Low turnout: Threat to democracy or blessing in disguise?
“Apparently, not only does low turnout not matter because the election outcomes would not be much different, as several scholars have argued, it also does not matter if one focuses on the extent to which motivations to vote in a certain way are consistent with the democratic functions of elections.”
“Look, it's all objects all the way down. Until you reach turtles.”
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages.
Notizen zu einer Sozialgeschichte der Programmierung (Via flamboy.antville.org.)
Siehe auch das Buch »Weniger schlecht programmieren« von Kathrin Passig und Johannes Jander im O’Reilly Verlag.
The visual programming language VVVV brought to your web browser.
Media Criticism in Chart Form.
All of Bach.
“Every Friday, you will find a new recording here of one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1080 works, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and many guest musicians.”
The Trick That Makes Google's Self-Driving Cars Work.
“Today, you could not take a Google car, set it down in Akron or Orlando or Oakland and expect it to perform as well as it does in Silicon Valley.”
How Football* Sounds To People That Don't Care.
* or soccer.
Parks and Recreation.
