digitalWestie

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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   what do you mean by there being no social contract? When you break the law the state punishes you because you have broken 'social contract'.
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   Agreed about riding on the back of other articles. Care to explain further? Why is it a poor attempt at philosophy?
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   Absolutely right - there is no formal contract. What is being reflected on here is really a 'social contract' - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   Absolutely I've ran into this. Here's one of my ideas on why that is and maybe what we can do about it - I think everyone has made it pretty clear that it's all about finding a pain point / frustration. Most of us have our day to day routin
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   came here to say the exact same thing
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   Also, what about a normal news app? They report unpleasant goings on in the world like drone killings.
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   I believe there's a right to know about these goings on. Those drones are being used as part of operations funded by taxpayers.
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   As shocked as I am at this, I'm shocked at the response to the poll!
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   by digitalWestie 14y ago

   Exactly. Does anybody really sit and write a libraries solo these days? There's an omission of combined experience here. 2 others like yourself would be 18 years of experience. (I understand the combined experience thing isn't perfect logi
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    by digitalWestie 14y ago

    Cool, are those related in some way?
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    by digitalWestie 14y ago

    Not naive or stupid at all. You're doing the right thing by asking people their opinions. I've got a task for you, instead of asking what "would make me happy?" ask, "What excites me?". Think about the last few times you were really excited
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    Ask HN: Visiting SF- Any hacker friendly (but not exclusive) hostels?

    1 points by digitalWestie 14y ago|3 comments
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    by digitalWestie 14y ago

    I'm pretty sure there's one in French. Can't remember what it is off the top of my head. On a sort of related note, anybody know what software was used for the early Minitels? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
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    Do you know of any companies with foreign workers on H-3 visas?

    1 points by digitalWestie 14y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: How do employers view the prospect of employing ex-freelancers?

    1 points by digitalWestie 14y ago|1 comments
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    by digitalWestie 15y ago

    I think you should look for instance where people use tools in a way that their creator did not intend. I wrote a blog post about this actually: http://makingideasreal.eu/post/3701390062/how-to-discover-or...
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    by digitalWestie 15y ago

    I really like Nookniche! Never approached it from that angle. Actually, I should really look mashing in latin/foreign words more. Lego being the ultimate example of that. Appreciated!
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    Help us crowd-name our start-up(makingideasreal.eu)

    1 points by digitalWestie 15y ago|2 comments