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by kephra 12y ago
Do you plan on an LLC, an S-Corp or a C-Corp? An LLC would require to define terms of ownership, decission and cashout in its charter beforehand. A Corp is much more flexible, especially if you do not know how much your "partner"
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by kephra 12y ago
You might want to add IRC channels also, e.g.: #freelance #css-lance and ##php-lance on irc.freenode.net where people hang around for chat, if they are for hire. I often hire for small problems by IRC chat. Just join the right channel to as
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by kephra 12y ago
even worse: 64MB of VZ memory is much less then 64MB of real memory, as VZ limits allocated and not dirty memory.
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by kephra 12y ago
It will work fine in 95% of the cases, but 5% will ruin their computer USB port, because the PI is not within the specs. The PI not only draws 750mA (old) or 600mA (new) when idle, but much more, if you attach SSD, and USB devices. The rams
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by kephra 12y ago
But as far as I read, the PI can still not boot over Ethernet, which is a requirement for me to boot into backup cycle (Installation = Restore), and it still can not wakeup on LAN.
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by kephra 12y ago
I'm still missing a normal round power plug, as the ramshackly micro USB draws much more power then the allowed 500mA. Also Ethernet is still connected via USB, and horrible slow.
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by kephra 12y ago
> Why go to the hassle of carrying loose change when you can swipe a card to make a purchase within seconds? - Because cash is anonymous, and card transaction violate my freedom. - Because credit card companies charge 2-4%. And therefore
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by kephra 12y ago
A good part of Netherlands is below sea level. Just build dikes like the Dutch, and the problem is solved. But I guess the people in Miami would protest against those dikes, when their houses are no longer water front, but behind a dike.
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by kephra 12y ago
I wonder who upvoted this? Are there really 53 hackers paying economist.com to read it? " You have reached your article limit Register to continue reading or subscribe for unlimited access "
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by kephra 12y ago
We did make a free beer mobile application in 1999, when cell phones had been still big, called Happy Hopper. The idea of the service was: You send an SMS to our server, we send you an SMS back to a pub in town, together with a riddle to so
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by kephra 12y ago
My main sideproject is still w3dig, a domain specific language to describe the semantics of web sites for a distributed and censor free search engine. Thats my big cathedral, with the final goal to get rid of evil google. Other side project
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by kephra 12y ago
But its a perfect example of her wisdom: " Its easier to get a medal afterwards, then to ask for permissions beforehand "
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by kephra 12y ago
I've mailed him about the E-6B flight computer missing in his database and collection. The E-6B is still in production and widely used, not only for pilot training. I'm using it for sailing, and have not yet found any other intuit
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by kephra 12y ago
> You need large absolute numbers of users to grow a library. That's why library ecosystems like that of Python, Ruby, and Node.js have grown large in recent years. Thats where the author missed an important point. None of those lib
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by kephra 12y ago
The selected sites are very biased towards things you can do in front of a computers. So this nice "Who am I?" trick only shows an intersection of my interest with those of the author. e.g. its completely missing my 3 main hobbies
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by kephra 12y ago
Sometimes one does not want the shell to log a command. In this case use: export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace or better export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth Now every command that starts with a space wont be logged into history.
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by kephra 12y ago
All those theories ignore the epigentics part ob obesity. One of the main factors are what did your mother eat, when she was before puberty, and what did you eat before puberty. Children of immigrants are often fat, because their mothers ca
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by kephra 12y ago
Isn't is illegal, or impossible to order online, if you dont run windows in South Korea also? In Germany Skonto (discount) for paying within 7 days is common business practice. But credit cards of course don't like it, if you use
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by kephra 12y ago
My "Make Here CMS" is also not on the list: http://kephra.de/blog/Make_here_CMS.html http://kephra.de/src/Make-here-CMS-shar.txt The idea is, that a minimal static site generator can be
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by kephra 12y ago
I mainly use credit card and paypal for one reason: Give me 2% discount and I pay cash, or I pay in the US way, and you lose 3%. This of course works best in countries like Germany, where credit cards and paypal are not widely accepted.
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by kephra 12y ago
Its allowed to hunt swans in Germany. Several thousand swans are shoot here. And they taste fine. So I guess the claim that people in US dislike eating swans still comes from their English heritage, where swans had been royal game only.
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by kephra 12y ago
It really depends on the idea. I would sell most ideas for much less then $10m. But there is one idea, where I would not even take the seed money: A distributed censor free search network to kill Google.
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by kephra 12y ago
A better SciFi that fits this book is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz
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by kephra 12y ago
True. A dog is a good reminder that its time for a break. A dog forces you to take a walk 3 to 5 times a day, regardless if its sunny, raining or storm. This certainly has also a health benefit.
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by kephra 12y ago
SEEKING WORK: Bremen, Germany or remote My main focus had been machine learning for last years. I still have a few XML::Edifact customers for semi passive income. I dislike monolithic code, but prefer to divide a problem and pick a language
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by kephra 12y ago
imho, the best companion for a coder in home office is a dog. Try to explain your problem to your dog, if you are stuck. And if this does not help, walk the dog to free your mind, and relax. Most often the solution is obvious once I'm
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by kephra 12y ago
You want to become a ProgrammiererIn (female ending), forget it, its a badly payed women job, and besides that: Men can not type! My first job was a bit more modern, instead of men writing code with pencil and women typing it in, we had wom
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by kephra 12y ago
I did not read the source, but have a question: How do you deal with web pages, where the content is dynamically created using javascript/ajax? Do you execute this JS, or just ignore this growing antipattern?
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by kephra 13y ago
There are millions of web bunglers in the indernet. Do you really want him to compete with them at entry job level? You told he "has a technical master degree". and I would advise to focus coding goals towards solving problems wit
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by kephra 13y ago
> Why is a nautical mile 1 MOA and a statute mile something else" is the more interesting question, IMO Lets handwave a conspiracy theory: The Sumerian Ku was 518.5mm. A SAR-kus (60*60 kus) 1866meter is nearly same as a sea mile by

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