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Never had an issue with this. Change your shell prompt to include the history line number. Remember, it's session dependent - if you have two simultaneous shells, the command number can be the same across both of them (so don't expect it to always work across different terminal sessions).
Re:Ask HN: Someone working on a Inbox (by Gmail) alternative? on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:26PM (#18026992)
I'm very tempted to create this...
When reviewing a candidate, I don't think I've ever focused on the work timeline and making it complete. What matters to me is that you have experience in the thing I need help in. Everything else is a bonus. I would be asking about the things on the resume and trying to get more detail which would help me understand how much actual experience you have.

A recruiter's prime objective is to spend the least amount of time to get the person the highest paid job. That's how they get paid. I'm actually very annoyed that companies use recruiting firms so much, they are terrible and don't actually get you good candidates, just qualified candidates.

Re:Google hacked account on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:38AM (#9804444)
It's not a free service, and it never has been. I pay them with my personal information and not with national currencies.
Buy the Macbook. I have working on getting a Dell developer edition. I picked up a release older than current of a 15" Macbook Pro from Best Buy for ~$500 off MSRP. 512GB pcie SSD, Core i7, 16gb of ram, retina screen, etc. Cost be about 2.2k. I haven't regretted it. I price this machine against current non-apple w/ linux support and I am still looking at ~3k for them. In addition, their batteries aren't as long as this Macbook. Do yourself a favor, the Mac is the cheapest price for the hardware and it's faster because the SSD is PCI not SATA. (That said, expect that WWDC will include new Macbook Pros and whatnot). BTW, my coworker uses a 13" Air. He uses it for VMs and development. I only got this Mac because I had a requirement for discrete graphics and video editing.
Re:Simple Revision Control on Thursday November 13, 2014 @01:21PM (#8603063)
Sounds like someone misses DEC VMS's method of revision
Re:Introducing the Photon on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @01:45PM (#8597342)
My apologies. Reading the documentation page confused me, figured the Photon was the only device by the group.
Re:Introducing the Photon on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @01:37PM (#8597293)
If you're curious how the SmartConfig protocol works, see: http://depletionregion.blogspot.com/2013/10/cc3000-smart-con...
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2014) on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @10:28AM (#6995194)
SEEKING WORK - Remote

Position: Computer Security Assurance / Vulnerability Research

Details: I have a background working for a large financial firm identifying security weaknesses in web and native applications. Worked with developers and pd to ensure that designs were secure before moving to production.

I have experience working with remote engineers. I can build up a security department for you as well.

I have a Bachelors in CS and a lot of development and security experience with C/C++ (except C++11, haven't started here yet), python, php, etc. Also have experience with embedded development and memory management.

Additional Requirements: travel to security conferences to present new research

Contact: [email protected]

He said that because he wanted them to do that
Re:Just type `whois Microsoft.com` in your shell on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:04AM (#6205024)
If you just want microsoft's whois, do this

whois microsoft.com.

The . at the end tells the whois server, relative to root, no wildcard matching.

Re:Best Ultrabook for Linux? on Sunday March 18, 2012 @01:00PM (#3720121)
I picked up a Acer Ultra-book. Fedora supports the entire thing short of the multitouch on the touchpad...