Yeh, I agree to be honest. Pi projects are interesting but I submitted it rather for the message he's trying to convey as part of the art exhibition. Maybe a different article would stimulate more discussion.
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Pastebin message reported to be from the hackers [1] contains Islamic State references/language and some samples of the data breach.
[1] http://pastebin.com/HHT4BxJA
Edit: added some clarification to contents.
I do have to remind myself that it is indeed cool, as some days I just want to pack it all in as I often feel out of my depth. A few months ago I was pulling 20-hour days to "get shit done". I'm not adverse to partnering with the right person to take the strain, in fact I'd welcome it now, alas I'm yet to find someone with similar passions who's also comfortable slumming it in tropics and is confident in high-risk foreign areas.
Waking up to a Tapir in a tropical monsoon is cool, gettin robbed at gun point by narcos whilst rebooting your VM, less so.
Tequila and some venezuelan narcos, those were some good times.
Having studied environmental and social science for 11 years, published and achieved multiple "degrees of knowledge" for a solid career base; it was so very sad and frustrating that everyone seemingly persisted to "talk" around the elephant.
It drove me bonkers and was labelled a pessimist by my peers. I left academia 3 years ago and now travel the world, programming and documenting tropical flora and fauna. Best decision I ever made, pity it cost me £20,000 to arrive at it though.
And this a bad thing? Cleanliness of retail stores especially food/beverage is quite a deciding factor for both new and returning customers I would imagine. To take you're point further though, which I think you may have implied, once a white macbook gets a scratch/stain, it's likely permanent and looks nasty. Let's hope they've chosen a resilient material for this stand atleast.