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Old 06-27-2020, 02:19 PM   #6871 (permalink)
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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Old 06-27-2020, 03:31 PM   #6872 (permalink)
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It was originally written in the mid-80s,
but it's surprisingly relevant these days.
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Old 07-03-2020, 06:52 PM   #6873 (permalink)
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Ontological Relativity and other essays by Willard Van Orman Quine
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Old 07-04-2020, 05:37 PM   #6875 (permalink)
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin


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Old 07-08-2020, 08:02 AM   #6876 (permalink)
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I started Wuthering Heights yesterday
I wanted to like this a lot more but after spending too much time trying, I gave up on it. I smell hella exciting things coming in the book but her writing style is such a slog that it makes my eyes cross, especially when she's writing as Nelly narratng. I'm so glad to be in a post-Hemingway world.

Anyways, I got a copy of Hegel's The Phenemology of Spirit that I'll be starting on soon.
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Old 07-08-2020, 09:26 AM   #6877 (permalink)
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I liked wuthering heights. I agree it's technically problematic, but it's just so wild in a totally mental way, I love it. Even the technical issues can be funny, like at the beginning when Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love, she just completely ignores the show don't tell principle and more or less postulates that they're in love and you have to take her word for it. Like believable story building, she has no time for that ****, she wants to get to the dark part and go nuts. Bless her
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Old 07-18-2020, 02:21 PM   #6878 (permalink)
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I’m so excited! My friends know that I’m an avid proponent of copyleftism, the free software movement, Creative Commons, and related philosophies.

My research led me to a powerful collection of 48 essays by Richard Stallman - the renowned father of the free software movement. Stallman is the programmer who launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, and wrote the GNU General Public License.

I found his essays so captivating that I had to secure a physical copy for my library. As luck would have it, I found a pristine unread copy of the latest edition actually SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author for just $4! I didn’t hesitate and ordered it on the spot.

This third edition features a new Forward by journalist and hacker, Jacob Appelbaum who was formerly a core member of the Tor project. It also includes the prior Forward from the first and second editions penned by famed Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig.

These are foundational documents in the realm of copyleftism and the history of free software. I’m astounded by my good fortune!

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I just read the first book of Dune until I got to this page



What a ding dong sucker

That’s enough of that
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Old 07-20-2020, 05:07 PM   #6880 (permalink)
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Why is that a ding dong sucker? Maybe you have better reasons but the way you're framing it just makes you look like a snob with inscrutable standards of snobbery.
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