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by msabalau 7y ago
Sure, they might not have predicted the extent to which knowledge could be "small pieces, loosely joined", but I'm not sure that in every case they are were creating centralized structures from first principles--generally the
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by msabalau 8y ago
While it is interesting to see how much a superstar makes off a ubiquitous Christmas classic, it might have been nice to see how irrelevant and immaterial streaming royalties are to normal musician, For sheer resourcefulness (and humor) I e
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by msabalau 8y ago
Given that is an experiment on human subjects, involving deception, the IRB review should be interesting. Or weren't they aren't concerned about that type of ethics?
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by msabalau 8y ago
Facebook adopters were never cool. It began as a place for uptight Ivy bratlings, then grew by being more square and "safer" than Myspace. Nevertheless, your larger point holds, Facebook users are even less cool now than they were
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by msabalau 8y ago
The article is from 2002, as part of the man's PR to support his 2001 book published on the topic, which explains the fellow's curious fixation on 90s topics like microfiche and the elimination of card catalogs.
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by msabalau 8y ago
At public library where I worked as a youth we also end up getting rid of most of the "donations", keeping the occasional worthwhile book that seemed like it might actually fetch a buck at the annual book sale.
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by msabalau 8y ago
People who work at John Deere don't make journalists feel that they've badly failed at career planning.
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by msabalau 9y ago
A good critic or festival programmer provides far more signal about quality than a publisher or distributor ever does. Sometimes gatekeepers are providing specialized services that creators might not be good at or interested in. In any even
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by msabalau 9y ago
And of the remaining friends, some subtract value by the nature of their "engaged" content.
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by msabalau 9y ago
Consoles provide experiences that mobile games can't. That said, mobile has eclipsed consoles. 11% growth to $3.3 billion in the US. But by way of contrast, Pokemon Go hit a billion in revenue by itself last February.
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by msabalau 9y ago
Or the way that religions dominated the attentions of earlier times--with the occasional social surplus being squandered on cathedral building, crusades, heresy and it's suppression, pilgrimages, self-mortification etc.
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by msabalau 9y ago
The notion that a parallel from of coordination between underfunded militarys either materially threatened British relevance in the EU in the past or acts in any substantial way to replace it's military might in the event the EU needed
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by msabalau 9y ago
Given that Nintendo wasn't able to keep them in stock for the longest time, lowering the price would have simply left money on the table. And not lowered the cost for consumers--this spring people were buying them and reselling for $1
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by msabalau 9y ago
What does it mean for the future of innovation if the founder's assessment is correct: . "We fucking started a hardware business! There's nothing else to talk about. We shouldn't have done that."
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by msabalau 9y ago
I have a website for the space opera game here: festive.ninja which will give you a sense of the game. I'm hoping to get a quickstart version of the game out shortly, after I get a chance to incorporate the playtest feedback. (Which
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by msabalau 9y ago
Agreed. Tabletop rpgs endured in the convention scene, and video games and cosplay revitalized fannish cons, a ton of people were introduced to or reminded that the hobby was something that "people like them" did.
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by msabalau 9y ago
I'll note that there are great, thriving G+ communities for both Fate Core and Fate Accelerated, with the designers engaging. Also the Book of Hanz is a great free resource that highlights what makes Fate distinct, and offers good advi
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by msabalau 9y ago
Interesting perspective. I'd take the opposite approach, recommending new game masters start with Fate Accelerated as being so affordable ($5 physical, pay what you want digital) and so short and saving Fate Core until you want to div
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by msabalau 9y ago
High childhood mortality, and adult life expectancy until the 40s doesn't necessarily have to be characterized as nasty or brutish. It was the norm for most of human existence, until the new stone age (When the undergraduate simplific
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by msabalau 9y ago
If you can credibly explain why a really large number would have more to do with audio we might take you opinions about branding seriously...
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by msabalau 9y ago
Like Amazon stuck with their phone?
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BLIZZARD ARENA LOS ANGELES(overwatchleague.com)
1 points by msabalau 9y ago|0 comments
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THIS BIG BEEF EXPOSES THE UGLY UNDERBELLY OF VEGAN VLOGGING(wired.com)
2 points by msabalau 9y ago|0 comments
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by msabalau 9y ago
I have a Fi data SIM in an iPhone, and it works great. Not certain if you can sneak a voice SIM in.
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by msabalau 9y ago
I am not certain I understand how the reputation damage is supposed to occur in this case. According to the article Sequoia had a long standing willingness to play hardball. A reputation earned through consistent long term behavior. It&#x27
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by msabalau 9y ago
It's not clear why anyone would think his experience with yeast microbes translates into any relevant insight on the topics he discussed.
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by msabalau 9y ago
"fake culture wars only distract us from our economic decline" - Peter Thiel, Republican National Convention speech "Axios' Jonathan Swan reported Wednesday that a Trump administration official offered a very differen
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by msabalau 9y ago
A number of sites put the nominal GDP at $1000 and change and PPP GDP at around $4000. Not sure who to believe, the World Bank, the IMF or the CIA.
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by msabalau 9y ago
The specific claims: “In WikiLeaks’ efforts to prevent the distribution of ‘Risk,’ they are using the very tactics often used against them – legal threats, false security claims, underhanded personal attacks, misdirection – and with the sam
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Wikileaks Documentary Makers Accuse Assange of Censorship(newsweek.com)
174 points by msabalau 9y ago|137 comments

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