xarope

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   by xarope 10y ago

   If you believe it's important enough, you'll find a way to make time. When I started my first job (90's, 3-letter IT company), I was doing 1.5 to 2 shifts + weekend work, so 80-90 hour weeks. I made do with 20-30 minutes of c
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   by xarope 10y ago

   Thumbs up on this, we can agree on the basics and disagree on the minutiae; after all, as individuals, we are different to some degree.
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   by xarope 10y ago

   TIL (!). I deadlift (amongst other things), as I believe it's a fundamental movement (what Dan John calls "pick heavy stuff off the floor"). Here's a writeup Taleb did about strength training (whether I agree or disagree
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   by xarope 10y ago

   I think treating it as part of one's lifestyle, as you are probably alluding to, and not as an exercise routine/diet/etc, is the key.
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   by xarope 10y ago

   I think it's not just the extra 1 year (assuming that much), but also the quality of life. I'd rather be a sprightly 80 yr old (sadly, I'm more than halfway there now), than chair/bed bound.
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   by xarope 10y ago

   I remember going to gold's gym in austin (this would have been in the 90's, no idea if gold's is still there) at 5am, and some of the people there were already well into their workouts, if not also leaving for the day(!).
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   by xarope 10y ago

   I agree. What OP is saying is akin to "if my lock is stronger, then the bad guys will go find another target". This never stops targeted attacks, APTs etc. If anything, it engenders a level of complacency, right up to when a bre
8. 668.▲
   by xarope 10y ago

   TIL about Golay codes; interesting read, thanks!
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   by xarope 10y ago

   Sadly yes, I'm still using my x220 rather than move to a x260 because of the keyboard.
10. 670.▲
    by xarope 10y ago

    Thanks, quite a lot of libraries I wasn't aware of (probably coz I haven't needed them yet! I still prefer perl for quite-n-dirty scripts, but one of these days I should try to do the same with python instead). Anybody want to vo
11. 671.▲
    by xarope 10y ago

    I remember parking at e.g. Epping and catching the train to town. Is that not an option for you? You'd be able to catch some ZZZs on the train for part of that journey, rather than having to drive all the way.
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Wow is rental really that bad nowadays? I left OZ around 2001, and at the time lived in the hills district, and vaguely remember paying AU$200+/week for a 2 br townhouse. It was an hour+ drive to the CBD, but thankfully my employer w
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I don't get this, whatever happened to a hot fix in minutes, and then a proper fix 6 days later? Have we forgotten how to do this? Together with some other reasonable comments, I can't fault the process in the story, but I just
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I google bumped into this article a few months ago when I was trying to understand Zero Knowledge, so it was quite surprising (in a good way) to see this come up in HN today. Thanks. Took me a while to understand the point of the time mach
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Great work! I started using AWS back when it was just simple websites, and the plethora of services now (50!), and pricing (especially pricing!), is overwhelming to track. So overwhelming, in fact, that I decided it was easier to get some
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I've not looked closely at systemd yet, but my initial attempts with using sysctl on a test ubuntu 16.04 server, seems to reflect my experience with usage of svcadm in solaris/illumos, where the latter requires XML manifest instea
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I didn't find it so offensive (adblock), and the advice actually seems pretty spot-on with my experience. 1) yes it's easy to prototype in cloud, and it's also easy to fall into the trap of vendor lock-in. Instead, if you ar
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Use case is important, to determine what resources+tools you have access to/can deploy. However, assuming this device/VM runs "unix", and to K.I.S.S., use reverse SSH tunnelling. Once an SSH tunnel is established on you
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Here's a "philosophical" question with regards to the internet, and perhaps even it's future. Given that a currently anonymous attacker, and likely not a "state" player (i.e. not a governmental entity with alm
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I tried to get to an article on Krebs' site from a Bruce Schneier blog post, and couldn't, then bumped into this post in HN. It's a pity Akamai booted him off; on the one hand, I can understand that it would significantly imp
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I sleep like a babe most of the time (in my late 40's). I attribute this to three main factors: - little/no caffeine everyday (I do love chocolate, but I don't eat it everyday) - exercise, both strength and conditioning (not
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Running is a tool. There are plenty of fitness tools available, some better for the individual than others. Choose the right tool (!). More importantly, fitness also helps the mental side of things. Kung fu and physical yoga (apocryphal
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    by xarope 10y ago

    2 years ago I found out about sand cats (google them, the ears are amazing). But these Pallas cats are positively prehistoric looking!
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    by xarope 10y ago

    see my comment above: "In this study, the mice were allowed to drink water, but no food was allowed"
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Thanks to blue1 who found the original paper ( http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909%2814%... ), I found this in the comments section: "In this study, the mice were allowed to drink water, but
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I tried searching for the original article, but this is the closest I could find that had a better writeup than from the telegraph: https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene... This is the most rele
27. 687.▲
    by xarope 10y ago

    That odour is probably the ketones coming into play when the body starts using fat for energy, instead of carbs or protein. And yes, it's a well known fact.
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I feel bad for Linode. They've always been a good host (I use Linode, as well as Digital Ocean and others), so I would hate to have to switch away.
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    by xarope 10y ago

    I think this is the one you are referring to: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." This can be interpreted in a multitude of ways, but I like to have
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    by xarope 10y ago

    Ah, Delta. I flew Delta, once (in the 80s). On the return flight, the flight was "delayed" till the next morning, and despite being a frequent traveller, they basically told me to go away and come back. Needless to say, I swore