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by modoc 16y ago
Trust is key no matter where they work. With a small company if you can't trust someone to be as productive as you need them to be (regardless of if you're looking over their shoulder or not) you probably shouldn't hire them. The exceptio
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by modoc 16y ago
It also depends on your model. Our business hinges on our domain knowledge and expertise. We share some but not all. We want to give to the community, but still maintain a competitive advantage.
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by modoc 16y ago
But then everything I say would be ignored:)
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by modoc 16y ago
Comments, although disappointingly I always seem to get a big karma spike for throwaway one-liners, and what I consider my more contributing/interesting comments tend to be ignored. I know I'm not the only one, but it can be frustrating.
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by modoc 16y ago
If they're using a decent hash algo, manufacturing a collision should be somewhat difficult and I'm really not sure how you could use it as a believable legal defense later.
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by modoc 16y ago
It's smart. We did the same thing with MagicWaiter back in the day. Saved a TON of space!
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by modoc 16y ago
I had the same issue. Instantly cured it by disabling the "Automatic graphics switching" option. Hopefully there will be a better fix forthcoming, but for now it's pretty easy to solve. Even with that headache, this is by far the best la
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by modoc 16y ago
Yes they really exist. Some niches pay more like 20k+/mo pretty easily. Consulting at 150/hour isn't that hard. If you want specific advice learn an eCommerce framework really really well or become a deployment specialist for large clust
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by modoc 16y ago
If you're renting out your spare room 70-100% of the time, why don't you just get a roommate? Seems like it would be safer, less work, and you'd ideally have a better long term relationship.
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by modoc 16y ago
I switched away from Comcast over to Verizon because Comcast has a 250 GB cap (even if you're paying for their 50/10 service), and Verizon doesn't cap you. At 50 Mbit down from Comcast I could use up my entire monthly allowance in just ove
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by modoc 16y ago
IMHO a much better question is: "how can we help our programmers be more productive?" Long hours only "help" for a pretty short time period, so making the core 8 hours/day more productive is a much more sustainable approach. In my experien
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by modoc 16y ago
Apache isn't that bad. I haven't used nginx, so I can't speak to it, but the reason I haven't is that I can push 500+ Mbps out of a single box running Apache with just some basic configs. mod_php may be slow, but Apache itself is plenty f
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by modoc 16y ago
Yes actually I've pushed changes back at companies like Cingular and AT&T, and semi-large consulting firms like NCS Tech, and others. The HR rep will usually think I'm odd, but it's saved my butt at least once, so it's worth a couple o
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by modoc 16y ago
In general you should avoid signing the standard contracts at any job. I've always made changes to protect my after-hours work, and they've been okayed every single time.
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by modoc 16y ago
Agreed. Every large company I've worked with has had scripts that create sanitized versions of the production DB, with PCI and PII stripped out or masked to allow for testing against full size datasets. It's not hard to do.
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by modoc 16y ago
How does a Historian have almost twice the stress of a software engineer?
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by modoc 16y ago
10k is a lot of spending money. I'm trying to build up some savings/retirement money, so finding a "spare" 10k+ isn't easy.
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by modoc 16y ago
I use it all the time. I'll often be on the phone (using a headset) and pull up information online, or send out an e-mail to someone on the con-call, or pull up a new document in DropBox, or..... Add in using it a Wifi hotspot, and getting
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by modoc 16y ago
I disagree with this. While I'm not saying I was ever "poor" (as I never felt poor), I started out working for $5.15/hour, and sleeping on a friend's couch while I tried to find an apartment I could afford. Then I moved into a boston apar
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by modoc 16y ago
Indeed, however if you're running your own server(s) then firewalls/monitoring/IDS/etc... need to be part of your typical setup anyhow. I wouldn't suggest someone who doesn't admin their own servers to get a server for running mail on, but
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by modoc 16y ago
If you're new to running a mail server or linux server, then yes, lots of troubleshooting, etc... If you have someone who knows what they're doing, it's really not a big deal. I don't think I've had to spend any time on any of my mail ser
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by modoc 16y ago
AFAICT: they are correct, the colors are related to the @XXX (i.e. tweets directed at the other person) so it seems backwards.
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by modoc 16y ago
Depends on who you are:) We number them with a -01 suffix, and they also have a client name prefix, but each cluster will often have 20-30 servers. Plus it's easy to enable bash auto-complete for ssh/ping/scp based on your known hosts fil
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by modoc 16y ago
He's not talking about documentation. He's talking about making API calls to online services. To test that sort of stuff, you have to be online, and generally you want to test that stuff pretty often as you're building things. I just did
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by modoc 16y ago
I'm an ATG architect, and used to work for ATG directly a decade ago. This is very unsettling news based on Oracle's history of handling mergers.
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by modoc 16y ago
A guy who's clearly into the latest and greatest hardware, and can give a good comparison against the fastest other machines out there is a waste of your time when reading a laptop review? That makes no sense. Hopefully this isn't a "he's
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by modoc 16y ago
The "People" you're talking about are the very small tech minority who were in the "scene", dcc-ing or on usenet, or torrenting (when that came about). What Apple did, is they boosted the average person's music/tv/movie collection. People
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by modoc 16y ago
Have you tried these guys: https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn/vpn-service-provider
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by modoc 16y ago
I think he's just fascinated by certain things. The Phaeton is an amazing car and outside of VW's normal lineup. The Hilux is huge all over the world, and virtually unheard of here. And yes, the Jankel armored version is pretty impressiv
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by modoc 16y ago
You can use simple iptables rules to block brute forcing, while still leaving things open for you on standard ports: http://www.digitalsanctuary.com/tech-blog/debian/using-iptab... Although now I've moved to CSF which does this and much m

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