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fowksweon How three pacifists were convicted as terrorists

In the dark, the three activists cut through a boundary fence which had signs stating “No Trespassing.”

They broke into and vandalized a nuclear weapons facility. If you mess with the bull, you're gonna get the horns.

What's the awesome song?

The name has nothing to do with Soy, its a reference to a movie titled Soylent Green (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green)

fowksweon The Business of Phish

This certainly helped, but they were already on their way. The jam band scene, as lame as it might have been, was a hot trend in the mid nineties into the early 2000's and I think Phish benefitted as much from this as they did Jerry's passing.

fowksweon Toxic fog settles over Salt Lake City

SLC, and every other major American city for that matter, is never going to solve their smog problems when they are built such that inhabitants REQUIRE the use of a vehicle to perform the necessary tasks to exist.

Elon Musk might have a solution (thought I'm skeptical) but public transportation cannot to fix the environmental effects of urban sprawl.

fowksweon We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses

The article hints at this, but Ikea solves all these problems. They have a small set of easily discernable mattress lines that are priced extremely well.

fowksweon New nuclear fuel source would power human race until 5000AD

as rauljara mentions, the claim that fukishima was victimless is a bit bloated.

nothing i've seen or heard leads me to believe that nuclear waste management is a sustainable thing.

this sounds like the oceanic equivelant of fracking.

fowksweon Shell social media oil spill a 'coordinated online assassination'

This is stunt brilliant, but the truth of the matter is its not going to solve any problems. Don't get me wrong, I love that Shell oil is getting clowned, but other than possibly choosing a different brand of gas its not going to infect any meaningful human behavioral change.

As long as people live in a world where you have to turn on an engine to do ANYTHING - and participate in an economy that depends on and encourages over consumption, oil companies will continue to thrive. Humans will continue to burn shit to live the dream and humanity will carry on its march towards extinction.

Someone needs to find a way to convince people that using an automobile (or multiple automobiles) as a replacement for their legs is the real problem.

fowksweon Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

There's always ... Ikea

fowksweon One hiring filter that works

Great way to keep recruiters out of the process too.

fowksweon Show HN: Craigslist Car Search

oh please craig, let it stay...

fowksweon Show HN: local independent band discovery service

I think show listings and contextual blog posts work in, ahem, concert :)

fowksweon Show HN: local independent band discovery service

Oh, and a plug for a friend that has a regional blog - i know http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/. I'd venture to say he'd be happy to have one of those 'seats'.

fowksweon Show HN: local independent band discovery service

Do you intend to curate the listings? That seems like alot of work for a single person. Have you considered reaching out to regional music bloggers to give them a 'seat'? They could in-turn promote you with a embeddable widget for their blog.

Nice work. I like where its going.

fowksweon The 2011 Warby Parker Annual Report

Very nice looking

fowksweon Ask HN: Oops, I just sold my startup to a piano company. Now what?

Sublet your apartment, go to South America (Beunos Aires) while its warm. Drink coffee, eat steak and figure out your next move. More ideas will come.

fowksweon Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's Resume. Anyone interested?

What did the 2 fingers say to the mouse? CLICK!

I'm CmdrTaco Bitch!

fowksweon Meet Craiggers: It Blows Craigslist Out of The Water

Yes. I remember this the first time around - it was called listpic.com (which was a far better user experience). It lasted all of a month before craig lumbered in and shut the fucker down for serving ads off his content.

Craigslist needs to innvoate, or croak. It is absolutely useless for finding an apartment in nyc. With a few flicks of effort, it could be so much better.