Turned off now. Interestingly, I wasn't seeing nearly so "skeezy" ads – just links to related content. Maybe they know I'm a moderator and change what they show. In any case, I think that Discus has clearly jumped the shark and having posts without comments is just fine. The discussion can go on HN and Reddit.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Stefan Karpinski <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, that's coming from Disqus. Let's just turn it off. Used to be > respectable, now, clearly not. > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Jacob Quinn <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hmmm.......I hadn't noticed until now. Looks like it's coming from Disqus. >> >> >> -Jacob >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Spencer Russell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Whatever hosting provider used for the julialang.org blog is putting >>> skeezy "around the web" ads at the bottom. Not sure if this is a new >>> development or I just haven't checked the blog in a while. >>> >>> If there are Julia community things that cost money (like ad-free >>> hosting, domain registration, etc.), is there a Julia Foundation nonprofit >>> or something that handles collecting donations and using them for that sort >>> of thing? >>> >>> peace, >>> s >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Stefan Karpinski < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Regarding the HN link: if you could go to the front page and click back >>>> to the video link before up voting (or just don't up-vote) that would be >>>> good – otherwise it sets off the voting ring detector and bans the story. >>>> >>>> On Aug 11, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Johan Sigfrids <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yay! I've been eagerly awaiting these. >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 2:53:18 PM UTC+3, Jacob Quinn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> Gather round and here the tales of a wonderous new language, presented >>>>> by Tim Holy >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-1B_amwt8&list=PLP8iPy9hna6TSRouJfvobfxkZFYiPSvPd&index=1>, >>>>> Pontus Stenetrop >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrFxjE44COc&list=PLP8iPy9hna6TSRouJfvobfxkZFYiPSvPd&index=2>, >>>>> and Arch Robison >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTCQNYddhs&list=PLP8iPy9hna6TSRouJfvobfxkZFYiPSvPd&index=3> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Check out the JuliaCon youtube playlist >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP8iPy9hna6TSRouJfvobfxkZFYiPSvPd> >>>>> , Blog post announcement >>>>> <http://julialang.org/blog/2014/08/juliacon-opening-session/>, and >>>>> feel free to jump in on the discussions at /r/programming >>>>> <http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2d86qh/juliacon_opening_session_videos_released/> >>>>> and Hacker News <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8162869>. >>>>> >>>>> The plan is to release another session of videos every few days, so >>>>> keep on the lookout for more Julia goodness. >>>>> >>>>> -Jacob >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
