firefax's comments

On: Reasons I didn't become an EMT, ranked

[firefax]

how long is emt class?

[fm2606 → firefax]

At the time I went through it 2004 / 2005 time frame, EMT was 3 or 4 months.

Paramedic was approximately 13 months but it was a school that just did EMT and PM classes.

I'm not sure if standalone EMT / PM schools are still around. The local college offers it now. It always did but I think it is the only game in town where I am at, but honestly I don't know.

On: Ask HN: What are you reading?

[firefax]

Eichmann in Jerusalem

On: Suicides in 5 Weeks. What's Going on at Cyber Command at Fort Meade?

[firefax]

five suicides in five weeks

(i can't edit the title anymore)

On: Suicides in 5 Weeks. What's Going on at Cyber Command at Fort Meade?

[firefax]

>Must be hard living with yourself after you are part of the machine that bombs multiple schools with kids.

My career was defined by refusal to participate in that machine, and what breaks my heart decades later is that the folks who presented themselves as my allies gatekept my path because they wanted a "good source" more than they wanted a true ally

On: Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat

[firefax]

reminds me of hunting "secret" boards on gamefaqs in the 2000s

On: Show HN: Air-gapped file encryption as self-decrypting HTML page

[firefax]

cool project!

also does everyone have to enable js to vote, or did i troll too hard? (sorry!)

On: Ask HN: What is the most career altering course or book you have gone through?

[firefax]

Two books I read after 9/11 shaped my path greatly:

1.) Stasi: The Untold Story Of The East German Secret Police

ISBN #: 0813337445

2.) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

ISBN #: 9780671728694

Both should be available in most public libraries, but with the ISBN you can usually get almost anything via inter-library loan.

[kbelder → firefax]

>The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

An amazing book. I'm not sure how it's particularly career-path-impacting, but it is fascinating being able to follow the cause and effect chain in Germany leading up to and all through the war (in excruciating detail).

On: Ask HN: Why don't we bring back old school OkCupid?

[firefax]

there's less breakups than people entering the market and most normal people don't wanna scoop them up the second they graduate -- at least not if you're gunning for marriage

On: Ask HN: Why don't we bring back old school OkCupid?

[firefax]

that sounds horrible

On: Ask HN: Why don't we bring back old school OkCupid?

[firefax]

I had a female friend ask me how she could get less lewd messages -- showed me her inbox.

Perfectly normal photos, kind of thing you'd have as a stock photo on your lab group's page.

Had to tell her sorry but it's just how it is and felt really sad for her.

(Sadly, that one is anonymized because it happened more than once.)