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dearth
nobody on my list except AJR posts or comments regularly anymore, so i guess i'll be taking a hiatus for awhile. -
Kevin's Rules; subcategory: interviews
1. Make one mistake during your interview. This will let your interviewer see how you recover from your mistake. It's a good thing to know about the people one hires. This rule has the added benefit of making you appear fallible and, hopefully, likable. A corollary to this rule is: always plan to recover from your mistakes ( Read more... ) -
Wise words.
"God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: ... Nipples for men ( Read more... ) -
big number anger.
The Busy Beaver sequence is a crock of shit. The Ackerman sequence gets bigger much faster (spoken with the fervor used by religious zealots who take everything on faith).
Also, Graham's number is a cheap knock-off of the Ackerman sequence.
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I seem to be the most frequent poster on my friends list.
anyway, here's:
"See 5,000 years of the five most violent or influential religions in 90 seconds." -
cooking disasters
apparently, it's really easy to fuck up custard and turn it into a watery scrambled egg with scalded milk disgusting lumpy runny mess. It looked like the waste from a liposuction clinic. and the replacement batch is not setting. I probably didn't cook it long enough out of paranoia ( Read more... ) -
Funny shit
[warning: I've been reading Scott Adams's blog for several hours. this post is bound to be similar to his in flavor. he's really cynical and snarky. you have been warned ( Read more... )