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danielsonon It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town

> At what point does someone who moves to NYC become a NYer?

10 years, or if you were here on 9/11.

Hey buddy. Our site's been hacked by the Russians, so we'll be down for a bit until we can get things figured out. Keep checking back and refer to our Twitter feed (@HITSDD) for updates.

http://hitsdailydouble.com

danielsonon Why I Pirate - An Open Letter To Content Creators

the Internet > $

danielsonon Forget Self-Improvement

"Self-improvement is masterbation."

danielsonon Apple’s great GPL purge

Slightly shorter ...

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-r0zoo9...

danielsonon How Can A Free Conference Call Be Free?

Related: Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers — NYTimes

< http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/technology/flaws-in-videoc... >

danielsonon The Day I Saw Van Gogh’s Genius in a New Light

When you see a Gauguin, you think, This man is living in a dream world. When you see a van Gogh, you think, This dream world is living in a man.

—Adam Gopnik

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/04/100104fa_fact_go...

A beautiful, inspiring critique if you have the time for it.

danielsonon Realtime visualization of Wikipedia edit streams

Previously:

WikipediaVision (beta). Anonymous edits to Wikipedia (almost) in real-time. (http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2923946

danielsonon Writing forward-compatible websites

Future-proof that shit.

danielsonon Eliezer Yudkowsky: Is That Your True Rejection?

"Over to you, Carter." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEegK7Df1tQ

danielsonon Low Cost, Low Power DIY Cellular Network

Timely. http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/08/washington-dr...

danielsonon WikipediaVision (beta). Anonymous edits to Wikipedia (almost) in real-time.

via http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/08/29/110829ta_talk_colli...

danielsonon Ask HN: Why is the Internet being weird today?

Sometimes I feel like I can actually, like, feel the data moving around. It's very strange.

danielsonon Ask HN: Why is the Internet being weird today?

Or is it just me?

danielsonon Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics

What Jaron Lanier Thinks of Technology Now

danielsonon Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics

Here's a pdf: https://docs.google.com/viewer?pid=explorer&srcid=0ByF_2...

danielsonon Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics

Related: Jennifer Kahn, Profiles, "The Visionary," The New Yorker, July 11, 2011, p. 46 < http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/11/110711fa_fact_... >

danielsonon The Visionary: What Jaron Lanier Thinks of Technology Now, by Jennifer Kahn

Is this fair use?

danielsonon The Visionary: What Jaron Lanier Thinks of Technology Now, by Jennifer Kahn

Here's a pdf: https://docs.google.com/viewer?pid=explorer&srcid=0ByF_2...

danielsonon Online Dating: Sex, Love, and Loneliness

Alternative headline: Harj Taggar quoted in internet dating article.

¶s 17 & 35 (online), p. 39 & 42 (print).

danielsonon Ask HN: Can we do away with the typical Hi XX in emails?

Epic.

danielsonon Unlike Immigrants, Robots Will Permanently Drive Down Real Wages

Unless...

"Sleep Dealer tells the story of a young campensino named Memo whose DIY radio draws unwanted attention from a U.S. military contractor. Fleeing to Tijuana, Memo has implants placed in his body in order to become a 'node worker' -- a Mexican laborer who, from south of the border, taps into a vast network that operates robots located in the United States." http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/01/sl...

danielsonon Combining Caffeine with Sugar May Improve Concentration

...and speed?

Of course, one might first want to consider the depreciated effectiveness—relatively speaking—of the sugar, and of the caffeine, were they to combine all three.

Related: Kumail Nanjiani on new drug called cheese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1cvKcGVy6k

danielsonon "You are 6 times more likely to be killed by a pig than by a shark"

"You are much more likely to be killed by bees, dogs, bats, and certainly in Hong Kong, automobiles." http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0204/The-glo...

danielsonon Yahoo image search hacked?

Killing 'em softly: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2006578

danielsonon Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?

Likewise, Los Angeles. Will report back.

danielsonon Thanks HN: Goodbye, Golden Handcuffs

Godspeed!

danielsonon The Dangerous Myth of the Hero Entrepreneur

Malcolm Gladwell, Annals of Business, "The Sure Thing," The New Yorker, January 18, 2010, p. 24 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fact_...

Paywall. Apologies.