Using GitHub for auth actually makes a lot of sense and would allow us to use GitHub for persistence unconditionally instead of as an option, which might be simpler. Of course then there will always be someone who objects to having a GitHub account ;-)
> On Nov 14, 2014, at 6:24 AM, SVAKSHA <svak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for clearing that. Sounds interesting so I'll check it out in > 2-3 weeks :) > SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥ > > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Viral Shah <vi...@mayin.org> wrote: >> Basically, JuliaBox gives you hosted IJulia and a persistent filesystem. So, >> you are not restricted to your local device. There is also a shell and >> ability to sync Google Drive and Github repos, or simply upload your files, >> install packages, etc. The reason to do all this is so that one has a great >> environment always available through the browser, which can be scaled as >> required - more CPU and storage then one can other wise have locally. >> >> The invites are just there to prevent a large surge from taking down the >> whole thing for people who are using it regularly, classes, etc. Otherwise, >> there is no restriction on invites, behind our ability to respond to emails. >> That is why we are streamlining the whole invite thing next. >> >>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:43 AM, SVAKSHA <svak...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Quite understandable (re own auth system). Its just that giving google >>> access everywhere makes me uncomfortable. TBH, I dont have anything >>> specific in mind but off the top of my head there is the github >>> API(?). >>> >>> Before asking for an invite, I'd like to know if juliabox is more of a >>> data analytics platform - as in, can users upload data temporarily and >>> install a few Julia libs? I'm trying to write something like this[0] >>> in Julia but my machine chokes on the size of the gff files. I had >>> asked this on irc but didnt get a reply, and the google signup aside, >>> I didnt see the point of wasting invites :) >>> >>> [0] >>> http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/svaksha/ira/blob/master/2014-transcriptome/01_transcriptome_intro.ipynb >>> SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥ >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Viral Shah <vi...@mayin.org> wrote: >>>> We will get around to this once we get a basic level of scalability and >>>> robustness. Which one would you like? We are not excited about managing >>>> our >>>> own login/authentication system, but are happy to provide multiple >>>> options. >>>> Of course, we are accepting code contributions. :-) >>>> >>>> -viral >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Friday, November 14, 2014 8:41:28 AM UTC+5:30, Svaksha wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Will a non-google signup option also be made available? >>>>> SVAKSHA ॥ http://about.me/svaksha ॥ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Viral Shah <vi...@mayin.org> wrote: >>>>>> Just to add, we are going to get rid of the invite codes soon. >>>>>> Basically, >>>>>> the system should be open to anyone, and invites will be throttled >>>>>> and >>>>>> processed with some delay (say a day) if there is a Hacker News surge >>>>>> going >>>>>> on. >>>>>> >>>>>> We are experimenting with this and hope it will be ready to roll out >>>>>> in >>>>>> the >>>>>> next couple of weeks. In the meanwhile, please just share the code >>>>>> Shashi >>>>>> posted here or use it yourself, but please do not post it publicly in >>>>>> places >>>>>> that will send us a huge amount of traffic right away. Once the >>>>>> invite >>>>>> system is up and running, we will be able to handle that. Shashi and >>>>>> me >>>>>> sending codes individually is just not going to work much longer. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> -viral >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 5:43:36 AM UTC+5:30, cdm wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> the Sagemath Cloud google chrome app also gets users to a rich >>>>>>> environment >>>>>>> for Julia ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-sagemath-cloud/eocdndagganmilahaiclppjigemcinmb >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> users can run Julia inside a terminal ... OR ... via iJulia >>>>>>> notebooks >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>> OR ... via Sagemath worksheets. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> also available for running Julia within a terminal, the VMs served >>>>>>> at >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://koding.com (there is also a google chrome app for this >>>>>>> ...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> best, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> cdm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday, November 10, 2014 11:04:13 AM UTC-8, Ivar Nesje wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yesterday someone suggested >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://tmpnb.org/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -viral
