a good day to link hard
Apr. 1st, 2013 11:42 amHappy International The Internet Gets Stupid Day.
On being under the influence at Ikea: "Unaware I was even moving, I have drifted up to a bank of attractive reading chairs, and I find myself ashore among them. I'm beginning to feel high, like the first alarming hints of a psychedelic come-up. Colors become brighter and more fascinating. I feel childlike -- abundant in possibility, un-driven, free-bonding, easily captivated."
What PTSD Is: "[I]n my experience, PTSD doesn’t get fixed. ... Because PTSD isn't a disease, it's a world view."
I Have a Few Things to Say About Adria contains a) an excellent summary of and b) some good commentary on the Adria Richards/PyCon explosion of two weeks ago.
Truncated transcript from [the Prop 8] SCOTUS argument:
Rollin' Safari: "What if animals were round?"
The Island and Lake Combination. Nice. I believe it was Zarf who said "If you know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who's standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are and ask them."
Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps. I've been hoping someone would do this since reading about them in, um, that Gorilla Glass article from a few months ago.
Go home pills, you are drunk.
On being under the influence at Ikea: "Unaware I was even moving, I have drifted up to a bank of attractive reading chairs, and I find myself ashore among them. I'm beginning to feel high, like the first alarming hints of a psychedelic come-up. Colors become brighter and more fascinating. I feel childlike -- abundant in possibility, un-driven, free-bonding, easily captivated."
What PTSD Is: "[I]n my experience, PTSD doesn’t get fixed. ... Because PTSD isn't a disease, it's a world view."
I Have a Few Things to Say About Adria contains a) an excellent summary of and b) some good commentary on the Adria Richards/PyCon explosion of two weeks ago.
Truncated transcript from [the Prop 8] SCOTUS argument:
SOTOMAYOR: Aside from marriage, do you think the government can discriminate against gays and lesbians?Wright Is Wrong?: "The authoritative Jane's All the World’s Aircraft has reversed course and now recognizes Gustave Whitehead's 1901 flight in the Condor as the first successful powered flight in history, not the Wright Brothers' 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk."
COOPER: No, that would be wrong.
SOTOMAYOR: Then what the actual fuck are you doing standing up here?
Rollin' Safari: "What if animals were round?"
The Island and Lake Combination. Nice. I believe it was Zarf who said "If you know what recursion is, just remember the answer. Otherwise, find someone who's standing closer to Douglas Hofstadter than you are and ask them."
Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps. I've been hoping someone would do this since reading about them in, um, that Gorilla Glass article from a few months ago.
Go home pills, you are drunk.