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by jraines 19y ago
Which "brand" of self-identity is fashionable and acceptable matters, though. I'd rather be part of a society where "I"m the kind of person who conserves and thinks about morality" is fashionable than one where the dominant self-identity i
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by jraines 19y ago
These stories should be tagged "Kurzweil" or "non-Kurzweil". Kurzweil's next book should be about how to get constant PR.
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by jraines 19y ago
>>I have about ten people actively posting photos to the site, but they're all people I've directly talked to and/or shown the site to. I don't know about going viral, but marketing is hard work. You have to budget time for it ever
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The Google Myth Rolls to Mobile(russellbeattie.com)
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by jraines 19y ago
I consider this essay, "The Elements of Style", and "Simple and Direct" by Jacques Barzun to be the Holy Trinity of guidance on clear, straightforward writing.
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by jraines 19y ago
Please forward that question to the Department of Questions, where it will be reviewed by the Answer Board as part of the Quarterly Question/Answer Reconciliation Meeting. Your question record # is 176849847
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by jraines 19y ago
I read a similar study result a few months ago, posted here also, except I seem to remember that one implicating females rather than males, as this one does.
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by jraines 19y ago
WTF is wrong with StumbleUpon?
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The 6% of Web users who generate 50% of ad clicks(smvgroup.com)
9 points by jraines 19y ago|5 comments
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Caffeine - A User's Guide to Getting Optimally Wired(scienceblogs.com)
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by jraines 19y ago
I'm pretty sure they do. Here's the post that convinced me to try it out: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/28/12-filtering...
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by jraines 19y ago
I think I'd rather be put in charge of pacifying Gaul than implementing an ERP for a public company.
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by jraines 19y ago
The StumbleUpon toolbar is pretty sweet . . . just rate sites as you go along and then your Stumbles will be like opening presents.
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by jraines 19y ago
. . . programs in Arc? Does anyone seriously think they're going to win hearts and minds by spamming a Hacker News website with a Wall Street Journal hagiography? And please, no twisted logic about how Obama's the hacker's candidate.
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Calais: Reuters' open semantic content annotation API(opencalais.com)
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Microsoft Responds to Yahoo Rejection: Resistance is Futile(bub.blicio.us)
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by jraines 19y ago
I like the spin on the rainy weather. I for one do get more creative and focused on code on rainy days.
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by jraines 19y ago
I've checked facebook about 60% less since I got my FriendFeed account. It really is an awesome site; the UI is like butter. Just wish more of my friends would join. http://friendfeed.com/jraines
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by jraines 19y ago
It does, by definition.
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by jraines 19y ago
This is exactly the kind of philosophical question that pg talked about in "How to do Philosophy" that breaks down because of the near impossibility of objectively defining the terms involved, or even coming to a solid consensus on their de
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by jraines 19y ago
Did you guys get a confirmation email when you signed up? When I hit "sign-up" all that happened was an instant AJAX-y refresh of the page.
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by jraines 19y ago
http://del.icio.us/jeremyraines
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by jraines 19y ago
Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley is a notorious pessimist. For the record, I agree with almost everything he says here, though.
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by jraines 19y ago
Damn -- I don't understand. I made it public. Here's the URL: http://git.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7827464693
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Atlanta News.YC groups on LinkedIn & Facebook
4 points by jraines 19y ago|5 comments
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by jraines 19y ago
Not necessarily, but you are a painter.
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by jraines 19y ago
As someone has suggested before -- this should be a 'sticky' thread, since it keeps reappearing in slightly varied forms.
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RRW: Microsoft joins Dataportability.org(readwriteweb.com)
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by jraines 19y ago
Yes. My favorite kind of joke. Man on cell: "No, I'm just saying you're being unresponsive. Unresponsive! Hello?"
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by jraines 19y ago
Yaml ain't a markup language

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