May 2008
31 posts
“Person1: “When we build AI, why not just keep it in sealed hardware that...”
– AI Box Experiment
How The Valley Is Blowing It →
“Omphaloskepsis is the contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation. It is well known in the usually jocular phrase directed towards self-absorbed pursuits: “contemplating one’s navel” or “navel-gazers”. This criticism is also often leveled at professions which are interested in themselves: movies about Hollywood, for example, or television shows...
TV Shack →
Something tells me that this won’t be around for all that long. Enjoy it while it lasts.
WatchFor all the Twitter-addicts out there.
Remember The Milk →
Student syndrome refers to the phenomenon that many students will begin to fully apply themselves to a task only just before a deadline. This leads to wasting any buffers built into individual task duration estimates.
The term originated in Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s novel-style book[not specific enough to verify] Critical Chain. The principle is also addressed in Agile Software Development[not...
Watch“Sting’s 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the Top 10 song “All this Time” and the Grammy-winning “Soul Cages”. The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University.” —Sting
“Over the...
“In a sense, the local blogosphere precisely mirrored the actual election...”
– Armenia Blogging Comes Of Age. Just a wee bit different than how the home fires burn.
“Megalomania (from the Greek word μεγαλομανία) is a historical term for behavior...”
– Wikipedia. Some days there are so many appropriate applications of this term it’s stunning.
WatchI can’t figure out whose the worst of the three. I guess it does go to show that the web enabled generation deals with some unique issues.
“And you know what? There is something really evil about taking thousands of the...”
– Fake Steve Jobs on Google’s employee bailouts Protip - when you hire really clever people, it’s a question of perks and pride. Perks will only keep them happy in the short term (everyone loves free Lobster). If they don’t feel like they are working up to their potential, if you...
“The most frequent symptom associated with caffeine withdrawal is moderate to...”
– Wise Geek
