November 2009
“I’d also be careful about making broad assumptions about the people that...”
– Bioware Lead Writer David Gaider
on same-sex relations in Dragon Age: Origins.
“If they ask once: it’s because they want to learn. If they ask twice: it’s...”
– (via fromtheoldman)
Will Self reviews McDonald's -New Statesman →
besides, for the left, McDonald’s, with its global reach and aggressive uniformity, isn’t so much a food outlet as the fourth arm of American military power. They may serve McRice in Indonesia but, barring a few regional variations, when you enter a McDonald’s - whether in Seoul or Scunthorpe - you’re making a contract: place your lips here to suck on the tailpipe of...
“Do not let me loose with a grenade launcher.”
– Alice Taylor on Twitter
The mobile data apocalypse, and what it means to... →
inkscar:
Now that Arcor acquisition by Vodafone makes even more sense.
“In a properly functioning capitalist economy,... →
(via claytoncubitt)
In other words, wealth, —equally or disproportionally distributed— is created by labour. Solve unemployment to get out of recession to, hopefully, feed the fires of competition and burst innovation, thus creating more jobs. Not the other way ‘round. The cost of keeping your workers in a recession is not a liability: it’s an investment.
Trouble is,...
Monogamy isn't easy, naturally -- latimes →
The culprit is our own biology. Researchers in animal behavior have long known that monogamy is uncommon in the natural world, but only with the advent of DNA “fingerprinting” have we come to appreciate how truly rare it is. Genetic testing has recently shown that even among many bird species — long touted as the epitome of monogamous fidelity — it is not uncommon for 6%...
“Expertise in business administration, journalism, accounting, or selling, though...”
– Paul Rand
“An overarching Big Bad, “show mythology” or uber-arc is not...”
– Warren Ellis on Global Frequency
The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia «... →
There goes your entire day.
“The iPhone is good enough for snaps which just need to capture enough info to...”
– Neven Mrgan
Heroes and sociopaths: behavioral twins? →
Behaviorally speaking, heroes and serial do-gooders have a lot in common with sociopaths, according to this paper on psychology and neuroethics: “their personality traits are very similar, with only a few features to distinguish them.”
via BB
“Kids are coming out of school thinking, I want to start the next YouTube or...”
– Jason Fried
WatchOmmwriter, a minimalist word processor for the mac.
Vigilante militias in Rio are displacing the drug... →
favelas under the control of militias has grown from 108 in 2005 to 400 in 2008 (out of 965). Why? They have a better (albeit parasitic) conflict/business model than the drug gangs since they act as a substitute for missing public goods/services normally supplied by the government. First, they provide a minimal level of security and conflict adjudication. Second, they make more money than...
