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Alright to this guy had an anxiety attack, and decided to reset his life : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6580196

He went to Thailand and explained the process : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6540030

Then made a post of about how explaining his process has affected his blogs' stats : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6577524

Hopefully another epiphany in Thailand, another reset, another relocation, another blog post, another HN hit...?

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I don't really get the whole aversion to taxes. "Just being aware of a state that doesn't have a 0% state income tax makes me quiver". Really? I use the roads, I like public parks, I enjoy cheap public transportation, what's wrong with taxes? I'll happily contribute if it means better communal life in my city/state. As someone else mentioned further down, some EU countries pay up to 65% taxes. This guy quivers at the thought of >0%?

+1 for those suggestions. And perhaps I would add :

(4) Support for methods other than GET and their data bodies when applicable.

other Montrealer here - I also wondered why that is. Especially considering the amount of gaming companies around here, you'd think a lot of C++ would be in order. I have met quite a few rubyists, but python seems rarely used. PHP coders were always available, wherever I lived though :)

standard LAMP/wp install. turned off cache a few days ago to check something out, forgot to turn back on afterwards :( / fixed now.

yep agreed. if you're comfortable with nginx and just want to test something quickly, this is many times better than downloading a framework, setting up, routing, etc.

Great for a quick little hack, but I wouldn't want to maintain that conf file once the project grows.

Went through the different links - does anyone know how long this Visa is valid for? If it's on that page, it seems to be hidden somewhere...

> #1 Be a broken record. ... > #5 Stop talking, already.

Also, 42 rules? Would of been nicer to have just the few important ones perhaps.

> Of course I'm not in a position to diagnose anyone with anything specifically > my assessment of his mental health is irrelevant to my argument

Then don't include it. You're not a health specialist and it only weakens your argument.

Pretty much what others have pointed out - I'll never sign up if you don't show me how it works and looks.

Did you forget that 7 million people speak French in Québec? And because a language is not much spoken, it doesn't count?

well this is fitting. lost ~4 hours yesteday trying to compile ffmpeg properly to work with newly enabled codecs and kdenlive - errors on errors on errors - with very little resources to help out. what a mess.

I'd love to - that's why I posted it here!

(you can use the email address on the main guide page if it's more convenient)

sorry, my "infrastructure" was vague. I meant ISPs, traffic hubs, physical cables, etc. The stuff that gets tampered with before it actually hits your PC.

Hmmm, I'm not sure that creating new technology on top of what we currently have will make any difference. Currently, TCP/IP is a very simple end-to-end mechanism, which is why it's so easy to work with it. If you enforce encryption, you're violating that principle and causing a lot of headaches. It's much more a matter of legislation and infrastructure, I think, than of technology itself. Refusing to sell surveillance equipment to these authoritarian states would already be a good first step.

quick note for those wondering : it's meant to be satire. (intentions are stated at the bottom of the non-dictator version - "note from the author")

if you go to the non-dictator version, scroll to the bottom - "note from the author". I state my intentions clearly there.

Inspiration for the tone : Screwtape Letters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters)

it's meant to be cynical.

Thanks! I'd say ~70. Won't grow in length, but needs tweaking in a bunch of places.

indeed! that's probably a second guide (for junior dictators, or aspiring ones). I guess you could start with the 3 prerequisites at the top of the document, see where it takes you? There's a bunch of small authoritarian regimes that managed to pull it off (Eritrea comes to mind), Im sure it's possible. Good luck!

one has all the academic fluff, not the other.

Thx - it's a WIP thesis, to be submitted in a few months. I'm not saying much new, but I figured having a different tone than the usual patronizing one could make it more interesting.