n2linux

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by n2linux 5mo ago
Watchmaker in training here - after 20 years in startups I am now in my first semester of watchmaking school. It is one of the hardest things I've done in my 47 years, and I am loving every minute of it. It is training my brain, hands,
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by n2linux 15y ago
<disclaimer>I am an Automattic employee.</disclaimer> We do serve ads equally to all browser types. :) [edited to note that I am talking about ads that can potentially generate revenue, not any other ads we may have run in t
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by n2linux 15y ago
WordPress.com serves ads to everyone unless you are logged in to a WordPress.com account or are running some kind of ad blocking plugin in your browser. This bit about not serving ads simply because you are running Firefox is simply untrue.
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by n2linux 16y ago
FYI, that link goes to your Google Apps login page. :)
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by n2linux 16y ago
I've found the most effective way to work through a problem is to have to explain it to my wife (who has no programming background). It works wonderfully.
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by n2linux 16y ago
Would that number be any less if Six Apart took the $2M bridge loan?
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by n2linux 16y ago
For those of you that don't want to drop the money on a roaster, you can buy an old popcorn popper and use it. Beware - once you start down the path of roasting your own coffee, you won't want coffee any other way.
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The Unplugged Challenge(nytimes.com)
3 points by n2linux 16y ago|0 comments
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by n2linux 16y ago
I think you are mainly right. There are a small subset of us ex-Army folks with special skills that weren't signal or intel guys. That number is dwindling every year, partly because those highly skilled jobs (mine was calibration relate
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by n2linux 16y ago
Heroku does support Rails 3 (3.0.0beta). I ended up porting my stuff from 2.3.5 -> 3 and was up and running in no time at all. See http://docs.heroku.com/rails3 for more info.
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by n2linux 16y ago
There goes the rest of my morning...
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by n2linux 16y ago
If by "affiliations" you mean "works for" or "is paid by" DuckDuckGo, it's highly unlikely. DDG is the product of solo founder Gabriel Weinberg (epi0Bauqu). Check out his awesome blog: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/ .
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by n2linux 17y ago
I wish I could vote your comment up a thousand times.
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by n2linux 17y ago
"Remember that all geeks are shy, just like you. Even the boisterous ones. Or especially. The word “shy” is so universally applicable among geeks that it means nothing: it’s no excuse for you or anybody else. What do you think beer is for?
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by n2linux 17y ago
Oh, nice one.
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by n2linux 17y ago
As a soldier, I would have loved this while I was deployed. This looks to be a great service - I'm spreading the word to all my Army buddies. Such a great idea!
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by n2linux 17y ago
Yeah, I was super duper excited when I saw that email this morning. It would be pretty cruel if I couldn't go due to an error.