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The Happiest grunts in the world...sorta. =)

[happygrunt]

There's something better but it's not here yet....

Sometimes I get these feelings of impatience and frustration when I know that there's something over the horizon that is better than where I am.

It's like there's greener pastures but yet you're still in the desert of chaos and inefficiencies.

When I know there's something that's better out there- someplace that I can express myself in a more meaningful way or were I know I'll be a better person I get frustrated at my current circumstance. Perhaps I'm even frustrated at who I am currently.

But, when I think about it deeper, maybe I'm in a place where I still need to be the better person and work on the things I need to before i get to that "better" place of greener pastures where the milk and honey flow from streams and rivers.

I must do the job well so what when the time is right I will be the better person for that better place.

[kiip-engineering]

A Year with MongoDB

This week marks the one year anniversary of Kiip running MongoDB in production. As of this week, we’ve also moved over 95% of our data off of MongoDB onto systems such as Riak and PostgreSQL, depending which solution made sense for the way we use our data. This post highlights our experience with MongoDB over the past year. A future post will elaborate on the migration process: how we evaluated the proper solutions to migrate to and how we migrated the data from MongoDB.

First, some numbers about our data to give context to the scale being discussed. The figures below represent the peak usage when we were completely on MongoDB — the numbers are actually much higher now but are spread across different data stores.

Data size: 240 GB

Total documents: 85,000,000

Operations per second: 520 (Create, reads, updates, etc.)

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Project Loon looks to use a global network of high-altitude balloons to connect people in rural and remote areas who have no Internet access at all, help fill coverage gaps for areas that can’t be served profitably by existing providers, and rapidly connect people after disasters when existing infrastructure has been compromised. By trying something new - a network of Internet-equipped, high-altitude balloons that travel the stratospheric winds - we hope to bring Internet access to everyone.

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http://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-aeropress/

I'm finding inspiration from the story of the inventor of the Areopress. Who happens to be the inventor of the farthest flying disc.

[sealfuturefund]

Written by a Tier 1 Operator.

[happygrunt]

Seamless experience anytime...

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Interesting for cognitive load

[bryan]

One of the most fascinating pieces I’ve read about web development in recent memory. For reasons1 unrelated to the performance benefits cited in this article, I’d choose Clojure if I were to learn any new language today2.

Being a functional language, compiling to JavaScript, and being unlike any language I’ve ever used before. ↩

Definitely can’t justify that as I still haven’t learned AutoLayout or ReactiveCocoa. ↩

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bono on faith and Jesus

This video is about bono

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10 Push-up Milestones and Challenges

10 Push-up Milestones and Challenges

Here is a progression that should keep anyone busy for a couple of years.

Fifty honest basic push-ups

Ten handstand push-ups

100 honest basic push-ups

Fifteen handstand push-ups

Tabata interval basic push-ups with 20 reps in each of 8 intervals

One handstand push-up without use of wall

Ten handstand push-ups without use of wall

Fifteen handstand push-ups without use of wall

Twenty handstand push-ups without use of wall

One handstand push-up without use of wall and on fingertips

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simplicity is prerequisite for reliability

Edsger Dijkstra

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A homeless man learns to code, and builds an app for a better world

A place to learn to code together with mentors and fellow students. Journeyman provides a coding community and course.

Stories like this warm my heart. The ability to code and work with technology is extremely empowering. I hope to one day teach others how to code and help those coming out of poverty.

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Will Hypersonic Capabilities Render Missile Defense Obsolete?

Despite billions of dollars & decades of work, missile defense has produced few results. The future looks equally bleak.

I wonder if this is true....

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5 Ways to Bring Creativity Back to Your Culture

All too often, entrepreneurs build companies that stifle the very creativity they need. Here's how to get back that spark.

This is so true of where I work. All these things have been part of work at one point or another in someone's career

[happygrunt]

I'm going to use the heck out of this thing!