New PC Setup Steps
[ Sep 12, 2011 ] These are the things I install immediately when I get on a new Windows machine. Linux Tools: install tools so…
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The Rich and Selfish Have Enlisted the Poor to Fight For Them
Obama is trying to raise taxes (by eliminating loopholes) on billionaire corporations that move jobs overseas so that their executives can have more boats and…
My Problem With the Libertarians
I have many friends who are libertarians, and when I spew here regarding politics I often hear from them in comments or via email, “I…
The Truths of America in 2011
There is shockingly little truth in any of the normal outlets in America. Universities, mainstream media, common conversation — they all focus on their own…
Anything Worth Saying is Worth Owning
I’ve been coming repeatedly to a simple conclusion regarding content creation and the use of social services: If something is worth creating, it’s worth keeping…
Don’t Be Agnostic About Ridiculous Propositions
Many are confused about the meaning of agnosticism as it relates to things we as humans are not certain about. The common mistake is combining…
Your Problem with Vim is That You Don’t Grok Vi
From StackOverflow: You mention cutting with yy and complain that you almost never want to cut whole lines. In fact programmers, editing source code, very…
Why Lock Technology Stagnated for Decades
At BSides-LasVegas this year I saw an exemplary talk on the history of lock technology and lock picking. Not only was it informative, but it…
A Deductive Argument for Most Agnostics Being Atheists
One of the most commonly held debates between non-believers is that of whether someone is agnostic or atheist. The problem is that both terms have,…
A Philosophical Reason for Preferring Apple Over Android
The horse is dead. Design, feel, features, openness, customizability — we’ve heard it all. The main arguments are well understood by anyone with an interest…
Adding a Trailing Slash to Directories Using Varnish
My web configuration makes use of Varnish as a front-end, and I noticed a bug recently where asking for “/study” was failing, while asking for…
Interesting Web Data from a Day on the Front Page of Hacker News
I spent yesterday on the front page of Hacker News for my git primer, which resulted in over 12K page views and some fascinating insight…