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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Clever
As I’ve been (vaguely) following the Kagan hearings, I’ve come to a somewhat surprising conclusion: I think the sort of person for whom “intelligence” is a matter of being cute with language and/or logic is not just unhelpful, but actively … Continue reading
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Tesla
So, I see that Tesla’s stock is off to a strong start. Well, not to violate Quentin Tarantino’s sage advice (“The less a man makes declarative statements, the less apt he is to look foolish in retrospect.”) but Tesla is … Continue reading
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Real Dollars
I saw this last week: it’s an interesting comparison of what 152 hours worth of labor (at the average hourly wage) would have bought you in 1964 vs. what it would buy you today. (Via, once again, Jonah at The … Continue reading
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Transforms
When I discussed how to resize UIPickerViews last year, I touched upon the fact that a UIView’s transform property is rather unusual; according to the documentation: The origin of the transform is the value of the center property, or the … Continue reading
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Deep River
Watching “Mulholland Dr.” recently, I was reminded that Diane Selwyn/Betty Elms repeatedly says that she’s from “Deep River, Ontario”. This is usually chalked up as an allusion to the dream-nature of the film, or to Lynch’s fondness for the phrase. … Continue reading
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Op-Ed
Charles Murray writes: I got my check from the New York Times for an op-ed that was published a few weeks ago. It was for $75. I’d say that the age of the professional pundit is basically over. (Via Jonah … Continue reading
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Household Energy Consumption
Scott Adams has a post up that’s really too dumb to go into. It does, however, raise an interesting question: What would a typical home’s energy usage look like, expressed in terms of pumping water? I think it’s a novel … Continue reading
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