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by spon 17y ago
Well said. Let's not live in our cubicles any longer than we have to. I love the fact that this guy feels there is a huge gaping hole out there, and that he intensely wants to do something about it. For me, that counts for more than fitting
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by spon 17y ago
Here's an interesting passage from the article: "But what does it mean, really, to be happier? For 30 years, Denmark has topped international happiness surveys. But Danes are hardly a sanguine bunch. Ask an American how it’s going, and you
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by spon 18y ago
I'm a former Republican, and I used to say two things: (1) it's none of our business whether a private citizen is earning $10 or $10,000,000; (2) supply and demand produces, over the long run, an optimal distribution of resources, b
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by spon 18y ago
When I see articles that attribute far-reaching health consequences to specific chemicals like anti-oxidants -- which are rarely tested in isolation from other compounds -- I'm reminded of a quote from Gary Taubes: "If public health researc
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by spon 18y ago
From Wikipedia: "Although the United Arab Emirates is becoming less dependent on natural resources as a source of revenue, petroleum and natural gas exports still play an important role in the economy, especially in Abu Dhabi. A massive con
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by spon 18y ago
According to the Terms, Google has the right to "publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute," your book. They also have the right to "make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Goo
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by spon 18y ago
Google allows you to retain copyright over your content. That's great. So if you send a copy of your manuscript to your publisher using Chrome, you technically will always be "the owner." You can still earn royalties from your content, and
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by spon 18y ago
From what I can tell, there's a way around this nonsense: use Chromium instead of chrome. It's licensed under the BSD license. http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html On the other hand, two-dozen third party software packages are distr
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by spon 18y ago
Check out the "Google Chrome Terms of Service": anything you post or transmit with Chrome can be used by Google in any way it wants, for all time. They can display your writings in public, modify it, or both. This applies to everything you
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by spon 18y ago
Every unsupported claim you read makes you 1% dumber.