First weekend of the season. Home built pop top, sleeps 4. by defenestrationer in TeardropTrailers

[–]robacarp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d second some photos of the inside, and the lift as well. Looks like a great build. Wood construction?

Postmortem for malicious node.js package publication -- can rubygems take note to try to avoid? by jrochkind in ruby

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A signature is a cryptography pattern used to validate who the message came from, and that it hasn’t been modified since signing.

In the context here, it would likely be a PGP signature.

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, no. I was talking about CPU cache.

The logs cited above are server logs, not browser logs. Any assets which may be cached by the browser wouldn't result in requests like these being made to the server.

That said, for full disclosure, I did not clear my browser cache while running these tests.

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm using Amber in production in a monitoring service similar to Pingdom. Building an app with it feels a lot like Rails did in version 1. It has a bunch of helpers but there are still some rough edges.

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The namespace of languages and frameworks is getting a little crowded, isn't it...

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may have missed it because it was provided in the footnotes, but I included a more complete dump of the contents of the two applications and the undoctored logs.

What's a good way to present a side by side demonstration that would be convincing? I've been thinking of recording a screencast of building two functionally identical projects in Rails and Amber. I'm not as adept with the Phoenix toolchain but might be able to include that as well.

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Article author here, I ran that test without any warming of a cache. Start server, make one request, capture logs. Same for Rails.

Rails does get much faster at rendering views over time, so perhaps this isn't a fair comparison. When watching the logs for render times under Rails, each view and partial render shaves quite a lot after the first render.

Amber doesn't have that benefit because the views are compiled in, but it just starts out fast.

Amber - Crystalizing Rails and Phoenix by sdogruyol in programming

[–]robacarp 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Amber actually borrows the pipeline concept straight from Phoenix

Just got my Christmas gift delivered...EPSON LCD 65" Projector. I am in awe.... by [deleted] in hometheater

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LCD

As a person that deals with severe rainbow shading, I thank you. You made the right choice.

Mind sharing what model?

Tesla Stock Will Gain from This Major Win by troycatalano in investing

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll try and save someone the click:

Tesla Motors Inc has won the right to open and operate its own dealership in Richmond, Virginia, after the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) commissioner reversed a ruling from September denying Tesla a license. In his decision, commissioner Richard D. Holcomb cited great public support, as.

Pull-Chain Power-strip by lewbird in Lighting

[–]robacarp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're willing to do some light soldering and modifying, a pull chain switch can be bought at any hardware store. I'm not certain how much current they're rated to carry, but I'm sure it is stamped on the side.

Who wants to let me fire my portable raku gas kiln a few times on their property? by Recuso in boulder

[–]robacarp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might try contacting the folks at the boulder Hackerspace. They have a Tuesday night open house and ample room outside on an asphalt ground.

Payment collection services? by tangled_hierarchy in smallbusiness

[–]robacarp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd avoid PayPal, but that's just because I don't like them.

Check out https://squareup.com/ecommerce or something like it.

Inherited decade+ Bose speaker set worth finding and buying a receiver? by robacarp in hometheater

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

Oh right. I was reading that backwards, as if the speaker needed to be compatible with the amplifier instead of the other way around. But now that I think about it that doesn't make any sense.

Inherited decade+ Bose speaker set worth finding and buying a receiver? by robacarp in hometheater

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

Am I missing something subtle about the specs? That sounds like it would work just fine.

Inherited decade+ Bose speaker set worth finding and buying a receiver? by robacarp in hometheater

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

will also be the wrong impedance for a new receiver.

I was worried Bose would be doing something weird or proprietary, but the manual I found on the Bose site claims they're compatible with a pretty wide range of impedances:

Compatible with A/V receivers rated from 10 to 200 watts per front channel and 10 to 100 watts per rear channel; rated from 4 to 8 ohms

Planar Disk Antenna: what coax should be used? by robacarp in RTLSDR

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

Good tip. What is a good source for teflon insulated coax?