qsymmachus

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by qsymmachus 12y ago
DRM-free dirt cheap coffee: 1. Bring water to boil in a pot 2. Add 2 tbsp ground coffee per cup of water 3. Kill the heat, cover for 5 mins 4. Pour into cup through fine colander or cheese cloth Seriously it's delicious and you already
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
Ah, I missed that line. That only pushes the timeline back 40 years though. I still chafe at the idea that this is a uniquely modern problem.
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
Interesting article, though it's essentially a extension of the the concept of "filter bubbles" into the social sphere ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble ). I question the hypothesis that the int
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
Really nice presentation. Thanks for sharing this!
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
^ Before you downvote me all to hell that remark was meant to be self-deprecating
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
Way to make me feel like a dick, compumike
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by qsymmachus 12y ago
This is pretty neat, but why not just learn how to cook? This is the kind of idea only Silicon Valley could cook up – if you've eaten nothing but catered meals your young adult life, you have no idea how to cook eggs without burning th
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
IRC is the opposite of simple for most consumers.
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Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps(theguardian.com)
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
I take your point. But what may seem ambiguous to a corporation is not at all ambiguous to most citizens – myself included – who tend to see such tax structures as an underhanded way to game the system. To frame it in more pragmatic terms,
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
"Maximizing shareholder value" is as pernicious an idea now as the day Friedman uttered it. At least post-2009 it's universally recognized as such: http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-06/business&#
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
That's why we draw a distinction between following the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Or, as the dude put it, "you're not wrong Walter, you're just an asshole." Apple's tax structure rightly promp
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by qsymmachus 13y ago
Why do Balaji Srinivasan and his admirers seem to share so much in common with Tea Partiers? At least the small government crowd (seems) to stand on principle, rather than just angle for new ways to make money. Don't try to weasel your
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Legitimizing the 'Civilized Internet' - China's Seduction of U.S. Media(theatlantic.com)
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How to write a bad column about millenials(theatlantic.com)
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15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 minutes(youtube.com)
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