Tag Archives: Culture

Kontra has a nice quote from Vernon Sanders Law: "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." — Kontra (@counternotions) May 30, 2016

Charlie Stross was browsing through an old, recently declassified OSS manual on sabotaging the enemy’s production and started wondering about how you could apply the same principles to sabotage your competitors by injecting bad policies into their environment. He lists … Continue reading →

Via Karl Voit we have sad commentary on the human condition.

Today Ken Thompson is 72. Happy Birthday, Ken, and may you have many many more. UPDATE: Well actually it’s tomorrow so consider this early birthday greetings.

It’s long been obvious to anyone who took a serious look that the claimed copyrights on “Happy Birthday” are invalid. That hasn’t stopped Warner Music from extorting user fees on the order of two million dollars a year, though. Now, … Continue reading →

Here’s a fascinating graph indicating what people of different age groups would miss the most as a way of getting information. What Would You Miss The Most? Radio? Newspaper ? Smartphone? Tv ? Laptop? #newsgeist Via @_JackRiley (ofcom data) pic.twitter.com/Wt9IP9IYtB … Continue reading →

On the tenth anniversary of Git, Linux.com has a nice interview with Linus. In it they explore the reason for Git’s creation, its supposed opaqueness to ordinary users, its success, and its future. Although many already know the story, Linus … Continue reading →