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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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# Modify this file accordingly for your specific requirement.
# http://www.thegeekstuff.com
# 1. Delete all existing rules
iptables -F

# 2. Set default chain policies
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD DROP
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP

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#!/usr/bin/env python
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# UDP Load Balancer featuring simple round robin with session affinity.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import sys
import signal
import logging
from socket import *

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# amazon.rb - amazon affiliate links for jekyll
# assumes that you have a configuration variable called 'amazon_associate_id' with your associate id

# usage: {{ asin | amazon_product_href }} 
# returns url of a product

# usage: {{ asin | amazon_image_href: 'M' }}
# returns image of the product, size argument can be S, M, or L, default M

# usage: {{ asin | amazon_product: 'A Product' }}

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/*
 * PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS CODE, BUT GO TO: https://github.com/coderofsalvation/syslog-flexible
 */

// local, remote and papertrail compatible syslogclass
class Syslog{

  public static $hostname   = false;
  public static $port       = 514;
  public static $program    = "[]";

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# replace PAPERTRAIL_HOSTNAME and PAPERTRAIL_PORT
# see http://help.papertrailapp.com/ for additional PHP syslog options

function send_remote_syslog($message, $component = "web", $program = "next_big_thing") {
  $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
  foreach(explode("\n", $message) as $line) {
    $syslog_message = "<22>" . date('M d H:i:s ') . $program . ' ' . $component . ': ' . $line;
    socket_sendto($sock, $syslog_message, strlen($syslog_message), 0, PAPERTRAIL_HOSTNAME, PAPERTRAIL_PORT);
  }
  socket_close($sock);

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/**
 * Created by andy hulstkamp
 */

var webpage = require("webpage"),
    fs = require("fs");

var debug = false,
    pageIndex = 0,
    allLinks = [],

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var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port;     // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search;   // => "?search=test"
parser.hash;     // => "#hash"
parser.host;     // => "example.com:3000"

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#If you're on Ubuntu or working with a Linux VM...

Step 1: Install the Ubuntu dependencies needed:

SSH into your server as a root or do sudo -i.

Then install necessary software:

apt-get update

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## Install a necessary packages
$ sudo apt-get install kvm cloud-utils genisoimage

## URL to most recent cloud image of 12.04
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/server/releases/12.04/release"
$ img_url="${img_url}/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
## download the image
$ wget $img_url -O disk.img.dist

## Create a file with some user-data in it