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Stop it with the .. “Unlimited”
Start of a new mini series of harmless rants focused around words/phrases that have crept into our lives that have lost their original punch.
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Isolation – things I have discovered
Now on my 6th week of isolation (self after a trip to Scotland, then forced isolation), I have discovered a few things about myself.
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Uber Works – car no longer required
Sure there are services that offer this already, but if Uber can make this truly accessible, for people to earn an extra dollars in their free time, this could be a major game changer. Uber explained that it has partnered with local businesses in Chicago to offer would-be workers roles in six job categories: back-of-house, front-of-house, warehouse, cleaning, customer service and general labor. Jobs taken might include bartending, assembly-line work, or prep cooking Source: Uber Is Launching a New App That Matches Freelance Workers With Businesses | Inc.com
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Tumblr Engineering: Open Source – Memcache Top
mobocracy: We rely on memcache pretty heavily at Tumblr, with over 10TB of cache memory available across the stack. One of the things we’ve historically had a challenging time with at Tumblr is finding hot keys. A hot key is a memcache key getting dramatically more activity than other keys…. I do love a good scaling story. Hardware these days is so cheap that solutions such as a 10TB memory…
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
For over 24 years, I’ve shared my thoughts here on this blog whenever the muse strikes.
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