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"We envision a system where all Defense Department computers worldwide are connected with reliable networks based on packet switching." I'm sure language like that was in the origi…

This is rather impressive. In the video, for just a moment I thought he was going to take off directly from the freeway. Top speed of 100mph, range of up to 500 miles. How can I ge…

It has everything to do with it being a funny hat. The power structure had decided that women wore low power clothes, and the men wore high power clothes. So we can snicker at thei…

Ari Meisel's Less Doing podcast devoted one episode to an interview with an expert in this procedure: Podcast #59 Glenn Taylor - Fecal Microbiota Transplants >For more info visit h…

There are some strong indications that the boom in manufacturing in China is not permanent. With the decline in the importance of labor, the rise of robots, and the importance of p…

>Most ridiculous Putin's requirement is to weld all manhole covers. At least in the past, welding manhole covers closed for the presidential motorcade was standard procedure in the…

No, the GP is correct and "calories consumed >> calories burned" is a gross oversimplification. For example, one extra Oreo cookie a day ends up in several pounds gained over a yea…

This seems like a fascinating book, written to a general audience. Alas, it is priced more like a textbook, way out of the range of the average public. What a shame it will have a …

Where is the Burning Man Auto Wash service? With powerful vacuums for that special "no residual seeds" detailing? Or at least the Burning Man Avoid The Man infoproduct? It must not…

A great Mixergy interview[1] was with Herb Sorensen, author of "Inside the Mind of the Shopper"[2]. There were many fascinating revelations about the grocery business. For example,…

I've read "Do The Work", the later, shorter companion to "The War of Art". Resistance and procrastination and related, but not identical. You get resistance about creative acts tha…

I'm guessing the point is to avoid the rookie mistake of saying something like: "The total market in X is $Y billion, and if we only get Z percent market share, we will be a great …

My father is age 92, and in 2001 he lost his central vision to macular degeneration. He wrote long documents on his PC before, but afterward he never had much dedication to figurin…

Sounds like a great business opportunity for a SaaS app that nails the details of nanny accounting in all fifty states.

Not exactly. Turns out you can sell via Amazon, or you can sell directly, but if you use the undocumented Amazon-only tool to construct your .mobi, you can't sell that directly. An…

>You mean Paul Graham of the incubator that backed 630 companies, each at a $225,000 pre-money? Oh, ok. If you convince 630 companies started by Stanford engineering grads to take …

Wow, we must be having two different discussions. I don't disagree with your last comment. In fact, not a single word of my comments have anything to do with the internet, and, in …

>Also: if someone puts a contract in front of you that requires you to discriminate against African Americans: no, I don't think you can ethically sign it. Again, you make a simpli…