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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Connections
I’ve been watching James Burke’s “Connections” series on YouTube, and it’s caused me to consider the possibility that for a good part of my life I may have been pursuing counterproductive strategies. I like to go off on my own, … Continue reading
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Guts
Say what you will about the guy, he’s got some kind of character: Khamis Gadhafi, son of the dictator, who runs Libya’s special forces when he’s not gadding about on the heir-to-oil-billions internship track, skedaddled back to Libya when the … Continue reading
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Monetizing the Debt
This is a little old, but it’s still, I think, noteworthy. Have a look at this heartwarming little chart, from Global Macro Monitor, via Jim Lacey at NRO: Sure, it’s only one quarter. It’s still unsettling to see the central … Continue reading
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FOTY 1978: Ali / Spinks
This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1978, Muhammad Ali defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Heavyweight championship against Leon Spinks in … Continue reading
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Hit Detection for Zoomed UIScrollViews
A reader writes (in reference to CATiledLayer Part 2): I have a simple pdf that has a couple of graphics on it. For example a circle and a square. This pdf is within a UIView that “has-a” CATiledLayer like yours. … Continue reading
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Hyperventilating
The Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and reactor malfunction were undeniably unfortunate events, and one naturally feels sympathy and wishes the best for those affected by them. Nevertheless, some people have blown the whole thing out of all recognizable proportion. Consider this … Continue reading
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Vocabulary: NPE
To share something I learned today that, apparently, everyone else already knows: The “polite” term (i.e., the one its lawyers would use) for a patent troll is “a non-practicing entity”, or NPE. NPEs, that is, are entities that hold patents … Continue reading
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