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by lastofus 12y ago
I've always found browsing through my old algorithms text books to refresh myself helps a lot.
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by lastofus 12y ago
What was causing you to run out of RAM? I've been running a Django app w/ Postgres on a $5 droplet for months without memory issues, despite Django/Gunicorn being sort of a memory hog.
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by lastofus 12y ago
Hard to say without know the kids ages but http://www.thetech.org/ http://www.calacademy.org/ http://www.exploratorium.edu/ SF in general will have way more museums and sights to see than t
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by lastofus 12y ago
Someone is responsible for maintaining/patching your servers. Either you are, or you are paying someone to do it. If you are paying a company to do it, send 'em an email. If you are responsible, look into what it takes to install
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by lastofus 12y ago
Your best bet are probably very small companies that do not have very many engineers on staff. There are many businesses desperately looking for the value that engineers bring, that don't have the people on hand to grill you for 6 hour
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by lastofus 12y ago
I took a small dose of mushrooms in the woods awhile back. Definitely one of the best and most memorable experiences of my life. I would do it again no question. YMMV though...
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by lastofus 12y ago
Most people know that ideas are dime a dozen, even good ones, hence they hold little intrinsic value. With that said, you are considering investing in the idea, so that means you think there is some value in it, at least to you. Offer/
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by lastofus 12y ago
It's hard to beat cmd+space safari
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by lastofus 12y ago
The article doesn't mention the fun you can have with ssh + say. My co-workers and I used to ssh into the iMacs of non-technical users in our office and have a good laugh from a nearby room.
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by lastofus 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote I'm an experienced web developer with a background in MMO game development. 8+ years of industry experience working in SF. Primarily looking for Python/Django work, but able to work in any number of languages
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by lastofus 13y ago
Probably because their broke and/or barely making ends meat? That's my excuse anyways...
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by lastofus 13y ago
I enjoyed the depth that "Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja" went into. It was written by John Resig, the author of JQuery.
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by lastofus 13y ago
Up until a year a go, I had a "go phone" in my pocket. You know, the $20 Nokia based on tech from 7 years prior (aka. the drug dealer/burner phone/pay-as-you-go-POS). This was in my pocket for years as I tended to break
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by lastofus 13y ago
I tried signing up for an Anthem PPO plan to see how this works. I was redirected to a branded but non-functional page on https://www.ehealthinsurance.com . The form submit button did nothing at all...
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by lastofus 13y ago
It's my favorite book of the Bible but I always found it the opposite of comforting. If you disregard the bits at the end about the duty of man to keep God's commandments, it seems in parts to basically describe nihilism.
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by lastofus 13y ago
I updated my profile w/ my email address
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How does one get started freelancing coming from a 9-5 job?
16 points by lastofus 13y ago|15 comments
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by lastofus 13y ago
> Is life always better with more money? More money can buy you more security (unexpected medical bills...), free time (why not take 6 months off to travel?), and opportunity (I'm gona fund my own startup!) that OP might not be cons
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Ask HN: How do you get hired while avoiding recruiters?
4 points by lastofus 13y ago|4 comments
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by lastofus 13y ago
I actually have a huge collection of keyboards in the keyboard graveyard here. The Kinesis Advantage was one of the first keyboards I tried after the pain started. Some of the weirder keyboards I have tried: DataHand http://en.
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by lastofus 13y ago
I saw that, though I didn't think it would be of any use on OS X since it doesn't use X Windows for the GUI, and what support it did have for X Windows was dropped in 10.6 I think.
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by lastofus 13y ago
We also ended up rolling our own to simulate individual stateful clients connecting concurrently. It was pretty easy to do using Python and Eventlet. We wrote the client logic in a straightforward imperative way, and then just spawned off t
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by lastofus 13y ago
Thanks. I've actually been using Dragon Naturally Speaking for awhile now. It's pretty fantastic on Windows, but only so-so on OS X, which is my primary OS these days. Unfortunately it really isn't that great for code, even i
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by lastofus 13y ago
It could be a great learning experience, even if you only learn "how not to do things". With regards to the glassdoor reviews, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle of disgruntled ex employees, and the current employees
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I'm a developer with RSI - What opportunities are there?
3 points by lastofus 13y ago|7 comments