Comments on: Programming Contest! And the Challenge is…Measure Rails Momentum http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leah Silber http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-41351 Leah Silber Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:14:48 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-41351 Alas, we had a few great entries, but no one *quite* made it work. We'll keep things a bit simpler next time ;) Alas, we had a few great entries, but no one *quite* made it work. We'll keep things a bit simpler next time ;)

]]> By: Ben http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-41349 Ben Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:29:25 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-41349 What ever happened with the contest? Did someone win? What ever happened with the contest? Did someone win?

]]> By: Jeff Heuer http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37893 Jeff Heuer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:29 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37893 So what's the final word on this contest? I heard that a true 3D centroid projection endpoint would be a strong candidate for a prize? :) <a href="http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master/lib/endpoints/centroid_endpoint.rb" target="_blank">http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master...</a> So what's the final word on this contest? I heard that a true 3D centroid projection endpoint would be a strong candidate for a prize? :)

http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master…

]]> By: Jeff Heuer http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37620 Jeff Heuer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:39:31 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37620 Here's a shortcut to the github source: <a href="http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master/lib/endpoints/centroid_endpoint.rb" target="_blank">http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master...</a> Here's a shortcut to the github source: http://github.com/jheuer/wase_contest/blob/master…

]]> By: Jeff Heuer http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37619 Jeff Heuer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:38:26 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37619 Some of you might be interested in @centroid_wase, an endpoint which takes a collection of lat/lng points and calculates a true 3D centroid, and projects the result back out to the Earth's surface. I posted the ruby source on github. Some of you might be interested in @centroid_wase, an endpoint which takes a collection of lat/lng points and calculates a true 3D centroid, and projects the result back out to the Earth's surface. I posted the ruby source on github.

]]> By: Michael Mullany http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37607 Michael Mullany Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:34:32 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37607 I think it's ok to include. I think it's ok to include.

]]> By: Damon http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37601 Damon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:44:31 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37601 Unfortunately, the results of this will be slightly skewed due to the people that changed their location to Tehran this past summer to support the protests there. <a href="http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh?query=Tehran&commit=Search" target="_blank">http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh?query=Tehran&am...</a> Should this data be discarded? The search above shows it might not be enough to worry about. Unfortunately, the results of this will be slightly skewed due to the people that changed their location to Tehran this past summer to support the protests there.

http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh?query=Tehran&am…

Should this data be discarded? The search above shows it might not be enough to worry about.

]]> By: Damon http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37600 Damon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:19:20 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37600 Unless you happen to the guy that runs <a href="http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh" target="_blank">http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh</a> Just saying...that could be useful, and there is an API. ;) Suggestions as to how to make it more useful are welcome. Unless you happen to the guy that runs http://tweepsearch.com/search/dhh

Just saying…that could be useful, and there is an API. ;)

Suggestions as to how to make it more useful are welcome.

]]> By: engineyard http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37597 engineyard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:13:51 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37597 Jeremy, Twitter info caching is simply an exception and a practical concession to Twitter rate limiting. There are 15k twitter ID's to lookup and there's no way that there are enough white-listed developers to provide a stateless lookup service. Jeremy, Twitter info caching is simply an exception and a practical concession to Twitter rate limiting. There are 15k twitter ID's to lookup and there's no way that there are enough white-listed developers to provide a stateless lookup service.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/programming-contest-and-the-challenge-is-measure-rails-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-37596 Jeremy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:50:43 +0000 http://www.engineyard.com/blog/?p=2855#comment-37596 >create a WASEpoint for others that provides a cached location lookup How would this cache not be a state? What information can our bots have that is not considered state? >create a WASEpoint for others that provides a cached location lookup

How would this cache not be a state? What information can our bots have that is not considered state?

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