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by wj 8y ago
Check out the book Accelerando by fellow HNer cstross. It goes pretty deep into this premise and I found it incredibly thought provoking. You can read free here: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando&#
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My wife grew up in St. Louis and assumed that basically all white people were Catholic and that you have to tell a joke to get candy when you are going door to door on Halloween.
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I didn't downvote you but I do like that your edit provides more info!
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I honestly haven't dived into GDPR but I don't see a problem with a website owner offering something of value (an ebook) in exchange for something else of value (an email address). Disallowing that voluntary transactions oversteps
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You don't get any bark without the real smoke.
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by wj 8y ago
Just as an FYI you can camp free on national forest land in Oregon. I had a friend that did that for two summers.
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by wj 8y ago
There are many consumer product focused companies that have had articles about them posted here. Whether or not Honest is "tech driven" I don't think it can be argued that they have not been operating as a startup.
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by wj 8y ago
Dark Matter was a bit more of my cup of coffee than The Expanse. Like in Firefly it is a small rebel crew on a ship exploring the universe. Still glad the Expanse was picked up.
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Scientists fail to discover what led to increase of homeruns(espn.com)
1 points by wj 8y ago|0 comments
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My one exception is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
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Agreed. Once I discovered it I realized that tomatoes from the farmer's market might as well have been a completely different fruit from the tomatoes at the grocery store as the taste difference was that striking. I went from being pre
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Twitch plays Go(usgo.org)
58 points by wj 8y ago|20 comments
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by wj 8y ago
Maybe become a Forbes contributor, look for blog writing jobs on Upwork, apply to content creation agencies, or write analysis of trends you can sell to hedge funds, investment banks, or private equity firms.
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by wj 9y ago
I had to decline the offer and then click a small link that said "$0.00 to buy" underneath the Kindle icon.
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by wj 9y ago
My guess is he has "Algorithmic Trading & DMA" and "Trading and Exchanges". Both are excellent.
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I agree they should sign exclusive deals with artists which would give them leverage in their negotiations with the record labels with an eye on the long-term hope of breaking that reliance on them. They won't be able to get into conce
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by wj 9y ago
It is a plot point of Accelerando by HN user cstross. One of the more thought-provoking books I have read.
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by wj 9y ago
I get that on a lot of sites when I use Private Internet Access even from a US endpoint.
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Not high brow but I loved the Once Upon a Time in China trilogy.
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The examples given are for societies that are both incredibly smaller than the U.S as well as not yet reaching industrialization. I'm not sure they are applicable comparisons.
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What cultures are those? Honest question.
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by wj 9y ago
Agreed. I work from home and as such I get to spend much more time with my children than I otherwise would however the cost is that some of that time my attention is going to be divided.
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by wj 9y ago
See the book Avagado Corp.
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smile.amazon.com
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by wj 9y ago
Startups for the Rest of Us is one of my favorite as well. Lots of good tactical advice on there. If you find yourself looking for something that is more inspiration (at least in the early stages of your entrepreneurial journey) I highly re
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by wj 9y ago
Bay Cities in Santa Monica and Gioia's in St. Louis are two of my favorite. One thing I have found, and hadn't realized until I had left LA, is that the quality of the bread can really elevate the quality of a sandwich.
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by wj 9y ago
The Art of Creative Writing by Lajos Egri ended up playing a huge role a decade after I read it in how I approached sales and marketing. From a more theoretical perspective Cosmos by Sagan had a huge impact on how I view life's big que
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by wj 9y ago
Really fast for rendering but slows my whole system when watching video. The biggest drawback for me is that I have taken Chrome's PDF support for granted. I love being able open PDFs inside of the browser and then save them from there
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Palm. A computer (some with wireless Internet) in your pocket!
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by wj 9y ago
They used invites for the Gmail rollout as well but maybe those immediately created accounts. I seem to remember invites being sold on eBay.

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