He was born a Null.

Imagine this…

“A powerfully magical, but very dickish witch decides to cast a spell on all of humanity. With a single swoop of her wand, she makes all man-made objects vanish and restores the Earth to its pre-human, 200,000 BC state. What’s left is 7.3 billion naked humans, standing on grassy plains, in forests, in swamps, on tundra, and in deserts in the exact spots where their cities and villages were just a second ago. The humans themselves are unchanged—each person knows everything they know right now.

The only other thing is that in each of their hands is a piece of paper with a note in their language that says, ‘I’ve cast a spell on all of humanity because why not. Here’s how it works: everything will remain as is until humanity manages to create a fully-featured and perfectly functional iPhone 6S. As soon as that happens, the spell will be reversed and all man-made objects will instantly reappear.’

One minute later, the notes all vanish.”

Voters count more than square meters: preliminary results of the 2016 Austrian presidential runoff (via twitter.com).

Now that was a very nice season finale of SNL hosted by Fred Armisen and featuring Larry David, Andy Samberg, Maya Rudolph, Jason Sudeikis and even Carrie Brownstein – but most of all I was happy to hear Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett perform two of her songs.

Refactoring JavaScript.

Untangling Spaghetti Code: Writing Maintainable JavaScript.

Refactoring a JavaScript video store.

Sharing eco–what?

• 61% of Americans have never heard of the term “crowdfunding.”
• 73% are not familiar with the term “sharing economy.”
• 89% are not familiar with the term “gig economy.”

The worst one is Dianetics LOL

What is the Internet’s Favorite Book?

We are organisms, not computers. Get over it.

“(…) a thousand years of neuroscience will never locate a representation of a dollar bill stored inside the human brain for the simple reason that it is not there to be found.”

Unethical amnesia is an adaptive mechanism for coping with the psychological distress and discomfort of behaving unethically.

Most people welcome refugees.

What Does the World Really Think About Refugees?