Hey guys! I was in the middle of reading this great paper, and I had to stop immediately to tell you guys about it. It is a paper by the great Paul Graham, the guy who brought you such things as Y Combo, The Arc Programming Language, and a litany of essays which have...
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Next Issue – All-you-can-read for 14.99 magazine app-startup A new contender has emerged in the ditch-the-box ring of the content-delivery war. New app-startup “Next Issue” seeks to sell you unlimited magazine subscriptions for $9.99 $14.99 a month. Does this sound like a good deal to you? Do people even read hard-copy anything anymore? Only time will tell, but if...
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In my head I imagine this scenario: A geek comes home after a long day at work contemplating the switch to linux. She downloads the latest Fedora ISO, and pops it in the drive and hits REBOOT. As soon as she boots, she is dumped in a barren, 800×600 wasteland, last seen in 1995.....
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