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chistevon Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Dear Friend,

Just a line to show that I am alive & kicking and going grand. It's a treat.

Yours, WJR

chistevon My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.

chistevon "The Question of Abortion: A Search for Answers" by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Please read the book if you have the time!

chistevon "The Question of Abortion: A Search for Answers" by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

This submission is likely to get flagged since the topic of abortion is understandably inflammatory. But I thought it's a good essay to share.

I'm going to copy a previous comment I made two hours ago on a different submission and say that If you enjoyed reading this, I suggest you read the book "Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium" by Carl Sagan. It was the last book he wrote before he died in 1996. The book contains a collection of essays by Carl Sagan on various topics, and it includes the essay submitted above.

Thank you.

chistevon "The Common Enemy" Essay by Carl Sagan (1988)

If you enjoyed reading this, I suggest you read the book "Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium" by Carl Sagan. It was the last book he wrote before he died in 1996. The book contains a collection of essays by Carl Sagan on various topics, and it includes the essay submitted above.

Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billions_and_Billions

chistevon Ask HN: Google has suspended our business profile

Scary how these companies can nuke a business easily.

chistevon Java 27 Has Released

Java 27

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712041

chistevon Schadenfreude

The first time I heard that word -

https://youtu.be/Yl_tEnBG7b0?si=j0GizQjXtWW0CV0j

https://youtu.be/M26nvB7S19o?si=7IMHb1LgNeiFpKhy

chistevon Hello, how you guys doing

It is just as Émile Coué said - Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.

chistevon The Second Plane, 25 Years Later [video]

Sam is one of my favorite people to listen to. Thanks for sharing.

chistevon Ask HN: Is using AI harmful to human Critical Thinking and Decision making?

https://www.rxjourney.net/how-artificial-intelligence-ai-is-...

chistevon How the Chorleywood Bread Process transformed British bread

You're not reading the right non fiction books.

chistevon Exercise intensity is associated with cardiometabolic health

What about adapting the core principle of "Greasing the groove" to cardiovascular workouts?

chistevon Ask HN: Do you regret using Social Networking apps?

And it can make you feel inadequate

chistevon Ask HN: Do you regret using Social Networking apps?

I'm just going to copy paste a comment I made in a different thread.

One problem for me about leaving social media is that it limits my chances of getting updates about jobs, and if I start a business, social media is a good way of promoting the business. I wish I was in a financial position where I didn't have to bother about this.

I've been limiting my use of social media (aside Reddit and HN) for almost two weeks now and I've been reading books and doing other things with my time rather than consuming content that isn't beneficial to me.

Check out the Wikipedia article - The Shallows

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page. The Shallows was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.

"""

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shallows_(book)

chistevon Every novel is boring until it isn't

If it isn't one of the greatest books you've ever read, stop reading it.

chistevon Getting your hands dirty is good for you

Dirt is good to prevent you from getting sick easily.

chistevon Venus may have been temperate and potentially habitable for most of its history

In the book Cosmos, I think Carl Sagan speculated that it might have been home to an ancient civilization that brought about its own demise from industrial induced global warming which ran away.

chistevon Every novel is boring until it isn't

Really? I thought the first Harry Potter book was very engaging. The second book had more dry spots for me.

chistevon Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death

Sounds cool.

chistevon Doomscrolling ourselves to death

One problem for me about leaving social media is that it limits my chances of getting updates about jobs, and if I start a business, social media is a good way of promoting the business.

I wish I was in a financial position where I didn't have to bother about this.

I've been limiting my use of social media (aside Reddit and HN) for almost two weeks now and I've been reading books and doing other things with my time rather than consuming content that isn't beneficial to me.

Check out the Wikipedia article - The Shallows

"""

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page. The Shallows was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.

"""

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shallows_(book)

chistevon I Feel about AI

HN automatically stripping away the "How" makes the title sound funny.

chistevon Ask HN: Books Recommendations?

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Night by Elie Wiesel

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

Lying by Sam Harris

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_General_Non...

chistevon Tesla Begins Offering Rides in a Car Without a Steering Wheel

I made a bet with Tesla - MKBHD

https://youtu.be/fo-uubnajWM?si=JX1ZZBIBaOuAGoEW

chistevon Bitcoinica

A Show HN From 2011

Show HN: Bitcoinica - Advanced Bitcoin Trading Platform

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2973301

Interestingly, the comments on that Show HN thread were skepticisms regarding security. Skepticisms that turned out to be well-founded as the submission shows.

chistevon Ask HN: Particularly does a leg injury affect your quality of life

I would say all injuries affect one's quality of life. It's a matter of how much.

chistevon Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

How can we be bored!

chistevon Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

So many books, so little time.

chistevon The American Worker vs. the Most Qualified

> I remember everything I’ve ever read

How's that possible? Any tricks you can share?

chistevon Earth's organisms developed via evolution. What if the cosmos did, too?

Thank you!