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What do you do with this living space without a TV? Serious question from someone who grew up with a TV companion. I imagine this is what the current generation feels when thinking about smartphones.

Also looks like they are trying to hire the right (?) sort of people (from http://kernel.co/jobs/):

-VP OF ENGINEERING

-DIRECTOR TO THE CEO

-DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEER / DATA SCIENTIST

-MODELER FOR NEUROPROSTHESIS ALGORITHMS

-MACHINE LEARNING FOR NEUROPROSTHESIS

-SCALABLE NEURAL INTERFACES LEAD (ARCHITECT)

-NEUROSCIENTIST

Do you have any specific techniques or resources that you have used while learning Korean? I have tried learning the language a few times (Rosetta Stone, Memrise, traditional book/audio) and have also thought it should be like learning a new programming language but I have never been able to get through the initial confusing period.

As most folks have mentioned up to about $100 would put it in my impulse buy range. If it was higher I would probably review the talk descriptions and twitter/blog reviews before I decided.

Let me second the request for a video pass. I would love instant access to some of the talks. I would actually love to attend a StrangeLoop but so far that hasn't been in the cards.

I like to use http://750words.com/ to help push me to daily writing. A simple canvas to write with some light game mechanics to keep things competitive. Trying to type three pages of text every day is damn hard but the flow of text, ideas, and spelling (darn Autocorrect!) does improve with time.