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goldmouth

71 karma · joined September 3, 2014

Security Consultant at iSEC Partners. Austin TX
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goldmouth··on 5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anxiety
Wrong again, Xanax is prescribed for years at a time. Many people go decades taking a few mg of Xanax a day.
goldmouth··on 5-MeO-DMT Associated with Improvements in Depression, Anxiety
That is false. Xanax withdrawal is extremely dangerous and suddenly stopping can cause death.

Please google Xanax addiction before posting more nonsense.

goldmouth··on Apple leaves Facebook offices in disarray after revoking app permissions
Guess I was misktaken. I had the choice between a thinkpad and MacBook and given an iPhone, didn’t realize we could get an android or just didn’t pay attention...
goldmouth··on Apple leaves Facebook offices in disarray after revoking app permissions
I’m not sure about an Android internal app, all employees are given brand new iPhone x’s.

When I worked there we all had to use the internal fb and IG apps and do all communication through them.

Switching to android would mean a huge IT change and mean replacing every employees phone.

goldmouth··on To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat
I had to use the BART the other day. The choices were $2.50 in cash or use a card where the minimum was $20 to fill a pass. I choose cash since I’m not from the Bay Area.

I don’t know about Seattle, but in California most recreational cannabis stores don’t accept card so that was another couple of hundred dollars I had to withdraw and use this week.

goldmouth··on Apple to build campus in Austin and sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City
$670 million this year. Due to our our exploding home values and decling enrollment.
goldmouth··on Apple to build campus in Austin and sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City
As a native austinite and engineer I completely disagree. The eastSide was a terrible place before. Going into pan am park was a no go at any time of the day. Comunities and infrastructure were dying in eat Austin. Also, It had extremely low home ownership rates so the lower class didn’t even own homes in these areas but made money for westside landlords.

South congress was full of crackheads and prostitutes as early as the 90’s. We had real urban decay. Now we are growing like crazy and if you’re willing to work hard any immigrant can get a construction job and make a great living for themselves.

goldmouth··on Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know
This is true for alcohol but I'm not sure about cannabis.

In California, a heavy indica is a recommended by doctors for sleep. My understanding is that it only affects R.E.M. sleeep.

Anecdotally, I track my sleep and when I smoked a heavy indica before bed I would consistently get at high 80 to 90% sleep quality. I'm on a couple of month tolerance break and have a hard time breaking 80% sleep quality.

goldmouth··on The Decline of the MacBook Pro
Counterpoint. I've had three thinkpads over the past 5 years for work. For two years I used Linux and am currently using windows 10.

Just bought my first Mac Pro in December. It is miles ahead in design and quality. The keyboard is brilliant and while I miss the trackpad dot the Apple mouse is the greatest I've ever used. The OS is still more intuitive and easier to modify.

goldmouth··on The aging mind: neuroplasticity in response to cognitive training (2013)
It might not "freak you out" how would you feel if your kids told you their new favorite rapper is 6ix9ine.

https://youtu.be/gAs9HZC9c7Y

goldmouth··on The Loneliness of the Long Distance Rocker
Check out hip hop. Many of the current stars started out posting videos to YouTube or tracks to SoundCloud.

The diy hustle of making mix tapes and homemade videos is how the current stars of rap, Migos, blew up.

SoundCloud rappers are a thing. It's a drug influenced, dreary subgenra that's launched dozens of stars, lil uzi vert or for example.

goldmouth··on High Sierra macOS freezing and stops
2017, VMware fusion causes mine to constantly freeze.
goldmouth··on Who Are the Top 1 Percent in America?
>contemporaries drank alcohol, smoked marijuana, traveled extensively, spent rather than saved, and otherwise wasted their gifts

The point most people are bringing up in this thread is that the children of the upperclass do that all the time and still inherit enough wealth and property to earn more than you.

goldmouth··on Ask HN: What similarities might the crypto market have with the dot com bubble?
What exactly is the phenomenal technology?

Most people on HN understand the Blockchain can be described as a p2p distributed database. It has great use cases, like asset registries, but im still waiting for the killer applications.

Personally, I've only used cryptocurrency for buying drugs on darknet matkets. We were the people actually using btc. Until the transaction fees got crazy and people moved toward better coins.

goldmouth··on It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK cities are too small
Seattle?

But I don't think every city needs Manhattan style density. Four, five story mid-rise density is the answer. Austin's urban core is building heavily in that style. I was just in Milwaukee for work as was surprised by the huge number of mid-rise buildings all over downtown. Just to show two midsized cities with insane growth at the core.

goldmouth··on A French wine trade war
I remember reading about african immigrant being paid 4 euros an hour on Sting's vineyard.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/14/underpaid-illegal...

http://www.ibtimes.com/plight-migrant-labor-barolo-italys-ki...

goldmouth··on Wikileaks releases CIA's Marble: Malware obfuscation tools
Please read Ghost Wars by Steve Coll or read up on the various Latin American dictators the CIA supported.

The US may not be the 'worst' but we certainly have our hands bloodier than most nations.

goldmouth··on WSJ: H-1B Visas Keep Down U.S. Tech Wages, Study Shows
This is also a well known contributor. Remember when Google and Apple were caught (and maybe fined?) for suppressing wages a few years ago?
goldmouth··on The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe
Uhmm... maybe you're not there yet but we had a civil war a hundred years after the revolutionary war :).
goldmouth··on Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?
I think it's important to note that the majority of these protests are happening in large urban cities on the coasts that overwhelming did not vote for Trump. There are no large protests in the Middle of the country.

I'd also like to see the source for he 3% number that leads to overthrow.

goldmouth··on New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $130K/yr
This is a proposed bill by California democrat Zoe Lofgren.

Thankfully it has zero chance of passing.

goldmouth··on Electric Bikes Won Over China. Is the U.S. Next?
Does anybody know of a good, complete, ebike conversion kit for an older trek mountain bike?

I have a 4.4 mile round trip commute but I don't really want to spend $1000+ , plus I'm pretty diy.

goldmouth··on Credit Suisse Warns That Workers Are Gaining Ground and U.S. Equities May Suffer
No, the economist is nearly all commentary and investigative reports. I still like the Wall Street Journal.

Just compare the current front page of both to see the difference. wsj.com economist.com

goldmouth··on What Makes Texas Texas
>This article reads like the goofy cliches New Yorkers spout after spending their first week in Los Angeles.

> I only spent about four days there.

Ok... what would we call your strong opinions?

goldmouth··on What Makes Texas Texas
You're right, I had to google it.

Apparently only 51% of the state said they would disapprove of accepting Syrian refugees into Texas even with a security clearance process in place

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/25/uttt-poll-bar-muslim...

goldmouth··on What Makes Texas Texas
Yes it's a common troupe, like in portland or seattle, that Austinites don't want more people, especially Californians, migrating in.

But come one come all! We have plenty of space and opportunities.

goldmouth··on What Makes Texas Texas
Well considering 40% of Texas is hispanic, including myself, it's not really about the color of your skin. That incident was because syrian refugees cause a lot of trouble all over Europe and we don't want them here.
goldmouth··on War Is a Racket (1935)
Hillary Clinton is Bush III.
goldmouth··on Canada forgot to plan for its future by leaning on oil and the loonie
Really, any day?

It's 65 and sunny in Houston today, it's 16 and snowing in Ottawa.

goldmouth··on The SoCal Network: The companies behind LA's tech boom
Why are you leaving Houston for LA? I have a similar option.
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