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rey12rey

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Forever a Student

More about me @ https://jeffgodwyll.com/about

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rey12rey··on Google Cloud Platform is the first cloud provider to offer Intel Skylake
Interesting to know about the 'N'. How about g1 & f1? Any history behind those?
rey12rey··on Lessons from a Google App Engine SRE on how to serve over 100B requests per day
It is -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11440179
rey12rey··on Walmart’s $10 Smartphone Has Better Specs Than the Original iPhone
Out of stock unfortunately.
rey12rey··on Ask HN: Share your favourite bash/zsh aliases
I use a lot of oh-my-zsh's git aliases and a couple others but here are the ones I've used the most over time and some

alias _=sudo

alias aria='aria2c --file-allocation=none -c -x 10'

alias aria_list='aria2c --file-allocation=none --force-sequential=true -c -x 10 -i'

alias d='dirs -v | head -10'

alias hdmi='xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --right-of LVDS1'

alias history='fc -l 1'

alias la='ls -lAh'

alias lock='i3lock -c #1E90FF'

alias ls='ls --color=tty'

alias md='mkdir -p'

alias pyfind='find . -name ".py"'

alias pygrep='grep --include=".py"'

alias rd=rmdir

alias reload_sound='pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload' # when sound messes up

alias settings=gnome-control-center

alias sl=ls

alias utorrent='utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/ &'

alias vga='xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1'

alias vga_same='xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --same-as LVDS1'

rey12rey··on Ask HN: How to integrate coding into primary school?
Google's CS-First program, http://www.cs-first.com/overview , is great for this.

CS First is a free program that increases student access and exposure to computer science (CS) education through after-school, in-school, and summer programs. All clubs are run by teachers and/or community volunteers.

I'm a volunteer and I've been quite successful starting them in various schools thus far.

rey12rey··on Google Ends Page Speed Service
I didn't have to worry at all about trying to use webassets in realtime. That's just one of the numerous optimisations I'll sorely miss
rey12rey··on If you use 'haha', you're probably old
It feels weird using "hehe". I type it exactly how I laugh, "haha hahahahahahaha". Although if I feel I might look stupid I try to tone it down with a simple ":D" or the emoji with the laughter to tears.

Oh and I'm 22 ;)

rey12rey··on Has the First Person to Achieve Immortality Already Been Born?
In time.
rey12rey··on Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days
This has been around for quite sometime[1].

It's also cool to note that there are usually free credits involved in most Google Cloud competitions and some Google Udacity courses. Off the top of my head, I think I might have enjoyed a total of about $3000 since 2013.

Oh and there's the $100000 for Startups[2] that'd be cool to get at some point in time.

1: [http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2014/11/google-cloud...]

2: [https://cloud.google.com/developers/startups/]

rey12rey··on Ask HN: Switching from OS X to Linux
For compatibility, I use Ubuntu but without Unity. I've switched Unity out for i3wm[0]. I've set up Terminator[1] to handle multiple profiles and to handle Copy and Paste better.

[0]: https://i3wm.org/ [1]: https://launchpad.net/terminator

rey12rey··on Google Compute Engine Is Down
I believe it's a typo as all other references seem to point to 22:59 Feb 18 2015.

It's 22:59 Feb 18 2015 also for Google Cloud SQL https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/cloud-sql/17006

Edit: It turns out this was the case. Updated now.

rey12rey··on “Equation Group” ran the most advanced hacking operation ever uncovered
Equation Group: Questions and Answers by Kaspersky [pdf] --> https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3415904/E...
rey12rey··on House of Cards season three is on Netflix right now
"Update: And it's gone. If you've opened the page, don't hit refresh — trust us. According to a statement from Netflix (via CNBC), this early tease was caused by a 'bug in the system.'"
rey12rey··on This Battery-Laden AMPL SmartBackpack Charges Your Gadgets as You Carry Them
This will be the perfect tool for every Ghanaian student, developer...etc. The current energy crisis is just unbearable.
rey12rey··on Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2
It's been there since 2011
rey12rey··on You’ll Always Miss Being in the Basement
Maybe I'm missing the point but it'll be great to read a GitHub "origin" story.
rey12rey··on The Fine Art of Bullshit, Killed by Google
This art is well and truly alive in football(soccer) pubs today, at least in the 10+ ones I frequent on occasion. No one there respects stats or facts or whatever. Everyone is always right.
rey12rey··on Making open source #1 through Kubernetes and Google Container Engine
This is gold -> "Seeing an Apple job posting with Kubernetes listed as a desired skill!"
rey12rey··on Poll: What is your primary editor?
I used to hop from editor to another but decided to force myself to get used to vim and it's just refreshing how awesome it is.

Even with my minimal Vim setup, it rocks https://github.com/jeffgodwyll/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

Any tips to improve?

rey12rey··on Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana – The Great Knowledge Box Showdown
Cortana?
rey12rey··on GitHub Student Developer Pack
I've namecheap from Ghana for quite some time as well.
rey12rey··on Fantasy Premier League Algorithm Output – Week 7
I'll hold on for now and monitor how this suggested team performs over the course of the month and then make a decision. I've already thrown away my wildcard so...
rey12rey··on Have I been pwned? Check if you have an account that has been compromised
Good news — no pwnage found! :)