January 2010
“The iPad is an attractive, thoughtfully designed, deeply cynical thing. It is a...”
– Alex Payne — On the iPad
Either I’m missing something, or Alex hasn’t seem the unprecedented number of apps available for iPhone OS that enable everything from drawing, blogging, painting, geotagging, communicating, sharing, and otherwise participating in the human experience.
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“Many people aren’t inspired, or inspiring, so college may be for them....”
– I am Maddox, AMA
“I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s...”
– Obama SOTU
Umm, the most powerful interest in America is the mob of the majority that can vote to take things from me at gunpoint and threat of jail.
The next line is “or worse, by america’s enemies”. That kind of fear mongering is exactly how politicians get hundreds of millions...
Python to C
I like a few things about Python.
I like that whitespace is meaningful. It’s an awesome way to enforce readbility in coding conventions, and I’m convincedI understand the text that is there better because of it. You just don’t need to demarcate scope with brackets.
I like the perfect set of built in data types: {}.[],(). A hash (aka dict), a list, and a tuple. It’s...
“Other companies are selling computers. Apple’s selling magic. Which one would...”
– Rory Marinich
Where is Chuck Norris? →
Panopticlick →
How unique is your browser finger print? I was unique among 44K people tested. Clearing my cookies doesn’t mean you can’t track my usage. It is likely not personally identifiable information yet.
Just do it
me: you should do [...]
him: yeah, I'm just saying I suck at it.
me: well that's kind of bullshit. The only way you get good at anything is to do it.
Anonymous asked: will me and kira last 6 months
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“Cloud computing arrived, making VC deal terms economic only as growth capital...”
– Deprogramming VC & Reprogramming SWOT
Jesus, Rafer is so smart sometimes. This is the best rendering I’ve seen of a thought I’ve had for a few months.
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Exactly. So now VCs trying to play in the <$1mm range have had to figure out how to scale their operations to make...
“Cloud computing arrived, making VC deal terms economic only as growth capital...”
– Deprogramming VC & Reprogramming SWOT
Jesus, Rafer is so smart sometimes. This is the best rendering I’ve seen of a thought I’ve had for a few months.
“You want more good jobs, spawn more Steve Jobs. Obama should have focused on...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - NYTimes.com
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I’m amazed people are pushing this drivel. Please explain what you would like the government to do more to get more Steve Jobs-es?
I can think of a lot it could do less, but that is a...
“In 2005, the online chess-playing site Playchess.com hosted what it called a...”
– The chess master and the computer, by Gary Kasparov (via cdixon)
Aphex Twin - Run Jeremy’s Window Licker (XXX...
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The Next Chapter
davemorin:
Following your dreams is perhaps the most important thing to do in life.
I came to Silicon Valley in 2003 as a small town Montana guy, and recent college grad, with the big dream of becoming part of the technology community and one day starting a technology company. I had grown to love technology and entrepreneurship while making things for the Internet and running my own small...
“The final freedom I want to address today flows from the four I’ve already...”
– Hillary Clinton on internet freedom, January 21 | Foreign Policy
My 2 year old cares about the weather
Luka: It's raining a lot
Me: Yeah. Do you know where rain comes from?
Luka: ...
Me: Well, it comes from clouds.
Luke: Rain comes from clouds!
Me: How does it get there
Luka: The rain comes from the clouds
Me: But how does it get there?
Luka: ...
Me: Well, you know that ice is just really cold water? When water gets cold it turns to hard ice. When it gets hot it-
Luka: Penguins slide on ice!
Me: ...
Luka: Penguins slide on ice!
Me: Yeah. They do. Penguins are awesome.
“‘Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,” says...”
– New York Times
Published: November 30, 2003
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