Archive for June 21, 2013

Encryption, Privacy Settings and Unintended Consequences

Public key encryption was being thrown around by the gov at least 10 years earlier.

Facebook has new privacy settings

The unintended consequences of government snooping or what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Eat a dick

Eat a dick

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PTSD, Jesse Jackson and Panic Attacks

A quick story about PTSD.

Self Affirmations with Jesse Jackson.

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Game of Fred Savage, Elephants and Slayer

The Princess Bride explains The Game of Thrones.

Q:What is cooler than a war elephant.
A: Not a thing.

Slayer’s Angel of Death slowed down 800 times.

"War Pigs" is the most hardcore least hippie war protest song in ever.

“War Pigs” is the most hardcore least hippie war protest song in ever.

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Prison Industrial Complex, Reagan and STEM

“Since 1980, the US prison population has grown by 790%. We have the largest prison population of any nation in the history of the world. One in three African-American men will go to jail at some point in his life. Imprisoning that many people, most of them for non-violent offenses, doesn’t come cheap, especially when you’re paying private contractors. The United States now spends $50bn on our corrections system every year.”

Guess who was elected in 1980?

Why STEM Education shouldn’t be overlooked.

From Wikipedia

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Get Off My Lawn, Iran and Twitter

A Roomba for your lawn.

Iran has a new president.

Twitter changed their APIs and shutdown the old ones pretty much screwing a lot people over.

I was hoping it would be a bit better. I'm awaiting the 2.0 version.

I was hoping it would be a bit better. I’m awaiting the 2.0 version.

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I got deja vu making this post

Astute web-based readers of this site we’ll notice we’re using tags now on some posts. This is very exciting, no? No.

Super Soakers
Squirrel fishing
The Exotic Birds of Brussels
Name Three Germans
Portraits of Grandmas and Their Cuisine From Around the World
Luke Perry’s garlic-fried steak
Eventually you will be dead but today you are not
10 Creepy Video Game Urban Legends
What’s Dylan Grillin’?
Boards of Canada / Noam Chomsky
DJ Lobsterdust – Queen vs. Satan ft. pastor Gary G. “It’s fun to smoke…”
Top Ten Classical-Music Samples in Hip-Hop
“Yeah, no.”
The $20 Theory of the Universe
Cow Tools: Revisiting a Comic Masterpiece
Round Barns and Covered Bridges
Shed of the year 2013 finalists

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