'say something smart' | technologies after an anti-essence phd in language philosophy. then some literature must be written. living, loving in the meanwhile.

Oxford, England
Joined March 2008
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri
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Always remember: the large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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“Ah well” - Translation: Another dream crushed
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Here's a video of a Chimpanzee using Instagram. It's eye-opening. instagram.com/p/Bwf080_Bfby/
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Stefan Zweig on open borders before 1914 (from his memoirs, The World of Yesterday, 436):
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Knife crime is surging - and a society that puts money ahead of young people's lives is to blame.
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Well it's mid-week and freezing cold, so here's a thread of composers as biscuits. 1. J. S. Bach, Chocolate Leibniz. Basically cannot go wrong with this biscuit.
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The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri
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A quick note to you all. Let us never, ever, ever give up.
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Schadenfreude - German for Brexit
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When you try to describe your writing project in progress
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Software dev is 20% code and 80% people. Yet this industry pushes coding. We create code “bootcamps” , create “everyone should code” startups, crap on “soft skills” or anything that isn’t typing code, divide on “tech” and “non-tech”. Code is 20%. And I’m being generous.
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All knowledge creates fresh ignorance. —Henri Michaux, tr. Richard Sieburth poet.ly/YWbE30kbxQZ
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Me: When is the best time for me to give you a call? Developer: Some time around 1996 when phone calls were considered normal.
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And here's the preprint PDF because Latex. It's in two columns so everything I say there is SCIENCE alvaro-videla.com/pdfs/lecto…
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