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by jriot 7y ago
A basic map is all people need if GPS were to go offline. I have driven across the country, and around cities (both in the US and non-US) without using a GPS. Not really noteworthy nor does it say much about a lot of people who can't f
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by jriot 7y ago
> Your job as a parent is to provide your kid with all necessities of life and with love. * Your job as a parent is to teach your children to ensure they are functioning adults at 18.
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America’s Job Listings Have Gone Off the Deep End(theatlantic.com)
34 points by jriot 7y ago|11 comments
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by jriot 7y ago
25 is not young. I was married for 4 years (still married at 34 to the same woman), a one-year-old daughter, working as an air traffic controller for 7 years, deployed to the ME, stationed at three different bases, traveled to 12 countries
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by jriot 7y ago
Appears to be a personal choice. My wife and I have two kids, we are both in the best shape of our lives, eat better than before, and our kids are quite healthy - participating in gymnastics, volleyball, and roller derby.
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by jriot 7y ago
This is the biggest load of bull.... being pushed these days, reaming of a selfish, entitlement attitude.
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by jriot 7y ago
This is just purely my observations. I'm of the firm belief that it doesn't really matter what you eat if you exercise enough. Military (actual combat, outside the wire) live off MREs yet are in phenomenal shape. I train strongman
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by jriot 7y ago
They aren't hard on the spine with proper form.
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by jriot 7y ago
I thought our (you and me) mindset was normal, that if money weren't an issue no would work, but I have been mistaken many times. I am not sure if people don't have interests outside of their work, or their work is their interests
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by jriot 7y ago
I am a data scientist with little to nothing in common with my colleagues (particularly on the engineering side), outside of us working for the same company. I'd rather spend my time with my wife and kids, pursuing my hobbies, and gene
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by jriot 7y ago
Schools fill them with their own religious/political dogma. You just don't like it because it doesn't match your worldview.
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by jriot 7y ago
We started giving a book or two with 2 - 3 chocolates on top. Even if the kid reads it in a week, they can then bring it to the used book store to trade it in for a different book.
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by jriot 7y ago
People who rely on the government to tell them what is healthy and what is not healthy are idiots. A drink made in an Atlanta Lab is obviously not healthy.
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by jriot 7y ago
I vote to not pay into social security, let me manage my own money.
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by jriot 8y ago
As a former Air Force air traffic controller, the sentiment is similar on the enlisted side. I remember a Chief called all controllers in for a meeting to discuss his new policies, then asking the NCOs what he thought of his them. Every NCO
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by jriot 8y ago
That is fair. I was living in Turkey when I went to Ukraine so spending 3 months learning a third language at the time was all I could commit. I understand others wanting to practice with a native English speaker, and them getting the chanc
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by jriot 8y ago
You know its quite hard for us Americans to actually to learn to speak a 2nd or 3rd new language fluently, outside of maybe Spanish. I lived in Turkey for two years, spoke at a conversation level fairly well, but once the other person reali
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by jriot 8y ago
I was raised and lived in fairly conservative areas - Alaska, Louisiana, North Carolina. Though as everyone does, I explored many areas of politics, attempting to formulate my own belief system; it is continuous work in progress never settl
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by jriot 8y ago
I graduate high school in '03, turned 18 a month later followed by boot camp two months later. After boot camp, it was 1.5 years of air traffic control training. This involved 8 - 10 days 5 - 6 days a week in the military, knowing if I
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by jriot 8y ago
Maybe we should eat foods native to our culture and region. Being from Louisiana, I eat plenty of meat (I have no ethical qualms with animals dying so I can eat meat, its apart of life), vegetables that can grow in the region, starches that
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by jriot 8y ago
There is an investment in exercise you just need to set goals. I went from never running 4 miles to completing 55km mountain runs. Then switched up and went from 800lbs powerlifting total to a 1300lbs total and still looking for more. No ci
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by jriot 8y ago
I drink 32oz of whole milk a day, bacon with grits and butter for breakfast, steak at lunch, then my dinner varies. I have normal levels of cholesterol. I believe genetics play a bigger impact.
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by jriot 8y ago
Society still views gender as binary.
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by jriot 8y ago
That would be wrong. The guys in the tower are ATC, they do ground control (still ATC) and local control, surface to 2500' with a 5-mile radius. The dark room guys (TRACON) do surface to the top of their airspace (depends, 18k, 23k) wi
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by jriot 8y ago
Humans are meant to be active for long periods of time. There aren't any dangers of exercise. Only in the minds of people who are trying to justify their fat lifestyle do they perceive some sort of risk associated with what us, animals
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by jriot 8y ago
Air traffic controllers wear a small in the ear style headphone, and only in one ear. It was far easier to wear ATC headset than headphones all day. Plus I usually took a 30 min break every two hours so I didn't need to wear it all day
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by jriot 8y ago
As a veteran, it has worked against me. Next time I apply somewhere I am going to check Cajun or other since we have 'ethnic status'. I am certain we Cajuns aren't well represented in tech.
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by jriot 8y ago
If you have an actual disability you can alter it.
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Ask HN: Health Care for All, Physical Standards Upon Graduation
2 points by jriot 8y ago|2 comments
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by jriot 8y ago
Why do we need to compare ourselves based on work? When I ask people what they do it's a general question. I am data scientist yet my friends are auto mechanics, in sales, teachers, work in the veterans department at colleges etc... We

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