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dholowiski

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About dholowiski

Email: david@holowiski.com http://holowiski.com Hire me. -Dave Holowiski

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    Comment #11114037

    Nope, there was almost no mention of what this was actually used for. The closest I found was a mention of the final output: "single output files, tab-delimited with data available…

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    Comment #10845401

    Well, it was way off on my age, but it correctly gendered me ad female. Which I find quite impressive as I am a transgender woman, I've only been on hormones for 4 months, and most…

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    Comment #10396917

    Surprisingly, no. Or at least they're not claiming so. They say it was a problem with a database server. http://status.bitbucket.org/

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    Comment #10349645

    Using the calculator for that service, I put in 50TB and 25 hard drives, and the estimated charges came out to $2435.75. The point where snowball is cheaper is fairly low. 4TB on 2…

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    Comment #9746730

    So, you clearly do not have social phobia. Yes, it is a legitimate disorder, and it can be quite disabling when it's severe. It's not about not being able to speak in public. Imagi…

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    Comment #9535812

    And it's $99 a month.

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    Comment #9528129

    > What happens next depends on if there are living aliens there, or just an old city. But, when that mission arrives to inspect the lights, couldn't we expect that contact with ali…

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    Comment #9479897

    Because they only have to live long enough to reproduce. There are studies showing people with adhd have a much higher risk of accidental (and non accidental) death. Adhd is not a …

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    Comment #9424874

    Pretty much the same here. Its easy to downplay depression or anxiety, but SSRIs are a literal lifesaver for many people, myself included.

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    Comment #9418374

    Exact same story here. I wonder if it was this.

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    Comment #9298862

    Yup, as a Canadian, apparently I'm not part of 'everyone'.

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    Comment #9165937

    I've used Google support in 3 different areas: 1 Google apps (paid), there is a phone number to call. I spent several hours on the phone with a very knowledgeable person helping me…

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    Comment #9104809

    Why would that be safe to assume? Most of us don't use use usd, just a small, vocal minority.

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    Comment #8987921

    Not for an unfamiliar project. But I have written a bit, for projects i Use. In the past I contributed to the WordPress documentation because I was using it crazy. Recently I contr…

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    Comment #8848421

    But, it doesn't exist. This will be interesting, when it exists.

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    Comment #8735610

    I use docker in production, for a rails app. I used it because it lives on a server with other web sites and I find it a pain to install, configure and manage ruby and rails with n…

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    Comment #8558517

    I've been using a dedicated server from liquidweb for about 3 years to serve several high traffic Web sites at work. The only problems I've ever had with it are ones I've caused. Y…

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    Comment #8395923

    That's good... the cron job thing (which is bizzare by the way) is a show stopper for me but if that changes I'll be spinning up several servers for sure.

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    Comment #8371070

    I have a Kinesis Freestyle 2 keyboard, it's pretty great. I also emailed them off and on for weeks asking them questions about their keyboards, the people there are great too.

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    Comment #8336767

    My Co worker and I have been talking about this for a while. If someone is getting the information they need (and it comes from out site), but they never leave Google, how do we me…

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    Comment #8335060

    > The Kindle Voyager fixes the biggest complaint I have with the Paperwhite: page turning via touching the screen is worse than the physical buttons on older-gen Kindles I agree. T…

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    Comment #8282017

    Can you expand a bit on your experience with ramnode? The prices look great. Is it reliable, and do you get the performance you expect from them?

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    Comment #8203893

    I paid for it, as did my co-worker. We both use it for development. I strongly suspect that most people who use it at their job pay for it.

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    Comment #8076017

    Me too! (I'm a customer). These guys are brilliant, and the science behind what they do is (usually) way over my head.

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    Comment #7851686

    And a 320x240 pixels camera. That's over 70,000 pixels! Imagine how many photos you could fit on a 32gb memory card!