The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.
Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to believe is a good guy. Think about it. A real leader is somebody who, because of his own particular power and charisma and example, is able to inspire people, with “inspire” being used here in a serious and non-cliché way. A real leader can somehow get us to do certain things that deep down we think are good and want to be able to do but usually can’t get ourselves to do on our own. It’s »
It’s finally here.
We live in amazing times.
This is appealing to my interests.
Comcast was the first last mile provider to recognize this and move peering from the realm of network engineers to the MBAs and started systematically refusing to upgrade existing private interconnects and in some cases systematically de-peering in other cases. Comcast neatly side-stepped the entire net-neutrality debate by degrading service to everybody who wasn’t willing to pay for a private interconnect. Comcast has had a relatively free hand because their customers are blissfully unaware of the politics of global peering and instead will just go somewhere else when a website is ‘slow’.
This has put a lot of pressure on companies like Amazon who know that a 100ms delay in the order process can result in a 1% decrease in sales. Since private interconnect arrangements aren’t public my guess is a lot of companies have caved and are paying Comcast to »
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Mobiles are the only thing that counts.
Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago (via Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago – Open Culture)
Cheese says he is mainly interested in the way people do things online. “Our myths that we have don’t necessarily reflect the things that we do, so I want to create new myths,” he says.
The GIF, he continues, is a 30-year-old file format, which is woefully inefficient and yet despite all the innovation in technology, is used to tell stories all over the internet today. When he looked it up on a Wikipedia, all that was there was was a description of what it was and where it came from, but a disappointing lack of insight into its cultural significance. “I don’t think it’s the facts that are important,” he continues. The GIF has a story of its own — a fairytale, in fact — but it is a story based on emotion, not fact.”
Astronomy is what we have now instead of theology. The terrors are less, but the comforts are nil.
John Updike (via jtotheizzoe)
Humor is fundamentally a sense of perspective, and as I’ve grown older I’ve just gone back to the position I had when I was 15 or 16, when I thought most of what was going on was absolutely ridiculous.
John Cleese (via ericmortensen)
thingsthatarecheaperthanwhatsapp:
Cumulative design, build, launch and maintenance costs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_TelescopeThis tumblr is pure gold.
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Google loves them some sensors.
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At Starbucks I order under the name Godot. Then leave.
Eric Jarosinski (via kateoplis)
Dating a designer: 10 things you need to know | Yoke
Dating a designer: 10 things you need to know | Yoke
So you’ve nabbed yourself a designer. Before you dive headfirst into a world of logos and coffee, there are a few quirks you ought to consider.
All of these are verifiable fact. Also, they don’t go away after you get married. But your wedding invitations will be sick. as. hell.
Landscape photos that have snipers hiding in them. Artist: Simon Menner.
High brow Where’s Waldo.
Goat Simulator coming on Steam! – Pre Order Trailer (by CoffeeStainStudios)
This is how Steam will come to dominate all of gaming. Not with a triple A title, but on the back of a goat.
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