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How Google works, by Eric Schmidt. http://t.co/q2C…

Posted on October 16, 2014 by richard

How Google works, by Eric Schmidt. slideshare.net/mobile/ericsch…

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Ruby code that “simulates the emergent behavior of…

Posted on October 15, 2014 by richard

Ruby code that “simulates the emergent behavior of ant colonies”. practicingruby.com/articles/ant-c…

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“[in] next 5-10yrs, energy storage systems will ex…

Posted on October 14, 2014 by richard

“[in] next 5-10yrs, energy storage systems will experience a similar reduced cost/inc. perf. curve to solar industry” smartcompany.com.au/technology/441…

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Hyperion took 2 years to build: “Disney Animation…

Posted on October 14, 2014 by richard

Hyperion took 2 years to build: “Disney Animation was developing their own new production renderer from scratch.” fxguide.com/featured/disne…

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Using GECOS & PAM for custom umask settings, incl via Chroot SFTP

Posted on October 14, 2014 by richard

The PAM module “pam_umask” (installed by default in latest Debian Linux) is very useful for setting user-by-user umask permissions that even work in the constrained/restrictive (for settings) “SFTP Chroot” environment. The chroot environment of SFTP as provided by SSH is … Continue reading →

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Startup Class: How to Build Products Users Love. h…

Posted on October 14, 2014 by richard

Startup Class: How to Build Products Users Love. startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec07/

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$GOOG decides that some time soon your won’t be ab…

Posted on October 14, 2014 by richard

$GOOG decides that some time soon your won’t be able to browse some https:// sites in Chrome due to SSL 3.0 issues. googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/this-p…

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RT @servantofchaos: Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar on…

Posted on October 13, 2014 by richard

RT @servantofchaos: Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar on share options and the ‘brain-dead’ things Australia does to starbuff.ly/1qYm5c8us72cA

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Alerting & Monitoring Philosophy from a Google…

Posted on October 13, 2014 by richard

Alerting & Monitoring Philosophy from a Google Site Reliability Engineer. docs.google.com/a/gravitant.co…

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Response Times: The 3 Important Limits. ie: Aim fo…

Posted on October 13, 2014 by richard

Response Times: The 3 Important Limits. ie: Aim for 100ms from pressing enter to 1st TCP packets with page data. nngroup.com/articles/respo…

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