I often like to put something on tv while I am eating a meal, but I really don't care much for the types of things Netflix/Hulu/etc offers (i.e. popular tv shows and movies).I like the concept of MIT OpenCourseWare video lectures, but those are real college classes that take significant active learning outside watching some videos to get much out of them.I like to learn things, and my interests...
I have not worked for a company before to see how they do it, and I can't seem to find much info online regarding the topic.How (exactly) do you host sensitive/private data for your company like source code, financial docs, or even the private company intranet?I always assumed that these were just hosted on some non public facing box on the LAN or something, but then I realized that it is...
Most startup success stories I read about involve seemingly Hollywood scripted stories about how the founders ended up where they are today.I wonder though, do I only read stories like that because people only write about the interesting startup stories, or is there some merit to the fact that you really have to go against the grain and shake up the world to do something big?I am curious to...
I have heard that git on Windows has been shaky in the past, but I am wondering if things are better today?I will need to setup git on a Windows server, and then I am wondering what the best way for developers to use it on their Windows boxes would be?Note: while you may think command line is the best way to use git, the people around me would prefer a Visual Studio plugin or something along...
I am wondering, at what point does it make sense to own your own servers (and switches, routers, whatever) as opposed to rent them monthly through a VPS service?Also, which Windows VPS provider do you recommend?