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Comment I'm not dead yet (Score 1) 481

65. Programming daily. I currently work remotely because of some health issues last year but still get to and present at meetups and conferences. And I might take an office job again if the work is interesting enough. I stay current like all the cool kids. I just don't look as hip a my younger peers.

Comment Re:Helps but not a complete solution. (Score 1) 953

Maybe I didn't understand your comment, but do you believe that medical software doesn't need access to the internet?
Connectivity is actually mandated by some of the meaningful use requirements and there are more coming. That said, the US government has made a lot of incentive money available for people to update their software to meet those requirements, so the 10,000 cost could have been defrayed by some planning on the part of the practitioner.
And, yes, I have spent much of the last 10 years writing medical software in exactly this market.

Comment Sandwich Man (Score 1) 119

I was a "sandwich man" when a student at a different Ivy League school. In that case I had no choice but to buy from food services. You were not allowed to sell or deliver to the dorms unless you were authorized by food services.
This is, most likely, a case of Brown having its own service and not wanting the competition.

Comment Re:I grew up listening to music on the radio (Score 2) 749

I grew up with the same thing (AM radio, no less) and I've lost most of my highs in both ears and a lot of everything in my right ear at this point, so mono works fine for me...in fact, listening to some OLD recordings from the sixties and seventies when they really thought that separating the voices into different tracks was cool makes listening on headphones nearly impossible...I get left track only. Although a great take on the backup singers sometimes, depending on the mix. Frankly, if you stand behind me with a drum and a bass, I'm pretty much set for rest of my life.

Comment Re:As an art student... (Score 1) 194

In the US, the principle is that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Whether what they did was right or wrong according to our (yours, mine) standards is irrelevant in a court of law...what matters is if they are convicted of doing something illegal.
Another principle of US jurisprudence is that everyone deserves a fair trial including having a lawyer, even if they can't afford one. And that the lawyer is to act on their behalf...again, whether what they did was right or wrong (or even legal or illegal). It is the basis of the innocent until PROVEN guilty thing.
And if I am in court as a defendant, I certainly don't want my lawyer deciding that what I did was wrong so he isn't going to defend me properly.
Like it or not, if the lawyers of the prosecution couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did the deed, he deserves to go free...in the US. And, no, I don't consider that evil.

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