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by mischov 14y ago
Obviously we would not rather pay. The internet is the bastion of free (beer) information/stuff-that-can-be-transferred-electronically, and I think a great percentage of users prefer said free-ness. All the same, I am more and more convi
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by mischov 14y ago
So something like Clojure, but that runs on the CLR and Javascript as well? CLR - https://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr JS - https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript Python - https://github.com/halgari/clojure-py Lua - https://gi
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by mischov 14y ago
He never said, "the people most receptive to ads"- he said, "the perfect demographic for expensive stuff". He is suggesting that people who have they money and desire to pay for something that makes their lives a bit more pleasant are the k
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by mischov 14y ago
"But it wasn’t until I noticed that Oxford comma that it all suddenly became very clear. That’s not right. That couldn’t be the Wall Street Journal." (From OP) Does anybody know why an Oxford comma would be a signal that the quote isn't fro
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by mischov 14y ago
It takes a VERY long time to load.
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by mischov 14y ago
Actually, the primary theme of the article seems pretty solid to me. "Nobody wants to read your shit" (unless you give them an good reason to do so). That's not assuming people are sheep. That's assuming that people are self-interested. A
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by mischov 14y ago
Anything worth writing is worth writing well. But not everything is worth writing. I would not even begin to disagree with you about the merits of beautiful prose, but would the article have been anything more than a collection of entertain
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by mischov 14y ago
In case you're curious, the text you are reading now is #000. Which is not to say that #222 wouldn't be easier on the eyes.
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by mischov 14y ago
I don't see why using a fictional character to make this point is harmful. A much wider range of people know who Indiana Jones is than who (take your pick of experts consulted with by a government) is. Because he chose a more widely known
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by mischov 14y ago
I can see 18 headlines when I arrive at Hacker News. I can see 6 headlines when I arrive at Hacker News Two. The headlines are obvious when I arrive at Hacker News. There is a lot of noise between me and the headlines when I arrive at Hac
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by mischov 14y ago
> It was once a well-kept garden of intelligent discussion .... But into this garden comes a fool [quoted from the original article] Assuming this isn't a community of those who come out of the womb enlightened, aren't most of us livin
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by mischov 14y ago
"Follow people you admire and share your wonders with others." (from http://www.organizedwonder.com/ ) You keep using that word. I wonder if it means what you think it means.