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I fully reject that "Why bring a child into this world facing..." argument. (And I'm going to skip the fact that this is probably the best time in the history of the world to be bo…

My question is about this line: > When you close your account, we will immediately destroy all your personal information and won't keep any backup. I'd love to hear how you're purg…

What about the weather? Seems like a wonderful place in Summer, but frighteningly cold in Winter. (Both my wife and I are from warm places.)

I'm actually puzzled by all the Linode-bashing here. I'm not personally a Linode customer (or associated with them in any way) but this seems like a good thing. To my knowledge (an…

So. I submit a vuln that says "Product X has vulnerability Y." The vendor decrypts this, and marks it as fixed in your database by submitting "decrypted" text that says "I like pon…

I'm amazed nobody has mentioned the "Practice of System and Network Administration" book by Limoncelli and Hogan. Highly recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-…

Krav Maga, Kali, boxing, and bits of Muay Thai and Wing Chun; Python, BASH, and a bit of C.

Dakim, Inc. is the leading provider of brain fitness among America's senior living providers. We help seniors use rigorous cognitive exercise to prevent or slow the development of …

I have never (and would never) ask a candidate to allow me access to a private profile. However, I have rejected a candidate for what they posted on their blog. Posting things on t…

I'm an experienced Debian/Ubuntu guy, and decided to start playing with OpenBSD. A hardware compatibility issue[1] made me go back to Ubuntu Server, but I came away with two main i…

The classic answer (I don't know if Charlie actually said this, or some other wit came up with it): "I don't pay them to have sex with me, I pay them to leave afterward."

Also, you see a vastly different picture if you click the "values" link rather than the "percent" link. Not sure why.

I've had a similar experience. Not 100% reproducible -- more like 5% -- but annoying when it happens. Ubuntu 8.04, Firefox 3.0.3.

What areas are ripe for this sort of consulting? (Ignoring the fact that if you go into an area to make money rather than because you're rabidly interested in it, it's probably a b…

What I'm managing (context is important): We develop a hardware appliance running Linux (we buy the hardware and write the software); this involves config changes to open source st…

I speak Spanish and English (native English speaker) and was thinking of adding Chinese, until I read this: http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html Now I'm thinking about …

nearlyfreespeech.net. Highly recommended, professional, and cheap. But a little on the BOFH side -- will refer to you to a FAQ instead of actually answering your dumb question. Sin…

Looking to meet up with geeks in Los Angeles too. Any suggestions?