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I grew up reading Earthsea but later discovered Threshold/The Beginning Place. Some of her short stories are very good, too.

> He recognized how she transcended genre and belongs alongside (or perhaps, above) writers of highbrow literary fiction. In the 70s and 80s, Le Guin and other SFF authors were very aware of the li…

I encountered such discussions living overseas. For people who come from traditions from outside the Christian world, few know the differences between the various branches or the complex history or ri…

> The Times is thriving because they've pivoted from being a newspaper to being a media business. The games vertical is the first thing people talk about, but cooking is arguably a better exam…

Coincidentally, late this morning I went to one of those traveling roadshows where they purchase precious metals, bringing along a childhood coin collection that I wanted to turn into cash. I started …

Searle’s team found that Azorean mice had mitochondrial DNA suggesting an early colonization from the far north of Europe, just as expected if the Norse transported them. Aren't there other pos…

I had that same epiphany when reading a biography of Ernest Hemingway. Another type of work I avoid are "the making of ..." documentaries/accounts of classic works of film, music, and T…

"Theory of positive affirmations" and related ideas have been floating around for a long time. There is some scientific research around this ( https://www.psychologytoday.com/…

Concluding he would need an M.B.A if he wanted to climb the corporate ladder, Adams got into UC Berkeley, with the bank footing the bill. As he closed in on his master’s degree, he learned that an as…

The shopping app I have used in my area for the past 7 or 8 years shows the number of "deals" in each category. This week there are 36 deals in "Cookies, Snacks & Candy" (up fr…

That’s pretty much what Danny Sullivan says further down: Sullivan admits there may be “edge cases” where content chunking appears to work. “Great. That’s what’s happening now, but tomorrow the syste…

The US and China regularly use export controls (like the Nvidia ban), joint ventures, and legislation as levers of power over the other side. For American and other non-PRC companies thinking of using…

Typical FIRE also requires access to affordable healthcare. In the US that is going away with ACA subsidies. Five years ago I paid for “market rate“ insurance through my business for my family because…

> By contrast, my Nissan has driving settings like lane centering and seat heater controls on physical buttons... right next to my left knee where they are nearly inaccessible while driving. I can …