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exactly -- imdb has an internet and populist skew. As long as you take this into account, their ratings are fine and predictable. Gaming rankings is practically an official interne…

The popular book (and television series) Guns, Germs and Steel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel ) addresses the reasons why technological advancements tended t…

It would be nice if the HN feed included the short description -- I find that titles are often too brief to evaluate whether or not it's worth clicking through. Additionally, a com…

I don't think it's so much "I finally understand X", but more of "I finally have found an application for X". I think it's interesting to see how other people solve problems.

This article is worth your time if you're curious what some of these folks look like. Otherwise total waste -- clearly not in any sort of appreciable order.

my current company still finds basecamp a valuable tool, but that's because we're not large enough to have someone doing fulltime project management. Of course, we don't need anyth…