genwin

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by genwin 14y ago
Both are forms of civil disobediance. Neither need cause significant damage other than to sensibilities. The number of those layers is irrelevant.
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by genwin 14y ago
The analogy compares actions, not things.
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by genwin 14y ago
Dudes. This is not at all helpful. Sitting at the front of the bus just creates more of an excuse for a crackdown.
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by genwin 14y ago
It's predictable that you'd be downvoted by the hivemind. Overpopulation is still taboo to discuss, even though it's obviously the world biggest problem, and the root cause of a multitude of other big problems.
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by genwin 14y ago
It reduces corporate profit so yes it's Aaron Swartz / terrorist illegal.
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by genwin 14y ago
Agreed with onemorepassword. The influence of the "persuasive centrists" the OP notes means that comments that aren't largely predictable will often be downvoted, discouraging different points of view and forming a boring hivemind. (Here co
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by genwin 14y ago
I say get the degree only if you want it mostly for reasons other than a career. The ceiling isn't low; there's plenty of jobs for developers without a degree, paying just as much. If you're making $35K now as others here say, you could soo
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by genwin 14y ago
Good advice. I'd lean toward no college for the OP since as you point out there are still tons of companies that care about results over pedigree, and that thinking probably makes them more enjoyable to work for too.
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by genwin 14y ago
Are you insulted by Google's funneling of revenue through Bermuda, so they pay only a tiny fraction of the taxes they otherwise would? I'm more insulted by that than what Dotcom does. Google is “flying a banner of doing no evil, and then t
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by genwin 14y ago
Dotcom is seen as criminal only because he isn't rich enough to make the rules, unlike the Fortune 100. Two wrongs don't make a right but neither should a double standard be applied to him.
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by genwin 14y ago
I wouldn't assume that Swartz killed himself because he was depressed per se. He was facing ruination, after all, the likes of which even a strong hardworking person might never recover from. Made worse by the fact that it was a victimless
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by genwin 14y ago
His niche isn't worse than business-as-usual here in the US.
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by genwin 14y ago
> I know a lot of people who like Windows 8... My experience is the opposite. The reaction I see to Win8 is a lot more negative than the reaction to Vista. They are all power users though, or former power users considering that none of
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by genwin 14y ago
Nice! I would actually use this to browse YouTube, whereas I don't browse YT directly now due to its bad interface.
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by genwin 14y ago
You don't want a leader who stands by obviously wrong principles. Unfortunately half the public doesn't care whether the principles are good.
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by genwin 14y ago
Half the public agrees with "might makes right" and Obama is a centrist. I think Ortiz's office will continue to have carte blanche to extort plea bargains using disproportionate threats.
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by genwin 14y ago
Thanks! And amazing it really is hidden like that.
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by genwin 14y ago
It's harder to kill yourself post-conviction. He wasn't a wealthy CEO or like that, so presumably he'd have been in handcuffs within minutes of a guilty verdict. Some of the perhaps-innocent people indefinitely detained in Gitmo are trying
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by genwin 14y ago
Trial wasn't a good choice. He could've ended up in prison for 10+ years that way, and probably didn't have the $1+ million for legal fees to have a decent chance of avoiding that outcome. A plea bargain or fleeing to one of the few corners
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by genwin 14y ago
My hands-on experience with Win8 confirmed what the videos showed: the OS is seriously flawed in the usability dept.
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by genwin 14y ago
Yet you are confident you can predict his future, it seems. I have an opinion about which of two options is better. Of course I could be wrong. Maybe Aaron would sell another piece of a company, enough to pay off the fine/penalties/interest
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by genwin 14y ago
Suicide is a viable option to what Aaron was facing, no depression needed. His life was all but ruined anyway. Plenty of people chose suicide on 9/11 rather than face something worse. Doubtful they were all irresponsible, depressed, or out
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by genwin 14y ago
> The new UI is horrible. Agreed. Maybe MS plans to sell training on how to do the things that were obvious before?
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by genwin 14y ago
Make sure it's the one pixel in the very bottom left corner, or it'll just make the desktop icon that displays go away. And once on the desktop you still can't do anything; there's no start button or menu or anything. I guess if I spend a w
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by genwin 14y ago
I've used Windows since version 3.0. After spending a few hours with Win8 I still can't figure out how to so much as display the calculator. I see plenty of others in the same boat. To get to the desktop you apparently have to click in the
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by genwin 14y ago
> There was something else going on in his life that we don't and most probably won't know or ever understand that lead him to take his own life. Facing prison for even 6 months is reason enough to kill yourself. Facing that plus rapes/
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by genwin 14y ago
> But it's still the law, and it's not unreasonable for a prosecutor to enforce it. Orders to do something obviously wrong should be followed, because the law is the law. Nice thinking there.
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by genwin 14y ago
If you could simply file bankruptcy then most everyone in that situation would do that. Presumably the lawyers are on to that strategy and mitigate around it. You could be right that $1.5 million in debt is not worth killing oneself, but no
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by genwin 14y ago
> It's entirely possible his (great) IP law firm could have gotten him off, or at least ended up with a brief or suspended sentence. That is possible. But what life would he have then, with $1.5 million of debt? If not for my kids I'd p
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by genwin 14y ago
Accused of a crime thought so horrific it warrants 30 years in prison, I doubt that. The US has grabbed people on the other side of the world for lesser charges.

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