Notes: 8 / 5 months ago
from bookmarklet
10 Science Fiction Books That Changed the Course of History
I’ve read 4 of these and 3 on my reading list.
2 years ago
from bookmarklet
"In 1903 the United States Congress passed the Elkins Act. The Act forbade railway companies from offering, and railway customers from demanding, preferential rates for certain types of goods. Any “good” that moved over the (railway) network had to be priced and treated the same as any other “good.” In short, the (railway) network had to be neutral and price similar goods equally."
3 years ago
bash history/awk trick
could’ve sworn I’ve posted this trick before but going to again.
at your bash terminal prompt do:
history|awk ‘{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’|sort -rn|head