- January, 2015
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Heuristic to determine the safety of your job
Here is a heuristic that can give an idea if your job can be automated and might eventually become non existent :
- can it be done by a software that has the ability to reason about "maybe" secenario. For example : is it time to replace the light bulbs and in what order should the light bulbs be replaced. Or is this change in the code base dangerous.
- Can it be done by a software that can read an ordered list or report (for example: a bug list) and create an accurate representation of the project in a human readable (more precisely, a manager readable) format: are there any blockers for the completion or are there any tickets that can delay the whole project
- November, 2014
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Faster setup of virtualenv with devpi
Setting up the virtualenv can take a significant amount of time because it pulls down packages from PyPI. I was surprised that it does not try to use the locally installed packages. One way to speed up the rebuild is to use a local caching mirror of PyPI. This can be accomplished by using devpi.
Step 1: Install
devpipackagesudo pip install devpi
Step 2: Add the following lines in your
/root/.pip/pip.conffile[global] index-url = http://localhost:3141/root/pypi/+simple/ extra-index-url = https://pypi.python.org/simple/
From now on, pip will first try to get the package from devpi-server running on your localhost first and if you do not have devpi-server running, will fallback to pypi.python.org .
Step 3: Start the devpi-server on your localhost:
devpi-server. Try installing a few packages or build avirtualenv. The commanddevpi-server -startwill start the server and put it in background.TODO - figure out how to start this from init.
- October, 2014
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some thoughts on tattos
Not my original words, but I agree with themthe more 'ornamented' a person is today, that necessarily detracts from their energy (however insignificantly) to either improve themselves or contribute something new. Not as a rule, but in general the people who have tattoos did not get them to demarcate a significant emotional or symbolic event, but because they need to bolster an otherwise weak sense of identity. It's not just physical markings, either; it could be tattoos, humblebrag facebook statuses, endless numbers heavily filtered selfies on instagram, short-but-intense passion for some political cause, armchair activism, etc. Truly remarkable people tend not to care what others think of them, by virtue of the fact they are fulfilled by the fruits of their precious time and energy.
Tattoos used to mean, ‘get away from me.’ Now they mean, ‘Ask me about my tattoo`
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which fonts should I use in my browser in Debian
Short answer : Verdana
To install Verdana, do
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installerand set it as the default font in your browser. - September, 2014
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Dinner at Ethiopian cafe
A typical dish consists of injera accompanied by a spicy stew, which frequently includes beef, lamb, vegetables and various types of legumes such as lentils.
Ethiopians eat exclusively with their right hands, using pieces of injera to pick up bites of entrees and side dishes.
The best part for me though is that the meals are eaten from a communal plate.
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