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http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/10/31/why-dont-more-people-work-as-programmers/ – this appeared in Forbes a few days ago

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Last week I visited the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory where I had the chance to visit the Titan Supercomputer. ORNL’s computational expertise is built on a foundation of computer science, mathematics, and “big data”—or data science. The projects we undertake run the gamut from basic to applied research, and our ability to […]

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I’m getting ready to start installing RHEL7 at home. One of the biggest changes is the infrastructure that used to maintain the services (daemon processes) is not rolled into an architecture called “systemD”. Here is a cheat sheet to help deal with the change over SystemD Cheat Sheet systemctl Cheat Sheet I thought I’d add […]

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Back on July 27th I blogged about beginning to learn the Python language for software development. Here is an update. I’m nearly complete with my Python course on Udemy.com and I’ve started actual work with Python. So, here’s where I’m at. I got close to completing the on-line course, but decided to really dive in […]

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Counting down to [SysAdmin Day](http://sysadminday.com/about-sysadmin-day/when-is-sysadmin-day/)

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I know that in the past I have flirted with learning Python development, but I really couldn’t think of a reason why I should put the time in to learn it. I have been using Perl since the 1990’s and Perl and Python appear to do the same things. I couldn’t see what I could […]

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Why I use NetBSD The NetBSD Project

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How Code Has Changed Since The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: http://readwrite.com/2014/07/21/how-computer-code-has-changed-since-apollo-11-landed-on-the-moon IBM System 360: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/50-years-ago-ibm-created-mainframe-that-helped-bring-men-to-the-moon/

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Oculus Rift is a new virtual reality headset; by all accounts it’s amazing. I can’t wait to try it out myself here are some other reactions to this tech:

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Sysadmins everywhere: