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Interview with Frank Herbert and His Wife Beverly Herbert (1969)
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No More Misunderstandings: Paraphrasing – When, Why, and How
Paraphrasing - When, Why, and How
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Critical Thinking Isn't Just a Process
Authoritarian muscle memory and the twists and turns of lying
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Why etymologies matter: How tracing words can illuminate history (2024)
How tracing words can illuminate history
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I Have No Idea [Why Apple Featured My App]
In early December, 2011, I was both surprised and flattered to discover that Apple had named Halftone as one of the best photo apps in its App Store Rewind 2011 . Since then, I’ve received a lot of e-mail asking me how I did it. That is, what did I do to “get” Apple to pick Halftone? I don’t know what kind of response…
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
“Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”
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Why I quit my job
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My thoughts on renting versus buying
I've read numerous articles about renting versus buying and most dive into financial projections while completely missing the bigger picture.
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Pinebook Pro longer term usage report
I bought a Pinebook Pro in the first batch, and have been using it on and off for several months now. Some people I know wanted to know if ...
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Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors
A Single Monitor Manifesto
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How my brother's iCloud account was stolen
My brother got his iPhone stolen at gunpoint. This is the story of how he lost control of his iCloud account first (along with years of priceless memories, including my nephew's first steps) and how this couldn't have happened without Apple's incompetent support.
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Notes on Effective Altruism
Long and rough notes on Effective Altruism (EA). Written to help me get to the bottom of several questions: what do I like and think is important about EA? Why do I find the mindset so foreign? Why am I not an EA? And to start me thinking about: what do alternatives to EA look like? The notes are not aimed at…
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The collapsing quality of dev.to (2021)
Why is it getting so much worse?
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YouTube audio quality – How good does it get? (2022)
You Tube is clearly used by a very large number of people. In general, they will be interested in watching videos of various types of content. One specific purpose is that it gets used to distribute, and make people aware of, audio recordings. A conversation on the “Pink Fish” webforum devoted to music and audio set…
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Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to think?
Who's teaching doctors how to think?
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All the remedial classes in one place
A look at the “serious” courses in college today. By Professor Doom I’ve seen plenty of articles bemoaning ridiculous col...
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Goodbye, Apple
I've owned a lot of iPods. My wife has owned a lot of iPods. Not anymore. For the longest time, I could use gtkpod to seamlessly access my ...
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Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction
Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction | exotext
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Why it’s necessary to shoot yourself in the foot
Without shooting yourself in the foot, learning lacks motivation. Complexity without reason is really confusing.
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How to get your money back on a non-refundable hotel
From a friend, a few days ago: We were supposed to be in Vienna today for a short vacation, but the city is at high risk and we […]
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Why you can't Kickstart a conference
FAMILIA88 membangun komunitas digital dengan pendekatan kolaboratif dan suasana kekeluargaan sehingga setiap pencapaian memiliki makna yang bertahan lama.