phony_identity

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by phony_identity 16y ago
Yes, this may not be true. All I can report is what I've read.
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by phony_identity 16y ago
There are a lot of people here defending working for porn sites. I'll play devil's advocate. (Or the opposite? Whatever.) In general, being associated with porn is a problem. In hetero porn, tons of the models or performers or whateve
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by phony_identity 16y ago
That's not that much money. You should do better in hourly contract work in Silicon Valley. That can be, at worst, dull. But not soul-sucking.
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by phony_identity 16y ago
But it pays cash and lots of it How much? Can you be more, uh, quantitative here?
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by phony_identity 16y ago
Yes, the new bankruptcy system tries to eliminate that option for people making more than the average. It's an extremely bad reform, as it hits higher income people trying to take risks and build businesses. Here's what to do if you're cau
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Derek, you did great work in creating that wealth and everyone here is happy to see you enjoying some of it. But please consider re-writing this to something more truthful - fewer words emphasizing your altruism and spartan lifestyle (?) a
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Lie.
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Poor Steve is so thin. Can't tell you how sad this makes me.
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Not brownnosing. I should have realized that if I wasn't comfortable posting this under my real name I shouldn't have posted it at all. Definitely newsworthy and interesting, however.
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Joshua, I'm sorry for posting your regret of selling to Y. I hope it did not distress you too much to see it. I should not have done it.
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by phony_identity 17y ago
Someone must know who this first tier VC was that hosed him. Anybody here know about this?
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by phony_identity 18y ago
I'm an atheist and a confirmed sexual libertine but those ads pissed me off too. Too tacky even for the Superbowl, which is saying something. Much worse, though, was the ad for some damn NBC crime drama which showed some pretty young girl
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Ugh.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Tip: http://thesaurus.reference.com//browse/proscribe
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Ah, dammit. Goddammit all. This is bad.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
You have too rosy a picture of what your high school classmates were doing. They were mostly wasting their time. What you're calling "dating girls" is better described as "chasing girls", and they were mostly unsuccessful. You need, at mo
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by phony_identity 18y ago
This: http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php tells me I type at about 55 wpm with about one error. Apparently this sucks. Damn it.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Hmmm. I want to hear from some great programmers who are often here on HN. Do you guys type quickly? Paul Graham and Patrick Collison, are you speed typists? How about Ryan Davis and Jey Kottalam? Suggest some more great hackers, too.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Based on his golf-derived username they should get along well.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=225962 Example of the political incorrectness within: "We are undergoing the Paris-ification of America. The snobbish French always thought Americans were nuts to let Washington, the capital of the coun
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Social Engineers Move Inner City Crime To Suburbs(vdare.com)
2 points by phony_identity 18y ago|0 comments
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by phony_identity 18y ago
That had the lowest meaning / words ratio of any programming blog post I've read.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
"Mr. Packer said the decision was made principally because of demographic considerations. Only a tiny fraction of the members of underrepresented minority groups who take AP exams take the tests in one of those four affected subject areas,
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by phony_identity 18y ago
This boggled my mind. I knew there were pressure groups pushing TV people around, but I thought it was about specific political issues and sexual mores. But pushing general conformity as a virtue? I mean, what narrow interest group reall
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1980's cartoons: "The group is always right...the complainer is always wrong."(povonline.com)
8 points by phony_identity 18y ago|1 comments
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by phony_identity 18y ago
That's an act and I don't trust him. For the real thing, watch Steve Wozniak.
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by phony_identity 18y ago
Why would that be a joke?
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by phony_identity 18y ago
This is an evolved response, made for the paleolithic era. Your brain thinks your tribe was just conquered by the neighboring tribe, and that your women and livestock have been taken. Evolution thinks you're lucky to be alive, and the bes
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by phony_identity 19y ago
Summary: "My 18 yo daughter likes FB because her friends are there. Also, I am illiterate."
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by phony_identity 19y ago
Those product design quotes are fucking great. Read 'em.

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