December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Misc. links Dec 13th - 31st
Metafilter’s Year in Writing has given me much to read in the past and coming weeks… ΒΆ Our Unpaid, Shadow Work: you know that last time you bought a ticket online? Or yesterday when you filled your car with gasoline yourself? Or when you went to the supermarket and scanned your own groceries’ barcodes? You are doing someone else’s job, for free. Sure, you get cheaper...
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally...”
– David Foster Wallace, The Pale King. And I try, I really do!
Dec 26th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 17th
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Misc. links Nov 25th - Dec 12th
One of the founders of Netscape demolishes the ‘startup work ethic’: while some poor geek kills himself in a orgy of work and stay-awake drugs, some venture capitalist reaps most of the rewards while doing nothing. It’s true a few of these geeks will eventually get rich, but no human being should be thought of as a race horse. People should work 100 hours a week if they like it,...
Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 4th
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The Debunking Handbook →
… should be mandatory in every school curricula (PDF link). (via Boing Boing)
Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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