boredprogrammer

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by boredprogrammer 9y ago
Not sure if it quite fits the bill, but if your end user video uploads are stored on S3 or similar then zencoder does most of what you are looking for.
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by boredprogrammer 9y ago
I came across this product recently: https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1 which is seeking crowd funding at the moment. Personally I think they've made a mistake by going for 2.5" storage first
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by boredprogrammer 10y ago
There is no god.
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by boredprogrammer 10y ago
This particular setup can/will leak cookies set on foo.tld to ads.foo.tld which leads to security concerns - only in your specific example though. If you were to use www.foo.tld and ads.foo.tld then you're good to go. While it is
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by boredprogrammer 10y ago
capitalism just isn't ready for prime time
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by boredprogrammer 10y ago
Tech Crunch is a news source? When did that happen?
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by boredprogrammer 11y ago
For anyone familiar with the principles of personal finance and investing, my trick was unimpressive and easily reproducible: Just spend much less than you earn and pour the difference into efficient index funds. This is the usual US cent
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
Could you elaborate on the "network by default" point? I've been programming for 18 years and my professional network is pathetic. Any problems I have I research online - my network is google search. Unfortunately decent jobs
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
Is there any other (realistic) way of doing it though? EDIT: I added realistic, as not just anybody can get venture capital or have rich friends/family willing to invest a little.
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
i just like quiet and solitude. people are so noisy and they are always talking and asking so many questions. and some of them despise quiet so much that they will fill any silent patches with artificial noise - radios or talking to themsel
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
Or ReGrub - which has the awesome advantage(?) of being "burger" backwards ...
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
"If you're using a bootstrap as your front-end framework, then why the <select> element isn't customized in my <form> just as the standard bootstrap dropdowns !?!" You're not using a <select> eleme
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
The main sentiment behind MMM has always seemed to be "get a really high paying job and work your ass off for a few years". It doesn't really work if you are stuck in an average wage, with few prospects and no jobs to apply f
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
Possibly a stupid question, but ... Can anybody explain to me the use case for Bower/Yeoman? Whenever I am adding javascript to a website I just use a cdn such as http://cdnjs.com/ Why would I use Bower instead of this
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
I keep getting "[fail] Proof of work not calculated" as my Public Key
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by boredprogrammer 12y ago
Phage Therapy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
Meh. Posting because this type of story irks me every time. I know I am a decent programmer. I also know I am not a good sales person (why? because I'm not good with people, or lying, or gambling - in fact I'm not allowed to talk
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
Indeed. Miley Cyrus was robbed.
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
Levarage -> Leverage
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
'Lets put qr codes on "welcome to $town" signs than when someone scans them with their phone, its loads a website advertising various things you can do/buy/participate in around town.'
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
I have approx 6 months salary saved. I used to have more, but some home emergencies meant I had to eat into some of my savings recently. The government here decided that pursuing austerity for years without end was the way forward, and bega
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
The potential gap in my mortgage payments is what keep me working in a job I hate.
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by boredprogrammer 13y ago
I've been in a similar position for the last 3 years (of a 9 year stint at current company), and your story does resonate with me. I am bored at what I do all day long and have lost the passion for doing any sort of programming in my f