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by qqn 8y ago
A very related question: I'm looking for a(n ideally FLOSS) e-reader that works on both Windows and Android so I can start building and cross-referencing my e-book/article (EPUB/PDF) library. I'm currently using Calibre
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What a great idea, thank you so much for doing this! I'm pumped to try it out.
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The absolute best thing about this piece is learning that there's a woman out there somewhere named Holly Wood.
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There are good people outside programming, lol. For example: me. I couldn't code if my life depended on it but I sure as heck contribute in other ways.[0] I get the gripe with unpolished projects though. Still, this comment continues t
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Hey, good for you, thank you for your work : ). Agreed on that point. And it's happening! I remember WordPress in the early days (yikes) and now my senior-citizen father is running his own blog without a hitch. Myself I first got into
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One of the biggest misconceptions I had about the federated/decentralized web getting into it a decade ago was this customer v. service provider model we're so used to everywhere else. These free[0], decentralized services rarely
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Well I mean Christianity's been doing it pretty well for a long time now.
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Yes, but not once I'm with them (unlike a dentist or a car mechanic, for example).
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Funny you should say that. So here's my situation: college diploma (massage, 2005-07), BSc (bio/psych, 2007-11), MSc (psych, 2013-15), MSc (econ/bus, 2018-19)... and yet my main money-maker continues to be massage because: 1.
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This. This describes my entire undergrad experience.
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Great post, I've just spent the greater part of the morning reading everything. Shipdog had the best answer IMHO. My own approach follows his/hers. It's pretty intense and laborious but worth the payoff. I'd discovered s
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This was my favourite answer.
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Ask HN: Signal on Android not receiving iPhone texts?
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Racist Arizona Town from Sacha Baron Cohen's Show Says It's Not That Racist(esquire.com)
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Interactively visualizing Biblical criticisms(bibviz.com)
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Definitely. The math. It reminded me of Ali G vs. Buzz "Lightyear", hahaha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwARY7Kk8ek
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... along with two pretty lame attempts by interviewees at backtracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LjwRRO9fk (talk radio host) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VNEJrsaOJk (Sarah Palin). Great
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New Sacha Baron Cohen Project: “Who Is America?” [video](youtube.com)
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Can a biologist fix a radio?(cell.com)
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Yep, it could be that decision fatigue is strongly relevant here, see https://nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-d... for a great write-up on this.
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Flying used to be very expensive, now flying will actually be free(youtube.com)
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Great share, thank you. Though in searching for it I was surprised to find it was already mentioned on here... eight years ago! Crazy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1264713 . Still, thanks so much for posting it else
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Macedonia officially changes its name to the Republic of North Macedonia(twitter.com)
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"Russia raised its retirement age, Saudi-led troops attacked in Yemen and Iran arrested a human rights lawyer – all while their teams were playing soccer."
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How the World Cup distracts from major news stories(theguardian.com)
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We Tried to Steal Food from a Delivery Robot(youtube.com)
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Talk Like Darth Vader Using Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas(youtube.com)
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The tragedy of the commons(peppercarrot.com)
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Meme specialist job opening (one of those jobs that “didn't exist yet”)(cryptojobslist.com)
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Haha, that "thoomp thoomp" genre is called "unsa unsa" in some ex-Yugoslav counties.

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