"50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people." https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income

Y Combinator is looking to fund a basic income research project (for 5 years): https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income

That point in life, when your daily schedule is influenced by the surf report. #hackerbeach

Here's an update on the state of gene editing by a friend of mine: http://bharill.com/post/137635803516/crisprcas9-a-new-age-begins -- TL;DR: we're living in a sci-fi novel now.

Folks at #hackerbeach learned some surf lingo last night, so this is our IRC chan now: https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/160110-1915-Screenshot%20from%202016-01-10%2014-07-03....

#hackerbeach is in full swing, with 8 hackers in Canoa already and many more arriving soon. Book a flight and join us for some hack&surf! :)

Thank you, Netherlands! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/04/dutch_government_says_no_to_backdoors/

.@SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth tonight! Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4

Let's help the strongest privacy tool in the world become more sustainable: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/our-first-real-donations-campaign

I hacked up a quick backup/restore tool for @remoteStorage_ during the weekend. Let me know if it works for you: https://community.remotestorage.io/t/rs-backup-a-bare-bones-backup-restore-program-i-just-made/322

Break into own house by smashing glass window: check. #accidentalbucketlistitems

Mention upcoming enterprise contracts on our company's IRC and this is what you get: https://storage.5apps.com/galfert/public/shares/151031-1536-maximum_overbusiness.gif

What's a nice neighborhood in Madrid for a short stay (3 days or so)? Computer-work-friendly cafes a big plus!

You can now get your very own Let's Encrypt cert without an invite: https://letsencrypt.org//2015/12/03/entering-public-beta.html

Regarding that "brand new look" for GitHub repos: https://web.archive.org/web/20110623090859/https://github.com/rails/rails

Tried Let's Encrypt for the first time. 5 minutes from git-cloning official client to live cert. Impressive! https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/151121-2157-letsencrypt.png

This just improved my nomad life considerably: https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-lazy-mirror #npm

It took until 2015, but Munich Airport finally has free wi-fi. Fast and no time limits as well. https://storage.5apps.com/basti/public/shares/151114-1502-ms-thx.gif