From 3/31/2018, 8:36:36 PM till now, @amadeuspagel has achieved 4007 Karma Points with the contribution count of 875.
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I've always wondered why I need anything other then the browser dev tools to develop websites, why they are just this additional tool, used for debugging, maybe for experimentation. There's something strange about changing something using the dev tools to make it looks right and then having to transfer those changes to the code, to make them permanent. Why is this necessary?
Why don't we have browser dev tools that are worthy of the name, that are really development tools, not just debug tools?
Job Posting: Reddit Research Czar
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GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps
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Facebook's real name policy isn't opt in.
There are plenty of platforms that have real-name policies, such as facebook and nextdoor. Are these 100x healthier then platforms like HN, which allow pseudonyms? I don't know. At any rate, the important thing is that people get to choose.
If you want to interact with people trusting that they can be held accountable for bad behaviour, you can do that on these platforms.
If you want to interact with people free to express themselves without fear of getting "held accountable" for "bad behaviour" - knowing that there is some disagreement on what constitutes bad behaviour and not trusting everyone who's able to "hold people accountable" - to get them fired - to share your views on this, you can do that on platforms like this one.
The Current Thing
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Biden is right to rule out a ‘no-fly zone’ in Ukraine
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No First Use
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Thoughts on Shitpost Diplomacy
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Yeah, that was incredibly stupid of me, that's also fixed now.
Thanks. I replaced that with an array of servers.
> seems the many regions spread the potential users to thin. you probably want a stronger single server because connecting chats across multiple servers only makes your code more complex when your actual problem seems to be that you just need more ram or cpu.
I checked ram and cpu with top when I was using a VPS, and it was basically nothing. (I didn't monitor it continuously, so maybe that was still the problem.) But you're right in principle, I should use one server.
> alternatively consider using existing platforms like jitsi. the benefit of your site is not the implementation of the audio channels but the ability for HN users to find each other.
But once people found each other, it's webrtc, it's p2p, so that shouldn't be a problem for the server.
> I suspect it’s a proof of concept to judge demand.
No it actually is meant to work, though, I admit, it doesn't seem to.
> Would be better if I could actually read HN while waiting, might make people willing to keep waiting longer on mobile.
Interesting idea.
I'm using deno deploy, which is split accross 25 regions, so you have to match with someone from the same region. (I tried to use my own server at first, but it crashed, so I switched to deno deploy in a hurry, without having figured out how to connect it accross regions.)
I'm not sure what exactly your concern is. Someone just trolling? The nice thing about this concept is that no one can waste more time then they're willing to spend themselves. But if people just want to talk to HN users, even though they don't use it themselves, I think that's fine?
> while that does make sense, i am in a pretty isolated region and i'd like to pick a specific different region.
Really, people shouldn't have to be aware of regions at all, which is why I initially wanted to use just one server, rather then deno deploy. (I still plan to realize that with deno deploy, it's just harder.)
> also, while i am at it, i'd prefer a small group rather than one on one.
Thought about that, but one-on-one seems simpler in many ways. There's never the question of who starts speaking. If one person stops, the other starts. It's also easier for two people to find a common interest then for more.
That's right.
I thought about that, but many people use HN via RSS, via other sites that scrap it, etc.. And of course people might want to use it from the address bar.
Of course I have no way to know who really is an HN user. But why would anyone who isn't use an app that's marketed as voicechat with random HN users?
In the long term, I want to make it possible for everyone to have their own coffeehouse ... voicechat with random people from your favorite subreddit, readers of your favorite blog, etc..
No. It just says that because if you do you use headphones, it would awkward if you take them off and then you don't hear it when you're matched someone wants to talk to you.
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