Brian Moriarty | Lectures & Presentations | An Apology for Roger Ebert
Brian Moriarty | Lectures & Presentations
Hasnain says:
I don't know why I started reading this, but I got hooked. It was engrossing.
Posted on 2017-03-19T01:16:55+0000
Shut Up About Harvard
It’s college admissions season, which means it’s time once again for the annual flood of stories that badly misrepresent what higher education looks like for most American students — and skew…
Murder or Self-Defense if Officer Is Killed in Raid?
With battering rams and flash-bang grenades, SWAT teams fuel the risk of violence as they forcibly enter suspects’ homes. Five months and 85 miles apart, two cases took starkly divergent legal paths.
Hasnain says:
Part 2 of the series from the previous post. This is all sorts of wrong.
Posted on 2017-03-18T22:18:07+0000
Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood
Using SWAT officers to storm into homes to execute search warrants has led time and again to avoidable deaths, gruesome injuries and costly legal settlements.
Hasnain says:
I still don't get why there's no data around how many SWAT raids happen.
They seem to be state sanctioned murder basically.
Posted on 2017-03-18T22:12:22+0000
Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams talks about simulating the most complex magic system ever
In his quest to create a true 'fantasy world simulator,' Adams is working on Dwarf Fortress's most monumental changes in years.
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Posted on 2017-03-18T06:47:04+0000
Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute
An appeals court ruling on Monday was a victory for truck drivers and punctuation pedants.
Hasnain says:
See, my grammar nazi skills are actually worth something
Posted on 2017-03-17T22:52:23+0000
The Secret Most of the "Occupy Wall Street" Folks Haven't Realized Is the Struggle Is Not Between the Rich and Poor -
The Occupy Wall Street hasn’t figured out that the reason the bottom of society is struggling isn’t tax policy or the top 1% of wealth. It was spelled out decades ago, with shocking detail and precision, in a prophecy by business thinker Peter Drucker that we are now watching unfold before our eyes....
Pakistani Artist’s Concept Art Of A Sci-Fi Pakistan Will Blow You Away
Sci-Fi and Fantasy fans get ready to be blown away by what you are about to see. Have you ever wondered what would Pakistan look like if it was set in a sci-fi movie? Your prayers
Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone
The history of coffee gives us surprising insight into the future of the world's most popular banana.
Hasnain says:
"That we have created such a simple world seems dissatisfying, but just because something is dissatisfying doesn’t mean it won’t suffice. Theoretically, we could live off of a diminishing number of crops. We could even get by on a single crop. Potatoes, for example, provide nearly all the nutrients we need, as do cassava and sweet potatoes. But just as our demand for a few basic foods whenever we want them was predictable, so, too, were the problems these crops are now facing. The more we feed ourselves according to our most primitive desires, the more we create a world dominated by just a few productive crops—crops that are threatened by their very commonness. Even coffee is at risk again. Having learned nothing from Sri Lanka, we have once more planted varieties of coffee that are susceptible to coffee rust in large plantations, and the rust is back. That these crops are nearly all at risk today from pests, pathogens, and climate change is not a fluke. Given our preferences, it was nearly inevitable"
Posted on 2017-03-17T04:41:13+0000
False information on the internet is hiding the truth about onions
Tom Scocca wants to fight "the darkness of falsehood." He's starting with onions.
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Posted on 2017-03-17T04:35:48+0000