https://youtu.be/c_o8vYUU-jo?t=16

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Thanks for helping me prove my point.

I wish I knew.

Someone made an interesting point.

If a stranger asked the average citizen for $5.00 in most cases they’d refuse the request.

If a stranger fell into a lake many people would dive in and try to save them, even if it was dangerous.

I live on Staten Island. Used to be that I’d hear chatter on the ferry every day. I would have a nice chat almost daily, and a serious conversation a couple of times a month. These days it’s mostly silent and those who do talk came on the boat together. Otherwise, everyone is staring at the phone.

The thing is, it’s not the fear of injury or death, it’s the fact that people have forgotten the idea of public engagement.

There was a story a while back about a Georgia family who got in real legal trouble for letting a 10 year old wander about in their own neighborhood.

I used to ride my bike all over town and I’d see gangs of kids doing the same. I was in Jersey City, NJ a while back and was surprised by the sight of elementary school age kids out alone.

When was the last time you brought/did something without checking an online review? Got into a conversation with a complete stranger? Left the house without a phone?

I think that’s the kind of risk they are talking about.

One more thing…

Make an extra set of keys before you move in.

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Liquor stores have the best boxes and the clerks hate having to break them down. Go to the local liquor store and ask them for boxes. You’ll get all you need.

Another good trick. Instead of packing delicates like plates with paper, use clean clothes. T-shirts will keep things from breaking and you cut down on the number of boxes.

First, 99% of it is completely legal. Rich people write the tax laws. It’s only when the money is coming from an illegal source that it becomes a crime and most big criminals know how to get around that.

He just casually invented cryptocurrency as a plot device.

I had a long flight so I took along Reamde.

I’d read it twice before, but damned if it didn’t hook me up again. I got to the first airport around 10 am and didn’t get home until 3 am. Saved my sanity.

For the uninitiated, Reamde involves the kidnapped niece of a billionaire game maker; the game is really fun and also a money laundering operation. There are terrorists, Right Wing militias, undercover spies, demented science fiction authors, and a bear skin rug.

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I’ve been telling people to read ‘Cryptonomicon’ for decades.

It tells two interwoven stories. Back in WW2 the grandfather is involved in proactive missions to keep the Nazis from learning the Allies had broken their codes, and in the late 1990’s the grandson is trying to start an online bank

relevant

https://youtu.be/zyjK1CpM8JQ

The library in my area has a job seekers center. They have lists of all civil service jobs. Apply to everything you can.

Apply for civil service jobs.

It may take a while to get hired, but it’s so much less drama than private industry.

I gave you an upvote because I came to ask the same thing.

We’ve wandered into a bad neighborhood…

Upvote for anyone, anywhere who uses ‘bloviate.’

I am a piece of crap, but I’m the greatest crap in the universe!

Apparently, it is a thing on at least one show. NCIS once showed two people using the same keyboard at the same time.