Includes stuff about anything where feedback causes the system to adapt, including the systems of nature, those that are man-made or cultural, and those of the human mind.
Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy) had an interesting post the other day, on restructuring the government as an insurance agency. He makes a compelling case of it, too. He admits that it could never happen, but as he says at the end, it’s “interesting to think about.”
Oh great, even more things that science finds are bad for you. 😉 But this list might be useful, since the thoughts and personality traits mentioned in it can be changed. (I know, most of them were my constant companions in my younger years.)
I’m not sure why, I think it’s perfectly fair, myself.
Tongue-in-cheek, but all too true. Sure, you can learn the syntax of a programming language in twenty-one days, but not how to write readable, maintainable code that isn’t riddled with bugs. That takes experience. It took me the better part of fifteen years to get to a decent level, and it was only in the …
Wow… there’s been some debate over whether Google’s response to the whole Chinese hacking episode is just posturing, but more recent news seems to suggest that they’re seriously pissed at the Chinese government. And now comes the news that they’ve added code to show users when an account is accessed from an unexpected geographical area …
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A kid and his mother playing the Sims 3. It wouldn’t seem like a learning experience, but you might be surprised — there are six lessons listed there, and only one of them is something I’d expect. (Which one is left as an exercise for the reader. 😉 ) I think our generation has pretty …
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Um… what the f***? I have to agree with the first commenter, “es76grl”: Get over yourself, Lindsay-no one even thought the ad was about you until YOU started saying it was…..I hope you don’t get a dime!! (Via Boing Boing)
I’ve been using a number of these ideas for a while now, on Project X, without realizing it. Maybe the ones that are new to me will help too.
Sheesh… I wouldn’t want to be a drug dealer these days, if this is what they have to go through to get their product. I wouldn’t want to be one of the policemen who had to dig through the crap to find it either. They don’t make a Bunnysuit strong enough that I’d ever feel …
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One of the repeating items on my to-do list is cleaning off my office desk. It’s something I committed to recently, to try to keep my working area tidy; so long as I keep on top of it every few days, it only takes a few minutes each time. But I’d found myself putting it …