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elomaron Hungry Academy - get paid to learn Ruby

That's good to hear. I can't apply this time due to visa issues, but I hope the program is a success for both LivingSocial and the candidates so that more editions are done :)

J-1 "two years restriction"

elomaron Hungry Academy - get paid to learn Ruby

Sounds like a great opportunity. Is it open to non-US citizens? :)

elomaron Gitbox is 1 year old: status report

Still not working for me on Brazilian App Store. How long will you keep it on sale? I don't wanna miss it :)

elomaron New Flash zero-day exploit that allows system takeover

For per-site whitelisting, you can click on that icon and check "always allow plugin on ..." or go to "settings > under the hood > content > plugins > manage exception."

It isn't the easiest or most intuitive way, but so far worked well enough to me.

elomaron Ditch Starbucks and work at the library

It's in Brazil... even our catholic campuses aren't all that catholic ;)

elomaron Poll: How old are you?

There, made it up for you ;)

elomaron Visa.com Now Also Down Under DDoS

IMHO, "not touching that" is not being neutral - is taking a position against WikiLeaks.

Being neutral would be more like "I'll let they keep doing their thing, like any other business."

elomaron Yesterday I had this crazy idea: People pay me $15, I make them a web design

Price of a Big Mac in USA: $3.73 Brazil: $5.19

(Big Mac index, http://www.oanda.com/currency/big-mac-index)

Jokes aside, in Brazil you need ~$1000/month to live* in a big city, ~$700 in a smaller one, ~$500 as a broken college student.

(live* as in small apartment, internet, public transportation, entertainment but no luxury).

elomaron Things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee

I posted this saying on Facebook and a friend rewrote it:

“When you are not enjoying your life, someone else is. When you meet him, you will probably regret.”

Sounds like a nice way to live too.

elomaron Ask HN: What are you working on today?

where are you backpacking to, if I may ask? :)

elomaron Ask HN: What are you working on today?

Learning how to make a driver to OpenSolaris. Yeah, OpenSolaris.

Since I've never done anything close to that (I'm mostly a Rails guy), it's being kind of cool. College stuff :)

elomaron Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

Nice! Yes, I have read it. Life Nomadic is what convinced me to do it for real. [for those who haven't, http://tynan.net/life-nomadic]

Since I could take a very long time to save two years worth of money, I'll just save enough to get started in some low-cost country (something like 3~5 months in South America or Asia) and focus on building something that can generate some passive income.

Thanks for the advices. Stick to it, and maybe we meet on the road :)

elomaron Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

I want to leave mommy's house and start living as a "digital nomad", moving from country to country every few months as I want. I want to know the world a little better.

The most obvious roadblock is making money along the way. My plan is to do it by launching a small web product, blogging about the travel, working as a local on countries where I'm allowed to, and doing some freelance programming work.

I have at least one year to save some money and get started working on these ideas. I'm sure it will not be easy, but I want give it a try :)

elomaron Ask HN: Are you a student?

Yes, working on a startup and taking "Systems Analysis and Development" in a Brazilian university (and going to study in an American community college next year).