Apache Guacamole (incubating)
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This Shooting Isn’t About Gun Control We Refuse To Pass, It’s About Access To Mental Health Care We’re Continuing To Gut
By Paul Ryan
Hasnain says:
My emotions kept going up and down when reading this.
This hit right in the feels: "Instead, we need to pay attention to the fact that many people with treatable mental illnesses struggle to afford medication or therapy, and then work around the clock to ensure that their meager options only dwindle further and become more expensive. That is where we need to be focused as a nation."
Posted on 2017-10-02T22:27:20+0000
The Secret World of Tiny Phones That Go Inside Your Butt
Available from Amazon and popular in prison, these phones carry reviews like: "No anal problems!!! Didn't hurt my bum at all thanks guys :)"
Perspective | I wanted to understand why racists hated me. So I befriended Klansmen.
My collection of robes and hoods is still growing.
Hasnain says:
Worth reading - still relevant to this day, about how talk and dialogue are one of the few reliable ways to bring people to set aside their differences.
Posted on 2017-10-01T19:24:41+0000
Idle Words
The piece claims that “users searching for a common chemical compound used in food production are offered the ingredients to produce explosive black powder” on Amazon’s website, and that “steel ball bearings often used as shrapnel” are also promoted on the page, in some cases as items that other cus...
Hasnain says:
"There is no real penalty for making mistakes, but there is enormous pressure to frame stories in whatever way maximizes page views. Once those stories get picked up by rival news outlets, they become ineradicable. The sheer weight of copycat coverage creates the impression of legitimacy. As the old adage has it, a lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is pulling its boots on."
Posted on 2017-09-30T18:14:46+0000
It’s time to give Firefox another chance
If you're like me, you switched your default browser over to Chrome years ago and never looked back. Chances are, before you made the switch, you used Firefox..
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Posted on 2017-09-30T05:59:03+0000
Housing Bill Package Passes Legislature, Goes to Gov. Brown
Measures to fund affordable housing and ease local developments passed the Assembly in a late-night vote Thursday. The state Senate passed them Friday afternoon.
Hasnain says:
"The bills earmark billions of dollars for home construction, and enact rules making it harder for local governments to block new developments, with the overarching goal of increasing housing stock in the state."
YES
Posted on 2017-09-29T18:21:20+0000
Ikea has bought TaskRabbit
The Swedish home goods giant is looking for some digital help from the contract labor marketplace.
Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars
Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures
Hasnain says:
This makes me sad: college is so expensive in the US making students struggle to pay, and yet, the people teaching them are also struggling to keep a roof over their heads.
Posted on 2017-09-29T05:15:51+0000
blog.ycombinator.com
blog.ycombinator.com
Hasnain says:
"Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or Employee"
Posted on 2017-09-29T05:05:42+0000