My hero:
“One officer was able to hit the man with his Taser, but the suspect then broke the Taser wire with his light saber”
Seriously though, LA Times, lightsaber is one word. The word is so mainstream it isn’t even underlined in red as I type this post. Also the quickest Google search of “light saber” yields the Wikipedia entry for “Lightsaber.” One word.
As I write this, I just had an incredible discussion with a friend about how people matter. I believe this.
That we all are uniquely made. There is no other like you on the planet, there never has been and never will be. You are one of a kind. No one has your talents, skills, personality, traits and never will. Regardless of trying. You are like a proprietary technology platform with a patent.
And you are irreplaceable.
Remember this today.
The crew of STS-133, Discovery’s final flight, horse around on the launch pad earlier this year.
Part of The Atlantic’s Best Photos of the Year series. All worth checking out.
(via In Focus - The Atlantic)
(via jtotheizzoe)
I’ve been looking for this exact thing, and now I have found it. Prominent bookmark.
This started as a CSS-only side project, got some traction on Hacker News and is now one of the finest looking and working pieces of documentation for web development I’ve ever come across.
(via journo-geekery)
The Nerdy Address Of Facebook’s New Headquarters? 1 Hacker Way
Hacker Way. Not Infinite Loop but cool.
1. The telecom carriers, not Google, Facebook, etc., are who truly owns the internet.
2. This is because the internet is two parts: infrastructure and applications. The telecom industry (carriers) funded the build of the infrastructure. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all software…
Who to root for in a battle between Verizon and Netflix. That’s like Cubs vs Red Sox.
The rapid spread of cellphones has fueled an appreciation among Africans for the practical uses of science and technology. And the children of the African elite are also seeing career possibilities in computing science and engineering, beyond the traditional disciplines of medicine, law and finance or the more typical scientific callings of crop and soil science.
“Computer science appeals to a generation of urban students raised on a diet of digital devices,” said Chanda Chisala of Zambia Online, a software development company and Internet provider in the Zambian capital, Lusaka.
The field also may appeal to chronically underfinanced African universities because the study of computer science is relatively inexpensive. No big atom smashers are needed, as in physics; no giant telescopes, as in astronomy.
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And to think some people actually turn to this televised supermarket rag for “fair and balanced” news.
