”George RR Martin writes on an ancient program called Wordstar 4.0 on a dos computer. He is selling more books than nearly anyone on the planet and his computer can’t even send an email. … So often we think that we need more to be successful.”
Kyle Westaway
“There will be ways to protect against being ‘faked’ by doing things like wearing a live cellular automaton tie.”
Stephen Wolfram
”America reached its zenith as a world power when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and entered its decline with the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Fareed Zakaria
”For each new millionaire household the San Francisco Bay Area has produced, there are at least four new people living below the poverty level. San Francisco’s property crime rate has spiked to the highest in the nation."
Dave Pell
Wow. Stark Reality.
via Futility Closet - and well worth quoting
“Success Story”
I never got on good
relations with the world
first I had nothing
the world wanted
then the world had
nothing I wanted
A.R. Ammons
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”Congratulations The Cure – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees 2019! Are you as excited as I am?”
Excited Interviewer
“By the sounds of it, no.”
Robert Smith
UK - USA Differalities (2) : Tea
“Listen and learn, son. Tea is a herb that’s been dried out so to bring it back to life, you have to infuse it in boiling water. That is boiling water and everywhere I’ve been in this country, they slap down a cup of tepid nonsense, you know, with the tea bag lying beside it, which means I’ve got to go through the ridiculous business of dunking it in the lukewarm piss waiting for the slightest change of color to occur. And at my age, I haven’t got the time.”
💬 Muriel - The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
One of an occasional series of posts commenting on ‘Differalities’ (the ‘commonalities’) that divide the UK and the US.
Emails Show Facebook Is Well Aware That Tracking Contacts Is Creepy.
”The Facebook executives who approved this ought to be going to jail. Facebook is to privacy what Enron was to accounting."
John Gruber