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by nkzednan 5y ago
Some books that I have really liked: - Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss(waiting on the third book....) - Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (also waiting on the rest of the series...) - The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu - the first b
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Why Is Murder Spiking? and Can Cities Address It Without Police?(nytimes.com)
3 points by nkzednan 5y ago|1 comments
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Why does infrastructure cost so much in America? (Podcast episode)(wbur.org)
1 points by nkzednan 5y ago|0 comments
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The Consequences of American Exceptionalism(wbur.org)
2 points by nkzednan 6y ago|0 comments
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Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out(2018)(nytimes.com)
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Quarantine Fatigue Is Real(theatlantic.com)
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by nkzednan 6y ago
- 99% Invisible - Invisibilia - Hidden Brain - Opening Arguments
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by nkzednan 6y ago
I've been playing some games on https://www.yucata.de/en with friends - San Juan, Imhotep, Castles of Burgundy, Russian Railroads, Thurn and Taxis. Beware with Yucata that if you start a game with more than 2 people, y
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House cats have more impact on local wildlife than wild predators(npr.org)
145 points by nkzednan 6y ago|163 comments
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by nkzednan 7y ago
Also check out https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/ - post some photos in the daily questions thread to get feedback.
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Big Money Is Building a New Kind of National Park in the Great Plains(npr.org)
3 points by nkzednan 7y ago|0 comments
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by nkzednan 7y ago
The Daily by the New York Times - every weekday about 30 minutes on one topic Invisibilia Hidden Brain Embedded Serial Hardcore History Sean Carroll’s Mindscape - learned of it thru Opening Arguments - seems ok
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by nkzednan 7y ago
In a similar vein, a big park/playground recently opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They had some inspiration from playgrounds outside the US. https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2018/12/06/the-surprisi...
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by nkzednan 8y ago
Hanabi - co op solitaire where you can't see your own cards. ~45 minutes, up to 5 players. It is a thinking game - how to give good hints to other players and how to interpret hints from others - did they give me this hint to play this
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How to Exhibit Leadership as an Individual Contributor(tombartel.me)
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Reflections on a Year of Sedentary Life(neal.is)
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Why Geeks Should Speak(justinjackson.ca)
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by nkzednan 8y ago
Another thing about snake plants is that you can cut a few inches of a leaf off and plant it. Within 3-9 months or so it will sprout some new shoots.
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by nkzednan 8y ago
- Opening Arguments - 99% Invisible - Invisibilia - This American Life - StartUp - Serial - Hidden Brain - All the President's Lawyers - Radio Lab - Science Friday
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Engineering Management Reads(lenareinhard.com)
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The Problem with ‘Hey Guys’(theatlantic.com)
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by nkzednan 8y ago
An interesting podcast episode that talks a bit about OCD is https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/375927143/the-secre...
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by nkzednan 8y ago
> Everybody you meet has a secret smile, and a secret pain. There's another good quote I've heard: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Maclaren ) I
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by nkzednan 9y ago
I was on a cave tour once and there was a crystal clear spring fed stream running thru the cave. The guide said something like the water looks good to drink but then we went around the bend and there was a giant pile of bat guano sloping do
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The Most Intense Year of Growth in My Life – What I’ve Learned(effectiveengineer.com)
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by nkzednan 9y ago
Nonfiction: Hillbilly Elegy By JD Vance Fiction: Golden Son by Pierce Brown - liked the whole trilogy; Rosie Project/Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
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by nkzednan 9y ago
Top books that I read this past year: - Hillbilly Elegy By JD Vance - Golden Son by Pierce Brown (second book in a trilogy) liked the whole trilogy - Rosie Project/Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - Graceling by Kristin Cashore - Station
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by nkzednan 9y ago
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance Red Rising and sequels by Pierce Brown The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (I read Three Body Problem + sequels in 2016. The first book I thought was ok. I really liked the second book - The Dark Forest - the Dar
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by nkzednan 9y ago
Podcast episode from More Perfect about the Citizens United cases and one of the arguments about free speech and book banning.
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Citizens United(wnyc.org)
1 points by nkzednan 9y ago|1 comments

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