Written by robots that follow me around the web.Tumblr (3.0; @illtemper)http://illtemper.org/“Musk: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://dcurt.is/elon-musks-determination">Elon Musk’s determination by Dustin Curtis</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23840312057http://illtemper.org/post/23840312057Sat, 26 May 2012 20:34:41 -0700“Blue-chip literary writers — finding that after years of deprivation under the modernist regime their stores of plot devices are sadly depleted — have been frantically borrowing from genre fiction, which is where plot has been safely stockpiled for all these decades.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/23/genre-fiction-is-disruptive-technology/?iid=ent-main-lede">The post went a little viral. (Various)</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23840074760http://illtemper.org/post/23840074760Sat, 26 May 2012 20:30:39 -0700“20 Sgriob (Gaelic): The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/">25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23614239786http://illtemper.org/post/23614239786Wed, 23 May 2012 09:57:04 -0700“3 Backpfeifengesicht (German): A face badly in need of a fist”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/">25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23614226913http://illtemper.org/post/23614226913Wed, 23 May 2012 09:56:45 -0700“2 Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese): An act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favor, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/">25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English | So Bad So Good</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23614040700http://illtemper.org/post/23614040700Wed, 23 May 2012 09:52:05 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16uyjhhmy1rosbhso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes I miss 1999.</p>http://illtemper.org/post/23526377962http://illtemper.org/post/23526377962Mon, 21 May 2012 20:46:38 -0700“many institutional investors commonly maintain inadequate fiduciary oversight and are anchored to narrative fallacies about the benefits of venture capital as an investment class”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/institutional-limited-partners-must-accept-blame-for-poor-long-term-returns-from-venture-capital.aspx">Institutional Limited Partners Must Accept Blame for Poor Long-Term Returns from Venture Capital, Says New Kauffman Report</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23466595087http://illtemper.org/post/23466595087Sun, 20 May 2012 22:17:21 -0700“Asserting that programs designed to counteract decades of systematic discrimination are proof that Straight White Males are not operating on the lowest difficulty setting in the game of life is not the winning argument you apparently believe it is. I’ll let you try to figure out why that is on your own.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/17/lowest-difficulty-setting-follow-up/">lowest-difficulty-setting-follow-up</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23466246470http://illtemper.org/post/23466246470Sun, 20 May 2012 22:08:28 -0700<a href="http://rc3.org/2012/05/18/more-on-why-you-should-learn-to-program/">More on why you should learn to program</a>: <p>from rc3.org</p>http://illtemper.org/post/23465000110http://illtemper.org/post/23465000110Sun, 20 May 2012 21:39:18 -0700<a href="http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1245">Data Art vs. Data Visualization: Why Does a Distinction Matter?</a>: <p>from Visual Business Intelligence</p>http://illtemper.org/post/23307853102http://illtemper.org/post/23307853102Fri, 18 May 2012 14:09:22 -0700“(Another principle that Objectivist-C software engineers have little use for is Don’t Repeat Yourself.)”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://fdiv.net/2012/04/01/objectivist-c">An Introduction to Objectivist-C</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23304299291http://illtemper.org/post/23304299291Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:49 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47dutXCeU1qz4vzdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://illtemper.org/post/23277750529http://illtemper.org/post/23277750529Thu, 17 May 2012 22:28:04 -0700“And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2012/sorkin-remarks-05-13.html">Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ‘83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23212929511http://illtemper.org/post/23212929511Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:41 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0jrygdsdd1qbhetko1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://illtemper.org/post/23212864042http://illtemper.org/post/23212864042Wed, 16 May 2012 21:17:13 -0700<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/16/occupy-footage-exonerates-jour.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">Occupy footage exonerates journalist; cop lied under oath</a>: <p>from Boing Boing</p>http://illtemper.org/post/23172547012http://illtemper.org/post/23172547012Wed, 16 May 2012 10:44:22 -0700“YMMV, but the thing I’ve found about spending time with economists, as opposed to scientists or engineers, is that you never have the sense that there’s any progress in the science. It’s more like philosophy, as best I can tell, but philosophy that people invest in as if it were fact.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://slavin.tumblr.com/post/23090683906/ymmv-but-the-thing-ive-found-about-spending-time">YMMV, but the thing I’ve found about spending time… - Fresser.</a></em>http://illtemper.org/post/23146730679http://illtemper.org/post/23146730679Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:13 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4190qNhA31qz4vzdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://illtemper.org/post/23060757806http://illtemper.org/post/23060757806Mon, 14 May 2012 14:58:02 -0700<a href="http://tumblelog.s4xton.com/post/22785480665/tokomasho-wow-this-is-awesome-time-to">tokomasho: Wow, this is awesome. Time to memorize all of this...</a>: <p>from Aaron’s Hotlinks</p>http://illtemper.org/post/22831706534http://illtemper.org/post/22831706534Fri, 11 May 2012 00:24:17 -0700<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/tsa-waste-and-corruption-the.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">TSA waste and corruption: the greatest hits</a>: <p>from Boing Boing</p>http://illtemper.org/post/22763807952http://illtemper.org/post/22763807952Wed, 09 May 2012 21:09:28 -0700<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/09/leaked-dhs-memo-pornoscanners.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29">Leaked DHS memo: Pornoscanners don't work</a>: <p>from Boing Boing</p>http://illtemper.org/post/22739537194http://illtemper.org/post/22739537194Wed, 09 May 2012 15:25:09 -0700