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Bulldozing the Pine Bush, 2009 – 2020 🚧

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Bulldozing the Pine Bush, 2009 – 2020 🚧

Year

Town

Properties Developed

Acres

2009

Colonie

14 Booth St, 2714 Curry Rd, 209 Nutwood Ave, 12 St Joseph St

16.7

Guilderland

21 Providence St, 54 Mercer St, 1460 Rocco Dr, 702 Penney Ln, 12 Brookview Dr

7.7

2010

Colonie

4137 Albany St, 16 Booth St, 4051 Albany St, 4049 Albany St, 4047 Albany St, 74 Cordell Rd, 22 Cordell Rd, 27 Cordell Rd

3

Guilderland

5 Friar Tuck Rd, 104 Dedham Post Dr, 1448 Rocco Dr, 352 Westwoods Ct, 26 Brookview Dr, 305 Westwoods Ct

10.3

2011

Colonie

15 Dorlyn Rd

0.2

Guilderland

1 Sadie Ln Pr, 34 Pinewood Rd, 3335 E Old State Rd, 114 Fox Run Dr, 301 Danielle Dr, 348 Westwoods Ct, 24 Brookview Dr, 315 Westwoods Ct, 309 Westwoods Ct

11.1

2012

Albany

176 Washington Ave Ext, 178 Washington Ave Ext, 30 Columbia Circle Dr

6.8

Colonie

22 Warehouse Row, 1 Apollo Dr, 1900 Central Ave, 37 Kallen Ave, 20 Morocco Ln, 27 Lansing Rd S, 59A Bonner Ave, 151 Nutwood Ave

10.2

Colonie, Village

153C Lincoln Ave

0.9

Guilderland

1420 Rocco Dr, 123 Fox Run Dr, 503 Jaclyn Dr, 517 Jaclyn Dr, 344 Westwoods Ct, 340 Westwoods Ct, 225 Woodsfield Dr

8.1

2013

Albany

124 Washington Ave Ext

3.8

Colonie

26 Morocco Ln, 22 Morocco Ln, 201 Nutwood Ave, 29 Overland Ave

1.4

Colonie, Village

1730 Central Ave, 1728 Central Ave

11

Guilderland

2327 Western Ave, 2 Sadie Ln Pr, 107 Willow St, 111 Willow St, 202 Stoyka Pl, 360 Westwoods Ct, 359 Westwoods Ct, 351 Westwoods Ct, 347 Westwoods Ct, 336 Westwoods Ct

9.7

2014

Albany

163 Washington Ave Ext

0.8

Colonie

17 Dorlyn Rd, 146 Railroad Ave, 4259 Albany St, 1030 Kings Rd, 16 Morocco Ln, 967 Kings Rd, 3 Michael Dr, 1 Lansing Rd S, 7 Kendale Ave

45.4

Colonie, Village

1754 Central Ave, 2 Fermac St

5.6

Guilderland

3811 Carman Rd, 3062 Sunset Ln, 1440 Rocco Dr, 1428 Rocco Dr, 123 Timothy Ln, 121 Timothy Ln, 119 Timothy Ln, 138 Timothy Ln, 136 Timothy Ln, 506 Jaclyn Dr, 1038 Dibella Dr, 356 Westwoods Ct, 355 Westwoods Ct, 233 Woodsfield Dr, 343 Westwoods Ct, 332 Westwoods Ct, 335 Westwoods Ct, 331 Westwoods Ct, 327 Westwoods Ct, 323 Westwoods Ct

8.1

2015

Colonie

226 Morris Rd, 4032 Albany St, 18 Morocco Ln, 4020 Albany St, 1 Michael Dr, 5 Michael Dr, 7 Michael Dr, 11 Kellogg Ave

4.7

Colonie, Village

1652 Central Ave

0.9

Guilderland

1 Crossgates Mall Rd, 15 Gay Ln, 415 W Highland Dr, 345 W Highland Dr, 806 Rainbow Dr, 812-814 Rainbow Dr, 117 Timothy Ln, 120 Timothy Ln, 3376 E Lydius St, 339 Westwoods Ct, 237 Woodsfield Dr, 328 Westwoods Ct, 324 Westwoods Ct, 310 Westwoods Ct, 314 Westwoods Ct, 319 Westwoods Ct

8.4

2016

Colonie

1956 Central Ave, 4194 Albany St, 24 Morocco Ln, 1000 Kings Rd, 9 Michael Dr, 1A Michael Dr, 7 Lansing Rd S, 17A Ferrara Ave

36

Colonie, Village

30 Robert Dr, 1632A Central Ave, 1878 Central Ave

13.5

Guilderland

1771 Western Ave, 28 Gipp Rd, 419 Vincent Dr, 210 Stoyka Pl, 1452 Rocco Dr, 105 Millard Ln Pr, 134 Timothy Ln, 501 Jaclyn Dr, 122 Timothy Ln, 3483 E Lydius St, 3475 E Lydius St, 229 Woodsfield Dr, 214 Woodsfield Dr, 238 Woodsfield Dr, 206 Woodsfield Dr

16.9

2017

Colonie

83 Karner Rd, 27 Tennessee Ave, 28 Morocco Ln, 80 Cordell Rd

3

Guilderland

206 Stoyka Pl, 222 Woodsfield Dr, 320 Westwoods Ct, 28 Brookview Dr

1.9

2018

Colonie

340 New Karner Rd, 34 Michigan Ave

4.8

Colonie, Village

134 Lincoln Ave

3.2

Guilderland

1561 Western Ave, 1651 Western Ave, 3 Sadie Ln Pr, 808 Rainbow Dr, 1436 Rocco Dr, 1432 Rocco Dr, 505 Jaclyn Dr, 104 Balsam Ln Pr, 228 Woodsfield Dr, 234 Woodsfield Dr, 210 Woodsfield Dr, 306 Westwoods Ct, 2729 Curry Rd

11.8

2019

Guilderland

3077 Spawn Rd, 308 Danielle Dr, 8 Brookview Dr, 221 Woodsfield Dr, 302 Westwoods Ct, 301 Westwoods Ct

3.5
Map: Thirteenth Lake
Map: Boreas River
Thematic Map: Agriculture in New York

Why write about my mental illness 🤪

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Why write about my mental illness 🤪

Mental illness is not shameful they want you know. It’s not wrong to ask for help. Then why are people so secretive and embarrassed about it? If it’s so darn common, and doesn’t make you a bad person, then why be afraid to talk about? Isn’t it better to blow off the stigma by admitting that you have problems in your own life, but you are trying to learn and become a better person?

None of us are perfect. All of us struggle a bit on our lives, and it’s good to be honest about who you are and what you believe. I don’t think there is anything wrong with documenting where I am now and how I’m trying to improve myself and my life as I work towards a better tomorrow, through a combination of reading, watching and listening to Youtube videos, and in-person mental health counseling.

Self-introspection is a good thing. Why do I believe the things I do? Why am I so set in doing this certain ways, what are my cognitive biases? How can I overcome my biases to have a better perspective on the world? How I can become better at my presenting myself in the room, be better at taking appropriate risks? After all, there is no gain if there is no risk. Life is like markets, there is a lot of reward to taking more calculated risks and not fearing everything. A calculated risk not taken is an opportunity missed.

Most mental illness is kind of silly, as my therapist likes to point out. Whether it’s needless worry, obsessive thoughts, or risk aversion it’s mostly is non-harmful and you could probably live with it forever as you have from years past. Especially if it involves mostly low risk activities. But like an engine out of tune, you can run, but you won’t run smoothly or at peak efficiency. After all, the flywheel will keep an engine running even if it’s misfiring. That’s why it’s important to learn about my cognitive biases, and seek advice from a wide variety of trustworthy sources that can have keys to unlocking a better future.

This year seems like the time was right to finally fully address my long-term problems I’ve had with mental well-being. I have the nice corner office downtown and good salary at work. I am saving and investing, and that off-grid homestead I want is not that far in the future if I can stay the course. But I want to do better, and I can do better if I try.

Hacker ethic – Wikipedia

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Hacker ethic – Wikipedia

In addition to those principles, Levy also described more specific hacker ethics and beliefs in chapter 2, The Hacker Ethic:[11] The ethics he described in chapter 2 are:

1. "Access to computers—and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works—should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative!"

Levy is recounting hackers' abilities to learn and build upon pre-existing ideas and systems. He believes that access gives hackers the opportunity to take things apart, fix, or improve upon them and to learn and understand how they work. This gives them the knowledge to create new and even more interesting things.[12][13] Access aids the expansion of technology.

2. "All information should be free"

Linking directly with the principle of access, information needs to be free for hackers to fix, improve, and reinvent systems. A free exchange of information allows for greater overall creativity.[14] In the hacker viewpoint, any system could benefit from an easy flow of information,[15] a concept known as transparency in the social sciences. As Stallman notes, "free" refers to unrestricted access; it does not refer to price.[16]

3. "Mistrust authority—promote decentralization"

The best way to promote the free exchange of information is to have an open system that presents no boundaries between a hacker and a piece of information or an item of equipment that they need in their quest for knowledge, improvement, and time on-line.[15] Hackers believe that bureaucracies, whether corporate, government, or university, are flawed systems.

4. "Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, sex, or position"

Inherent in the hacker ethic is a meritocratic system where superficiality is disregarded in esteem of skill. Levy articulates that criteria such as age, sex, race, position, and qualification are deemed irrelevant within the hacker community.[13] Hacker skill is the ultimate determinant of acceptance. Such a code within the hacker community fosters the advance of hacking and software development. In an example of the hacker ethic of equal opportunity,[17] L Peter Deutsch, a twelve-year-old hacker, was accepted in the TX-0 community, though he was not recognized by non-hacker graduate students.

5. "You can create art and beauty on a computer"

Hackers deeply appreciate innovative techniques which allow programs to perform complicated tasks with few instructions.[18] A program's code was considered to hold a beauty of its own, having been carefully composed and artfully arranged.[19] Learning to create programs which used the least amount of space almost became a game between the early hackers.[13]

6. "Computers can change your life for the better"

Hackers felt that computers had enriched their lives, given their lives focus, and made their lives adventurous. Hackers regarded computers as Aladdin's lamps that they could control.[20] They believed that everyone in society could benefit from experiencing such power and that if everyone could interact with computers in the way that hackers did, then the hacker ethic might spread through society and computers would improve the world.[21] The hackers succeeded in turning dreams of endless possibilities into realities. The hacker's primary object was to teach society that "the world opened up by the computer was a limitless one" (Levy 230:1984)[13]

NPR

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An Israel-Based Firm’s Spyware Was Found On Activists’ Phones : NPR

They include 189 journalists, more than 600 politicians and government officials, at least 65 business executives, 85 human rights activists and several heads of state, according to The Washington Post, a consortium member. The journalists work for organizations including The Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and The Financial Times.

Amnesty also reported that its forensic researchers had determined that NSO Group's flagship Pegasus spyware was successfully installed on the phone of Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, just four days after he was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The company had previously been implicated in other spying on Khashoggi.