chewbranca

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by chewbranca 16y ago
I helped build a house out of spare wood for a family friend. It was really exciting to see it come together and to think that this wasn't just a random side project, but something that would be lived in and greatly appreciated.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
heh... ironically facebook's error rate is at an all time low!! http://developers.facebook.com/live_status
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I honestly really like the transparency of the current icon. I can see the fish in my wallpaper aquarium swimming behind it.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Thanks!
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by chewbranca 16y ago
working pretty well for me. I've been using hn reader but I like that this shows the scores. Makes it easier to filter. Couple things. it appears to be using a non standard input form for comments as none of the typical android auto complet
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Ebot - erlang web crawler using AMQP and CouchDB(Riak)(redaelli.org)
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I saw Rob Pike talk about Go, and he gave the impression its being used on a rather wide variety of systems related programming inside of google. I don't know of any particular projects though.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
In the video linked from the article, they mention that they are going to pump the outgoing water around the complex back to the sea and it will be nearly the same temperate as the sea water when it reaches back. I imagine they are going to
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Yeah but we're not talking about less restrictive licenses, we're talking about linux and the gpl and the fact that zero of the changes from android have made it back upstream into the kernel. Dirk Hohndel from MeeGo made a good point at OS
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by chewbranca 16y ago
"I had no trouble hacking my EVO 4G, deleting the stock OS with HTC and Sprint crapware, and installing a build with 100% open code." 100% open code? So this means your not running any of the gmail/gtalk/gvoice/g... ? None of those are open
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Minor annoyance, but in those pictures, book IX as after book XII rather than before X.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Good article I saw recently on minimalist web design, might give you some ideas: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/minimalist-web-desig...
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I strongly suspect BigTable is one of the primary reasons they don't want to open source the current release seeing as they mentioned using a Mongo DB backend.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I just downloaded this and tried it out. Amazingly cool. Only about a 15s delay to broadcast live from your phone. There is a lot of potential to really change online videos and news/live events as well. Very exciting.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I work at various coffee shops at least 2-3 times a week usually for a full day. I would easily have to file for minimum 3 different coffee shops a year. This bill is absolutely ridiculous.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Fun comparison of Ruby and Python. The pasta analogy was especially entertaining.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
heh... I have the opposite problem with copy-paste.. users keep pasting in content from microsoft word and wonder why it doesn't work properly.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
White noise and soft lights are amazing. The trick is to find something that simulates being in the womb for the baby. I have one recommendation that you absolutely _must_ get. Best investment I've ever made: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Sad to say that vi/vim has not been installed on every *nix box I have used. Its not installed on freenas by default, which I have running on a box. My mind was blown when I realized it didn't have at least vi.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
So wait, in his first post, "aleph (~8.5K req/s) edges out Node.js v.0.1.100 (~7.0K req/s)" which was with one node.js process on one core. Node.js scales fairly linearly (from what I've seen) as you add additional processors and processes,
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I'm curious to read more about Membase, their current homepage is rather sparse and lacking in content, but one of the things that really intrigues me about Membase is how they are adding a persistence layer on top of Memcached that gradual
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Working on a custom AMI I put together for Amazon's EC2 that is designed specifically to power a rails framework I built. Having some fun with their EBS volumes, very useful.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
If you were to shut off HN during a set time period everyday, don't do it during lunch time. Eating lunch and reading HN is something I do that is _actually_ productive, or at least more productive than eating lunch and not reading.
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Opscode Closes $11 Million Series B Round(opscode.com)
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Notice he said 'I had a girlfriend', sometimes the best approach is knowing when being right is wrong.
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by chewbranca 16y ago
In general yes, but as more and more technology gets added to the stack, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep everything running on port 80, which is the only port your users should have to hit on a web request. Take web sockets for in
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Its not easy, it really takes a mindset change. For me, the big thing that really woke me up and got me to be very conscious of my productivity, was having a baby. Now granted, this is not the normal course of action for becoming more produ
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by chewbranca 16y ago
I recently came to the realization that anything I put off until 'tomorrow' or 'the weekend' won't get done because there is always new stuff to get done when tomorrow or the weekend shows up. Your best bet is to just do it right now, or to
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by chewbranca 16y ago
There are plenty of good suggestions in this thread about acquiring contacts, so I wanted to mention there is a lot of administration work with freelancing that the sooner you get started on the better. Remember, as a freelancer, you're in
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by chewbranca 16y ago
Cool idea, looks nice. I live in an apartment with no gardening area and the cats attack any indoor plants so I can't make use of it right now, but I just wanted to drop a quick post to say great job and keep it up! Best of luck.

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