Our host Julia rep’ing Pennsylvania Parkour. Two hour en Francais; Vincent chewed us up. I’m stealing all his QM warmups.
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Pennsylvania Parkour →
Snug in Quebec →
What a neat section of Quebec! I promise, parkour photos coming soon . . . class in an hour.
Parcourse →
first sign of parkour in Quebec
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Niagara Falls →
Winter view of Niagara Falls on approach to Toronto. (Biggest swirl I’ve ever seen!) Onward to Quebec. #notFrozenYet #swirlsOnTheMove
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The republic of babel →
But democracies need to be able to talk. I have to know more than just what you want to do or want me to do. I need to understand why you want what you want, and I need to be able to explain why I want something different. We have to be able to discuss the nuances of our hopes and fears and plans — what’s absolutely essential and what isn’t — so that we can cobble together a solution that we can all live with.
~ Doug Muder, from The Republic of Babel
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Ready for Quebec →
Twas the night ‘for Quebec, and all through the house… soaking up our last few minutes by the warm wood stove! If we pre-toast our gear, will it stay warm for 5 days?
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Six programming paradigms →
This is not your grandma’s “functional programming will change the world!” blog post: this list is much more esoteric. I’d wager most readers haven’t heard of the majority of the languages and paradigms below, so I hope you have as much fun learning about these new concepts as I did.
~ Yevgeniy Brikman, from Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding
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Put the moment on hold →
You can’t stop nothin’
~ Jack Johnson
if you got no control.
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You can’t stop wishin’
if you don’t let go.
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You keep on rollin’
put the moment on hold.
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Quebec on Thursday! →
Is there a word for: “excited to meet new people, train in a new place, and freeze to death, all at the same time.” That’s how I feel.
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Where the jobs are →
While America continues to create market-dominating companies like Apple or Google, the number of American jobs they provide doesn’t compare with market-dominating American companies of the past like General Electric or Ford.
The reason why is simple: While much of the design and management happens in America, most of the physical products are manufactured in low-wage economies like China. Those factories that remain in America are highly automated, so that our manufacturing employment plummets even as our manufacturing output continues to rise. America still makes a lot of stuff, it’s just not made by people.
~ Doug Muder, from Where the Jobs Are and Why
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