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This article outlines some of what you remember (though not, afaict, anything about getting Nazis interested in his medical 'experiments') https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-l…

I have no idea whether this applies to Lex, or if there are better explanations, but... he probably just asks. In my limited experience with my little podcast in the sports analyti…

Not OP, but they're referring to situations when players call their own lines. (Virtually all amateur matches.) If you are horrible (or blatantly biased) at calling lines, your opp…

Those Antarctic islands are the Balleny Islands. I took a cruise a couple of years ago from NZ to Antarctica, and we were able to land on Borradaile island [1], one of the Ballenys…

Shot-by-shot stats for almost 6,000 pro matches, including over 300 of Nadal's and 400 of Federer's: http://www.tennisabstract.com/charting/meta.html Raw data for a large subset of…

The headline currently says "Nate Hentoff" but it's Nat, not Nate.

Broadly speaking, major chords sound bright and happy. Minor chords sound dark and sad. The C major scale consists of C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. The A-minor scale consists of A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A…

Where I grew up (eastern WA): "Eight is great; nine, you're mine."

>the chicken earned US$4,500 per month ($47,700 today)[5] and was valued at $10,000 Not a very generous multiplier, but then again, the actuarial tables for a headless chicken woul…

Yep. I drove a cab for about a year (2003ish, college town of ~200,000 people), and the company I drove for did this. It wasn't a big business, but there were a few substantial acc…

I traveled for about two years. I was able to work remotely, so I didn't have to worry too much about a tight budget or finding employment upon return. It was a great experience, a…

In my experience: Amazon automatically discounts some books, a certain time after their release. I've published several through their subsidiary CreateSpace, and the two that sold …

The economics are true of just about anything that scales -- startups and anything in the arts both come to mind. There's no guaranteed route to six-figure comfort (like there is w…

It's not talking about success rate of items that are mailed; it is talking about the number of pieces that are mailed in the first place. The latter number is declining.

In a sense, that's what an active blogger does before going blog-to-book. True, the author is the one putting the sentences together, but the market has a lot of say in the directi…

I've gotten my last couple places on craigslist and been happy. Look for apts that are truly 'by-owner.' Plenty of them do exist. Astoria is relatively cheap (as noted above) and s…

Does anyone here have first-hand experience testing w/ the VeriSign seal? The parent link gives an example of a very substantial sales increase thanks to the seal. For $299/year, t…

It would seem that there's almost always more to the story, and his overall message ("you, too, can have financial freedom all by yourself...now go have fun") might be stronger if …

Yep, I love that one too. In case you (or others) don't know, the movie Gettysburg is based on The Killer Angels, with the same focus on Lee and Chamberlain. It's very long, but go…

Don't be so quick to discard CreateSpace. I recently published my first book through them [1], and imho, it looks good. I formatted the book itself in LaTeX and had a graphic desig…

Your first point is raised in some form nearly every time this comes up. But what is forgotten is the value of living in these more expensive places. $75k in NYC/SF may buy you les…

This is a good point that aligns with a lot of my experience. It's amazing how differently people define the word "do."

If I'm looking at on-time stats to see if they should have a bearing on which airline I fly, I care a whole lot about the definition of "on-time." I don't care about being 15-30 mi…

I also haven't taken the Vibram plunge, but I can give you a huge thumbs up for the Free line. I've been doing almost all my running (40+ miles per week) in Free 5.0s since I switc…

Maybe this is obvious, but in case it's not: For those interested in really studying direct mail tactics, there are lots of books on the subject by experienced practitioners. I rea…