Upon2020 (archive)
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Why Varoufakis’ “Democracy In Europe Movement” (Diem 25) Matters
Earlier today, former Greek finance minister, economics professor and self-described “erratic Marxist” Yanis Varoufakis launched his long-awaited new political movement in Berlin, Germany. It calls itself “Democracy in Europe Movement“, aka Diem 25. This is rather significant, and I get to why in a second. But first I want to talk about why it looks…
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Contributing to FLOSS projects: Jenkins vs. Arch/Pacman
The comparison is not entirely fair, because the pull request I submitted to Jenkins (a continuous integration server) affects about 400 lines of code, while the informal e-mail I sent to the Pacman (Arch Linux package manager) development list only affects 2 lines of code. But I submitted (and revised, several times, based on feedback),…
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Remodeling my home office — let’s get started
I started to remodel my home office today. Isn’t it nice and, well, not so clean? The old carpet is gone, and the walls look like they really want new paint. I have some plans that should make it worth documenting this project … :-) Stay tuned.
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We need system-wide travel route optimization
My family and I had a harrowing experience attempting to get from Silicon Valley to Puerto Rico with “only” one overnight flight just before Christmas. It involved a broken plane, a lost connection, attempts to split the party, put us up an additional night in NY or route us through Mexico. But in particular it…
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Travel notes British Virgin Islands (BVI)
In the hope that it saves others some learning experiences. Collected during a trip to Tortola in December 2015. There are no street addresses. To find your way, find the right “bay” (like Cane Garden Bay) and follow the road until you get there. How to find your way in Road Town, unless you know…