It’s our intention to Open Source the PredictionBook code… and has been for at least six months, but we keep not quite getting around to it. It’s also my intention to write a top level post about why I think PBook isn’t getting much traffic (it being slow is only one reason).
Any one with a reputation on this site that wants access to the code before we get it open sourced is welcome to contact me directly. The code’s on github.com and is written in Ruby on Rails.
(gwern, if you want access send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly and your github username.)
It’s also my intention to write a top level post about why I think PBook isn’t getting much traffic (it being slow is only one reason).
I have my own theories (mostly that people aren’t very interested in truth-seeking, pace Hanson, and that the benefits are too long-term, cf. SRS flashcards), but that’s just my perspective as a user.
gwern, if you want access send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly and your github username.
Do you mean access to the data? As I said, I’d like to edit the dates on some of the predictions...
No. People have private predictions in there, so I don’t think I can in clear conscience give you access to anyone’s predictions but your own (and giving you access to only your own is about half as much work as properly open sourcing the project). I mean the code… and you didn’t quite send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly yet.
Well, alright. I see I didn’t specifically say ‘public data’. That’s what I want.
and you didn’t quite send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly yet.
I think it’s kind of silly to ask for such a promise, but for what it’s worth, you have it. (What irresponsible things could I do with just the codebase? I’m no cracker to find security holes and exploit them on the live site.)
It’s our intention to Open Source the PredictionBook code… and has been for at least six months, but we keep not quite getting around to it. It’s also my intention to write a top level post about why I think PBook isn’t getting much traffic (it being slow is only one reason).
Any one with a reputation on this site that wants access to the code before we get it open sourced is welcome to contact me directly. The code’s on github.com and is written in Ruby on Rails.
(gwern, if you want access send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly and your github username.)
I know the feeling.
I have my own theories (mostly that people aren’t very interested in truth-seeking, pace Hanson, and that the benefits are too long-term, cf. SRS flashcards), but that’s just my perspective as a user.
Do you mean access to the data? As I said, I’d like to edit the dates on some of the predictions...
I’ve signed up at http://github.com/gwern
No. People have private predictions in there, so I don’t think I can in clear conscience give you access to anyone’s predictions but your own (and giving you access to only your own is about half as much work as properly open sourcing the project). I mean the code… and you didn’t quite send me your promise that you’ll behave responsibly yet.
Well, alright. I see I didn’t specifically say ‘public data’. That’s what I want.
I think it’s kind of silly to ask for such a promise, but for what it’s worth, you have it. (What irresponsible things could I do with just the codebase? I’m no cracker to find security holes and exploit them on the live site.)