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copumpkin: mircea_popescu: I didn't get a free smartphone :(
copumpkin: it's not like you're banned anyway
copumpkin: nah, I was in a new england university :) but I quit my phd and moved on
copumpkin: I could, since my job doesn't check, but not particularly interested
copumpkin: I've never actually done it in the US
copumpkin: I think traveling alone and meeting cool people in hostels is also fun
copumpkin: I'm not sure it would suck, but if you have a SO it would be kind of weird not to do it with them :)
copumpkin: some countries are more annoying about letting you use it, but it was still mostly a win
copumpkin: so I had to buy a new pass in the middle of the trip because I got the EU one
copumpkin: annoyingly different price structures but not significantly different levels
copumpkin: they actually have different ones for non-EU citizens
copumpkin: lots of foreigners get those rail passes
copumpkin: yeah :/ it might still be possible, not sure how hard
copumpkin: we'd just say "oh, that train looks cool" and hop on
copumpkin: very spontaneous travel with my gf for over a month
copumpkin: I bought it legally in amsterdam, had most of it, and then forgot about it until I got to slovenia
copumpkin: should've just finished it off in croatia
copumpkin: it was just the end of a little baggie I had with me while traveling around europe
copumpkin: oh I meant that had I known how harsh their laws were, I wouldn't have dreamt of doing that
copumpkin: how about shrooms/acid/the weirder crap?
copumpkin: I crossed the Hungary/Croatia border with a little bit of weed and that's apparently a big source of international tension with Hungary, because Hungary is super hardcore about drugs and will throw you in jail for 15 years without a trial for 5, and quite a few foreigners are in that situation
copumpkin: and found out that it's a big no-no
copumpkin: I accidentally smoked a bit in Budapest
copumpkin: "they're probably trying to mellow me down so I don't think they're after me anymore"
copumpkin: yeah, and I doubt he'd take them even if they did
copumpkin: poor aethero, honestly. I feel bad for someone that paranoid, although I wouldn't wish dealing with them on anyone
copumpkin: yeah, I ordered some of his candied bacon
copumpkin: they'd rely on you reporting things, probably
copumpkin: that's what you need it to be to reach your goal?
copumpkin: people sign up and bitch publicly about how high the number is
copumpkin: but most companies don't even have that
copumpkin: I could see compliance departments having a problem with it, in some cases
copumpkin: well, I lent my TV to a friend several years ago because I never watched it
copumpkin: people bitching about not being able to short
copumpkin: it's amazing I have not picked up on this sooner
copumpkin: then I can make like $7k just like that
copumpkin: what's wrong with smickles's spelling?
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: hah, my job tries hard to make me unnice!
copumpkin: or my perception of you being in a fight with me
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: well, your idea of a fight tends to be /ignore