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1. 691.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   I recommend the Big Island of Hawai'i for an "extended working period." You get an internet connection (albeit a laggy one), a laptop, privacy, fucking excellent coffee, and beautiful views of jungle and ocean. Result: you finish your novel
2. 692.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   Yet another problem with string theory.
3. 693.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   Thanks.
4. 694.▲
   Replace Online Ads With Art(add-art.org)

   1 points by rw 18y ago|0 comments
5. 695.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   To stoke the flamefire: you know Debian hasn't had the most stellar security reputation as of late, right? :)
6. 696.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   Needs <noscript> tags.
7. 697.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   Link to gzip quine: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.compression/browse_threa...
8. 698.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   HG != Hg
9. 699.▲
   by rw 18y ago

   Better than tax-free big businesses.
10. 700.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    We've been hearing about LED bulbs for too long to believe that now, finally, they're just around the corner.
11. 701.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    > That's probably one reason people so often do this to me. You're probably the only author that gets them to read at all.
12. 702.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Is this site down for anyone else? http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mikael.jansson.be dies.
13. 703.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Holy smokes!
14. 704.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Curiously, Scobledober's blog is mostly unreadable without Javascript.
15. 705.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Phreaking docs are required reading for any honestly inquisitive hacker.
16. 706.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    That argument would hold more water if the U.S. budget wasn't so padded with fat and wars.
17. 707.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    More interesting topic would be: how to do business in China and not be evil.
18. 708.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    You can write a provable theorem as a stream of symbols from mathematical logic, instead of prose. But, do you really want to read the result? Code can be made clearer through abstraction, certainly, but comments are a domain specific lang
19. 709.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Even deeper: The American free-market libertarians pulled a coup when they were able to redefine, in public discourse, what it means to have 'liberty' (compare the definition of 'libertarian' ca. 1900 Europe and ca. 2000's USA).
20. 710.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Old news but this is something worth duping.
21. 711.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Invite please (email in profile).
22. 712.▲
    Cell phones + cancer = business opportunity?(news.yahoo.com)

    2 points by rw 18y ago|1 comments
23. 713.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Can be construed as the same thing.
24. 714.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    I mean more subsidization, so that changing careers is a real option for most people.
25. 715.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    I've often thought that subsidizing higher education would lubricate the U.S. economy.
26. 716.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    Regarding tip #4, resetting the root password: Usually one needs to type "sync" afterward to make the changes persist after a reboot.
27. 717.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    "Libertarian" can mean something besides "idealistic capitalist."
28. 718.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    One americano and 3 mugs of tea per day.
29. 719.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    This dude takes himself way too seriously. I agree with a weaker version of his claim: model-seeking is necessary but not sufficient for problem-solving.
30. 720.▲
    by rw 18y ago

    "God, I loved getting attention for meeting famous techies."