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Comment · 8 years ago
What happens prior to step #1 from a candidate's perspective? How do candidates express interest and do 100% of the folks who express interest get a call?
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I use Ubuntu on my laptop. I've found that I typically don't need the latest and greatest versions of various software, and have been happy with 12.04 LTS. I suspect that my next version will be 16.04 LTS. I value the Long Term Support releases because I can stick with the same system for several years and still get security updates. At this point in my life / career, I'm not nearly as interested in with tinkering and tweaking things and would rather have something that generally works and is stable.

I've toyed with the idea of going with CentOS on a desktop, but I think that release cycle may be a little too slow. Ubuntu's LTS every two years gives me the opportunity to upgrade sooner if there's a compelling reason (e.g., Docker support).

I do web development at a consultancy (lots of different projects in a variety of languages / environments) and have in the past been able to do a pretty decent job isolating different client applications while running them locally. However, these days I'm moving more to Vagrant for some of the heavier applications and likely to Docker for some of the lighter ones.

Comment · 12 years ago
I like my Lenovo X1 Carbon. It's nice and light but still quite capable for my needs (web development). Everything just worked for me, with the exception of an external display which I spent about 20 seconds trying to get to work. It could easily have been user error given my lack of experience with external displays.
Comment · 12 years ago
Would using HTTPS prevent the VPN and various proxies from messing with the traffic as described in the article?
Comment · 13 years ago
Does this provide traffic details for GitHub Pages associated with the repo?
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Comment · 14 years ago
I'm a fan of PasswordMaker. Based on the domain name of the site, a master password (you could still use a tier system where sites of different value have a different master password), and other settings a password gets generated. Each site gets its own password and your passwords are only stored on the target site (i.e., there's no central password manager that stores all your passwords). There are browser extensions that make it easier to use and if you're not on your own browser there's an online JS version available for generating your passwords.
Comment · 14 years ago
Files in the Google Docs format do not count against your quota. Files not in Google Docs format also support revisions, but each revision counts against your quota.
Comment · 14 years ago
Every detail points to them providing an local client for Google Docs. Google Docs has: 1GB free, ability to upload arbitrary files, web preview of a variety of file types (videos, music, documents, etc.), an API, Google Apps integration.
Comment · 15 years ago
The compile happens in the setup of the benchmark. So the actual benchmark is testing the rendering speed of the compiled templates.
Comment · 15 years ago

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