Human Memory Schema: is_real ; is_dream ; is_fantasy
A while back I posted about having experiences through books. I was thinking again about this today and was imagining a rock-climbing experience. I myself…
Author: Cybernoz
South Korea confronts unseen scars of AI sex crimes: ‘the law didn’t protect me’
When Ruma*, a graduate student in South Korea, received sexually explicit doctored images of herself via Telegram in 2021, she could not sleep for weeks.…
Terror Defense Based on Resilience Rather than Avoidance
America is wide open and trusting. This shouldn’t change. The idea of stopping terrorist attacks from occurring is simply asinine in this light, as it’s…
Hitchens vs. Strunk and White
I am quite curious how top tier writers square the circle of Strunk and White’s demand for being concise and avoiding long, complex sentences, and…
Programming as a Life Skill
Perhaps the most obvious and powerful of changes in our world is the penetration of computers into our personal lives. This is penetration to the…
Great Companies Don’t Just Build Apps, They Engineer Experiences
What is the most valuable asset a company has? It’s not just its intellectual property, brand recognition, or even its technology – it is its…
Why Best Buy is Gradually Going out of Business | Forbes
The reasons for the company’s dwindling prospects are easy to find. Just walk into one of the company’s retail locations or shop online. And try,…
Mandatory States for Human Happiness
I’ve been thinking recently about what states of being are required for optimum health. A few things bring this on: 1) Paul Graham’s writing on…
An HTML 5 Christmas | Daniel Miessler
It’s Christmas day and I just happened upon a post by the Google Webmaster team talking about removing the HTML, HEAD, and BODY tags from…
3 Trends for an Advancing Human Civilization
One of my favorite things about true learning is that it magnifies itself. True understanding doesn’t just teach you about the topic at hand, it…
A Collection (of Collections) of Obama’s Accomplishments
This next year is going to yield many debates on what our current President has or has not accomplished in his first term. Here’s a…
Widespread Microsoft Entra lockouts tied to new security feature rollout
Windows administrators from numerous organizations report widespread account lockouts triggered by false positives in the rollout of a new Microsoft Entra ID’s “leaked credentials” detection…