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by tgrass 14y ago
..the takeaway here is that the services provided by SourceForge/Github are too important to its users to be ad-supported. Why muddy the waters like that? The takeaway is that the incentives a company adopts are consequential and will def
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Agreed. And AirBnB would be wise to get involved politically on that front. There are the armchair ideals of unregulated markets, and then there is the reality of politically connected interests pushing legislation.
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He tends to be more of a stream of consciousness writer than an ideas man. My recollection of reading him is he doesn't build an argument from premise to conclusion, but implies an argument by stringing together perhaps unrelated anecdotes
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Chrome Plugin: http://ksat.me/chrome-plugin-to-fix-hn-unknown-or-expired-li... Works like a dream.
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"Write for yourself" is shorthand. In part, it's to get an individual writing. After a hundred pages of short stories and essays it might evolve to a more restrictive "find your voice". Once a writer finds a consistent voice, with recurring
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by tgrass 14y ago
I second Towards Clarity and Grace. Additionally, Orwell's Politics and the English Language https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm . And as for listening to editors, the world is your editor. Put your writing into the hand
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This was my impression when I read it regularly years ago. My close friend now reads it cover to cover every issue and based on our conversations in which he references the Economist, either he is misinterpreting it, or they are very Keynes
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I imagine this article being read in 100 years like we might read about black bile causing melancholy.
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Disagree. I studied civil engineering and have been in it for five years and am presently building software that accomplishes the OP's goals (so far in theory). The same advice holds for a writer of nonfiction. Don't study writing, study an
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One learns a niche by immersing oneself in it.
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Google to pay 22.5 Million in privacy case(google.com)
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Just a heads up: "both of them" may be the same gender. Doesn't affect the app, just a note on the language.
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Many thanks antidoh, Momoko11 and MrMcDowall.
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I'm building an app that is jurisdictionaly based and thus my first potential market will only be about 50 people within civil engineering in my region. I'm a little nervous about taking this advice since if I lose a few prospective custome
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My life would be twice as tedious if I took that advice. And if mine is the harshest criticism that young writer comes across today, them he should consider himself a fortunate soul. Here is the remark sans ad hominem: Twitter is not a skil
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A little skepticism and analysis please. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870359780457619...
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The writer's resume includes "Twitter" under the Relevant Skills section. Which is not to say one should be skeptical about the post. For that you need only look to the lack of citation for everything in it.
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I'm not sure this is generally true. This holds for rare, luxury goods and limited markets (like housing). But the concentration of wealth in a minority AFAIK doesn't seem to bid up large markets like corn or paper.
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No. Original dataset from the site: http://www.dataists.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/language_... [EDIT] It is surprising it's not exponential.
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Response from the boss: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4179298
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Facebook's 'Want' Button(theatlantic.com)
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Many of the complaints could be resolved with more transparency on Facebook's part. The frustrations seem to be generally focused on managing communication: incoming and outgoing, an issue of curation. The problem is, despite Facebook havin
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Rock Paper Scissors Bot would destroy Chess Bot!!!!
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A startup will build something that actually helps renters when renters exhibit a willingness to pay for it.
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By your reckoning, that tweet also suggests we are about to go war with Bolivia.
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I just read yesterday that there is a similar process for churches. Churches are automatically exempt from paying taxes because of the first amendment. But if they sign up to be a 501(c)(3), then apparently they still don't have to pay taxe
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by tgrass 14y ago
Please revise title to "Why successful upper middle class women can't have it all." I am a single father (part time, 50/50). My job prospects where I live are abysmal. If I moved a mere two hours away and left my son with his mother I could
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[September 1997] [Edit] and still relevant...just pointing out the date.
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which may be as much your problem as theirs My attitude at worked had declined immensely. My communication with coworkers suffered and important pieces of information from clients was lost lost on my desk. I was given a list of behaviors
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I'd disagree. You might have a profitable hobby. http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/Is-Your-Smal...

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