This culture of begging is really starting to get to me. I'm all for helping non-profits, and those that cannot help themselves. Student loans if it's that important, guy.
They need to bring about exposure and awareness. Although I use it obviously daily in work and in life; I have never even thought of nor been propositioned to donate. I had no idea that it wasn't being supported by a large company. Call me naive, but they need awareness.
Regardless of driving factors (you state religion, politics) the end result is someone that advocated for warrantless taps, torture and war. It does not come down to anything other than "should a person like this have access or even advice bearing responsibilities on my data?". You're way off point here bud.
So as a vocal, technically proficient and wealthy segment; we are now basically a lobby group. Minus third party funding, hidden agendas and three piece suits. I love this. I think that using our significant influence to form an opinion followed by digital exertion of will is simply of mirror of formal politics. Game on.
Ever since bulking up, I eat ridiculously healthy. The amount of time and money that it takes to do this is insane. I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. The fact that (as mentioned in comments) the space needed for this versus a full kitchen/pantry/appliances etc is nothing. Game on.
Interesting points all around. As someone working as a remote consultant; rarely if ever meeting the clients in-person: I dig this. It's interesting this culture culture where the masses have these obnoxious, noisy, single room shared workspaces where they invite employees to "collaborate". Working on-site as a requirement simply has to go.
Definitely try consulting. I've always been a consultant and get bored incredibly easily when programming for money. Regardless of how interesting a project is; we are still doing this for money. Benefit of consulting is that when the term ends be it 4 weeks or 4 months, onwards.
I've heard so much hypocritical anti-facebook on this ... from people ... using facebook. I don't use facebook, and I despise it; and it's takeover, so I agree. But please, only bash facebook if you aren't using it.
Almost at a level where my software consulting will be replaced by the fabrication, design and sales of hardware. The transition is painfully slow compared to web.