benparsons

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by benparsons 6y ago
Real-time decentralisation is the headline. Matrix allows you to host your own server, federate messages in real-time between servers, and still benefit from end-to-end encryption between multiple client devices. Good place to get started r
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by benparsons 6y ago
libpurple bridging support is being achieved through matrix-bifröst ( https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-bifrost ), this is via node-purple.
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by benparsons 7y ago
What changed your view on HA? I was about to get started with it...
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by benparsons 7y ago
That isn't true at all - Matrix has a rich and growing ecosystem of chat clients. For Slack clones, you're well stocked, but the links given to you by the parent shows there is much more out there.
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by benparsons 8y ago
When did you last try Riot? Version 1.0 was released last month, and in general Riot performance has improved a lot in the last ~year.
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by benparsons 8y ago
There is a new and much more actively maintained WeeChat plugin, take a look: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/weechat-matrix
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by benparsons 8y ago
Thanks for pointing this out - the website is updated now to include poljar's work. (We did feature it on the blog but important to keep the projects list updated too!) There are several competing Python libraries, those you mentioned
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by benparsons 8y ago
Riot is currently undergoing a lot of UX work, the results look really promising. Take a look in January for an update. Disclaimer: I work on Matrix (should have made that clear in the parent comment too)
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by benparsons 8y ago
Self-hosted, decentralised solutions such as Matrix ( https://matrix.org ) are available, and allow you to keep control of your own access and data.
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by benparsons 8y ago
There is support in Mozilla Thunderbird - but as a chat mode, rather than email as you might be expecting. You can enable it by changing the value of "chat.prpls.prpl-matrix.disable" to false in the advanced config editor. Still,
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by benparsons 8y ago
Email is a good analogy - this is even alluded to in the project FAQ: https://matrix.org/docs/guides/faq#how-is-this-like-e-mail%3...
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by benparsons 13y ago
tldr: "dunno"
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by benparsons 13y ago
I have no particular loyalty to Instapaper, but their major feature over Pocket, for me, is sending a compilation to kindle as an ebook (Kindle sees it as a magazine, complete with TOC.) People have been asking for this feature from Pocket
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by benparsons 13y ago
I don't understand - that's never resulted in an error for me.
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by benparsons 13y ago
Per-route monopolies. It is clear what was meant.
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by benparsons 14y ago
All I've taken from this page of comments is that HN users have no sense of humour. Any attack on Vim or Emacs is blasphemy and must be resisted!! No, calm down.
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by benparsons 14y ago
1993? Probably fair to say a lot has changed in the last 20 years! I don't really follow EA closely, but even so they have a poor image (of what it's like internally.) Google "EA spouse" for a start, the resulting material presents them in
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by benparsons 14y ago
Since this is the current most recent post it doesn't matter yet, but the correct URL is http://founderdating.com/whats-in-a-side-project/ . A mod should change the submitted URL.
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by benparsons 14y ago
Can you provide an example of this?
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by benparsons 14y ago
This post until the problem is at least acknowledged, let alone addressed. Took me a long time to realise the problem was real ("it's a meritocracy, everyone is welcome in tech!"), and now I can't stand to look at the comments in threads li
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by benparsons 14y ago
This article reads like notes for a stand-up comedy bit. "Will my car be smart enough to follow the guy with shopping bag and car keys in his hand to his car and wait for his space or will it just park in the nearest (and most expensive) ga
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by benparsons 14y ago
Starts out discussing Quora but veers quickly offtopic into a right-wing rant about political correctness, marxism and feminists. Going to take this with a pinch of salt.
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by benparsons 14y ago
For interest, this has already been around: http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/09/order-dominos-pizza-via-...
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by benparsons 14y ago
I have never used IDEA, but if it is even a fraction as good as ReSharper then it is still amazing. After being introduced to it I feel so handicapped without it when using plain Visual Studio.
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by benparsons 14y ago
The barrier to entry is also lower than ever. This means there is less incentive to truly think through every detail before starting a new endeavour, which leads to a higher percentage of failure. As has been discussed ad nauseam on HN, thi
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by benparsons 14y ago
Comments on that article are impressively xenophobic (above and beyond expected criticism of a rival state I mean.)