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by lenepp 3y ago
A lot of people who use these machines specifically enjoy the harm they do to others.
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by lenepp 7y ago
It's kind of incredible the article doesn't mention it, but the typical city bus makes sounds at a decibel level that is harmful to the human body (anything above 85 dB is harmful). There's a scene in Mad Men that I always li
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by lenepp 7y ago
Apologies for being harsh, but this kind of thing is the phrenology of our time. I know it's utterly conventional to think this way about language in some circles that present themselves as doing legitimate science, but the view that y
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by lenepp 8y ago
"it also holds onto a significant amount of kung fu tradition" There is a huge political controversy in the kung fu world that this article doesn't address, which is the Chinese government's perceived hostility to the id
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Why the Incumbent Hierarchy Hates Computers and the Internet(medium.com)
2 points by lenepp 8y ago|1 comments
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by lenepp 8y ago
I had the great privilege of interviewing Jerry late last year. He generously talked to me for nearly two hours about his life and career. Here's a link to the interview for anyone interested: https://leanpub.com/podcas
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by lenepp 8y ago
One interesting feature of articles like this that I don't really get is that they often leave out a huge huge quality of life benefit that electric vehicles bring: reduced urban machine noise.
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by lenepp 10y ago
I'm a Leanpub cofounder and just wanted to mention here that self-publishing a book while you're writing it is not necessarily incompatible with eventually going with a conventional publisher (though if you have a publisher in min
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by lenepp 11y ago
What a great piece. The point about how the big publishers have more control over printed books gets to the heart of the matter.
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by lenepp 11y ago
Imagine if you were blocked from reading an ebook because you crossed a border. Regional/national licensing of content is a rent-seeking anachronism. It's really sad to see Netflix cave on this. Incidentally, this is more or less
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What'd Make a Better Rocket, Nuclear or Ion Engines?(wired.com)
1 points by lenepp 11y ago|1 comments
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Starting work before 10 a.m. is tantamount to torture(news.nationalpost.com)
1 points by lenepp 11y ago|0 comments
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by lenepp 12y ago
I totally agree. Actually it would probably be better if small companies, especially small startups, would think about this activity as "Attention" rather than "PR" or "Marketing". What you want when you'r
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by lenepp 13y ago
"I'm not sure how you would have a beta version of a fiction book. That would be like selling jumbled ideas." I know what you mean, though I'd like to point out that there is a serious and successful historical precedent