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   by milesf 10y ago

   Or, one could argue it is the largest cleanup operation on the planet. It would also be correct to state that the greatest lifesaver in Fort Mac is... oil. Cars, trucks, planes, helicopters all being powered by oil to save lives. I for one
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   by milesf 10y ago

   Why can't the system be emulated? Am I missing something?
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   by milesf 10y ago

   People rise to the level of expectations placed on them. The concept of adolescence is a relatively new invention. For most of human history there has been childhood, adulthood, and old age.
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   by milesf 10y ago

   Wow. If you treat teenagers like the young adults that they are, and not talk down to them like children but rather give them solid information, they rise to the challenge of taking personal responsibility for their lives. Whodathunk? ;)
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   by milesf 10y ago

   One tweak I'd change: DON'T talk about what you're going to do, but only talk about what you've done. https://sivers.org/zipit
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   by milesf 10y ago

   Richard, is that you? ;)
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   by milesf 10y ago

   Interesting that some believe rooting a car is going "too far", yet building our entire society and financial systems with duct-tape coding and fail-early-fail-often methodologies is okay.
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   by milesf 11y ago

   I had no idea there was any other culprit to burnout other than being overworked. I once heard that "there's no such thing as burnout. It's really heartache in disguise". I don't totally agree with that statement, b
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   Avoiding the Trap: Learning to Recognize Burnout(medium.com)

   1 points by milesf 11y ago|1 comments
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Remember when Google's guiding philosphy was "Don't be evil"?
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Yes, just had someone send me the link to the HN Guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Makes sense. I will conduct myself differently in the future. Cheers :)
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Ah. Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of that. Will modify future behaviour :)
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I pick number four: education. Which goes back to my point, that we need some sort of public awareness day on what Internet security _really_ is, or something - I don't really care what it is - to change the narrative. Otherwise we&#x2
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I didn't use the word "blame" :/
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I don't understand what was so downvotable about my edit.
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I'm 46, and yes I remember those days. In fact I live in Canada, and in my neighbourhood it is not uncommon for people to leave their doors unlocked. But if I lived in a different neighbourhood with a high crime rate, my doors would no
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    by milesf 11y ago

    School District policies and (ultimately) curriculum are driven by public opinion. How can a public demand better if they are not able to understand the issue?
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Do you have teenage children? :)
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I've struggled with a serious mental illness for years. Although I've beaten the worst of it, I have to be vigilant for the rest of my life to make sure I stay healthy. In my experience, one issue that does not get enough attentio
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    by milesf 11y ago

    I think we need some sort of awareness day for the general public to understand what internet security _really_ is. Whenever I see news reports, it's always cast as "hackers broke in to..." such and such. Yet if some brick-an
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    by milesf 11y ago

    A softer phrase that might work better is "All Software is Experimental". It has less pejorative connotations, and could be a shibboleth among seasoned developers.
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Huh. I didn't know Christian Slater owned a tech company :P http://i.imgur.com/MREkcju.jpg
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    by milesf 11y ago

    You're right :) Thanks for the constructive rebuke.
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Well, I was wrong. I suppose when you see so many scams, you rely on instinct. But had I read more of the site, I would have realized that Zcash really is something different. So what did I do? I relied on Cunningham's Law: "the b
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Nothing new here. Add it to the pile of hundreds of other altcoins. Why is this here? Feels like the pump-and-dump world of altcoins is being done here to pump up this post.
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Naw, I just meant it in the same vein of your article :) Being critical of people being critical by being critical.
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Well played. You took a dying app, and managed to bring it back onto the radar by spinning a story that has nothing to do with the app itself. There must be some sort of pro version of the Hype Cycle circulating in the Valley ( http:/&
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    Ask HN: What would you like to know about Ruby on Rails and/or Railscasts?

    2 points by milesf 11y ago|0 comments
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Technical people suffer from what I call "Engineer's Disease". We think because we're an expert in one area, we're automatically an expert in other areas. Just recognizing that helps. I've also observed that th
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    by milesf 11y ago

    Love that they got Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear fame to do the video. I'm guessing he likely had a hand in writing the copy as well.