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tgallant

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https://github.com/tgallant

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tgallant··on FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE images are available
rootbsd is the classic choice http://www.rootbsd.net/

there are also some freebsd images for AWS out there.

I also have freebsd vm's with crowncloud http://crowncloud.net/ and orangewebsite https://www.orangewebsite.com/vps.php

I've had a good experience with the last two. I chose them because they accept bitcoin (and orangewebsite is owned and operated in Iceland). If you go for some of the lesser known hosts, they will be flexible with what OS you want to use, especially if their platform is KVM based.

tgallant··on Zen Buddhism and Alan Watts
somewhat tangential to your point of implementing a so-called SOP, I think the discussion of state, as it relates to OOP or otherwise, can result in very philosophical conversations. see here: http://clojure.org/state

As an ex philosophy major, immutable state and its implications on identity interest me greatly. I feel like this, and other ideas from FP, could be considered a step toward a so-called Subject-Object Programming paradigm.

tgallant··on Gnod News: Search Hacker News and Reddit Comments
hey, i made something like that! http://stats.timgallant.us/
tgallant··on Show HN: Track social sharing and community sentiment on HN and reddit
Thanks! I'll look into setting up a URL route for easier sharing. Also, here is the code that handles the sentiment analysis https://github.com/tgallant/blog-checker/blob/master/src/blo...
tgallant··on Ask HN: How exactly does Hacker News 'points' work?
the only real answer. idk why people think the voting system is a magical black box. to add, the top comment in the following link is paul graham showing the code for the voting system https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417