Started my own business while still in highschool. Moved out on my own the summer before Grade 12. Graduated on time in 2006.
After highschool I got a job at a small-time advertising agency doing mostly graphic design and minor IT stuff. I had a feeling business wasn't going so well for the owners, and after 6 months or so, I left and focussed on growing my own business. The ad agency failed shortly after.
A while later my girlfriend (now wife) became pregnant. I jumped on job opportunity that brought in around $1200/week. My first child was born in Nov. 2009. I stuck to the job because it paid well. But I was working 12 hour days, my own business lacked my attention, and my wife became pregnant again.
I picked up a few decent sized projects under my business to bring in additional money to put away for the new baby.
The first week of January/2011 I arrived at work after a Christmas/New Years holiday. We were all brought in for a meeting and told the Government had frozen their accounts as they weren't remitting sales tax. We were all let go. My second child was born two weeks later.
I decided to try to put my attention to my business, but I wasn't able to pick business up quickly enough to keep up with the income I had been making. I worked a couple different part time jobs, from Fire Protection Inspector to Locksmith helper.
In 2013 I decided it was time to spruce up the business. I changed the business name and incorporated in 2013. I picked up a couple of good recurring paying projects from local businesses. I quit my job (the locksmith at the time) in April 2014. My wife picked up a part time (evening) job as to help supplement income on our slower months.
Since then we've continued to grow the business. I've already told my wife she can quit her job, but she's continuing because she enjoys the work and getting out of the house.
We're now looking to hire some employee's as things have been growing rather rapidly in the past year.
I did this without wasting $40,000-$70,000 on a bullshit piece of paper. I'm not saying it was easy, but kids these days need to understand that its not a requirement.
My younger brother, in contrast, went to University for technical theatre (lighting, sound, stage design, etc.). He's working as a delivery driver for pizza hut, while sitting on a mountain of debt.
I think the obvious solution is to force farms in the desert areas to utilize the desalination plants year round, no matter the amount of precipitation throughout California.
If they are already piping water in from other parta of the state (and surrounding states, by the sounds of it), it really wouldn't make much of a difference for them.
This solves many of the issues. Am I overlooking some reason as to why this couldn't work, or at leaste help in the drought cycles?
I live in Central Saskatchewan, Canada so please excuse my ignorance. Our biggest water issue is when Algae grows too rapidly and causes issues for our filtration plants.
As someone who owns a web hosting business, and recently migrated all of their servers from MySQL to MariaDB. It was the easiest transition we've ever performed. On our cPanel boxes it was done in just a couple of clicks.
MariaDB really is a drop in replacement for MySQL. They have done an awesome job ensuring its a dead simple upgrade.
We are currently looking into upgrading our DNS network. We are toying with MariaDB Galera, and PowerDNS. Our initial testing has been very positive.
Here in Saskatchewan, Canada, we measure distance in time.
For example: Person 1: "How far is Calgary from Regina?" Person 2: "Oh about 7 hours."
I'm not sure why we do this, but this is the honest truth. My wife used to work at a service station, and had people ask how far X was. They would look at her like she was an alien if they weren't from around here.
Facebook was originally written in Facebook, yes. However, you are missing the important fact Facebook took it upon themselves to fix a bunch of PHP's mistakes with HipHop PHP, later named HHVM.
I've actually played with HHVM a bit. It maintains mostly backwards compatability with PHP code, but adds optional static typing and a few other goodies.
Personally I have a budget ADATA SX900 128GB SSD in my primary workstation as the primary disk. To store all of my family's media, backup files, etc. I have 3x2TB HDDs: - one for for media files, also exported as an NFS share across the subnet; music, movies, ebooks, etc) - one for backups; daily rsync of/home, Bittorrent Sync shares/folders (laptop, my phone, wifes phone), misc non-media files too big for primary SSD - one to backup aforementioned backup drive; cronjob set to run every day at 5am, spins drive up from sleep, mounts filesystem, rsync's data, unmounts filesystem, spins drive down to sleep
Obviously i dont backup the media files, i can always re-rip or download them if needed. I also keep my really important files backed up (encrypted) on a server I have in a datacenter somewhere.
If google is the sole registrar of all.blog domain names, then you never actually 'own' it.
While I understand the convenience aspect of it, the user cannot transfer it out and is forced to use Google Blogger, and ONLY Blogger. Despite the fact that there are thousands of ways to get a blog online.
On the topic of.dev: I also don't understand where they are coming from with the.dev TLD. I can see it being valuable to both developers and device makers. Why wouldn't they try to capitalize it instead of hog it to themselves?
This idea that we need to connect/everything/ _directly_ to the internet is insane.
Device manufacturers have a hard enough time makin devices work, let alone secure them. Even important things like manage switches and home routers have gaping security holes in them, I don't expect a mass sudden outbreak of common sense anytime soon, so we're all doomed, doomed I tell ya!
I know I wrote it in this post in the first person, and I shouldn't have. I own a web design/development, and hosting firm. It's not just me, despite the impression my post may have given. We've been in business over 7 years now.
The beauty of frameworks and content management systems, is there are so many of them to choose from. You really need to do your research, and find one with a very simple templating system.
I, personally, have built my own. I've built and rebuilt it a dozen times now, and it is teetering between framework and CMS. I can crank out a nice, fully responsive, easily managed (with point and click editing) website in an evening.
My pricing is considered high to other local "shops" (ie. basement dwelling teenagers, or those who outsource to india).
I compete in the following ways: - built fast (depending on project scope) - no templates, every project is custom designed and developed - complete customizablilty, and purpose built functionality (restricted by budget, of course) - actual support (email, or telephone) - hosted on our infrastructure
I will manage every aspect of the site, including content updates, online marketing, and social media.
Although, I will admit, I make more money building (standards compliant) web based applications for medium sized businesses.
I understand the frustration, sort of. If you do it for a living, you are not exactly the kind of user I was speaking to when I mentioned mplayer/mencoder.
If the parent poster spent more than 20 minutes on one software package with a broken UI, he could have figured it out how to get the desired effect with mencoder in less time. That's all I was saying.
I understand the discussion is about poor UI, I do. I get it. But sometimes the cli is faster, and easier. If you're an experienced linux user, and are having troube figuring out a shitty UI, then you could have figured it out on the CLI.
I, personally, have come to the conclusion that writing my own software is sometimes the best option. That is my mind set. If I can't find something to fit my needs, I'll find a way around it if it is a onetime thing, or I'll write it myself if it is something i will need more than once. I suspect a lot of deep-rooted linux people are the same.
If he's just using Ubuntu because he's a hipster, then he deserves to fudge around in shitty UI's. I like my linux, and I like writing software. Fact is, linux is not mainstream, and I like it that way.
Damn kids get off my lawn! (I am only 26 years old, *sigh*)
From what I understand, this is how Android works. Every app gets its own user and group.
It is also, sort of, how Docker works. Each app gets its own container, the app is completely bound to that container. Docker manages access to outside resources (like the network) for you, utilizing cgroups, and kernelspace drivers.
I actually wrote my own HTPC interface that runs on Linux. It's pretty hacky, but it's a relatively simple system written in PHP 5.6 and runs in Mozilla Firefox. I've gone through the trouble of integrating Netflix (via Pipelight), and Youtube leanback. We use a Nintendo Wii Remote to interface with it. I've toyed with a web-based remote to control it via my android phone, but I prefer the Wii remote.
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I was born in '88, currently 26 years of age.
Started my own business while still in highschool. Moved out on my own the summer before Grade 12. Graduated on time in 2006.
After highschool I got a job at a small-time advertising agency doing mostly graphic design and minor IT stuff. I had a feeling business wasn't going so well for the owners, and after 6 months or so, I left and focussed on growing my own business. The ad agency failed shortly after.
A while later my girlfriend (now wife) became pregnant. I jumped on job opportunity that brought in around $1200/week. My first child was born in Nov. 2009. I stuck to the job because it paid well. But I was working 12 hour days, my own business lacked my attention, and my wife became pregnant again.
I picked up a few decent sized projects under my business to bring in additional money to put away for the new baby.
The first week of January/2011 I arrived at work after a Christmas/New Years holiday. We were all brought in for a meeting and told the Government had frozen their accounts as they weren't remitting sales tax. We were all let go. My second child was born two weeks later.
I decided to try to put my attention to my business, but I wasn't able to pick business up quickly enough to keep up with the income I had been making. I worked a couple different part time jobs, from Fire Protection Inspector to Locksmith helper.
In 2013 I decided it was time to spruce up the business. I changed the business name and incorporated in 2013. I picked up a couple of good recurring paying projects from local businesses. I quit my job (the locksmith at the time) in April 2014. My wife picked up a part time (evening) job as to help supplement income on our slower months.
Since then we've continued to grow the business. I've already told my wife she can quit her job, but she's continuing because she enjoys the work and getting out of the house.
We're now looking to hire some employee's as things have been growing rather rapidly in the past year.
I did this without wasting $40,000-$70,000 on a bullshit piece of paper. I'm not saying it was easy, but kids these days need to understand that its not a requirement.
My younger brother, in contrast, went to University for technical theatre (lighting, sound, stage design, etc.). He's working as a delivery driver for pizza hut, while sitting on a mountain of debt.
I think the obvious solution is to force farms in the desert areas to utilize the desalination plants year round, no matter the amount of precipitation throughout California.
If they are already piping water in from other parta of the state (and surrounding states, by the sounds of it), it really wouldn't make much of a difference for them.
This solves many of the issues. Am I overlooking some reason as to why this couldn't work, or at leaste help in the drought cycles?
I live in Central Saskatchewan, Canada so please excuse my ignorance. Our biggest water issue is when Algae grows too rapidly and causes issues for our filtration plants.
As someone who owns a web hosting business, and recently migrated all of their servers from MySQL to MariaDB. It was the easiest transition we've ever performed. On our cPanel boxes it was done in just a couple of clicks.
MariaDB really is a drop in replacement for MySQL. They have done an awesome job ensuring its a dead simple upgrade.
We are currently looking into upgrading our DNS network. We are toying with MariaDB Galera, and PowerDNS. Our initial testing has been very positive.
Here in Saskatchewan, Canada, we measure distance in time.
For example:
Person 1: "How far is Calgary from Regina?"
Person 2: "Oh about 7 hours."
I'm not sure why we do this, but this is the honest truth. My wife used to work at a service station, and had people ask how far X was. They would look at her like she was an alien if they weren't from around here.
I prefer tabs.
I don't understand the debate here. Use what you like. If you're editing someone else's code, then convert it to your preference or suck it up.
The editor I use will detect tabs or spaces in the file, and automatically convert it to the preference I set it to in the settings.
Why is this so hard? Why don't all editors do this?
Anyone else think something along the lines of a hashtag being used to remote exploit SeaWorlds network by using Shebang lines in twitter?
I dunno. Too much internets today.
Disclaimer: I genuinely like PHP.
Facebook was originally written in Facebook, yes. However, you are missing the important fact Facebook took it upon themselves to fix a bunch of PHP's mistakes with HipHop PHP, later named HHVM.
I've actually played with HHVM a bit. It maintains mostly backwards compatability with PHP code, but adds optional static typing and a few other goodies.
As far as I'm concerned a locked up, drm-encumbered bootloader is dead on arrival.
I'll give it a shot.
root [~]# yum install spartan-browser
Setting up Install Process
No package spartan-browser available.
Error: Nothing to do
Well there ya go.
A previous employer of mine got on the Internet through "the big E".
I think that is a fair assessment.
Personally I have a budget ADATA SX900 128GB SSD in my primary workstation as the primary disk. To store all of my family's media, backup files, etc. I have 3x2TB HDDs: /home, Bittorrent Sync shares/folders (laptop, my phone, wifes phone), misc non-media files too big for primary SSD
- one for for media files, also exported as an NFS share across the subnet; music, movies, ebooks, etc)
- one for backups; daily rsync of
- one to backup aforementioned backup drive; cronjob set to run every day at 5am, spins drive up from sleep, mounts filesystem, rsync's data, unmounts filesystem, spins drive down to sleep
Obviously i dont backup the media files, i can always re-rip or download them if needed. I also keep my really important files backed up (encrypted) on a server I have in a datacenter somewhere.
If google is the sole registrar of all .blog domain names, then you never actually 'own' it.
While I understand the convenience aspect of it, the user cannot transfer it out and is forced to use Google Blogger, and ONLY Blogger. Despite the fact that there are thousands of ways to get a blog online.
On the topic of .dev: I also don't understand where they are coming from with the .dev TLD. I can see it being valuable to both developers and device makers. Why wouldn't they try to capitalize it instead of hog it to themselves?
This idea that we need to connect /everything/ _directly_ to the internet is insane.
Device manufacturers have a hard enough time makin devices work, let alone secure them. Even important things like manage switches and home routers have gaping security holes in them, I don't expect a mass sudden outbreak of common sense anytime soon, so we're all doomed, doomed I tell ya!
I can recommend VestaCP: www.vestacp.com
Zpanel has a history of security issues, and I read elsewhere some hosting company bought it, and is killing it off.
If you want to talk about freedom, why are you letting your employer hold your phone over your head like a bully teasing a child?
Go buy your own phone if you want control over it. Otherwise, don't complain.
Most likely to maintain binary compatibility with instruction sets / extensions. But I could be wrong. It may also be a cost factor.
These boards are meant for hacking together projects and education. At a $35 price point, it's "good enough."
If you're buying a laptop with Linux on it, I don't think you're buying video games on discs.
Even more so if you plan to install Slackware on it.
Who the hell uses discs anymore?
My two year old laptop doesn't have one, and I haven't missed it one bit.
I have a couple of USB drives with SystemRescueCD on them. Plug it in, boot it up, and install whatever you need through there.
I know I wrote it in this post in the first person, and I shouldn't have. I own a web design/development, and hosting firm.
It's not just me, despite the impression my post may have given. We've been in business over 7 years now.
Here in Canada the Tobacco, Liquor, and Gaming (Gambling) pays for our Free, Universal Health Care. Please don't do this to Canada.
Won't somebody please think of the children!
The beauty of frameworks and content management systems, is there are so many of them to choose from. You really need to do your research, and find one with a very simple templating system.
I, personally, have built my own. I've built and rebuilt it a dozen times now, and it is teetering between framework and CMS. I can crank out a nice, fully responsive, easily managed (with point and click editing) website in an evening.
My pricing is considered high to other local "shops" (ie. basement dwelling teenagers, or those who outsource to india).
I compete in the following ways:
- built fast (depending on project scope)
- no templates, every project is custom designed and developed
- complete customizablilty, and purpose built functionality (restricted by budget, of course)
- actual support (email, or telephone)
- hosted on our infrastructure
I will manage every aspect of the site, including content updates, online marketing, and social media.
Although, I will admit, I make more money building (standards compliant) web based applications for medium sized businesses.
I understand the frustration, sort of. If you do it for a living, you are not exactly the kind of user I was speaking to when I mentioned mplayer/mencoder.
If the parent poster spent more than 20 minutes on one software package with a broken UI, he could have figured it out how to get the desired effect with mencoder in less time. That's all I was saying.
I understand the discussion is about poor UI, I do. I get it. But sometimes the cli is faster, and easier. If you're an experienced linux user, and are having troube figuring out a shitty UI, then you could have figured it out on the CLI.
I, personally, have come to the conclusion that writing my own software is sometimes the best option. That is my mind set. If I can't find something to fit my needs, I'll find a way around it if it is a onetime thing, or I'll write it myself if it is something i will need more than once. I suspect a lot of deep-rooted linux people are the same.
If he's just using Ubuntu because he's a hipster, then he deserves to fudge around in shitty UI's. I like my linux, and I like writing software. Fact is, linux is not mainstream, and I like it that way.
Damn kids get off my lawn!
(I am only 26 years old, *sigh*)
I just use mplayer/mencoder for simple stuff like that.
From what I understand, this is how Android works. Every app gets its own user and group.
It is also, sort of, how Docker works. Each app gets its own container, the app is completely bound to that container. Docker manages access to outside resources (like the network) for you, utilizing cgroups, and kernelspace drivers.
I actually wrote my own HTPC interface that runs on Linux. It's pretty hacky, but it's a relatively simple system written in PHP 5.6 and runs in Mozilla Firefox. I've gone through the trouble of integrating Netflix (via Pipelight), and Youtube leanback.
We use a Nintendo Wii Remote to interface with it. I've toyed with a web-based remote to control it via my android phone, but I prefer the Wii remote.