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mickt
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About mickt
I'd like to start my own company and/or try out for Ycombinator (if they'd restart on the East coast).
I've an avid photographer, like hiking whenever I can get to the country, and try and walk everywhere I go (to counteract sitting at my desktop/laptop/workstation all day).
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Comment #18220664
The only tech job that mentions remote work is the one titled "Open Source Engineer".
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Comment #12999985
PBS did a documentary about this in 2005: https://cosmolearning.org/documentaries/scientific-american-...
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Comment #8641800
There does appear to be a lot of negativity around systemd, such as people giving out about binary logging. I'm sure there's got to be a way to enable text logging along with binar…
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Comment #8558969
Location: Boston, MA USA Remote: Depends on salary/location. Willing to relocate: Depends on salary/location. Technologies: Django+Python, Java, Linux+*NIX, Ansible, HPC. Skills: P…
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Comment #7127632
>If you're an employee you spend money where you live, not where you work During the work day most of these people are 40 miles outside SF on self-sufficient campuses, often with f…
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Comment #6752554
No Anandtech reviews, but here's a few: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422923,00.asp http://www.androidguys.com/2013/08/30/lenovo-ideatab-a1000-t... I think the average conc…
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Comment #5866282
Will this be another application that Google lets wither?
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Comment #5859737
Or the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2006#Extending_th... Laws written originally to thwart the IRA were used to detain suspects and in many cases innocent people,…
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Comment #5859666
>Employers do not read my email. In most jurisdictions your work e-mail belongs to the employer and not the employee and can be read and monitored by the employer. Is Israel an exc…
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Comment #5808911
Go to any "Army, Navy" store (they sell old military uniforms etc).
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Comment #5776378
50% is as much or more than the percentage of tax that most Western Europeans pay and US government entities seem to provide less services compared to their European counterparts. …
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Comment #5648651
On Chromium 25.0.1364.160 on Ubuntu 13.04 just the running tab died.
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Comment #5507575
If that's the case, then it's time for small businesses to take their business elsewhere. The problem is, what other options are there?
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Comment #4994933
But Irish people do, and that's partially the point. If this can happen in Ireland or Belgium, you can bet that organizations in other countries will consider doing the same thing.…
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Comment #3902048
Is the US unique in that you can go to jail for not paying a ticket for a minor traffic violation?
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Comment #3661631
I'd never heard of Premium cable network Starz until I read that article, and I guess now I'll never see any of their content. I do have Netflix and I don't have cable. I don't und…
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Comment #3061115
For some reason in the US diesel is more expensive than petrol/gas, see link for prices in the Boston area: http://www.bostongasprices.com/index.aspx?fuel=C I was recently in Irela…
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Comment #2870931
I heard similar stories at a US financial company; lads would work for 6 months, get trained and up to speed, then they would either get head-hunted or look for a better paying job…
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Comment #2582755
It's the first thing I thought of, and it could be a clue as to where MS may lead Skype. Are they going to come out with some killer VOIP app for Windows 7 mobiles phones that will…
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Comment #2562591
If your logged into Flickr the new homepage look isn't apparent unless one logs out.
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Comment #2562582
Unity reminds me a bit of Afterstep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfterStep However, after using regular E/Gnome/KDE/OS X/Windows for so long I feel handicapped with it; for exampl…
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Comment #2431073
It's also quite possible that you have a more fulfilling life. Just because people are gallivanting hither and thither does make their lives better. Also, the hard work your doing …
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Comment #2380588
And these guys are trying to buy T-Mobile! If they want to be #1, then they should try and do it with better service and planning of their infrastructure instead of dicking around …
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Comment #2374013
Is this Reddit?