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by datalus 13y ago
Still lower than suicide, sadly. Not many articles about that except the ones about statistics. No real op-ed pieces? Not as newsworthy or good for business?
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by datalus 13y ago
Austin used to be such a chill place, now we've got these bros... Comparing coal mining to working in your pajamas for $125/hr. Jesus.
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by datalus 13y ago
Good advice, I'm in my latter 20s and I'm already there.
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by datalus 13y ago
Pretty much this. I love driving, but its my largest hassle and expense I'd like to replace with a good commuter bike.
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by datalus 13y ago
You could start with his speech writers... I think it'd be healthy if we realize and stop fetishizing the myth that the man makes the times not the other way round.
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by datalus 13y ago
It helps to provide cover. He's just another 20-something in the bay area. One of the smarter moves he made, some of the others not so much.
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by datalus 13y ago
Ruined is a subjective matter. It ruined his life for a time but it sounds like he'll be remembered more so than the majority of us here.
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by datalus 13y ago
You could also be in the military and college via an officer training program like ROTC or the Navy variant.
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by datalus 13y ago
Don't try to be someone you're not. I spent a lot of time in my mid to late teens trying to be what I thought others wanted me to be.
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by datalus 13y ago
Pushing utility code and nice succinct tools would be a good use of GitHub if you're afraid of people stealing your precious million dollar ideas.
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by datalus 13y ago
True, I've always been curious about Flippa but leery of jumping on what seems like good deals, because I feel like a lot of the postings are pretty sketch.
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by datalus 13y ago
I left Ubuntu/Debian/Mint for Arch and haven't looked back. True it's a ton of config more to deal with than Mint, but the documentation via the wiki and the community are solid. I've learned a lot thanks to diving
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by datalus 13y ago
What concerns me the most about all of this is that it puts us on a slippery slope. If always on surveillance becomes the norm for people to just take as a fact of life, then it just gets worse from there. I have a couple friends who run a
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by datalus 13y ago
The documentary on youtube, narrated by none other than Orson Welles, is awesome too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ghzomm15yE
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by datalus 13y ago
I always get big and little oh mixed up.
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by datalus 13y ago
I look forward to our Middle Earth future. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silmarils
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by datalus 13y ago
Also check out http://polycode.org for a similar open source project.
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by datalus 13y ago
And being paid significantly less for it.
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by datalus 13y ago
Snipers aimed at engineers? Really?
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by datalus 13y ago
The story has internet fiction written all over it. Definitely one of the better examples of it, still a good read 11 years on :)
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by datalus 13y ago
Its at least a model for humanity. It proves it is possible to help your fellow out in times of need. Good on you HN, you are a WinRAR.
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by datalus 13y ago
Maybe I should be a cyberathelete.... How crazy is this. Recently parents everywhere discouraged the amount of time spent playing games. Now it could be argued by the kid they're working on their professional skills.
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by datalus 13y ago
Or just negate two words ;)
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by datalus 13y ago
I would think the majority of IPs would be dynamic... If you're really worried about it, clone or spoof a new MAC address after powering off your modem. Then just power it on :p
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by datalus 13y ago
"To all intents, cosmic rays arrive evenly from all directions in the sky, but this does not necessarily mean their sources are evenly spread around us. More likely, they are constantly deflected and scattered by magnetic fields in the
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by datalus 13y ago
The Associated Press's Elizabeth White reports on a speech by Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, then a junior Illinois Senator, to a crowd in Texas. "We're going to close Guantanamo. And we're going to restore habeas co
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by datalus 13y ago
Environment plays a huge role in everything, constructing superior concrete is no exception. That doesn't preclude it from being useful at the end of the day...
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by datalus 13y ago
Obligatory why should I work for the NSA video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOZllbNarw
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by datalus 13y ago
And he was politically assassinated... All my friends' parents and my own often talk about Jimmy Carter as a man who just didn't have what it takes to be a President. Bang up job they did on him.
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by datalus 13y ago
The Chinese Government's human rights record ain't exactly spotless either... I think that was the point he was making.

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