Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-15 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 2:59 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:44:45 -0500 > o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > > > sheepbytes.ca is cool, the local code looks neat and tidy. I am not > > > sure about the security thereof. And just imho

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-13 Thread ac via talk
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:44:45 -0500 o1bigtenor wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > sheepbytes.ca is cool, the local code looks neat and tidy. I am not > > sure about the security thereof. And just imho S/R would not be > > optimal to remake this specific java app..

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:38:00 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk > > wrote: > > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing > > > statistical work on it, you

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread ac via talk
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:38:00 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk > wrote: > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing > > statistical work on it, you should at least consider learning R. > > It's very strong for Monte

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing statistical > work on it, you should at least consider learning R. It's very strong > for Monte Carlo simulation. Thanks - - - already on the order paper. > > Also, if

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
If you're storing a large amount of information and doing statistical work on it, you should at least consider learning R. It's very strong for Monte Carlo simulation. Also, if the web app you're using is public, please share the URL. We don't know your business data, and I don't think¹ we're

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 3:06 AM Russell Reiter wrote: snip >> > >> > If I understand he/she wants to recreate an app. Does that mean reverse >> > engineer? Are you trying to recreate someone else's app without direct >> > access to that app? >> > >> > Are you trying to examine interactions

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:17 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk > > wrote: > > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > > And what does one do when the web is down? > > > A

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-12 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:51 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM David Thornton via talk > wrote: > > > > This is a chance for me to test my understanding by trying to explain it > myself. > > > > Monte Carlo is where you randomly choose solutions from a solution

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread ac via talk
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk > wrote: > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > And what does one do when the web is down? > > A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > And what does one do when the web is down? > > A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers > handle offline actions until there's connectivity. > > I'm sure others

[GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread Jamon Camisso via talk
On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > And what does one do when the web is down? A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers handle offline actions until there's connectivity. I'm sure others let you do the same thing with a local data store/db, be it natively or through

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:53 AM Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 11/10/18 10:37, David Mason via talk wrote: > > Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an > > application. See: > > https://electronjs.org/ > > > > It uses html, javascript, css and should be able to

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM David Thornton via talk wrote: > > This is a chance for me to test my understanding by trying to explain it > myself. > > Monte Carlo is where you randomly choose solutions from a solution space and > then try to make the results better for each choice. > >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
Wow - - - - a pile of ideas - - - - wonderful! Thank you very much for your ideas! On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 8:19 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:53:18 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Greetings > > > Hello :) > > > I have been using a web application for one of my

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread Dave Collier-Brown via talk
Electron-based slack also wedges on machines with >= 32GB, at least as recently as last month. --dave On 2018-10-11 10:52 a.m., Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > On 11/10/18 10:37, David Mason via talk wrote: >> Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an >> application. See: >>

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread David Mason via talk
Slack is far, far, from a simple text chat, regardless of what you (or I) think it should be. I hadn’t checked its size. On my system it’s about 200MB+another 200MB per workspace. Yeah, that’s outrageous. But Firefox is using about 10GB, so I’m not exactly convinced that a web app is going to

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread Jamon Camisso via talk
On 11/10/18 10:37, David Mason via talk wrote: > Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an > application. See: >     https://electronjs.org/ > > It uses html, javascript, css and should be able to connect to your > postgresql database. slack, what should be a simple text chat

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread David Mason via talk
Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an application. See:     https://electronjs.org/ It uses html, javascript, css and should be able to connect to your postgresql database. ../Dave On Oct 11, 2018, 8:53 AM -0400, o1bigtenor via talk , wrote: > Greetings > > I have been

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread David Thornton via talk
This is a chance for me to test my understanding by trying to explain it myself. Monte Carlo is where you randomly choose solutions from a solution space and then try to make the results better for each choice. Imagine you are trying to find the highest point on earth. Rather than scan the

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread ac via talk
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:53:18 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > Hello :) > I have been using a web application for one of my business functions. > Besides the limitation of it being a web application (the web is NOT > as consistent nor as quick as is considered 'normal' for those

[GTALUG] programming system questions

2018-10-11 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
Greetings I have been using a web application for one of my business functions. Besides the limitation of it being a web application (the web is NOT as consistent nor as quick as is considered 'normal' for those that like in rural areas) there are to many areas where I need to tweak the results.