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gapanalysison OS X Lion Keeps its Yummy Unix Flavor

Very reassuring. Nice to see Safari sandboxing, too.

gapanalysison People who work from home are more satisfied with their jobs

I've been a teleworker since 1989. Then, I had a phone, micro-Vax and a UUCP connection. Sounds primitive, but I and a few others were the proving grounds for today's remote and mobile work force. Not everyone can work well at home. It's hard to separate home from work; especially because my company has a global presence, my work "day" begins when I rise and ends when I retire. Make certain that you take breaks, make time for family and personal interests. Get a dog! My dog and office mate is actually a big help. His bio and exercise needs keep me from working inappropriately or harmfully long stretches without breaks; in fact, he brags that he's the reason I don't have repetitive motion, back or neck injuries.

gapanalysison Ask HN: How do you know you're ready to quit your day job?

Before you bail put a "business plan" together. How much (how little) do you need to earn to meet your living expenses? What can you do to earn that amount while you work on your project? What skills can you market? To whom?

When I left my full time job, I was able to freelance write for tech pubs and blogs, and my partner hacked code in a developer-for-hire position. Look for the kinds of jobs where you can manage your time, schedule and how much you earn.

gapanalysison OS X Lion Recovery is real innovation

Has anyone found any more detailed articles that describe how Apple protects the boot process described in the article?

gapanalysison Top 10 reasons to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion

Has anyone tried the new mail app? Have you tried integrating Enigma/GPG?

gapanalysison Leading Member of LulzSec Arrested in London

Whether corporations really get their security together remains to be seen. Even if they do, that doesn't justify the criminal acts. Let ATM skimmers go free because they found a way to beat the technology? Let smash and grab jewel thieves go free because they can break a glass display cabinet? Srsly...

gapanalysison Google.com detecting malware and notifying search users

You mean DNSSEC? That would protect against cache poisoning but not certain it applies here.

gapanalysison Leading Member of LulzSec Arrested in London

I don't imagine that the sentencing any of the Lulz peeps get will make up for the harm they've inflicted.

gapanalysison FBI arrests 16 Anons across US; UK police pick up LulzSec member

Hope they get more than a slap on the wrist.

gapanalysison Go Beyond Metrics

nice spam

gapanalysison LulzSec Redirects ‘The Sun’ Homepage To Fake Murdoch Death Story

Indeed. Too bad that so much useful information won't be digested b/c folks get more vicarious thrills reading about criminal acts. Too bad too that folks have to get off harming others irrespective of how they pretend to justify their actions. Yeah I know, grow some, get over it, that's life...

gapanalysison LulzSec Redirects ‘The Sun’ Homepage To Fake Murdoch Death Story

So much attention, so little value to society

gapanalysison Where have all the Quad-A's gone post IPv6 Day?

shares good insight from arbor nets about consumer cpe being the bottleneck to v6 uptake