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The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus (aka Ulysses) wandering for a decade after The Trojan War before finding Ithica again.
I feel like that split was long enough ago, and it's been pretty clear what his positions are on things since. I'm a big fan of not penalizing folks for the sins of their past (a few obvious exceptions aside), and most folks I know have changed their mind or looked back on a formerly-firm conviction and wondered how they could have bought into it.
If you talk about Alice and Bob, but don't know anyone named Alice and Bob, you might be a bitcoiner.
Clearly you've never read any cybersecurity textbooks. Every example revolves around these two. :)
The only one I can add right now:
If Stacker News is the first website you open each morning, you might be a bitcoiner.
The producers of the tv show Yellowjackets have said that LotF was an inspiration (which is also obvious from watching it). A hugely influential novel. I first read it when I was probably too young (9 or 10), and have read it a few times since.
“It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.”
That's information I wasn't aware of, and reframes things significantly.
Fantastic book by a true legend (who passed away earlier this year). I also highly recommend that collection you cite (True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier), which contains both the original story and bunch of great essays by Stallman, Minksy, Timothy May, and more. It adds a lot, and you can see a lot of the thinking that went into btc and related tech.
I also recommend pretty much everything else Vinge ever wrote. He was one of the greats.
Oh yeah, Rogers has to be a June 1 cut if he doesn't retire (and of course he won't retire on his own without that last payday).
Amazingly, the Jets are currently only at #9 in the draft right now, so it'll be interesting to see if that remains the case, and they have to move up a bit.
And two years ago, she was the one pushing bills to protect trans people. Politicians who actually believe in things other than their own power pretty much don't exist.
Transmet's a fantastic comic, a wacky dystopian future with some amazing characters and writing. Probably the best thing Ellis ever wrote.
Yeah, bitcoin will do well because the things he has to do for his shitcoins will also help bitcoin, but that's unintended consequences.
Good point -- I'd imagine that the walled gardens of YT and Spotify might be trackable, but the RSS feeds that underlie Apple Podcasts, Fountain, and most other traditional podcast apps are another story.
Oh, The Goldfinch was just fantastic. Tartt publishers so rarely, but when she does, it's worth the wait. I'm also a big fan of the other books I've read from this list -- Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar, Things Fall Apart, Speak, and Giovanni's Room. Will have to keep an eye out for the others.
Welcome! As you probably know, your dad runs the ~BooksAndArticles territory, and it's a great place for folks to share their writing.
I've found that much as I don't want a big notifications page, subscribing the groups and users with high signal-to-noise ratios (and muting some with super low ones) has helped a lot. I'll often hit my notifications and then some specific groups before looking at the main page.
(Also, links with no description are a huge personal pet peeve. It's not adding value if you're not telling me why the link matters.)