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thyroxo | 11 years ago | on: The woman behind Ikea's living wage calculator

http://livingwage.mit.edu/

I found reading the project more interesting than the article.

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: U.S. judge rules search warrants extend to overseas email accounts

Do other countries not get affected? What about India, the UK, and China? Many other countries have even more intrusive domestic spying programs.

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: What you’d need to make in every county in the US to afford a decent one-bedroom

I wonder if that assumption is fair. Also, do you know where it says that in the article?

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: What you’d need to make in every county in the US to afford a decent one-bedroom

Hmmm, I'm not sure if I'm understanding the methodology... am I missing something?

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 1-bedroom rent+utilities cost (or FMR) is $750 for Schenectady County, NY. [1]

At minimum wage, and 40 hours each week, you make $7.25404 = $1160 each month.

How is $1160 < $750?

[1]: http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2014_code/...

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: Game Mechanic Explorer – examples for game mechanics, algorithms, and effects

Wonderful! I can really see this as a great tool for when you get 'writer's block' during a game jam!

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: I’m Single, Therefore I Tinder

This reads like one of those cheesy pickup line / how to pick up women "tutorials".

"Peter, with his crazy profile, has a strategic opening message that he claims to be successful with more than 80 percent of the time. I call it 'The Neg And Reverse.'”

I mean come on!

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: Dropbox's Condoleezza Rice advocating for warrantless NSA surveillance

This seems a little crazy. Just because someone who has different political views than me is on the board of a company whose product I use, doesn't mean I must support their political views. By that logic, I can never use a product made by a company who has a board member who doesn't have the same views as me.

And to the point that her political views will somehow cloud security at Dropbox: they probably brought her on to advise on how to deal with security requests by the government.

In any case, the idea that adding Rice to the board will somehow make Dropbox excitedly comply with all governments surveillance is preposterous.

thyroxo | 12 years ago | on: Google Code Jam – Contest scoreboard

I'm American, but this kind of statement pisses me off: just because some people from India didn't perform well in the Google Code Jam, we shouldn't hire them?