“Stories have changed, my dear boy,” the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. “There are no more battles between good and evil, no monsters to slay, no maiden in need of rescue. Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in … Continue reading “Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves…
Category: Quotes
Whistleblowers and encryption
If your company (or government) is not doing anything illegal or immoral, then they have nothing to hide, and therefore doesn’t need to worry about whistleblowers.
Money vs. Culture
There is a great guy named Merlin Mann whose work I have been appreciating for years. He is pretty much a time and productivity guru, although I am not sure you’d be able to catch him using the word “guru” to describe himself in any way. He invented the Hipster PDA and Inbox Zero. Earlier … Continue reading Money vs. Culture
Holmes on homes
There is a really excellent Sherlock Holmes quote that, for the life of me, I cannot seem to find reference to1. Although the quotation itself is not as famous as some of the other Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotations, it is quite practical and I find I use it with great frequency. The general gist … Continue reading Holmes on homes
My life, the bad sitcom
Kim: Did the timer go off? Me: I didn’t hear it. Kim: You didn’t hear it? Timer: *brrrrrring* Me: The timer went off. In other news, Ebenezer — the nekkid cat — has reaffirmed some of his quirks. He is the only cat I know that is indifferent toward catnip, yet loves bleach. Kim is … Continue reading My life, the bad sitcom
Economies of Scale
A billion is a thousand million, or 1,000,000,000 or 1 x 109. Amount of money requested for bank bailouts: $700,000,000,000 Number of visible stars in the night sky: 9,110 * Approx. number of stars in the Milky Way: 300,000,000,000 * Current world population: 6,700,000,000 * Number of people who have ever lived: 110,000,000,000 * Go … Continue reading Economies of Scale
Paper Beats All
“I understand how scissors can beat paper, and I get how a rock can beat scissors, but there’s no ****ing way paper can beat rock. Is paper suposed to magically wrap around rock and leave it immobile? Why the hell can’t paper do this to people? Why aren’t sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly … Continue reading Paper Beats All
Why programs that should be simple often aren’t
Programmers… often take refuge in an understandable, but disastrous, inclination towards complexity and ingenuity in their work. Forbidden to design anything larger than a program, they respond by making that program intricate enough to challenge their professional skill. Michael A. Jackson, Principles of Program Design, 1975 Posted in:
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