Category: Mix

A Deductive Moral Argument for Helping Those Who Fail
13
Apr
2025

A Deductive Moral Argument for Helping Those Who Fail

There is no supernatural origin of free will. All human action is the product of the interaction of a finite…

Twitter Explained in Three Paragraphs
13
Apr
2025

Twitter Explained in Three Paragraphs

People struggle with why Twitter is special. It’s special because it counters, better than any other technology, the timeless social…

Does Your Morality Come from God or From Within?
13
Apr
2025

Does Your Morality Come from God or From Within?

One of the most common arguments from the religious is that without God there would be no morality. Non-believers reject…

Three Ways of Learning About the World
13
Apr
2025

Three Ways of Learning About the World

There are three fundamental ways of learning about the world, and they map well to concepts we’re all familiar with:…

The Connected Web: Why It’s Time For Strong Authentication
13
Apr
2025

The Connected Web: Why It’s Time For Strong Authentication

It’s getting exciting in the world of cross-network authentication. Let’s review. I can now: We’re quickly approaching the point where…

A Better Website Concept: A Lifestream Interface
13
Apr
2025

A Better Website Concept: A Lifestream Interface

May 4, 2009 One of the things I’ve always found lacking with the various types of RSS feeds available from…

How to Build a Strong Argument
13
Apr
2025

How to Build a Strong Argument

In the spirit of improving my debating skills (both written and oral) I’m setting out on a short project to…

Moderate vs. Extremist Religion | Daniel Miessler
13
Apr
2025

Moderate vs. Extremist Religion | Daniel Miessler

Image from the Star Tribune This boy will likely die soon as a direct result of a false belief. His…

Standards For Addition to Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, and LinkedIn
13
Apr
2025

Standards For Addition to Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, and LinkedIn

Here’s an interesting question: what is your standard for deciding when to add a given person to these various services?…

Verisign VIP for Two-Factor Authentication, and PIP for OpenID
13
Apr
2025

Verisign VIP for Two-Factor Authentication, and PIP for OpenID

I’ve been using Verisign VIP for a while now with a hard token like the one seen below. It allows…

How to Display Content From Other Services Within Facebook Automatically
13
Apr
2025

How to Display Content From Other Services Within Facebook Automatically

For Facebook to be as big as it is, it seems like it’d be easier to answer the question that…

How to Get Around the md5sum Carriage Return Issue
13
Apr
2025

How to Get Around the md5sum Carriage Return Issue

There’s an issue with md5sum where it returns unexpected results due to the fact that appends a carriage return to…