steven_noble

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by steven_noble 1mo ago
Genuine question: is NPR always that sloppy? Because the first screen in that visual article claimed that a particular region is experiencing unprecedented growth. Which is a massive claim, given all of history, but also impossible to fact
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by steven_noble 4mo ago
true - let's see if i can edit the post
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Marx's Theory of Alienation of Labor(en.wikipedia.org)
20 points by steven_noble 4mo ago|8 comments
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by steven_noble 4mo ago
Seems more relevant than ever given half the things we discuss on here...
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by steven_noble 6mo ago
"Helium production"? I'm assuming they're not running a fusion reactor...
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by steven_noble 10mo ago
Meanwhile, even The Economist's subeditor does not understand the difference between "who" and "whom".
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by steven_noble 1y ago
Arts Degree -> Tech Journalist -> Self-Employed Self-Taught Consultant -> Professional Software Developer
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by steven_noble 1y ago
Your life partner should be someone you trust and admire and who feels that way about you. Any other criterion is a recipe for disappointment.
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by steven_noble 1y ago
Mechanical pencil and a day planner
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by steven_noble 2y ago
The article’s headline says it’s a new technique. The article’s body does not really say this.
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Also, "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
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by steven_noble 2y ago
"What You Can Change and What You Can't" by Martin Seligman
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by steven_noble 2y ago
"Radio Birdman: Retaliate First", by Murray Engleheart. First full history of the pioneering Australian proto-punk outfit.
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by steven_noble 2y ago
BTW, "whom" is an object, "who" is a subject.
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by steven_noble 2y ago
The main reason I know for using those switches is when running Chrome headlessly for automated browser tests. I'm sure they have other uses I haven't come across. The fact that the flags are specific to the version of Chrome you
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Because "economic Marxism" is Marxism, and "cultural Marxism" is not Marxism
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by steven_noble 2y ago
https://i94bar.com/ Mostly focused on the sound that was retrospectively called 'proto-punk' when it emerged in the US (MC5, Stooges, Patti Smith, etc) and Australia (especially Radio Birdman) and elsewhere just b
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Most of mine are listed here already. Four are worth adding: fusion, for audio, pixelmator, for images, Kitty, the terminal, and Alfred, which is like raycast.
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Mostly politics, where I have learned to stop predicting anything that can't be directly seen -- especially the future. For example: 1. Trump wins. I firmly predicted the opposite. To be fair, most polls predicted the same. But the les
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by steven_noble 2y ago
and/or Zotero
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Personally, I find it hard to beat Vim. But if you are looking for a free and flexible GUI alternative, maybe give Joplin a go?
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by steven_noble 2y ago
1.2 hours per day? Week? Lifetime?
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by steven_noble 2y ago
Was this article written by AI? (The grammatical flaw in the headline is the only thing making me believe it might have been written by a human.)
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by steven_noble 3y ago
"The Trusted Advisor" by David Maister. (It's more about what makes you sellable than sales. And it's more than being a great engineer that makes you sellable.)
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by steven_noble 3y ago
"Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World" by Emma Marris. Can't recommend it enough. Also: - "The Battle of Midway", by Craig Symonds - "Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi V
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by steven_noble 3y ago
The film Metropolis is the first thing this brings to mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q030WNZvXrA
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by steven_noble 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that advocating censorship, as you are doing, is starting a political conversation on HN
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by steven_noble 3y ago
"The Language Instinct", by language psychologist Steven Pinker, gave me a new way of thinking about the old nature/nurture issue. The easy solution has always been to say "Nature? Nurture? It's a bit of both".
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by steven_noble 4y ago
Pixelmator; Rogue Amoeba's Fusion; Alfred; DevUtils; Dash; Taio; Hook; GoodLinks
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by steven_noble 4y ago
I have been at various times in the past. But that beautiful state has only ever lasted a year or two before capitalism, managerial incompetence or some other factor tore it all down again.

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