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mds_··on Why you shouldn't do what Aaron did
> You don't know what will happen.

You're right. But I do know life in general will always be difficult for me. Say I knew for certain things would get better in 10 years. I don't if I could wait that long.

> Instead of telling you it'll get better, I'd tell you this: learn to stop thinking. It sounds weird, but it's possible. It doesn't mean go catatonic, it just means learning to recognize the thoughts that resonate with your negativity, and moving your focus away from those. Technical detail: there are actually two layers of thoughts, those that resonate, and then a deeper layer that seeks that negative resonance. The default state of the human brain is no-thought. If you can experience that for even a moment, you will feel relief. Then you can see the old thoughts return, like an incoming tide, and you can choose to not focus on them. That's the key: those thoughts that resonate so negatively, so strongly, require your focus to have power. If you acquire control over your focus, then you have denied those thoughts power, and you are free.

Huh. So, I can choose my thoughts and get out of this mess? Not sure if you really believe that or trolling.

mds_··on Why you shouldn't do what Aaron did
I don't know. I've been coping with chronic depression for over a decade and I'm absolutely sick of hearing "oh, you're still young. It will get better". Reading that just pushes me towards the edge.

Even if I was to be "cured" somehow—is living half a life of misery worth living half an enjoyable life? Not to me. No amount of "happiness" can offset the misery.

I know everyone means well but it might not have the intended effect. At least not for me.

mds_··on Enhancing digital certificate security (Fake *.Google.com cert issued)
Supporting http://tack.io/ is imo the most painless solution for what we have right now.
mds_··on SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails; affects all versions
Actually, no, not if you're using the mysql2 gem. There is an open issue / pull request but it doesn't seem to have much momentum.

https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/pull/289

mds_··on Bitcoin-Central.net is now licensed to operate as a bank in Europe
I assume parent is referring to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Services_Directive. Not a Bitcoin specific law.
mds_··on Trello is running on a diesel generator and may go down at anytime
Apparently the pumps got flooded: http://status.fogcreek.com/2012/10/fog-creek-services-update... (near the bottom)
mds_··on Rackspace: concerns from a former Slicehost customer
Be careful with that. BCrypt for example silently truncates long passwords (>72 chars).
mds_··on How TaxCloud Stole My Code and How I'm Doing Something About It
How do you define attribution? Both GPLv2 and MIT require you to retain the copyright notice which I would consider a form of attribution (i.e. I wrote it and not you).
mds_··on Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag
Any subtle--no spoiler--hints for level03? I got the mem address for run() but can't seem to find the correct index for it.