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Snobbery
‘That Plato’s republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history.‘― Bertrand Russell
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Powershell or Nickel & Dimed
‘Your choice is Learn Powershell, or Would you like fries with that ?‘― Don Gannon-Jones
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A House of Dynamite
Watched this movie on Netflix after having read about it in the paper. In the movie a single unattributed nuclear missile is launched at the US. The whole movie tells the story what happens in the 20 minutes between launch detection and impact. It is a good thriller for the first 40 minutes at least.…
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The Road From Los Alamos, Hans Bethe (ISBN 978-0883187074, American Institute of Physics)
I bought this book after reading the making of the atomic bomb. And then, as usual it ended up sitting on a shelf for a long time. After recently having read Dark Sun I decided it was time to get this book from Hans Bethe behind me. It was actually better than I expected and…
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The Auk adventure continues
A few weeks ago the first cherry tomatoes started to appear. Now there are more and bigger ones on the plant but all are still very green. Also, my other 2 plants are starting to bear fruit although it is too early to tell with certainty which one is the pepper plant and which one…
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AI Humor
When writing posts I often ask the system to generate title options. Very often I find them uninspired and stereotypical. The follow a repetitive pattern and as a result I don’t use them very often. Recently I posted the following quote ‘It may be that we are jogging in tandem on a treadmill to nowhere.‘…
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Here, There and Everywhere
‘Why should I go anywhere when I am already there ?‘― Brahmin Ladies
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A Rigid System
‘What happened in this country was that a rigid system was created, and then life was hearded into it.‘― Mikhail Gorbachev
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Apes on a Treadmill
‘It may be that we are jogging in tandem on a treadmill to nowhere.‘― Paul Warnke
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Dark Sun. The making of the hydrogen bomb, Richard Rhodes (ISBN 9780684824147, Simon & Schuster)
After having read ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ by Richard Rhodes I also had to read this book. It didn’t win the Pulitzer prize although it did make the short list for it. Compared to the award winning ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ I have to agree this book is not as excellent…
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