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It makes me sad that I can't read these books for the first time again. I reread them often. Surprisingly enough, my favorite book of the series was The Redemption of Time, a fourt…

The big takeaway from this article for me was this line: "Create a solution to somebody else’s problem, where that problem sits at the intersection of being genuinely interesting /…

This is a blatant violation and misuse of voter files. In Illinois, for instance, "Voter data is available to registered political committees for bonafide political purposes. Use f…

So in hindsight what is being suggested? That Tivo should have established its own content network and then add the dvr to it? That TrialPay should have created Stripe and then add…

"In the later years of his life, Mr Kamprad had faced questions over his past links to the Nazis." It's crazy how he ran Ikea for over 70 years but a quarter of the article deals w…

"Despite Mr. Fink’s insistence that companies benefit society, it’s worth noting he’s not playing down the importance of profits and, while it’s a subtle point, he believes that ha…

>It's actually these anti-government, anti-establishment people usually spreading completely irrational fear. Those groups don't have access to the mainstream channels and platform…

Can you elaborate in your comment? What do you mean local coffee shop? And why is an echo chamber insinuated in that statement?

Sounds interesting! Any links you can provide to the project?

Conway's law has been popping up a lot lately for me. Can you share some typical examples of "communication structures of these organizations" and the systems they inevitably resul…

Ah, forgive me. I totally took it out of context.

"don't use technology to solve a social problem" Where does this axiom stem from? A quick google search shows many instances of proclaiming the opposite. Body cameras on police add…

If the big ISPs started throttling data and putting up walled gardens, what would stop competitors from entering the market to offer the "net neutral" flavor of internet we're used…

One way they could hint at how to read it could be thru the form factor. Imagine if the data were to be embedded in a glass skull like the crystal skulls[1] or something akin. 1. h…

this site just copied all of unsplash.com's images and added tags to them. the original site unplash.com, has infinite scroll. there are only a few images in total so I don't think…

It's "Yo" for "Hey"

If users are going to use the downmod button on comments as a disagree button then all accounts should have the ability to "disagree". Otherwise, please don't allow users to abuse …

I don't think it's intent is to replace email but to supplement it with a new feature. Maybe one day the feature can become one of the tools you mention that regular email already …

These are definitely key questions any new business needs to consider. While I don't know what the answer is for Toastio, maybe someone could shed light on what the answers may hav…

You can still receive long form emails as you always have, I think Toastio is just offering another option that's more appropriate for day-to-day routine communication. I'd imagine…

There's an app called CSTM that takes this concept to another level with custom built furniture. The furniture is more expensive thusly but also more unique. http://cstm.co/

wow ngpio, this list is great. you've probably come across this one before as well but it's definitely a good one: "I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility" http://q…