schof

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by schof 9y ago
I fully reject that "Why bring a child into this world facing..." argument. (And I'm going to skip the fact that this is probably the best time in the history of the world to be born.) Sure there are big problems in the world
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by schof 9y ago
My question is about this line: > When you close your account, we will immediately destroy all your personal information and won't keep any backup. I'd love to hear how you're purging users from your backups, and how long
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by schof 13y ago
What about the weather? Seems like a wonderful place in Summer, but frighteningly cold in Winter. (Both my wife and I are from warm places.)
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by schof 15y ago
I'm actually puzzled by all the Linode-bashing here. I'm not personally a Linode customer (or associated with them in any way) but this seems like a good thing. To my knowledge (and I may have missed something) Linode is one of the first VP
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by schof 15y ago
So. I submit a vuln that says "Product X has vulnerability Y." The vendor decrypts this, and marks it as fixed in your database by submitting "decrypted" text that says "I like ponies."
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by schof 17y ago
I'm amazed nobody has mentioned the "Practice of System and Network Administration" book by Limoncelli and Hogan. Highly recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration...
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by schof 17y ago
Krav Maga, Kali, boxing, and bits of Muay Thai and Wing Chun; Python, BASH, and a bit of C.
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by schof 17y ago
Dakim, Inc. is the leading provider of brain fitness among America's senior living providers. We help seniors use rigorous cognitive exercise to prevent or slow the development of dementia. At least, that's what our marketing people say. I
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by schof 17y ago
I have never (and would never) ask a candidate to allow me access to a private profile. However, I have rejected a candidate for what they posted on their blog. Posting things on the public Internet that reflects poorly on the candidate sho
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by schof 17y ago
I'm an experienced Debian/Ubuntu guy, and decided to start playing with OpenBSD. A hardware compatibility issue[1] made me go back to Ubuntu Server, but I came away with two main impressions: 1) It's actually pretty easy to install, once yo
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by schof 17y ago
The classic answer (I don't know if Charlie actually said this, or some other wit came up with it): "I don't pay them to have sex with me, I pay them to leave afterward."
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by schof 18y ago
Also, you see a vastly different picture if you click the "values" link rather than the "percent" link. Not sure why.
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by schof 18y ago
I've had a similar experience. Not 100% reproducible -- more like 5% -- but annoying when it happens. Ubuntu 8.04, Firefox 3.0.3.
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by schof 18y ago
What areas are ripe for this sort of consulting? (Ignoring the fact that if you go into an area to make money rather than because you're rabidly interested in it, it's probably a bad idea.) It seems there are two characteristics that would
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Project Management Tools & Methodology -- What are you doing/using?
2 points by schof 18y ago|0 comments
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by schof 18y ago
I speak Spanish and English (native English speaker) and was thinking of adding Chinese, until I read this: http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html Now I'm thinking about French.
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by schof 18y ago
nearlyfreespeech.net. Highly recommended, professional, and cheap. But a little on the BOFH side -- will refer to you to a FAQ instead of actually answering your dumb question. Since I'm a BOFH myself, we get along great.
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by schof 19y ago
Looking to meet up with geeks in Los Angeles too. Any suggestions?