anthonyrubin

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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
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Is nature one mean mother?(cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|0 comments
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Shelf Life(arieff.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|0 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
I think the optimal solution would be a world where there are many smaller countries with different forms of government to choose from and moving from one country to another is much simpler than it is now. A United States with less centrali
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Why can't we concentrate?(salon.com)
1 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|0 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Programming is hardly the most important activity in life.
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
http://wiki.freebsd.org/BuildingFreeBSDWithClang
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The H&FJ Institute for Unapplied Mathematics(typography.com)
9 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|0 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
That is what Jeff does. I really don't understand how every one of his inane posts makes the front page of HN.
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
What about physical junk mail?
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
In what way is it desperate? Most of us aren't working on very noble projects.
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
So the solution to these supposed monopolies created by government intervention is a monopoly created by the government?
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Ridiculous. Should providers be able to advertise unlimited access and then limit access? No. Should limited access be illegal? No.
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Without proper historical context I believe the Bible would be somewhat confusing.
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
I would start with world history -- first a book that covers the last few millennia, then specific books on significant events. Next would be a few of Karen Armstrong's books on religion; books such as the New Testament might prove difficul
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Ask HN: What reading material would you provide to a visiting alien being?
7 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|26 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Does Merlin take his own message very seriously? Take a look at his personal blog: http://www.kungfugrippe.com/
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
A follow up article: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/95dec/chilearn/muref.htm
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
I find this article to be incredibly insightful, even at 70 years old. It also contains many choice quotes. "If we wanted to give our convenient inquiring friend, the Man from Mars, an idea of the best in human culture, we would hardly hand
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The Defeat of the Schools (1939)(theatlantic.com)
23 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|11 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
One of these projects might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_browser#Software
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/ http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10080
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=549398
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Have things suddenly turned around? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/07/engine-yard-cuts-15-of-...
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Wolfram|Alpha: Searching for Truth (Stephen Wolfram talks with Rudy Rucker)(hplusmagazine.com)
5 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|1 comments
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by anthonyrubin 17y ago
Only one of his examples of dead programmers is actually dead.
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Having perfected the ball-point, Paul Fisher wrote a plan to save the world(hydeparkmedia.com)
1 points by anthonyrubin 17y ago|0 comments
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by anthonyrubin 18y ago
"This shows a worrisome lack of basic business knowledge." "The manager of your local McDonald’s is smarter than the AIG executives." These types of remarks seem common when discussing this and similar situations related to the current econ
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Squared rectangles: A space-efficient layout for ranked graphics(cooper.com)
3 points by anthonyrubin 18y ago|0 comments
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by anthonyrubin 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert#Controversy_about_s...

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