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by divia 17y ago
It's also the eye color of the main character of possibly the greatest historical fiction series of all time, The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett.
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by divia 18y ago
It used to be thought that you could judge someone’s character by looking at the shape of his head. Whether or not this is true of people, it is generally true of Lisp programs. from pg's On Lisp
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The Evils of Cloud Computing(acceleratingfuture.com)
3 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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by divia 18y ago
Paul Graham states basically the same theory in "Why Nerds are Unpopular": As far as I can tell, the concept of the hormone-crazed teenager is coeval with suburbia. I don't think this is a coincidence. I think teenagers are driven crazy by
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by divia 18y ago
I imagine that explaining the emergent phenomenon is less lazy than blaming someone, though simply labeling it as such may not be.
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by divia 18y ago
I thought this comment: http://lesswrong.com/lw/4d/youre_calling_who_a_cult_leader/3... had an interesting analysis of why some people are accused of being cult leaders and not others.
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Open source hardware bank: P2P lending for hardware hackers(boingboing.net)
1 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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IPhone 3.0 to Get MMS, Tethering, and Finally... Copy and Paste?(macrumors.com)
1 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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Steve Souders: Life's Too Short, Write Fast Code (part 2)(google-code-updates.blogspot.com)
7 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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You Can't Soak the Rich(online.wsj.com)
58 points by divia 18y ago|81 comments
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by divia 18y ago
Here's the chart I'm pretty sure you're thinking of: http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AH556B_ranso_200... from the 2008 Wall Street Journal article titled "You Can't Soak the Rich": http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121124460502
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by divia 18y ago
I agree that violent felons have shown below-average decision making capability, but as much as I don't necessarily want them having a voice in running the country, whether there are costs to not letting them do so seems to be at least an o
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by divia 18y ago
Done. Thanks very much :-).
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by divia 18y ago
I was thinking of buying some of the Marvelous Marinara ( http://couplaguysfoods.foodoro.com/products/marvelous-marina... ), but I'm reluctant to buy food if I can't read the ingredient list, and I didn't see one. I'd excited to see how th
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by divia 18y ago
As a regular user (and big fan) of thesixtyone, I was happy to see this article because now I finally know how to embed songs! You can email a song link or embed the entire stream on another page. (Although, it is not easy to find these op
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by divia 18y ago
From the advanced guide: 27 percent of those in social class AB found this unacceptable, increasing to 35 percent of the C2s and Ds, and 45 percent of those in social class E. I'm sure whoever wrote this was just trying to refer to the di
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by divia 18y ago
I thought most of the article was pretty standard stuff, but I was interested in this part: Researchers have found that nodding can be used to 'regulate' conversations. If you make single, brief nods while your partner is speaking, these a
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1975(ranprieur.com)
26 points by divia 18y ago|20 comments
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by divia 18y ago
Or, to bastardize Greenspun's Tenth Rule ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun's_Tenth_Rule ): All programming is either in Lisp or reimplementing it.
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So You’re Dead? That Won’t Stop the Debt Collector(nytimes.com)
1 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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by divia 18y ago
I downloaded it, but it quits right after it opens. (Macbook running 10.5.6, if that helps.)
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8 Blogs I read when I'm stressed about funding my company(blog.penelopetrunk.com)
5 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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I hate Lisp(funcall.blogspot.com)
96 points by divia 18y ago|62 comments
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You don't need to love risk-taking to start your own business(blog.penelopetrunk.com)
2 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns(citizen-times.com)
1 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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Try to predict shifts in relative prices(yglesias.thinkprogress.org)
1 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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You must translate this Wikipedia article to French before you can go on a date with them(vonahn.blogspot.com)
2 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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New research shows placebos can also benefit patients who do not have faith in them(sciam.com)
4 points by divia 18y ago|0 comments
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by divia 18y ago
37signals post about switching to a standing desk: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1001-standing-versus-sitt... My favorite part: My attention span improved, too. I noticed an immediate increase in my ability to focus on a problem for
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by divia 18y ago
3. The Kindle is flimsy. You’ll go through your day thinking you will break your Kindle. You don’t fit that much screen on a thin device that is meant to be thrown into a bag without a care and not risk cracking it. There will come a day w

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