I love this
Louis CK talking about cell phones and airplanes
Technology is really ticking me off today
I just want something that works! Is that too much to ask??
The American Paradox
In 1957, as economist John Kenneth Galbraith was describing the United States as The Affluent Society, Americans’ per-person income was about $9,000. Today, the United States is a doubly affluent society. With double the spending power, we now own twice as many cars per person, eat out twice as often, and are supported by a whole new world of technology. Since 1960 we have also seen the proportion of households with dishwashers rise from 7% to 60%, clothes dryers from 20% to 74%, and air-conditioning from 15% to 86%.
Yet, since 1957, the number of Americans who say they are “very happy” has declined from 35% to 32%. Twice as rich and apparently no happier. Furthermore, the divorce rate has doubled, the teen suicide rate has more than doubled, and more people than ever (especially teens and young adults) are depressed.
We might call this soaring wealth and shrinking spirit “the American Paradox.” More than ever, we have big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale, more comfortable cars and more road rage. We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity but yearn for purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger.
This is the remote server that I do my programming assignments on. And this is happening every single time I try to log in.
To you non-computer science folk, this is comparable to… trying to do your math homework, but all the pages of your math book are glued together.
except I can’t just borrow someone else’s math book, because there’s only one math book in the whole world and we all share it.
This is so cool
One week Steve Jobs dies and his death tops the news agendas in dozens of countries. Just over a week later, Dennis Ritchie dies and nobody – except for a few geeks – notices. And yet his work touched the lives of far more people than anything Steve Jobs ever did.
John Naughton, The Observer
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I have a problem
I have all these sites I check regularly, right? email, facebook, tumblr, forums, etc.
My problem is I sometimes feel the need to check, say, my email while I’m checking my email
then I get confused when I load my email and its the exact same page that I just was looking at
Have you ever thought about just how fascinating it is that things like this are possible in today’s era?
It’s like, you live halfway across the world and I have no idea who you are, but I can see a picture you took while I was making the sandwich I am eating right now.
holy bananas
