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lizzard··on Show HN: Premium Medical Marijuana Subscription – SF Only
I would love this if they offered arthritis cream and edibles. Not so much with the smoking.
lizzard··on Rubinius 3.0 – Part 1: The Rubinius Team
What a great post. Not only the open commit policy but the comments on diversity and merit. Thanks for writing that (and for practicing what you preach!)
lizzard··on Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain
I hope she knows all the lyrics to The Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy".

"Then I guess I'll have to tell 'em / That I've got no cerebellum."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ssoBUb2cJk

lizzard··on The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States and India
Oi. Wrong window. Meant for article on missing cerebellum...
lizzard··on The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States and India
I hope she knows all the lyrics to The Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy".

"Then I guess I'll have to tell 'em / That I've got no cerebellum."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ssoBUb2cJk

lizzard··on Underappreciated Female Video Game Pioneers
Emily Short is a truly great game author, theorist, designer, and contributor to Inform7! She has won several awards for her work. I hope no one thinks of her as "forgotten".
lizzard··on Georgia Teens Develop App to Document Police Abuse
Part of the point of an app could be to help people to know how to properly document their interactions with police.
lizzard··on My startup failed, and this is what it feels like
I wish you the best of luck in your next venture, whether it's a startup or not. Lots of people are serial entrepreneurs!
lizzard··on Meditations
I always like to think he wrote these things to help himself bootstrap out of what looked like some very strong painful feelings.
lizzard··on A Shock-Absorbing Wheel for Bikes and Wheelchairs
The value of shock absorbing for manual wheelchairs isn't just in efficiency, it would be also quite valuable for making it less painful to go over bumps. Even going down a relatively city sidewalk is exhausting from the bumps and cracks, because jolting adds to the pain of sitting upright if your spine or pelvis are already in pain. Efficiency is also great though!
lizzard··on A Shock-Absorbing Wheel for Bikes and Wheelchairs
Performance is a huge issue. A better performing wheelchair makes a difference in our independence and range we can go on our own. It also makes a big difference in the wear and tear on our shoulder joints and hands.
lizzard··on A Shock-Absorbing Wheel for Bikes and Wheelchairs
Those are absolutely terrible wheelchairs, built to the specs of 50 years ago, heavy and uncomfortable. They are very difficult to get around in. No one should have to use those.
lizzard··on Pending Comments Update
I love the idea of these guidelines and hope that if they happen, they'll be public! Thanks for outlining the idea so clearly.
lizzard··on “The Robot and the Baby” by John McCarthy
I worked for him for a while putting some of his papers in order to go to the Stanford library archives. His letters with Nash and Minksy were pretty interesting.
lizzard··on My Roommate's a Genius
I'd love to know what tools he used!
lizzard··on FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests owner
Somewhat amusing list of YouTube videos recently liked by this guy: "How to Get Away with Stealing" and "Privacy: A PostMortem" are right on top. http://www.youtube.com/user/ohyeaross
lizzard··on Pressure cookers, backpacks, and quinoa, oh my
I would not have let them in with out a warrant.
lizzard··on [dead]
Good luck, and I'm so sorry about your situation. I hope you have good legal and family support and that you find someone to maintain your startup.
lizzard··on “Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”
If there is a list of cases of police shootings, add it to that!
lizzard··on Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow
Because some people want to know what his status is so that they can support him.
lizzard··on Malibu homeowners foiled by $30K Kickstarter campaign
Once someone finds or gathers this data it would be great to put it into Open Street Map.
lizzard··on How We Uncovered the Biggest Fraud in Kickstarter History
It likely happens a lot but goes undetected, or doesn't make the news. Modest success would be less likely to get people investigating than overshooting the goal.
lizzard··on My sister absolutely refuses to learn math
A good tutor needs to be able to meet the student at their level, and be patient and encouraging with confusion and lack of understanding and bigger motivational problems.

Instead, this person seems disrespectful and judgmental of his student. Perhaps she is on another forum, writing, "My sibling badgers me for hours and acts like I'm stupid."

Good one on one discussions done with an open heart really moves mountains.

lizzard··on Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance
WOW. Thank you Edward Snowden. You are a hero, that is to say, a rarely decent human being. Deep respect to you.
lizzard··on Greenwald has "highly detailed technical NSA materials on how they eavesdrop"
I can't wait to see this.
lizzard··on Assange: US rule of law suffering 'calamitous collapse'
I felt that was happening during the Bush election and recall Al Gore's voice cracking a little as he gave his speech about the rule of law.
lizzard··on Sen. Mark Udall: I knew about the NSA spying, did everything but leak to stop it
I am looking at it, admiring it, and I'd do the same in a heartbeat.
lizzard··on Donate to the EFF
I already donate, but I feel suddenly like donating more...
lizzard··on The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for Tumblr
This reminds me of Excite@Home buying Blue Mountain Arts and Webshots because they got a lot of hits. How incredibly not useful!
lizzard··on Open source is not a war zone
I would love to sit down with the group of women who wrote this and get to know them. While I disagree with them that having a code of conduct is "helpless", and on many other points they make, there are plenty of ideas we share as well. I'm happy to see them taking a step towards feminist activism -- as they are in coming up with a collective statement with other women.
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