R.I.P. Adrian Frutiger, legendary type designer.
Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died
‘Hackers’ at 20:
Wow! The 20th anniversary of Hackers is upon us. Hack the planet!
‘Hackers’ at 20:How a 20-year-old, mostly inaccurate flop predicted the future, reshaped sci-fi, and won over the real hacker community.
Source: ‘Hackers’ at 20:
Scientists have discovered why running makes you happy – The Washington Post
TL;DR: Leptin is a hormone that affects satiety and dopamine release. Researchers broke this pathway in mice and they ran a lot more because they didn’t get the dopamine from running.
In an experiment with mice, researchers compared normal mice to those that were genetically engineered to lack a leptin-sensitive protein called STAT3 that relays the leptin signal to release the reward chemical dopamine.
…the genetically engineered mice ran an extraordinary amount, nearly twice as much as the normal mice…
The new study supports previous research in humans that showed that low leptin levels are associated with exercise addiction and fast marathon times.
Source: Scientists have discovered why running makes you happy – The Washington Post
Dark corners of Unicode / fuzzy notepad
Unicode (that thing that gives us Emoji) is actually very complex… which kind of makes sense when you realize it’s trying to be the system to represent all of human written language. 😉
here is a collection of curiosities I’ve encountered in dealing with Unicode that you generally only find out about through experience. Enjoy.
The Apple ISA
Apple is on track to diverge from ARM and x86 to design its own proprietary instruction set. This good for the future of hardware–software co-design.
With all of Apple’s vertical integration efforts (own ALL THE THINGS) it certainly seems likely that they’ll want to bring this last piece in-house as well. The linked article astutely recognizes that small steps towards this have been made with the Apple Watch—apps are no longer delivered in bytecode, but instead in LLVM IR, which paves the way for their future proprietary ISA.
Source: The Apple ISA
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Dune
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
– Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Dune
“People will stare. Make it worth their while.” Harry Winston
“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
—Harry Winston
DOJ Dismisses Case After Court Explains That Feds Can’t Just Grab Someone’s Laptop At The Border | Techdirt
Hey! Remember the 4th amendment? Turns out that’s still a thing!
Seriously, props to this judge for reinforcing this previously-lacking area of rights.
Quote from the court follows, emphasis added.
After considering all of the facts and authorities set forth above, then, the Court finds, under the totality of the unique circumstances of this case, that the imaging and search of the entire contents of Kim’s laptop, aided by specialized forensic software, for a period of unlimited duration and an examination of unlimited scope, for the purpose of gathering evidence in a pre-existing investigation, was supported by so little suspicion of ongoing or imminent criminal activity, and was so invasive of Kim’s privacy and so disconnected from not only the considerations underlying the breadth of the government’s authority to search at the border, but also the border itself, that it was unreasonable.
Cool Domain Names (October 2012 Edition)
First and foremost, I have found this one: http://innuen.do (!!!)
Seriously, that must be one of the coolest domain name hacks I’ve ever thought of. And, as of now, it’s available! Someone please go buy that, kthx.
In keeping with this theme, I also see that comman.do is available, although unfortunately crescen.do is not.
Unrelated side note: did you know Antarctica has it’s own domain extension?
Here’s a cool one that might be available for any mystic, superstitious types: http://occu.lt
Finally, if anyone could register http://gra.ph, that would probably be amazing.
List of “Adventure Time” Sexual Innuendos
Note: This list is not complete. If you want to contribute, use the contact form.
episode 207b “The Silent King”
– repeated references to spanking — the goblin king Zergioch would regularly spank his subjects for fun.
episode 301a “Conquest of Cuteness”
– Finn says “I’m gonna go manhandle those guys’ banandles”… Jake’s reply: “What?”
episode 302b “Hitman”
– the Ice King drips honey on Breakfast Princess’ waffle while moaning.
– Finn & Jake are making sandwiches. Jake tells Finn the meat is “Meat-Man’s meat” and they wonder if it hurts when “meat-man gives us his meat” … and right after, the Ice King flies in through the window and spits snow everywhere.
episode 311b “Paper Pete”
– When Paper Pete introduces himself, he tells Finn, “But you can call me Pe-pe.” Finn replies, “Uhh… I’ll call you Pete.”