May 2012
“mainstream literary fiction is about the perfect microscopic anatomization of...”
– SF, big ideas, ideology: what is to be done?
May 27th
“Calls for more big ideas in SF are generally a political cri de coeur. We might...”
– SF, big ideas, ideology: what is to be done?
May 27th
“Musk: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is...”
– Elon Musk’s determination by Dustin Curtis
May 27th
“Blue-chip literary writers — finding that after years of deprivation under the...”
– The post went a little viral. (Various)
May 27th
“20 Sgriob (Gaelic): The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before...”
– 25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good
May 23rd
“3 Backpfeifengesicht (German): A face badly in need of a fist”
– 25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good
May 23rd
“2 Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese): An act someone does for you that you didn’t want...”
– 25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good
May 23rd
May 22nd
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“many institutional investors commonly maintain inadequate fiduciary oversight...”
– Institutional Limited Partners Must Accept Blame for Poor Long-Term Returns from Venture Capital, Says New Kauffman Report
May 21st
“Asserting that programs designed to counteract decades of systematic...”
– lowest-difficulty-setting-follow-up
May 21st
More on why you should learn to program →
from rc3.org
May 21st
Data Art vs. Data Visualization: Why Does a... →
from Visual Business Intelligence
May 19th
“(Another principle that Objectivist-C software engineers have little use for is...”
– An Introduction to Objectivist-C
May 18th
May 18th
“And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly...”
– Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ‘83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement
May 17th
May 17th
79,198 notes
Occupy footage exonerates journalist; cop lied... →
from Boing Boing
May 16th
“YMMV, but the thing I’ve found about spending time with economists, as opposed...”
– YMMV, but the thing I’ve found about spending time… - Fresser.
May 16th
May 15th
tokomasho: Wow, this is awesome. Time to memorize... →
from Aaron’s Hotlinks
May 11th
TSA waste and corruption: the greatest hits →
from Boing Boing
May 10th
Leaked DHS memo: Pornoscanners don't work →
from Boing Boing
May 10th
How a US soldier finally got his Pastafarian... →
from Boing Boing
May 9th
“When I use data abroad I can almost hear the champagne corks popping in the...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Application Cache is a Douchebag
May 9th
Welcome to your 2012 election season, let the... →
from Boing Boing
May 9th
May 9th
Inflations: Consumer Prices and Income →
from Department of Numbers
May 7th
May 5th
May 4th
Pirate Bay enjoys 12m extra visitors on day one of... →
from Boing Boing
May 4th
May 4th
This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent... →
from Boing Boing
May 4th
Immigration and Customs Enforcement intelligence... →
from Boing Boing
May 4th
The determination of users →
from rc3.org
May 3rd
“Here is what people like me hear: It doesn’t “just work” but we will never admit...”
– Genius Ignorance « Macdrifter
May 3rd
Confusion is the Age of Data →
from Visual Business Intelligence
May 2nd
April 2012
Apr 30th
Apr 30th
The business of universities is … education?... →
from Emanuel Derman
Apr 30th
Apr 30th
How a culture of fear thrives in attention... →
Apr 26th
Apr 22nd
Apr 21st
28,518 notes
Black London firefighter beaten, tazed and charged... →
from Boing Boing
Apr 20th
How the press is distorting the Breivik trial to... →
from Boing Boing
Apr 20th
“You’ll have gathered by now that I hold no truck with the notion of ‘objective’...”
– GUEST INFORMANT: Laurie Penny (What role for journalists in holding the powerful to account?)
Apr 18th
“As more and more ordinary men, women and children without degrees in journalism...”
– GUEST INFORMANT: Laurie Penny (What role for journalists in holding the powerful to account?)
Apr 18th
Florida standardized science tests are a disaster →
from Boing Boing
Apr 18th
Apr 17th
19 notes
Apr 16th