jmatt

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   by jmatt 18y ago

   I'm interested in seeing how the unemployment numbers break out. In the recent past, unemployment amongst people with a Bachelor's degree or better is about 2.2%^. So nearly zero. I'd imagine, though I'm not sure, that most people on HN hav
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   I went to a printer and had them print up a 1000 $50.00 gift cards on heavy paper stock all of them with code numbers. The next thing I did was go door to door and meet people one at a time. Ya, it was crazy at first but the people were bl
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   a walmart-type job does not provide enough income to live on. I lived off a job where I was paid minimum wage in a small town and did just fine. I worked at a army surplus / outdoor store. I was able to go to college, travel the world (ba
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   This reminds me: http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   Are you pro-deregulation? yes. "We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equ
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   There is a much more thorough and eloquent explanation in the following link. [ http://www.ams.org/notices/200604/fea-franzen.pdf ] Thanks for the link.
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   So, after a month, when you've downloaded 10 terabytes worth of music you'd just cancel the subscription. I guess you may have to re-enable it everyone few years to update your collection... So yeah, I agree, if that were available I'd be t
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   Yeah those are likely the stories I enjoy. Especially when nytimes breaks the story and has it first.
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   by jmatt 18y ago

   Yes, and yes. Wrong and wrong. If it's so easy then tell me when you are CEO of a fortune 500. No more excuses. You say just about anyone can do it, so do it. ... that's what I thought.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    The percentage of people who have the necessary talents isn't huge, but it's on the 1-10% order of magnitude, and there are plenty of capable people-- small-business CEOs, public-sector executives-- who would do a stellar job of it, given
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    mismanaged by completely clueless and yet highly paid executives Not all management is necessarily clueless and incompetent. Alan Mulally was a brilliant engineer and manager at Boeing ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Mulally ). He w
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    While the number of nytimes stories has gone up. To me this is just as bad. Occasionally their is a good story, but nothing that can't be found at any number of other news sites or blogs.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Philosophies can be bent, and people are really good at bending them to suit their predisposed character traits. In my opinion, of course. Those aren't the interesting characters. The interesting ones are the ones that do change to suit a
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    <flips coin> I flipped a coin to decide whether I should up mod or down mod this. Was the coin flip pre-determined by my previous actions? Did I actually up mod or down mod this? :)
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    Has an alien comet infiltrated the solar system?(newscientist.com)

    1 points by jmatt 18y ago|0 comments
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    trying to prove someone on the internet wrong is something I'd rather not spend my time on. obligatory link... http://xkcd.com/386/
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Wasn't that what the .info was for? It's not a bad idea. It seems just as likely to end up as another haven for domain name proprietors.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Yeah, exactly. Here is a who page for wsj editorial staff right now: http://www.opinionjournal.com/about/whoweare.html
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    So I started reading this article and immediately suspected something was wrong. It won Nebula and Hugo award and most scifi types at least enjoyed it. In fact I knew a few people who started reading science fiction because of Ender's Game.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Of course, These characters aren't easily type-able and most password crackers that I've seen use common ascii/ansi characters not obscure characters like this... It's all relative I guess. There obviously exists a case where these characte
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    (: ¿ʇuɐʌǝlǝɹ sıɥʇ sı ʎɥʍ Because it's awesome. It may be subjective but it's the weekend and it's a cool site. It's useful for passwords if you use a password manager or equivalent technology.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    What you said may have been "inappropriate," but it was dark humor. Of course people would be offended. I wholly agree. All it does is breed political correctness where there was none.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Was anyone in the media objective and professional? You mention sensitive and sensationalist... I would hope there would be something in between.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    I thought the same thing. Who is this guy and why haven't I heard of him before. My initial research... Started with his email read@hire.com. From there I went to hire.com which forwards on to Authoria. Apparently Authoria bought Hire.com i
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    one must ask why a waitress at denny's who makes minimum wage and has no healthcare must bail out union workers at gm who make 8x the wages, do less work, have ZERO DEDUCTABLE healthcare (do you? i doubt it), and full pensions. It's not t
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Like an annuity or pension... retirees come out ahead for once.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    A few additional points. EFF has a lot of experience, why not use it. * Sourceforge is a massive business with 50 million/year in revenue.* Massive by whose standards? 50 million a year revenue relative to the major record labels doing 20 b
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    Well it looks like the labels have given up on attacking their customers (probably a good idea... /sigh) in favor of attacking suppliers. I think SourceForge would probably be at the bottom of my list of businesses I'd sue. If you sue them
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    You just need the right setup. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/surroundgaming/en/games/zone/... 3x24 inch monitors with monitor bezeling properly set up and it's quite immersive. Better than any console game on my 52" TV downstairs.
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    by jmatt 18y ago

    I thought the same thing. Where is a picture or some other direct or indirect evidence. Not only does it help prove that you did it but it's great for all the inevitable media coverage. NASA has seemed to have learned this over they years;