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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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Awesome!
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Dogfish Head (the brewery) is right here in little 'ol Delaware. Even if it weren't my hometown microbrewery of choice and there was no bias, I think I'd still be a fan after trying their line of IPAs…
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In Japan there is a similar phenomenon for couples about to get married; it's called "Rent a White Minister." Japanese couples who want a fancy wedding often rent a white guy to perform the ceremony. …
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And it [a college degree] is an advantage again if you need to switch careers. (Which is becoming very common.) But where's the educational correlation between a degree in a specific discipline and …
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Now that you mention it, I'm starting to hate how HN users post links to TechCrunch's coverage of some new project instead of posting the project site-- or, in some cases, the link to the write-up tha…
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That story is also one of my faves. del.icio.us was a "lean startup" before that phrase became a social media mantra: http://www.petefreitag.com/images/blog/delicious_office.jpg …
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In one of his early entries, he explains that he made a conscious decision not to wear a backpack to save his knees and feet, it adds weight to every step. He's an engineer; if you read some of the po…
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More on his blog, I think this will become a new fave of mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1386143
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Thanks for that link; I had not seen that. Do you put your monitor on the top shelf, lowering it? Or the middle shelf?
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I love the idea of a standing desk. I only wish there were more shopping options out there. Steelcase and Anthro are pricey, most of us aren't living on Master P wages.
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Friends don't let friends use Hotmail.
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My gut instinct on any @hotmail.com mail is to mark as spam. Fixed that for you.
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When you think about things women like, you think about fashion, or fortune-telling, or food or dating boyfriends. So I decided to theme the game around “eating” — after eating dinner, women like to …
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What do you all say about Vitamin C? Specific brands? What about issues like absorbtion?
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The story here, to me, is that CBS picked it up. If it were on cable, they wouldn't have to re-write the title. Then again, if it were on cable, I'm sure the deal wouldn't have been that great.
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Customer Service posting: "Must be a college graduate." Hmm. A lot of engineers I know wouldn't qualify for customer service at AirBnB.
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I thank you, and the Internets thank you.
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No, I'm on the East coast. I have friends that live out there though, and I love Montana and try to get out there every chance I get. It's one of the last best places in the US!
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"The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed." - William Gibson
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Regarding #2, his second link: "Top 5 Reasons To Incorporate in Delaware": http://startuplawyer.com/incorporation/top-5-reasons-to-inco... IANAL, but that all sounds like good advice to me. He adds …
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The same thing happened in Montana; a lot of big Cali money tried moving into Bozeman. That was OK with the locals, but what wasn't OK was that after buying up some ranchland and putting up a few McMa…