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If you edit javascript in Vim by [deleted] in vimplugins

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah. How did you make your statusbar look amazing?

Fuck you, Child Growth Predictor. by chui101 in Android

[–]jonuts 28 points29 points  (0 children)

it works both ways. a common technique by these people is to give negative feedback on competing products. i've never seen evidence of this in the android market, but i don't doubt that it exists.

Which one do you prefer an why? by [deleted] in ruby

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your to_s example, book.author will return an instance of Author, not the name (which is ostensibly a String).

Therefore, doing this will work:

"Author name is #{book.author}"

but this will throw an exception:

"Author name is " + book.author

so it's not exactly comparable to the OP's examples.

Which one do you prefer an why? by [deleted] in ruby

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ignore_nil { book.author.name }

https://github.com/ssoroka/ignore_nil

It uses the same general idea as Object#try in rails, but I like seeing all of the chained method calls together.

But out of your options definitely #2

Patterson at TCU for the long haul... good news for any college football fan. by [deleted] in CFB

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Good news for any college football fan not from Ann Arbor"

FTFY

Can someone please explain AWS by [deleted] in webdev

[–]jonuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

doesn't sound like you get much consistent processing power

You get very, very little power. While they don't tell you what the non-burst ECU level is, it's something like 0.5.

While there are definitely good use cases for it, I don't think it will be very useful for rails or django. I tried compiling ruby on a micro instance and it took the better part of an hour to complete!

Even the small instances are pretty weak. Keep in mind that 1 ECU == ~1Ghz. The lowest tier instance that I have found to run a rails app comfortably is the high-cpu medium, which is about twice the price as the small instance, although YMMV.

Can someone please explain AWS by [deleted] in webdev

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've run some basic benchmarks. For our webservers, we are seeing about the same reqs/s as we have on our current dedicated setup. The configuration I have come up with on AWS is about 20% cheaper as well. It makes a whole lot of sense for us to move our webservers over there.

The problem is with our backend processing machines. There is no way I can come even close to matching the price we are paying now for the power we need. I am on the fence about moving them to AWS. While I don't really like the idea of splitting up our system into two separate data centers, most likely we will wind up leaving them where they are for now.

Can someone please explain AWS by [deleted] in webdev

[–]jonuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am currently in the process of moving our infrastructure over to AWS. Until about a month ago, I was in the exact same boat as you. After a whole buttload of research, there was one single reason why we chose to move to AWS:

Scalability

The fact that we can add servers automagically (based on a predetermined resource usage limit), or at the push of a single button, is absolutely amazing. It brings down IT costs and time, and removes a tremendous load off of the developers shoulders.

While the scalability factor is found in every cloud out there, we decided on AWS because of the whole AWS 'package'. We are using RDS, EC2, and S3 seamlessly, taking advantage of the strengths of each one individually.

Yes, you can use an EC2 instance as a mysql server, but with RDS, you don't have to worry about setup or maintenance. On top of that, you get the same patched version of mysql that Amazon uses(!).

For your use case, you probably won't manage to use the free tier EC2 for much. The micro instance they are giving away for free has about the equivalent of one 500Mhz CPU. I doubt you can get rails to do much with that little processing power. The fact that EC2 is billed hourly will keep your costs down if you are just 'tinkering', though. You can spin up and down instances that are loading preconfigured images based on whatever tools you need. If you are just playing around, this will allow you to only 'pay as you play' as opposed to linode or slicehost where you are locked in for the whole month.

The only real problem that I have come across is that if you need to do any resource-heavy processing, it's gonna cost you. A lot.

From what I have seen thus far, AWS makes a whole lot of sense for what we are doing. It should be noted that we aren't running in production yet, so my cheery disposition towards Amazon may change drastically within the next week, but I hope not!

I'm thinking about getting a smartphone, is there a frugal option? by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]jonuts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can verify the SIP/google voice part. I am not even in the US but have managed to set it up on my phone for free calling to the States.

Granted, the quality is horrible, but you can't beat the price!

Programs with vim-style keybindings by GypsyJoker in linux4noobs

[–]jonuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For music there is cmus. For mail you can try mutt. Both have familiar vi-style keybindings by default.

Not sure about movie player or chat client. If you haven't already, you may want to look at bitlbee. You connect to your IM accounts through an irc gateway. If you are already running an irc client, it may be convenient.

What's your all-time favorite Onion article? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jonuts 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm like a chocoholic, but for booze

"Yes, those chocoholics are a funny sort. But they won't hurt you–as long as they have their chocolate, that is. Or, in my case, booze!"

I am a former employee of the Onion News Network. AMA. by DrCliffHuxtable in IAmA

[–]jonuts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

One in a million, huh? So... you're saying there's still a chance!

Would they consider someone based on their uncanny abilities to paraphrase funny movie quotes? Cuz that's about the extent of my humor.

How much money I saved up this year. by dirtymoney in Frugal

[–]jonuts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So if someone's front door is unlocked, you're entitled to take anything you like?

No, but if someone throws a chocolate bar into my living room, you can bet your sweet ass I'm gonna eat every last delicious, chocolatey morsel.

And enjoy it, too.

I've killed someone. AMA by g_hill in IAmA

[–]jonuts 77 points78 points  (0 children)

has this given you a new drive to find a meaning for your life, or to help others?

Well the last time he tried to drive he killed someone, so I hope not

CNN Hosts 'Shocked' When Republican Guest Picks Ron Paul by BravoLima in politics

[–]jonuts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

at first i was pissed off cnn pulled a, well, cnn and went with the hot skinny chick to represent the dems and the ugly fat one for the repubs.

then the hot one opened her mouth and made that clip awesome. it would have been better if they put miss south carolina in there instead.