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sbjustin··on Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
If more people were supporting Johnson he'd get on the debate stage and actually stand a shot. It's non-sense that people are saying they won't vote for him now when they don't have to decide till Nov 7th. Support him now and if he doesn't poll well enough after the debates go do your never X vote.
sbjustin··on Show HN: Postleaf – Open source blogging platform
Arrogant much?
sbjustin··on Promoting Marriage Has Failed and Is Unnecessary to Cut Poverty (2015)
Hey Skiningham!
sbjustin··on Promoting Marriage Has Failed and Is Unnecessary to Cut Poverty (2015)
I imagine you probably live somewhere where the cost of living is significantly higher than the rest of the country. I left the Washington DC Metro area which is exactly as you describe and moved to Greenville, SC. My wife has been able to be a stay at home mom here and we get access to a decent education for our daughter. Any difference in quality of education can be made up by the parents imo.

Leaving an area which required 2 parents to work has been one of the greatest things I've ever done and I won't go back. We are significantly happier without that pressure.

sbjustin··on A 54-year-old custodian just graduated from the college he cleaned at night
Obviously it needs to be said, Good Will Hunting?
sbjustin··on Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams to Block Audio, Records Show
30th in murder rate though: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/top-lists/highest-murder-ra...
sbjustin··on North Korea Announces That It Has Detonated First Hydrogen Bomb
This is a comfortable stance to take 70 years after the fact.

In WWII: Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion).

The US ended the war in the pacific with those bombs(129,000–246,000+ killed), who knows how many more would have died with an invasion of Japan. The second would not have been dropped if the Japanese had surrounded and ended the war. BTW, the US did not start the war. I'm not saying I support it, I'm just saying stop Monday morning quarterbacking.

sbjustin··on North Korea Announces That It Has Detonated First Hydrogen Bomb
I think you could use anyone as an example. It's always easier to ignore people you don't know than the people you do. I imagine most people would pick a family member over people they don't know.
sbjustin··on Ask HN: I am the dumbest person in the room. What should I do?
Awesome quote! I'll definitely being using that in the future.
sbjustin··on Ask HN: I am the dumbest person in the room. What should I do?
I'd go work somewhere else and here is why:

You can learn anywhere, why work with a bunch of people who are not going to build you up and encourage you to improve yourself and by extension, the team/project. What are you really getting from these guys if it's "every man for himself" anyways?

1. Forget that, be confident. Just focus on improving yourself and on things that can make you better at your job.

2. No. I expect my junior guys to learn on their own but am always willing to step in and provide guidance.

3. There can be some rough people in IT. If they're rotten they are probably less confident than you think they are, probably more so than you, but don't want you to realize it.

Lastly, I can tell you from experience, if you don't think it's worth it, it's not. There are fun jobs out there, go and get one.

sbjustin··on U.S. cancer deaths have fallen 22% since 1991
I suspect with no evidence to support that some of this may be related to people dying of other things instead on cancer such as heart disease, etc.

Another interesting fact is if you look at US deaths, fewer die between the age of 60 and 80 than before and after. Seems like if you can make it to sixty you'll die of old age or some random cancer.

sbjustin··on Apollo 11 Flight Plan – Final [pdf]
Oh man. Thanks for that.
sbjustin··on Apollo 11 Flight Plan – Final [pdf]
Pretty thorough document for a basement hoax. I'm kidding :) I'd like to see us go back. It's time for a moon base.
sbjustin··on Living on Last Month: For Freelancers
"Only spend what you have left." - Terrible habit to start. This should go into savings.

Here's solid budgeting advice: If you don't have 3-6 months of savings set aside, cut out unneeded items such as TV (use 10/m netflix), starbucks, eating out as much, etc. Put all of this into savings immediately and forget about it.

Also, read about this: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/payyourselffirst.asp

sbjustin··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I think it's a great idea, but at 2.99 I don't think it's going to be profitable enough to take on the lawsuit risk.
sbjustin··on [dead]
Fraud? or just a mistake? Seems a bit far to jump to the conclusion that some conspiracy is going on. Especially since I've heard nothing but good experiences regarding Amazon's return policies. Like returning a MBP that's already opened...
sbjustin··on Richest Bitcoin Addresses
Top 100 richest people using bitcoin control 20% of bitcoins.
sbjustin··on Ask HN: What's the best place in the U.S. to live and work cheaply?
My wife and I are thinking about moving to Greenville. Would you recommend a particular town? We liked travelers rest. Any complaints about the area?
sbjustin··on SublimeGit: Full-featured Git integration for Sublime Text
I just downloaded this and it's everything I ever dreamed it could be. Thank you.
sbjustin··on 15 year old in St. Louis has a 3 year old tech company worth 3.5 million
The Roman numeral M is often used to indicate one thousand, and MM is used to indicate one million.

http://blog.accountingcoach.com/what-does-m-and-mm-stand-for...

sbjustin··on Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not claim on my profile?
In all seriousness though, I think it's a UI change they did. It didn't seem to be this bad until lately. I've noticed whenever you login it asks you with a one click button if you want to endorse these people for these skills, randomly.

I think their goal was to create more 'value' in their product but in fact made it less reliable and therefore less 'valuable'.

sbjustin··on Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not claim on my profile?
I've been actually trying to upgrade my skills as a software developer. I am currently a level 5 Wizard.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/justin-nash/26/7aa/163

sbjustin··on Ditch Your Passwords? US Gov To Issue Secure Online IDs
Another excellent example of why the government should leave these things to the private industry or contract it out.
sbjustin··on Ditch Your Passwords? US Gov To Issue Secure Online IDs
> SecureKey, based in Toronto, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the USPS to provide a cloud-based authentication infrastructure.

I love that USPS, a government entity so far in the red, has the ability to award any money at all...

sbjustin··on SOPA died in 2012, but Obama administration wants to revive part of it
Is anyone really surprised? Congress and the President haven't cared about the constitution thus far, why would it be any different now? Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted

A bit excessive? Throw the streamers in with the murderers and rapist, they'll come out better people.

sbjustin··on Web development performance inside and outside a VM
I run Windows 7 using VMWare Fusion on my 15" MBP Retina. It's extremely responsive and I can't tell it's running in the background most of the time. I love to use open source but VMWare Fusion is a great product and these numbers support it.
sbjustin··on Show HN: Floobits – Remote pair programming done right
Agreed. This looks like an awesome tool but I(and others I work with) want the ability to try it privately.

I did try though and was very impressed.

sbjustin··on Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
Wow. Yes! I will be adding the m from here on out.
sbjustin··on Stop Glorifying Hard Work and Long Hours
I agree. Perhaps a better clarification would be billable work vs work?
sbjustin··on “Why do women try to get ahead by pulling men down?”
I'm not trying to say programming in it's nature is a 'masculine' thing but the things that draw people to programming tend to be things men seem to enjoy more. There are industries that tend to draw men and there are industries that tend to draw in women (but not exclusively with either).

The article suggests that women are not 'doing well' in the tech industry because men are holding them back while completely ignoring that fact that many, many more men that are interested in tech, than women. Many women are just not interested in the field and never even make it to the scenario the author suggested.

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