josephkern

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by josephkern 14y ago
As A sysadmin, I have two general rules about scripting; 1. If it's longer than 15 lines, rewrite it in {python,ruby,perl} 2. Never accidentally rewrite grep, sed or awk.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Linux is not bad for your hardware, misconfiguration is bad for your hardware. Annecdotally, heavy graphic card use on any laptop (yes even running windows) will cause a heat death in a shorter ammuont of time than normally expected.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Yes I understand the background, but the difference between the bow and the crossbow was that of both skill and strength. While not their primary pursuit the long-bow was still a skill that the State needed to motivate their citizens to pra
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by josephkern 14y ago
> And this was a weapon for the yeomanry, not the guys whose entire lives were devoted to maintaining military prowess. Yes in fact they did spend their whole lives practicing. (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow#Trainin
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by josephkern 14y ago
Revision control does not need software per se. Keeping multiple directories and files works too (not as well though).
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by josephkern 14y ago
Author is an intern, and excited. ;-)
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by josephkern 14y ago
PasswordCard; brilliant, simple, and works when the power goes out (or you loose your phone). http://www.passwordcard.org/en
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by josephkern 14y ago
I've had a love affair with the x200's for the last few years, x200, x220, and the x230. They are all very competent machines. I'm currently using a x200 with an SSD running linux as my primary machine.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Thinkpad. Great build quality, Linux friendly.
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by josephkern 14y ago
That's a lie. It's not Inception.
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by josephkern 14y ago
You probably should be expecting consistant DDOS attacks, or at least aggressive scanning. OP failed to mention setting up DKIM and SPF as well.
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by josephkern 14y ago
At 20MB I would be suprised if it didn't patch itself with new exploits.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Adobe Reader X actually has a decent sandbox ... but you're generally correct, I would trust chrome more.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Thank you for doing ten-minutes of research. Your investigative style of journalism is apparently better than both Kaspersky and the BBC.
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by josephkern 14y ago
I ... wow. Did they have you sign an offer letter?
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by josephkern 14y ago
And go over the grammar with a fine tooth comb. You might want to find a native English speaker to help you with the prose. The writing isn't bad, it's just not correct or fluid. Do not consider these corrections, but examples of my observa
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by josephkern 14y ago
Serverfault has the same problems. I barely go back there anymore, I just lost interest (despite being in the top 100). The questions are usually not that interesting, but I do enjoy helping the new sysadmins that don't know where to begin.
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by josephkern 14y ago
Only important data is backed up. Only backed up data is important.
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by josephkern 14y ago
As a systems guy, I appreciate stories about developers learning that systems are complicated, and the latest and greatest technology is often not as stable or optimized as hoped. Although, I do have high hopes for Key:Value store data repo
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by josephkern 15y ago
The author: 1. Underestimates the superiority and effectiveness of the Command and Control of the police force 2. Overestimates the superiority of a mob vs a phalanx. 3. Makes generalized assumptions over why the police allowed them to stay
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by josephkern 15y ago
I dont think they will either, but their support crews might. All SOF need massive ammounts of logistical, technical, mechanical, and intelligence support. All of their ground crews and support personel would greatly benifit from a tablet,
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by josephkern 15y ago
This is brilliant. Thank you.
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by josephkern 15y ago
It looks like they just copied the MIT Press Logo and italicized it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press
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by josephkern 15y ago
I was using simplenote.el for a bit as well, your efforts are greatly appreciated. :-)
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by josephkern 15y ago
Yeah, don't follow other people's guides to get started. Just realize that org-mode has so many features (including Literate Programming) it's easy to get lost. Just start by using it as an outliner, when your files get too big or you need
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by josephkern 15y ago
Sure there is. "You can also customize the major mode that Deft uses to edit files, either through M-x customize-group or by adding something like the following to your .emacs file: (setq deft-text-mode 'markdown-mode)" All you need to do i
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by josephkern 15y ago
Orgmode also has an amazing extension babel, which allows Literate Programming (or just inserting code snippets). Using the #+BEGIN_SRC <mode-name> tag will also allow you to edit any code snippet in its own major mode.
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by josephkern 15y ago
This is very similar to org-mode with babel and latex output. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html
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Beware of Vendors Bearing Infographics(commandlion.com)
2 points by josephkern 15y ago|1 comments
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The Future of System Administration (commandlion.com)
1 points by josephkern 15y ago|0 comments

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