Yavin 4 = Tikal
This morning while watching Star Wars, Episode 4, I noticed the skyline of Yavin 4 – the rebel base from which was launched the final attack on the Death Star – was familiar. It is a view from the top of one of the stepped pyramids at Tikal in Guatemala….
Fear begets subjection
In Dune Frank Herbert wrote, “fear is the mind killer.” Humans are designed to fear; it is a good evolutionary trait that kept us alive and away from velociraptors. However, it is reactionary and comes with the cost of loss of prescience. I would go so far at to surmise…
What I learned today
When typing in a bash shell, one can fix typos on a previous line with the ^ symbol. For example, “^wong^wang” will replace “wong” with “wang” in the last command and re-execute it. That’s amazing! http://lifehacker.com/5698494/quickly-fix-command-line-mistakes-with-the–symbol heh…wang.
What I learned today
If one picks a number at random from the universe, there is a 30% chance that the first digit will be 1. How awesome is that? For example, pick up any science text and tally the occrances of each of the nine digits starting a number (0 does not count)….
Today I learned
Today, I learned the awesomeness of the “*” printf formatting rule. printf(“%*c”, 5, ‘t’) will print 5 tabs. Behold, I no longer need employ loops for indenting!
I dream of diff e q
One of my dreams last night involved me solving a partial differential equation in extensive detail. That is pretty nerdy by itself, but the result of completing the derivation was unlocking some sort of pornography.
Today I learned
I learned that the Cromwell Diner has the spiciest omelet I have ever eaten – spicy in a way that melts intestines.
Pass It On
An older gentleman made me smile today. It was a powerful, ear-to-ear grin, and entirely unexpected. Today I learned that I need to make people smile more often so I can pass it on.
What I Learned Today
I learned to trust my instincts and use raid 1 when I deem it appropriate instead of raid 0 as was suggested – especially when the hard drives are crappy.
What I learned today
Today I learned that too much alcohol can increase your stress levels but just enough will lower it. So, drink more, but not too much — just enough.