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by expralitemonk 14y ago
I created a web design tool and micro-webhost that allows you to create websites using just your browser. https://www.taigen.us/demo
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Part of Franklin's success was his ability to focus on big problems instead of using his energies gambling, drinking, or wenching. Franklin's moral principles had nothing to do with being holier-than-thou. He wanted a life of meaning, and h
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Video: five mediocre products Apple should stop making now(bloomberg.com)
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Our society decided there's no survival value in living a virtuous life: saving money for a rainy day, delaying gratification. This is unfortunate because the word virtue used to mean excellence and valor .
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Ben Franklin was a hacker god. He visited Europe by ship and instead of curling up with a book on deck, he grabbed a thermometer and a notebook and discovered the Gulf Stream.
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Overall, there was no discernable difference between the nutritional content, although the organic food was 30% less likely to contain pesticides. Reducing their pesticide consumption is important to many people. Also I believe that food
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Our longing for lists(nytimes.com)
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When I get truly stuck on a software problem I leave the keyboard, go to a coffee shop, and draw-diagram-doodle a solution.
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The U.S. patent office is allowed to keep all fees it collects for its own budget, so it has an incentive to grant as many patents as possible, no matter how silly they are.
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To improve your handwriting legibility, write in italics. (Cursive seems to be write-only.) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/04/opinion/20090...
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by expralitemonk 14y ago
I have a Lamy Safari pen and love it. Light, durable, ink level indicator. My penmanship has improved quite a bit since using it.
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I use Clairfontaine "Life Unplugged" notebooks for brainstorming, todo lists, and problem solving. Yeah, they have a hipster vibe, but the notebooks I buy at the office supply store fall apart after two weeks in my pocket. These last awhile
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Django-- it's popular (easy to get support questions answered) and a lot of fun to learn. Although Flask and Bottle look interesting too.
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Churches give a staggering amount of aid to the poor, with fewer strings attached than the aid given to them by the State. If Mitt Romney lawfully lowered his taxes, more power to him. I use TurboTax to lawfully lower mine. The problem is w
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by expralitemonk 14y ago
"Abstain from all appearance of evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:22 King James Bible I'm sure if you dug around in Buddhist or Confucianist writings you'd find something similar. Being mindful of how your actions look is very useful in avoiding tro
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A cockpit video from one of the shuttle missions: just after launch, with the boosters still attached and burning at full thrust, the commander turned to the pilot and asked, "Feel that? That wobble is from the wind blowing through the fuel
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In the future, if a developer wants to write and distribute software without having to ask permission from 10 different platform manufacturers, he will have to stick with web apps.
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We use a Roku with Netflix and currently have over 200 items in the queue, and some of the items are series with 100 episodes. Netflix doesn't have access to new Hollywood releases, but the Roku, through its Amazon link, does. Cable? We sa
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"We are as gods and might as well get good at it. So far, remotely done power and glory—as via government, big business, formal education, church—has succeeded to the point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilem