How to discuss politics

Of course, one way to make sure you never sound like an idiot when discussing politics (or have to suffer someone else who does) is to just avoid discussing politics in polite company. That said, sometimes a spirited discussion on current events is fun and informative, and sometimes you have the opportunity to talk to someone with an opinion or background you’d like to benefit from. In this post, we’ll show you how to approach those political conversations from an informed, civil angle, without a conversation with someone you may disagree with devolving into a mouth-frothing mess like you’d see on Sunday Morning talk shows.

Alan Henry from, How to Avoid Sounding Like an Idiot When Discussing Politics

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Mathematics

To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature. C.P. Snow talked about two cultures. I really think that those two cultures separate people who have and people who have not had this experience of understanding mathematics well enough to appreciate nature once. […] Physicists cannot make a conversion to any other language. If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in. She offers her information only in one form; we are not so unhumble as to demand that she change before we pay any attention.

~ Richard Feynman

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Unicorns

What is the most effective discipline to learn for absolute beginners?

~ GµårÐïåñ from, What is the Most Effective Discipline to Learn for Absolute Beginners

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Kyoto

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Control T for TENEX

This magic works via detection of a STATUS control character, Control-T, by the kernel tty driver, which then prints the load line via tty_info() on FreeBSD or ttyinfo_locked() on Mac OS X. It also sends a SIGINFO to the process, so it can run its own routine. See STATUS in the termios(4) man page.

~ Brendan Gregg from, «http://dtrace.org/blogs/brendan/2013/10/05/control-t-for-tenex/»

It is so freakin’ cool when I learn new Unix tricks. It’s like a maze of twisty passages, all alike; Except there’s… oh! A piece of candy! oh! A piece of candy! oh! A piece of candy.

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Compassion

All cruelty springs from weakness.

~ Seneca

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Hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball

detonation of a hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball

~ Randall Munroe from, Lethal Neutrinos

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This does not end well.

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Transgression Tuesday

…where you feel guilty for what you did on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Lowell Observatory Telescope

The telescope, inside the observatory dome, at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona.

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Prioritize practical movement

Natural human movement comprises locomotive skills such as walking, running, balancing, jumping, crawling, climbing, or swimming; manipulative skills such as lifting, carrying, throwing, and catching; and combative skills such as striking and grappling. In today’s comfortable world we are losing sight of the practicality of these skills, yet their value cannot be ignored whenever a life-threatening situation arises. You might have to run for your life, or climb, swim, fight, lift, etc. These abilities can save not only your own life, but that of strangers and loved ones as well. George Hebert said, “Be strong to be useful.” Do you want to be strong and useful? Then prioritize practical ways to move.

~ Brett McKay from, Get Fit Like a Wild Man

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