February 2012
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What’s the probability that we’re idiots? →
There’s a necessary assumption in lower-level economics, as well in much of philosophy, that people act rationally. Rebooting our global economy depends upon this (though it’s preceding crash ignored it), ethics necessitate a basic shared logic, and mathematics certainly assumes that we will accept conclusions using a similar rationality. Yet people waste billions of dollars per year...
January 2012
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Could coding be the next mass profession? →
roybahat:
Like farming was in the 17th century, factory work during the industrial revolution, construction during the Great Depression, and manufacturing after World War II. Better, because writing code is a creative act which can be done with or without a traditional (antiquated?) office-based job, and can create enormous personal and economic value.
Most young people start in jobs that don’t...
December 2011
4 posts
Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
Godisamanc's Blog: I’ve just stopped a guy from... →
How Doctors Die (It’s Not Like the Rest of Us, But... →
TL;DR: Doctors will “overtreat” to comply with demands of patients, patients’ families, and the system, but they’d rather die in peace than receive such treatments themselves.
November 2011
2 posts
I Believe In The Internet - The Content Industry... →
bradburnham:
I have always believed that the entertainment industry’s effort to stop piracy by asking search engines and ISPs to make it more difficult for their users to find pirate sites was the wrong way to solve the problem, but it could never put my finger on why I felt so strongly about it. After all, the entertainment industry argues that they are only targeting the worst pirates...
October 2011
2 posts
Bufr Overflow: You Are the Average of Your Five... →
bufr:
I won’t name names, so we’ll call her Jane.
Jane’s five closest friends are two engineers at Google, an engineer at Eventbrite, an architect, and her father (which is so cute), who is the president of a national soccer team in Jane’s home country.
Jane graduated with a degree in Business…
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September 2011
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ItsJaredC: The wrong question: "I want to learn to... →
itsjaredc:
If you want to learn to code and build stuff and you’re starting by asking someone else what you should do, you’re already thinking about it the wrong way. Immediately, right now, with no preparation, in the blink of an eye, you can take a huge step toward your goal by realizing that you don’t need an answer to your question. You can do it all by yourself. Go get it. No one can stop...
August 2011
1 post
I need to start tumblring again.
April 2011
3 posts
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“We all carry a multitude of ghosts around with us: impressions of other people,...”
– Nick Harkaway, The Gone-Away World
This is what you all are to me. Ghosts, having fun ghostly meetups in some faraway dimension; exotic events indirectly observable using an instrument called a Tumblr dashboard.
March 2011
8 posts
everything in the sky: Infinite Monkeys →
everythinginthesky:
The monkeys (all infinity of them) sat in various poses around the room. Some were chewing their pencils. Some were lying on couches, gazing at the ceiling. One was endlessly bouncing a stress ball against the wall (much to the annoyance of a large number of the monkeys).
“Okay,” said the Lead Writer monkey. “Read back what we’ve got so far.” …
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Activist Michael Anti Furious He Lost Facebook... →
BEIJING — Chinese blogger and activist Michael Anti wants to know why he is less worthy of a Facebook account than company founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dog.
Yeah that dog.
28 Things To Do →
I started 2011 in a funk. Feeling down, I decided to jump start the year with an ambitious plan of doing something “different” every day for the month of February.
And the guy blogged each day. What a cool idea.
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February 2011
13 posts
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Southeast Asia offers lessons and warnings for... →
As Egypt looks to shift to democracy, the experiences of the Philippines’ since the toppling of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and Indonesia since the overthrow of Suharto in 1998 show that, while the revolutions were all different, the transition is a bumpy and fragile process that can take decades to secure.
“What I think is important is both the Philippines but even more so...
ubergrid:
In CASINO ROYALE, James Bond is the Bond girl. Look at the way they even show him emerging from the ocean like Ursula Andress. Sexual torture, too, if less creepy-glam than being stripped and painted gold. Vesper Lynd is Bond: never not in control, never without a plan, seducing to further her goals. She has to die so Bond can become her.
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WSJ: The Price of Malaysia's Racism →
Slower growth and a drain of talented citizens (NYT) are only the beginning.
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“For all that the revolution in Egypt tells us about the power of networked media...”
– Douglas Rushkoff: Internet is easy prey for governments
January 2011
8 posts
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eHow: How to Defend Astrology From Skeptics →
Along with other astrology how-tos on eHow, complete with astrology jargon.
I can’t believe it either.
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Arkells - Oh, The Boss Is Coming
Happy Monday.
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El-P - Baby (Justin Bieber Death Mix)
Are we an...
“Have I told you about how nerds destroy the world?
Take conspicuous...”
– This is from a rant by a character in pictures for sad children. I’m quoting here out of context and the follow-up conversation is missing and it’s from a web-comic, but I kind of love the force and direction of it (I like the vector of his argument?). (via everythinginthesky)
Does it no longer...
December 2010
23 posts
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For 2011, I'm going to learn Python, Spanish, sign...
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I switch off the eternally bland radio and compose...
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