migrantgeek

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by migrantgeek 12y ago
Is Hacker News becoming Angie's List? What's going on here?
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
Man you got took. It happens. My father once bought a TV on the street in the Bronx and the box just had a couple of bricks. He didn't go around asking strangers to help get his money back. You gave money to a child for a watch you nev
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
It's very immoral to benefit from the utilities, roads, emergency services, etc provided for by tax money and work very hard to not contribute. Think starting a business is hard? Try starting a business without any infrastructure. What
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
I like the idea. I solved the same problem with Jenkins. We already had it setup for CI and CD. We then added a view and jobs for scheduled tasks. Removing crons from servers is huge. Now I can see what's failing, what's working a
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
Stop working for an hour and go for a walk. Repeat 2-3 times a week and you'll get some color + light exercise.
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
>>> PS: Title feels very "sensational"... They all seem so sensational. The TLDR version of this post is "I don't like Twitter so much anymore so it's kind of dead to me" wc has that at 62 chars. Enoug
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
up-voted just to ease the pain
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
Why not setup a local lab that mimics the environment as closely as possible and abstract all work with Fabric, Salt or something similar? Then you just ship the code you wrote and have then run through the command(s) you've prepared.
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
I'm sure it was initially created for that purpose however as soon as demand tapers off they'll being to seek new customers.
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
There's a lot of questioning about why someone would do this. Why can't someone just write for fun? Does everything now have to be "disruptive" and commercially viable?
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
"Why do we convince our selves that these types of drastic measures are worth the capital we expend to make them happen." My cynical guess? Wealthy people with liberal guilt. As for the companies, more eyeballs == more money. I ag
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
I'm not sure it's marketing but being in the bubble like was previously mentioned. Apple has nearly 100% market share with fellow engineers at work. Sometimes I forget PCs exist until I'm forced to use one (internet cafe, fri
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by migrantgeek 12y ago
I think that's the point. If you only expect to make 500K* from album sales, it makes sense to sell a single copy for 500K to a wealthy fan and let the content leak out to other fans. Same pay, less work and more happy fans. * - I don&
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Corporate policy :( I really wanted to try this out but I'm stuck on 10.8
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
I didn't know this was a thing but I think I'll make April STFUApril for me and give it a try. I definitely complain too often. I even complain about others who complain.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Facebook is slowly becoming more like Myspace when it lost the lead.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
My guess is that they were being asked by bloggers, journalists, etc who were coming in for SXSW and thought it would be easier to put out an online statement to direct people to. I don't think this is a high priority for APD. I don&#x
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Sometimes an M-Kill is better than destroying the entire thing because you can target support troops when they bring in a wrecker.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
I do this too. I dislike when functions in languages don't explicitly return something even if that something is nothing.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Perhaps it's a form of copy protection but IMO, without it being digital, DRM isn't possible. I did purchase this book because the last version has so many good reviews and I too would have preferred a digital copy but to me, call
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
It just seems like a personal complaint on your part. You seem to feel cheated. That's fine, I'd feel the same way. But to say it's DRM when the content isn't even digital smells like bait. It's clearly a form of co
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
It seems like you're just frustrated that you can't get the new version for free or at a drastically reduced price. That's not related to DRM at all. You have the rights to re-sell your first edition or trade it freely. You &
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
My lightweight experience is a little different. I didn't want to run a VM on my MacBook Air and I already run VMs locally on my Mac Mini so an alias to the Ubuntu VM on my mini lets me run the Docker client without anything else on my
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
It was H&R Block until tonight. I started my 2013 filing in H&R but hadn't submitted. I stumbled on this post and saw all the votes for TurboTax and re-entered my info into TurboTax and it saved me 5K. Even the UI and help sect
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
I am doing the same thing right now. I had a lot of trouble billing. I'm just horrible at recording everything. Now I have something like a retainer. The idea being that I get paid X dollars per month that includes 15 hours of work. If
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Ah, I think you commented on the wrong thread. Thanks for clarification.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
Exactly! It is a question for them. So boycotting all speaking engagements especially by those likely to oppose them seems stupid.
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
It's not that easy. Too many companies are dependent on them (stares at the hard token from RSA on my desk) and most people don't care. We've known that Microsoft has provided back doors for decades and privacy conscious geek
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
What Bush comparison?
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by migrantgeek 13y ago
> RSA is not interested in honest dialog I'm sure some of their 1300+ employees are interested in honest dialog. In any case, what's your suggestion for improving the situation?

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