little node-webkit?
Well, nw.js[1] to be precise. It is a pretty small application.
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#12node.js? Seriously?
we are everywhere and we're not even java
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#14node.js? Seriously?
Sure, there are a lot of other languages to write this little app in, but why not?
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#15If you don't want to install an application, you could type something like pmset -g log|grep -e " Sleep " -e " Wake " And get the same results (although a bit harder to sift through) (source: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/52064/how-to-find-o... )
+1. Yup. Sleep is a 98MB wrapper around pmset. :)
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#16node.js? Seriously?
Yes. node-webkit / nw.js is really slick. I love that I can create a desktop app without even a hint of Cocoa or Obj-C on my part. The runtime is like 90mb, yes, but the source itself is 4mb including dependencies. Memory usage is decent at ~18mb
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#17Sounds to me like the real solution to this problem is to have some sleep hygiene and get off of your laptop for awhile when you get sleepy. If I was frequently waking on the couch with my laptop on my chest I wouldn't think "gee, did I get enough sleep? I should write an application that detects what time I doze off on the couch!" I'd think "Wow, I need to address my late night computing habits, as they're clearly i…
Haha. Yes. I suppose you're right. I work full time and go to school full time so sleep is a luxury and I typically find myself working late nights.
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#18If you don't want to install an application, you could type something like pmset -g log|grep -e " Sleep " -e " Wake " And get the same results (although a bit harder to sift through) (source: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/52064/how-to-find-o... )
+1. Yup. Sleep is a 98MB wrapper around pmset. :)
Holy crap. The DMG is 33MB. What is being done that's so huge?
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#19I find the technology choice here very interesting, a desktop applet programmed with what I look at as mainly web technologies (JavaScript, JSON, Node, Webkit). It's impossible to ignore how the landscape has changed in the past 5 years and how web-style programming is slowly bleeding into spaces dominated by native applications.
When I first got into software development years ago with an eye for tools and games, I approached web programming as a stepping stone. I wonder what direction I would go if I were to start over today.