billbrown

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   by billbrown 10y ago

   Ubeam? https://ubeam.com/ There was some controversy about whether it would actually work.
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   by billbrown 11y ago

   Not from that era, but I love BBC's "Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtp51eZkwoI
3. 213.▲
   by billbrown 11y ago

   I'd recommend "The Joy of x" by Steven Strogatz. It's full of that sort of story.
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   by billbrown 11y ago

   The trouble is that—as my teacher wife likes to say—once the door closes you can teach whatever you want, however you want. She says that in a positive way to dismiss some of the ridiculous expectations of the bureaucracy but I've seen
5. 215.▲
   by billbrown 11y ago

   Mine was "hitherto." I pronounced it "hit-hurt-oh" once. Once. (It's "hither too" if you didn't know.)
6. 216.▲
   by billbrown 12y ago

   I'm set on the lobste.rs front, but I got some more invitations. Three left now.
7. 217.▲
   by billbrown 12y ago

   I'm out, sorry!
8. 218.▲
   by billbrown 12y ago

   You're the last one I've got but I don't know how to get in touch. I checked your domain's whois but I don't know if dns@bb is valid.
9. 219.▲
   by billbrown 12y ago

   Sent to your email.
10. 220.▲
    by billbrown 12y ago

    I've got 8 invites available. If you have a lobste.rs invite, I'd appreciate one but I'm happy to give the invites away besides. https://keybase.io/bbrown
11. 221.▲
    by billbrown 12y ago

    Every time I encounter the way our immigration policies treat various co-workers of mine, I'm ashamed and scandalized. They are the last people to be a "drain on our economy" and they're effectively chained to their jobs
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    by billbrown 12y ago

    On the other hand, he's been writing on addiction for decades and that grant was from 14 years ago. Noted, but he's likely not a shill for Big Booze.
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    by billbrown 12y ago

    I've found the No-S Diet to be fairly maintainable over the years: "No Snacks, no Sweets, no Seconds except on days that start with S" http://www.nosdiet.com/
14. 224.▲
    by billbrown 12y ago

    I bought what The Wirecutter recommended (RBH EP2) and absolutely love them. Here are their other picks: http://thewirecutter.com/leaderboard/headphones/
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    by billbrown 12y ago

    It's not a channel, but there's lots of good ones here - http://thekidshouldseethis.com/
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    by billbrown 14y ago

    I've never heard anything of Macklemore's aside from Thrift Shop so my statement was too general. But I wasn't saying that my music tastes were better than anyone's--that's ridiculous: they're just my opinions. I think Thrift Shop wasn't pa
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    by billbrown 14y ago

    If you want clever lyrics about topics other than drugs, wealth, and cards, might I suggest MC Frontalot or Abdominal? Heck, even MC Lars is better. http://frontalot.com/ http://mcabdominal.com/ http://mclars.com/site/