Something to consider…
“I can’t imagine why anyone would need X” is a statement about your imagination, not X.
(via Dan)
Tag: philosophy
Glass Drinking Glasses
Was it a happy-accident that glass drinking glasses have been in use for hundreds of years and they don’t leach any dangerous chemicals into their contents and thus into our bodies?
Did that lull us into false sense of security where we assume that drinking container vendors would only provide us with things that would not poison us?
The aim of a language
to turn ideas into software, quickly and faithfully
— John Chambers
Great aim!
Why Be Positive?
Q. Why Be Positive?
A. It beats the alternative!
What Spending Money Says About You
Money is more than a transfer of value. It’s a statement of belief.
(via Seth)
There are a lot of ways to think about how this applies that might help you to better make sense of why things “work” they way that they do.
Conway's Law
The Grass is Always Greener
Here is a little tongue in cheek developer career philosophy/humor:
(via xkcd via Greg Wilson)
Hamming's Insight
When it Comes to R7RS; R6RS Users are Quiet
R6RS users don’t seem to have much to say about R7RS. Most R6RS users seem to happy with Scheme and busy using it rather than worrying about how it should be split into two parts (little and big).
Is It Our Duty to Maintain Our Body?
Suppose that you awoke to find your consciousness contained within a robot. You don’t know where you came from before this existence, you don’t know who gave you this robot, and there is no manual for the time you will spend in this robot.
Is it your duty to maintain your robot?