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Strengths and Weaknesses
I love, XKCD. Sometimes it gets a quiet chuckle out of me. Other times I cannot contain the laughter. This is one of those. Maybe it’s because I just went through a series of interviews, but this has gotta be one of the best pair of answers to the most popular interview questions.
PermalinkHuman Error
Heiko Hillwig said Wednesday the 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate.
Hillwig said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot.
Remember, robots, when crushing humans, always claim human error.
PermalinkJesus is not my copilot
I love Adam4d and this comic hit a phrase that has bothered me for some time. Jesus is not my copilot, he is my pilot.
PermalinkHeroes Reborn: Hiro’s Return!
Holy cow. That was the bad-ass Hiro of the future, wasn’t it? Please be awesome, NBC.
PermalinkA Vertical Record Player
From the team that brought us the Gramovox comes the Floating Record Vertical Turntable. A true thing of beauty. Go back it on Kickstarter.
PermalinkApologetics Should Always Lead Back to the Gospel
It is no secret to those close to me that I love apologetics and see the lack of apologetics teaching in the American church as a major weakness today. But apologetics without the Gospel is just arguing. We aren’t in it to win fights, but to win souls.
PermalinkAdobe Has Been Paying Attention to Sketch
Looks like Adobe has been paying attention. Artboards, simplified tools and editing, and much more. I’m interested to see where this goes, though apps like Macaw seem much more friendly to the modern, responsive web.
PermalinkNo More @1x: Apple Pulls First Gen iPad Mini
Pour one out for the OG iPad Mini, as Apple has just removed it from its website and online store, 9to5Mac reports.
This is great news for developers. Of course when the iPad mini first came out, we only had @1x and @2x images. We still have to output two sizes. But still great news.
PermalinkWhy Humans Run the World
I know without even asking that Zeldman and I differ greatly in our worldviews, and with a title like this, I likely shouldn’t have tapped the link. But I did. And it was awesome.
The real difference between us and other animals is on the collective level.
This phrasing worried me. Humans are unique in their individuality, not their collectiveness.
Humans control the world because we are the only animal that can cooperate flexibly in large numbers. Ants and bees can also work together in large numbers, but they do so in a very rigid way. If a beehive is facing a new threat or a new opportunity, the bees cannot reinvent their social system overnight in order to cope better. They cannot, for example, execute the queen and establish a republic.
And then it changed. Bees and ants work collectively and, because of it, change doesn’t come easily. Why is this that humans are even different than chimps? We were designed differently. This was what we were designed for. God told us to go forth to the corners of the earth and be fruitful. Ultimately, mankind runs the world because God intended it, but this article gives many reasons why we are better suited for that role than any other creature on the planet.
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