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When you have that many books it's a pain to find one if they aren't organised in some fashion.

Site's down. Is it this exploit?: http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2009/08/02/view-remo...

To clarify, 'vacuous' was describing the way these people are portrayed, rather than how I think about them. Additionally, there are so many similar replies, I can't be bothered re…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc6yCinSlZk Great interview for those who haven't seen it.

[from the comments] whenever I tried to explain anything technical to her, her eyes would cross and the she’d get impatient, flustered, and frustrated. I keep hearing this bullshit…

Interesting article, but the lack of subtlety in some parts made me cringe, e.g: "wanta be partners?".

You can tell he's read Taleb's work with a chip on his shoulder (as many have). Did it occur to you that Taleb's frequently inflammatory tone might have something to do with this?

Good ideas, it seems, need to be repeated. Absolutely not. Ideas that are diffuse and unoriginal, on the other hand, are often repeated because they are uncompelling. I've read The…

Not when it keeps being rehashed ad nauseum .

Just out of interest, how would you justify the $4.99 price tag? It seems unusually high.

Even without that, DHT would help.

Hubris. Programming is partly a creative pursuit. Thus, it helps if one enjoys using the tool you need for the job.

I say this not only because of the new focus and exposure controls that can elevate my pictures from snapshots to photographs Yeah, who needs a good lense?

Google employess used Comic Sans. Burn that banner!

Poor you.

This is completely untrue and it's rather surprising that Wired perpetuates this nonsense (whether tongue in cheek or not).

All else being equal. All things being equal would defeat your argument.

There's no way I'd keep that much data on something that easy to lose / have stolen.

Pure coincidence. I often look for definitions as a way of remembering certain keywords in text (sort of like taking mental notes). The submission on reddit now has over 1200 upvot…

They might throw you the odd CAPTCHA but apart from that I doubt they'd do anything.

I submitted this to reddit as opposed to HN thinking it was too low-brow / off-topic for here. I suppose I was wrong!