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The Veil of Sports (Svbtle's first librarian-authored post)(disappearingmoment.com)
1 points by abc3 14y ago|0 comments
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The Ebook Cargo Cult(inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org)
2 points by abc3 14y ago|1 comments
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An Interview with Paul Ford and Gina Trapani(inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org)
1 points by abc3 14y ago|0 comments
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by abc3 15y ago
http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%22this+isn...
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by abc3 15y ago
Re: Bringing back points for individual comments Pros: * Saves the reader's time. This is incredibly important. I've been here pretty much since the beginning, mostly as a lurker. I've noticed that I used to look forward to the stories with
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by abc3 15y ago
The music industry, meaning the record labels, may well be dying. If they didn't have a steady revenue stream coming in from easily identifiable licensees -- film, television, radio -- they would likely be in worse shape. I think the record
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by abc3 16y ago
I purchased a lifetime account when TextDrive put out its initial call for VC200 investors. That was many years ago, and I still feel like I'm treated well on the rare instances I need tech support, even though I'm still using one of TextDr
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Boycott HarperCollins(boycottharpercollins.com)
20 points by abc3 16y ago|5 comments
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by abc3 17y ago
USAA is great for insurance. If you qualify, I think it's foolish to go with anyone else. I've used USAA for 20+ years and evaluate its competition every couple of years, but always end up using USAA. For loans, I go with smaller, local ban
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by abc3 17y ago
A visual cue that indicates when a follow-up comment on a post is from the post's author. For example, when someone on Hacker News links to a post by Mark Pilgrim, I'd like to be able to scan the comments to see if Mark has contributed to t
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by abc3 18y ago
I think the question is a good one, and I think it's clear you did a fair amount of research before writing your post. There are several other philosophies you could have included but didn't, and the three you chose are the only ones that I
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by abc3 18y ago
I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned EditGrid. For me, the user experience with EditGrid has always been better than the user experience with Google, and EditGrid has always had more and better features as well. See: http://www.edi
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by abc3 19y ago
Warren Buffett. He went from role model to hero when he donated his fortune to someone else's foundation. No one does that. Steve Albini. I love his songs, but he's a hero for how he thinks and writes about music and the music industry. His
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by abc3 19y ago
Both of the above comments refer to cliches that have been repeated so often that it's tempting to believe them. We read all the time about number 1 or number 2, but companies survive or die based on profitability and fiscal responsibility,
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by abc3 19y ago
This may well have been someone kissing up, some of the questions weren't well researched, and this site probably isn't a great place for a personal interview (as opposed to an Ask YCombinator-type open question). All that aside, I would ha