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hola eduardo, soy roberto (netk), de casualidad encontré este post y justamente tengo un amigo que lleva un par de meses en tokyo y le quedan otro par de meses por allá, le voy a dar el dato quizás sale algo, le pega al frontend pero también es un excelente sysadmin.. abrazo!

it was easy for me, but really fun, I want more of this for sure..

yes, but in the long term.. Chile is often used as guinea pig to do this sort of things, so before go all the way and start a huge data center in Brazil, it pays off to try it in a smaller scale somewhere else in the region and learn from it, Chile is perfect for that, it has the political stability, infrastructure and just enough population to have a decent amount of trained profesionals available..

Another point is, the data center will serve all LatAm not just Chile, so what really matters is where in the region you can get the fastests and more reliable bandwidth links to the US at the lowest price..

this is exactly what I need to debug a problem of some users in some versions of windows with our html5 video player, very good idea that solves a painful problem, keep it up!

I always thought that a parallel-independent-underground network is inevitable and if it's achieved succesfully I think the ramifications could be huge, it could be the first step towards seriously thinking about the posibility of leaving Earth and start to colonize the space, if you can have a reliable network out of a DIY space program, I can't think why in 100 years they wouldn't start a colony outside to basically move further away from the rules of goverments on Earth.

damn, please someone tell me this is photoshop.

I'm not an expert here, but it's pointless to make tracking sun panels that costs a lot more if the outcome wasn't that great, I bet tracking sunlight is still more efficient even after spending energy to move the panels, it makes no sense otherwise. The real benefit of this is that you get a cheap motionless panel that performs a lot better than the flat version, this is specially important in places like Africa where you need to be as efficient and cost effective as possible.

it makes a lot of sense, nature has been doing it for a lot of time :), I hope that other scientists elsewhere can also confirm that the improvements are so dramatic, I mean, having still/motionless cheap arrays that can perform 20%-50% better than the flat ones are great news!

I like notch, even before this, but now I feel morally obligated to buy Minecraft even if won't ever play it, and Scrolls too :).

I don't think most people refer as a "weekend project" to brag about performance and how much they did with little time, for me it's a general term that refers to something you do on your "free" time or time outside your normal work schedule.

hey Andrew, I'm not aware of specific HN meetups in the area but I'll be glad to join you for a meal or drink, I have updated my contact info and going to reach you over email, I'm not in Santiago because I love Viña del Mar ;) but we are just a bus ride away and I do have go hit Santiago in 2 weeks anyway :)