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by witten 12y ago
> I wish Linux would replace dynamic libraries (especially ones referencing specific paths) with a system based on the library's hash. This is how NixOS works: http://nixos.org/
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by witten 12y ago
Honest question: Do you know anyone who has successfully redeemed the Kryptonite anti-theft protection?
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by witten 12y ago
And here's an attic wrapper script I wrote that makes it easy to use: https://torsion.org/atticmatic/
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by witten 12y ago
Haven't used their full stack, but their "support" leaves a lot to be desired.
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by witten 12y ago
Push vs. pull for backups is an interesting philosophical issue, and there's some good discussion of it below. For many setups, pull really doesn't make sense. For example, one of the machines I backup is my personal laptop, and I
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by witten 12y ago
Great question. I do think this should be part of what attic provides out of the box, but I still really wanted to use attic despite the fact that it doesn't include this sort of functionality. I'll try contacting the attic devs
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by witten 12y ago
If someone is looking at trying attic and wants something a little nicer to configure and run than the very basic shell script from attic's Quick Start[1], check out the wrapper script I wrote to make this a little easier[2]. It's
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by witten 12y ago
EnergySavvy — Seattle, WA At EnergySavvy we're using software to help solve one of the world's biggest challenges: energy. We work with utilities across the country to improve their energy efficiency programs and to help individua
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by witten 12y ago
Seattle, WA EnergySavvy just raised $7M. We're using software to help solve one of the world's biggest challenges: energy. We work with utilities across the country to improve their energy efficiency programs and to help individua
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by witten 12y ago
Still, your second example is an order of magnitude faster than the example with Django. That's likely because Django loads the world on startup, parses all your model files, checks your database settings, etc.
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by witten 13y ago
While this is a valid objection to the design as stated, there are solutions. For instance, the insight behind Bitcoin is that instead of the one-IP-one-vote policies of previous distributed protocols and the sock-puppeting that ensues, pro
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What 5 million data points say about energy efficiency potential(energysavvy.com)
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by witten 13y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA We're currently hiring Software Engineers (Senior and otherwise), Dev Ops, Lead Designers, etc. EnergySavvy is looking to grow our amazingly productive development team. We know that politics and bureaucracy n
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by witten 13y ago
Why does the deposited amount of Bitcoin for smart property have to be a small value?
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by witten 14y ago
Not to mention that a bike's wear and tear on the road is exponentially less than the damage incurred by a passenger car or SUV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_axle_weight_rating
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by witten 14y ago
It sounds like using Excel correctly is as a prototyping tool or a means of doing one-offs. If that's the case, then Excel is to a proper business intelligence system as shell scripting is to a real programming language. Each has their plac
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle EnergySavvy is looking to add to an amazing development team working with cutting-edge, modern technologies. Do you love working on challenging software implementation problems? Do you spend your free-time learning new
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by witten 14y ago
The technology exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Znch-RfhRI
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by witten 14y ago
Yes.
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA EnergySavvy is looking to add to an amazing development team working with cutting-edge, modern technologies. Do you love working on challenging software implementation problems? Do you spend your free-time learning
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA EnergySavvy is looking to add to an amazing development team working with cutting-edge, modern technologies. Do you love working on challenging software implementation problems? Do you spend your free-time learning
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by witten 14y ago
Sure, polling suits a lot of use cases just fine. I'm just wondering about the ones it doesn't satisfy.
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by witten 14y ago
I found it interesting that this is ostensibly a notifications API, and nowhere is there any way to actually get notifications except by polling. I definitely understand why a push notification API would be a bad idea, but is polling with L
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA Our software helps people make their houses more energy efficient, addressing a major source of energy waste in this country that impacts our energy independence and contribution to global climate change. Focusing
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by witten 14y ago
Transactions are often automatic and unattended. For instance, you put in a buy or sell order that may or may not be automatically fulfilled sometime in the next day.
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA U.S. utilities spend $6 billion a year on energy efficiency programs encouraging their customers to use less energy, spurred by regulations or simply to avoid building expensive new power plants. Utilities achieve
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer Front End Developer EnergySavvy is a software company transforming how residential energy efficiency is delivered. We're looking to grow our amazingly productive team. W
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by witten 14y ago
The Bitcoin money supply is currently inflating at a rate of 33.3% a year.
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by witten 14y ago
EnergySavvy - Seattle, WA Back-end Software Engineer EnergySavvy is a clean tech startup in Seattle. We're looking for excellent back-end developers interested in tackling challenging software design and implementation problems. We work wit
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by witten 15y ago
"This is one of the great tensions of the web era we are living in and increasingly so as the open web grows. We actually don't violate any particular rule, it was simply an arbitrary decision that we aren't aligned with the spirit of what

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