussion is going.

[1]: https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/community-and-diversity/

Homophobia and opposition to gay marriage are in my opinion completely different issues, even if they involve many of the same people. We can't automatically hold someone accountable for both.

The only way I can imagine doing this is to time-travel and give myself a crash-course in all the stuff I struggled to figure out in the beginning. Now I feel like I could give myself a complete tutorial in a day.

The trouble is partly that everyone coming to Ember has a different way of thinking, and the documentation can't target all the sets of prior skills and assumptions. I always thought that for a great book, the reader should meet the writer half-way. In this case, however, the reader has a long way to go before they can move easily through the range of Ember's capabilities.

Sleepy is a simple wrapper for RESTful resources that takes a few steps out of the handler work, e.g. internally handles the work of encoding a response to JSON and then sending it.

Nice to see new developers delving in, albeit a little clumsy at first :P

Of course I'm not saying cars are the primary cause, but I believe getting struck by motor vehicles may have a major impact on the population. Considering the number of deer-vehicle collisions and similar, it is at least worth considering.