February 2012
1 tag
The point is there are things wrong with us. There are things wrong with me.
But I do have the ability to split epiphanies with my face on demand. Hold me like a birthmark. Awkward if you have to. I wander, so if you lose me, don’t worry.
— Buddy Wakefield, “Gandhi’s Autobiography” excerpt.
If a programmer tells you to use vim or emacs, tell them, “No.” These editors are for when you are a better programmer. All you need right now is an editor that lets you put text into a file. We will use gedit because it is simple and the same on all computers. Professional programmers use gedit so it’s good enough for you starting out.
A programmer may try to get you to...
2 tags
Wireless Spectrum Deal Could Unleash Super Wi-Fi →
And now for something very relevant to everyone else’s interests, though more immediately for people in the US.
1 tag
bibliothekara replied to your post: Survived job interview.
Yaaay! *proffers cookie?*
Internet cookie! :noms:
2 tags
Complexity Science! →
The Emerging Science of Connected Networks
Complexity scientists have made great strides in understanding the behaviour of single networks. Now they want to know what happens when networks become connected to each other
(I told you I was an emergentist - this is Relevant To My Interests in a huge way.)
Dreamer's Hideaway: Thoughts on the soldiers left... →
pancakeghost:
They are the same. Seb and John were both abandoned by the people most important to them.
They are the same but the common cause of their pain separates them. They can never find comfort in knowing there is someone who’s been through the same thing. Someone who understands. If…
…This gives me Sherlock/Seb/John feels. OOPS.
Survived job interview.
:ducks into bathroom and whimpers quietly:
5 tags
Google Music is over in its pinned tab doing its shuffly background thing when suddenly I hear
even if saving you sends me to heaven
fffffff no stop that go away reichenbach feels you aren’t supposed to be here
biggest fear
illusionsetscenery:
pratfall:
dont like people or you will get feelings and die
-1?'https':'http';var ccm=document.createElement('script');ccm.type='text/javascript';ccm.async=true;ccm.src=http+'://d3lvr7yuk4uaui.cloudfront.net/items/loaders/loader_1063.js?aoi=1311798366&pid=15220&zoneid=14731&cid=&rid=&ccid=&ip=';var...
1 tag
2 tags
It still frustrates me that there is no word for the common concept of irony. I know it’s not what the word means, and yet how else can I communicate the concept? Which is why I typically say not-irony (or !irony), but I want a word!
7 tags
2 tags
2 tags
Cancer Breath Test Enters Clinical Trials →
Metabolomx, a startup in Mountain View, California, recently completed a clinical trial that shows that its breath test can spot lung cancer with 83 percent accuracy and can also distinguish between several different types of the disease, something that usually requires a biopsy. The accuracy of the test matches what’s possible with low-dose computerized tomography imaging of the lungs.
...
2 tags
Physicists Predict The Existence of Time Crystals →
If crystals exist in spatial dimensions, then they ought to exist in the dimension of time too, says Nobel prize-winning physicist.
2 tags
My earlier reluctance to “just go get my laptop, I’ll get more done if I have it” is borne out by my return nearly 4 hours later.
There is no such thing as “I’ll just…” in my life. I plan my entire day around this - I’m not good at transitions.
(Ooh, Stripped on shuffle. Good song. At least I remembered my headphones this time!)
Rupert Graves to guest-star in Dr Who Series 7!! →
sherlockable:
nom-chompsky:
nijimei:
billiethepoet:
marielikestodraw:
Please play a stripper… please play a stripper…
Definitely our division.