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by cparedes 15y ago
> University students don't become experts in anything. You're absolutely right. A bachelor's degree is supposed to be a mark of well roundedness, not specialization. > English literature students, for example, just leave with some
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by cparedes 15y ago
Wait, what? ssh is simple . I suspect that the typical person needing to SSH into a box is already someone who knows how to operate in UNIX. Otherwise, you're using the wrong protocol.
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by cparedes 15y ago
Clopen software?
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by cparedes 16y ago
I believe syslog-ng is non-blocking. You don't have to reinvent the wheel.
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by cparedes 16y ago
I'm a sysadmin, and I can tell you that it only exacerbates the problem. I've met too many devs who think that using Chef will give them systems clue. I've met too many devs who think that caching everything in memory is, indeed, the cure-a
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by cparedes 16y ago
I had an article published about MySQL tuning a while ago: http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2011/02/10/understanding-d... Always tune for your workload. Be sure to index your damn tables. And yes, measure.
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by cparedes 16y ago
No, I think you're not granting enough charity to what I'm saying. 1. The incompleteness theorems basically say, "if you have a logical system that includes Peano arithmetic, even if the theory is consistent, it will be an incomplete system
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by cparedes 16y ago
All I have to say is, "Incompleteness Theorem." Hilbert tried to come up with a method of generating theorems by just cranking a wheel that churns out different logical forms. Ends up that we still need verification to make sure that these
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Ohaipuzzle - a somewhat tough puzzle.(ohaipuzzle.com)
3 points by cparedes 16y ago|2 comments
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Farebot, an app for NFC-equipped Android phones for use with MIFARE systems(github.com)
4 points by cparedes 16y ago|1 comments
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by cparedes 16y ago
In some ways, reddit gets it right - they put games in the ad space, which trains the users to look at that area a bit more often.
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by cparedes 16y ago
There needs to be a reality check at some point, however. A company's needs might not be in tune with Heroku's general security policy. If you're creating an app that handles personal information, then I hope to god that your developer/ops
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by cparedes 16y ago
I'm reminded of Marshall McLuhan when I read your thoughts on the subject, and when I read the article. The "amputation of our limbs" with devices that seem to enhance our senses is quite a striking metaphor from McLuhan's books.
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by cparedes 16y ago
Nah, they don't at all. I'd wager that the tech field is mostly a trade more than anything; I'd like to say that my math and philosophy degrees have actually helped me, but if they ever did, it'd be way more subtle than what would actually
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Blue Box Group is hiring an entry-mid level developer(blueboxgrp.com)
1 points by cparedes 16y ago|0 comments
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by cparedes 16y ago
This is the thing that I don't really like about PowerShell. I know I can parse clear text really easily and can do it in many different ways, but I have to rely on methods that are provided in any other type of output.
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by cparedes 16y ago
Look at my post above about a story where homeless people aren't exactly scum?
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by cparedes 16y ago
Lots of homeless people I've come across are usually looked down upon by other people for god knows what; silent assumptions suck. I've talked to a few of them and I've been amazed, every single time, what sort of stories they bring to the
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by cparedes 16y ago
I haven't used the Air and I don't plan on using one in the near future. I currently use a 2006 MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. Why not use the Air? I need a ton of RAM. I'm actually currently limited because I need to spin up VM's on my loca
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by cparedes 16y ago
For my day job, I work on technical improvements for our infrastructure at Blue Box Group, and I help out in the support queue when there's especially weird problems to debug. Most things I write are shell/Perl scripts and Ruby code. On the
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by cparedes 16y ago
Yes. It helps keep me in check if I use my real name (or rather, an amalgamation of my real name) in online discussions.
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by cparedes 16y ago
You'll have to design your stuff to tolerate failure; use things like Chef for quick deployments so that provisioning new servers isn't a huge pain in the ass. Further, the biggest thing to keep in mind is that your resources are shared. T
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by cparedes 16y ago
I think my friend said it best during a conversation we were having a few weeks ago: Him: "So, what was high school like for you?" Me: "It was pretty shitty. I didn't really fit in anywhere." Him: "That makes sense - this sense of being th
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by cparedes 16y ago
I second Baby Rudin. The problem sets are nearly legendary and the writing is terse. I might have to read through it again myself sometime. "Algebra" by Artin is also a great choice if you want to learn about modern algebra. There's some
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by cparedes 16y ago
Ow, ow, those sharp edges of those tables!
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"Hackers" Movie Viewing in Seattle, October 2nd(hackersseattle.eventbrite.com)
2 points by cparedes 16y ago|0 comments
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Experiences with leading teams (without any experience whatsoever)(redbluemagenta.com)
1 points by cparedes 16y ago|0 comments
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by cparedes 16y ago
I think what I did, when I was using lighttpd with Wordpress, was to look at the .htaccess files that were being used, then translate them (by hand) to lighttpd rules. It requires a bit of expertise in both Apache and in whatever web serve
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by cparedes 16y ago
AFAIK, .htaccess files are strictly for Apache web servers - if you're even using lighttpd or nginx, you're pretty much boned.
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by cparedes 16y ago
One of the best classes I've ever taken was a class on set theory at the University of Washington. It was a philosophy course taught by a law professor, even if it was, for the most part, a math course. The way he had setup the class was t

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