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#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
#! nix-shell -i python3.5 --packages python35 python35Packages.lxml python35Packages.beautifulsoup4

import updateHostsFile

updateHostsFile.main()

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# To merge project-a into project-b:

cd path/to/cloned-project-b
git checkout -b my-migration-branch
git remote add -f project-a git@github.com:user/project-a

# Replace `master` below with the branch you wish to migrate but it should be your primary working branch
git merge --allow-unrelated-histories -s ours --no-commit project-a/master

# ALWAYS end the prefix path with the slash

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Uninstalling nix:
1. Delete /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist

  sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
  sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist

2. Restore /etc/profile.backup-before-nix back to /etc/profile

  sudo mv /etc/profile.backup-before-nix /etc/profile

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NixOS with ZFS on LUKS

After some effort (and asking for help on the nix-dev mailing list) I installed ZFS on an encrypted partition. The relevant configuration is below.

• Installing
  • Use keyfile
  • Configure passphrase
• Configure without passphrase

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{ config, pkgs, ... }:

# NB: I used `sudo NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nixos-rebuild switch`
# because Nix isnt' seeing the `allowUnfree` attribute that is already
# set when building Crashplan.
let
  unstable-pkgs = import (pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "NixOS";
    repo = "nixpkgs";
    rev = "373e40736a19437d0bc93ccd67dbf01b44c2cea6";

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What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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case lists:keytake(eunit_opts, 1, CONFIG) of
    false -> CONFIG;
    {value, {eunit_opts, Opts}, CONFIG1} -> 
        GetEnvDef = fun(Default) ->
                            case os:getenv("SUREFIRE_DIR") of
                                false -> Default;
                                V     -> V
                            end
                    end,
        NewOpts = Opts ++ [{report, {eunit_surefire, [{dir, GetEnvDef("./surefire_results")}]}}],

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    {inparallel, [ { "Property test network block construction"
      , { timeout
        , 30
        , ?assertEqual( true
                      , proper:quickcheck( wifi:prop_set_network()
                                         , [ {to_file, user}
                                           , {numtests, 1000}
                                           , {spec_timeout, 360000}
                                           ]))}},
                                           ...

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ip-10-0-0-9% systemctl status datadog-agent.service
● datadog-agent.service - LSB: Start and stop dd-agent
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/datadog-agent)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2015-03-04 16:56:50 UTC; 1min 14s ago
  Process: 20791 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/datadog-agent start (code=exited, status=3)