October 2011
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Changing up my Tumblr identity. Redux.
Hey guys. We need to talk.
No, seriously.
I reblog/write all kinds of stuff here. I just feel like I need to focus things up a bit.
This will continue be my main blog for personal, web series, programming, and mathy stuff.
Funny, cute and just plain strange stuff will come from warfangle.
My political reblogs and rantings will come from bkbystander.
Just, yanno, a heads up.
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The American Bear: Congressional Reform Act of... →
wilwheaton:
This is incorrectly attributed to Warren Buffet. Regardless of who came up with it, it’s still a good idea:
No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
Congress (past, present & future) participates…
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“If you thought that Japan was merely the master of miniaturization, tentacles,...”
– Scientists create brain-like, massively parallel computer from molecules, with more detail over at Technology Review.
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Badass JavaScript: Broadway: An H.264 Decoder in... →
badassjs:
I’ve been seeking an H.264 decoder in JavaScript for some time now, and my wish has finally come true. We’ve seen lots of other formats be implemented in JS, including PDF, MP3, MP2, PNG, JPG, BMP and more, but the real test of whether JS is really up for the task in terms…
Wondering if using WebGL to do the math would speed things up.
Other Stuff: kateoplis: “So bailing out the banks... →
kateoplis:
“So bailing out the banks while punishing workers is not, in fact, a recipe for prosperity. But was there any alternative? Well, that’s why I’m in Iceland, attending a conference about the country that did something different.
If you’ve been reading accounts of the financial…
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“The injury of any veteran is a serious concern to the broader veterans...”
– Paul Rieckhoff, director of IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America), issued a statement on the injury of Marine veteran Scott Olsen by a “police projectile” during an Occupy Oakland protest. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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Comfy Place in Central Berlin in Berlin →
kellysutton:
cacioppo:
what is this, why is it so gorgeous, how is it so inexpensive, rarr rarr rarr.
airbnb has become one of my fav guilty-procrastination destinations.
I stayed in a place a little bit more minimal the last time I was there (http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37052). Berlin was made for Airbnb
When I do a tour of europe (Iceland, Finland, Amsterdam, Berlin & maybe...
Watchzainyk:
Herman Cain: The Other Smoking Ad - Slate Magazine
Putting the Caine back in The United States of Americaine.
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“In other words, just to spell it out, the copyright lobby is spending millions...”
– Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.
The European Parliament just voted to allow censorship of the internet - and only two people voted against it.
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Google+ is now available for Google Apps. →
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It's been confirmed that Scott Olsen (Iraq War vet...
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For those of you looking for an example of direct...
theamericanbear:
watch ustream from occupywallst now
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Google releases ScriptCover
Looks like a pretty useful tool. Runs in realtime as you use a page, and shows you dead code - something a static analysis tool would have a hard time doing given Javascript’s dynamic nature. I’ll have to play around with it to see how useful it actually is. Click through for the blogspot post.
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“The Fullscreen API allows web apps to programmatically tell any content on the...”
– Let Your Content Do the Talking: Fullscreen API - HTML5Rocks Updates (via johnallsopp)
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“I want to scare programmers for Halloween. How do I dress up as shared global...”
– Greg Vaughn (via twitter)
Watchevangotlib:
braiker:
This is awesome. High five guys.
joshsternberg:
zainyk:
How The NY Times, Fox News, And The Huffington Post Write Their OWS Headlines | Mediaite
lol
It’s funny because it’s true.
Nice.
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The 9 Craziest Things Herman Cain Ever Said
think-progress:
1. Towns can ban mosques
2. Abortion should be illegal (under all circumstances)
3. Put an electrified fence on the southern U.S. border
4. No minimum wage (it’s unnecessary)
5. African-Americans are brainwashed
6. No Muslims in his presidential cabinet
7. Let polluters shape environmental regulations
8. I don’t need to know who the president of...
“The point being: we have a massive police force in America that outside of lower...”
– Mr. Taibbi, sometimes you can be a bit hyperbolic for our tastes. But in this case, you’re spot on.
OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone (via ronmarks)
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Changing up my Online identity.
Thinking about changing this blog to be more professional programming-oriented, with a different blog for my political leanings.
Thoughts?
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Vivek Haldar: GUI vs CLI: Operation vs Expression →
vivekhaldar:
Consider this user interface for a car:
The goal of these interfaces is to make you operate something, and operate it efficiently and safely. The grooves and clicks and limits constrain the range of motion and the number of choices. The visual look heavily hints at how to actively use it….
Watchthemattsmith:
Just a heads up, in case you hadn’t gotten your daily quota of fucked up stop-motion animation today.
I Live In The Woods! by Max Winston
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TIME MAGAZINE: "(Los Angeles) passed a resolution... →
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You need to be following this story. →
ohhleary:
The Cuomo administration ignored the consensus of 280 public meetings and a nine-year study process to strip transit improvements entirely from the new Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. They then scrubbed the project’s website of all references to transit and the public process, including the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
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“The power elite are frantically searching for the ideological weapon that will...”
– Chris Hedges (via theamericanbear)
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