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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I've worked in all sort of places. There have been places where business used to make the wrong decisions, but the only thing that kept our team together was our manager. He defended us and took one of the team many times trying to sh
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
you can bridge two networks together using a VPN you can use openVPN and also AWS and Rackspace provide dedicated VPN's into their network. We already link rackspace and aws via open vpn it is not as fast as WAN point to point line b
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Buy some reserved instances and then put them for sale.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
congratulations on your online business, I see some people don't like these sites here because you are not a Solo founder using some cool language or library. I admire your drive to setup a business online. One suggestion would be to
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I love my Nook HD, it is a great Tablet, It has the google App Store and I can extend the storage. I think it is a great alternative to other tablets out there.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I agree, I used to get upset because things didn't get done the way I thought should be done. I was worried about a server crashing and not having a budget to get another one, telling people about security and they not following recom
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Did you find anyone? I guess there are not that many people willing to rent their glasses in NYC
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Reach out the the editors of teenvogue they always showcase apps. You can find their info on the Condenast directory. Teen magazines are very influential, don't be afraid to reach them. Research all the companies that have magazines
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
How do you manage your servers? Are you using puppet or chef? I am using the free version of new relic and I wrote little modules to use their free service. I can monitor all those stats and I am also monitoring MySQl and other stuff. Gi
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I worked at an ISP in NY exactly around 1997-2004 we had also the Rac/Qube devices and I had to manage stuff I was not familiair with :) I learned so much by trial by fire.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Don't throw the towel yet, You can sell the technology behind your site. You can package the whole thing and sell it so that people with big software QA shops can use this on their own sites.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I totally agree with this. This has happened at two places where I worked. We had to bring back development in house because once the project got started the main guys we talked to the first time where no where to be found.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Lots of tech companies have a careers section. Make a list of companies you want to work for and got to their careers URL. You can probably apply right from there
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
What exactly are your needs? What type of remote desktop solution are you looking for?
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I am the guy on this thread on the Old Joel on Software on this threat trying to sell my remote support script :) this was on 2005 too
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
You should pitch this app to Conde Nast media. Specially their women magazines. They would love an app like this customized with their branding. Specially if the products advertised on their magazines also display on your app. This will
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I once wrote a pretty cool batch script that would use a minimal vmc executable which then tunneled a reverse vnc session using putty's plink . I used to package it and sent it to people that needed tech support, they would click on t
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Ask HN: What do you guys think of the Amazon show Betas.
5 points by penguinlinux 13y ago|0 comments
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Thanks for the advice. I will bring these question this friday and will ask my boss to get together and just explain that I am worried that the same thing can happen to anyone including me.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
I did ask my manager but he couldn't give me a concrete reason as far as my coworker I don't want to reach out to him right away because I know he is probably feeling very hurt and know he probably needs a little time to process w
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Ask HN: So your manager fires one of your coworkers no word why, What do you do?
14 points by penguinlinux 13y ago|16 comments
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Go with aws , they have a free tier service. You can easily get a cloud machine there in a mini instance. Plus you get to play with their web console or use their command line and interact with your instance from your linux machine or mac
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Office depot chairs that were bought on discount by our company, even the CEO uses one of these generic chairs and if that is good enough for him it is good enough for me.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Very nice
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Does your insurace allow you to see anyone in the country. You are looking for a specialist but you don't say in which state?
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Depends on the need of the company.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Wait until the Word Cup comes this year, I know many hackers that love Soccer.
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
Your competitor is doing something else. Better advertising, better customer support, better prices, find out what is it that these customers like. Remember your customers are not only buying a service but a relationship with you. Any lin
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
You are not in high school anymore, you don't need to accept the bullying of this guy. Tell him to act like adult, and tell your boss that he needs to follow proper HR practices and control this guy. Your sanity and peace of mind depe
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by penguinlinux 13y ago
if you have trouble waking up put your alarm and don't snooze it, just wake up. Drink a full glass of water and jump on the shower, a cold morning shower will wake you up.

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