Let me make sure I understand this: The license means that Facebook grants you the right to use the patents on React, but if you sue Facebook for patent infringement, you lose the right to use React?
Unicode identifiers make me uncomfortable. I have no idea how I would type that circular one in the "sharp macro" section (short of copying and pasting), and I'm imagining seeing those missing-character boxes all over the place.
I think that example was more tongue-in-cheek than anything (after all, who would want to write their code in reverse). But if you use e.g. the fcitx input on Linux, you can just press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-U, type "circle arrow", and select "↻" (clockwise open circle arrow) from the list. The fuzzy matching is pretty awesome, I hope similar Unicode handling will come to all platforms in the future.
As a Python-lover who previously played with Common Lisp and Clojure, lispy syntax took less getting used to than having no end tags, but I'm still not used to prefix math.
I like the idea of using expiring domain names to generate business ideas (especially domain names that are fetching a good price).
But what if, instead of buying the domain name, you... didn't buy it? What if, instead of dropping $5K on an exact match, you spent $10 on a B+ domain name, where you can set up a landing page to see if there's interest in the business idea you've generated?
That way, if you are getting signups, or even actual customers, then you try to get a better domain name; but if not, you're not out $5K.
Or am I missing something? I guess you can still sell the domain if you don't end up doing something with it, but what if it declines in value?
"I like the idea of using expiring domain names to generate business ideas (especially domain names that are fetching a good price)."
Personally, I think buying domains that seem good, and then brainstorming ideas for them is risky. You're more likely to end up with a questionable foundation ("Maybe it could be a site about dogs with funny socks?") or something outside your area of interest/expertise. IME, it's better to set your idea and then find the domain.
By all means, speculate on domains and collect a few strong ones (I do), but I'd be wary of picking ideas based on the domains you can grab.
You used to be able to make easy money from SEO-oriented sites based on keyphrases, but that's dried up a lot and content/concept is king again.
> Personally, I think buying domains that seem good, and then brainstorming ideas for them is risky.
Your ideas have to come from somewhere, but I think it's risky too. That's why I suggested buying a cheaper domain to vet the idea before buying an expensive one (if at all).
> Also, how often do you end up not using an expensive domain name, or find out it was a dud?
I use & develop every single premium dotCOM that I acquire. I dropped $26k on a domain recently, and the jury is still out whether that one's gonna be a dud.. It's always possible.
Who do you think the Democratic nominee will be? Clinton again?