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Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:10:13 -0700

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animalstalkinginallcaps: YOU READY TO DO THIS SHIT OR WHAT?

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:27:30 -0700

animalstalkinginallcaps:

YOU READY TO DO THIS SHIT OR WHAT?

maxistentialist: Han Nguyen: “Amercia‬” is one reason why the...

Wed, 30 May 2012 04:52:13 -0700

maxistentialist:

Han Nguyen:

“Amercia‬” is one reason why the Romney campaign needs a new copy editor. Here’s another.

Is this real!? Wow.

nsbarr: What does it mean for life to be a game? What are the...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:47:09 -0700

nsbarr:

What does it mean for life to be a game? What are the rules? How do we win?

An article (read it here) that makes the claim that straight white males play life in easy mode should address those basic questions. Otherwise it comes off as lazy and inflammatory.

After reading the article, I got the sense that the kind of game Scalzi is describing is conventional, cliched, familiar. It’s essentially the game of life as depicted by The Game of Life (aka LIFE). Reading the “How to Win” section of the rulebook for LIFE [PDF] is worthwhile, because it illuminates how Scalzi is thinking about the game:

After all players have retired, all players…count their money. Now all players turn their LIFE Tiles message-side-up…All players then count up their money, and add the two figures together (LIFE Tile value plus cash value). The player with the highest dollar amount wins.

So in LIFE, winning entails:

retirement

calculating a function of material gains and significant life events

beating everyone else per that function

Scalzi’s argument is fine if you think life = LIFE. But who does? Plenty of people probably don’t think of life as a game at all. Personally I do, and I think about leveling up all the time, but it’s always in terms of realizations and personal growth.

Maybe this is lame, but for me “winning life” means self-actualization. And ascribing a difficulty setting to that process feels like a mistake.

(via ernie)

The fact that for you winning at life means self-actualization and not:

* Staying alive

* Feeding your family

* Not getting incarcerated

* Not getting physically abused or sexually harassed

perfectly encapsulates what he’s saying.

"Stop thinking that what people so loathingly refer to as the “friendzone” is some sort of purgatory..."

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:59:11 -0700

“Stop thinking that what people so loathingly refer to as the “friendzone” is some sort of purgatory women put “nice guys” into. My friendship is not a crappy consolation prize that you’re left with if I deny you a sexual relationship– and my body is not your reward for good behavior. Thinking that simply being a “good guy,” whatever that may mean, entitles you to unlimited sex with the girl of your choice shows that you don’t truly believe women should be in control of, and have full ownership of, our own bodies; instead, it shows you think we should use them like doggy treats whenever you do the human equivalent of a jumping trick. If you treat us as humans, that’s fantastic, but we do not owe you for it.”

- Develle Dish (via cleversimon)

"We are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete)..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:01:02 -0700

“We are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any Content on the Service.”

- Path — Terms of Use

Photo

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:37:31 -0700

"In similarly haphazard fashion Mr. Cumberbatch has spent the past 18 months ricocheting from role to..."

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:23:00 -0700

“In similarly haphazard fashion Mr. Cumberbatch has spent the past 18 months ricocheting from role to role, in British stage productions like “After the Dance” and “Frankenstein” (for which he shared the Olivier Award this month with his co-star Jonny Lee Miller)”

- Benedict Cumberbatch Moves From Role to Role - NYTimes.com

Oh my! Two of my favorite british actors on stage together. Swoon.

Skillcrush

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:42:54 -0700

Skillcrush:

I have no interest in anything mailed to me daily but would love to learn more & participate in this!

cleversimon.com: Wrong

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:16:15 -0700

cleversimon.com: Wrong:

cleversimon:

A PDF of Valve Software’s handbook for new employees has been making the rounds this week. The company is famously anarchic—no job titles, no management, no hierarchy at all—and the handbook mostly explains how the fuck that actually works in practice. (If you’ve ever played one of their

This stood out to me as well.

msg: Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed this...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:26:41 -0700

msg:

Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed this week that the show’s 10-episode fourth season will be released ALL AT ONCE on Netflix Watch Instantly in 2013. Be sure to save a sick day for the occasion. via benjaminstein : thedailywhat

===

ALL AT ONCE = THE FUTURE

As someone who binge watches tv shows Im even more excited for this.

Has anyone done this before?

Boss, I’m gonna be sick some day…

timoni.org: I love the internet.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:15:15 -0700

timoni.org: I love the internet.:

timoni:

It’s my fifth cakeday of coming out here, to the internet world capital, San Francisco. I wouldn’t be here if there was no internet; I have no particular inclination towards hippiedom or comp sci or biotech, but once I learned it was the place to be if you loved the internet, I was dead set on…

Happy Sanfranniversary Timoni! Indeed!

Culture Desk: In Defense of “Nutty” Commas : The New Yorker

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:30:01 -0700

Culture Desk: In Defense of “Nutty” Commas : The New Yorker:

Y,E,S

There’s No Such Thing as Individual Genius in Silicon Valley | PandoDaily

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:21:55 -0700

There’s No Such Thing as Individual Genius in Silicon Valley | PandoDaily

100 Million Facebook Fans: GM Kristin Frank on MTV's Historic Milestone and Her Career - Forbes

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:00:21 -0700

100 Million Facebook Fans: GM Kristin Frank on MTV's Historic Milestone and Her Career - Forbes

Meet the most popular woman at NPR’s Fresh Air (and it’s not Terry Gross) » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:00:07 -0700

Meet the most popular woman at NPR’s Fresh Air (and it’s not Terry Gross) » Nieman Journalism Lab

"If you’re feeling slightly hurt, remember that these are first world problems. The Instagram story..."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:35:46 -0700

“If you’re feeling slightly hurt, remember that these are first world problems. The Instagram story should be remembered as a great one about terrific founders working hard for a much loved product.”

- Love Instagram but Hate Facebook? This is Strictly Business People

Facebook Cheat Sheet: Sizes and Dimensions | DreamGrow Social Media

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:54:14 -0700

Facebook Cheat Sheet: Sizes and Dimensions | DreamGrow Social Media

Impossible and Inevitable: When Core Users Turn On You | PandoDaily

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:17:21 -0700

Impossible and Inevitable: When Core Users Turn On You | PandoDaily:

Great comments here too.

Stoked about this contest for college students to win 1 of...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:36:44 -0700

Stoked about this contest for college students to win 1 of 5 internships we’re sponsoring. Companies include TechCrunch, about.me and Huffington Post.

Share with your favorite college student and vote for the best about.me pages you see!