December 2011
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We found each other in the cosmos...
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — and ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again.
Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we...
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“Stellar fire was your womb, and stellar fire will be your grave: a just course...
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TROLLS
A user on Hacker News recently posted a comment that set me thinking:
Something about hacker culture that never really set well with me was this—the nastiness. … I just don’t understand why people troll like they do.
I’ve thought a lot over the last couple years about the problem of trolls. It’s an old one, as old as forums, but we’re still just learning what the...
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