I was thinking it would slow down just enough to get my feet on the ground, then decelerate hard. Obviously free fall to a dead stop would suck. ;)

I want my high speed elevator to descend at a rate *just* fast enough to have me hovering six inches off the floor, which should be made of glass.

Look, if you think you have something and you want to be the messenger, by all means register a catchy domain name like Heartbleed (HatMunch?) and present your evidence of conspiracy in a straightforward, peer-reviewable way. I recommend staying away from Comic Sans when choosing a typeface.

It's a wild theory, but if you can present anything other than character assasination, cherry-picked facts and NSA O NOE, you might get listened to by people who matter. Until you do that, you're gonna get modded down, and rightfully so. It's put up or shut up time.

But I guess some people would rather vomit paranoia than actually put in the effort it takes to be heard.

How the fuck does this kind of trolling/tin-foil-hattery get to +5? The only "Interesting" thing about it is the apparent level of paranoia being experienced by gweihir. I mean, Red Hat as an NSA tool to Destroy Linux? Sure!

I get it, some folks hate systemd and everything Lennart does (and I'm not picking sides anymore), but the parent is just a smear job.

WEB HIPSTER DETECTED! ;)

The trailer is a laugh.

One line in there: "We are the only life in the entire universe."

HAHAHAHA. Okay.

Hey! I got the karma for posting that link in the first article, you... you... karma whore! ;)

This is a dupe. We saw this on slashdot weeks ago.

MOD. PARENT. UP.

As illustrated by this comedy sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Government organizations like the NSA are playing a long game. If one generation is desensitized, the next will be uncaring as long as basic needs and a sense of freedom are preserved.

They are winning, and even if we form long-lived organizations to fight them on their terms they will undermine until those organizations are publicly ridiculed and useless. Individuals who speak up will be tarred as "activists", "protestors", and later "traitors". They have the upper hand and there's no way to get it back without an actual war, which no one wants.

They are winning.

This began a long time ago. In two generations they will have won.

My personal favourite: Terrorist: Volkswagen Commercial

I think in my 20s I just didn't know how to recognize burnout. Combined with the usual invincibility complex and with an image as a caffeine-fueled wunderkind to uphold, I ended up burnout incarnate.

Now, when I feel unproductive for a several days running, I know I need to take a week or two and just do something else. I'm a better coder for it, and a better person too.

Years ago I actually burnt out. I felt like I couldn't learn anymore. I kept sitting down in front of my editor and going through the motions, wondering where the inspiration was, never able to click into the zone, chasing focus, being unproductive.

I took three years away from code. I got married and started a family. I worked at a relative's construction company. At first I had to force myself not to think about tech. Then I found myself actually forgetting about it because I was doing other interesting stuff. Eventually I realized I needed some software to do something, so I sat down to build it and the old joy was back. Everything felt fresh again.

Recommend you take a break and do something completely different - for years if necessary. You only live once. You might come back to software, you might not. Do what's right for you. The programming world will still be here rediscovering old design patterns and handwaving about the latest development process fads if you choose to get back into it.

Woo hoo! So they lie and they're easy?