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by infectoid 12y ago
About right. Myself and many others made it through the dotcom boom simply by working at companies that seemed to have rational business models and were diverse in their interests. They never pegged their entire existence on one product or
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by infectoid 12y ago
I know right. These are the kinds of sites I remember scouring the internet for before the boom. Note: Not suggesting we need to take things back to the 90's. It was a time, it passed.
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by infectoid 12y ago
What I found most interesting about the story was when a character was confronted by the factual truth of a past event that didn't agree with what she strongly believed to be true. There is no room for objection as you can view all pas
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by infectoid 12y ago
Yeah, I have to admit that they do a good job of screening you without making you feel like you've done something wrong. Still felt that I was targeted for some reason, but they helped me skip a few queues once they confirmed everythin
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by infectoid 12y ago
More over, I believe Kevin Kelly's 1000 true fans model is what most people should be aiming for in the future. http://kk.org/thetechnium/2008/03/1000-true-fans/
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by infectoid 12y ago
I know it's done the rounds but I want to make sure that everyone has seen it... John Oliver on Tony Abbott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IaKVmkXuk This guy man. I don't even know what to do about it.
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by infectoid 12y ago
In chrome, go to the console. > loadAllSounds(); But, consider contributing. Looks like the dude has put in a fair bit of effort.
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by infectoid 12y ago
Completely agree. There seems to be much more focus on punishing people than changing them into productive members of society. Sure, there are cases where people will never be able to integrate and that can be dealt with. But there is so mu
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by infectoid 12y ago
"Your results show you are a practical people person." Fairly correct. "This means you like hands-on work that is focused on dealing with other people and helping them out. On the job, you probably want to combine being socia
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by infectoid 12y ago
Very awesome. Thanks for that. I really want to get this running on my big tele and start exploring!
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by infectoid 13y ago
> Consider how we feel about our ancestors from as recently as 50,000 years ago. Or a few thousand years ago for that matter. I think the social landscape with look and feel a lot different in the next 100 years.
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by infectoid 13y ago
I'm a native. I like corrections. We learn best through failure. Something I would think the HN community would appreciate.
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by infectoid 13y ago
To further your point, most people have probably heard this one already regarding Hunter S. Thompson. > While working, he used a typewriter to copy F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arm
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by infectoid 13y ago
I can see where you're coming from and kind of agree, but I'm cool with all the new altcoins popping up. I think it helps to legitimise the whole concept and shift it from a fringe movement to a more mainstream idea. While I under
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by infectoid 13y ago
Great question. Excellent answer. The analogies you used made this all much easy to understand. Thanks.
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by infectoid 13y ago
Been thinking about this all day at work. I drive by but I never stop. I'll be heading to the folks place for Christmas next week. I think I'll drop off some flowers on the way.
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by infectoid 13y ago
Happened to me once early in my career. I was working as tech support at a manufacturing plant. As I'd be walking around a lot fixing things I got to know everyone fairly well. Manuel was the production manager. A nice guy, always seem
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by infectoid 13y ago
> Ultimately I think the largest problem is the militarization of the police force. An army is supposed to fight an enemy, the police are supposed to protect citizens and mixing up the two becomes very dangerous very quickly Completely a
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by infectoid 13y ago
Indeed. But also imagine that as an engineer on any secret NSA project, being shown real information regarding atrocities that have never been publicised and knowing that you can help to make the world a better place. You would have the pas
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by infectoid 13y ago
I kind of have to agree with you. But I also don't think this is a bad thing. I'm glad I was there to see it all happen and despite the groans I may receive I think reddit (as mentioned by other commenters) is a perfect evolution
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by infectoid 13y ago
Don't know if I'm being silly here, but is it worth just asking them for it? I'm sure there is some sentimental types in Google that would be cool with what you're doing.
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by infectoid 13y ago
Agreed, on both points. I suppose I was just looking for an excuse to post a David Mitchell video somewhere. The guy cracks me up.
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by infectoid 13y ago
While this is a well made video that really forces us to question what we are doing with our lives, I believe David Mitchell has better theories on living in the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTt6QJqzxk
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by infectoid 13y ago
This sounds like a scary story that nerds would tell by a fire while camping.
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by infectoid 13y ago
Interesting that you mention that, I was thinking along similar lines as both yours and the parent comment. A true knowledge economy is what I would expect as the result of a "nano-factory" revolution. How much you know and what y
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by infectoid 13y ago
I think further to your point of "They only take notice of people when they're connected to...", the real issue is you have no way of knowing when you are connected to something you shouldn't be. Moreover, a group that
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by infectoid 13y ago
Totally agree with you here. But my approach to this kind of tech in the next decade is to treat it like another i/o device for my computer. Like you, I'd never really consider wearing these things in public (or more specifically,
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by infectoid 13y ago
And I believe Musk was truly saddened by Armstrongs attitude. ... "I was very sad to see that," Musk tells "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley. "Those guys are heroes of mine, so it's really tough … I wish
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by infectoid 13y ago
Probably one of the more succinct and constructive comments here so far. Could not agree more. In short, follow your passion and the rest will fall into place. Here is a previous HN post that helps to illustrate the point... https:/&#
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by infectoid 13y ago
It sounds close to a Strawman argument but not quite... https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman

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