claymmm

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   by claymmm 16y ago

   That's it, HN is dead to me. "How I Monetized My Passion" is self-parody. When you can't tell the difference between parody and the real thing you're a goner.
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   by claymmm 16y ago

   People always shoot the messenger for pointing this out, so I'll expect about a million downvotes for it, but in case you case didn't know it already GNXP is the cryptoracist camp along with Charles Murray and Steve Sailer. Seriously, chec
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   by claymmm 16y ago

   This is exactly like an arsonist burning down a building to collect insurance. It's plain old fraud.
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   Cooking with John von Neumann(yorksranter.wordpress.com)

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   by claymmm 17y ago

   Brilliant!
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   by claymmm 17y ago

   BTW, I actually read the book. It's alright but really repetitive after the first couple of chapters. McCloskey overwrites as usual.
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   by claymmm 17y ago

   The diet pill example ("Oomph" and "Precision") from the Ziliak and McCloskey's book really made it clear for me: http://books.google.com/books?id=JWLIRr_ROgAC&lpg=PA25&#...
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   by claymmm 17y ago

   According to "Viking Age Iceland" the Icelanders mostly settled disputed by tit-for-tat revenge killing of each others' slaves. It was all really grim. http://www.amazon.com/Viking-Age-Iceland-Penguin-History/dp/...