Elizabeth Van Nostrand
Person on 4 sites
Elizabeth Van Nostrand writes the blog Aceso Under Glass.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Writes: Aceso Under Glass, a blog named after the Greek goddess of healing, from when it focused on medical research (opens wiqqi.app)
- Work: Freelance researcher: literature reviews with quantified analysis, scouting projects, market sizing (opens wiqqi.app)
- Background: Behavioral biology, then programming (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @acesounderglass (opens x.com)
“Disney-the-man must be turning in his grave over Disney-the-company losing Harry Potter World because (allegedly) it wouldn't build a train.”
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Blog: Aceso Under Glass (opens acesounderglass.com)
“Before I could read, I would write”
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x.com: @acesounderglass (opens x.com)
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13 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A long stretch in a normal job is good preparation for young people who later want to do unusual work, though programming is no longer a promising path for it. (opens korrents.com)
“It let me build runway and develop into the kind of person who could do these weird things and I heartily recommend the general idea to young people, although the specific path of programmer is not looking so hot…”
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In California, lack of money is not what stops public beautification projects from getting built. (opens korrents.com)
“The client was hoping for an instruction manual on buying beauty, but at least in California, money isn't the bottleneck.”
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When a bureaucracy never issues a formal refusal, there is no decision to argue against, only endless shadowboxing. (opens korrents.com)
“If the city said no we could have an argument about procedures and decisions, but as it stands its all shadowboxing.”
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A long stretch in a normal job is good preparation for young people who later want to do unusual work, though programming is no longer a promising path for it. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Jennifer Wang (opens rcmnd.app)
“I only checked a handful of youtube reviewers, but my favorite is Jennifer Wang, who seemed properly autistic about clothing quality and understanding that there are multiple places on the pareto frontier one might…”
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ThredUp (opens rcmnd.app)
“ThredUp was amazing when it was in the "VC free money" stage, but their return policy tightened up and it's now merely okay.”
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Martyr Made (opens rcmnd.app)
“I started listening to Darryl Cooper's Martyr Made last year as part of a deep dive on cults, but kept going because I found him incredibly insightful.”
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Jennifer Wang (opens rcmnd.app)