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						AboutI work at Bitovi on the open source team, where I conjure up black magic to solve problems.
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						SkillsNodeJS, MongoDB, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bash, Linux, Mac OS, cloud, AWS, Lib Architect, API guru...
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						LocationWenatchee, WA, 98801
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				    Another benefit of working from home: PRIVATE TOILET.
 
 One fucking toilet for 15 people is not enough.12
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				    So, someone submitted a 'bug' to Mozilla.
 
 As some of you may know, in the next year, the new mass surveillance law in the Netherlands is going into effect.
 
 Another fun fact is that the dutch security agencies/government have their own CA (Certificate Authority) for SSL/TLS certificates.
 
 The new law says that the AIVD (dutch NSA/GCHQ equivilant) is allowed to hack into systems through obtained certificates and also that they're allowed to INTERCEPT TRAFFIC THROUGH OBTAINED PRIVATE SSL/TLS KEYS.
 
 So someone actually had the fucking balls to submit a fucking issue to Mozilla saying that the Dutch State certs shouldn't be accepted anymore when the new mass surveillance law gets into place.
 
 This person deservers a fucking medal if you ask me.68
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				    Ever wanted cheat codes to devRant? Well, that's weird. But here you go, I guess.
 
 Since the avatars do not use any external assets (Such as images), all avatars are generated. To be friendly to people who want to make third-party devRant clients (such as devRantron), avatars are generated server-side, so that the assets don't need to be distributed, and third-party programmers don't need to work out rendering avatars.
 
 But this allows you to cheat a little.
 
 The devRant avatars API works like this: you request a really long URL from the API, specifying the IDs of each cosmetic item the user has active, and it returns a PNG file. But you don't need an auth token to generate an avatar (which makes sense), so the avatar API is essentially a sandbox you can play around with if you have the time and patience.
 
 You can write a really good avatar previewer with this knowledge, and see your avatar with a white tiger, even if you don't have the ++s 13 13
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				    My brother and I were checking out this new restaurant that had opened up recently. As we enter,
 
 I inadvertently blurt out, "Hey! This place has a nice UI!"
 
 Brother - "Wut?"
 
 Me - "Ambience, I meant ambience."16
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				    !rant
 
 Moments when you realize how simply you can solve a problem that previously seemed dauntingly complex.
 
 These are the moments I live for1
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				    What it's like to be a network engineer...translated into normal people speak
 
 User: I think we are having a major road issue.
 
 Me: What? No, I just checked, the roads are fine. I was actually just on the roads.
 
 User: No, I’m pretty sure the roads are down because I’m not getting pizzas.
 
 Me: Everything else on the roads is fine. What do you mean you aren’t getting pizzas?
 
 User: I used to get pizzas when I ordered them, now I’m not getting them. It has to be a road issue.
 
 Me: As I said, the roads are fine. Where are you getting pizzas from?
 
 User: I’m not really sure. Can you check all places that deliver pizzas?
 
 Me: No I don’t even know all the places that deliver pizza. You need to narrow it down.
 
 User: I think it is Subway.
 
 Me: Okay, I’ll check…No, I just looked and Subway doesn't deliver pizzas.
 
 User: I’m pretty sure it is Subway. Can you just allow all food from Subway and we can see if pizza shows up?
 
 Me: Sigh, fine I’ve allowed all food from Subway, but I don’t think that is the issue.
 
 User: Yeah I’m still not getting pizza. Can you check the roads?
 
 Me: It’s not the roads, the roads are fine. I’m pretty sure Subway isn’t the place.
 
 User: Okay, I found it. It’s Papa Johns.
 
 Me: Okay, I looked and Papa Johns does deliver pizza. Is it the local Papa Johns or one in a different town?
 
 User: I don’t know. Can you allow pizza from all Papa Johns to me?
 
 Me: No I can’t do that. Can you get me an address for Papa Johns?
 
 User: No, I only know it as Papa Johns. Can you get me all the addresses of all Papa Johns and I’ll tell you if one of them is correct?
 
 Me: No, I don’t have time for that. Okay, I looked at the local one and it looks like they have sent you pizza in the past and they are currently allowed to send you pizzas. Try ordering a pizza while I watch.
 
 User: Yeah still no pizza. I’m guessing they are getting blocked at the freeway. Can you check the freeway to make sure they can get through?
 
 Me: No, this is a local delivery. They aren't even using the freeway.
 
 User: Okay, well then it has to be a road issue.
 
 Me: No, the roads are fine. Okay, I just drove from the Papa Johns to the address they have on file for you and there is nothing there.
 
 User: Hmm, wait we did move recently.
 
 Me: Did you give your new address to Papa Johns?
 
 User: No, I just thought they would be able to look me up by name.
 
 Me: No they need your new address. What’s your new address?
 
 User: I’m not really sure. Can you look it up?
 
 Me: Sigh, give me a second…Okay, I found your address and gave it to Papa Johns. Try ordering a pizza now.
 
 User: HEY! PIZZA JUST SHOWED UP!
 
 Me: Okay, good.
 
 User: (To everyone else they know) I apologize for the delay in the pizza but there was a major road issue that was preventing the pizza from getting to me. The network engineer has fixed the roads and we are able to get pizza again.
 
 Me: But it wasn’t the roads…whatever.
 
 User: Oh, can you also check on an issue where Chinese food isn’t getting to me? I think it may be a road issue53
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				    Stranger: "what are you doing?"
 Me:"I'm developing a WPF app for a personal project"
 Stranger:"So it's for Windows...I prefer Linux because...blah blah"
 Me: -.-
 
 Sometimes I feel like Linux users are the Vegans of the tech world...35
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				    Client asked to change the shade of blue to a little lighter shade. Deleted the hex code and typed the same hex code again and showed it to him. Instantly approved.8

 
		
		
	








