Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by kick on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @08:44PM
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Jesus Christ whipped (yes, whipped) moneychangers, and this man didn't commit murder or harm anyone. Arguably, this man did less harm than Jesus Christ.
Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by rhoyerboat on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @11:48PM
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this story has my attention because .. idk .. something about privilege. In my imagination this smells like an old train-hopper moving into his chosen retirement community.. not saying he was sober when he did it but I bet hes been walking this through, in his head, for years.
Meanwhile, some package thieves in the bay can't even get themselves arrested to stay warm without getting shot in the process. This guy knows what they are doing wrong, and that's privilege.
Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by kick on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @09:02PM
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Since this thread's been flagged off the front page, I'm going to use it for something off-topic.
I found the paper you said you were looking for in this comment[1], and sent a link to the address you have in your HN bio. It probably got spam filtered.
I can't legally post a link to a non-paywalled copy on HN, but the ACM allows for authors to host copies on their sites, so you might want to ask Klotz if they'll do so.
The digitized title is "Turtles and Defense" by the way.
Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by kick on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @08:42PM
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On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
My intellectual curiosity feels gratified. I admit I could be a special case, but given 77 others have also found it so, I don't think I am.
Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by kick on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @08:52PM
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That there are still good people in the world. The man didn't take any money for himself, and sat patiently while waiting to be arrested. If more people in software had this mindset, we'd all be much better off.
Unrelated: the HTTPS cert for your site expired a few days ago.
Re:Colorado bank robber gifts money to passers-by and yells ...
by DonHopkins on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @09:14PM
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What's intellectual about changing the HN banner to Christmas colors? Nothing wrong with the occasional festive uplifting article like this to restore one's faith in human kindness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQAmnj7Fll0
(Anybody know where I can rent one in Amsterdam on Christmas eve?)
I found the paper you said you were looking for in this comment[1], and sent a link to the address you have in your HN bio. It probably got spam filtered.
[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20805140
I can't legally post a link to a non-paywalled copy on HN, but the ACM allows for authors to host copies on their sites, so you might want to ask Klotz if they'll do so.
The digitized title is "Turtles and Defense" by the way.
Somebody I won't name opined: "Since PGS runs a robotics company now, he might not relish the publicity." ;)
Classic mix up between Peter Pan and Robin Hood. :)
My intellectual curiosity feels gratified. I admit I could be a special case, but given 77 others have also found it so, I don't think I am.
Unrelated: the HTTPS cert for your site expired a few days ago.