ascuttlefish

5 ms·

1.
The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by ascuttlefish 13y ago|0 comments
2.
History.exe: How can we preserve software for historians of tomorrow?(slate.com)
4 points by ascuttlefish 13y ago|0 comments
3.
by ascuttlefish 14y ago
Essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer John A. MacDonald: The young politician by Donald Creighton Comedy of errors by Wm. Shakespeare Paradise Lost by John Milton
4.
by ascuttlefish 14y ago
It's very well done, too. Great character development and a gripping story arc. From my layperson's perspective, the science of orbital debris collection is taken very seriously. The opening sequence in the first episode powerfully illustra
5.
by ascuttlefish 14y ago
Nauseous has at least two meanings, one of which is causing nausea. The other is being inclined to vomit.
6.
by ascuttlefish 14y ago
Yes: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/18/deliciously-creamy-t...
7.
Not fade away: on living, dying, and the digital afterlife (theverge.com)
2 points by ascuttlefish 14y ago|0 comments
8.
The Curious Case of Internet Privacy(technologyreview.com)
1 points by ascuttlefish 14y ago|0 comments
9.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
The photos are darkened for me.
10.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
Thanks for the reply. I always thought the Russians had been lost more people, materiel, etc. than anyone else and were pretty much done in by the end of the war. (I'm not sure where I got that idea, now that I examine it.)
11.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
IIRC, the Soviet Union didn't test their first bomb until 1949, well after the war ended. Are you suggesting that the Soviets stopped their advance because of the American bomb? Edit: Oh, I just noticed the bit in your comment about the 195
12.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
Did you mean damp squib?
13.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
Also http://thebrowser.com/
14.
Where Is Now? The Paradox Of The Present(npr.org)
2 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
15.
Why It's Hard to Replicate Silicon Valley's Successes Abroad(businessweek.com)
3 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
16.
We'd be lost without them: meet the team behind GPS(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
17.
Two decades of the web: a utopia no longer(prospectmagazine.co.uk)
4 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|1 comments
18.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
A search for alcholism gave me "How to brew: Everything you need to know to brew beer right the first time." Oops! Neat idea! I like it.
19.
How can we corral data to reveal the big picture?(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
20.
Tractatus Digito-Philosophicus: Wittgenstein for software development(hxa.name)
1 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
21.
by ascuttlefish 15y ago
My favourite reminder of the importance of not wasting time is On the Shortness of Life by the Roman Stoic Seneca: http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/seneca_younger/brev_e...
22.
US inventors on their marks for race to patent office (newscientist.com)
2 points by ascuttlefish 15y ago|0 comments
23.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Here's a NYT article on Eben Moglen and the Freedom Box: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html
24.
The FreedomBox Foundation(freedomboxfoundation.org)
6 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|1 comments
25.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I agree with you, but practically, not all information can be kept. There are teams of people right now deciding what is 'good' (i.e. what is kept) and what is shredded. They're called archivists, and, using their judgement in conjunction w
26.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Probably not, but if everyone plays like it is...
27.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I read the paper editions of The Economist and Macleans and I read CBC news online and listen to the hourly news on the radio. I've chosen a couple sources that I enjoy. I don't worry too much about missing much or whether I'm getting the w
28.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
That is definitely one of many ways a person can self-destruct, and it is indeed related to being wealthy and perhaps famous. But there are other motives that could explain suicides that don't involve money. I'm not saying they suicidal ten
29.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Assuming of course that there are no specific reasons unrelated to money that could drive people to blackest despair. That a person is rich and famous is likely to be, in my humble and unexpert opinion, tangential to the problems that might
30.
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I find it hard to believe that there's One Reason the rich and famous commit suicide. I think this essay reveals a fair bit more about the author and his take on richness and famousness than it does about the true motivations of the suicida

More ›