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Comment · 10 months ago
I can go to ssa.gov and click the button that says "log into your account."
Comment · 11 months ago
And the title of the book is "The Fountainhead," not "The Fountain Head."
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm not so sure. Every so often I browse Metafilter (remember Metafilter?) out of morbid fascination, and it's a total trainwreck. I don't think it's a model for success.
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm sure she does, but that's beside the point. Why should we pay any attention to the opinions of a person on replacing something he doesn't use with something else he won't use. He may as well say that he won't buy a snowblower because his groundskeeper uses a shovel and does just fine.
Comment · 1 year ago
"My wife types my work..."

Those five words render the entire essay meaningless.

Comment · 1 year ago
I'm probably a crackpot, but I'm convinced it's the other way around--matter emerges from mind. The only refutation I'm familiar with is Samuel Johnson kicking a rock, which I don't find very persuasive.
Comment · 1 year ago
Hank and Hal are also short for Henry.
Comment · 1 year ago
The only example I can think of is "munchkin" which was apparently coined by Frank Baum for The Wizard of Oz.
Comment · 1 year ago
An amazing project, and I love that he always calls it "Joan's organ." What a tribute.
Comment · 1 year ago
...and the opening of the Rush song YYZ.
Comment · 2 years ago
A chapter in Chemerinsky's casebook on Constitutional law is titled "Speech in Authoritarian Environments: Military, Prisons, and Schools."
Comment · 2 years ago
That's what I always thought it meant. For example, if a sign says "No Parking 4-6 PM" that proves that parking is allowed there at all other times.
Comment · 2 years ago
>and computerised taxation (except in the USA).

I don't understand this. Does he not think the IRS uses computers?

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't know. That's kind of like saying J.K. Rowling couldn't think of just shooting the bad guys with guns.
Comment · 2 years ago
I "rolled" three times and got a duplicate result. What are the odds of that?

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