nth_degree

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by nth_degree 2y ago
Part 1: Hatching a Conspiracy ( https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/hatching-a-conspiracy-a-b... ) Part 2: How Chicken Genetics Barons Created the Egg Crisis ( https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/fowl-p
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The Riddle of Luigi Mangione(gurwinder.blog)
54 points by nth_degree 2y ago|111 comments
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It's the land, stupid: How the homebuilder cartel drives high housing prices(thebignewsletter.com)
140 points by nth_degree 2y ago|218 comments
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by nth_degree 3y ago
I'm in the middle of reading Nonverts by Stephen Bullivant, about the variety of people who grew up in a religion and "converted" to no religion. He makes the argument that it's incredibly difficult (bordering on pointle
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by nth_degree 3y ago
My in-laws, who are not wealthy, absolutely love the concierge set-up they have with their doctor. They do utilize it often, which makes it worth it.
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Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't recall(theverge.com)
79 points by nth_degree 3y ago|118 comments
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by nth_degree 3y ago
I got hit by a car when i was a kid (as a pedestrian), and I have pondered the exact same things before. It was bad luck that I got hit, but was it good luck that the injury caused a coma, which helped my brain protect itself? Very quickly
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by nth_degree 3y ago
I read Unbearable Lightness in high school and it changed my life. I read it again a few years later in hope of changing it back, but it instead gave me a fresh perspective. I read literature all the time, but that one will always stick out
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by nth_degree 4y ago
Do you have any more details about that book (author, etc)? I really want to read it, but searching libgen returned nothing.
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Enshittification(stronglang.wordpress.com)
2 points by nth_degree 4y ago|0 comments
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by nth_degree 4y ago
Gladwell is an excellent storyteller, but his tales always came off as glib to me. He never seemed to evaluate evidence that contradicted his narrative. Also, after reading this perfect parody of Gladwell's writing, I could never take
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by nth_degree 4y ago
I only left (err, closed my always-open browser tab) a few months ago, after reading through the discussion about the user survey. The number of comments saying, basically, “anyone who thinks the site changed for the worse is just a [insert
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by nth_degree 4y ago
It can help with nausea.
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by nth_degree 4y ago
Neat game, I find mixing paints really enjoyable so this right up my alley. I solved the hard game, no problem, but after my first selection in the regular game, it X'd out all of my picks, even though I got 93.5%. My subsequent attemp