“ Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.
H. L. Mencken (via @counternotions)
Indirect
“ In 2011,
Bank of America IT expenses: $4.2B,
SEC budget: $1.2B.
@counternotions
- (while discussing Japanese vocabulary)
- R: I don't remember it. It's a really long word.
- A: it's only three syllables!
- R: exactly. a long word. なーがーい. long!
- -________-
It’s been said before, but creating an environment where people aren’t afraid to try installing and using software did more for people’s willingness to spend money than anything else.
No one wants to pay for something that could clog their computer, burn through their battery, or brick their phone. If you know, with absolute certainty, that an app you get can’t do that? What the hell, why not buy it.
“ we’re reaching a technological complexity threshold where hacking is going to be the main mechanism for the further evolution of civilization
Hacking the Non-Disposable Planet
Compatible all fires. (Except microwave and oven)
Huh. It seems the recession really only existed if you had a routine job.
(Source: andolfatto.blogspot.com)
“We will have less money.” “O_O. O_O. Okay. I will start rationing my milk and watering down my coffee. …and I will put in less sweetener!” … … “I didn’t say I was fired!”
[You can] see death coming at the hands of your own creation. That’s part of the human epic tradition, after all. Oedipus and his father. Baron Frankenstein and his monster. William Henry Gates and Windows ‘09.
David Brin, Kiln People
“ It’s unrealistic and naïve to expect everyone to do the “right” thing
Right versus pragmatic
(via The Badgerman)
“ This practical synthesis is expected to be a disruptive technology replacing the need to find an open pharmacy.
A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine
