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by mbateman 16y ago
I'm a WikiLeaks skeptic so I can't say I really support this. But I am also a diplomacy skeptic. I'm very suspicious of the effectiveness of our foreign policy and the honesty of our leaders in engaging in it. I'd even go so far as to say t
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by mbateman 16y ago
Sounds right to me, except maybe #1. I'd add: 9. Keep organized. My experience has been that young people who do well in academia are exceptionally good at keeping on top of things: correspondence, deadlines, juggling different projects, et
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by mbateman 16y ago
So basically by withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan, cutting down on health care massively, and tax reform (loophole-elimination) and a slight increase of the tax rate for everyone, you can easily balance the budget. I know each of these
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by mbateman 16y ago
I think eliminating loopholes and raising the taxes on everyone is a subset of selecting both of the tax cut eliminations. Or at least that's how the NYT sees it.
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No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer(steveblank.com)
2 points by mbateman 16y ago|1 comments
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by mbateman 16y ago
Because I don't believe that there are fantastic scripts out there not getting made. The crap we see is the best there is, sadly. (I have several friends in the movie industry.)
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Re-framing the dichotomies: Open/Closed vs. Integrated/Fragmented(asymco.com)
4 points by mbateman 16y ago|0 comments
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by mbateman 16y ago
Wow, there's going to be a Mac app store. EDIT: Looks more or less like iTunes. No word on the submission or approval process. Steve said something (can't remember what exactly) that indicated that this wasn't going to be the only way to ge
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Don't Follow the Money(nytimes.com)
2 points by mbateman 16y ago|1 comments
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by mbateman 16y ago
Hey, I never said Pius condemned anyone to hell for eternity . :)
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by mbateman 16y ago
To answer my own question, yes, it's a modern thing. Here's the original ritual of anathematizing: "Wherefore in the name of God the All-powerful, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, of Blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and of all the saints,
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by mbateman 16y ago
Is this a modern thing? Pope Pius IX is famous for anathematizing people who advocated the freedom of religious worship.
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by mbateman 16y ago
Overall I like the idea and most of the design. There are a lot of awesome little touches in it. But a lot of small things seem weird. Maybe some of these can be smoothed out for the full release: - The status item (why?) that doesn't h
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Americans Sour on Trade(online.wsj.com)
1 points by mbateman 16y ago|0 comments
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Going Nowhere Really Fast, or How Computers Only Come in Two Speeds.(loper-os.org)
17 points by mbateman 16y ago|29 comments
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Four types of scientists(virginiahughes.com)
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Unix’s Revenge(asymco.com)
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Should science journalists take sides? Not Exactly Rocket Science(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
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The Existential Theory(asymco.com)
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by mbateman 16y ago
There's a valuing-time bias on HN, and the opposite on most of the rest of the internet.
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FaceTime and the elevation of emotion over function(asymco.com)
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On the Insanity of Computer (in)-Security(loper-os.org)
2 points by mbateman 16y ago|0 comments
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by mbateman 16y ago
"Programmer" and "entrepreneur" aren't remotely coextensive. And hiring someone to code something for you is a very particular, entrepreneurial species of "relying" on someone.
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Apple's September Music Event: Just the numbers(asymco.com)
2 points by mbateman 16y ago|0 comments
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Seven Laws of Sane Personal Computing(loper-os.org)
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How to Write a Neuroscience Story for the Public(blogs.nature.com)
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First Law of Sane Personal Computing(loper-os.org)
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Android and the philosopher’s pencil(asymco.com)
2 points by mbateman 16y ago|1 comments
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by mbateman 16y ago
That last paragraph is one of the most incisive comments I've read on HN. I'll just add that there's a feedback loop. The more parents infantile their children, the longer the children tend to take to grow up, and the more the parents will
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by mbateman 16y ago
TheStreet is a rag and this article in particular is a blatantly worthless piece of sensationalist "technical" analysis, with winning lines such as: "Anyone ready for a game of craps or roulette? Maybe we should just put all the money under

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