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Re:The NASA Rocket Countdown Came from a 1929 Fritz Lang Film on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:29PM (#11021325)
Fritz Lang, in turn, may have been inspired from the old portrait photography days whereby the subject is counted down to -- to indicate that the long process is almost over after many many minutes.
Re:Using Xmonad on OS X on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @01:29PM (#10889286)
There are things I miss about Xmonad on OS X, but for the most part, this setup is not for the faint of heart. Largely, relying on [u]xterm (which I thought would be a snap) has pitfalls. Overall, the small annoyances simply sum up to be quite the downer & time-suck. In action, Xmonad is quite the zippy experience; certainly Xmonad on Linux must be a joy. I use tmux now, which I guess is OK.
Re:Running costs for running a web app on Sunday January 10, 2016 @12:41PM (#10876179)
May I humbly suggest ikura.co for your web-workers? Less $516.75.
Re:Can we use Jenkins for that? on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @12:49PM (#10739170)
Does anyone consider Jenkins as a replacement to CRON?