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compiling readline into an existing Ruby installation

Yesterday I ran into a problem on a existing Ruby installation on a Centos server. When I tried to access script/console, I got the following error: require’: no such file to load — readline (LoadError) Doh! Turns out, the solution is to simply compile readline again. So you need to download Ruby again: wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.gz [...]

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Cost of a startup in Portugal

A few months ago, me and some friends created our first startup so that we could porsue what we like to do best – create web products that drive social interaction that make you smile. In one of my previous posts – tips for saving money – I explained some of the the challenges and [...]

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tips for saving money

A few months before founding Think Orange, I had to make a balance and figure out if I was spending too much money or actually saving anything. The big question was “how many months can I go unemployed if I got fired right now?” and the answer wasn’t very good at the time so I changed [...]

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