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Great addition to pile of scripts to take with you on problem solving missions. I have something similar, but written in terraform. WRT AWS cost visibility, I find it is usually faster to spin up and grab most of the relevant information using mlabouardy's [komiser](https://github.com/mlabouardy/komiser) than to try and standardize yourself. Not shilling, just a tool I like.
The TeX Yoda has a terrible built in mouse. Highly recommend steering clear. I've been a thinkpad guy for the past 15 years or so, and I jumped on the opportunity to buy one when it came out. The sensitivity on the trackpoint has a really weird velocity curve and I never managed to get it to feel even close to right on any platform.

Building keyboards has been a hobby for a minute, I've settled on an HHKB that I've gutted and replaced the controller with a Teensy 2 so I can program all my mouse keys and shortcuts in hardware, therefore avoiding the inevitable discussion on who's mappings to use when pairing. You can often find good offerings for sale/trade on reddit/r/mechmarket.

Re:Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @09:21PM (#13547534)
There is an excellent video from 33c3 about Gameboy internals and all the wonderful tricks that can be utilized when writing software for it. https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8029-the_ultimate_game_boy_talk
Re:A Short Introduction to the Lambda Calculus (2004) [pdf] on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @04:51PM (#13126585)
I have fond memories of playing Alligator Eggs

http://worrydream.com/AlligatorEggs/

With some of my older family members and a couple of mildly intoxicated friends who vaguely understood the theory. It's well worth playing with to learn the lambda calculus.

I have been trying to break a FAR manager addiction for many many years, despite being a linux user exclusively for the last 10, FAR is the most useful shell I have ever used. mc doesn't cut it.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2015) on Thursday June 11, 2015 @09:46AM (#9699647)
SEEKING WORK - based in London, Relocation to Europe or South America considered, always interested in remote.

An automation-obsessed senior engineer with lots of experience in devops roles looking for interesting gigs!

Technologies: Puppet, Chef, SmartOS, ansible, docker, consul.io, networking (HFT background), openstack, most FOSS server applications.

I have spent the better part of the last few years doing continuous delivery related consulting, from check-in to prod, and that is my passion.

Contact: [email protected]

Resume: http://iflowfor8hours.info/MattUrbanski.pdf

More information available on request. I have been consulting in various industries for the past 3 years and have 9 years of ops experience, about 5 of those since we started saying devops.

Open to different opportunities whether in development or consulting.

Thanks, and look forward to hearing from you

Re:Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @06:13PM (#4578308)
I've been running mint on my x220 for about a year with absolutely no issues. Prior to that I was running ubuntu on an x61 for 3 years, also with no issues. I use an external monitor every day and unplug it every night and don't have to change a thing. It 'just works'.