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standardgrey: justinbland fuck yes i’ve got it.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:46:42 -0500

justinbland

fuck yes i’ve got it.

"Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex...."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:44:03 -0500

“Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one— and preferably only one —obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea — let’s do more of those!”

- PEP 20 — The Zen of Python

Ever Dream This Man?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:01:46 -0500

Ever Dream This Man?

DARPA

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:00 -0500

From Wikipedia:

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world, including computer networking, as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitous graphical user interface.

Its original name was simply Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), but it was renamed DARPA (for Defense) during March 1972, then renamed ARPA again during February 1993, and then renamed DARPA again during March 1996.

DARPA was established during 1958 (as ARPA) in response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik during 1957, with the mission of keeping U.S. military technology more sophisticated than that of the nation’s potential enemies. From DARPA’s own introduction,

DARPA’s original mission, established in 1958, was to prevent technological surprise like the launch of Sputnik, which signaled that the Soviets had beaten the U.S. into space. The mission statement has evolved over time. Today, DARPA’s mission is still to prevent technological surprise to the US, but also to create technological surprise for our enemies.

DARPA is independent from other more conventional military R&D and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $3.2 billion budget. These figures are “on average” since DARPA focuses on short-term (two to four-year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams.

[Editor’s note: They’ve also recently created a cyborg beetle.]

"the only time i’m drink & drug free / is when i get my drugs & drink for free"

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:36 -0500

“the only time i’m drink & drug free / is when i get my drugs & drink for free”

- spiritualized, “the twelve steps”

(via youmightfindyourself)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:34:36 -0500

(via youmightfindyourself)

Where plastic ends up

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:31 -0500

Where plastic ends up

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"Why do we have an element? Why not an element? Or an ..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:24:00 -0500

“Why do we have an element? Why not an element? Or an element? Why not a hyperlink with an include attribute, or some combination of rel values? Why an element? Quite simply, because Marc Andreessen shipped one, and shipping code wins.”

- Why do we have an IMG element?

"…the Government Accountability Office warned that a swine-flu pandemic could cause the..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:01 -0500

“…the Government Accountability Office warned that a swine-flu pandemic could cause the Internet to crash as sick workers and children overwhelm local networks by using the Web from home…”

- HARPER’S WEEKLY
November 3, 2009

"In so many of the “hardcore continuum” debates that fester away around the internet about what music..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:02:02 -0500

“In so many of the “hardcore continuum” debates that fester away around the internet about what music is descended from what else, and what counts as “proper” UK rave music, if you strip away the outdated cultural studies postgraduate jargon, what you very often end up with is just a world-weary Brit version of ‘Losing My Edge’: “I was there at the Labyrinth / I was there when DJ Rap rewound ‘Original Nuttah’ five times at Carnival / I was there at Twice As Nice and Eski Dance / I’m losing my edge to the kids from Bristol and Glasgow / I’m losing my edge to the woodblock tropical beats and aquacrunk arrivistes / But I was there…””

- lllllooooollll

Untold: Gonna Work Out Fine

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