Monday, October 29, 2012

The Bloodless Corpse

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I knew that he was dead, tucked into a fetal position, stuffed under the instructor’s station at the front of room LAS 327.   I saw the tin...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Biohackers

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For most of the history of life sciences, major discoveries were made in labs less sophisticated than today’s kitchens … Laser meat thermom...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

She's Such a Geek!

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“What does it feel like to be a female in a male-dominated industry? I have nothing to compare the experience to, having never been a female...
Friday, October 12, 2012

Money is Speech

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For over 2000 years, money has been a medium – sometimes the medium – of communication, especially political speech.   The German Democrat...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The 1% are the Atlases

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The disappearance of the middle class is a direct consequence of failed economic policies enforced by bad laws.  Regulations (firs...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

You Only Have to be Better to be Equal

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She’s Such a Geek: Women Write about Science, Technology, and other Nerdy   Stuff, Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders, eds., (Seal Press,...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Understanding Objectivism

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The 2012 edition of Dr. Leonard Peikoff's 1983 lecture series, edited by Dr. Michael S. Berliner, does not so much explain Objectivism ...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Documentation is Specification

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Good software design begins with documentation.  Write the user manual first.  The design documents specify the desired outputs, and the inp...