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abdurraheem··on ‘Serial,’ Podcasting’s First Breakout Hit, Sets Stage for More
http://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/comments/2mxkje/hae_mi...

I grew up not far from Woodlawn High, attended a neighboring school. After hearing about the trees that were planted in Hae Min's memory, particularly the second tree which was planted behind the school where "Lee liked to flop after an exhausting practice session with the lacrosse or field hockey teams" I recalled doing exactly that every summer after baseball practice (summer league was at woodlawn high) and I was curious to know if the tree giving me shade all those years was the one planted in her memory. So I decided to stop by after work and take some photos with my phone while I was around.

Side note I also went to Sunday School with Adnan's brother - or at least saw him around the campus - did not know any of them personally however. My only memory from the trial days is my parents telling me "See what happens when you have a girlfriend!" (grew up in a similarly conservative household, personally very liberal)

abdurraheem··on Elon Musk’s misguided attack on New York Times
Ah, no wonder you think 'filling up a petrol car to do 500+ miles takes <5 minutes.' You've only ever owned go karts with lawn mower engines that have weaker emission standards compared to their US counterparts.
abdurraheem··on Elon Musk’s misguided attack on New York Times
I would imagine you would be unplugging your car in the morning before your commute to work, just as i unplug my phone from its charger when i wake up.

Also living on the east coast (near DC suburbs) and having made a similar road trip to NYC many times, i cant remember the last time i did not spend 1 hour + at a rest stop to eat. refuel, relax, pee, etc.

What car do you drive that does 500+ miles per fill up? My civic will do maybe 450 miles of only highway driving on a 13 gallon tank, and my E350 will do barely 400 on an 18 gallon fill up.

abdurraheem··on Why Google should just shut up and buy T-Mobile
when i see comments like this, im curious as to what inspired op to write something more in depth and interesting than the original content (higher word count to boot!) are you an industry insider? just passionate about the subject?
abdurraheem··on The People's Bailout
someone should write a guide on how to buy up your own debt for 1/30th of the cost
abdurraheem··on You're Young. I'm 18. So what?
Fellow Baltimorean! It's not so boring... so long as you're over 21.
abdurraheem··on Anticipating An Apollo XI Disaster
"For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind."

RIP Neil.

abdurraheem··on AOL looking to sell TechCrunch and Engadget for $70-$100 million
"Actually, bringing Arrington back into the fold is a smart move for more reasons than one: One source who has expressed interest in buying the properties said raising the money wasn’t the hard part. The hard part is finding a strong editorial figurehead to be at the helm."

To me, this speaks volumes on how big the loss of joshua topolsky & co. was to engadget.

abdurraheem··on “Why I Declined An Offer To Work At Instagram” Via Quora
His take could have been close to 5Mil+[1] had he joined the team.

While i do believe there are people out there who are not motivated by money, to me claiming "..money doesn’t make much of a difference... most of it’s gone. I’m kind of glad it is." smells of cognitive dissonance.

[1] http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/facebook-buys-instagr...

abdurraheem··on Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier working conditions
Its easy to forget that unacceptable working conditions are not exclusive of china or even the tech manufacturing industry, see sago mine disaster, west virginia, 2006. Conditions for the working poor worldwide have a ways to go, and it seems to me Apple is taking a step in the right direction with independent investigation.
abdurraheem··on Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier working conditions
Gruber said it best: This is the biggest challenge facing Apple today.