(ukiyo-e bunnies FTW!)
Mostly Yes
I've been wrong before
Programming is an exercise in overcoming how wrong you’ve been in the past. At first you’ll overcome the syntax errors, then you’ll overcome the structural errors, and then you’ll come to align your code with the standards of a greater community and you’ll feel safe and like you’ve made it. You haven’t – you’re still wrong because you’re always wrong. You are playing a game you cannot win. And let’s face it – if it was a game you could win you’d not be playing at all.link
http://heptapod.org/storylife.html
Lovely Ted Chiang short story about language, consciousness, memory and free will. This right here is why I love SF.
Kickass lipdub, best shot one I’ve seen in a while. Also: everything you’d ever wanna know about lipdubs.
Iran: An Unlikely Treasure Chest Of Funk : NPR
(The Soul Raga track is spectacular)
Sharlto Copley stars in "My Left Claw" | Ask Metafilter
(Superb Ask Mefi thread about District 9. Lots of useful links)
On Influenza A (H1N1)
Expert analysis of the virus by a hacker/reverse-engineer. Also explains how it can be hacked to be much more lethal. Good times.
In Cape Town Theaters, 'District 9' Hits Home : NPR
On the apartheid allegories in District 9.
“ Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
Kurt Vonnegut
(Via The Impossible Cool)
Who are these people, the kind that decide to walk across China? What are they made of? (via)
