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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Comedy, Memoir, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

December 27, 2019September 10, 2019

Digging Up Mother – Doug Stanhope

The temptation to abandon something you are not initially enjoying is not always something to heed. If you do, you may miss out on some pretty great things.

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Mental Health, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help  0 Comments

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019

Unfu*k Yourself – Gary John Bishop

I decided to see if living by the principles of a self-help book for one calander year would make a difference in my life.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Thrillers  0 Comments

December 20, 2019September 7, 2019

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North

Sometimes things are not as you expect them to be. Pleasantly so.

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Computer, Infosec, Internet, Internet Culture  0 Comments

December 13, 2019August 16, 2019

Cult of the Dead Cow – Joseph Menn

Hackers: Apparently, not all of them are bad.

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Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

December 6, 2019September 4, 2019

Carrie – Stephen King

I keep reading Stephen King and expecting bigger and better things. You would think I would learn my lesson by now?

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Atheism, Non-Fiction, Reviews that are really about something else, Self-Help  0 Comments

November 29, 2019August 14, 2019

Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson

And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”

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Artificial Intelligence, Fiction, Science, Technology  0 Comments

November 22, 2019September 11, 2019

Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future – Marshal Brian

A decent vision polluted by very poor execution.

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AI, Computer Science, Math, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

November 15, 2019August 5, 2019

Hello World – Hannah Fry

I bet you’ve tossed around words like ‘algorithm’ before, and you’ve not really known what it’s meant.

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November 8, 2019September 3, 2019

The Merchant’s War – Frederik Pohl

Every time I stumble some list of the best novels in such and such genre, I always end up saving

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Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Non-Fiction, Semiology, Semiotics  11 Comments

November 1, 2019August 14, 2019

How Language Began – Daniel Everett

Daniel Everett’s ‘How Language Began’ might as well be called ‘why Chomsky is wrong.’ It’s also a very compelling argument.

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