December 2011
17 posts
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“As 2011 draws to a close, I remind us all that in life and in the universe, it...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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You Guys Are Millionaires Right? →
Shouldn’t all software be free? How can you live with yourself for charging for it?
No. Very few bits of software ever written were not funded by someone. People have to eat, they have to sleep somewhere and feed their families. Take Android for example: it’s free, and open-source, yet every Google engineer working on it is paid, likely far higher than you are. They are able to not charge...
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Inside the mind of the octopus →
Didn’t realize that octopuses were this interesting. The fact that they have a complex nervous system, even extending into their tentacles, absolutely amazes me.
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The Economics of Death Star Planet Destruction →
Hilarious, but accurate and in-depth look at how destroying planets works for the economy of the Empire.
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Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert →
So long as we believe that there is such a thing as an expert rather than a fellow-investigator, then that person’s views just by magic will be worth more than our own, no matter how much or how often actual events have shown this not to be the case.
Wikipedia is a sign of the opening up of knowledge. Experts in a field are now becoming people who can help guide us more rather than holders...
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“I laugh only at the naiveté [of the proponents of quantum theory]. Who knows who...”
– Albert Einstein defending his enjoyment of watching quantum theorists struggle.
Via How the Hippies Saved Physics by David Kaiser
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The Talk Show #71 →
One of the best episodes of the Talk Show so far. A great and long discussion that reminds me again why I love this show.
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On the TextMate 2 Public Alpha →
Nice overview of the alpha release of TextMate by Kevin Lipe. The best part of the release for me, as Lipe echoes, isn’t actually part of the software; it’s knowing that my favorite text editor hasn’t been abandoned. (And still loving that new icon!)
It’ll be familiar to you and still feel new and exciting. It’s not ready for primetime yet. It crashes weirdly. Stuff breaks. But, more than...
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Definition of an ‘Apple fanboy’ and those that use... →
Extremely well put.
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The Apple Blogs Vs. Brooke Crothers →
I’m a fan of Apple’s work because it’s great. I suspect my peers he would criticize would say the same thing. I’ve been a fan of Apple’s products for about 6 years now. Before that, I didn’t own one. You could even say that I hated Apple products back in the 1990s when I was going to midnight launches of Microsoft products. Why did that change? It’s not some spell or some bullshit marketing....
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Facebook Raids and Kills Geo-Social Networking... →
Without something that can act like a great digital passport, I doubt that I’ll be using any location social networks anymore. I also doubt that Facebook is going to be offering a replacement that came as close to a digital passport as Gowalla did for me.
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Facebook Buys Gowalla →
Well, that sucks.
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