May 2012
“mainstream literary fiction is about the perfect microscopic anatomization of...”
– SF, big ideas, ideology: what is to be done?
“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?
“Musk: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is...”
– Elon Musk’s determination by Dustin Curtis
“Blue-chip literary writers — finding that after years of deprivation under the...”
– The post went a little viral. (Various)
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Asserting that programs designed to counteract decades of systematic...”
– lowest-difficulty-setting-follow-up
More on why you should learn to program →
from rc3.org
Data Art vs. Data Visualization: Why Does a... →
from Visual Business Intelligence
“(Another principle that Objectivist-C software engineers have little use for is...”
– An Introduction to Objectivist-C
“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
Occupy footage exonerates journalist; cop lied... →
from Boing Boing
“YMMV, but the thing I’ve found about spending time with economists, as opposed...”
– YMMV, but the thing Iâve found about spending time… - Fresser.
tokomasho:
Wow, this is awesome. Time to memorize... →
from Aaron’s Hotlinks
TSA waste and corruption: the greatest hits →
from Boing Boing
Leaked DHS memo: Pornoscanners don't work →
from Boing Boing
How a US soldier finally got his Pastafarian... →
from Boing Boing
“When I use data abroad I can almost hear the champagne corks popping in the...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Application Cache is a Douchebag
Welcome to your 2012 election season, let the... →
from Boing Boing
Inflations: Consumer Prices and Income →
from Department of Numbers
Pirate Bay enjoys 12m extra visitors on day one of... →
from Boing Boing
This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent... →
from Boing Boing
Immigration and Customs Enforcement intelligence... →
from Boing Boing
The determination of users →
from rc3.org
“Here is what people like me hear: It doesn’t “just work” but we will never admit...”
– Genius Ignorance « Macdrifter
Confusion is the Age of Data →
from Visual Business Intelligence
April 2012
The business of universities is … education?... →
from Emanuel Derman
How a culture of fear thrives in attention... →
Black London firefighter beaten, tazed and charged... →
from Boing Boing
How the press is distorting the Breivik trial to... →
from Boing Boing
“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?)
“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?)
Florida standardized science tests are a disaster →
from Boing Boing
