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It still amazes me how low the compensation is in California. I left the Valley for the Midwest, cut my cost of living by 75%, and increased my salary by 25%.

You can get personalized cell service prices. I walk into Verizon yearly and threaten to walk if they don’t give me a discount. I pay about 60% normal price. You don’t cost Verizon…

It always seems to take people a long time to figure out vim’s keys and usage pattern but it’s quite easy. I have people ask me how to quit vim all the time and I’m amazed they can…

Texas: “SMALL GUB’MENT! FUCK HANDOUTS! FREEDOM! I DO WHAT I WANT! DON’T MAKE ME PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S BAD DECISIONS!” Hurricane: “ORLY?” Texas: “WHO IS GONNA PAY US OUR GUB’MENT M…

The emacs tutorial: ”Just type shit. Seriously. It’s a text editor. It works like you think it should. No autistic screeching required to enable edit mode to actually, you know, ed…

Yeah, even just would be better.

> I chose the lozenge as the command character because a) it appears in almost every font, b) it’s barely used in ordinary typesetting, c) it’s not used in any programming language…

Except St Louis isn't coming back.

That's a conservative straw man. Skyscrapers have much more impact and no one notices.

I wouldn't describe lending club and prosper as junk loans. I have money invested there because I feel it's a better social use than gambling on the stock market. I see good solid …

I wouldn't. Most workplaces automate the first few passes because of how much resume spam they get hit with. Now I'd have a hard time imagining a good workplace rejecting him if an…

Can you offer proof of said credentials? I've heard of him. That's his credential. His work speaks for itself. Have I heard of you? A top school isn't a guarantee of success, but i…

At a certain point you get to the post friendship stage of life. :-/

> They usually do not care about the benefits of open source and sustainability anyway. What market does? Do you have any evidence such a market exists?

But Fukushima was a minor incident...

«manufactured marketing based need» This reeks of paternalism and fascism. You claim you know what people actually want despite their own claims to the contrary? So what, you'll te…

Ralph Nader is crazy and wrong.

Try living in Miami for a while.

I switch off wifi on my phone and laptops to conserve power.

Crippling socialized medical costs as the obesity rate skyrockets. :-/

Well if you truly don't understand math, please transfer 20% of your wealth to me. I mean, from your perspective it's the same amount of wealth, right?

The notion that the only expression which can be artistic are those which are without value or purpose is bullshit.

Where did you go? My country is run by an insane toddler with a trust fund. The U.K. looks pretty good.

I tend to do my recruiting two ways: 1) From people I know well who make a solid recommendation. 2) At major tech conferences. Hiring is a very risky and high stakes proposition. A…

Sorry. I try not to give too much info. You wouldn't guess it if I gave you 20 questions is my bet. When I got the offer for an interview the wife and I almost passed entirely on t…