thingur




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  1. 1. lose 80 pounds
    425 people
  2. 2. learn OCaml
    26 people
  3. 3. be a better friend
    5,993 people
  4. 4. spend less time on the Web
    5 people
  5. 5. learn to draw
    1,988 people
  6. 6. fix up an old car
    6 people
  7. 7. go backpacking
    513 people
  8. 8. build a log cabin
    118 people
  9. 9. learn to sail
    1,973 people
  10. 10. learn Judo
    115 people
  11. 11. learn iaido
    27 people
  12. 12. read more books
    11,018 people
  13. 13. exercise 3 times per week
    43 people
  14. 14. fix my laptop
    42 people
  15. 15. learn classical guitar
    30 people
  16. 16. finish SICP
    24 people
  17. 17. learn Java
    682 people
  18. 18. learn PHP
    1,487 people
  19. 19. meditate daily
    3,979 people
  20. 20. be more compassionate
    210 people
  21. 21. learn German
    4,533 people
  22. 22. read Ulysses
    299 people
  23. 23. read Gravity's Rainbow
    60 people
  24. 24. read Infinite Jest
    37 people
  25. 25. sell stuff I don't need on eBay
    2 people
  26. 26. shop at thrift stores
    4 people
  27. 27. memorize the Diamond Sutra
    1 person
  28. 28. visit Iceland
    785 people
  29. 29. have more sex
    998 people
  30. 30. learn Perl better
    1 person
  31. 31. learn Ruby
    1,841 people
  32. 32. make an ocarina
    1 person
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Install OpenBSD
Been there, done that 16 months ago

I installed OpenBSD on an old computer I wanted to use as a home server. The installation itself was dead simple: I just followed the install docs and chose all of the default options, except for the hard drive partitioning. It was a pain to get set up as an OAMP server, but it’s been an educational experience. I’d been considering using OpenBSD as a desktop system on an old laptop, but I’ve decided to stick with Linux for the desktop. As a server OpenBSD is good, in spite of its idiosyncrasies.




 

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