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Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|

  config.vm.box = "dummy"
  
  config.vm.provider :aws do |aws, override|
    aws.access_key_id = "..."
    aws.secret_access_key = "..."
    # you'll need to create the EC2 keypair used here -- I called it vagrant for easy tracking
    aws.keypair_name = "vagrant"
    # you'll want to use a group that has at least SSH open

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public class Foo {

	static final String aConstant = "a constant";

	public void concatSimpleString() {
		String aString = "one" + aConstant + "two";
	}

	public void concatWithStringBuilder() {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

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# set the command prefix to `
set -g prefix "`"
unbind C-b
bind "`" send-prefix

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lazy val port = new ServerSocket(0).getLocalPort()

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What questions would you put on a phone screen for a distributed systems position?

These come from @tsantero with the last two additions being curteousy of @ifesdjeen in reply to this question from @SeanTAllen.

1. explain the life of an http request.
2. what does the FLP result teach us?
3. what is a byzantine failure?
4. explain CRDTs
5. explain linearizability.
6. how does DNS work?

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function ct
  # infer a session name from the current dir and normalize it for a valid tmux session name
  set -g session (basename (pwd) | sed 's/[\.\-]/_/g')
  tmux attach -t $session; or tmux new-session -s $session	  
end

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# set the command prefix to `
set -g prefix "`"
unbind C-b
bind "`" send-prefix

# listen to alerts from all windows
set -g bell-action any
set -g default-shell /usr/local/bin/fish
set -g default-command fish

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[info] Loading global plugins from /Users/tlockn/.sbt/0.13/plugins
[info] Set current project to eitherdemo (in build file:/Users/tlockn/tmp/eitherDemo/)
 SBT  eitherdemo  set scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
[info] Defining *:scalaVersion
[info] The new value will be used by *:allDependencies, *:crossScalaVersions and 12 others.
[info] 	Run `last` for details.
[info] Reapplying settings...
[info] Set current project to eitherdemo (in build file:/Users/tlockn/tmp/eitherDemo/)
 SBT  eitherdemo  console
[info] Updating {file:/Users/tlockn/tmp/eitherDemo/}eitherdemo...

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I've been asked by a few colleagues how I manage to read so much, so I thought I'd just write this up once so I can link to it later. :~)

First, here are a few articles that touch on some of the keys to how I read so much and how I make sure I remember the important bits:

• Farnam Street: Finding Time to Read
• Farnam Street: How to Read a Book
• Fogus: Extreme Reading
• Fogus: Reading for the Rushed

I can’t say I follow these exact principles – among other things, I’m definitely less diligent about some of my reading than what they outline. But that’s a conscious choice in many (but not all) cases.

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# Description: Boxstarter Script
# Author: Jess Frazelle <[email protected]>
# Last Updated: 2017-09-11
#
# Install boxstarter:
# 	. { iwr -useb http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1 } | iex; get-boxstarter -Force
#
# You might need to set: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
#
# Run this boxstarter by calling the following from an **elevated** command-prompt: