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The Courage to be Disliked

the predominant theory is that the length of an organism's lifespan is inverse to the rate of it's metabolism. Look into Kleiber's law. Also worth reading the book Scale by Geoffre…

I'm reading this book "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" and it's quite fascinating to think deeply about what is Consciousness. I think the book …

+1 - and the mole and the chile en nogada there is fantastic. The churches are beautiful. Really neat day trip.

theoretically what's in it for them is that people will build content faster and with less barriers for eventual consumption on their platforms

Does anyone remember 'the sixty one', I used to use that all the time to discover music, was really cool - sadly, I left with the rest after the redesign plus overall the music dis…

That's a very weak blanket statement, there are totally reasonable A/B tests you can run that don't deteriorate a user's experience, and the results can guide you to a better custo…

I used Hugo+Git+Netlify and it worked well, however its a pain to create a custom template that I love - I'm in the process of switching to Wordpress+Elementor, just because I'm ta…

That deck is so well done, the way it lays things out about Foley and how he ran the business is a great teaching moment for people in any business. It does a great job of showing …

Nintendo would like to have a word

Simplest answer: Demand has gone up overall for technology like tvs, computers, game consoles, etc... Meanwhile, during covid the ability to scale (production and supply chain) to …

apart from the obvious issues around pre-covid population and 2020 census stats being used here... I expect a mass exodus once lease renewals are up and buildings don't want to giv…

I think if you use BetterTouchTools and modify your Touch Bar for custom needs (I use the GoldenChaos presets) - it can prove to be somewhat useful, and save screen real estate on …

I think most readers would scoff at those price points, especially when comparing to the plethora of content available from streaming services such as Netflix, which is at $8-9/mon…

Oooh this looks interesting.. I export my GoodReads data and play with it on a spreadsheet to learn more about my reading trends.

Thanks for sharing this. I take goodread reviews very lightly, especially for new books which I figure are either done by folks who get early access, book bloggers, etc.. (which I …

Such an interesting topic to start with, and glad he extends it from the premise of burning books to things like misuse, access and privatization of knowledge. The burning of Harry…

FYI, I ca'n't reach your site! If it works will check out!

Highly recommend reading 'The Courage to be Disliked' it may not revolve around 'privacy' but makes you think a lot about the 'self-validation' feedback we are trained to think we …

I think a lot of folks here think WeWork is just a co-working space. WeWork has full on teams from F500s occupying their spaces in some locations, sometimes even completely isolate…

To be clear the filing says >$100K, I'm sure some are spending way way more, it beats the cost of hiring an engineering team to do all this (build, improve, maintain etc...)

The Design of Everyday Things makes me rethink every user interaction or problem I face, and not just at work. Every time I open a door, I begin to think about that experience. Rec…