TMI
- Elliott Bay or Amazon
- Meridian or Film Forum
- SVN or Git
- What do you like to read when you poop?: I stare out the window
- What helps you sleep?: Getting in bed.
Feb 16
Transient Gadfly commented on A Rising Tide of Income Equality Sinks All Boats.
I'm going to assume you mean "a rising tide of income IN-equality"
Jan 22
Transient Gadfly commented on The Things That Keep Me Up at Night.
In fact the current mortality rate of humanity is like 93%, so there's always hope.
Dec 23, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on Slog Bible Study: Deuteronomy 28:22.
The LORD is kind of a DICK
Dec 4, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on WHO IS THIS?.
I would say that's John Roderick, but he's not going to be in Seattle on Friday (at least not that I'm aware of).
Dec 3, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on On Purpose In the Universe.
@dwightmoody--correct, he did disclaim, but his disclaimer is based on an antropo-centric answer to that question. Here, for instance, is somebody answering the question quite differently:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1847
I don't think even Tyson would argue these folks aren't going about finding an answer to the question scientifically.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1847
I don't think even Tyson would argue these folks aren't going about finding an answer to the question scientifically.
Dec 3, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on On Purpose In the Universe.
In fact he didn't answer that question. He answered the question "Does the universe have a purpose vis a vis humanity?" To which, indeed, the answer is almost certainly no. On the other hand, the universe may well have a purpose of which we are just some odd side-effect.
Nov 17, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on The Husband of the Woman the General Fucked.
It is only by reading that I learn that there exist people in the world whose lives are very different from mine.
Aug 28, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on Two Very Different Takes on Crime Writing.
Also, Laurie Frankel today asking the question, why are the hot books of the summer about abusive relationships?
http://www.lauriefrankel.net/blog/2012/0…
http://www.lauriefrankel.net/blog/2012/0…
Jul 11, 2012
Transient Gadfly commented on A Libor Is Not a Cross Between a Lion and a Tiger.
"...he had knowledge about a plot to basically steal money from the public."
There is no qualification necessary. The bankers didn't "basically steal" or "all but steal" or "use questionable methods to manipulate financial markets." They stole. They are thieves. They stole billions of dollars from millions of people. The fact that they stole an outrageous amount of money from an outrageous number of people instead of, say, ten thousand dollars from a freight company does not therefore make it necessary to attempt to lessen the impact of the language when describing it.
There is no qualification necessary. The bankers didn't "basically steal" or "all but steal" or "use questionable methods to manipulate financial markets." They stole. They are thieves. They stole billions of dollars from millions of people. The fact that they stole an outrageous amount of money from an outrageous number of people instead of, say, ten thousand dollars from a freight company does not therefore make it necessary to attempt to lessen the impact of the language when describing it.
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