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jackaroe78··on Costco Capitalism
I like to think that we all do. Bless up
jackaroe78··on How is it like to be a dev in Iran
Obviously
jackaroe78··on How is it like to be a dev in Iran
Exactly like America
jackaroe78··on Bungie departs from Activision
$175
jackaroe78··on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
Go back home & work on the family farm
jackaroe78··on Ask HN: Organizing company knowledge?
Confluence at my last job, it was a mess. If folks don't make an effort to keep documentation up to date & organized I doubt the tool used matters much. Finally find the stage db fqdn for that one app, but turns out it was moved twice in the year since the documentation was updated? Good times!
jackaroe78··on Early Days: The VIC-20 Programmer's Reference Guide
I remember working though this with my dad when I was little, very well put together. That same copy now sits on my shelf as a reminder of where it all started for me. Still have thar ol Vic & play around on it every now and then. We've sure come a long way
jackaroe78··on What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
Better safe than sorry
jackaroe78··on What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
I agree, corncobs work just fine
jackaroe78··on Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression
Thank you
jackaroe78··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
When I was little I asked my dad why people couldn't settle things with a snowball fight or something instead of killing each other in wars, he said because there's always somebody out there that will put a rock in the snowball. That's always stuck with me
jackaroe78··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
The US did it with significantly fewer bullets to the back of necks & babies going hungry.
jackaroe78··on Google maps shows location of San Bruno shooting
Guessing you've never been to Idaho
jackaroe78··on [dead]
A Grateful Dead sticker will significantly increase your odds of getting popped as well
jackaroe78··on I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
My experiment was on a .22 round, and when they say it's a rimfire type cartridge I can tell ya they're not kidding. Not sure how I survived childhood, but I grew up to be a productive & well rounded member of society. More or less
jackaroe78··on Ask HN: Do you note the author of a HN comment before upvoting/replying to it?
Just dang
jackaroe78··on John Perry Barlow has died
What you are, what you're meant to be. Speaks his name, though you were born to me
jackaroe78··on John Perry Barlow has died
The music never stopped
jackaroe78··on The Kessler Syndrome Explained (2014)
Usually just on the 4th of July (give or take a week)
jackaroe78··on Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News
Welcome to the machine!
jackaroe78··on [dead]
Breathtaking.
jackaroe78··on The Impact of Listening to Music on Cognitive Performance (2013)
These mixes are brilliant! Boards of Canada get in that same type of headspace

https://youtu.be/ksWPFwHwlwY

jackaroe78··on The Rise of German Board Games
As the oldest of 6, I can confirm that a pleasant game of Monopoly can turn south real quck. That & "Sorry!"
jackaroe78··on The Rise of German Board Games
I never land on Boardwalk or Park Place either
jackaroe78··on Norway as a destination for tech founders
And a pretty great bunch of 8-bit Atari enthusiasts to boot! (not a startup, but still really look forward to visiting someday)
jackaroe78··on Getting free of toxic tech culture
Beautiful night for a walk
jackaroe78··on Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment
I'd love to hear why, i'm just curious (dev who's only ever worked with centos at any kind of large scale)
jackaroe78··on JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
+1
jackaroe78··on A Tale from the Early Days of Busting Hackers [audio]
Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
jackaroe78··on Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt to Japan
mmm source please
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