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Who Was David Hume? by Anthony Gottlieb | The New York Review of Books: “David Hume, who died in his native Edinburgh in 1776, has become something of a hero to academic philosophers. In 2009, he won first place in a large international poll of professors and graduate students who were asked to name the dead thinker with whom they most identified. The runners-up in this peculiar race were Aristotle and Kant. Hume beat them by a comfortable margin. Socrates only just made the top twenty.”
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The button that isn’t | Restricted Data: There’s no actual big red button to launch all the missiles. Interesting article on nuclear command and control.
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Secular Solstice: Doing good for goodness’ sake – The Washington Post: The WaPo reports on secular solstice celebration. Sounds cool.
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“Yer a Developer, Harry” – Programming Is Magic: How being a programmer is a bit like being a wizard. Via andrewducker.
(tags: magic programming spells software wizards)
A Poor Imitation of Alan Turing by Christian Caryl | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books: The Imitation Game is pretty bad as history. Via HD on Facebook.
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Read The Leprechauns of Software Engineering | Leanpub: Looks interesting, a few sample chapters on the “10 x” programmer and waterfall.
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William Gibson: ‘We always think of ourselves as the cream of creation’ | Books | The Observer: Gibson has a new book out.
(tags: william-gibson sci-fi science-fiction books review)
The Last Chance Ragtime Band by Harry & Edna on the Wireless | Mixcloud: Last Chance Ragtime Band on the radio, talking about playing for dancers. I knew them before they were famous.
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