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Gresham’s law of content, tipping content providers, and providing a better compensation model for the internet

Published in August 19th, 2019
Posted by in Work
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In my opinion, the internet is the greatest invention of the last 50 years. It has provided everybody with nearly unlimited access to free information and it is pretty hard for me to make the case that the internet hasn’t benefited me far more than I have ever paid for its services. Without the internet, […]

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Rice, lentils, and bacon recipe

Published in August 19th, 2019
Posted by in Health
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This is an easy to cook dish which tastes great because it contains bacon (well, duh!). Obviously, it should not be repeated too often because it contains bacon (well, duh!). You need: Rice (strictly speaking, you don’t need this) Green lentils (I prefer green lentils because they hold their shape better for this, but other […]

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Selling graduate textbooks

Published in August 18th, 2019
Posted by in How to
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Once upon a time I realized that limited edition graduate texts in myField might go out of print some day and I decided to establish my own “little” library by buying them before they went out of print. In retrospect this was stupid. The reason is that graduate level texts are generally only useful while […]

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