October 2009
25 posts
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know →
There is no overarching narrative: The collection is intended simply to contain multiple and varied perspectives on what it is that contributors to the project feel programmers should know.
September 2009
30 posts
“Try something. Every time somebody complains about the evils or failings of “the...”
– Squashed: “The Government”
“Murray’s killing spree thus reflected less on his parents than on the...”
– The Nightmare of Christianity
“He smiled. A wind blew up a staircase. Men and women churned around us, moving...”
– The 20-Dollar Millionaire Hits The Road - Esquire
“What it is not willing to relinquish is its die-hard opposition to unions and...”
– In Wal-Mart’s Image | The American Prospect
“For once, I agree with Armstrong. She’s precisely correct — rational...”
– Saving gods by making them even emptier of meaning : Pharyngula
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Leadership 101: My Take On Fundamentals →
The American Dream should require hard work, but it should not require 80-hour workweeks and parents who never see their kids from across the dinner table. The American Dream should entail a first-rate education for every child, but not an education that leaves no extra time for the actual enjoyment of childhood. The American Dream should accommodate the goal of home ownership, but without...
“If humans are seeking machines, we’ve now created the perfect machines to...”
– The powerful and mysterious brain circuitry that makes us love Google, Twitter, and texting. - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
“The American legislature has become a bumper car rodeo of meglomanic retards....”
– (d)N0t » Blog Archive » Dream Not Of Today – Time For The Man Pants by Rob Spectre
“A public role in health care shouldn’t be any scarier or more repugnant than a...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Health Care That Works - NYTimes.com
“Until we are willing to accept the world the way it is, without miracles that...”
– An Update on C. P. Snow’s “Two Cultures”: Scientific American