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by tdavis 18y ago
Honestly, if you don't think a piece of music is worth 30¢, you don't really deserve to listen to it.
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by tdavis 18y ago
A joke about Starcraft not working is a very inappropriate one! Although, as long as Starcraft 2 works (and is released by then), we should be safe. This sounds like a serious problem, but when you consider how fast computer hardware and so
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by tdavis 18y ago
Haha, I completely agree. It wasn't based on fear; we just avoided the yelling and throwing shit stage. There was, of course, the occasional disagreement and discussion regarding it.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Yeah, we should surpass it. As you said though, it's also very much about simplification (following the initial learning, anyway). EC2 may have simplified a little more eventually, but it was also even more expensive and difficult for me to
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by tdavis 18y ago
Well, there are a few considerations here (all of this is in reference to Softlayer, whom we use): - Depending on your storage requirements, 2 drives + RAID 1 (which is more of a convenience than anything and I almost never recommend gettin
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by tdavis 18y ago
Sure (I really should do a real write-up on this...): So the main purposes are simple horizontal scaling and efficient use of hardware. Virtualization makes horizontal scaling simple because it's just a matter of cloning a particular machin
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by tdavis 18y ago
Near the beginning of my last "real" relationship, I responded jokingly to something she said with "don't ever piss me off." Apparently, though, there was something "in my eyes" when I said it that scared the crap out of her. In the year we
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by tdavis 18y ago
I've been setting up dedicated machines for years and looked into switching to AWS for TicketStumbler. I determined that it was actually considerably more expensive to obtain the same amount of resources (i.e. cpu/ram) on AWS because the pr
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by tdavis 18y ago
I stopped reading at "As web 1.0 gave way to web 2.0". It seems your website contains slightly less vapid jargon, but I still think your homepage could do a better job of selling the service (Jasber had some good advice). Beyond that I can'
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by tdavis 18y ago
Server: iSCSI cross-country replication, snapshots (automated) Desktop: Time Machine (hourly; automated) All code is hosted at GitHub; I just sort of assume the EngineYard people know how to back stuff up. Google for e-mail, though it is lo
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by tdavis 18y ago
Next step: get an awesome accountant and start using that money to purchase anything and everything you could possibly write off. All that excess revenue will get raped by taxes.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Yeah, I complete agree with that. I'm probably one of 5 people who still pay for music. Additionally, I would like to purchase one of these mystical triple-edged swords, when available...
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by tdavis 18y ago
Ah! Thanks for the fix.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Nice essay. Thanks for providing something that reversed the complete waste of time the original "article" was.
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by tdavis 18y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=416055
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by tdavis 18y ago
I hope they can turn it into Megabucks; I need Ivan to have poker money to lose ;) I've always thought the whole "promise to pay" thing was a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you're relying on the honesty and follow-through of
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Complex Order, Simple Chaos(andyrutledge.com)
1 points by tdavis 18y ago|0 comments
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by tdavis 18y ago
(because everyone believes their shit will change the world) I've never done anything that I felt would change the world. I just want to create something that makes finding tickets easier and more enjoyable. Somebody else can change the w
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by tdavis 18y ago
That's entirely possible, but if the data is years old or simply reference data, what's the point? They just lost years worth of peoples' blogs (or whatever). That isn't really something that can be recovered from. Would you go back? Would
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by tdavis 18y ago
It is astonishing that a site with years worth of User-generated content didn't have any sort of backup plan. Or just years worth of data in general! RAID isn't a backup solution, period .
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by tdavis 18y ago
I find it funny that pretty much everyone with an opinion on the matter wishes IE would just die already, yet the thousands of companies who still use it won't do anything to help make that happen. I guess most corporations are just masochi
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by tdavis 18y ago
If this were actually proven, I would be able to say I combat the effects with cigarettes. Suddenly, smoking will be cool again! Huzzah!
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by tdavis 18y ago
EDIT: Guess I should have read the $200 limit. I know of no chairs in that range which are any good. If you're going for $200, you might as well shoot for $50-75 and get something cheap from Office Max; I don't think the extra $100 or so wo
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by tdavis 18y ago
The title should be "if you fear change, you will hate Windows 7". Holy shit, no Run command (which barely anybody uses) and no default Desktop icons (which are just superfluous next to the start menu)?! WHATEVER WILL I DO!??! It's people l
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by tdavis 18y ago
I skipped a lot (okay, most) classes during my time in college. It didn't really have much to do with the teacher -- I was just lazy and would rather sleep / write code. It's not necessarily a lack of faith as much as it is a lack of ambiti
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by tdavis 18y ago
Wow, I guess I completely missed Dabbleboard to begin with, but it looks pretty sweet! Kudos on creating a product -- and actually having a way to monetize it ;)
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The Best and Worst of 2008 (Dennis Forbes)(yafla.com)
1 points by tdavis 18y ago|0 comments
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by tdavis 18y ago
Firstly, I don't really see the point here. Currently, it's basically a game that asks "Which tweet has a missing word?" There's no obvious reason behind why I would want to play it, though. I will assume by gaining "score" my tweets will s
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by tdavis 18y ago
I could die a happy man if people would simply stop misusing common words, such as "less" and "fewer". The latest slogan from TBS is "More movie, less commercials" and it makes me want to kill babies. What makes me the most angry is misuse
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by tdavis 18y ago
Also a completely inaccurate title.

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