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by mapleoin 15y ago
You have to factor in the DBAs that come with that Oracle db, too.
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Get chased by Zombies while jogging and build your base with collected items(zombiesrungame.com)
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by mapleoin 15y ago
It’s not that I find these “setup” posts to be a form of pornography. They are, and I do, but in this scenario I would be the porn star, not the lonely guy who looks for tips on productivity blogs in lieu of an actual life. Nice way to di
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Does anyone have a link to a decent comparison between MySQL and PostgreSQL? I'm really wondering why so many people use MySQL, even though it supports a lot fewer SQL features than PostgreSQL.
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Just reminded me to uninstall my flash-plugin.
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Glad you asked, I did a short write-up of the talks I liked on my blog: http://mapleoin.eu/perma/FOSDEM-2012-review I especially recommend The Apache Cassandra Storage Engine talk if you're interested performance optimizations/caching a
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First FOSDEM video recordings uploaded(fosdem.org)
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Lavabit is pretty good. I've been with them (Personal Account plan) for about 4 years now. No downtime, IMAP and a stated goal in caring about their users privacy. The webmail interface is pretty modest, but they do provide a way to set pre
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Some big companies make you sign an NDA the moment you enter the door. I always assumed it's natural for ugly corporatey giants.
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Can you give some more information about your project? Who are you guys? Why would I be interested in your opinion on what is good? What topics are covered? What is an example issue? Right now, I only get the smugness: "One e-mail each Frid
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by mapleoin 15y ago
I have an X220, too, but it only has ~3 hrs battery life. Where did you buy yours?
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Sixteen Things Calvin and Hobbes Said Better Than Anyone Else (bookriot.com)
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Mobile shopping: Americans do it early, Europeans wait and do it late(opera.com)
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DC Entertainment Officially Announces “Before Watchmen”(dcu.blog.dccomics.com)
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'Worm-Eating' Underground Leaves Discovered in Carnivorous Plant(livescience.com)
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by mapleoin 15y ago
I don't think that's a reasonable excuse. Mark Lutz's Learning Python does a very good comparison of a lot the features in the language as they are implemented in both python 2.6 and 3.x. That book was released in September 2009: http://
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Why GoodReads moved from Amazon's Product API for its book data(readwriteweb.com)
3 points by mapleoin 15y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 15y ago
All Americans—not just the wealthy and well-connected ... How about we turn that into: All people—not just the wealthy and well-connected Americans ...
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by mapleoin 15y ago
The font is the one set by your browser. The css only says font-family: monospace. If you don't like it, then change it in your browser's settings.
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by mapleoin 15y ago
I find it really interesting that Rust itself requires all these languages to compile: g++ 4.4 or clang++ 3.x python 2.6 or later perl 5.0 or later Does anyone know why that is?
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by mapleoin 15y ago
I've always found mailman's web interface a lot easier to read than Google Groups. e.g.: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2012-January/thr... AFAIK Google Groups don't even support threads
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Germany has the economic strengths America once boasted(latimes.com)
124 points by mapleoin 15y ago|107 comments
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by mapleoin 15y ago
And remember, with all the commercial services you have been cheapsurfing on, if you are not paying for it, then you are not the customer, but the product. I need to print T-shirts with this quote.
534.
by mapleoin 15y ago
This is a very badly title submission. A better title would be: The Manual - a beautifully typeset design magazine in hardback
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by mapleoin 15y ago
So, seriously now. Can we do this? It seems like a lot of fun!
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by mapleoin 15y ago
Has anyone tried the git plugin? I'm wondering how it compares to emacs's magit.
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by mapleoin 15y ago
And this is the cheapest city in Europe. Western Europe.
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Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie(mensjournal.com)
1 points by mapleoin 15y ago|0 comments
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Important facts that were barely, if ever, reported about important politicians(politicalcompass.org)
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by mapleoin 15y ago
I believe it's a response to the UN Report which he cites. Here's a Wired article about it: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/internet-a-human-ri...

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