For about 8 hours I've been thinking, "OK, time to stop writing code and play some video games." (After all it's a rainy day Saturday) But then I'd write just a little more code.
Typically you would swap the "writing code" and "play some video games" parts of that sentence.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 5, 2013
Boston Dynamic's galloping robot is a galloping robot.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 4, 2013
This 98 year old man creates pretty awesome artwork that's a blend between pointillism and 8-bit.
He does it with MS Paint.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 3, 2013
Step 2: 3d print customized appliance with 400 bristles per tooth.
Step 3: Sell for $400+
Step 5: Owner of fancy toothbrush completely brushes teeth in 6 seconds.
Toothbrush ‘cleans in six seconds’
Originally posted on Google+ · October 2, 2013
The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer which keeps that liquid from boiling rapidly.
Thanks Wikipedia.
So these people use specially-crafted surfaces at 200 deg C to direct water in a controlled manner.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 2, 2013
Originally posted on Google+ · October 2, 2013
It's about replicating the interesting parts of being a 1000 year old vampire.
Different experiences level a person up at different rates. You could work some boring job all your life and be 60 and not be much more awesome than your average teenager. On the other hand, some people have such varied and so much life experience that by 30 they are as awesome as a 1000 year old vampire.
This reminds me that it's possible to conduct your life with more or less efficiency, sometimes by orders of magnitude. Further, while we don't have actual life extension, it's content we care about, not run time. If you can change your habits such that you get 3 times as much done, that's like tripling your effective lifespan.
From How to Become a 1000 Year Old Vampire on LessWrong.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 2, 2013
Developers who have had to deal with "enterprise" software will appreciate this:
Enterprise software marks a special high-grade class of software that makes careful use of relevant software architecture design principles to build particularly customizable and extensible solutions to real problems. This project is an example of how the popular FizzBuzz game might be built were it subject to the high quality standards of enterprise software.
FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition
FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition – FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition is a no-nonsense implementation of FizzBuzz made by a serious businessman for serious business purposes.
Originally posted on Google+ · October 1, 2013
Ethan Siegel posted about this underwater waterfall here: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/09/22/weekend-diversion-an-underwater-waterfall/
It's quite interesting, but am I the only one who gets a foreboding feeling just looking at that thing?
Originally posted on Google+ · September 28, 2013
Originally posted on Google+ · September 28, 2013
