brianjyee

There has to be at least one password. If you use password managers like Lastpass or Keepass, you're essentially putting all your eggs in one basket, but that is generally safer than what the typical internet user does which is use the same password for everything.

Comcast is an awful awful awful company. Yet I pay them over $100/month. I hate them with a passion. I've never experienced worse customer service. If I could pay double the price with a different company for internet/cable, I would do it in an instant but I unfortunately have no other options.

Gambling can be done intelligently and profitably. Don't be so quick to label gambling as a pitfall to be avoided at all costs. I am not a financial expert, but as someone with a background in math/probability based gambling strategies, I can see similarities in the financial markets.

I think one important thing to understand is that beautiful music is not the only kind of music that can be great. Sometimes music is designed to invoke a wide array of emotions which is why good music is crucial in TV and film. Good music can make you feel excited, happy, sad, scared, calm, nervous, anxious, angry, inspired, or any mix of the above.

So while I think it's great that he is moved by beautiful music, he should keep his mind open to allowing music to take his emotions in other directions too.

It would be nice if they gave even the smallest hint of what they're measuring.

I would say fuck it, I'm opening it now.

Absolutely. So you'd agree that what's over the line in one circumstance could be interpreted as harmless flirting in another. And that much of the time, the guy must guess where that line is and that he'll be wrong sometimes.

Not specific to hacker culture, but I always felt there was a bit of a double standard when it comes to alpha male behavior. Women are attracted to aggressive men. Women like men who take charge. Women like men who are the initiators. Now obviously there is a line that crosses over into sexual harassment, but the fact is that men who behave aggressively are the ones who succeed in sexual pursuits most often. It's almost as if when the girl is attracted to the guy, it's flirting, but when she isn't, it's creepy/sexual harassment. I wish it weren't like this because I, personally, am not very aggressive.

I'm not trying to defend the behavior described in the article, I'm just saying that men act like that because it works.

The worst is when they use security questions that have answers that change like "what is the first name of your best friend?"

that's going to be taken pretty much everywhere

Back to the Future 2 was made in 1989 and hit on several things. Most predictions seem to think we'd all be in flying cars by now.

http://gawker.com/5667202/11-things-from-back-to-the-future-...

I'm in the "insider trading should be legal" camp.

There is risk, but I agree in the sense that the risk is not nearly as serious as most people think. The worst thing that happens is that you waste a year or whatever, the company fails, and you find another job.

Society casts this black cloud over unemployment. Most people fear unemployment like the plague. But for talented people, finding a new job is not hard.

"Carreon also hints that Inman might be responsible for someone setting up a fake Twitter account in his name which had some "offensive statements." His evidence that Inman was responsible? At the same time that the fake account tweeted some stuff, Inman posted a tweet mocking Carreon in somewhat offensive terms. That tweet did not link to or reference the fake account, but according to Carreon: "I don't know if that's coincidence. Why was he on twitter at the same time the impersonator was? I don't know.""

Ohhh man, that's gold.

He's apparently suing the charities too. WTF. I'd like to hear him explain how the charities are responsible.

"OTHER characteristic features of “depressive” Internet behavior included increased amounts of video watching, gaming and chatting."

So what uses of the internet would NOT indicate depression??

The article says she asked her customers to post genuine reviews. I don't know if that's true but if it is, I see nothing shady about asking your customers to post reviews. There is definitely a conflict of interest on Yelp's side, but I don't see a good solution to the spam problem.