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mibbitirc··on Illegal drugs: The wars don’t work
Drug usage goes hand in hand with theft. Once you're addicted to drugs, you have to steal to pay for that habit. It's hardly a victimless crime.
mibbitirc··on Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)
IMHO It's more usually bad developers who get promoted into management, so they can do less damage.
mibbitirc··on Google Prediction API
The other worry of course is that google suddenly decide to shut it down like they did with quite a few APIs such as the translation API (After some back and forth they actually kept translation API but charge quite a lot for it).
mibbitirc··on Facebook use linked to depressive symptoms
Poor people are likely to have other issues to make them depressed - bad upbringing, lack of education and skills, etc

Also a lot of people just haven't found something that they truly love doing.

There's plenty of rich miserable people, and plenty of miserable poor people. If you have very little, you've got very little to worry about...

mibbitirc··on Facebook use linked to depressive symptoms
Make sure you read all the news stories about rich people who are depressed, and have horrible lives. Probably a lot more common than you think.
mibbitirc··on Ask HN: How do you do home security?
Not to be rude, but why do you chose to live there? If you value your health and friends, why live in a war zone.
mibbitirc··on Ask HN: How do you do home security?
From http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/c...

In 2011, there were an estimated 2,188,005 burglaries

Victims of burglary offenses suffered an estimated $4.8 billion in lost property in 2011

Seems pretty high to me.

mibbitirc··on Ask HN: How do you do home security?
Location is everything - move somewhere there is no crime. Failing that, get some IP cams setup and archive the footage offsite.