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"Prologue: good man in a storm (Tom West).

History of Data General."
Apr 25, 2026 09:02AM

 
Mason & Dixon
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"Mason & Dixon reach Philadelphia (second only to London). Between the Transit of Venus and here, they went each to their respective homes? I had some trouble making sense of the chronology. Also some kind of controversy with their work and compensation. I don't really follow the politics either." Dec 13, 2025 02:16PM

 
When Work Disappe...
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"Chapter 6 focuses on comparisons with European welfare states. I expected it to be about how much better Europe is on the topic. And it acknowledges that. But the real point is, with increased immigration, Europe it headed toward a more American model. In short, self-destructively racist." Jun 17, 2023 02:08PM

 
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Denis Johnson
“Sloth kept him in bed awhile. Restlessness drove him downstairs to the tiny court behind his kitchen, where the sun made more mist. Under its warmth everything gave off ghosts. They work from the bricks, rose with a deep reluctance, disappeared.”
Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke

Sue Grafton
“Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu.”
Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi

Oscar Wilde
“Injustice has parcelled out the world, nor is there equal division of aught save of sorrow.”
Oscar Wilde, The Complete Fairy Tales

Thomas Hardy
“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity”
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“If money is in essence transferable credit—rather than a commodity medium of exchange, as the academic economists insisted—then fundamentally different factors explain the economy’s demand for it. Meeting demand for commodities is a simple matter of ensuring a sufficient supply on the market. When it comes to transferable credit, however, volume alone is not enough: the creditworthiness of the issuer and the liquidity of the liability come into play. And both these factors are determined not technologically or physically but by the general levels of trust and confidence.”
Felix Martin, Money: The Unauthorized Biography

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