toddrew

5 ms·

1.
by toddrew 5y ago
"Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids." - Joe Biden
2.
by toddrew 9y ago
Not a likely story. If the driver was an employee at the airport, turning on uber before his shift might result in him driving in the opposite direction for an hour and missing his shift. In some cities Uber drivers are able to choose drop-
3.
by toddrew 10y ago
Do two-thirds of Americans travel enough to use high-speed rail?
4.
by toddrew 12y ago
I agree about standing out. But as someone that lived in other countries down there for three years before moving to Chile and speaks Spanish, this definitely wasn't the case for me. Are you in Startup Chile? Just watch your backpack o
5.
by toddrew 12y ago
The murder rates in the other countries are mostly drug related gang on gang violence. I've spent the past four years in Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile (was in Startup Chile)) and found Chile to be the sketchiest of places
6.
by toddrew 12y ago
I did the same. Mexico for a couple years (I love Mazunte and Zipolite!) then Guatemala and Chile. Actually moving back to Toronto from Guatemala in a few days after almost 5 years to work with a startup there. The thing I've found mos
7.
by toddrew 12y ago
Reaching a bit?
8.
by toddrew 12y ago
We played a trick on my friend Jerry that I worked with in the military. The previous night we had a few drinks and then called it a night and walked home together. Jerry, in the morning mentioned to someone that his shoulder really hurt, b
9.
by toddrew 12y ago
Move to a cheaper country. I moved to Guatemala a few years ago and live for around $8000 a year which includes a nice wooden cottage on a lake with three volcanos, decent internet, and eating out in really great restaurants three times a d
10.
by toddrew 12y ago
I went through Startup Chile last year. Each year the number of Chilean startups applying and being accepted is growing. I would say that's some level of success based on the goal of the accelerator.
11.
by toddrew 12y ago
Location: Nomad (Canadian currently in Latin America Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Possibly Technologies: HTML, HTML5, JS, CSS, CSS3, I can build what I design in hacked together ugly code. Résumé/CV: http://andrewtodd.c
12.
by toddrew 12y ago
Post traumatic stress disorder from a three day party/commercial shoot. Oh the horror.
13.
by toddrew 12y ago
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/09/05/crested-but... "Overall, Crested Butte is expecting to receive an impact boost of $2,000,000, according to Anheuser-Busch's estimation
14.
by toddrew 12y ago
Music festivals and other events are held in public spaces all the time. By the look of the town, the detour around the shut down areas might take a whole extra 20 seconds.
15.
by toddrew 12y ago
For those of you downvoting, do you really think that a 3 day event caused any real impact to the quality of life of the people in this town? What boost of quality of life did the event bring to those in the town that enjoy things like musi
16.
by toddrew 12y ago
My favourite music festival is Sappy Fest. It's held in Sackville, New Brunswick, a small town of around 5000 people, Sackville. http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/sappyfest-is-atlantic-cana... In 2011 fresh o
17.
by toddrew 12y ago
It's a three day event with an estimated boost of $2,000,000 to the local economy. Boo hoo. Suck it up and enjoy the music.
18.
by toddrew 12y ago
When you don't have money for food, but a paid off Mercedes sitting in the garage, I think it's about time to sell the Mercedes.
19.
Statistical analysis of voting irregularities in Turkey (erikmeyersson.com)
2 points by toddrew 12y ago|0 comments
20.
by toddrew 12y ago
I use to work as a comsec custodian. It was my job to update or replace military publications with the newest version. In the military/government, forms, publications, and manuals are regularly updated, distributed, and printed. Rollin
21.
Live Q&A with Edward Snowden (freesnowden.is)
9 points by toddrew 13y ago|0 comments
22.
by toddrew 13y ago
I think Google manual overriding a serp in this case is the way to get the best possible search result. Being at the top of the page shouldn't be about how many links were bought, it should be about quality of content. Rap Genius has t
23.
by toddrew 13y ago
Accepting regular daily cash deposits of hundreds of thousands of dollars at HSBC branches in Mexico without question shows assistance and complicity. The only people making cash deposits of this size, in Mexico especially, are drug cartels
24.
by toddrew 13y ago
What is the incentive for lawmakers to block pornography?
25.
by toddrew 13y ago
I'm not sure what it adds to the reading experience other than distraction.
26.
by toddrew 13y ago
Quitting the military to make significantly less money doing something I loved.
27.
by toddrew 13y ago
I started vaping this year. I love it. I've got a usb passthrough that just plugs in and I can sit in a co-working space and smoke and work. It gets some funny looks, but also starts some fun conversations.
28.
NYT Potential Hacking, WSJ Drops Its Paywall To Capitalize (techcrunch.com)
2 points by toddrew 13y ago|0 comments
29.
by toddrew 13y ago
Why I compare it to learning a new language is because after a certain speed it becomes almost impossible to read it out letter by letter. When you get good enough you start to see complete words in the light. When you learn a new language
30.
by toddrew 13y ago
It was always visual. It seemed useless at the time, spending hours out in the pouring rain on a ship, sending a message with a flashing light to another ship, but they always reminded us that even with all our technology and cryptography,

More ›