2009-07-06

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2009-07-06 11:49 am
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Link Salad

A mixture of random links I've collected in lieu of content:

Idiot Compassion - A reflection on the idea that sometimes the best thing to do for somebody who has a problem is the opposite of what they want you to do, or what feels good.

Farming on Mars? - Well, actually Milwaukee, not Mars. But the ideas in this interesting if long article point out the kind of intensive agriculture that would be needed to support a colony on Mars or any other place with limited pressurized space for food production.

A typical self-published effort - Alas, crap like this is part of what self-publishers need to differentiate themselves from. Or as [livejournal.com profile] jeff_duntemann says, "if any idiot can publish themselves, every idiot will." (Link via John Scalzi.)