e3xu

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   by e3xu 11y ago

   I think a lot of it is a kind of learned desensitization. The constant bombardment of advertising from a young age, and 24-hour news cycles conditions a natural response of cynicism and numbness to certain kinds of alarming messages. Our b
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   by e3xu 12y ago

   So this may just be a question of taste, but I don't feel that 1Q84 is the most accessible of Murakami's novels. Norwegian Wood is probably a more typical entry point, or else Kafka On the Shore, or his latest book, Colorless Tsuk
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   by e3xu 12y ago

   In practice, the Chinese language typically represents concepts in 2 or 4 ideograph segments. Not every possible combination is in regular usage, but the number of potential linguistic "words" is closer in order of magnitude to th
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   by e3xu 12y ago

   Agreed. And I wonder what the Pale King would have looked like if he had gotten the chance to defend it from cuts.
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   by e3xu 12y ago

   I agree with you for the most part, but I want to comment on the last phrase you use: "If they are bad laws, then we can work to change them. No amount of VC funding should make you immune to their reach." I need to direct you to