December 2009
50 posts
Ten years later, I still miss her every single day.
The C Programming Language by Brian W Kernighan,... →
“Recursion may provide no salvation of storage, nor of human souls; somewhere, a stack of the values being processed must be maintained. But recursive code is more compact, perhaps more easily understood– and more evil and hideous than the darkest nightmares the human brain can endure.”
“Der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk sollte mit Gratisangeboten für das iPhone...”
– Kulturstaatsminister Bernd Neumann (CDU)
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made...”
– Hunter Stockton Thompson (via rulesformyunbornson)
Geeks drive girls out of computer science -... →
This article is so stupid on so many levels. Wow. gz.
WatchEFF gets my CCC membership money this year, I guess.
I mean Andy Bichlbaum AND Adam Savage? Come on, it doesn’t get much better.
Saftladen
Anfang November.
Martin bemerkt beim Rollstuhlfahrer die Treppe rauftragen, dass der Aufzug am Bahnhof seit nunmehr mindestens zwei Monaten kaputt ist. Also fragt er mal nach was das soll.
Kaum sechs Wochen später die Antwort. Mit folgendem Bonmot:
Abschließend bitten wir Sie also […] auch um Berücksichtigung der Tatsache, dass die überwiegend durch Vandalen verursachten Schäden einzig und...
Okay, that’s it. fefe’s private Trollspielwiese muss ich nicht durch Mitgliedschaft legitimieren.
“Being a free speech organization, EFF is supportive of internet users who...”
– EFF Blog - Facebook’s New Privacy Changes
Boy, how I wish more digital rights organization would get this instead of sounding like a grandpa that does not quite get this “intertube” thing.
“I cry because others are stupid and that makes me sad.”
– Sheldon Cooper
Dear Internet,
I’m deeply disappointed you did not alert me to the fact that Kings of Convenience did publish a new album back in October, up until just now.
I know you have a lot on your hands but a delay of more than two months is almost unacceptably long. I hope it’s nothing to do with me and we can stay friends.
Yours, Martin
“And what we expect with certainty is essential to our whole life.”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein: Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics (translated by G.E.M. Anscombe) (via fuckyeahphilosophy)
“Just an idea: next time you see something you like, write the person who made it...”
– Dean Allen
