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November 2013

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Web Components: Why You're Already An Expert - Mark Dalgleish

http://markdalgleish.com/2013/11/web-components-why-youre-already-an-expert
Web Components are going to fundamentally change the nature of HTML. At first glance, they may seem like a complicated set of new technologies, but Web Components are built around a simple premise. Developers should be free to act like browser vendors, extending the vocabulary of HTML itself. via Pocket
#Unread #favorites #ifttt #imported:pinboard #pocket
archive.org #24810

Hordes Of Novices | 8th Light

http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2013/11/19/HoardsOfNovices.html
Is the software industry trying to write the script for Hamlet by hiring a million monkeys to bang on keyboards? Perhaps we should rethink that strategy and hire one bard instead. Perhaps, instead of hordes of novices, we need a small team of professionals. via Pocket
#favorites #ifttt #imported:pinboard #pocket
archive.org #24367

Gamasutra - The new gen's most important question: Who cares?

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/205224/The_new_gens_most_important_question_Who_cares.php
It's unpopular to say you don't care about consoles, to suggest you don't need to care. It feels like disloyalty to the industry. But what's becoming clear, even if it feels controversial and treacherous to say -- even if it threatens the industry and its loyal consumers, galvanizes them to internet arguments -- is that the console business and the industry models that built it are no longer the main avenue for the medium of games. They're probably not even the most important, even though they remain the most visible to your average person.
#gaming #imported:pinboard #indie #playstation #to:fb #xbox
archive.org #24364

Why Everyone F*cking Loves Science — and Elise Andrew

http://mashable.com/2013/09/11/elise-andrew-i-fucking-love-science
Standing outside the Museum of Natural History on what may have possibly been the most humid, sticky afternoon of the summer, the 40-something New Yorker with a giant DSLR camera hanging from her neck bubbled over with the emotion of a tween girl at a Justin Bieber concert. via Pocket
archive.org #24359

Why You Don't Actually 'F*cking Love Science'

http://mashable.com/2013/09/20/why-you-dont-love-science
So, you think you love science? What does that mean to you, exactly? That’s not what science is, though. That’s data, and like countless “Principal Investigators” of the science world (the professors who are named on research grants), you’re confusing data with science. via Pocket
archive.org #24358

Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0
There are strong arguments against minimum or basic incomes, too. Cost is one. Creating a massive disincentive to work is another. But some experts said the effect might be smaller than you would think. A basic income might be enough to live on, but not enough to live very well on. Such a program would be designed to end poverty without creating a nation of layabouts. The Mincome experiment offers some backup for that argument, too.“For a lot of economists, the issue was that you would disincentivize work,” said Wayne Simpson, a Canadian economist who has studied Mincome. “The evidence showed that it was not nearly as bad as some of the literature had suggested.”
#imported:pinboard #income #poverty #to:fb #welfare
archive.org #32090

Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/switzerlands-proposal-to-pay-people-for-being-alive.html?_r=0&hp=&pagewanted=all
There are strong arguments against minimum or basic incomes, too. Cost is one. Creating a massive disincentive to work is another. But some experts said the effect might be smaller than you would think. A basic income might be enough to live on, but not enough to live very well on. Such a program would be designed to end poverty without creating a nation of layabouts. The Mincome experiment offers some backup for that argument, too.“For a lot of economists, the issue was that you would disincentivize work,” said Wayne Simpson, a Canadian economist who has studied Mincome. “The evidence showed that it was not nearly as bad as some of the literature had suggested.”
#income #poverty #to:fb #welfare
archive.org #24350

Paul O’Shannessy - Do We Need Node?

http://zpao.com/posts/do-we-need-node/
So what do I want? I want a world where the core JS engine is swappable. Maybe I’m deploying on an architecture not supported by V8 (Node on SPARC came up while working on SpiderNode). Maybe my employer only wants to use the JVM. Or maybe Microsoft can get some performance wins by using Chakra for Windows Azure. Back to modules, I don’t want to get rid of npm. Or maybe I do and I want something that only supports ES6+ modules.
#future #imported:pinboard #js #node #to:fb #webdev
archive.org #32091

Paul O’Shannessy - Do We Need Node?

http://zpao.com/posts/do-we-need-node
So what do I want? I want a world where the core JS engine is swappable. Maybe I’m deploying on an architecture not supported by V8 (Node on SPARC came up while working on SpiderNode). Maybe my employer only wants to use the JVM. Or maybe Microsoft can get some performance wins by using Chakra for Windows Azure. Back to modules, I don’t want to get rid of npm. Or maybe I do and I want something that only supports ES6+ modules.
#future #js #node #to:fb #webdev
archive.org #24346

The Art and Animation of Kurt Hartfelder: Batman: The Animated Series Storyboards

http://kurthartfelder.blogspot.com/2010/08/batman-animated-series-storyboards.html
The storyboards above are the original production boards for the series intro. The camera work, screen design, transitions, and compositions are fantastic - and the infamous Batman music playing above it all really tops it off. I knew that this show was great when they were still producing episodes for it back in the early 90's, but after looking at this book again, I have a whole new respect for the artists who designed it and the producers who made it possible.
#90s #animation #awesome #batman #imported:pinboard #to:fb
archive.org #24336

With A Brooklyn Accent: Letter to Governor Christie from the New Jersey Teacher He Screamed At

http://withabrooklynaccent.blogspot.com/2013/11/letter-to-governor-christie-from-new.html
You are setting up teachers to take the blame for all of this. You have portrayed us as greedy, lazy money-draining public servants that do nothing. I invite you to come do my job for one week Governor Christie. I invite you to come see my students, see how little they really have during the school day as they are being forced to keep learning for a single snapshot of their educational worth. For that one end-all, be-all test, the NJASK. The one that the future of my job and my life is now based upon.
#christie #education #imported:pinboard #politics #teachers #to:fb
archive.org #24330

Kopi Luwak is crappy coffee | Chazzano Coffee

https://shopchazzanocoffee.com/kopi-luwak-is-crappy-coffee/
If you ask me about Kopi Luwak, I will supply the usual answer, “Why would I want to drink crappy coffee?” However, the true reason is that there is no food product that is worthwhile if it causes undue stress or pain to an animal. However, if anyone wants to buy some of the best specialty coffee ever, I am willing to sell any of my coffees for $200/ lb.
#chazzano #coffee #imported:pinboard #kopiluwak #to:fb
archive.org #32098

Kopi Luwak is crappy coffee | Chazzano Coffee

https://shopchazzanocoffee.com/kopi-luwak-is-crappy-coffee
If you ask me about Kopi Luwak, I will supply the usual answer, “Why would I want to drink crappy coffee?” However, the true reason is that there is no food product that is worthwhile if it causes undue stress or pain to an animal. However, if anyone wants to buy some of the best specialty coffee ever, I am willing to sell any of my coffees for $200/ lb.
#chazzano #coffee #kopiluwak #to:fb
archive.org #24329