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cunard-n

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    Comment #1691664

    The behavior you describe is its own antidote for a normal person. A narcissist would blame the client. A sociopath would grab some nearby colleague and throw them under the bus. M…

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    Comment #1576058

    Thank you. I love these.

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    Comment #1381863

    fer gods sake!

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    Comment #1253735

    Well, maybe we could do it at the Rhino on one of these nights, then?

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    Comment #1248297

    If all else fails, we can get pie-eyed!

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    Comment #1053528

    Hi, yeah, I'm the king of Kensington and I just need...just joking. Big ups faramarz

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    Comment #935702

    The thing about lists of habits is that they supply their willing victims with a prima fascia choice: Do as the others do and abandon integrity or ignore me (or us) and stick to wh…

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    Comment #779965

    Interesting. So, what became of Goyer and Cormie? I'd like to hear more about their experience. yr. 2000 was early days!

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    Comment #751650

    Congratulations, elsewhen. Good luck.

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    Comment #735307

    Thanks for posting this. count one more in the mind=blown camp!

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    Comment #726094

    Gamow: "No, I'm a fake Ph.D. I never got a real degree." I just have to say. I love the way this guy talks. What a fun article.

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    Comment #724791

    It's such a tiny country. We must know each other!

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    Comment #721983

    This recalls to mind what I think is a very compelling argument found at the beginning of "Freakonomics." Namely that people are not stupid, and they know that if they stop paying …

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    Comment #669353

    I find that the corellary is that it's this pain and these lessons that give you such a leg up on the recent graduates just getting into the business. They don't know how close eve…

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    Comment #643602

    Yes it does help. We're always bound under some kind of NDA...But you're right. It's something to think about.

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    Comment #643465

    I have a comment. I have been urging my confreres to use basecamp and actively looking for other collaborative tools. To little or no avail. Old-school is real. I can say that much…

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    Comment #632795

    wouldn't women who were very fertile be able to become pregnant while lactating? Such women would appear to have permanent breasts because they were always pregnant or lactating, t…

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    Comment #620675

    See also: "Forces of Production" by David F Noble, for an account of how specialized skills and self-reliance were usurped my management in a slow but deliberate war of many losers…

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    Comment #602849

    Thanks. I'll check these as soon as I have a second.

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    Comment #601244

    You can listen to podcasts of Chomsky. His live talks help put this quote into context. He speaks often at Universities. Some of the questions he fields are kind of sad, and Chomsk…