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Comment · 3 years ago
Inertia, I guess - I'd have to get it set up and all and vim works fine for me now.
Comment · 3 years ago
The author thinks that porn literacy is a good thing, but she notes that it's difficult to teach students to read texts you can't show them.
Comment · 3 years ago
My blog: https://ahalbert.com/

I just got back to public writing, but I like to share summaries of the books I read.

My most recent post is the secret history of cold war submarine espionage: https://ahalbert.com/reviews/2023/07/01/blind_mans_bluff.htm...

This recently was featured on hacker news's front page: https://ahalbert.com/reviews/2023/06/04/the_culture_map.html

Comment · 3 years ago
Yes. I summarize books I read and share what I learned.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's ok. It's quite long and there's a lot of stories.
Comment · 3 years ago
That's what I said in the article.
Comment · 3 years ago
As far as my favorite poltical biographies go, I think the ones that gave me the most understanding of politics was the Robert A Caro biographies, "The Power Broker" and "The Years of Lyndon Johnson".

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