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farmer··on Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori education as a major factor in their success
Montessori schools seem ideal. But this looks like a bogus site. There's practically no content here. He even has Larry & Sergey mixed up.
farmer··on Ask News.YC: What sort of things do you do when you're so bummed you can't be productive?
Go running.
farmer··on Ads on paulgraham.com -- Check the bottom of any PG essay
That's probably when the ad is the most useful, because they can get you to buy it sooner. It's a pretty good deal for VW if a few cents' worth of internet ads can cause you to make a $20k purchase a month sooner.
farmer··on Get ready lots of stories about Myspace
right on schedule:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33960

farmer··on Don't Be a Dude Yamaha: A Gripping Story of Life and Death in Silicon Valley
GK was right not to invest in someone so unscrupulous as to write a blog post afterward, spinning the encounter to make him look bad.
farmer··on Users revolt over bugs in Second Life
Posted on Scribd due to nasty ads on original site.
farmer··on Digg shuts down user submissions after every story on the front page is the HD-DVD key
Can't you copyright a number? If you can copyright text, why not digits?
farmer··on [dead]
dupe; currently on the front page
farmer··on "It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves." - Bill Watterson
I think it's the former: we're not like other people.
farmer··on Offending Experts and Pleasing Everybody
Nice looking page, but surely the peak of users is not at intermediate. In my experience most users are beginners.
farmer··on CNN: Next net 25 startups to watch
What a strange mix. About half seem obvious, and the other half totally random.