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  1. KS_Phillip

    I can program, I can manage Linux & I can do whatever you need.

    I would, if it were something I didn't want released as OSS.
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    I can program, I can manage Linux & I can do whatever you need.

    Wouldn't it be the company electing to open-source things, and not you?
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    What skills do you look for in your employees?

    With the right personality and character traits, technical knowledge is largely irrelevant.  No matter how much someone knows about general networking, kvm, openvz, etc...they don't know anything about how *we* do it, so they need to be trained anyway.  So our hiring is based around basic...
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    Server Management vs In House?

    We do this for a few companies, feel free to pm me if you're interested.
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    Benefits and downfalls of running Nginx and Apache side-by-side?

    Pound, stunnel, etc all fill the bill here.
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    Benefits and downfalls of running Nginx and Apache side-by-side?

    Agreed.  If you want to improve static file serving, front apache with varnish.
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    A note about "Verified Providers"

    Seconded Also seconded ;)
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    Crowdfunding - Custom WHMCS Implementation

    As someone with extensive real-world WISP experience, I thought I might chime in here. First, you don't want to use NanoStations for your AP's, they just don't have the capacity.  You're far better served with the Rocket-M's, and multiple 120 degree sectors. Second, you want to do either a...
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    How do you usually sync files across servers?

    For things that don't need instantaneous sync, we use lsyncd, which fires off rsync.
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    Automated "am I blacklisted?" check?

    Nodeping can do RBL checks as well.
  11. KS_Phillip

    How do providers manage their hardware?

    We keep spares on-site in 4u locking drawers.  If anything more in-depth than a hdd or memory replacement is required, we fly someone in to do the swap along with either on-hand replacement or overnighted replacement.
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    Providers: Do You Send An RFO Email If Your Network Has 5 Minutes of Packet Loss?

    Anything that triggers a "down" or "unresponsive" notification from our monitoring results in an RFO email to our enterprise customers.  Gaming customers get an update on the gaming site.
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    The pets thread

    We have a dog (purebred Jamthund, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4mthund ), 3 cats, and an aquarium.  
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    Another phones thread

    Cheap(ish) is all relative.  I was a die-hard Samsung Galaxy (S3, S4) user until both died.  Replaced with a Sony Xperia Z1 and couldn't be happier.
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    Where do you buy your hardware from?

    For USA orders, mostly Newegg and Acmemicro.com For EU, mostly TWP.nl Have you tried mullet.se?  They're mainly for server components, but fairly quick turnaround.
  16. KS_Phillip

    Disgusting Warning: Starbucks VIA

    Starbucks is just not good anyway.  I've gotten spoiled by coffee here in Sweden.
  17. KS_Phillip

    Ideas and suggestions for vpsBoard

    You could always go with HostVirtual (vr.org).  They aren't here, to my knowledge.
  18. KS_Phillip

    Looking for an ad-designer for simple ads.

    All for you boss :D
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    Post your workspace/workarea/job sites :D

    Display only.  Firefly replica, see http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ec6f/
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