nickpresta

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nickprestaon Go vs C++: Ray tracer (part 3)

  go build -gcflags

If you run `go help build`, you will see:

  -gcflags 'arg list'
		arguments to pass on each 5g, 6g, or 8g compiler invocation.

Then you can run:

  go tool 6g

And see:

  -m	print optimization decisions

nickprestaon Get Startup Tools

I think you have something wrong with your browser -- I tried in both Firefox Nightly and Chrome Dev and I don't have this problem on two different computers.

nickprestaon Get Startup Tools

Not sure what you mean? Each offer opens in a new tab and the homepage itself doesn't seem to hijack anything...

nickprestaon Golang Object Oriented Design

http://golang.org/pkg/sort/#example_Interface

nickprestaon Node.js incorrectly parses HTTP methods

Built-in Go HTTP Server:

https://gist.github.com/NickPresta/6276195

It seems to pass the correct method to the application.

nickprestaon How to build a large Angular.js application

9K LOC (not including comments) may not be "large" but it is quite sizeable and in a framework like Angular, probably does quite a bit.

For comparison, I work on a Backbone.js app that has the following distribution.

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Language                      files          blank        comment           code
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Javascript                      282           4348           7356          27860
  CoffeeScript                    336           4953           1687          17939

Obviously Backbone.js has much less "batteries" included.

The tips in the article were good and well thought out. I appreciate the effort the author made.

nickprestaon Nexus 7

It is funny that in Canada, I cannot buy the N72013 from the Play Store but I can walk into Staples, The Source, Best Buy, Future Shop, etc, and pick one up for $249.

In fact, I bought my N72013 on the 31st of July and have been playing with it for a week. WTF Google?

nickprestaon Impressions of Go

Agreed. There is an awesome project that provides this: https://github.com/deckarep/golang-set

nickprestaon Impressions of Go

You should actually be using a `struct{}` as the value, as it takes no space (opposed to a bool).

http://play.golang.org/p/KK1ymLzd_e

nickprestaon Plug: the brain of your devices

Awesome idea and it seems very ambitious. I wish it supported USB3 and gigabit ethernet though, especially when you're talking about several Terabytes of files and streaming movies, etc.

nickprestaon Show HN: Google Glass + Tesla Model S = GlassTesla

Yes, holding, which takes a hand (or two) off the wheel. Wearing Glass does no such thing.

nickprestaon Learn Python in minutes

Responded in the ticket, but yeah, totally your call (obviously :D)

nickprestaon Learn Python in minutes

The bit about exceptions, using a comma instead of as, should just be left out. I don't imagine anyone starting out today is using Python < 2.6, and having both in the document is confusing.

nickprestaon Tiedot - Your NoSQL document database engine powered by Go

Looks pretty interesting. I like the embedded use. I submitted a PR to enhance your software: https://github.com/HouzuoGuo/tiedot/pull/6

nickprestaon Show HN – Apptimize: A/B testing for native Android, iOS apps

You're more than likely using the Android Marketplace, with a Google account, with credit card details associated. What don't you trust?

In general, apps that "phone home" suck, but let's not lump GA or crash reporting (like BugSense, etc) in that same group.

nickprestaon RethinkDB 1.5 released: secondary indexes, soft durability, perf improvements

I like Homebrew as well and I don't want to detract from how awesome it is, but dpkg + aptitude is much better in my opinion and I find I actually miss aptitude on OSX.

nickprestaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

(I know what Gorilla is, I've contributed to it :D)

The OP, to which I was replying, said: "see the gorilla test which is a Go framework."

I asked about the Gorilla benchmark itself, since OP seemed to say that adding something like Gorilla would slow down the Go benchmarks, which I don't agree with.

nickprestaon Web Framework Benchmarks Round 4

Where are the Gorilla benchmarks? I only see raw Go for all 4 benchmarks.

nickprestaon Go 1.1 RC1 is out

I disagree with your use of named returned values for something like that.

https://plus.google.com/106356964679457436995/posts/LmnDfgeh...

EDIT: Sorry, let me explain (I'm not an asshole, really!). I disagree with using named returned for things outside of signaling error/ok states (as explained by Andrew). I feel that our signatures should be written concisely for users of our API, not for our convenience.

nickprestaon ZenPayroll launches modern payroll service for accountants and bookkeepers

Full disclosure: I work at Wave, but not on Payroll.

Wave does Payroll in US and Canada: https://www.waveapps.com/payroll/

Our support team would be more than happy to answer any questions you or anyone might have: https://support.waveapps.com/forums

nickprestaon Never Lock Your Cell Phone

I have my name, my email address, and an alternate land line phone number with an answering machine.

nickprestaon Saying Goodbye to a Sister

My story is almost the same as yours - I lost him in my last year, not my first year post-graduation. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about him, or miss him.

However, I notice a lot now, almost 2 years later, that some of him lives on in me; the jokes that I tell, the reactions to some events, are from him.

I hope you find peace and remember that they aren't really gone if you let them live on in their own special way.

nickprestaon The same app 4 times: PHP vs Python vs Ruby vs Clojure

Heh. Our solutions came out very similar. I clearly did something wrong, as I thought backreferences didn't work in Go's Regexp package. Oh well. I'll remember for next time.

https://github.com/nickpresta/nurblizer

nickprestaon The same app 4 times: PHP vs Python vs Ruby vs Clojure

Here is my submission (written in standard Go): http://nurble.nickpresta.ca/

Source is available here: https://github.com/NickPresta/nurblizer

There are some minor differences (due to Go lacking backreferences with it's Regexp package, as far as I can tell) that I don't care to fix. Still, in ~74 lines of code, you get something pretty decent (and no external web server required, either).

nickprestaon Google Drive was down

It just seems the list page is slow. I can open up documents directly and they load instantly as normal.

shrug

nickprestaon The 3-year old "Implement RSS natively in Chrome" bug just changed to "WontFix"

Such as?

nickprestaon Why I'm switching back to Firefox

http://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+21,chrome+27

I'm not sure how they're calculating 87% -- do unknowns count towards supported? It looks like, from that list, that Chrome supports more.

nickprestaon WebGL Terrain Flyover Demo

Chrome Beta (26.0.1410.29) on Nexus 4 (Android 4.2.1) gets about 18 - 22 FPS: http://i.imgur.com/KUEx3uD.png

nickprestaon WebGL Terrain Flyover Demo

Retina MBP with 16GB of RAM. All system updates, Chrome Dev Channel.

nickprestaon WebGL Terrain Flyover Demo

A solid 60fps here with the GUI hidden.

http://i.imgur.com/F04X6D8.jpg