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wyclif
21,978karma·5,479submissions·December 30, 2007
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DevOps leveraging Linux, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and cloud native OSS. Infrastructure as code. Automating all the things.
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It's a pity that most of these are limited preview. I usually save only "full view" books because that makes my GLibrary more useful to others.
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Here's my problem with Apple in a nutshell: when things are going swimmingly for them design-wise, iPhones are not smartphones. But when things go awry, iPhones are just smartphones, you see? All smar…
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No, they should have used Michael Cera.
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The "working man's intellectual." My brother and I loved the American Splendor comic as kids, even though some of the adult-oriented content was over our heads. A great writer has passed. I'll never f…
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There is no such thing as a lack of bias.
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Great idea, terrible landing page. Yes, I'd like to "Enter site."
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WikiLeaks will not be abandoned: http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/18289990888
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Good idea.
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The domain registration expired 3 days ago. I'm a little sad about the state of HN spinoffs-- first NewMogul then HHN, both of which I liked.
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It's creepy because some people think she's physically attractive? I don't follow.
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My first piece of advice to vim n00bs is simple. Use vimtutor until you can cruise through the entire thing without reference. When I was learning vim I would go as far as I could doing the exercises.…
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OK, I'll settle this: noname123 is right. Remember, this is Ask HN. I just answered the question "What were your naivetés in your twenties?" That was one of mine. I'm amused that got voted up so much …
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That girlfriend material is the same as wife material.
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Agreed. It reads like someone who is so fried from overwork he can't spell anymore. Not a good advertisement for working 70 hr. weeks.
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"The first thing you will need to get started with Emacs is a beard." -- Wilhelm Bierbaum
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No, that's a long "s", not an "f": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
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Would love to read a review.
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Thanks for that link, can't wait to read this!
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I submitted this because I've been poking around in my Dover edition of Euclid. Then, yesterday, I found this site. To me it's like what Edward Tufte would do if he published Euclid (Byrne was a 19th-…
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Me too. My exact thought was, "this is a personal blog, not the NYT." It put a dent in the initial impression I had of the blog as handrolled.
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Chrome 5.0.375.70 on Ubuntu Lucid still leaks memory terribly, forcing me to kill processes (tabs). Anyone here with insight on this?