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Orion Blaster!

I don't want to reveal my K5 nick but I'm happy you're still around. :)

Thanks you must be one of the few K5 users who like me alive. Most told me to "kill yourself" when I posted a diary. I think it started a K5 trend to post "kill yourself" after a Blastar-like diary.

I am learning how to program all over again. I started with ANSI C and GCC and worked up to C++ with G++ in Unbuntu. Just small programs I'll move on to bigger stuff later.

Just hope I don't end up like MDC, I hear he's been 5150'ed again in California.

Small world. I remember quitting K5 after it filled up with people I couldn't call friends.

Take care.

Thanks friend, good to hear from you again.

I hope Mike Crawford gets out of jail, he did some 911 phone calls and bragged about it on K5 and then crashed Hacker Dojo and other startup events. Here is a musical mix of his 911 tape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7RglDs2DkA It has the Crawford Cats in it as well.

Crawford sees himself as a hacktivist and has been suicidal in the past. Here are some of the things that got him in trouble:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/04/startup...

http://startupweekend.org/2012/04/30/not-even-bmob-threats-c...

https://twitter.com/dhawalc/status/209088242094571520/photo/...

http://www.reddit.com/r/michaeldavidcrawford/comments/ur825/...

I remember a lot of mental illness and suicidal folks. Many were people I had good conversations with. A lot of the time it felt like family.

Yes but the trolls chased us/them all away from K5.

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