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by zeynel1 16y ago
'In writing these books Mark Twain is not consciously writing a hymn to liberty. Primarily he is interested in 'character', in the fantastic, almost lunatic variations which human nature is capable of when economic pressure and tradition a
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it seems that this was published originally in 2005 - http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3...
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The girl who fixed the umlaut(newyorker.com)
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by zeynel1 16y ago
"We live in a Brand Era" Very nice study, thanks for posting. In the first paragraph he says that 'we live in a Brand Era' but in fact the rest of the article shows that human civilization can be seen as the history of brands and branding.
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Jefferson changed 'subjects' to 'citizens' in Declaration of Independence(washingtonpost.com)
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Ask HN: Are you distracted by any motion on the screen that you did not effect?
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Ask HN: Is there a way to see a list of articles I upvoted?
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"Man's greatest disambiguation will always be this shining moment when disambiguation had a disambiguation page." --From the discussions page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Disambiguation_(disambigua...
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This appears to be very close to what is parodied here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1458066 "Before signing on, please ensure you have received your RealIdentity card from local authorities."
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Is 'red' the same to all creatures?(cnn.com)
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Live link: http://intranet3-mayerbrown.icims.com/jobs/1598/job;jsession...
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Ask NH: Has there been a change in duplicate submissions policy?
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Mister Softee Jingle Again Draws Mayor Bloomberg’s Ire(blogs.wsj.com)
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it seems that he actually types his posts on a typewriter and scans
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"relies on the classic scientific method: hypothesis, analysis, peer review, publication" this is the classic -academic- scientific method that ends with -publication- i applaud his new research method described as --we could be looking lot
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“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” This principle seems to have adapted by google as presented here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1440685
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Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi on how Bing, Yahoo plan to catch Google(content.usatoday.com)
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--I would regard humans as high as humans regard bacteria-- but this is the question - you are assuming that -humans- own the earth - this is not clear - as another poster mentioned - he would deal with china - a state - or a corporation -b
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by zeynel1 16y ago
Good point. But no, not a trick question. You are sent by an alien civilization to find out the contact "person" as defined in legal documents =person=corporation=a natural person or a state= to contact to buy the earth.
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You are the representative of an alien high civilization...
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Ancient legends once walked among early humans?(usatoday.com)
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Do women need a sex pill?(cnn.com)
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by zeynel1 16y ago
Live link: http://nielsolson.us/LivingWill
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the way i understand it -food industry- refers to these global corporations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_industry#Prominent_Food_Co... rather than local restaurants but you are right at least here in new york there are many choices t
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This is what I mean. It seems to me that US has lost its engineering can-do edge. In 1955 going to the moon looked like science fiction and impossible. But that was not a deterrent. If this leak happened 50 years ago, instead of coming up w
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Ask HN: BP oil spill and US
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this is the essay i had in mind http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html
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--you have about ten to twelve years to connect with your kids and then they turn into teenagers tune you out then turn into adults and build their own lives-- then why connect with your kids at all -whether or not you connect with them the
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if this interpretation is true it seems that disney is now making movies in the style of -animal farm-
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towards the end of the article he writes --we as consumers have more power than we think when it comes to dictating food industry trends which could advocate for a healthier population in the long run-- but gives no explanation -how- we hav

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