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  • Revisiting A Thousand Plateaus

    Revisiting A Thousand Plateaus

    When A Thousand Plateaus appeared in 1980, the internet was not yet part of daily life. Computers existed but were mostly confined to research…

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  • Markdown vs Plain Text

    Markdown vs Plain Text

    The relationship between plain text and markdown is often taken for granted. Many assume they belong to the same family, that a preference for…

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  • The Open Door of Plain Prose

    The Open Door of Plain Prose

    Open a book of mathematics and the page looks like a map to another planet. Strange letters and symbols occupy the space where you…

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  • When Knowledge Performs

    When Knowledge Performs

    A library at rest is almost a contradiction. The shelves are filled with books, each holding the trace of someone’s thought, yet in the…

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  • The Writer I Return To

    The Writer I Return To

    There is a unique kind of joy that comes not from reading the works of great authors, but from reading what we ourselves have…

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