It’s been years since I posted something here, mainly due to being lured in by medium. Then they went paywalled and I don’t write for someone else’s profit for free, so back here. I’ve been in a heated argument over on FB recently, and I just cannot believe how shallow people think and how strictly […]
~ read more ~The Intentionally Crazy World
Following the news you cannot help but believe the world has gone insane. Depending on which end of the political spectrum you follow, there are these lunatics or those dangerous people, not to even mention the geo-political and economic crises (plural) that are constantly plunging from one into the next. Recently, some older politicians have […]
~ read more ~Alien Contact
After reading this piece about first contact today, I thought how arrogant we are to assume aliens will contact us. Not for the usual reasons. Here’s a thought: What if alien life is very much unlike us. Not twice as big or ten times as smart, but of a completely different kind? And I don’t […]
~ read more ~Abortion, Morality, Eugenics
Richard Dawkins ignited the Twittersphere once more, then went on to explain himself in more detail. The source of everything is his Tweet seen on the right. Which to my eyes is a simple, straightforward and true statement that in a rational world shouldn’t be worth much attention. But we don’t live in such a […]
~ read more ~How not to create a good password
You wouldn’t believe it, but there are things on the Internet that are not quite as true as their author makes them out to be. Shocking, isn’t it. So the other day, I came across this particular piece of bullshit advise. Looks solid, doesn’t it? Strong passwords, who wouldn’t one of those. Unfortunately, this advice […]
~ read more ~How society destroys love
For the moment, leave all romantic notions at the door and – needless to say – we do not believe in fate, either. Let us consider finding romantic love as a matching problem. In realistic terms considering the social environment, because it matters. A lot. This is not the same as the fantastic xkcd “Soul […]
~ read more ~The Missing Social Entrepreneurs
We have come far in the past 100,000 years, haven’t we? Technology, economy and population growth have turned mankind from a small, unusually smart species of apes into the dominant force on the planet that is shaping Earth itself to a degree that is both fascinating and frightening. We have mass-media and electronic music, transportation […]
~ read more ~Diskriminierung? Wirklich?
Ja, es gibt Diskriminierung. Nein, es sind nicht die Frauen, die darunter leiden. Es sind alle. Nur ein paar Stichworte: Wenn Männer von Frauen geschlagen werden, interessiert das keinen. Es gibt Frauenhäuser, aber Männerhäuser werden explizt abgelehnt. Übrigens vom (offizieller Titel) “Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend”. Erwachsene Männer? Nicht Sache des Ministeriums Die “Gleichstellungsbeauftragen” […]
~ read more ~Glass just lost its major feature
As Google announced, Glass will not allow face recognition. There goes the primary reason that might’ve made me consider them. You see, like so many people, I have a fairly bad memory for names and personal details, unless I know someone quite well. I do, however, have an excellent memory for faces. I known without […]
~ read more ~Planetside 2 – so close, and yet so far
Its predecessor already left me with a feeling I also got from EVE Online – something really cool and interesting and yet… something isn’t right. So I downloaded and installed Planetside 2 a few days ago, and I’m here to tell you why I consider it a failure, and interestingly, that has little to do […]
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