tevlon

hi TAAndreas

you are right, the police was not very professional and it might have ended badly. Luckily it didn't. First i was scared that my ex send them to me and i was in trouble (althoug i did nothing illegal). Then i was relieved that it was about my post on HN.

Reading this made me uncomfortable, but also happy. A Stranger from the internet cared (about my life) and took action. I got 80 messages on that thread. Most of them were upliftig. But taking action is another level. Thank you for that! Faith in humanity restored.

You could have reached out to me directly. I would be happy to have a coffee with a fellow HN and "talk about it". I'd rather talk to a stranger with an open ear than a psychologist who listens because he/she gets paid for it.

If there is anything i can do for you, you can contact me at: tevlon84@gmail.com .

You did the right thing.Thank you!

I have to say. I didn't. So here is the rest of the story:

I assured the police to make a therapy. They said they will check in a week, if i reached for help. I did. I called the Psychological Counseling Services at my university. They said their next free session is in 2 Months. The police officer who came to my flat called me ^. I told them... that they are fully booked and the next free spot is in 2 Months. He asked for the phone number of the counseiling service. I guess he called them and they confirm that i have an appointment in 2 months. This is where the sotry ended for the police officer. In hindsight, i don't think they really cared. They just did their duty. Anyway:

Fast-forward 1 Month: i went to switzerland looking for a job and i got an offer, 1 week after my interviews. Fast-forward another month: i didn't go to couseling, because i had exams and i felt much better. But i would have taken the counseling, if i was still depressed. That job offer was my way out of my depression. Sometimes, you can get out. Sometimes you are able to get out of this "dark place" yourself, but most of the times, you should seek for help! So if somebody is reading this. PLEASE GET HELP! Don't try to convince yourself, that you can get out on your own.

I feel you man. I was a student at the swiss federal institute of technology (ETH Zürich). I was fine 2 years ago. Had a nice swiss girlfriend but my mind was obsessed with becoming a prestigious scientist.

I worried too much and lost her. It was one defining factor of my depression. You should give her a hug and tell her how happy she makes you ;)

I finished my master and left the field. If you want to have a career in bioinformatics, there is no way you can get a good position without a PhD. I realized that a PhD is not the best option for me at that time.

So i took a regular coding job. Sometimes i miss the "research" part. But i am still active in r/bioinformatics on reddit and read occasionally a paper from BioArxiv(https://www.biorxiv.org/)

1,5 years ago, i was suicidal (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13051611).

1 week after posting this. I got a visit from the police. Apparently, someone gave them the ip and it took them a week to locate me. They wanted to take me to the hospital to check if i had mental problems. Of course they couldn't force me to go. I assured them that i would fix my problems and make a therapy. It was a wakeup call for me.

Fast-forward to now: I am working in an e-commerce company in switzerland. I almost have no debts (last payment in may 2018) and my coworkers are like family to me. My life turned 180 degrees.

THANK YOU, STRANGER i owe you a lot!

damnit... somebody already took : https://github.com/PanamaPapers

i disagree. While i agree, that PDFs are there and they will stay for a long time. The problem can be easily solved by journals. They make you use of their own LaTeX templates. It would be very easy to just force the submitters to add the LaTeX together with the pdf. Sometimes the easy solution is too obvious, i guess

Does somebody know why we are still using pdfs for papers ? I know a lot of people that are trying to parse PDF files and it is an awful process.

If somebody is looking for an idea for a new venture, this is a problem, yet to be solved !

Wow. Thank YOU ! I guess this is a "start" :)

My hometown is 400miles away and i recently moved here. So : no :(

Yeah, i think there is something like that at my university. I'll go there on monday : http://en.my-stuwe.de/geld/studienkredite-darlehen/kurzfrist...

Thanks for understanding. I had a (rich) girlfriend and she supported me, i am doing my master thesis and had no time for her, so she left for someone else and here i am :(

I live in Tübingen and yes, there is a Tafel here ! Thanks, this helps a lot.

i think this is the right link :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi62S_MvheE

Well, speaking of domain knowledge : - Why are politicians the ones that vote for/against net neutrality ? Do you really think, they have the domain knowledge ?

How would we know that it's really you casting your vote, and that someone isn't physically forcing you to vote in a certain way?

We now have fingerprint sensors on the new phones. I can imagine, this will be a standard feature in 3-5 years. Back to your question: This could also happen with "regular" voting.

Again : technology shouldn't create problems. Phones should just be an easy alternative to paperwork. If "you" don't have a phone, you should still be able to vote with paper. Problem solved.

technology shouldn't be the problem. WhatsApp managed to support old phones as well. A technological solution would be : sending an sms to a specific government number.( free of course )