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Archive for September, 2009

  • Why bad books get read, praised: a casual psychological account | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 27 2009
  • Florence update | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 27 2009
  • Really really pimpin’ in da blogosphere | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 27 2009
  • Baby’s first vlog. | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 25 2009
  • The Stanford (and silicon valley in general) male/female ratio, illustrated: | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 21 2009
  • I’m not entirely sure what would possess anyone to hold a conference in Boston in December, but… | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 21 2009
  • The internet is a large place with many scary corners. | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 19 2009
  • Against sexist male paranoia about false rape accusations (or: rape is a much bigger problem than false rape allegations, kthxbye) | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 17 2009
  • Jason Brennan might just be right… | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 17 2009
  • Chessblogging: you know how they say you shouldn’t waste time early on developing the queen to vulnerable places and then getting it chased around? Here’s why… | Posted by Paul Gowder on Sep 16 2009
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