Google is less concerned with how awesome you appear, than how awesome you actually are

Posted in Developing Software, Everything on Apr 15, 2017

Insightful article about going beneath the surface layer to understand people. Google attracts enough talent that it can afford to look beyond the obvious factors in hiring. For example: "leadership — in particular emergent leadership as opposed to traditional leadership. Traditional leadership is, were you president of the chess club? Were you vice president of sales? How quickly did you get there? We don't care. What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you're a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop l...

Sony patent application talks about method for wirelessly juicing up devices via NFC

Posted in Everything on Mar 19, 2017

https://techxplore.com/news/2017-03-sony-patent-application-method-wirelessly.html

Wirelessly charging your phone using your friend's phone? You have to hand it to Sony for bright ideas. James Milne, True Xiong and Charles McCoy are named as the inventors on a Sony patent application published earlier this month.

A patent application published earlier hits month was filed in November last year and is titled, "Configuration of Data and Power Transfer in Near Field Communications."

How Humans Invented Numbers—And How Numbers Reshaped Our World | Innovation | Smithsonian

Posted in Everything on Mar 19, 2017

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-humans-invented-numbersand-how-numbers-reshaped-our-world-180962485/

Rethinking Creativity: Are We Listening To Our Prophets and Healers?

Posted in Everything on Mar 19, 2017

http://highexistence.com/rethinking-mental-illness-are-we-drugging-our-prophets-and-healers/

Why I Wrote My Eulogy Yesterday - Vironika Tugaleva

Posted in Everything on Mar 19, 2017

http://www.vironika.org/wrote-eulogy-yesterday/

Brazilian Government Makes Critical Decision About Indigenous Lands

Posted in Everything on Mar 19, 2017

http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-government-makes-critical-decision-about-indigenous-lands/?

How To Make Your Own Healthy Marshmallows

Posted in Everything on Mar 15, 2017

This looks fun.

http://www.realfarmacy.com/healthy-marshmallow-diy/

The neutral pole... decides everything

Posted in Everything, Postinfinity Tergiversation on Nov 12, 2016

We usually think of the pole of the switch as some kind of neutral, like the definition of the word "set" in set theory, the neutral pole at the center of a rotary switch (see below). This pole is us, interacting with analog interfaces into the great digital Cybernetic Intelligence we've been building for a couple generations in order to behold who we are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_switch

Everybody knows - Leonard Cohen - YouTube

Posted in Everything on Nov 12, 2016

Everybody knows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg

The Guy Who Posts Leonard Cohen's "The Partisan" On Your Wall Every Day

Posted in Everything on Nov 12, 2016

It's a bot. Stops working on Veteran's Day. Doesn't exist, just an idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S34cVkL6zCE