May 2012
1 post
“Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.”
– H. L. Mencken (via @counternotions)
April 2012
7 posts
“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?...
“we’re reaching a technological complexity threshold where hacking is going to be...”
– Hacking the Non-Disposable Planet
Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem... →
(via jwz)
March 2012
5 posts
Stripping Whitespace out of Textmate 2 →
“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!”
“Make decisions so your users don’t have to.”
– Tom Dale
[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
February 2012
22 posts
“This practical synthesis is expected to be a disruptive technology replacing the...”
– A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine
TV Is Broken →
“Can I choose?”, Beatrix asks. She’s still confused. She thinks this is like home where one can choose from a selection of things to watch. […] I have to explain again that it does not work that way on television. That we have to watch whatever is on and, if there is nothing you want to watch that is on then you just have to turn it off. Which we do.
“It’s not renting a house vs. owning a house, it’s renting a house...”
– @counternotions
The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order →
But booting Episode I isn’t merely about pretending a crappy movie doesn’t exist. Viewing Episode II immediately after V and Episode III immediately before VI actually tells the story better than including Episode I does.
The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy... →
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
“Mass Effect answers Fermi’s famous question, “Where is everyone?” with a...”
– Why Mass Effect is the Most Important Science Fiction Universe of Our Generation
“In the “male” sphere […] technology was extremely high-level, better than...”
– Life With and Without Animated Ducks: The Future Is Gender Distributed
“The Internet is sponsored by the word “actually.”
– A vast and endless Wikiquote
“There’s nothing we can say that people won’t forget some day...”
– The Limousines — The Future
“I’m living in a Lamborgini. It’s awful! You can’t imagine how...”
“It is certain also that “lobbying,” i.e., the practice of carrying bills by...”
– 1873: The Latest American Scandal
“the point was that you would by all means avoid making an outward show of what...”
– m.guardian.uk
“the way to go is to be a hot engineer who can write well and get along with...”
– The Three Laws of Future Employment
“I know my logic makes sense because it forms a perfect circle. I’m just not so...”
– Perceptual Super Power
“There is a rabbit in the moon with a mallet making mochi.”
– Japanese folklore
“Gandhi attempted to rename the untouchables Harijans. God’s people. They...”
– How to Name Things
January 2012
3 posts
“The sane default attitude today is the world is small and life is long.”
– ribbonfarm
“You can see the writing on the wall here; the characters were born in the...”
– Born to the Metaverse: Scream 4 and the Future of Pop Culture
“The problem with bundler is it is the gem dependency solution for rails, and is...”
– Issue #635
December 2011
4 posts
“I spent the next 6 months making the comprehensive market research.”
– appdevsecrets
“You know, the bat-signal was probably the first cloud-based notification system.”
– someone on Twitter
“You must be new on the Internet.”
– Slashdot
November 2011
12 posts
“democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
– Issac Asimov
“Bill Gates live on video is a screenshot? I think not.”
– John Siracusa, The Wrong Guy
“I don’t agree Eric’s argument; “fuck” makes code more...”
– ruby-trunk - Bug #5625
“janitors are happier than lawyers and the discrepancy arises from the amount of...”
– Make Your Work More Meaningful