When Logic Only Comes from Extremists, Expect Bad Things to Happen
Liberals are the reason Trump is our next president. Some of that was racism and sexism, to be sure, but the biggest reason is arguably that people were
These book summaries are designed as captures for what I've read, and aren't necessarily great standalone resources for those who have not read the book.
Seth's Blog: Hobson's choice, Occam's razor, Wheeler's which and the way we decide
Hobson's choice is no choice at all. Take what's offered, or walk away. Occam's razor is a rule of thumb: the simplest explanation is often the best one. Wheeler's which teaches…
Imagine a supermarket (or any store, for that matter), where the items are arranged by price. At one end is the salt and the chewing gum, and at the other end are mops and steaks. We always think a…
U.S. Manufacturing is as Strong as Ever: We Just Need Way Fewer People to Do It
Although we frequently hear claims that the US manufacturing sector is dying or in a state of decline, manufacturing output in the US, except during and
Fear, loneliness, anger, shame & hunger. They drive us. They divide us. They take us away from our work, our mission, our ability to make a difference. And yet, sometimes, they fuel our motion,…
[3 December update: Here is a video of the panel.] So I was on a panel at WebScience@10 in London (@WebScienceTrust, #WebSci10), where the first question asked was, “What are two aspects of ‘…
Dan Keating and Laris Karklis for The Washington Post map the change in diversity since 2000. The color scale, shown in the top right, represents two things: level of diversity and change in divers…
“Redesigning your blog” in 2016 is an anachronism. Like tweaking your Gopher presence or upgrading your ham radio, even talking about blogging feels like a throwback — an exercise in nostalgia for an independent web whose time has passed. The death of blogging was foretold almost every year since its inception. Greg Knauss was ahead of the curve, arguing blogging would […]
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Zaha Hadid's successor: scrap art schools, privatise cities and bin social housing | Art and design | The Guardian
The extreme views of Patrik Schumacher, who has taken over at the global firm, are causing outrage. His vision? Let the market rule – and don’t put equality before profit
Who wants to lose in betting togel hongkong? However, you can’t prevent it but many people are curious to know why people feel in the rush when they lose.
Shell scripts are incredibly useful things. They allow you to do something as basic as creating an easy command to replace a more difficult one with l...
This is the fastest way to alphabetize 1,000+ books (or anything else) / Boing Boing
From TED-Ed: You work at the college library. You’re in the middle of a quiet afternoon when suddenly, a shipment of 1,280 books arrives. The books are in a straight line, but they’re all out…
NTP: the rebirth of ailing, failing core network infrastructure / Boing Boing
Network Time Protocol is how the computers you depend on know what time it is (this is critical to network operations, cryptography, and many other critical functions); NTP software was, until rece…
2017 will kick off the "Fourth Industrial Revolution," led by advanced technologies that drive economic, political and social changes in the next decade. At the core of these technologies is digitalization as the driving force in Gartner's Top 10 Strategic
Billions needed to upgrade America’s leaky water infrastructure - The Washington Post
Experts say $335 billion is needed to modernize America’s drinking water systems, and another $300 billion will be required to repair the decrepit sewer infrastructure.
Choke Point of a Nation: The High Cost of an Aging River Lock - The New York Times
A symbol of America’s ailing infrastructure, Lock No. 52 on the Ohio River is responsible for a shipping bottleneck that hobbles commerce far and wide.
Cloudcast.net gem about Cluster Ops Gap | Rob Hirschfeld
Podcast juxtaposition can be magical. In this case, I heard back-to-back sessions with pragmatic for cluster operations and then how developers are rebelling against infrastructure. Last week, I w…