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by m52go 11y ago
> but consider how much less it costs, per-viewer, to distribute a paragraph on the web versus printed on paper. From my understanding of publishing, most of the cost is in creation, editing, design, and marketing...not in actually print
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The recommendations are implicit...i.e., the book will only be in the app because someone felt strongly about it. We're leaving out 'smart' because we feel that smart people are smart enough to decide for themselves what they
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by m52go 11y ago
BookStorm: an awesome way to explore the world of books. Why it's awesome: we're helping to maximize intellectual freedom in a world dominated by "smart" algorithms and "social" recommendations with old-fashion
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by m52go 11y ago
This would be awesome. The comments on HN are a formidable body of knowledge on their own, and I refer to them before deciding to read anything.
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I didn't mean to say Medium is wrong to censor. I'm saying it's sad the world at large seems to prefer a writing channel that's censored.
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> We are going to take things down that are unsafe, that are hate speech, that are harassment. It's not a legal obligation, it's an obligation to the ecosystem of the site. Censorship, it seems.
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by m52go 11y ago
This is one of the best things I've ever read...deserves more attention. What a life.
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Sure the design is outdated, but it's so QUICK!
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Clinton-Gore Campaign Website (1996)(livingroomcandidate.org)
1 points by m52go 11y ago|1 comments
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I don't know about that. If there's anyone who's shown more willingness to challenge the status quo, it's him. In spite of all his faults, and considering that much of his appeal is his (apparent) contrarian attitude, I
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by m52go 11y ago
I'm sure the failed entrepreneurs in this crowd (I'm one of them) here will find it easy to refute that point. High-quality product is nothing without leads (i.e, potential users, buyers, downloaders, etc), and one way to get cons
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by m52go 11y ago
I'm on Chrome on a Mac. I clicked the web link on this page, clicked the SkyMag link on Google (the 2nd link for me after HN...your Google results may differ as I'm signed in), and then clicked their green Read More button, and go
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by m52go 11y ago
I came back here to post this line! It's so perfect.
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Taleb introduced the word to me, and in spite of a few searches that indicate its usage is increasing, I got caught up in my own filter bubble and overestimated its broader reach.
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Thanks. The flâneur term was a gamble. I'll definitely reconsider it now. The only purpose of this project is discovery. The serendipity comes from the way books are presented to you. They're completely random. There are no algori
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by m52go 11y ago
Partly out of frustration with my filter bubbles, partly out of nostalgia for the joy of browsing bookstores, and partly out of concern for a society increasingly directed exclusively by algorithms and social networks, I made this. I know t
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Show HN: Canon of Man – Enjoy the serendipity of browsing bookstores, anywhere(canonofman.com)
4 points by m52go 11y ago|6 comments
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For the record, it's happened more than once now that I look through my app menu and see the new Uber icon and have no idea what it is. Takes me a second to think about it and remember this 'rebranding'. It's one of the
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by m52go 11y ago
I'm not sure I agree. There's a reason newspapers, magazines, and other traditional media use narrow columns as well...it's much easier to read.
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> They have ruined web design. Ironically, the site itself looks super good on a smartphone. I didn't check the source (because I'm on a smartphone...), but it doesn't seem to have any CSS styling applied to it.
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Anyone interested in a concise, passionate, but well-researched account of India's situation while it was under foreign rule should check out Will Durant's The Case For India . It's eye-opening.
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by m52go 11y ago
Yeah...as a tireless social media critic & privacy fanatic, I imagine I'm in their target demographic. But the presentation was so confusing that even I ran out of patience trying to understand what's going on.
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by m52go 11y ago
Isn't this the same concept as Microsoft's Continuum? As it's been noted, there are a handful of other projects like this, so I don't mean to say it isn't special. But a big criticism for Continuum is that it's
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by m52go 11y ago
Yeah I was being cheeky. I was a die-hard Google Reader fan until I started using Twitter, but that approach lacked social commentary. It was something I had to experience to understand. What do the people I respect recommend? What are they
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by m52go 11y ago
Yeah. No matter how many Ninjas and Rockstars you hire, you'll never get close to the collective creativity of the crowd. It's a critical mistake for a service that's billed as a "platform."
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Sounds to me like...you're using it wrong! But really. Personally, I actually do find it to be magical. It's taken 5+ years of trying, retrying, adjusting, and readjusting to get it right, but my Twitter feed is superb.
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That's where stronger leadership would have helped, I think. If a CEO insisted on a longer-term vision, he or she could have fended off investors. Examples: Amazon, Facebook.
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Yeah that's something I don't understand about companies in the social space (in general). I'd pay for Twitter. But they won't take my money. As I mentioned in another comment, however, I think there's more money an
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by m52go 11y ago
Twitter is such an unlikely success. It's a product that few understand, and even when you do, it's hard to explain it. The functionality is dead-simple. But, at scale, its effect is magical. I think closing down the service to de
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by m52go 11y ago
I find the notion of a specialized, adjustable standing desk ridiculous. Why raise and lower the WHOLE DESK, when you could just fix the desk at a high point and raise and lower your chair? It seems so much more efficient and convenient.

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