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almosnow··on Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
Because their business cannot wait...

It's like a hostage situation; you say "yeah I don't negotiate with terrorists" but when you see your wife/kid/so threatened and the money is just there in the bank it's hard to hold on to that posture...

almosnow··on I'm giving 26 hours of time to help 26 startups I've never met
And you are... ?

Grab your ego and shove it up your ass dude ;D

almosnow··on Christine: The World's Most Modular PC Design
ChuckMcM never mentioned cost at all... ChuckMcM explained very concisely why a PC design like this one COULD NOT EXIST

>You're right but ignoring cost I would prefer this over a Mac ... are you retarded?

almosnow··on I'm completely demotivated to work; what can I do?
There are none, if you don't feel it then it's not there.

Or you could follow the advice other people had leave here... and eventually you will come back to this same situation but when you are 50 and tired...

Seriously dude, my advice, if you don't feel it leave it; and if you don't feel nothing anywhere then do nothing, many cool things happen when you are "doing nothing".

almosnow··on America Online to Buy Internet Chat Service for $287 Million (1998)
that means you're oooooooollllllllldddddddd
almosnow··on Christine: The World's Most Modular PC Design
So concepts are now a thing here?

That one sucks btw; imagine this one: a small white aluminum cube with no visible openings that does everything you will ever need to do in your life, now that's cool.

almosnow··on America Online to Buy Internet Chat Service for $287 Million (1998)
naaah
almosnow··on 20 Clever Inventions You Probably Didn't Know Were Made By Indians
Funny to see shampoo and flush toilets on that list...
almosnow··on Ask HN: How the hell is Whatsapp worth $18 billion?
Oh god, never saw this one coming. This would be huge.
almosnow··on Ask HN: do you use App.net?
I never really got what app.net is. Is there someone subscribed? Can you explain more?
almosnow··on Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs
Damn, from any viewpoint you want to see it, just damn.
almosnow··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
Yeah, 15 reviews for a Top 10 App Store app...

Use your fucking brain man...

almosnow··on Putin on the Ritz
I don't get the connection between Putin wearing the same clothes and the photo manipulation explained at the end.

Looks like he wanted to write about two different things but smashed them into just one without coherence...

almosnow··on Show HN: My side project just reached #6 on App Store music charts
As fake as king.com's future valuation.
almosnow··on King.com, Maker of Candy Crush, files for IPO
Does anyone else thinks that IPOs these days are just a sophisticated form of fraud?
almosnow··on Bizarre Shadowy Paper-Based Payment System Being Rolled Out Worldwide
Yeah, sounds like you could build a really cool civilization over that, I'm totally in. (Not sarcastic at all, I definitely enjoy the world and how it works.)
almosnow··on GNU grep 2.17, 10x faster
Someone knows how was this achieved?
almosnow··on Is the Universe a Simulation?
ewww... a stoner
almosnow··on Is the Universe a Simulation?
"... construct machines to simulate simple mammalian brains", you fell for it man, marketing does marvels

what we are capable of doing is just building a machine with the same number of components (i.e. transistors if you want) as some simple mammalian brains (i.e. neurons), then the guys at wired or discovery channel do their part and tell that "that's an artificial brain"

almosnow··on Is the Universe a Simulation?
"No one could be able to simukate our universe because we can't do it."
almosnow··on Solo.im – A single founder peer group
Gregor, get me in ...

Mail is <HN username>@gmail

almosnow··on “Doo – the document app” will be shutting down
Ok, maybe I'm wrong and there's already a way to cheat death you cunt...
almosnow··on Linking to free web content is legal, says EU Court
> Aaron Schwartz died because his use of curl was deemed hacking.

Nice way to lose all credibility dude, stopped reading right there...

almosnow··on “Doo – the document app” will be shutting down
Except death. Don't kill yourselves kids...
almosnow··on Ask HN: Where do you register your domains?
Absolutely definitely WebFaction for small or entry projects.

If you grow larger I'd go with SoftLayer, not the cheapest option but I've found them to be very professional and reliable.

almosnow··on Ask HN: Where do you register your domains?
Same here, a bit pricier than other places but their "no bullshit" policy is worth it.
almosnow··on Moon
"The results are a refreshing vacuum haircut."
almosnow··on Ruby takes 2min to match a regex
b-b-but you could express it in any way you'd like, you know like

compute.this.regex.now()

haha! how cool is that! it's like I'm talking with the computer LOL programming is so much fun when you don't have to use those "old languages"

almosnow··on Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be In Vain
Care to say what was his actual problem was? And how did he passed out?
almosnow··on Why I Tried To Kill Myself at Penn
I don't get why you got downvoted.

Being alone is not "an issue", as the common status quo of occidental society tries to make us think.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I assume the following about the author: 1. He's an american. You were lucky to be born in a first-world country where you can really get to be EVERYTHING you want. Yeah, even with all the "McDonalds/Starbucks/DumbAmericans" criticism being born here gives you access to many things that 90% of the world population can only dream of. 2. He's a middle-class young man. Society, your family and the people that care for you set everything up so that you can go through this period of your life without worrying about anything else than GETTING BETTER AT THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE in order to earn yourself a place in society that you will enjoy for the rest of your life. 3. "This same nurse was present when some of my friends came to visit to wish me a speedy recovery from my allergic reaction. After they left, she looked at me and said, “Look at all those friends you have!” " - He can be a cynical asshole as much as he would want, but the fact that he had people that took some time to visit him at the hospital because he was ill (i.e. FRIENDS) also makes him a very fortunate person.

What I'd like to say to the author of this post is this: I don't want to change your mind and I don't care, I just want to tell you what's going to happen next. Ten years from now you will meet someone who didn't have half the things that you have access to now, this person will be happy with his/her life and you will still be bitching about how terrible yours is "because of the government", "because of a significant other(or lack of it)", "because money", "because... because... because...". The day you stand in front of this person, you will see the person that you had been if you weren't just a little pussy and that day you will enter a state of depression that is nothing like you have ever experienced before; definitely not the kind of depression that you are used to see on your teen movies. And that day you will kill yourself... and that's it, that's you.

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