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l33tminion) wrote2011-08-23 02:30 pm
l33tminion) wrote2011-08-23 02:30 pm
L33t Links: Overlooked Edition
Programming: Here's an article on binary math in C. For more practical stuff (in you're a Python programmer), read this bit on the fileinput library in Python (very useful, but I hadn't heard of it previously).
Essays: Ever play Monopoly and wonder why the game (as you were taught) is so slow? That's because you were taught wrong.
Douglas Hofstatder makes a point about language by analogy.
A piece on the book and television series Game of Thrones and how it relates to the aesthetic of fascism.
Economics and Society: Foxconn (major Chinese electronics manufacturer) to replace workers with robots. But of course the increased automation will lead to new opportunities for those workers, once freed of the drudgery of such boring jobs?
Meanwhile, there's this HuffPo article about women increasingly turning to prostitution (called by other names) in order to pay tuition or student loans.
A Bit of History: A story about a computer virus that DDOSed the entire internet in 2003. (The Akami tech featured in the article is a friend of mine, he currently spends his time making the mathematical art published here.)
A story about the short and violent life of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, gang member, murderer, and murder victim before he was killed in 1994 at the age of 11.
Misc: A talk on organizing an art show featuring 100 different artists, who are all the same artist.
An article on the challenges involved in Arabic-language localization for film.
A short story titled Nanolaw with Daughter.
Essays: Ever play Monopoly and wonder why the game (as you were taught) is so slow? That's because you were taught wrong.
Douglas Hofstatder makes a point about language by analogy.
A piece on the book and television series Game of Thrones and how it relates to the aesthetic of fascism.
Economics and Society: Foxconn (major Chinese electronics manufacturer) to replace workers with robots. But of course the increased automation will lead to new opportunities for those workers, once freed of the drudgery of such boring jobs?
Meanwhile, there's this HuffPo article about women increasingly turning to prostitution (called by other names) in order to pay tuition or student loans.
A Bit of History: A story about a computer virus that DDOSed the entire internet in 2003. (The Akami tech featured in the article is a friend of mine, he currently spends his time making the mathematical art published here.)
A story about the short and violent life of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, gang member, murderer, and murder victim before he was killed in 1994 at the age of 11.
Misc: A talk on organizing an art show featuring 100 different artists, who are all the same artist.
An article on the challenges involved in Arabic-language localization for film.
A short story titled Nanolaw with Daughter.