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by wturner 12y ago
This isn't a sob story but I wouldn't think about suicide everyday. I would be grateful knowing that I would always have something to buffer me from the social entrapment of drug addicts, gang members and in short the general err
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tldr. I'm basing my below comment on the title of the article. I think it's just an out growth of our evolution. I mean throughout human history we've had to be 'busy' to survive. Now there is a small historical rip
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by wturner 12y ago
When I was a kid the internet wasn't available so I would always try and seek out weird ideas on my own. I discovered Chomsky's views reading a Rolling Stone issue that featured an interview with him. I think his pointing out of g
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by wturner 12y ago
Your strengths and weaknesses have curves, troughs, peaks and spaghetti complexity. Personally I completely accept that I'm pretty mediocre as a "developer", but honestly I don't really care because I don't person
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by wturner 12y ago
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBs5zc2pepA&feature=youtu.be&...
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by wturner 12y ago
How would it be different than this: http://echonest.com/
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by wturner 12y ago
It seems like there is a less empirically measurable thing happening where a displaced sense of 'going somewhere' when walking gets pushed onto a different point of focus ( a creative project , problem , etc )
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by wturner 12y ago
I code as a catalyst to be creative in a technical enclave where I constantly learn new things people are willing to pay for. I am sorry but I will not stop this. At least not at the moment. I don't think any of this is cool. This acti
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by wturner 12y ago
I just use Mongo as a big JSON / BSON storage locker for node/express stuff I'm learning. The apps all involve DOM manipulation and using HTML client API's where div id's and their positional data are stored as JSON
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by wturner 13y ago
This is an example of a solution to a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place. Its a "hardware solution" to a problem that at its root is a cultural assumption. The people who developed these seeds apparently needed t
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by wturner 13y ago
One thing I'd like to add to your comment is that I think quite a few people that enter these boot camps are self taught and just need some molding for entry into the professional world. I did exactly what you mentioned and taught myse
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by wturner 13y ago
I've done the same thing but at this point I've probably sent out job email inquiries in the 1000's ( plus I'm in my later 30's ). The narrative of someone being a nobody to super-hero is nice but keep in mind those
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by wturner 13y ago
I went into Kelly services today to fill out my final time sheet and the rep said the manager told him 'someone who looked like me' was spotted on the property yesterday. I was home all day and haven't set foot anywhere near
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by wturner 13y ago
'Theme' them to promote to people in completely different industries. Are you a fashion fanatic that would like to learn to build your own website... [ show website themed with fashion stuff ] Are you an automobile expert that wou
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by wturner 13y ago
I have been trying for years. I fail at everything. The thing is this, just knowing how to program and do DOM manipulation isn't good enough. You need to have a stack/framework or 5 that you know like clockwork and as intuitively
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by wturner 13y ago
The only thing I felt entitled to was to voicing my opinion which the manager actually asked for in the meeting. I wasn't on a crusade I just said what I thought.
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by wturner 13y ago
Generally I agree. The whole temp agency compensation is another issue. But I can't help but feel that its extremely unfair to ask a bunch of $8 hour workers to give up ideas that can make the company a lot of money when generally spea
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by wturner 13y ago
He asked for feedback before I raised my hand. But the reality is that you're right and I should just learn to shut up unless I'm completely confident that the other person won't feel uncomfortable when I open my mouth. I spe
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by wturner 13y ago
I am but in the meantime I need to have food and shelter. I have some freelance work that can sustain me but I really wanted a reliable paycheck. I actually didn't mind the work and the company made a good product. I think the problem
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HN: I was fired today, is this even legal?
62 points by wturner 13y ago|103 comments
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Custex(custex.com)
1 points by wturner 13y ago|0 comments
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by wturner 13y ago
Creativity huh? Like music? j/k
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by wturner 13y ago
"One of the biggest challenges for all us smarties will be to try to imagine ourselves on the outs, and to imagine economic systems very different from the one we have now." I already know what that's like. If any of the &#x2
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by wturner 13y ago
I was asking based on the assumption that social, cultural or 'institutional' solutions are not going to happen and that individuals are on their own.
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Ask HN: How to realistically prepare for the robotization of the U.S.?
19 points by wturner 13y ago|15 comments
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by wturner 13y ago
I really enjoyed the subtle humor of how hiring an individual sound engineer/musician to actually compose something wasn't even considered an option by the responses thus far.
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Math: Your Secret Weapon Against Wall Street and the NSA(motherjones.com)
21 points by wturner 13y ago|6 comments
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by wturner 13y ago
Thanks for sharing. I'm in my late thirties and I currently have no job. I am waiting to hear back from a 'Kelly' temp agency employee (who was high as shit when he spoke with me) for a job assembling plastic parts for $8. T
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Do You Want to Rule the World? – Gabe Leydon(youtube.com)
2 points by wturner 13y ago|0 comments
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by wturner 13y ago
I'm convinced there is an 'order' to this world. It might all be one giant illusion where our attempts to understand the underline fabric is all ego driven dribble ( or whatever) but this still assumes an order. I'm more

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