Installing and running Redis (or any halfway popular database or other program) on Arch:

pacman -S redis
systemctl start redis.service

LOL for devs using an OS, where they need a program-specific GUI to start and stop services. E.g. https://github.com/jpadilla/redisapp

It's not just whatever Foursquare uses, of course. Google Maps miss lots of streets and Apple maps even miss some inter-regional roads.

I still don't understand why a company (that is not a map provider itself) would use anything other than OSM within their apps.

Hey @Foursquare, this is basically the default situation for your mobile maps in Ecuadorian towns: https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/160215-2144-osm-vs-foursquare.png

Glad to report that `letsencrypt renew` works just as advertised: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/help-us-test-renewal-with-letsencrypt-renew/10562

Staying next to an active volcano, which is due for its next eruption. The hostel's name is Erupción. What could possibly go wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungurahua

Driving a dune buggy through Baños streets during carnival is not exactly the best idea: https://vimeo.com/154764562

Did a little Sunday walk to 5100m on Mars yesterday: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastiankippe/24870754546/

It's not easy to leave a place, when this has been your office for 6 weeks: https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/160205-2034-baloo-terrasse.jpg #hackerbeach

"50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people." https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income

Y Combinator is looking to fund a basic income research project (for 5 years): https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income

That point in life, when your daily schedule is influenced by the surf report. #hackerbeach

Here's an update on the state of gene editing by a friend of mine: http://bharill.com/post/137635803516/crisprcas9-a-new-age-begins -- TL;DR: we're living in a sci-fi novel now.

Folks at #hackerbeach learned some surf lingo last night, so this is our IRC chan now: https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/160110-1915-Screenshot%20from%202016-01-10%2014-07-03....

#hackerbeach is in full swing, with 8 hackers in Canoa already and many more arriving soon. Book a flight and join us for some hack&surf! :)

Thank you, Netherlands! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/04/dutch_government_says_no_to_backdoors/

.@SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth tonight! Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4

Let's help the strongest privacy tool in the world become more sustainable: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/our-first-real-donations-campaign

I hacked up a quick backup/restore tool for @remoteStorage_ during the weekend. Let me know if it works for you: https://community.remotestorage.io/t/rs-backup-a-bare-bones-backup-restore-program-i-just-made/322