Uhm https://medium.com/@valriew/dear-aaron-9667de0cef66#.y0rtf65...
this.
Why was this flagged and removed? I don't get it. HN is weird.
People Call Me Aaron
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#102Obviously not of the same gravity, but a good part of my childhood was spent being called by my big brother's name. Family, friends, teachers, you name it. It's a hard one, because I think my brother is an amazing guy, and evidently so do other people, but it's ultimately belittling. A math teacher, who had my brother for a single year, called me by his name for the whole three years I knew/had her. By that point, it…
I guess it's a cultural thing. My sisters all went to the same schools and had mostly the same teachers. The sibling association was never a problem. If anything, it was a good feeling. They felt more connected or something.
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It's not a Silicon Valley thing. There are tech scenes in the smallest of places, you just need to pay attention. The UK is brimming with tech scenes, especially London.
What counts as a 'tech scene', out of interest? I'm based in London, and don't really have any friends that are programmers, or really see much going on. Somewhere I can get involved?
Search on meetup.com for a topic you are interested in, there are loads of tech meetups in London (usually with beer and food provided) and it's easy to get chatting to people so I wouldn't worry if you are going to one on your own.
A couple I would recommend are the React meet up, usually held at Facebook's office, and Functional Programming for the Web, both run by an agency (I think?) called Red Badger - but obviously that depends on what your interests are!
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Good luck. It surprises me that the US supports such a vicious law enforcement system compared to the rest of the developed world - I'm a Brit and ours leans the other way towards being a bit easy going.
It is not all so easy going in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jean_Charles_de_Menez...
These cases are unrelated in anyway.
How can you compare the death of a man shot by police on the underground because of been confused with a terrorist, with a person driven to suicide because they are facing a jail sentence?
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a Silicon Valley thing. There are tech scenes in the smallest of places, you just need to pay attention. The UK is brimming with tech scenes, especially London.
What counts as a 'tech scene', out of interest? I'm based in London, and don't really have any friends that are programmers, or really see much going on. Somewhere I can get involved?
One place to look is "users groups" for whatever tools you use. So if you were in Amsterdam and you work primarily in C++ you could look up "dutch c++ users group" and come up with this: http://www.meetup.com/The-Dutch-Cpp-Group/
Another good bet is to spend a month in a coworking space. There will be events sometimes. At the friendlier ones people go to lunch together. Different spaces are different though. Some everyone kind of sticks to themselves.
You can volunteer at RailsBridge or other nonprofits. There are also "hacker spaces" that you can just hang out in and work on a project.
You can also look up conferences that are coming through your city and go to them. Many people will be from out of town, but you'll meet a few local people there too.
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Do you live in the Bay Area or Silicon Valley? I think it is a lot different there. Also, some people participate in the "scene" while others don't. I used to go to more meet-ups and hacks-a-thons, but not so much anymore. I am not sure which is the norm.
Yeah, it seems like a "Silicon Valley" thing. The whole thing seems quite mysterious to me. I worked in (4) random cities in the UK. But even in London, I didn't notice a scene. Maybe its also a thing more with web development and start ups. Where the whole company can be mostly tech people, and where most people are young (so socialize outside of work more).
In Leeds there are plenty of meet ups and events going on, there is very much a 'scene' - you just have to involve yourself in it if you wish to.
London is bound to have plenty going on.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, it seems like a "Silicon Valley" thing. The whole thing seems quite mysterious to me. I worked in (4) random cities in the UK. But even in London, I didn't notice a scene. Maybe its also a thing more with web development and start ups. Where the whole company can be mostly tech people, and where most people are young (so socialize outside of work more).
In Leeds there are plenty of meet ups and events going on, there is very much a 'scene' - you just have to involve yourself in it if you wish to. London is bound to have plenty going on.
Could you provide more details about the Leeds scene please? I've been working here for a few months as a programmer and am interested in getting involved.
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#108Does he look a lot like his brother? My brother and I are very close in age and look very similar and even our parents mix up our names sometimes. You'd never be mistaken for a dead son, daughter, spouse... but I bet this isn't uncommon for people with dead siblings, and doubly so for famous dead siblings. Something I'd never considered.
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#109This is unnerving. I've just discovered that I look almost identical to Aaron Swartz's brother, except he dyed his hair black and blue!! I wonder if people would ever mistake me for either of them?
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good luck. It surprises me that the US supports such a vicious law enforcement system compared to the rest of the developed world - I'm a Brit and ours leans the other way towards being a bit easy going.
It is not all so easy going in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jean_Charles_de_Menez...
Isn't that a perfect example of a far too easy going legal system? None of the officers that murdered this man were prosecuted.