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   Two years and 300K downloads since The Program audio series' launch on HN(programaudioseries.com)

   39 points by I-M-S 5y ago|9 comments
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   Here you go guys, I made it for you already: https://programaudioseries.com/
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   All smiles at the grocery store are forced
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   That's 12/66
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   That kinda happened to Alphabet - everybody still calls them Google
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   I was under the impression the series will be digitally remastered and resolution upscaled, which doesn't seem to be the case?
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   Thomas Piketty Debates Michael Hudson on Anniversary of David Graeber's Death(youtube.com)

   3 points by I-M-S 5y ago|0 comments
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   > A business which has to pay the mortgage on its factory can't just shut down and make nothing or the bank will foreclose. I believe here we might have the case of that old maxim "If you owe the bank $100 that's your prob
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   by I-M-S 5y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Illusion
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Interesting, I am often find nonplussed by their cover of Canadian stories, especially by what they choose to cover - "buttergate" and dearth of some obscure condiment Asians use in Vancouver come to mind as recent examples. I fin
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Socially liberal, fiscally conservative. And VERY much pro status quo.
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    If you want to see a more optimistic (?) implementation of this idea in fiction, you might be interested in my podcast The Program audio series.
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Capitalismum delenda est.
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Glad you found it revealing! The thing with download numbers is there's a lag - unless people binge the show in two days (it happened before), they are probably going to listen to it episode by episode over a longer period, which makes
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Hi, I'm the author of the article. The podcast in question is The Program audio series, which had its premiere on HN three years ago [1]. Think of it as a historical podcast, but one that's set in the future and examines the prese
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    I couldn’t bring myself to advertise my podcast on Facebook So I used Pornhub(programaudioseries.com)

    3 points by I-M-S 5y ago|4 comments
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Does Ted Chiang live off his writing though? AFAIK he makes his living as a technical writer! (this might have changed in the last couple of years though...)
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    You got it in reverse: evolution only "cares" about the individual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Queen:_Sex_and_the_Evo...
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    > But humans are inventive and resourceful What's the benchmark?
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    Which is probably why my favourite card game is now Dominion - everybody has the exact same starting position and access to resources. Too bad it doesn't extrapolate to the life analogy.
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    I concur. Analyses might come along that will make this story a better fodder, but for now it's probably not substantiative enough.
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    by I-M-S 5y ago

    While I agree it's probably uninteresting intellectually, it does have potential to be interesting emotionally. Not a lot of opportunities for HN to discuss topics such as divorce.
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    The only known species alone in its ecosystem(en.wikipedia.org)

    3 points by I-M-S 6y ago|1 comments
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    Public beheading then ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deera_Square )
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    https://programaudioseries.com/11-motherboard/ - You might be interested in this episode of The Program audio series, a fiction podcast I produce and direct
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    Superhik for president!
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    > You cannot use the tools of the system to beat the system I'm wondering if this is true. What would be some examples from history in which precisely this happened?
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    -90°C got transcribed wrong (the degree symbol as another zero)
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Pearson
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    by I-M-S 6y ago

    Not every employee is going to have an idea. Having established an "idea box" in a 5,000 person company, I'm inclined to say 1 out of a 100 might.