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Eil

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About Eil

I'm a sysadmin who dabbles in just about everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none usually better than than a master of one

http://bityard.net http://projectnifty.com http://twitter.com/charles_u

Recent public activity

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    Comment #1931972

    I agree entirely with the author's cause and I believe that the guilty-until-proven-innocent mindset of present airport security is wrong and should be unconstitutional. However, u…

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    Comment #1924471

    Roundabouts make a lot of sense when designed properly, and in the right place. I love them (they're just plain fun to drive through), but these are probably the top issues: 1. We …

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    Comment #1920492

    So is IndexedDB a beefier version of localStorage or does it serve a different purpose altogether?

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    Comment #1875791

    Insiders sell for all sorts of reasons, it's when they buy that you need to pay attention.

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    Comment #1851655

    This is a very nice intro to the most important concepts. I'm doing a (short) series on cryptography in Python. Mine is more targeted at the hobbyist programmer. Here's Part 1: htt…

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    Comment #1809367

    Chances are exceedingly good that Arch package maintainers will be checking their Python applications and updating them to use /usr/bin/python2 if they don't run under Python 3. Ac…

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    Comment #1806114

    It's not to do with shortage of labor. Their salaries are high because being a cop is a life-threatening and potentially psychologically damaging profession. Some go their entire c…

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    Comment #1802307

    I'm very happy with my ARP Networks VPS. Their prices are very competitive, but it's definitely not a "managed" solution. They support just about any Linux distro as well as FreeBS…