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by bbunix 9y ago
GalliumOS is beautiful, period... great hardware support
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by bbunix 10y ago
The key here is "refusing help". In the US it's pretty well one of our basic rights unless we're a danger to ourselves or others. There are really only 2 choices, establish enough trust to encourage the person to receive
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by bbunix 10y ago
Mail in a box works great... replaced my old sendmail setup - using an external DNS is a bit funky, but a great package.. support multiple domains easily, pop3/imap and web client. Recommend.
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by bbunix 11y ago
Joke theft sucks (if you've ever tried to write standup material, it's hard) "can I steal that" is more akin to asking permission to use a joke than actual theft. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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by bbunix 11y ago
Too heavy - if you're looking for expect-like functionality but much simpler - look at empty (worst name in the world and impossible to search for - but great code): http://empty.sourceforge.net/
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by bbunix 11y ago
Hmmmm.... that's the great thing about alcoholism and addiction - there's more than enough blame to go around. For those in the 'moral weakness, pull up yer bootstraps' camp, I find the following analogy helpful: Try wi
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by bbunix 11y ago
Essentially a Canadian version of the Patriot Act.
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by bbunix 12y ago
Could be something as simple as a russian margin call... commodities in general are having a rough time.
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by bbunix 12y ago
atop is an awesome tool.... and the article is from 2010.
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by bbunix 12y ago
"hey have been looking at offering a service/product similar to ours" - that's called a competitor ... and they can do whatever they want with your IP - patents or not - you're gonna sue them? Good luck with that,
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by bbunix 12y ago
As an expert in the subject, having stopped for 8.5 years, started, stopped again for almost 10, and started, and now stopped for another 8... um, nope. I'm addicted to substances that haven't been invented yet... and my brain rea
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by bbunix 12y ago
Well done... down to getting to color of an old vt220 right... (that's the orange one)
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by bbunix 12y ago
It's almost 4 am here and I'm still hacking away... minimum distractions in the middle of the night... and reply #2 to a HN post :)
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by bbunix 12y ago
Now it's totally down... Bad SysAdmin day?
45.
by bbunix 12y ago
Move to Key West.
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12 helpful hints (and a few scripts) for those new to AWS (blog.maclawran.ca)
1 points by bbunix 12y ago|0 comments
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by bbunix 12y ago
Verio might be a good match... NTT could afford it... and make them a player.
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by bbunix 12y ago
Corollary - customers look for exit options... Glad we moved everyone off to AWS... pricing is an issue - everyone is lowering prices dramatically... tough market.
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What I learned self-publishing No Name Key...(blog.maclawran.ca)
2 points by bbunix 12y ago|0 comments
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Scientists successfully 'edit' DNA to cure disease(independent.co.uk)
4 points by bbunix 12y ago|0 comments
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Privacy and Security on the Internet circa 2014(blog.maclawran.ca)
1 points by bbunix 12y ago|0 comments
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by bbunix 13y ago
Inevitable... moved off DynDNS earlier this year in favor of Amazon's Route53. DNS bills went down 99%... and Amazon has been great.
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by bbunix 13y ago
The real issue is that he was appointed CEO of a non-profit... dependent on the generosity of others for its survival. Controversy, like this is kryptonite to all non-profits. Eich gets points for stepping down rapidly.
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Amazon EC2 API and Console is broken in US-EAST-1(forums.aws.amazon.com)
2 points by bbunix 13y ago|0 comments
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Awesome WQHD monitor for under $400(rakuten.com)
2 points by bbunix 13y ago|0 comments
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by bbunix 13y ago
I just can't believe this made it to the front page of hacker news... oh well, Black Friday.
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The history of curly braces(bobbemer.com)
50 points by bbunix 13y ago|23 comments
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by bbunix 13y ago
"Outage Prevention Engineer/Manager/Director" sort of a cross between Clint Eastwood and Mr Spock :) - "site reliability" sort of minimizes the intense and adrenaline fueled hacking and debugging when "Bad Things(tm)" are happening, plus th
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Bowie's Space Oddity sung from space... awesome(youtube.com)
4 points by bbunix 13y ago|0 comments
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BGPlay video of Syrian reconnecting to the world(blog.cloudflare.com)
3 points by bbunix 13y ago|0 comments

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