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Nextdoor and the Rebirth of Civil Discourse

Nextdoor was made to be boring. In any sane society, the worst thing you should see on Nextdoor is a flamewar between the HOA and your rogue neighbor who let their grass grow l ...

Sat Feb 06 2021
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Review: The Meritocracy Trap

tl;dr In The Meritocracy Trap, Daniel Markovits presents a convincing argument that America has become dominated by an increasingly hereditary meritocratic elite. It's not a short read or liste ...

Sat Feb 06 2021
politics community economics
What Web Developers and PMs Should Know About Negotiating Project Scope

Does negotiation make you nervous? The thought of bartering over anything, from a salary to your kid's Minecraft time can be nerve-wracking. No matter how much you rehearse your arguments, you always ...

Wed Sep 05 2018
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Don't be a Digital Hostage

FOMO: the fear of missing out. It's supposed to be a millenial problem, the idea that if you don't go out with your co-workers tonight, you'll miss that one magical moment. Of course, what you thought ...

Fri Aug 26 2016
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Elasticsearch and Kibana Quickstart

Note, this is a guide for Mac OSX, you can probably get some mileage on Linux, but Windows users will want to look elsewhere. Elasticsearch Quickstart + Demo Dataset Follow instructions [here]( ...

Wed Mar 23 2016
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