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by mikiem 10y ago
Surprising or not, they do. I suppose some people may feel as you do, but many do not. Many of our customers look at us as a resource for how best to use the Infrastructure we offer as a Service and share a great deal of detail.
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by mikiem 10y ago
People call on the telephone and discuss their plans, requirements, and business models before signing up. Often, once they are customers they may discuss with us ways to optimize. We check in from time to time and often they call us about
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by mikiem 10y ago
I can confirm that this is a thing... a bigger thing than one might think. I run an IaaS cloud provider and I know off the top of my head several customers of ours who each maintain a fleet of VMs to do this for a variety of products. Eg: L
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by mikiem 10y ago
I'll admit it, I most likely wouldn't have called to interview him... he never had a job before (at least none on his resume). Admittedly, I'm not trying to change the world. I'm just trying to do better than my competit
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by mikiem 10y ago
To understand this article (swiped from Wikipedia): TEU: Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit is the unit of the capacity of a container ship, a container terminal and the statistics of the container transit in a port. The two most common internatio
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by mikiem 11y ago
Not down for me.
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by mikiem 11y ago
Really, for the masses.
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by mikiem 11y ago
Yes. I do too.
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At Microsoft 'unlimited cloud storage' really means one terabyte(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by mikiem 11y ago|0 comments
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by mikiem 12y ago
This will be the 57th meetup of this name, here in San Diego.
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by mikiem 13y ago
It kills me... Time.com of all places says my Facebook posts will reach "less users". I suspected I might reach "fewer users".
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by mikiem 13y ago
"Back, and to the left"
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by mikiem 13y ago
If they are being acquired and shut down, but the Bread employees are joining Yahoo... isn't this an "Acquihire"?
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by mikiem 13y ago
These prices were ridiculous to start with. Now the are only 20% as ridiculous.
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by mikiem 13y ago
I don't want the app. Arrg! I am on my iPad and I can't get to what I assume is a web interface to this... Only a big ugly page with half-showing icons for how to download the android or iOS apps. Why can't I just exit out of
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by mikiem 13y ago
I stand corrected.
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by mikiem 13y ago
exactly 5280. Its not absurd. It has always been that number.
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by mikiem 13y ago
Are you opening a US bank under a US charter and US law and with US insurance? Each type of institution (eg: national bank or credit union) has its own rules and covered or rfulated by a different governmental institution
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by mikiem 14y ago
iPad and Samsung S3 working fine for me.
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by mikiem 14y ago
Because it is summer in Australia, I think the title should be changed to 45.8 degrees Celsius not Fahrenheit.
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by mikiem 14y ago
Yes. However, each state has its own income taxes and sales taxes. The marginal rate at 100k (the tax rate for each additional dollar earned) is higher (28% according to this article). In my city, in California: 7.75% sales tax, 10.3% state
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by mikiem 14y ago
There are different rules for "IRA". If you are a sole proprietor instead of a corporation, you can do a SEP IRA. That, depending on your earnings, will allow you to sock away up to $49k/yr. If you are incorporated, you must offer the same
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by mikiem 14y ago
Tweets complaining of the site being down go back to before 8pm PDT tonight!
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by mikiem 14y ago
The article does not say how much power the generator will produce over 6Hrs time.
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by mikiem 14y ago
Condoms, beer, ice, propane?, bathroom/grooming needs, office/presentation supplies, carpet cleaner supplies or machine rental?, cookies/ice cream, drain uncloggers.
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by mikiem 14y ago
I feel old. I have seven this question several times, but only every 3-5 years.
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by mikiem 14y ago
I love it. Those that have the printers can print their parts, and pay for the raw materials and the printer and the time. For those that do not, well, they can STFU about the cost of parts. I actually see this as more of an STFU move in re
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by mikiem 14y ago
Oh excellent. I can help those poor neutered friends stuck as half of user like "Susan N Steve Smith" because their significant other created that account.
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by mikiem 14y ago
I am at CloudOpen (colocated with LinuxCon) and will make every effort to get to the SDHN meetup if I can muster the energy after the con. But, everyone knows at SDHN, I am almost certain to show up at Obrien's by 9:30p.
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by mikiem 14y ago
Yes, generators must be run priodically. However, not all data centers actually put the full load (or any load at all) on the generators during non-emergency periodic testing.

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