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I checked out their FAQ. Holy restrictions Batman. I've been wanting to do something with score data for awhile but with this many restrictions, why bother? I'll just crawl the data from other sources. Good effort ESPN...

Right, because ~$20 is a lot of money for an embeddable device. If you're looking at this as a desktop replacement/barebones media streamer, then your post might have SOME merit. But frankly, most of us have other plans for these little guys. You sound bitter for some reason.

Any sysadmin going the route of 'job security' through obscurity(i.e., no automation or documentation) should be classified as criminally negligent.

My speciality is disaster planning and recovery. I consider myself being hit by a bus a potential disaster. That freak occurrence should not mean the end of a business.

And don't know those helpdesk types who have never touched a CLI. They allow me to bill a fortune when I step in to fix their botched deployments.

Haha, pretty much. He also referenced 'registry' tweaks. Windows admins...

No disrespect, but after a statement like this, "...deployment privilege on a few production machines for testing and experiment.", I wouldn't let you near my servers. That's not what a production server is for.

I chuckled at the obvious satire. However, I have heard of 'sysadmins' that are complaining with less humour in their voices. The 'pure sysadmin' role is alive and strong. Those being forced out by devops are either not very good or the organization's culture is at odds with what a true sysadmin is expected to do for them.

Also, in before, "Lol, Windows admin". I cringed when I saw a registry reference.

I have noticed the same thing.

I agree, but it might then be nice to offer several alternative TLDs perhaps? Just a thought!

This is pretty impressive. It will be nice to see a way of adding your own domains though.

The video was a little hard to see though, but the simplicity of the process probably negates that fact.

One application I spend a lot of time working on/modifying is my crawler. It uses Python's Beautiful Soup.

Other applications I use/work on are my master control application. It is written in C and handles configuration sharing between systems.

Interesting explanation.

Would you recommend Lisp to a C/Python developer who is focused on system applications?

Would you run away if I told you to? Probably not.

Would you run away if I told you there was an impending explosion? Probably.

Its one thing to tell people to do things. Its another to explain to them the benefits of doing so. Seemed like common sense...

I keep seeing all this talk of learning lisp but not a whole lot of rationale. Why should we learn lisp?

What will it replace? Why will it replace? etc...

Its called humour. Lolz were had. Enjoy.

I'm going for it if he accepts me. I have some basic training experience in the Canadian Army(bum ankle). The chance to fire an AK and make a little cash while sailing around that part of the world...hell ya.

Is it ok? Sure. Does it show a general lack of respect for your friend? Yes.

I wouldn't do it but that doesn't mean you shouldn't...I suppose.

I went out of my way to target YC and Github...those were some nasty fights!

Edit - avoid Google for awhile! Firm beating by them :S

Really enjoying this for some reason.

I'd love to be able to add my own icons to the database somehow.

Edit - what about allowing us to add our own icons but having them weighted by something like their Alexa site ranking? That should keep anyone from creating a super-icon.

An idea: add it to the Chrome app store? I'd love to see a quick-link when I open a new tab...who wants to be productive anyways?!

I plan on deploying this over the next few days to a fresh server for the 'lulz' factor.

As mentioned already, I really did expect something a little more simplified for an open-source application. That guide is most likely going to take a couple of hours to work through.

Sure, it'll be worth it, but should it be that complicated. Someone should try and script this using Fabric! :P

I see no kittens....

Using Chrome and thoroughly disappointed.

Agreed. He really crossed a line on that one. Standard operating procedure should be to NEVER reveal ANY information about a customer, even whether or not they are customers.

One more reason to shy away from Joyent.

Edit - Jed from Linode?! Hey! You sir are my favourite support person to reach, yet I rarely get you anymore.

Agreed. They're better.

+1 for Linode. I've literally never had a problem. I'm a huge fan and I'm picky as hell.

I've looked around and can't seem to find what he's been up to since then.

I know the guy is probably well off enough to just do nothing, but a smart kid like that? He must be working on something. I'd love to know.

Free snacks/drinks are always nice. Having lunch delivered also keeps people at their desk, working longer.

Edit - I used to work for a company that offered a daily lunch budget, on the condition that it be delivered. You were free to eat anywhere you wanted, but realistically, you stayed in/around the building.

In the event that you had to stay after-hours, you were alloted a dinner budget to order in with everyone that had to stay.

Also, we had fresh fruit delivered as needed and Monday/Wednesday/Friday, fresh bagels and pastries were delivered.

We worked our butts off, knowing we didn't have to go home and make dinner/do groceries.

This was over in Denmark...I've only worked for one company in North America with as awesome a setup.

Implementing any of the above would probably go a long way.

This is pretty impressive. Would you consider porting to other OS'? I.e., Linux.

I know I'd be happy to run this on my monitors!

Regardless, great job!

If this means what I think it means, I'll be more than happy to buy a new Blackberry!

So make one... this is HN after all.

EDIT - Make one and I'll signup. There is your first client.

I seriously doubt it will hurt universities. The fact is, to accomplish anything mainstream, you are still 'required' to have a degree. You can certainly accomplish a lot without it, but the barrier to entry is increased significantly without one.

There are of course exceptions, i.e, most technology jobs and on the opposite side; medicine.