February 2012
1 post
“And when you think about it, language has always been about the cloud. When we...”
– the qualia journal: The cloud has finally arrived, and it is here to stay.
January 2012
1 post
December 2011
8 posts
Lazy Self-Indulgent Book Reviews: Teachers... →
lazybookreviews:
Sigh. I mean, poor move on the teacher’s part, but you can’t expect the entire world to participate in your weirdly sacrosanct largely-invented-by-Coca-Cola-in-the-1930s fable forever. I definitely think we gloss over the impact on poor kids who show up after Xmas to see the rich kids playing…
Yeah. Santa is a bigot.
“English butlers, synonymous with Reginald Jeeves in the novels of P G Wodehouse,...”
– TODAYonline | World | English butlers wanted for super-rich clients in China and Russia
Who Are These Female Firefighters Taking Care Of... →
yfiles:
Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and to commemorate, MSNBC posted a slew of photographs taken that day. What’s likely to become a new iconic photo is a shot of several women fighting at fire at the scene. And now, the world wants to know who they are. Hit the jump for the full image.
A commenter on the original post, James McClelland gives us his...
“I don’t think I’ve ever read a definition for art that wasn’t stupid. Generally...”
– Penny Arcade - Usurpers, Plural
“As I sat glued to my black-and-white TV back then, though, I had no idea that...”
– A meeting of minds | The Japan Times Online
November 2011
11 posts
“…evils to which we are not accustomed always make a stronger impression...”
– Bertrand Russell (in The Problem of China)
Things you can do with a paper book that you can't... →
windingstring:
Lend or borrow it easily to/from someone else (Damn DRM)
Read it in the tub
Quickly riffle through it to find something you want (for me at least, looking for something in an ebook takes much longer, unless I know the exact word/phrase to search for)
Turn back/forward to/from specific pages…
I have a Nook Simple Touch. It’s convenient. I no longer need to haul...
“Can we forgive ourselves? The nearest we can come to forgiving ourselves is to...”
– Claire Weekes (via psychotherapy)
Taleb - New Term: TOURISTIFICATION
Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
The systematic removal of uncertainty and randomness from things, trying to make things highly predictable in their smallest details, with a precise itinerary to follow —and a known teleology (that is, aims at a visible, known, and certain goal). It is like putting people in prison. What a tourist would be in relation to an adventurer, or a flâneur, touristification...
“ Have no good intentions whatsoever. Just pick a good direction. No intentions.
...”
– The AJATT 7-Step Victory Formula | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time
October 2011
3 posts
1 tag
“…saw one of the earlier protests on University Place. […] I really...”
– NYC Resident on the #OccupyWallStreet protests.
Agree? Disagree?
September 2011
1 post
“To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human...”
– Alfred Korzybski - Wikiquote
July 2011
3 posts
“Every account of a higher power that I’ve seen described, of all religions...”
– Neil DeGrasse Tyson
“<me>you</me>”
– I typed this by accident today and realized that it might have significance for someone else. (I am a hardcore solipsist, so there is no “you” in my world.)
“Sports marketing idea #4080: Since the Washington Wizards won’t change...”
– Rahul Reddy (Facebook)
June 2011
7 posts
“…only after I have seen or heard a word or phrase many times, does my...”
– Credibility and language learning - The Linguist On Language - Having Fun Learning Languages
Ambitious but Rubbish: Go to Wikipedia and click... →
iveheardgoodthings:
bestrooftalkever:
slaneofthought:
frictionlesssuperfeet:
irishmexi:
iseeellis:
mercurypdx:
newrider:
We’d never been formally introduced, but apparently my dick’s name is John Bacon.
“St Helena Secondary College”
“Van Buren (Fallout 3)”
”Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of…
“Virgin in a Condom”
… Ok seriously, who rigged this...
Jess Fink: Dressed to Kill: Mister America →
rosalarian:
“Continuing my cross-dressing sexualized superheroes series by request, I attempt to dispel the idea than pants = not sexualized. This is Marvel’s new Miss America, and I’ve talked about her design before. I’m both disappointed and thrilled with how Mister America turned…
1 tag
http://www.mutanteggplant.com/agog/2009/06/01/bhopa... →
May 2011
16 posts
“Statistical methods have become metrics to attain by any means necessary, when...”
– Fixing science, in part | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine
No Babies →
Photo by intrepia on LiveJournal.
“Why is signaling so common? It is basic biology, yes. But it is also convenient....”
– Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » The Signaling of Economists
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“A helpful metaphor is the tale of Ulysses and the sirens. Ulysses knew that the...”
– Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Wait For Another Cookie? «
“When you are frightened enough, you can’t think straight. (general you,...”
– from comment by apostle_of_eris on pecunium: What’s wrong with the political class in this country (HT nacylebov
“A social worker will tell you that individuals victim blame because it feels too...”
– The Psychography of Pakistan | The Insider Brief
“The SWAT team that murdered Iraq War veteran Jose Guerena in his home near...”
– LewRockwell.com (via zacharykurtz)
“Disdain is when someone is derided on one single account; envy more than one.”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Some transhumanists confront of the challenge of massive power asymmetry like...”
– Accelerating Future » Security is Paramount
“I think the only thing Americans have in common is the desire to tell each other...”
– Input Junkie - Our moment of national unity
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No display starting with default kernel on 11.04 #natty. Need to start with 2.6.35, then everything’s great. But still a tiny bit of a pain and moderate disappointment that this is broken by default for my computer’s hardware. It’s “legacy” as laptops go, so while disappointing, it’s not surprising.
“Envy, punishment of modernism. Moderns are invaded by electronic display of...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The ancients experienced envy too—most of the warnings against it come from them. I think the big deal is that envy is as common and ignored as background radiation.
Related: Availability Bias.
Creative's musical drumming keyboard demo. [VIDEO] →
HELL YES.