I'm still talking to that HS crush, few days in now. It is so surreal hearing all these stories about me from being a kid partly because you never really remember yourself accurately or all that well at all.
I'm reminded of awkward things I did like never talk to her and didnt really make eye contact with her (which she noticed because she always wanted me to). But other really nice things like she remembers how I was so unusual for being very mature and career driven at only 15/16 years old. She recalled me having a few conversations with teachers where I tried to understand really advanced maths or discuss my career outside of HS.
Anyway this trip down memory lane the last few days has been so enriching. So happy she tracked me down after 22 years :)
For those of you who cant read the interview/article about me in newsday back when I was 17 years old, here are some screenshots of it instead.
@trinsec Seems i found the source of the sex slave comment, and appears I actually made it :) lololol man it was wilder times back then.
An interview where I answer some questions over the phone for a reporter with newsday. I was 17 at the time, nad had been in college for about 2 years and started my own company and software project that had exploded. I was on national news at the time like fortune magazine and front page of USA today, even had a bunch of TV interviews.
Reason I wanted to share this one is it is one of the few surviving interviews where I actually answer questions back and forth:
An old post I made in a forum back in 1999 when I was 15 years old trying to figure out how special relativity worked... It is interesting coming across old gems of my childhood on the internet.
Praise be father freemo, the holy redeemer and keeper of his flock.
I was thinking hard about what point or takeaway i wanted to give everyone as we all celebrate Men's Day. I think on days like this its good to do two things: celebrate the good things, and also be more aware of ways in which men can be the target of sexism, regardless of how that might compare to the oppression of women which is a topic for the other days out of the year.
I think one of the most important examples of sexism against men is the way they are treated when seeking help as the victim of physical or sexual abuse. In the vast majority of cases they are either turned away or appalingly often accused of being the abuser themselves if you can beleive that. The problem is massively common as the graph below shows.
Im not sure what we should do about it but i am sure we shoukd be aware of it.
As a big supporter of the anti-assault weapon movement I need to say, we need more legislation to make this a reality.
Just a few days ago someone killed someone in a Assault Car. No one needs a car made from industrial strength steel with a high capacity gas tank. You only need 5 gallons of gas to get to work at most, we dont need these kinda of Assault Cars on the streets people!
@freemo King daddy
We don't celebrate thanksgiving in my house, we celebrate festivus... The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it.
"We were romantics. We didn't just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?" - Dead Poet's Society
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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