clackanon

I'd be interested in talking to you more about your situation. How does one reach you?

Good, because unions have long outlived their usefulness. The time for them is OVER.

Why organize for the privelege of being able to fork over a good chunk of your paycheck for not a damn thing?

HOW DO I KNOW?? I've been a union member. CWA. It was worse than worthless and useless. A net negative in every respect. 20% of my net pay for not a damn thing. Unions are a waste of time/money/oxygen.

This shouldn't be any surprise to anyone. Congress gives lip service to representing their constituents. In reality, the only people (and interests) they represent are THEMSELVES.

You edited your original response. I was going to reply and say that HN is not a place that is safe to have an opinion that dissents from the hive mind. Unless you follow neatly along, be prepared for the blowback. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's nice to know someone can express a dissenting opinion, and still be reasoned with, and not downvoted into oblivion.

Oh. Wait. That's par for the course on HN.

God forbid you think anything different from the hive mind. If you do, you're not welcome here.

I'm not saying I have a better answer, but wealth redistribution is theft.

That's every bit as immoral as leaving grandma on the street.

Oh? Because anyone has an opinion that doesn't agree with the hive mind is a bigot. Got it.

The problem with the "but they have mental illness to deal with" answer is that while it may be true, it's very much the edge case, and not the rule.

I know this because I've been homeless. I'd say greater than 90% of the folks that I encountered in my homeless period were there because they were content to be there.

If they wanted to change their lot, there was more than ample opportunity to do so, between available services and working nearly ANY kind of job.

It took me about 4 months of working to get off the street.

Why all the moralizing, when codesmoothie is asking for a technical solution?

Yes, porn is destructive. Codesmoothie didn't ask for our feelings on it. Just answer the question.

One thing I'd recommend is using OpenDNS. They have policies that allow for blocking that kind of material.

Codesmoothie in addition to whatever technical solution you decide on, I'd recommend asking a trusted friend to hold you accountable, like someone else suggested.

Have your trusted friend put the OpenDNS settings in your router and have him set (and keep) the password for your router.

Seems to me like you're attributing motives to zump that you have no place doing.

Maybe zump is motivated by generosity. Maybe zump does have plans to share the riches.

You're just guessing. Don't judge.

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A corollary to this... the How-to-GTFO-of-SanFrancisco app, because there's no earthly reason housing should be THAT expensive.

I feel your pain, brother.

Hacker News: the place were conservative viewpoints are not welcome.

It's not discourse here. It's we shoot the messenger if they don't agree with us on everything.

I welcome the detox.

You believe in popular AGW theory. Not everyone does. Not everyone takes it as fact that global warming is what folks say it is. There's enough spin and inconsistency in the scientific community that not even they agree on it. Let's assume for sake of discussion that warming is happening. Okay. I'll do my best to live responsibly. Am I going to buy in to all the Chicken Little melodrama? Nope.

Also, I thinking there's enough good momentum towards use of alt energy resources, that we're going the right direction.