lwhalen

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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   Any chance of an RSS feed?
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   howdy fellow EIG alum! I worked there from '07 to '09 in their Ops department.
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   Outsourced testing. I can think of a few sites that would pay a pretty penny to have unit, spec, and acceptance-tests written for their pre-existing code.
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   I had an incredible Latin teacher in high school. Regrettably, he never mentioned Catuullus (or perhaps that was saved for the Latin IV and V students...)
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   Latin is a dead language, dead as it can be. First it killed the Romans, now it's killing me.
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   One could always get a bit closer API-wise and go with a self-hosted Openstack cloud. It's a bit more involved than many folks care for, but if 'API-CRUDable VMs, networks, object storage, images' and similar are the goal, t
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   Profitbricks. cloudscale.ch. If you want to go self-hosted, talk to fuzzy-logic.org.
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   They would not think twice about letting you go if they had a business need to do so. There would be no "Oh, is this time good for his wants/needs/goals?" It would be "Here's your pink slip, have a nice life&
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   by lwhalen 10y ago

   Check out Sensu.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I've heard that Gearslutz is quite good for music production, although I haven't spent much time there myself.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Intel has a back-door to cloud servers? I hadn't heard about that. Got a link?
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    SEEKING WORK Location: Seattle, WA Remote: yes/exclusively Willing to relocate: Not without several large wheelbarrows full of cash Fuzzy Logic - DevOps Process Consulting - Linux Systems Administration - Network Management Fuzzy Logic
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    perhaps call it 'compensation'? It could be in a variety of forms, either $/yr, $/hr, per-project, etc.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Location: Seattle, WA Remote: yes/exclusively Willing to relocate: Not without several large wheelbarrows full of cash Fuzzy Logic - DevOps Process Consulting - Linux Systems Administration - Network Management Fuzzy Logic can help you
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Alright, both of you folks are absolutely correct - 'think of the children', in the context of 'is X safe for children?' is an appropriate use of same. Snark retracted :-)
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Your logic is the 'but think of the children!' fallacy. Please re-examine and re-submit.
17. 287.▲
    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I also dislike the increasing SJW content on HN. Leave that stuff to the Tumblrinas, I want my tech news back.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Eeeexcellent. It'll be a cold day in hell before a Microsoft operating system darkens my network, especially the likes of Windows 10.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Does the Vive support Macs or Linux yet?
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    "We Produce Idiots" Source: went there in the early aughts, loved it (the teachers, the environment, the people... not so much the administration)
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Good! I can't wait for the day I can get a shot to knock out my debilitating 'seasonal' allergies permanently, at the gene level, instead of having to rely on potions and powders of steroids, anti-inflammatories, and other f
22. 292.▲
    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Are you referring to the 'cash for clunkers' boondoggle, or something else?
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I'm curious to see what happens when 'the rich' take their toys and go elsewhere.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    "Flying Spaghetti Monster", and '1337' is leet-speak for, well, 'leet'. Aka 'elite'.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    And this is of interest to HN why?
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Only if the given flea is driven to be 'disruptive' ;-)
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    FTFA: For those that know me, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I believe that you are better off doing something yourself than outsourcing the task to someone else, especially in areas that you are interested in or have some expertise.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Nitpick: WE are primates. Therefor, at least some primates strive for money.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Profitbricks, Rackspace, hosting it yourself on an Openstack cluster, etc. There are really a glut of 'cloud providers' out there, you just have to do the footwork of defining your needs and then finding one that meets most of th
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    PM me. In short - 'meh'. 'hell no' if it's for Amazon.