chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

mudge

/* Polyfill indexOf. */
var indexOf;

if (typeof Array.prototype.indexOf === 'function') {
    indexOf = function (haystack, needle) {
        return haystack.indexOf(needle);
    };
} else {
    indexOf = function (haystack, needle) {
        var i = 0, length = haystack.length, idx = -1, found = false;

mlocati

// License: MIT - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
// Author: Michele Locati <michele@locati.it>
// Source: https://gist.github.com/mlocati/7210513
function perc2color(perc) {
	var r, g, b = 0;
	if(perc < 50) {
		r = 255;
		g = Math.round(5.1 * perc);
	}
	else {

ijmacdowell

var adjectives = ["aback","abaft","abandoned","abashed","aberrant","abhorrent","abiding","abject","ablaze","able","abnormal","aboard","aboriginal","abortive","abounding","abrasive","abrupt","absent","absorbed","absorbing","abstracted","absurd","abundant","abusive","acceptable","accessible","accidental","accurate","acid","acidic","acoustic","acrid","actually","ad","hoc","adamant","adaptable","addicted","adhesive","adjoining","adorable","adventurous","afraid","aggressive","agonizing","agreeable","ahead","ajar","alcoholic","alert","alike","alive","alleged","alluring","aloof","amazing","ambiguous","ambitious","amuck","amused","amusing","ancient","angry","animated","annoyed","annoying","anxious","apathetic","aquatic","aromatic","arrogant","ashamed","aspiring","assorted","astonishing","attractive","auspicious","automatic","available","average","awake","aware","awesome","awful","axiomatic","bad","barbarous","bashful","bawdy","beautiful","befitting","belligerent","beneficial","bent","berserk","best","better","bewilde

coderbyheart

QL-720NW printing with Arch Linux (32-Bit)

brother-ql720nw-lpr

PKGBUILD

# Maintainer:  Markus Tacker <m@cto.hiv>
# Based on the QL-700 PKGBUILD -> Jacob Alexander <triplehaata@gmail.com>
pkgname=brother-ql720nw-lpr

pkgver=1.0.1

adactio

'use strict';

// Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
// http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

(function() {

    // Update 'version' if you need to refresh the cache
    var staticCacheName = 'static';
    var version = 'v1::';

b0bbywan

image: node:argon

before_script:
  - apt-get -qq update
  - apt-get -qq install -y python2.7 python2.7-dev build-essential make gcc g++ libicu-dev
  - npm -g install npm --silent
  - "echo -e \"export default {CLIENT_ID: '$CLIENT_ID'}\" > app/scripts/settings.js"
  - npm set progress=false
  - npm install --silent

emartini

var os = require("os");
var gulp = require("gulp");
var rename = require("gulp-rename");
var parallel = require("concurrent-transform");
var changed = require("gulp-changed");

var imagemin = require("gulp-imagemin");
var pngquant = require("imagemin-pngquant");
var imageResize = require("gulp-image-resize");

kmjones1979

# load dynamic modules
load_module /etc/nginx/modules/ngx_http_geoip_module.so;

user  nginx;
worker_processes  auto;
error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log info;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
events { worker_connections  1024; }

http {

ipbastola

Safest way to clean up boot partition - Ubuntu 14.04LTS-x64, Ubuntu 16.04LTS-x64

Reference

Case I: if /boot is not 100% full and apt is working

1. Check the current kernel version

$ uname -r