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I know Salvatore by his nickname (antirez) from 1999-2004 when I was studying in Milan. I knew him as the author of 'hping'. IIRC his nickname featured in some

by atmosx 12y ago

I know Salvatore by his nickname (antirez) from 1999-2004 when I was studying in Milan. I knew him as the author of 'hping'. IIRC his nickname featured in some 's0ftproject' articles. Didn't really had a clue that he was the author of Redis! That's impressive, really. I use reds with Sidekiq to run a-sync, background tasks in my Sinatra applications. I happen to have a mother from Sicily and an entire family there. What Salvatore has achieved is astonishing. There are skilled people in Sicily, but almost all of them leave for a better place due to lack of labour, big corps, good universities and the Mafia which is a VERY real problem in south part of Italy. That said, the food, the sea and the sight-scenes in Sicily are unbelievably beautiful. Especially the night view of the "stretto di Messina" (the string of sea that separates Sicily) in the summer. Taormina is also mesmerising.

pmontra 12y ago
If you're using Firefox maybe you're using NoScript. It's from Sicily too (http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/an-interview-with-giorgio-maone-creator-of-noscript/ http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/an-interview-wi...).
curiously 12y ago
On the Mafioso in Southern Italy, checkout the film 'gomorrah'. Crazy stuff.
- inhumanfly 12y ago
  Check it again mate, it has nothing, and I said NOTHING, to do with sicilian mafia. Saviano's Gomorra narrates stories about "camorra", a criminal organization based in Campania, Naples' region. Both are criminal organizations, but are radically different from their origins to their criminal methodologies.