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   by fuball63 8y ago

   This could be used as an ETL process; one task is to fetch the data, another task to clean and do quality control, and then branching tasks to put the data in its final destination. Really any task that can be broken into concrete and indep
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   I started with this book, which is a furniture book that uses a technique involving cutting slots in plywood. It's good practices measuring, cutting, sanding, and finishing. https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Furniture-Forgot
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I used this video and made a simple marinade with soy sauce, hot sauce, and pepper. It was the best jerky I've ever had: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDVo0XW2GOM
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I always like to use games as small projects. They usually require the use of a wide variety of programming concepts, and can be scaled up or down as needed. If you know GUI like Swing or AWT, you can use that to do simple games like space
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   I would like to see more e-waste initiatives based in reuse instead of recycling. To me it seems like any advances on the recycling front are outpaced by throwaway tech culture and general overconsumption. Seeing as processor speeds have p
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I was thinking the same thing. Co-working is on the rise, as are small rental office units with shared assets. Maybe they could turn a mall into a Googleplex for small business, with a game area, food court, pub/bar, gym, grocery&#x2
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I was involved with a Python learners group in my city. The courses that seemed to be the best were: - Real Python (my personal favorite, the course is $60) https://realpython.com/products/real-python-course/ - A
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I will still sometimes use it to break out of the humdrum of reddit/twitter/facebook. The app had some UX issues, and some of the content could have used better curation, but overall I think the core idea is still relevant.
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   by fuball63 8y ago

   I'm getting weary reading the constant lament of the "internet" as a massive entity. These articles take the same form: - "ugh social media is terrible, remember forums" - "aren't rss feeds great" -
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    The Working Songwriter with Joe Pug. A series of interviews with touring singer/songwriters. Parallels to software and business: hustle and grinding for a desired way of life, cultivating a skill over time, building a product that peo
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    Here's a list of places to post your product: https://github.com/mmccaff/PlacesToPostYourStartup Meetups work well too, especially for B2B and niche products, since a lot of people going to meetups are going for t
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    This struck me as an interesting statement too. Especially with "thin" versions of site surfacing, for example thin.npr.org, it seems like people are more accepting of the trade of loading gifs and high Def images for speed.
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    My experience trying to set people up with Linux desktops is that even though the metaphors are the same, (like the desktop, start button, update manager, word processor), the unfamiliarity of the branding turns people off. Also, any error
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    I clarified in my second paragraph that I think extending the lifetime of Windows machines is probably the most realistic way to combat e-waste, and is a noble endeavor. I have two desktop computers, one is my primary machine and the other
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    My first response was "he should have used linux", but I came to a similar conclusion as you. People are scared of linux, despite it now being almost as easy as Windows to install/use for typical usage. E-waste is the result
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    by fuball63 8y ago

    I really like Digital Ocean. Compared to AWS, which I use for work, Digital Ocean is so much cleaner and intuitive. They offer fewer services, but the ones they do offer they really mastered.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    There was an article on here a little back about how stories like "Netflix founder got a fee for returning a movie late and got the idea to start netflix" are entirely misleading. Everyone has problems, and everyone has ideas how
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I am technical and I struggle to find a use for my home server. The most common uses I always find are: - Media server: I primarily use streaming services or physical media - File sharing: I rarely ever share files between computers, and i
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    You could laminate some index cards; that might work.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I use names from the 2003 Cincinnati Bengals roster. I can't wait until I need to use t-j-houshmandzadeh. My cloud hosting account uses players on the active roster; my little hobby home servers use players from the practice squad. ht
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    After working all day deploying webservers in applications in containers in container management environments in virtual networks in virtual servers, its really nice just to drop files in a folder and update a webapp. I've always love
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I think what I meant by that was basically building a generic FCGI wrapper that could automatically scoop up generic CGI scripts and run them in a shared process automatically. Like this: https://github.com/gnosek/fcgi
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    As others have said, Bottle is great, and I use it in almost every side project that uses Python. However, it should be noted that TCL is famous for being a language that can be described in 12 rules: http://wiki.tcl.tk/1025
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I'm actually working on this now: [1][2] CGI was abandoned because of the slowness of process forking, but with modern kernels, new compiled languages, and better reverse proxy servers, I believe that the speed difference is trivial in
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    There was the weird thing with the cat, and then this, and it really turned me off from downloading.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    Ada's strong static typing may also produce less buggy code.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    Good point. Especially the last remark about two or more popping up; that's really the worst side effect of SESTA/FOSTA.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I agree 100% with everything in the article, but to play devils advocate: A common thread that appears on HN is the nostalgia laden post about how the internet used to be "smaller" and more "personal", with forums and ch
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    Python professionally. Use it every day at work and for side projects. My favorite "for fun" languages are TCL and Ada. TCL because of its simplicity and elegance, Ada because of its type system, oop model, and compiler.
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    by fuball63 9y ago

    I want to get started doing this, anyone have advice on starting out and potential gotchas?