bwb

46 ms·

781.
by bwb 4y ago
https://greatist.com/eat/canned-pumpkin-puree-is-actually-sq... .
782.
by bwb 4y ago
Pumkin pie is not made of pumpkin, rather butter nut squash… why???
783.
by bwb 4y ago
a bell as well, but it sometimes scares the crap out of people.
784.
by bwb 4y ago
Ya, from my conversations with authors not often, but an author will often pay out of contracts. But, if you are on book 3 of a well-selling series at Tor I bet you do (I don't know just guessing). Did you get any help from an editor o
785.
by bwb 4y ago
I started https://shepherd.com about a year ago, so I talk to a ton of authors, and what blows me away is how no publishers do ANY marketing. This is such a weird industry and so weirdly broken. If you get a huge upfront payment
786.
by bwb 4y ago
From a competition standpoint? The worry is that a merger would reduce upfront payments to authors because there is less competition (among other things). Authors like upfront payments as it reduces the risk for them. However, it is unclear
787.
by bwb 4y ago
Just to mention, this is all known by people in the publishing industry... just not known outside it as heavily. IE, nobody knows what books will be huge and which won't.
788.
by bwb 4y ago
Maybe rethink the core idea; why are web pages the valued part? Maybe instead, we need people to answer questions as real people... and then score/weigh/rank those answers/people. I just think Google is doing an amazing job f
789.
by bwb 4y ago
capitalism?
790.
by bwb 4y ago
How did this get made, cracks me up and so funny. They dive into movies and it is hilarious :) https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/
791.
by bwb 4y ago
Ya that is my point :) I would like to see FB challenge it and get a ruling.
792.
by bwb 4y ago
As we have learned, laws don't mean what they used to, just takes a judge changing it when you appeal.
793.
by bwb 4y ago
No they could have won, at the very least this would go to the SC over if they have the right to subpoena over a crime outside the state, that isn't illegal in that state.
794.
by bwb 4y ago
Newsletters are something you own and control. Google, FB, Twitter, and all those things are outside your control. It is so important as it is the only thing that can't really be taken away by the big guys.
795.
Ask HN: Anyone move from Airtable to somewhere else?
2 points by bwb 4y ago|1 comments
796.
by bwb 4y ago
I love what you are doing here! I am actually working on something similar with Shepherd.com :) I ask authors to recommend 5 books around a topic, theme, or mood. For example, here is one that Steven Pinker did on Rationality: https:/
797.
by bwb 4y ago
From what I have seen the challenge with something like this isn't building the app, it is stocking one side of the marketplace and then the other... Looks great though!
798.
by bwb 4y ago
if the big 5 publishers and others would complain it would prob help. At some point its about the amount of damages and if they can make a statement. Things move slow so it could be coming...
799.
by bwb 4y ago
I am actually working on this very problem and trying to make book discovery magical and more of an experience, we just turned 14 months old and slowly working toward more unique approaches -> https://shepherd.com/ For n
800.
by bwb 4y ago
I understand your desire that the world works with some ultimate leader but this is not how it works. In the end the President makes a decision based on recommendations/advice from the government agency. Symbolically they are responsib
801.
by bwb 4y ago
We are using sentry.io on a per page basis to help us stay on top of it. If we were not boot strapped we would take the step to test pagespeed after each addition and before it goes to page speed, but not worth it for now.
802.
by bwb 4y ago
You in no way know that, and that is a weird thing to say. Any president might have or might not, the point is you 100% do not know that.
803.
by bwb 4y ago
This is 100% incorrect. Check your facts. Also: 1. We have zero way of knowing how any previous executive team would have handled this, but I find that mildly weird given this was a military operation. 2. Does the President have the ultimat
804.
by bwb 4y ago
Just going to chime in with a non political fact: the withdrawal treaty was done by the previous administration, the planning by the military. It was always going to be a shit show. Presidents are not all powerful gods who control things li
805.
by bwb 4y ago
Try telling that to kids doing active shooter drills every year. Explain to your young kids why they have to learn to hide in the closet and why their beloved teacher will be outside the closet holding off the shooter.
806.
by bwb 4y ago
I tried one last year, worst book i have read in 10 years. I have no idea why they are popular. They are all written by ghost writers i think.
807.
by bwb 4y ago
I think it can be made to have a high degree of accountability. There are a variety of budget approaches that can change the current nightmare. I really like the Singapore model, where government employees are highly compensated, have built
808.
by bwb 4y ago
Which is good in some cases. Goverment, military, education, and health care should not be run like a private company.
809.
by bwb 4y ago
It is extremely weird that you think the best hospitals in the USA are not the same as the best hospitals in other developed countries. Especially given that their medical systems outperform the US system on a general basis. I don't kn
810.
by bwb 4y ago
Why would you think the best hospitals in the USA outperform any other developed country's best hospitals? Especially when those countries already deliver better average results across the board. Why do you have this belief and what is

More ›