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by visakanv 13y ago
"The trademark question, meanwhile, will hinge on whether the mention of the Beastie Boys' name in the YouTube video description misled viewers into thinking the band was officially affiliated with an unauthorized parody." I
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by visakanv 13y ago
Wow. I thought this was satire. I guess this kind of happens in Singapore, too. As the billionaires come in, the poorer locals encounter rising housing costs. And unlike the US, Singapore is an island-city-state, so there's nowhere to
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by visakanv 13y ago
Ack, that's a really bright green and it's painful on the eyes. Why would I use this service over others like Mint, You Need A Budget, etc?
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by visakanv 13y ago
That sounds like misplaced confidence, good sir. Your claims of inadequacy are likely inadequate. You're probably a genius.
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by visakanv 13y ago
I've always been bothered by what I call this 'life-perspective problem", and of course, I'm always bothered more when something horrible like this happens. (The preceding statement has its own problem buried in it- beca
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by visakanv 13y ago
Spend time with your family, please do. That matters. But don't let the possibility of loss prevent you from learning, from growing, from experiencing joy. Protect and insure yourself, yes. But don't turn away from living. Create
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by visakanv 13y ago
What's especially funny is that the meaning of "day" has been largely lost in translation- if I understand corectly, the original meaning in the original language wasn't specifically 24 hours, but interchangable with &qu
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by visakanv 13y ago
That's pretty clever. Cool beans.
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by visakanv 13y ago
I have a kind of underlying incompetence too! If only correlation implied causation. :(
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Xbox 720 IllumiRoom Official Demo Gameplay. Incredibly immersive.(youtube.com)
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by visakanv 13y ago
This looks really cool! Would love to see where it goes. This looks like a step towards the future, to me! Nice.
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by visakanv 13y ago
Nice to see you go down this path, but it's probably too simple an insight for anybody to find interesting/useful. (Read, talk to people.)
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by visakanv 13y ago
Well, if it helps, I feel like I learnt something from reading both of your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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by visakanv 13y ago
Yup; the ROI on blogging is higher for bloggers than a lot of leisure activities, and the net returns for regular users/consumers is high, too. If I could, I'd make everybody blog, every day. (Unless they have better things to do.
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by visakanv 13y ago
yep, thinking the same thing with different names!
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by visakanv 13y ago
I've always been amused/bothered/interested/concerned by how these things always look and feel so intuitive, and it's always "easy" to talk about them, to make a list- the following through is always the h
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by visakanv 13y ago
I've always been bothered by how things like The Art of War and Machiavelli's The Prince haven't been made more accessible to the modern general public, "translated" to the modern age while keeping the richness and
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by visakanv 13y ago
I've used my real name pretty much everywhere, and on the rare occasion that I use a nick of some sort, I link it to my blog and online presence. Intentionally or otherwise, I've led a very public online existence. I find it liber
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by visakanv 13y ago
Clearly, this is something that people pay money for, and that counts for something. I never would, though. It looks like a losing game to me. Surely there are more interesting, compelling, inspiring ways to reach out to people?
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by visakanv 13y ago
How do I filter posts about filtering posts?
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Youtube.com/CrashCourse: World History, etc. made fun and interesting.(youtube.com)
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by visakanv 13y ago
I anticipate that a lot of it will come through other means. Check out http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse , it's doing a fantastic job of making knowledge fun, interesting, engaging and cool.
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by visakanv 13y ago
yes, I imagine it would be fun to do some thinking and writing on such trains! thanks for sharing.
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by visakanv 13y ago
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Will make it a point to take a train ride if and when I ever visit the US.
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by visakanv 13y ago
I love: - insightful personal stories - thoughtful reviews and perspectives - great visualizations of interesting/compelling concepts I hate: - Clickbait ("You're never going to believe THIS! Please, don't do this, it&#x
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by visakanv 13y ago
Hmm. Why do Americans take trains at all, then? Only thing I can think of is "fear of flying", but is that enough demand to make trains worth running? Thanks in advance.
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by visakanv 13y ago
This is great advice, and worked for me beautifully since I stopped smoking and started eating at home with my wife. +1
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by visakanv 13y ago
I've enjoyed witnessing the use of terms like "lol" and the intentional elimination of full-stops, etc to communicate tone through mobile communications. I don't think many people throughout history have had the opportun
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by visakanv 13y ago
I see where you're coming from, and you're right, in a sense. What we have is something like 10x more good stuff, and 1000x more rubbish. Whether this should be described as degradation depends on what your idea of quality is... T
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by visakanv 13y ago
It is. Some people believe that we should lead the concept into healthier territories, which would be a superior outcome to the status quo. Others believe we should avoid using it altogether, and that any use of the term automatically perpe

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