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How many of you program while traveling for a living?

aviewanew 0 points1 point 8 hours ago[-]

I was in miraflores 4 days ago! I love that section of the city. Not too fond of getting half-mugged near the center though.

New England Netsec: A New Hacker Con is coming to RI!

aviewanew 0 points1 point 10 days ago[-]

Unfortunetly, it's also the same weekend as SOURCE (which I already registered for) and the Source B-Sides Aftercon. Maybe next time. Keep it up!

The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work

aviewanew 1 point2 points 11 days ago[-]

Yea. I use it most of the time. Some places (my local government for paying parking tickets online, and anything international) don't take it, but it's the equivalent of 1% cash back on everything, with either no fee or $60/year. Not horrible. I've put about $25K on it in 3 years (I'm 24) and gotten $450 back (some from the initial signup points).

If all you do is buy stuff and pay it off immediately - well it works nice for me. When I travel internationally, I use a Capital One Debit and Credit card - they don't charge percentage conversion fees - just a flat $2 or so. My wachovia debit and this discover charge a percentage as a conversion fee.

Basic cooking for bachelor alpha geeks

aviewanew 0 points1 point 11 days ago[-]

I don't cook because I hate investing an hour of time doing something I don't enjoy, just to produce some food that's (at best) decent tasting. That's it.

I microwave stuff, I get takeaway on the way home, I cook pasta (cause it takes virtually no time investment) - but watching a chicken bake or things like that - just hate it.

The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work

aviewanew 1 point2 points 11 days ago[-]

I've chargebacked stuff through Discover. Hosting company refused to give me a refund. After a couple months of arguing, discover declares that the shrinkwrap 'you agree to this' checkbox that contradicted the site's banner was binding.

I learned that chargebacks are really the credit card company being your lawyer for you - if you could win the case in court, the CC Company will back you. If you can't, you're out of luck. Plus, chargebacks are a giant pain in the ass, money goes in and out, I got charged multiple times, had to conference call, the workd.

Side note, feel free to leach that hosting company's bandwidth.

Hey reddit, I bought my ticket to europe but lost my spending money. Any suggestions on how i can spend a month in europe for under $1000?

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

I slept everywhere on that trip, including a mental institution once. I tried to find my old spreadsheet that had details expenses, but I think it broke down like:~$500 for a rail pass, ~1000 for airfare there and back, plus 20 euro hostel average for 60 days ~1680. I ate cheaply, maybe 10-15 euro a day usually (really, I ate cheaply) so that's say another 1000, so I'm at 4250 now... maybe 5 euro of entertainment a day on average (lots of free walking around - I walked everywhere, cheap tours, never splurged, so more like $5000.

So I underestimated, but it definitely was much cheaper than $4K/month without airfare.

Hey reddit, I bought my ticket to europe but lost my spending money. Any suggestions on how i can spend a month in europe for under $1000?

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

First off, if the ticket's for May - try and cancel it! The fee might be $100. Worth it! you have months to prep for this, so if you really want to do it, you'll be fine if you do your homework.

I spent 2 months in europe, relatively cheaply, and I wasn't pinching pennies. Here's my advice, although some of it depends on what you like and aim to do.

  • Couchsurf or stay at very cheap hostels. Camp if you can hook up with someone who is camping. Get into couchsurfing now, so you have a profile when you go then.
  • Traveling by rail is expensive. Sucks. Look up cheap trains and buses. I'd say look into ridesharing, but that's impossible to arrange this far in advance.
  • Don't eat anything expensive. McDonalds and Burger King are out. Kebab is in. Pre-packaged food from the grocery is out. Pasta and food you cook is in.
  • Free city tours - they're in every major European city. They run on tips. Either don't tip and run away, or tip small and ask the guy what you can do in the city for free or cheap.
  • Pub Crawls. 10 Euros, come with a shot in every bar. There's always confusion and pandemonium. Just never take out your wallet and see how many shots and drinks you can mooch and 'borrow'.
  • save money. $1000 is like 23 euro a day, which is managable. Every bit more will help.

What do you consider to be the worst way to die?

aviewanew 2 points3 points 12 days ago[-]

jesusfuck. This wins for me. Even reminds me of one of the few nightmares I remember. I'm not really claustrophobic, and I'm generally up any adventurey type activity - but I couldn't do spelunking.

What superficial things cause you to judge somebody before you even know them?

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

If you're in IT, and I see gmail, it's way better than hotmail or yahoo - but it's still not-quite professional IMO. Get a real email at a domain name.

In this photo a member of the F Company takes a retina image of an Afghan during operation "Moshtarak" near Marjah. (#43)

aviewanew [S] 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

Handheld retina scanners the size of a camera. Damnit, where's my flying car.

never mess with this kid!

aviewanew -1 points0 points 12 days ago[-]

Did you bother reading?

Right, so your brother assaults someone.

apply pressure to your arm with the back of his hand. Not punch, not scratch, not hurt


if he's apt to assault my kid

He's not a violent person by any means

And even when he gets very upset, he was still reasonably compliant. He might flip out in a parking lot and jump 5 feet away screaming and kicking, but you could say "Kevin, come here, calm down, get in the car" and he would be very upset and crying and screaming, but he'd do it


But if we do, you'll deck us one.

One of these two individuals is obviously not all-there (call it what you wish) but the other is. One of these two individuals escalated the situation. That person is an Ass monkey.

What is your darkest secret?

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

Let us know how it goes.

never mess with this kid!

aviewanew -1 points0 points 12 days ago[-]

No, I'm pretty sure I understand mental retardation pretty well..

I had a much more polar comment I deleted, because as another person pointed out - the guy passes the (fictional) cell-phone test. From what we can see this individual is probably cognizant enough of his actions. But my brother? He's not a violent person by any means but if he was really upset for some reason and jumping around, and some 5 year old screamed at him, he very likely might jump at him and do what he usually does when he wants you to stop something: apply pressure to your arm with the back of his hand. Not punch, not scratch, not hurt, not even very hard. But a near-6-foot screaming guy with an athletic build jumping at a 5 year old who's also screaming would certainly cause the kid's parent to freak out.

And I expect the parent to control themself. By all means, rush to your kid, grab him away, put yourself between him and the kid, yell at my brother - all acceptable actions. But if you deck my brother I will be all over you like herpes because any aggressive actions you take - like the guy in the video took towards the other man - are unwarranted.

IAMA cosmetic surgeon working in Los Angeles, CA.

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

Pretty easy to convince someone not to do it: "So here's what we're going to do. We'll get you in the OR, and then lie a dead body right next to you. We'll strip him naked (you can help if you want), then we'll all gather around his winky. We'll hold it up and ask you how much of it you want. Once we've got that out of the way, I'll take this thing right here, kinda looks like a potato peeler doesn't it?

Anyway, I'll take this thing to the dude's dick. Don't worry he can feel a thing! He's dead! See I'll stab him in the eye just to give you a good feeling about it. So I'll shave this guy's skin off his dick, then we'll lay the flaps down on a tray. At this point, we'll lay you down and put a mask on you, and put you under aenesthia. Hey you ever see Awake? Good film, anyway, after you're under and can't move or say anything, we'll glue these strips of dead-man-cock to your cock. It's less gluing though, and more like sewing.

After you wake up, it might take some time for you to get used to the idea that everytime you touch your dick, you know you're touching someone else's dick, that your dick is hiding inside - but you'll get used to it. I'm sure it won't bother you that every time you're fucking your wife - really there's a dead guy fucking your wife, and you're just helping him - because everyone else will think that your dick is 2 inches bigger.

Microsoft Takes Down Whistleblower Site, Read the Secret Doc Here | Threat Level | Wired.com

aviewanew 2 points3 points 12 days ago[-]

I love that Wired gives a giant fuck you to Microsoft by posting the contents and mirroring the pdf. Gives me faith in Conde Nast after their other censoring activities.

never mess with this kid!

aviewanew 0 points1 point 12 days ago[-]

And one of them can control their actions, and the other can't.

IAMA [Request]: Someone who was at SeaWorld Orlando today and witnessed Shamu killing one of her trainers.

aviewanew 1 point2 points 12 days ago[-]

In 1991, Tilikum and two female whales drowned their trainer during a performance at Sealand of the Pacific, in Victoria, B.C. Part-time trainer Keltie Byrne died when she slipped and fell into the water and the whales would not let her get out.

I feel like killer whale training is a job that should be full time. What's the hourly wage for a part time killer whale trainer?

Microsoft downs whistleblower site Cryptome after top-secret guide published

aviewanew 3 points4 points 12 days ago[-]

Network Solutions is both the host of cryptome's VPS's and the domain registrar.

From what I saw, Cryptome did not provide a valid counter-notice - more like a "I'm not removing it, because it's morally fine to post it." Not a counter notice.

NetSol then killed the VPS's and locked the domain name. So now he can't point the domain anywhere else.

I don't know about the 14-days thing.

Security guard accuses shopper of being a pedophile for photographing his own son. Police order him to delete the photo.

aviewanew 7 points8 points 12 days ago[-]

Why wait? Just go to the park and start calling him cute and tickling him. As soon as he eventually starts crying, bet someone thinks you kidnapped him! Score!

Seriously though, if I had a kid, an understanding wife, and some disposable free time and money I'd probably try fighting back against ridicucrap like this.

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