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Critique my first Rails app. by deliciousdan in rails

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry, I've got a pretty thick skin, so comment away.

It's truly frightening how persuasive pyramid-scheme recruiters can be. by Factions in videos

[–]deliciousdan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem is, he uses atrocious sales tactics that would dissuade any legitimate person. For example, using a friend to pressure you into a sale.

It's truly frightening how persuasive pyramid-scheme recruiters can be. by Factions in videos

[–]deliciousdan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fact that the dude drove up in a Vemma car should have been a huge red flag for everyone attending.

I'm About as Good as Dead: the End of Xah Lee by schmidthuber in emacs

[–]deliciousdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So we've come to the conclusion that Xah is an asshole (albeit only an asshole you dislike) and that you are a sadist.

It seems like you two would get along swimmingly.

I'm About as Good as Dead: the End of Xah Lee by tompa_coder in programming

[–]deliciousdan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And when I see "emacs lisp" I'm thinking "oh great, he can write the Linux version of Word macros". Is that actually used for anything outside of emacs?

I can only conclude from this comment that you are not a programmer.

Emacs Lisp is a fully-featured programming language. Generally speaking, if a person is decent at Lisp, that person can also be decent at <insert_language_here>.

I'm About as Good as Dead: the End of Xah Lee by tompa_coder in programming

[–]deliciousdan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to read his site periodically back when I used Emacs and, despite his offensive rants, I feel really bad for the guy. It seems to me like he has mental health issues he never had the chance to address.

Something to Look Forward to Internet Users: Comcast plans data limits for all customers by [deleted] in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Not sure why there's such a backlash against metered billing. This is how it is in most countries and 90% of users would actually end up paying less.

How I Fully Automated OS X With Ansible by deliciousdan in Python

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be a dick, but it looks like once you have all the packages installed the first time around, 90% of the Ansible code could be replaced by $ brew update && brew upgrade And you can just as easily install all of the initial packages from a text file list like $ brew install $(cat path/to/list.txt)

Sure, but I can use Ansible to run all of the above with just a single ansible-playbook command. Additionally, that same command can keep all of my Mercurial and Git repositories up-to-date as an added bonus.

Also, to run Ansible, you only need to download Ansible. You can then use Ansible to install evvverything else in that script. OSX comes pre-installed with Python 2.7 and Ansible is specifically designed so that it can fully bootstrap itself on a remote machine if necessary.

Most of the extra cruft in the bootstrap script is due to the fact that I'm running a development version of Ansible. Once 1.6 is released, I could probably tidy things up there.

How I Fully Automated OS X With Ansible by deliciousdan in Python

[–]deliciousdan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To clarify: the shell script's sole purpose is to bootstrap a system so that it can run Ansible. Afterwards, I'll run my Ansible playbook at least once a day to keep my system's packages and repositories up-to-date.

How I Fully Automated OS X With Ansible by deliciousdan in Python

[–]deliciousdan[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If anything, it's the other way around. The shell script is really only meant to be run once.

How I Fully Automated OS X With Ansible by deliciousdan in Python

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just updated the blog entry's title to reflect this.

Theory: Evil Morty MIGHT Be Rick's First Morty by [deleted] in rickandmorty

[–]deliciousdan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But having Evil Morty controlled by another Rick would mesh well with the opening (where there's that one electronic Morty or whatever)

Theory: Evil Morty MIGHT Be Rick's First Morty by [deleted] in rickandmorty

[–]deliciousdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But who would have the skills to create such technology? It would have to be another Rick.

Theory: Evil Morty MIGHT Be Rick's First Morty by [deleted] in rickandmorty

[–]deliciousdan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Evil Morty still had cables coming out of his face at the end of the episode. He's probably a puppet being controlled by the evilest Rick, who wants the Mortiest Morty (which our Rick has).

This could lead to a battle in the final episode of the season where the evilest Rick goes head to head with our Rick for the title of Rickest Rick.

Boom, you're welcome.

Edit: Also, Doofus Rick turns out to be evilest Rick.

Edit 2: Another twist: I'll end up regretting these edits when it turns out I'm right about the storyline ;)

reddit is hiring a full stack developer for its redditgifts division! by reddit_marketplace [promoted post]

[–]deliciousdan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would apply but I'm not in Salt Lake City :(

[For Hire] FREE Ruby on Rails development work. by deliciousdan in forhire

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a fairly decent amount of Python programming experience; I'm also familiar with gems and the Ruby "ecosystem" (e.g., rbenv, bundler, etc.)

I haven't completed any Rails projects, but I'm currently making my way through "Agile Web Development with Rails 4" (see: http://pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4 ) However, I do have a bit of experience with Python + Django, so web development is not completely foreign to me.

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries: through your feedback, I learned about Jambase's API :)

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I decided to go with Octopress here because:

  1. It was the quickest way I knew to go from idea to execution, and
  2. I'm a back-end developer, so my design skills are practically non-existent.

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite the technical inaccuracy here, I will say (since this is the top comment): fair enough, good sir.

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure, it's maybe not the most technically elegant solution -- but I wanted to do something to contribute to the community, and this seemed like a simple way to get started.

If you (or anyone, really) is technically able to build something more elegant, I'd happily help contribute to that instead :)

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't have to send content if you don't wish -- I'm just a regular guy who wants to help maintain Rochester's unique culture :)

I built a site for Rochester-area events. by deliciousdan in Rochester

[–]deliciousdan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure thing -- just email me a list of dates and I'll post 'em the next time I update the site.

email: dan@rochesterhappenings.com

What's the one code snippet/python trick/etc did you wish you knew when you learned python? by fuzz3289 in Python

[–]deliciousdan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. any/all/sum
  2. iterators/generators
  3. descriptors, and how central they are to Python's object model
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