Posts from 2014

Article posted 16 August 2014 Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software [via Facebook] posted 12pm

http://ift.tt/pVNmnD I reread this every few months or so because it is legit one of the best articles ever published on the Internet.

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names | Kalzumeus Software

John Graham-Cumming wrote an article today complaining about how a computer system he was working with described his last name as having invalid characters.Â It of course does not, because anything someone tells you is their name is â€” by definition â€” an appropriate identifier for them.Â John was undâ€¦

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Article posted 16 August 2014 August 16, 2014 at 01:26PM [via Facebook] posted 10am

The CafÃ© Formerly Known As Mama Mocha’s. Quantified Logic, Ancient Greek History, Tyler Cowen.

Article posted 16 August 2014 Ferguson Names Shooter But is Still Doing it Wrong – COLORLINES [via Facebook] posted 9am

Oh but if I maybe stole some Swisher Sweets obviously the punishment for that is for some heavily armed rando, who has no idea whether or not I’m even suspected of that, to gun me down in the street while I’m unarmed and trying to surrender with my hands in the air. Right? #PoisoningTheWell #SmearingTheVictim #AbolishThePolice

Ferguson Names Shooter But is Still Doing it Wrong – COLORLINES

Despite releasing officer Darren Wilsonâ€™s name, the focus is still on the wrong suspect

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Article posted 16 August 2014 Cops Shoot 19-Year-Old San Jose Woman After Mistaking Power Drill For an Uzi and Nothing Else… [via Facebook] posted 9am

Every week there are more people gunned down by police.

Cops Shoot 19-Year-Old San Jose Woman After Mistaking Power Drill For an Uzi and Nothing Else…

While the mainstream media is trying to fit surveillance video purporting to show Michael Brown robbing a convenience store of some cigars into the various

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Las Vegas folks! Tomorrow:

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Article posted 15 August 2014 August 15, 2014 at 01:09PM [via Facebook] posted 10am

Wake Up Coffee Company, Auburn, AL. Truth tables, Lombardo’s Iliad translation and Appalachian history

Article posted 15 August 2014 August 15, 2014 at 12:39PM [via Facebook] posted 9am

“Hands Up” solidarity event @ Auburn University

Article posted 15 August 2014 New Details Emerge In South LA Officer-Involved ShootingÂ Investigation – CBS Los Angeles [via Facebook] posted 6am / revised 6am

http://ift.tt/1t387Jc Dash cams go “missing” at the funniest times. #CitizenRecording #SupportYourLocalCopWatch #JusticeForEzellFord

New Details Emerge In South LA Officer-Involved ShootingÂ Investigation – CBS Los Angeles

Police Thursday confirmed that a patrol car was missing key equipment that could have helped in the investigation of an unarmed mentally disabled man who was shot and killed by two officers.

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Article posted 15 August 2014 Protests turn almost festive in Ferguson, Missouri [via Facebook] posted 6am

“Police assaults curbed, police response to protests turns almost tolerant” would be a more accurate headline.

Protests turn almost festive in Ferguson, Missouri

Turnabout comes after change in police command and tactics; name of officer who fatally shot unarmed black teen about to be released

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Article posted 15 August 2014 Ferguson Police Release Name of Michael Brown Shooter [via Facebook] posted 6am / revised 6am

Officer Darren Wilson.

Ferguson Police Release Name of Michael Brown Shooter

A Ferguson Police officer named Darren Wilson, an officer with six years on the force and no disciplinary record, is…

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