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by skmurphy 3mo ago
Interesting analysis of the consequences for Scientific American breaking with tradition and endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-americ... and Kamala Harris in 2024 https:
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The Enemy You Declared (Consequences of SciAm Endorsing Joe Biden)(markatwood.substack.com)
2 points by skmurphy 3mo ago|2 comments
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by skmurphy 3mo ago
This July 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for
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Roundup of July 2026 Bootstrapper Events(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
1 points by skmurphy 3mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
I don't care if it's trivial to implement and impossible to bypass: it's an effort to eliminate anonymous Internet browsing/commenting because everyone over 16 has to submit ID as well. Its the end of free speech on the
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
That was my experience as well. Paid for it for a year, it was a clean presentation of a subset of Google results, but when I was really looking for something I would fall back on Google. It's a shame their execution does not match the
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
And start to build a relationship with sales that, at least in a B2B firm, can be of significant benefit.
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
From Chapter 8, available online at https://deepness.trmm.net/c08b/ "Our main cargo is a one-time cryptographic pad. The source is Commercial Security at Sjandra Kei; the destination is the certificants' High
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
I agree: a "state of nature" leads to lives that are "nasty, brutish and short." How do we find legislators who are good stewards for the public trust and welfare. We subject public companies to transparency regulations,
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session." Gideon J. Tucker
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
We are truly living in a science fiction future where quantum code cracking is not a remote possibility but a near term risk we are planning for. In Vernor Vinge's novel "A Fire Upon the Deep" one of the most valuable commodi
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
This June 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in June 2026(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
2 points by skmurphy 4mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 4mo ago
The Chinese are at peak family connection density. I found this analysis very interesting, here are some highlights: + The simulations show that the Chinese family is about to undergo a radical and historically extraordinary evolution, as e
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Attrition: The Chinese Family Collapse(strategypage.com)
7 points by skmurphy 4mo ago|2 comments
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
I think your statement is correct in the absence of a clear statement of direction and/or product launch by Kagi. I tried Kagi for a year and came away disillusioned as you were.
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
This May 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for “
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in May 2026(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
1 points by skmurphy 5mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
Key graf on page 5: "Prior to the pandemic, downtown San Francisco saw strong net new business formation, with 711 net new establishments in the information, financial, and professional services sectors in 2017 (Figure 3). The trajecto
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
You and I have a very different reading of both that paragraph and the full article.
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
That "American business advocated most for weakened Western market regulation and the expansion of China's industrial base" is clearly stated in the excerpt I posted from the article: "The West’s greed and complacency be
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by skmurphy 5mo ago
Key graf: As for the strategic thinking elsewhere in the world, I think a secondary problem with all the cover stories and columns marveling at China’s overwhelming strength and infinite wisdom is that they not only mischaracterize Chinese
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Beijing Is Not Playing a Long Game(sharptext.net)
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by skmurphy 6mo ago
I find HN Replies very useful. https://hnreplies.com
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by skmurphy 6mo ago
tldr; "One common approach we see is for bootstrapping teams that have a basic understanding of customer needs to start by offering a service. Once they get uptake on their service offers, they start to take advantage of existing solut
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A Common MVP Evolution: Service to System Integration to Product (2017)(skmurphy.com)
17 points by skmurphy 6mo ago|2 comments
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by skmurphy 6mo ago
This April 2026 roundup lists online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. These events are for
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Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in April 2026(bootstrappersbreakfast.com)
2 points by skmurphy 6mo ago|1 comments
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by skmurphy 7mo ago
A critique of the NRDC in light of research on the impact of fossil fuel plants on human health. Key paragraphs: "Akrasia is weakness of will. You know you shouldn’t eat the cake; you eat the cake anyway. Temptation overwhelms correct
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Knowing Defection(markatwood.substack.com)
4 points by skmurphy 7mo ago|1 comments

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