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Snail_Commando

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Here for the signal, trying not to amplify the noise.

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Here's an ongoing list of comments/threads on hn that I think are special and worth taking some time to think about:

(removed briefly for editing/re-organizing/they killed my two best men in Hong Kong just to get to this profile)

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This is the only location on the web where I use this handle. Imposters are admired yet not acknowledged.

  1. A browser game inspired by Thomas Nagle's Essay “What is it like to be a bat?” (jrmgriffith.itch.io)
    2 points 3
  2. Tokyo vs. Hiroshima (blog.nuclearsecrecy.com)
    3 points 0
  3. Gates Foundation pledges $50 mln to fight Ebola epidemic (reuters.com)
    1 points 0
  4. The Evolution of Roller Coaster Tycoon (1999) (nicscorner.com)
    126 points 16
  5. The Organ Detective: Career Spent Uncovering Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh (psmag.com)
    2 points 0
  6. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com)
    2 points 0
  7. AEB's Guidelines for Verbal Description (artbeyondsight.org)
    1 points 0
  8. A Physically Universal Cellular Automaton (web.mit.edu)
    1 points 0
  9. A Physically Universal Cellular Automaton (web.mit.edu)
    1 points 0
  10. Meet the Father of Digital Life (nautil.us)
    3 points 0
  11. Representation Versus Depiction (erasmatazz.com)
    1 points 0
  12. Social Software and the Politics of Groups (2003) (shirky.com)
    2 points 1
  13. This Shape-Shifter Could Tell Us Why Matter Exists (nautil.us)
    31 points 5
  14. The House Passes a $435 Million Increase to NASA's Budget (planetary.org)
    2 points 0
  15. Diary of an Insane Cell Mechanic (2003) (biolisp.org)
    31 points 13
  16. What Is Google Genomics? (developers.google.com)
    12 points 1
  17. Constructor Theory of Information (arxiv.org)
    9 points 1
  18. The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Privatize Science (theatlantic.com)
    2 points 0
  19. Unravelling the mystery of silk (abc.net.au)
    1 points 0
  20. What is it like to be a bat? (organizations.utep.edu)
    1 points 0
  21. The Great Works of Software (medium.com)
    1 points 0
  22. Deep Intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus (orionmagazine.org)
    297 points 106
  23. The Norwegian Government Keeps Book Publishers Alive (newrepublic.com)
    2 points 0
  24. Amino acid fingerprints revealed in new study (asunews.asu.edu)
    1 points 0
  25. Social Progress Index 2014 (socialprogressimperative.org)
    1 points 0