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Munich, Germany. Full Time or Part Time. Local or telecommute.

Stack: PHP,Python,MySQL; Bash,Nginx,Various Linuxes,Cygwin; Java,C++/wxWidgets; Common Lisp

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DevOps engineer. Looking for a freemium-based linuxy telecommute-friendly consumer-facing company with a heart, intent on world domination in their niche. Will observe, ask, analyze, empathize, cross-link, compare, select, build, harden and deploy.

I predict that it will become acceptable for men to earn less than their wives, stay at home, and take care of the kids.

I also predict that those men will do so in a very masculine way.

Finally, I hypothesize that a lot of the demand for good breadwinners from women who already have all the bread they need is cultural rather than hormonal.

The best indicator that this is true is the massive difference in how couples behave in public (keep with the norms) and in private (endless variety). Another observation is that lots of "cultural revolutions" are simply formerly private activities becoming public.

I believe you are referring to ethanol based biofuels, which have significantly reduced energy density and require engine modification.

This technology is a plant oil based technology, and requires no engine modification. It's just fuel that comes from plants, and you can put it in your vehicle right now and drive.

PHP offers a lot of choice.

You can use it rather nicely, but it also allows you to write some really awful code. Admittedly, it does not do much to help you write good (=understandable, maintainable) code.

This post is rather interesting in terms of using the good parts of PHP:

http://fabien.potencier.org/article/64/php-is-much-better-th...

I have been using the author's PHP framework for 2 years now and have experienced huge improvements in the quality of the code I write simply by being exposed to his example. He basically uses a lot of objects but very little inheritance. He also is religious about the DRY principle.

Bullsh*t Ipsum 14 years ago

This is brilliant.

By the way: If you're not absolutely clear that the generated text is a placeholder after five words, you seriously need a change of occupation.

I second this. Negative opinion has no place here.

Worrisome facts, yes. Potential problems and helpful strategies, yes. Discouraging opinion with nothing to back it up, no.

Facebook is a huge, ugly blob and we urgently need something to replace it that is not organized from the top down. Yay to buddycloud!

Oh please, market to me.

I won't pay you for taking away stuff I love. No vim replacements, please.

But I will pay you for taking away stuff I hate, or can't. Here's a few ideas off the top of my head:

* cheap REST API based domain registration and DNS setup

* cheap rsync based backups (rsync.net minus support + cheap)

* pre-loaded legal cross-platform lightweight browser testing OS images, or hackable VNC based SaaS

* Strongly customizable imageless web site skeletons

* Mechanical Turk like service for design

* cheap REST based server encrypted file storage (Do a better job explaining the trust involved than S3)

* cheap raspberry pi co-location (low power, low cost, but dedicated). Optional 1TB USB drive and spindown code (I have this at home but it took me a day and I have 100Mbit broadband)

* cheap generic WLAN robot with REST interface (rolling hand with eye)

* Household chore automation devices

* Super fast shipping cheap 3D printing service with stress and durability certs

* Outsourced System Administration: Provide well tuned Debian based software stacks as simple pastable command line scripts in emails. Do the same for security upgrades. Be funny and edgy while doing so.

* Create designer raspberry pi case. Allow me to provide ROM and brand stamp. Ship to customers for me. Be cheap.