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tolle

121 karma · joined March 11, 2013

tolle.at.hn

System Developer in Stockholm, Sweden

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tolle··on The Inevitable return of Cobol
I started a CS-degree some 10 years ago. Focused more on the partying then the studying. Got my shit together. Took a COBOL class and my entry salary is way higher then full fledged masters in CS is. And the job requires no overtime at all. None of the risks you sign up for with a startup. Great benefits in lower interests on mortgages, great pension plans, lower retirement age and job security. And things I learn today will be just as relevant years from now. So no need to keep up with stuff on my spare time.

Well I had some work experience as a developer from a startup doing web stuff.

tolle··on GitUp makes Git painless
Does anyone know if they are making any money?
tolle··on Securing Email Communications from Facebook
iPGmail works, but it's a somewhat cumbersome solution.

The lack of a decent iOS mail client with GPG support is somewhat of a show stopper for me.

tolle··on BitTorrent Sync vs. Dropbox
However. The privacy level is around the same as on Dropbox. Your hosting company can read your files. And the average Joe probably does a worse job securing his VPS then Dropbox does at securing theirs.
tolle··on Python second most paying job after C++
And COBOL?
tolle··on COBOL on Wheelchair
Most places that has kept its code "up to date" seems to run on the 85 standard with some newer stuff that was added in 89. End-ifs and such wasn't part of the language until then. The companies that hasn't put that much love into their COBOL code usually runs some home brewed version of a earlier standard.
tolle··on HBO’s New Streaming Service, HBO Now, Exclusive to Apple at Launch
Yeah, but you have to airplay it to the Apple TV. No app on the actual Apple TV Device. The iOS app could also use some love.
tolle··on Running OS X Mavericks under QEMU with KVM
The higher end 15.4" MacBook Pro Retinas feature both the Intel Iris and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M.
tolle··on AMD is working on K12, brand-new x86 and ARM cores
I wouldn't bet on anyone beating Intel. They are a freaking behemoth. They have pretty much all the best engineers, and if they don't, they have the funds to hire them. If anyone gets close to actually threatening them, they have the means to ramp up their game.
tolle··on Nvidia submits patches to open source driver
I run 3 monitors off a 5850 without issues. The power management situation is pretty much solved from kernel 3.11 or something like that. Enabled by default for 3.13+ I believe.
tolle··on The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android
K-9 is awesome, but I really do hate the icon.
tolle··on XMir postponed in Ubuntu
It isn't "excluded". Just not enabled by default. I run Xmir on my laptop without any issues. Multi monitor support isn't there yet so my workstation still runs regular Xorg. The difference in user experience between the two is none.
tolle··on Intel Core i “Haswell” CPUs May Require New Power Supply Units for PCs
Most AMD processors support it. At least the AM3/AM3+ ones. But only ASUS seems to have support for it enabled on the motherboards.
tolle··on I skateboarded 85km from Sydney to Wollongong. It took me 12 hours
That's why I never plan or prepare for anything!
tolle··on Facebook Announces “Home”, A Homescreen Replacement For Standard Android
You can use their messenger app for SMS as well. Might solve your issue, but I'd imagine that there is some drawbacks. I have not tested it myself.
tolle··on CentOS Linux 6.4 Released
I don't have access to a RHEL-based system at the moment, but doesn't system-config-network come with a ncurses interface?
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