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I’ve been using Steve Yegge’s Beads[1] lightweight issue tracker for this type of multi-agent context tracking.

I only run a couple of agents at a time, but with Beads you can create issues, then agents can assign them to themselves, etc. Agents or the human driver can also add context in epics, and I think you can have perpetual issues which contain context too. Or could make them as a type of issue yourself, it’s a very flexible system.

[1] https://github.com/steveyegge/beads

This is a machine that runs a custom Linux OS, "designed for work" by some pretty talented people. Not sure what to think but there are some interesting possibilities.

Drupal CMS is designed to be easier to set up than Drupal Core, with such "batteries included" as data privacy protection (GDPR, cookies etc), multilingual tooling, improved accessibility, automated security updates, and a "recipes" feature for quickly adding features.

From the repo: “A fast, privacy oriented meta search engine that just works. Kept simple so everyone can use it and to make sure it works on most (basic) web servers.”

Just downloaded Bruno and it looks great! Thanks very much.

Well, there is OwnTracks, it’s self hosted and has mobile apps… http://owntracks.org

Apologies, offtopic: wait, Coda.io only uncloaked less than a month ago and you've already left??

MemSQL (http://www.memsql.com/community/) might also be an interesting option to try.

Nice diagram, I'm borrowing it as a reference for the setup I'm going to be designing for work soon :-)

Did you consider running nginx for your PHP application servers as well?

Also, can I ask what sort of traffic you get per {{ time period }} ??

"educrastination" - the act of learning something while procrastinating about doing something else.

How likely is it that Loom will go out of business in a year too?

I agree it's tough trying to glean facts from the media now. Everyone seems to have a vested interest.

However, when you consider that pharmaceutical companies in the US pay doctors (not always directly for prescribing their drugs, but close enough), and also fund most of the research in the US, Australia and probably most other countries, that seems a much stronger candidate for bias than a science researcher who is trying to tell a story on a not-for-profit TV network.

There are plenty of medical "breakthroughs" throughout history that have come from people who were initially branded as heretics/crazies but who eventually were proved correct. Germ theory, antibiotics, anaesthesia etc.

I think the stuff about the effects of high sugar and high carbohydrate diets in the first episode is pretty solid.

Which one is the naturopath?

Catalyst, an excellent science program on the ABC [1], Australia's national broadcaster, has just had a two-part episode called "The Heart of the Matter", about the science (or lack of it) behind the cholesterol theory.

The researcher Dr Maryanne Demasi[2], herself a research pathologist, has spent three years gathering data, interviewing researchers, scientists and doctors on both sides of the argument, and the show has caused major ripples throughout the medical profession in Australia [3].

The two episodes are on YouTube in full [4] [5] and the transcripts are on the ABC website [6] [7].

For anyone interested in this topic, these shows are HIGHLY recommended.

[1] http://www.abc.net.au

[2] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/team/maryannedemasi.htm?site=...

[3] http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/latest-news/expert-takes-aim...

[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVf-00w5gk

[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKaM330xzg

[6] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3876219.htm

[7] http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3881441.htm

I wish I could upvote this comment more than once.

I remember getting on Geocities in 1996 and finding a burgeoning community, full of randomness and fun, all learning as we went along about how build websites. I remember mine was in the “Bourbon Street” “neighbourhood”.

I had a lot of fun that year, messing about on IRC, learning HTML, building (ugly :-) websites, helping others do the same. Can't believe I sound nostalgic about that place.

I think I'll set up my daughter (nearly 9, already has her own domain) with a GitHub account, and set up Pages so she can play with HTML, CSS and stuff.

See my comment above - there are several systems operating which advertise that they are fully wheelchair accessible.

I wondered about wheelchair/disabled access too, having never seen a wheelchair-bound person on one. Apparently it's a solved problem though – at least one gondola manufacturer (CWA [0]) explicitly states that their cars are wheelchair (and stroller) accessible, and their cars have been installed in the USA – the Texas Skyway at Fair Park, Texas [1], where I imagine it was probably a requirement. Another system which advertises its accessibility is the Seilbahn Koblenz – “all visitors can easily get in and out of cabins… including wheelchairs, pushchairs, bicycles and dogs(!)” [2].

As long as the doors open wide enough, and the car is able to have floor-level loading, it shouldn't be a problem. Cars are able to be brought to a complete stop if needed. AFAIK, the only reason gondolas currently slow to “crawl” pace inside stations at the moment is that keeping some momentum means they require less acceleration to get back up to travel speed.

[0] http://www.cwa.ch/en/ethos-_content---1--1049.html

[1] http://www.fairpark.org/index.php?option=com_content&vie...

[2] http://www.seilbahn-koblenz.de/buses-and-groups.html

I saw the Rio de Janeiro gondola system [0] on Brazil with Michael Palin [1] a couple of days ago, and spurred on by the fact I've always enjoyed travelling on these systems, I began searching out more information about them around the world. I found a fantastic (for transport wonks :-) website called the Gondola Project [2] which has a vast amount of info (there's a link to it buried in the OP Wired article) about all the different types of systems and which circumstances they fit best. It also mentions the several aerial ropeway urban transport systems that are in successful operation around the world, such as Medellin, Colombia; Caracas, Venezuela [3]; Constantine, Algeria [4]; and Villa Nova de Gaia, Portugal [5].

To the commenters here saying "why can't they just make huge suspended buses", apart from the obvious engineering loads that entails, the problem is mostly that this means the gondolas have to stop at each "station" so that a decent amount of people can embark/disembark.

The most common modern gondola systems are built with MDG (monocable detachable gondola) technology, though the state of the art is the 3S (or TDG - tricable detachable gondola). More cables makes a 3S system more expensive, but makes the gondolas much more stable in higher winds, and allows them to travel faster along the line as well.

In these systems, many small gondolas flow in a continuous system, but are detached from the cable and slowed at stations so people can embark/disembark. This allows the main pull cable to always run at the same speed, which conserves energy and keeps all other attached gondolas moving. It also allows for corners (!) in the line (though a station must be located at the corner), as gondolas can be detached at a station, moved around by the required angle as they load/unload, and then reattached to the new cable which takes them off in a new direction. For a good example of this, see the Rio de Janeiro system mentioned above. Junctions can even be implemented this way if required (though the logistics would be interesting).

Rescue issues – most of these urban systems are designed to run over accessible areas, and no higher than 2-4 storeys from the ground, so if rescue is needed Fire Department crews can use standard equipment to reach the stranded gondolas.

Some commenters on the Wired article mention the Portland Aerial Tram system, and various disappointments around it. Aerial trams are different from gondolas in that there are normally only two cars, which move in opposite directions simultaneously, so each must be stopped at the same time, and any mid-point stations must be equidistantly located, unless you are happy having one car stopped in mid-air while the other is at a station. For examples of this with funicular railways, see the Innsbruck Hungerburgbahn [6] or the Wellington (NZ) Cable Car [7]. The main limitations on this kind of transport are slow load/unload times (hence longer passenger wait times), inflexible station layout requirements, non-detachable gondolas means no cornering etc.

Someone mentioned the "scared of heights" issue – my partner is scared of heights, but she was fine travelling on a gondola system similar to all these at Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney, as well as on the Nordkettenbahnen, the aerial tram in Innsbruck that takes off from the top of the Hungerburgbahn. Of course, YMMV. A system that probably _isn't_ good for people with a fear of heights is the new Stanserhorn Cabrio (stunning pic [8]) [9].

For (even more) info, The Gondola Project website has a big section called "Learn about cable transit" - fascinating stuff [10].

[0] http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/st_riogondola/

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_with_Michael_Palin (Episode 3: The Road To Rio)

[2] http://gondolaproject.com/

[3] http://gondolaproject.com/2010/03/11/medellincaracas-part-1/

[4] http://gondolaproject.com/2012/07/19/constantine-telepheriqu...

[5] http://gondolaproject.com/2011/04/08/new-urban-gondola-opens...

[6] http://www.nordkette.com/en/cable-railways.html

[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Cable_Car

[8] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24956/stanserhorn_cabrio-opening_day...

[9] http://www.stanserhorn.ch/en/travel/cabrio/

[10] http://gondolaproject.com/learn-the-basics-what-is-cable-pro...

And WHY are we still quoting “analysts” in articles? When whatever conclusions they have apparently arrived at are so obviously sponsored by corporate interests?

Hey, don't call him a knob.

I absolutely love that this thread has gone from "nyah Apple's a patent troll" to discussing Rostropovich and Bach cello suites.

Well played HNers.

And here you were, an upstart kid, creating this newfangled "browser" so that anybody (anybody?!) could see the Web! The temerity of it! ;-)

This was the same year that NCSA Mosaic, the first ever web browser, was co-created by Marc Andreessen. He was probably working on Mosaic when he wrote this email.

Someone give this whale a Babelfish!

Their site http://aerospike.com

However, news of their VC funding (mentioned in the TNW article) has not made it onto their blog yet.

The major problem with financial transactions is that each country (or I guess, _most_ countries) have different laws regarding banking, fiduciary responsibility etc.

Paypal/Amazon/GCheckout work globally because they use CC and charge handsomely for the privilege. Companies like Pin, Stripe and Dwolla are trying to cut out the idea of merchant accounts (which create the major hassle for a lot of small practitioners), but that means tailoring your service for local laws = hard problem.

No, "gb" are the initials of one of the developers. They're targeting Australia first, but I guess world domination is always possible if things go well.

Viewing source on any blacked out Wikipedia page also lets you read the article text.