On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — A Dark Room https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/04/03/darkroom.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Valkaama https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/27/valkaama.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Spiraling Web, Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/20/spiraling4.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Spiraling Web, Part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/13/spiraling3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Spiraling Web, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/06/spiraling2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Spiraling Web, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/27/spiraling1.html #freeculture #bookclub
Audiobook not so great because they don’t pause automatically if I lose focus, books do.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Phill from GCHQ https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/20/phill.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Wanderers’ Library https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/13/wanderers.html #freeculture #bookclub
Wanna learn LaTeX?
Wanna learn LaTeX? What is LaTeX?Basically, it’s how big boys write and format documents.
Every public brief, scientific article, book, cryptocurrency whitepaper or even outline written by people who know what they’re doing is written in LaTeX.
If you want to see examples of documents made with LaTeX, you can see my Master’s thesis here or another paper here that shows some diagrams and other features you can have in LaTe … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Uncle Nagy’s House https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/06/nagy.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Continuity Drift https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/01/30/drift.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Biodigital, ch 53–end https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/01/23/biodigital5.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Biodigital, ch 40–52 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/01/16/biodigital4.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Biodigital, ch 27–39 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/01/09/biodigital3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Biodigital, ch 14–26 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/01/02/biodigital2.html #freeculture #bookclub
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@prologic@twtxt.net yep!some of the lexer is directly copied from monkey-lang. love that book series.
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@prologic@twtxt.net yep!some of the lexer is directly copied from monkey-lang. love that book series.
Project idea: search for books that are most effective at converting people from one ideology to another, for any two ideologies.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Biodigital, ch 1–13 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/26/biodigital.html #freeculture #bookclub
Money makes people happier than psychotherapy. 52 things I learned in 2020. This year I edited another book, worked… | by Tom Whitwell | Fluxx Studio Notes | Dec, 2020 | Medium
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pepper & Carrot, ep. 1–6 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/19/pepper.html #freeculture #bookclub
Some people on the LW team are increasing their Brier scores pretty hard right now bc of the number of orders for the books
Being misunderstood is a great temporary moat. I could write a book on this, but suffice it to say, I didn’t have confidence in my own vision until I took the time to really look at others and realized that the main difference between me and the average idiot was that I had bothered to look at the ideas of other idiots at all. It was like their entire ontology had become an ant farm. It was the moment I realized, I am a super-idiot. I only half joke, because becoming a super-idiot liberated me from the perfectionism and the addiction to approval that caused a stultifying and primal narcissistic fear of criticism. If you are struggling with this, take it from someone on the other side of it: It’s ok, you’re an idiot. The Strength of Being Misunderstood | Hacker News
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Monkaa https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/12/monkaa.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pratham Books, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/12/05/pratham.html #freeculture #bookclub
The new LW books :face_with_heart_eyes:
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pratham Books, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/28/pratham.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Journey to Thelio https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/21/thelio.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Elvie https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/14/elvie.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nothing to Hide https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/07/hide.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — MTF Sigma-5 “Pumpkin Punchers” https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/31/pumpkin.html #freeculture #bookclub #halloween
no lollygagging today, gotta read the Go book
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Drakes https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/24/drakes.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/17/joneses4.html Politics in Art and Technology https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/18/stories.html #
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/10/joneses3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/10/03/joneses2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Where Are the Joneses? Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/26/joneses1.html #freeculture #bookclub
Probably career suicidal (never admit it in your application) but honestly the thing I’ve found helps is just not caring about work at all. It’s like the equivalent to acceptance in grief. Get the day done, look forward to the weekend, when you book time off make sure to book the following Monday. I’ll do the job as best I can for as long as I’m paid but if you think I’m here for any reason other than money to pay the bills you’re completely delusional. Survey: The average worker experiences career burnout – by the age of 32 | Hacker News
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Bookdash Books, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/19/bookdash2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Bookdash Books, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/12/bookdash.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Endgame∶ Singularity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/09/05/endgame.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Virtuoso Prologue https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/29/virtuoso.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Pentagon https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/22/pentagon.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Prelude to Whitespace https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/15/white.html #freeculture #bookclub
so, I actually did throw out my Csound book last night. Tore out all the pages and recycled them.
I never thought I’d ever say this, but I am officially done with Csound. I’ve been using Csound since I was 16 years old, but now I feel like throwing my copy of the Csound book in the trash. Good riddance.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Morevna, Episode 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/08/morevna3.html #freeculture #bookclub
When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world? | Hacker News
When people are born, they all start good, but even though they all start out about the same, you ought to see them after they have had time to become different from one another by picking up habits here and there!“. Translation Dr. Linebarger, aka Cordwainer Smith Ask HN: Which book helped you understand the world? | Hacker News
Geography is only physics slowed down and with a few trees stuck in it. Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay Geography is only physics slowed down and with a… - Quotes from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Books
Book Village | Donne, prête, vends tes livres autour de chez toi ⌘ https://bookvillage.app
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §37–49 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/08/01/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §25–36 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/25/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §13–24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/18/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Magnificent Mechanical Man §1–12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/11/manuel.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Forgotten https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/04/forgotten.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Won’t You Come In? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/27/comein.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Elephants Dream https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/20/dream.html #freeculture #bookclub #blender
Best setup yet: Books on iPad with voice control on; typing notes in a text editor on a separate device. Say “swipe left” to turn the page, with no command-tabbing needed.
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Stardrifter - Motherload https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/13/motherload.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Seeds, Chapter 5 to Chapter 6 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/06/seeds-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Seeds, Chapter 4 to Chapter 4.5 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/30/seeds-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Seeds, Prologue to Chapter 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/23/seeds.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club - Jathia’s Wager https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/16/jathia.html #freeculture #bookclub
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Free Culture Book Club - Orang-U https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/09/orangu.html #freeculture #bookclub
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Free Culture Book Club https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/05/02/freeculture.html #freeculture #bookclub
Time to write a RISC-V emulator I guess, https://book.rvemu.app/
#til https://www.edelweiss.plus book catalog platform
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: Victor Séjour’s Le Mulâtre https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2020/02/23/mulaitre.html #books #literature #blackhistorymonth #translation #french #announcement
Posted to Entropy Arbitrage: The Barnes & Noble “Diverse Covers” Thing https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2020/02/09/afam-lit.html #books #diversity #blackhistorymonth #publicdomain #readinglist
I used to write poems, but I stopped. Now I want to make a book filled with poems for my gf. I got 2 months, wish me luck
Random link from the archives: https://thenewantique.blog/2019/01/19/book-review-and-reflection-david-graebers-debt-the-first-5000-years/ originally archived Tue Feb 5 07:39:06 EST 2019
Bad idea of the day: whenever somebody talks about Green Book, pretend you think they’re talking about Green Room
for somebody with no interest in actually making movies, I sure do read a lot of books about how to write screenplays
Space Cartoons to Space Psychedelia: How Sci-Fi Book Covers Evolved - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/01/space-cartoons-to-space-psychedelia-how-sci-fi-book-covers-evolved/263952/
Book Review: Inventing The Future | Slate Star Codex https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/18/book-review-inventing-the-future/
How to self-publish your novel as an ebook - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/1/18285875/self-publishing-ebook-amazon-kindle-epub-book-how-to-editing-art-sales-strategy
Recommended: McKeever’s book about the 90s https://mipmckeever.weebly.com/uploads/9/4/1/3/94130725/90sbookfinal.pdf
Committee for Supporting the Booking of Chapo Trap House on Joe Rogan
Dead Precedents by Roy Christopher review: how hip-hop and cyberpunk hijacked culture | Books | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/17/dead-precedents-how-hip-hop-defines-future-roy-christopher-review-cyberpunk
An Interview with Nick Harkaway: Algorithmic Futures, Literary Fractals, and Mimetic Immortality - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-interview-with-nick-harkaway-algorithmic-futures-literary-fractals-and-mimetic-immortality/
The Man Who Questioned Everything | by Lynn Hunt | The New York Review of Books https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/03/07/diderot-man-who-questioned-everything/
Update: if you buy the paperback version of my book, now you’ll be able to get the ebook for free. (Dunno why anybody would want that.) Also, the ebook now has wikipedia links for various terms via X-Ray, in case you didn’t know who Thad Starner was or something.
Things Found in Books | Flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/thingsfoundinbooks/pool/
The Secret History of Dune - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-dune/
Silicon Valley’s Bonfire of the Vainglorious - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/silicon-valleys-bonfire-of-the-vainglorious
Sapping Attention: How badly is Google Books search broken, and why? https://sappingattention.blogspot.com/2019/02/how-badly-is-google-books-search-broken.html
The Soviet Matrix: On the Strugatsky Brothers’ “The Doomed City” - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-soviet-matrix-on-the-strugatsky-brothers-the-doomed-city
Bad idea of the day: Do a free machine-generated text class at a library (using tracery or something), self-publish the course materials as a book (with proceeds going to the library as donations), & get a couple copies for the stacks.
Posthumanism for Regular Humans Trapped in an Inhuman World: On “The Human Reimagined” - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/posthumanism-for-regular-humans-trapped-in-an-inhuman-world-on-the-human-reimagined/
Book Review and Reflection: David Graeber’s “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” – The New Antique https://thenewantique.blog/2019/01/19/book-review-and-reflection-david-graebers-debt-the-first-5000-years/
Today in bot food: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/04/british-librarys-collection-of-obscene-writing-goes-online
One of the ideas I was playing with in MfoM was the distinction between player & player character with a ‘possession’ metaphor, & how that relates to the time loop. I didn’t go so far with it. Maybe in Book of the Damned I’ll have the player be a possessing-spirit.
Don’t expect too much, it’s rather basic, but already enough to read at least non technical books.
Don’t expect too much, it’s rather basic, but already enough to read at least non technical books.
Next year’s hit isekai: ‘In Another World with My Copy of Ryan North’s New Book’
Millennial mysticism: why contemporary poets are turning to the occult https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/01/Spells-21st-Century-Occult-Poetry-review
Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/thieves-of-experience-how-google-and-facebook-corrupted-capitalism/