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Bender

68,556karma·24,253submissions·June 16, 2015
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Σ I am not for everyone. To ignore me in uBlock Origin, add to "My filters":

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That seems like a lot of effort to go through I create and destroy VM's all the time. It only takes a few minutes to set it back up and that's without any automation. Perhaps others shar…
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I know my little crappy blog does not count but I am curious if any others do something similar to me. When interest wanes I take the articles offline, destroy the VM and edit them offline for some p…
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What should a personal website be? The article gives a very long answer. I would just say, "Whatever you want it to be within the legal constraints of your country. The only limitation beyond…
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It says "unspecified third-party vendor" so I have no idea how to verify their processing methods or lack thereof.
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Utz Quality Foods, LLC issued a voluntary recall in the US of certain varieties of Zapp's and Dirty potato chips in May after Utz learned that a seasoning used in the chips containing dry milk p…
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From the FAQ: Can I delete my account? We try not to delete entire account histories because that would gut the threads the account had participated in. However, we care about protecting individual…
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Email dang hn@ycombinator.com to request your account be deleted.
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Correcting a rather significant typo: setting the oom_score_adj for programs as high as 1000 should be -1000 to be left alone. 1000 would make it a prime candidate for an OOM kill. Positive int…
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They allude to this in the article but I would emphasize caution when using mode 2 especially if one has already adjusted overcommit ratios as one can prevent forks. Test this in a QA/Perf envir…
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For small repos external USB floppy drives are only $16. IBM Formatted floppy disks are $25-$30 for 10. Insert floppy #25 I would do it just for fun.
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