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How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? (1950)(newyorker.com)
32 points by kcovia 11y ago|14 comments
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by kcovia 11y ago
Do you really want to work for someone who thinks getting to the office 5 minutes earlier is more important than your child?
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by kcovia 11y ago
http://www.hypem.com is a great way to stay on top of what's "trendy". Quality can be hit or miss, but it is a great way to stay in the loop.
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The Russian and the Polish Soul (1914)(berdyaev.com)
1 points by kcovia 11y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 11y ago
Nietzsche was co-opted by his sister (who was a proto-National Socialist) and was strongly misinterpreted. In fact, Nietzsche was strongly anti-German nationalism and anti-Anti-Semitic, which lead to a fallout with his idol, Wagner.
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by kcovia 11y ago
It may have been smaller, no doubt, but this statement is not correct: But in the 1400s, just being an artist is a huge enough accomplishment that people are going to know who you are. Artists in da Vinci's day were more akin to craf
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by kcovia 11y ago
Actually, he wrote this employment letter in 1482, before he made anything of serious artistic importance. He may have been somewhat known in the artistic community, but he was by no means very well known.
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Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software(sivers.org)
2 points by kcovia 11y ago|0 comments
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On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life (1874) [pdf](leudar.com)
11 points by kcovia 11y ago|1 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
Transcript: http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together/transc...
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Connected but Alone(ted.com)
2 points by kcovia 12y ago|1 comments
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Six Months at Sea in the Merchant Marine(youtube.com)
2 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
Check out The Structure of Scientific Revolutions for an argument for this in the science world: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_R... In a nutshell: people don't change fundamental belie
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How Philistinism Wrecked 'The New Republic'(chronicle.com)
1 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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The Biases of a Traveler(jeremiahrogers.com)
1 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
Also in alternate calendars: Each day in the Republican Calendar was divided into ten hours, each hour into 100 decimal minutes, and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds. Thus an hour was 144 conventional minutes (more than twice a
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A Conversation with David Foster Wallace (1993)(dalkeyarchive.com)
10 points by kcovia 12y ago|2 comments
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Oulipo: Mathematicians and writers that use constrained writing techniques(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
If any Poles say otherwise, feel free to correct me, but my impression of Poland's religiosity is largely dependent on the strong role of the Catholic Church in recent historical affairs (Pope John Paul II, keeping Polish culture alive
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Ask HN: Do you use a 11“ MacBook Air for development?
1 points by kcovia 12y ago|2 comments
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Put Down Your Phone(youtube.com)
2 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
Courtesy of James Cunningham and Colin Hayhurst (YC12).
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iPG(ipaulgraham.herokuapp.com)
51 points by kcovia 12y ago|6 comments
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The final words of executed death row inmates(goodbyewarden.com)
3 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
Probably not what you're looking for, as he does industrial design, not web design, but Jony Ive is definitely up there.
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by kcovia 12y ago
For anyone who doesn't speak Polish and is curious, Lem's name is pronounced 'Stan-ee-swav Lem". The l with a slash is similar to a "w" sound, and the w is similar to a "v/f". Here's a great
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Ask HN: Internet-free household?
2 points by kcovia 12y ago|5 comments
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Show HN: Programming Podcasts(programmingpodcasts.com)
2 points by kcovia 12y ago|0 comments
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by kcovia 12y ago
I've made a site just for this purpose: http://www.programmingpodcasts.com
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Living Simply in a Dumpster(theatlantic.com)
40 points by kcovia 12y ago|47 comments

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