T-Mo is unlikely to be better than for you than AT&T in terms of coverage.

That said, I've had T-Mo for a few years now. I have been happy with the service and innovative features, am thrilled with the new cheaper plans, and would never consider going back to AT&T with their nickle-and-diming (and once or twice Benjamin-ing with roaming charges).

One major barrier between you and a job is your terrible resume. Take some time off from whatever the hell ROLL20 is and work on your resume. Use sentences. The one-page rule is a thing of the past. Just make a timeline, with consistent formatting, of what you have been working on, most recent first.

Company
Dates
Job title
1-2 paragraph description.

Use sentences in the description. Use active rather than passive language ("I did something." Not "Something was done.") If the company was just you or you-with-some-friends, use a company name and mention it was a sole proprietorship in the description. Use dry, objective language. "As lead programmer on "Foozy Whatzit", I implemented the core game logic, rendering, and audio code in ActionScript. I implemented a level editor for internal users in C++ on Windows."

Don't claim fame. Don't claim you're good at games. Nobody cares. Not even game companies really do (I've worked at three.) You have pride in those accomplishments, but as they were over a decade ago, they have little relevance on a current resume. If you must, put them at the bottom with the eagle scout stuff, and only when applying to game companies.

Don't use exclamation points ever on a resume. A resume is business writing, and it's a point-by-point list of things to discuss during a job interview.

She's playing the victimhood card blah blah bitch blah blah.

Us men can't say whatever we want anymore blah blah and these feminist bitches are ruining it for everyone blah blah IT'S NOT FAIR blah blah. Sincerely, Anonymous Coward.

You are literally killing baby kittens when you complain about such usage of this word. If a wordsmith like Mark Twain can use it as an intensifier, so can AC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#TeX

I rented an amazing apartment in Amsterdam last summer. I did the research, found a highly rated apartment with a beautiful canal view in one of the nicest parts of town. Had a kitchen and laundry for a week at a better price than a cheap hotel. I was just booking for 2 and did not consider whether it was licensed. If I were booking for 16, I'd make sure to check that a place is properly licensed beforehand.

> That's why Kickstarter exists: to fund companies without business plans.

FTFY. :-)

> Windows is far more secure than Java these days. There isn't a lot of active "load a webpage and your computer is owned" exploits going around

To be fair, the typical Java exploit actually goes "load a webpage, Java downloads a Windows executable, runs it, and your computer is owned".

>> There's an App for that...

> That uses HTTP...

to make API calls...

"He has a computer science degree. Asking whether he knew about MacWrite and MacPaint, imho, is like asking a person with an English lit degree if he's heard of Shakerley Marmion."

FTFY

I guess he skipped the all-important course, "Microsoft Products 637 : Advanced graduate studies in administering servers via dialog boxes."

I assume the Java HttpServer class used is the one that is bundled with the Sun version of the JVM. This class is not officially part of the JDK and is known to be slow. I am definitely curious about the insanely slow speeds he found. Anyhow, most Java developers who want to embed an http server would turn to Grizzly.

I agree with the gist of your rant, but:

"SSL requires unique IP addresses on webservers."

This is not true of modern webservers or browsers. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication

HP has laid off over 17000 employees with the goal of doubling that soon. That's what you call "en masse".

The departure of 18 individuals among such massive layoffs is what statisticians like to call "nothing at all".

The Netgear ReadyNAS hardware is Linux-based, with a debian repo, you can ssh into it, apt get, etc. Tiny, uses very little power, and I get much faster data transfers than I had with a hand-built Linux box.