"Maybe some naive kids who got a lot of coins by being in the right place at the right time think that. If they do it will cost them dearly. "
i don't really think any "kids" who mined bitcoin early on enough to really hit a lick would be dumb enough to store them at mt. gox...so its not like they lost anything.
so because "white, libertarian men" decide they want to support something, does that automatically make it bad or wrong?
I'm trying to understand what difference does it make...for example, if 95% of "black men" vote democratic (making them liberal), which according to polling data they do, does that mean the Democratic party is now to be demonized?
wow...excellent insights...and I LOLed about your story about teaching others to play...I've been at it for about 30 years now, and over that time i've had close to 50 "students" come and go, and about 8 years ago I finally stopped charging people and now give "free" lessons...
my lesson? pick up your guitar for at least 30 minutes a day and play whatever easy progression that lights your fire...keep at it and even when your fingers get sore, just play single note melodies or dropped-d finger bar chords.
if your still doing that 30 days from now, ill give you your next "free" lesson...which will be, again, play 30 minutes a day for 30 more days...oh yeah check out ultimate-guitar.com...here is how you read tab...
ive found 19 out of 20 students won't make it to the third lesson...but the one that does is playing live in bands within two years or so and thanking me...lol go figure.
i grow tired of the never ending reframing of the word "hacker"..almost to the point of it becoming meaningless.
what TFA article is really saying is that "we want people to be motivated to use the technology to really LEARN the technology, and to do so during free time and out of the pure joy of learning how this crazy tech shit works"...kinda like learning to play a musical instrument (well, exactly like learning to play a musical instrument).
no one "teaches" someone how to play guitar...you may be shown some notes and simple phrases, but only by spending hours and hours of finger-cramping playing will one learn to play guitar. the frustration and struggle IS THE POINT.
let me say that again...THE FRUSTRATION AND STRUGGLE IS THE POINT.
that's what "hacker" should really mean...someone who endures FRUSTRATION and STRUGGLE and turns that experience into knowhow...it is really the basis of ALL LEARNING.
those that never "hack", never really learn *anything*.
right...what's required to watch TV shows is an interest in the contrived bullshit rehashed melo-drama pro-police state propaganda that's spoon fed to couch potatoes to numb their minds for a while...
they have yet to invent a device that could accurately measure my massive indifference to that sort of thing.
and what the fuck is a hipster? is that like calling someone a dork or a nerd or something??
..has anyone tried to start just taking random pictures inside bars and/or clubs these days?? it's just NOT socially acceptable and people will literally get in your face and threaten to smash you and your stupid phone if you don't quit post haste.
this issue is nothing but an extension of this perceived invasion of privacy... you just can't wear a frigging camera on your face and potentially snap serriptious pics and not piss people off...
...don't people realize that perhaps millions of judges, lawyers and other lawmakers/professionals pop opiates on a daily basis?
of course, unlike the "street addict", they legally and comfortably take THEIR meds using their employee (often the government) provided health-care plans and avoid the $300 doctor office change the "poor junkies" can't seem to come up with...
and lord, are they concerned about their livers because, you know, all those cocktail parties...
i'm pretty sure they got a decent version up and running in a long weekend...I actually used it to scan available plans in my state, the insurers involved, and to run what-if numbers quickly.
i mentioned it because i personally think that it's going to take years before the inevitably negative effects of the ACA really get shot thru the system, thus affecting our children in a much greater way then we (im 50) will ever feel.
just like the inevitably negative effect that the $17trillion dollar debt that we are burdening our children with will eventually cause some sort of ugly corrective event.
uhhh..just FYI i wouldn't give a damn about your meaningless partisan politics...i'm so over that crap i can't stand the words "republican" and "democrat" anymore.
i'm talking about EXACTLY what the FTA's author is really saying behind his rant...which is the TSA ( which i believe was created under Bush BTW ) is a fucking joke, and the people in charge ( US government bureaucrats ) of the ideas and implementation of it are idjits.
how could anyone think that the two programs, run by basically the same set of bureaucrats, won't eventually share the same basic outcomes?
the US government being involved in health care is a very new thing. it can be argued that the TSA was perhaps the largest new program that the US government created before the health care thing. that links the two in a very powerful and factual way.
the US government has been using the military for hundreds of years, and the politics of military use go back thousands.
"Tramadol to kill pain? It's probably just getting dogs high."
uhhh no it's not...i've taken Tramadol and it doesn't get you high at all. in fact alot Doctors like to prescribe it as a substitute for narcotic pain meds that actually *do* work and *do* give one a nice pleasant buzz.
i said it, as a self-contained construct, is well-managed, and seems to be perhaps the most powerful military force in the history of the world. i stand by that compliment of the US government.
now, as how US politicians *use* that construct...well that really *is* off-topic.
well it comforting to know that the same government that managed this program is now moving on to something as *truly* important as our and our childrens healthcare.
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"Maybe some naive kids who got a lot of coins by being in the right place at the right time think that. If they do it will cost them dearly. "
i don't really think any "kids" who mined bitcoin early on enough to really hit a lick would be dumb enough to store them at mt. gox...so its not like they lost anything.
no...you forgot to develop a cloud-based API in Ruby that leveraged social graphs and advanced mapping functions...
nobody could figure out what and where a "Golden Gate Bridge" was...
maybe the math is elegant, but for some reason i cant believe the explosion would be...
how would you keep the reactor from being blown to tiny bits? put some sort of super-material base under it?
how much explosives would it take for a one-time event to accelerate all that tonnage to escape velocity?
yeah....exactly
so because "white, libertarian men" decide they want to support something, does that automatically make it bad or wrong?
I'm trying to understand what difference does it make...for example, if 95% of "black men" vote democratic (making them liberal), which according to polling data they do, does that mean the Democratic party is now to be demonized?
wow...excellent insights...and I LOLed about your story about teaching others to play...I've been at it for about 30 years now, and over that time i've had close to 50 "students" come and go, and about 8 years ago I finally stopped charging people and now give "free" lessons...
my lesson? pick up your guitar for at least 30 minutes a day and play whatever easy progression that lights your fire...keep at it and even when your fingers get sore, just play single note melodies or dropped-d finger bar chords.
if your still doing that 30 days from now, ill give you your next "free" lesson...which will be, again, play 30 minutes a day for 30 more days...oh yeah check out ultimate-guitar.com...here is how you read tab...
ive found 19 out of 20 students won't make it to the third lesson...but the one that does is playing live in bands within two years or so and thanking me...lol go figure.
i grow tired of the never ending reframing of the word "hacker"..almost to the point of it becoming meaningless.
what TFA article is really saying is that "we want people to be motivated to use the technology to really LEARN the technology, and to do so during free time and out of the pure joy of learning how this crazy tech shit works"...kinda like learning to play a musical instrument (well, exactly like learning to play a musical instrument).
no one "teaches" someone how to play guitar...you may be shown some notes and simple phrases, but only by spending hours and hours of finger-cramping playing will one learn to play guitar. the frustration and struggle IS THE POINT.
let me say that again...THE FRUSTRATION AND STRUGGLE IS THE POINT.
that's what "hacker" should really mean...someone who endures FRUSTRATION and STRUGGLE and turns that experience into knowhow...it is really the basis of ALL LEARNING.
those that never "hack", never really learn *anything*.
right...what's required to watch TV shows is an interest in the contrived bullshit rehashed melo-drama pro-police state propaganda that's spoon fed to couch potatoes to numb their minds for a while...
they have yet to invent a device that could accurately measure my massive indifference to that sort of thing.
and what the fuck is a hipster? is that like calling someone a dork or a nerd or something??
..has anyone tried to start just taking random pictures inside bars and/or clubs these days?? it's just NOT socially acceptable and people will literally get in your face and threaten to smash you and your stupid phone if you don't quit post haste.
this issue is nothing but an extension of this perceived invasion of privacy ... you just can't wear a frigging camera on your face and potentially snap serriptious pics and not piss people off...
...the socially comforting sound of a hammer meeting the nail.
lol...i dont even own a television AC...and im sorry you don't even know whats going on around you.
...don't people realize that perhaps millions of judges, lawyers and other lawmakers/professionals pop opiates on a daily basis?
of course, unlike the "street addict", they legally and comfortably take THEIR meds using their employee (often the government) provided health-care plans and avoid the $300 doctor office change the "poor junkies" can't seem to come up with...
and lord, are they concerned about their livers because, you know, all those cocktail parties...
maybe hacker news?
i'm pretty sure they got a decent version up and running in a long weekend...I actually used it to scan available plans in my state, the insurers involved, and to run what-if numbers quickly.
they did a real bang-up job.
i think i'm in love with this women.
wouldn't a better punch line be...
"i tried going cold turkey, but then I developed an overwhelming craving for hot turkey."?
unfortunately, it is all related my good fellow...although it would be comforting to think it wasn't, so i get where your coming from.
that's a good question.
i mentioned it because i personally think that it's going to take years before the inevitably negative effects of the ACA really get shot thru the system, thus affecting our children in a much greater way then we (im 50) will ever feel.
just like the inevitably negative effect that the $17trillion dollar debt that we are burdening our children with will eventually cause some sort of ugly corrective event.
how the hell is stating simple facts "polishing a turd"?
please AC, enlighten me?
uhhh..just FYI i wouldn't give a damn about your meaningless partisan politics...i'm so over that crap i can't stand the words "republican" and "democrat" anymore.
i'm talking about EXACTLY what the FTA's author is really saying behind his rant...which is the TSA ( which i believe was created under Bush BTW ) is a fucking joke, and the people in charge ( US government bureaucrats ) of the ideas and implementation of it are idjits.
how could anyone think that the two programs, run by basically the same set of bureaucrats, won't eventually share the same basic outcomes?
no...i don't believe so.
the US government being involved in health care is a very new thing. it can be argued that the TSA was perhaps the largest new program that the US government created before the health care thing. that links the two in a very powerful and factual way.
the US government has been using the military for hundreds of years, and the politics of military use go back thousands.
"Tramadol to kill pain? It's probably just getting dogs high."
uhhh no it's not...i've taken Tramadol and it doesn't get you high at all. in fact alot Doctors like to prescribe it as a substitute for narcotic pain meds that actually *do* work and *do* give one a nice pleasant buzz.
i said it, as a self-contained construct, is well-managed, and seems to be perhaps the most powerful military force in the history of the world. i stand by that compliment of the US government.
now, as how US politicians *use* that construct...well that really *is* off-topic.
wrong.
i think the US government is incredible at building roads, and it's military seems rather well managed.
also, library's kick ass.
well it comforting to know that the same government that managed this program is now moving on to something as *truly* important as our and our childrens healthcare.
right?