lwhalen

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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   If the transaction is no longer worth it to you, you are free to walk away from said transaction.
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   Facebook is not a monopoly. I'd rather make the argument that Microsoft, today in 2017, is a monopoly (protip: they arent) than try to argue that Facebook is one.
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   And if Facebook's policy was "real names for LGBTQFM only", or "real names for gay black Irish jews", I would be right there on the front lines with you in my outrage. Don't mess with the protected classes. B
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   My pleasure, happy to help. Thanks for keeping it civil ;-)
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   That's exactly the point I'm trying to make. Nobody owes you anything - not Facebook, not Google, not the coffeeshop down the street. Governments that are not your own owe you less than nothing, if such a thing exists. Don't
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   Facebook, to my knowledge, didn't ask to be a link in the chain of immigration policy.
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   And 'just not entering that country' isn't a solution how?
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   It's a 'privilege' to not be on Facebook? On Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs, nowhere is there any mention of 'online services' or 'Facebook access', or even 'Internet access'. If ever there w
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   by lwhalen 9y ago

   Is there some reason I'm not aware of that makes "leaving Facebook" not the reasonable, default, option? If they REALLY are "naive, dangerous, and evil", just... don't use their service. Hit them where it hur
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    Oh good, it's on sale now...
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    In Seattle and surrounding areas, Comcast is more or less the only game in town (with Centurylink a distant, distant second) if you're not in one of a dozen high-rise apartment buildings. For all their marketing around 'extensive
12. 252.▲
    by lwhalen 9y ago

    Salary range should be mandatory - this saves everybody time and hassles.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    History doesn't repeat itself, but it surely rhymes.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    Because the world really only needs two selfie-taking apps, and that's me pontificating generously.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    You want to set up an 'egress only' v6 gateway for your /64s (or however you carve up your netblock). That is going to be the closest analogue to behind-a-NAT-like behavior.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    I'd say in the 20-50 person company range, engaged in everything from real-time video analysis to ecommerce.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    Square is just as bad as PayPal, IME. Lots of arbitrary rules, clients unable to pay me, funds withheld for no good reason, etc. I'll stick with bank transfers (ACH) or Bitcoin, personally.
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    by lwhalen 9y ago

    What are you talking about? 10% of my clientele pay in bitcoin. Source: independent sysadmin/automation/'devops' consultant.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Nope. Why people/companies insist the Microsoft is usable on the open internet today, despite all evidence to the contrary, is beyond me. They are not, and have not been, suitable-for-the-datacenter/internet for well over a deca
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Do tell!
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Let me save you 18+ months of agony by recommending: expensiveproblem.com/hbin worth every penny, IMHO. Been freelancing 3+ years, getting off of hourly and onto value-based billing has been life-changing.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I think some of it is a branding fail on Mattermost's part (or a branding win on Slack's). Case in point - I was recently in talks with a non-tech company who are HUGE users of freemium Slack. They don't want to actually sp
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I'd be curious to see how the numbers from wholesaleinternet.net stack up - auto-provisioned bare metal hosting for the same (monthly) price as cloud VMs.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    If you're billing hourly, you're doing it wrong. You should be billing in advance for the value of the project to the business. Then their costs are fixed, and you are incentivized to finish quicker, modulo however long it takes
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    No problem, whats a good email for you? Edit: heck with it, I've got nothing to hide. Enjoy: https://www.fuzzy-logic.org/file/Lee_Whalen_Resume.pdf So folks don't abuse my poor auto-responder, here's w
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Dude, you can do it yourself with a gmail throwaway. 'hireme.myname@gmail.com' or similar, set your vacation auto-responder appropriately, and have 'realdeal.myname@gmail.com' auto-forward to your real address.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Yes, I've gotten my last 3 non-consulting jobs through this method. Before I switched to FT consulting, pretty much all of my jobs were through recruiters. The 'wizardry' is basically having a well put together resume (I&#x
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I take it one step further: the email address on my resume is a black hole. Its only purpose is to feed an autoresponder who kicks back a warm, generic, email thanking the recruiter for their time, acknowledging they have a difficult job,
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    Agreed. Miele is where it's at for me.
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    by lwhalen 10y ago

    I'm on hangops, where does one get an invite to the devops slack team?