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The Mystery of ‘Edwin Drood’ That Charles Dickens Left Behind(thedailybeast.com)
20 points by gruseom 8y ago|1 comments
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John Milton’s Frontispiece Prank(publicdomainreview.org)
5 points by gruseom 8y ago|0 comments
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How the First World War Transformed Art(newstatesman.com)
83 points by gruseom 8y ago|3 comments
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by gruseom 8y ago
> you could also just avoid your migraine trigger Jerry Weinberg, who died yesterday, used to say that every time you hear the j-word ("just") you should replace it with "have trouble", i.e. "you could also have
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Oxford English Dictionary extends hunt for regional words around the world(theguardian.com)
26 points by gruseom 8y ago|13 comments
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by gruseom 9y ago
You're welcome. It's delightful that you did all that with it.
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by gruseom 9y ago
Yippee!
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‘Lede’ vs. ‘Lead’ (2011)(howardowens.com)
85 points by gruseom 9y ago|72 comments
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Ancient kids’ toys have been hiding in the archaeological record(sciencenews.org)
97 points by gruseom 9y ago|27 comments
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Napoleon’s Equine Strategy in 1813 (2013)(napoleon-series.org)
87 points by gruseom 9y ago|13 comments
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Art et Liberté: Egypt’s Surrealists(nybooks.com)
8 points by gruseom 9y ago|0 comments
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A Plate of Jellyfish(nybooks.com)
31 points by gruseom 9y ago|1 comments
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by gruseom 13y ago
That's touching, but I probably won't. All things go. Hi, though!
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by gruseom 13y ago
A classic, one of the most insightful things ever written about programming, and way ahead of its time (1985). The actual paper is at http://alistair.cockburn.us/ASD+book+extract%3A+%22Naur,+Ehn... (Edit: that link is broke
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by gruseom 13y ago
What was challenging about it? I'd like to hear.
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by gruseom 13y ago
If you're right, then I misread the article, which is quite possible.
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by gruseom 13y ago
I love motorcyles and motorcycle-commuted for years, and yes—it sure beats driving a car. But it's not a counterexample here! There is no comparison to walking or biking, especially to work. As I said above, the effect is astonishing.
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by gruseom 13y ago
Holy cow is this ever true: But one group of commuters report enjoying themselves. These are people who travel under their own steam [...] They walk. They run. They ride bicycles. Completely matches my experience, and it's astonishin
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by gruseom 13y ago
You're right. "Common" means something so different than it used to pre-internet. I'm reminded of that every time I google something I think is special. Edit (missed your other question): He pronounces it "Miller&qu
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by gruseom 13y ago
The benefit is getting a car, or a place to stay, far more easily. My point isn't that these services are net good (though I do think so). It's that any "net bad" argument that doesn't consider these benefits isn&#x
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by gruseom 13y ago
Regardless of one's opinion, how can you have a serious discussion without mentioning the benefit users get from these products? That's what drives the whole thing.
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by gruseom 13y ago
A friend of mine has the last name Miiller—i.e. "Miller" with a ludicrous extra "i". This is because when his ancestors named Müller came over, someone didn't recognize "ü" and wrote down "ii". H
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Psychiatry Admits It’s Been Wrong in Big Ways, But Can It Change?(madinamerica.com)
37 points by gruseom 13y ago|3 comments
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by gruseom 13y ago
> I see it a lot If so, you should be able to find three examples. Can I please see them? Specifically, three comments that aren't in any way rude, downvoted for expressing an unpopular view? The reason I'm curious is that I tr
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by gruseom 13y ago
It looks like you've been astroturfing this thread. That will make this community about as friendly as a wild boar on fire.
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by gruseom 13y ago
Those two comments are far from the only data points, though. But now I really am too lazy to look any more up. My memory is simply that PG always said downvoting for disagreement was fine and many users have always thought he made the wron
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by gruseom 13y ago
> San Francisco used to be weird, beautiful, edgy > the fault of the NIMBYs, who [...] deserve far more hatred When I lived in SF, the "weird, beautiful, and edgy" older culture was very much also the anti-development and NI
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by gruseom 13y ago
> Does that make it true? It makes it true that it's the site policy, yes.
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by gruseom 13y ago
Do the first two links I listed here count? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7451438 I wouldn't say it's ever been agreed on; I'm pretty sure people disagreed about this from day one. And downvoted each o
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by gruseom 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=658691 http://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunn

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