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nicely done! very helpful intro.

nice and subtle :)

That explains a lot actually. Powerful and simple explanation for the world we live in. However, pretty much the opposite of the so-called "trickle-down" mechanism... more like "tr…

Well said. This matches my experience living for a long time in Germany (south and north), and interactions with French. I remember (from friends) the problems at DLR in Munich (Ge…

Pierre Fournier does a super smooth rendering of all the suites... he's like a French machine, technically perfect & soulful interpretation. especially the 6th preludium is a joy t…

Yeah, stuff with a scientific bend doesn't get shared, although it has impact. It creates its own niche, with considerably less noise. Sorry to broaden the scope, but this made me …

Wow. That's impressive. Big step forward in social analytics.

regarding comic sans use at CERN... often found that scientists like hideous designs. it's a way of saying that we work on serious stuff. a lot of sites at MIT, CMU have that mark.…

agreed. been looking at this for a while. If you're Canada based you gotta reach out internationally (Europe, U.S., Asia) to acquire funds, projects, ideas. Thinking domestic is no…

well, this was 30 years in the making...

alarms were going off when I read "pitch deck"...

same here, now in Toronto.

great wall of text! you have a weblog or so? interested in the intersection of technology and cultural stuff as well... i'm based in toronto, btw. quite often in nyc. cheers.

Great advice. My Dad always told me I suck at music. But I just wouldn't give up. I destroyed one Cello bow along the way in frustration for my lacking skill, but now 20 years late…

Cello, turntables (vinyl and a digital system like Serato), dabble a little on piano, sang in a choir

Good list.

Yeah, I play strings and I hated that scene. You can even deduce from this scene that Depardieu hasn't learned to play any type of instrument, which can be said for a lot of Hollyw…

A rough assessment - needs some more thought: Exactly. This advice might apply more to a creative process, where original thought counts above all else. I imagine being truly creat…

Ah, good to know :)

Not sure this is correct procedure, exposing the privacy of a HN fellow. I personally would have second thoughts posting that.

Hmmm... you might be right. Business people, representing capital owners in a world with increasing capital concentration, exert a lot of leverage. Leverage pays well.

Seconded. BS becomes official. (Dilbert doesn't count; The Economist has to say it)

Yes! How to cure the fear of the blank page. One of the first articles that I've found how to deal with this problem. You can't break procrastination head-on. It's gotta be tricked…