January 2012
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“In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an...”
– Average Is Over - NYTimes.com (via secondverse)
Jan 25th
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Science-fiction, conspiracy theories and Lovecraft
This is an interesting blog post, which I found the link while reading this (also) very interest comment. If you’re picking one of them to read, go to the comment, imho. It’s about how (science?)fiction and conspiration theories retrofeed one another based on the cultural paradigms of an era. For example how UFO tales draws from pre-WWII dreams of astronauts and junky pulp fiction and...
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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Hobsbawm catches my attention (once again)
This incredible interview for BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16217726 …and I quote:   “The traditional left was geared to a kind of society that is no longer in existence or is going out of business. It believed very largely in the mass labour movement as the carrier of the future. Well, we’ve been de-industrialised, so that’s no longer possible. “The...
Dec 29th
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Dec 26th
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Geek Master Class
SO, how many of you have reverse-engineered a game? This guy did:   I spent two weeks reading and reverse engineering further the source code of Another World (“Out Of This World” in North America). I based my work on Gregory Montoir’s “binary to C++” initial reverse engineering from the DOS executable. I was amazed to discover an elegant system based on a virtual...
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Kindle Touch compared to Nook Simple Touch, Kobo... →
#pt-br Os modelos de Kindle comparados com o Kobo Touch, pela ótica do criado do Instapaper (que eu uso e recomendo). Deu mais vontade ainda de comprar um Kindle pra mim, mas quero me informar primeiro da isenção de imposto de importação que eu ouvi tanto falar, mas nunca vi na vida real.
Dec 3rd
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November 2011
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Nov 8th
Ciência, ciência...
Eu estava lendo “na imprensa” sobre o mais novo avanço na pesquisa em HIV, o paper da Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7353/full/nature10117.html “SAMHD1 is the dendritic- and myeloid-cell-specific HIV-1 restriction factor counteracted by Vpx”. Fiquei encucado a princípio porque afinal de contas o HIV-1 não tem Vpx, não é mesmo?.. Lembrei das teorias da...
Nov 7th
Daisy, Daisy
blabeat: “Uh, tell Jon I’m running late!” “Here’s your message to Jon, are you ready to send it?” “Yeah, that’s perfect. Also, I have to meet Sarah at 5 pm tomorrow and again the week after. “Okay, I’ve scheduled your meeting, note that you have another meeting that overlaps. Do you want me to schedule it anyways?” “Oh, shit, move dinner with Joshua to 6:30.” “Watch your language, Blake… I’ve...
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October 2011
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