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Section 230 does not apply as law in France.

Amazing how wrong Paul Graham was on this despite claiming to be an expert in tech companies.

I have the same feeling. Boredom is necessary for me to focus my energy on work. If I'm really into a game, it's easy to spend a large portion of my time and mental effort on somet…

I think "rock star" is a superficial term which is mostly poking fun at some programmers for having long hair, liking rock music, maybe even owning a guitar.

He was the first to develop formal logic which is a foundation of computer science.

Being better aligned with astronomical events makes it more correct. The purpose of the calendar is to map the year, the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. The drift in the Julian …

They should know better than to go outside during covid anyway

I subscribe to Youtube Premium. It's handy if you use Youtube a lot and dislike ads.

Haha, yeah, that doesn't sound bitter and hateful at all.

Scholars generally accept that the book of Mark was written between 66-70 AD. The idea that the gospels were written "hundreds of years later" is a common myth on the Internet that…

The origin of Christianity was the resurrection event of Jesus Christ. It was not regarded as fiction at the time.

I'm still going to use Uber. Keep up the good work, fellas.

It says fertility isn't an issue today, but it's a little out of touch with today's anxieties; most of Europe and Japan have such low fertility that their native populations are in…

When I was a kid I rode a bicycle.

If only people without an income qualify, then it is not Basic Income. Basic Income is received by everyone without any means test. The purpose is to avoid perverse incentives in w…

The Great Depression is the precedent. The money supply dropped by a third, prices for everything dropped dramatically, and much of the labor force was thrown out of work. The gene…

You get this money without even working. Any money you earned while working (there would be no more minimum wage under this system) would be in addition to the $12,000 you got from…

Paradox is not really so alien to Western philosophy, as this article initially suggests. It does end up referencing a number of modern Western philosophers, but the idea is older …

Oddly enough I just checked and Safari is not passing the Acid2 right now. Happens on my iPhone too. http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html#top

Rupert Murdoch seems to love Silicon Valley. https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/389132604311474176

I saw this interesting overview of the history of aspect ratios the other day. There's a lot more variety than you'd think. http://vimeo.com/68830569

It's true. While the basic income is a superior system to welfare in theory, political reality assures it wouldn't be handled in the way Friedman would prefer. It would just lay th…

Shakespeare, among others.

I don't think that is the correct Youtube link. The o is clearly lowercase. It seems the original video is not presently viewable.