February 2012
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“In many ways, today’s smartphone litigation is a sequel to that far-off...”
– If Android is a “stolen product,” then so was the iPhone
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Corporations Don’t Need a Tax Cut, So Why Is Obama... →
kateoplis:
“The Obama administration is proposing to lower corporate taxes from the current 35 percent to 28 percent for most companies and to 25 percent for manufacturers.
The move is supposed to be “revenue neutral” – meaning the Administration is also proposing to close assorted corporate tax loopholes to offset the lost revenues. One such loophole allows corporations to park their earnings...
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"At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13,... →
motherjones:
The actual Most Interesting Man in the World died last week. If you haven’t taken a minute to read his obituary, please do so now.
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“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat Twinkies and Cocoa Puffs and...”
– From sustainable farmer Joel Salatin. Quote captured by Amy Eddings on WNYC Culture blog. (via newanddifferentsun)
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets - NYTimes.com →
focusing on Target, this is one of the most important and well-done privacy stories in recent memory. first see the Forbes summary.
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Opposition to Abortion Need Not be Religiously...
apologeticsnstuff:
It is commonly assumed that opposition to abortion can be based only on religious premises. To show that this assumption is false, only one counterexample is needed. What follows is an anti-abortion argument that does not invoke any religious tenet: (1) Infanticide is morally wrong; (2) There is no morally relevant difference between abortion and infanticide; ergo, (3)...
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“Soon enough, planes, trains, subways, and, yes, showers will offer the option of...”
– Scott Belsky on the extinction of deep thinking and sacred space (via curiositycounts)
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“While the Reformed evangelists of the Great Awakening were also presidents of...”
– Michael Horton (via nameful)
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apologeticsnstuff:
Philosophically, there is no morally significant difference between the embryo you once were and the adult you are today. As Stephen Schwarz point out using the acronym SLED, differences of size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency are not relevant in the way that abortion advocates need them to be:
Size: Yes, embryos are smaller than newborns and...
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Email from Thesis Advisor
tj:
Is it acceptable to say that I love my doctoral thesis advisor? Because I really do. (She is also the head of the doctoral program, and one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed it so much is because of her attitude which pervades the entire program.)
I emailed her tonight to say that I had been making progress but not enough to think I’ll be done in time for graduation this year, and how I’m in...
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“Yes, it’s bothersome to rights-holders that they can’t just shut down foreign...”
– Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already Have - Margot Kaminski - Technology - The Atlantic (via infoneer-pulse)
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Watchhermit crabs in a tidepool
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Watchan anemone tries to eat my finger @ Nicholas Canyon County Beach
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How To: Stream Mac Desktop to Apple TV |... →
cleverhacks:
context: I have only Apple TVs in the house now (no over-the-air or cable/satellite source), and am trying to figure out how to stream the Super Bowl to one of my Apple TVs so I can watch it on the big screen tomorrow. There are a number of options, but what I really want is to stream the desktop of one of my Macs (where I can stream the Super Bowl in a web browser) and display it...
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