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by mhartl 12y ago
It has been extensively restored: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chap...
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Does the author realize that Excel is not used to run banks or to track the space shuttle? I'm sure he does. He's exaggerating for effect. (Well, at least he is regarding the Space Shuttle.)
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A quick heads-up for those who think (as I once did) that it might be cool to learn Latin just to read the Meditations without translation: its original title is Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν (i.e., Marcus Aurelius wrote the Meditations in Greek).
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Wow, congrats to the Twitch team!
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I didn't understand what the big deal was until I drove to downtown LA last night. Google Maps turn-by-turn directions instructed me to make a U turn in the middle of the 110S freeway (which would have crashed me into the center divide
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that is the maximum S.O. can get This is why they formed a parent company with a broader focus (Stack Exchange). Joel Spolsky wrote more about their thinking here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2010/02&#x2F
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What resources did you use to learn to turn wood into a raised garden bed? Or was it so simple that you just figured it out on your own?
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by mhartl 12y ago
Excellent comment. One quick heads-up on formatting: if you use asterisks instead of underscores to emphasize text, the HN text processor will actually set the text in italics. For example, instead of writing rather the _opportunity_
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by mhartl 12y ago
Magic works much the same way. One of my favorite examples is Ricky Jay's "Four Queens" trick: http://youtu.be/JNUepjt6QmI The sleights are top-notch, but the real "magic" is in the language and pre
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by mhartl 13y ago
According to Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, ten-year venture capital returns lag major stock indices: http://avc.com/2013/02/venture-capital-returns/ That's pretty bad, and it's even worse wh
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by mhartl 13y ago
Gracias por esto. Entre otras cosas, la traducción de inglés no puede capturar la sutileza de "había de recordar" o "conocer el hielo". En inglés Aureliano Buendía podía ver el hielo, pero en español podía conocerlo .
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This is the sort of thing Beeminder effectively automates.
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The "don't break the chain" rule is brittle: if you do break the chain, your motivation can crater. I think [Beeminder]( http://beeminder.com/ ) has a clever solution to this problem; it gives you a way to tr
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by mhartl 13y ago
As a graduate of both Harvard and Caltech, I can confirm that this is true. Even many people in Pasadena , where Caltech is located, are only vaguely aware of its existence, and even many southern Californians confuse it with Cal Poly Pomo
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by mhartl 13y ago
I'm disappointed that the parent comment, which offers constructive criticism, has been downvoted at least five times (though, to be fair, upvoted at least twice). Please don't downvote comments just because you disagree with them
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Softcover Is A New Self-Publishing Platform Aimed At Technical Authors(techcrunch.com)
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It's interesting to see a mention of "full stack" startups. I hadn't realized that investors have identified such companies as being members of a distinct category.
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It might be worth noting that publishing sites like Leanpub and Softcover have integrated e-commerce features, so they solve the payments and distribution problems as well.
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This is great news. One quick suggestion: I recommend dropping the material on Bitcoin's unsuitability as a store of value or unit of account, or at least softening the language to sound less certain. It's possible that these view
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At first glance, it might not seem obvious why Oculus is partnering with Facebook, a company focused on connecting people, investing in internet access for the world and pushing an open computing platform. An "open computing platform
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Oof. My gut feeling is... this feels like a punch to the gut. (I hope my gut is wrong, but I wouldn't bet on it.)
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I think Ferriss's beloved 80/20 rule applies to Ferriss himself: 80% of the value comes from 20% of his material. There is, to be sure, a lot of hyperbole, but once you filter out the dross what's left is gold.
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Yes, usually in such cases the words used to rhyme (and sometimes still do, as with Brits pronouncing "rain" and "again"). Once you know this, pronouncing it any other way feels unfair to the author, as in Sonnet 116 by
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by mhartl 13y ago
Indeed, from the OP: Adder, apron and umpire all used to start with an "n". Constructions like "A nadder" or "Mine napron" were so common the first letter was assumed to be part of the preceding word. Linguist
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There is already a version of the Rails Tutorial book that builds on Softcover, and in the coming weeks I plan to move the full tutorial over to the Softcover platform (taking care to preserve things like legacy download links). Watch for
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Awesome, glad to hear it!
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Softcover is based on the Rails Tutorial model, which differs from Leanpub in several key ways. I actually think Leanpub is a great service if it meets all of your needs as an author, and in fact if it had met all of my needs I might not
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by mhartl 13y ago
Thanks for the kind words. We might not choose to highlight titles that could invite controversy (especially not early on), but our intent is to produce a flexible publishing tool that is limited only by the imagination of the author. If th
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Great to hear it! Don't worry about sales & hosting platform; Softcover supports custom domains, so you're never locked in. You could switch your domain over to your own website at any time. I just know from experience what a
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by mhartl 13y ago
Thanks, Erik! I remember that meeting fondly—in line at Long Beach Airport en route to Austin, if I recall correctly. I hope all is well!

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