The word ‘diet’ comes from the Greek word ‘díaita’ meaning: way of living, not “7 Day Bacon Cleanse: Lose 20 lbs in 24 hours!”.
How to install and use Hombrew from your home directory
I just got a Macbook Pro at work. So far I like it a lot but I ran into the problem that I’m not an admin (and the permissions on /usr/local/ were completely locked down) on it and I wanted to be able to install Homebrew tools whenever I felt like it.
First, clone Homebrew into your home directory:
cd $HOME git clone https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git Next, add Homebrew to your path (your syntax might be different if you’re not using bash):
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Transactional Memory – OSCON 2007
Phonetic Alphabet Cheat Sheet
Below is a quick cheat sheet I made up to help out when I was on the phone with people. Inevitably you have to either read off an account number or spell out some weird URL and run into a conversation like this:
Tech Support: Please read off your account number
Me: k, 005V345
Tech: Thank you, I have that as 005B345
Me: No, that’s V as in Victor not B as in Bravo
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