Saturday, July 23, 2016

Siri porn query leads to a call from sex worker?

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The weirdest thing happened today. I was looking for an address on my street, because I wanted to fix a delivery error of somebody's els...
Sunday, July 3, 2016

How The Mind Works by Steven Pinker

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A good book. Sometimes a bit too wordy. Sometimes a bit off topic. Nevertheless, very interesting.  It's not just about the mind....
Saturday, July 2, 2016

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

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The full title includes: "Kind of the Story of My Life". Published in 2013. Scott's recipe for happiness, condensed: He...

Polish Proverbs - Part Three

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1. Starych drzew się nie przesadza.  Old trees are not to be replanted. Old people should not be uprooted. They should live out their days i...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Belgrade, Serbia

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A short stopover in Belgrade, Serbia on the way to Warsaw. Quick, random observations: Serbia and Serbs are in some respects very simil...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

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by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, originally published in 1980. A great review of this book is here:  http://blog.codinghorror.com/how-to-...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Ahead of time vs just in-time compilation

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An interesting blog about AOT (ahead of time) versus JIT (just in-time) compilation: "So, Windows 10 has just been released, and with...