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What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Just starting Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist by Christof Koch, a neuroscientist, about how consciousness arises out of complexity.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
grep membersXamonas Chegwé wrote:Have you got to "the smirk" yet? That's my favourite.Sean Hayden wrote:Mastering Regular Expressions
Imagine that. I guess it's only coincidental that you'd already be the perfect citizen in the ideal world you're selling.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Excellent book.Sean Hayden wrote:Mastering Regular Expressions
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The Pragmatic Programmer. Very similar in purpose to The Clean Coder, but loads better.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Dan Brown's Inferno.
Yeah, I'm not reading very good lit right now.
Yeah, I'm not reading very good lit right now.
Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Rather cool elderly sci fi from project Gutenberg
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Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Just finished Lost In The Jungle by Yossi Ghinsberg about a gaggle of arseholes who..get lost in the jungle. I retty much hated everyone involved.
Also just finished The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan, about a 9 year old chap who, with the rest of his family, got sent to a North Korean concentration camp. Truly horrific.
Currently have Parisians by Graham Robb and The Adventures of Paddington on the go.
Also just finished The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan, about a 9 year old chap who, with the rest of his family, got sent to a North Korean concentration camp. Truly horrific.
Currently have Parisians by Graham Robb and The Adventures of Paddington on the go.
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In this morning's mail arrived a birthday gift from my wife. She always gets me something I love. But this time she outdid herself. This I did not expect.
A boxed set of facsimiles of five notebooks of sculptor Richard Serra (one of my favorite artists. He's had a huge influence on my life and work). Before his recent show at the Met, he'd never shown them. They were never intended for display; they're his private visual note-taking. This is one of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Autographed by Serra.
I didn't think these were still available; I have no idea how she got her hands on one. Priced well beyond my means. Gorgeous reproductions – you can almost feel the charcoal and heavy pencil staining your fingers.
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That's awesome, orpheus.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
I'm suffering through another indie book that reads as if it were written by a third grader, and that's being unkind to third graders. I don't know how I'm going to review it as promised. It will be a struggle to find anything positive to say about it.
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
But those letters are not silent.
They're just waiting their turn.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
In coaching, my sisters appeal to the idea of the "compliment sandwich." The idea is, you start with a compliment, end with a compliment, and sandwich your criticism between the two. Keep it simple. And don't try to be helpful. For example, just point out what could have been done differently; don't explain how to do it differently. Best of luck.
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Yeah - that's a proven management technique.rasetsu wrote:In coaching, my sisters appeal to the idea of the "compliment sandwich." The idea is, you start with a compliment, end with a compliment, and sandwich your criticism between the two. Keep it simple. And don't try to be helpful. For example, just point out what could have been done differently; don't explain how to do it differently. Best of luck.
Smithers! How the devil are you? Do come in. Just a little chat, mate.
OK. First of all let me say that I really love that tie. That's a go-getting, high-achieving tie if I ever saw one.
Now, about your recent figures. Basically, they're shit. I would expect a spotty-faced urchin, straight out of training to piss all over them. Frankly, anything less than a 300% increase on this month's numbers and you're out of here, buddy.
By the way, Heard you made the department squash team. That's really great! Lot of competition for that place. Good luck with that, Pal. Don't let us down. Give those assholes in Accounts hell, you hear!
Thanks. That'll be all. Miss Dimtitz, send the next slacker in, would you?
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
I enjoyed that much more than Crime and Punishment. Got a few more of D's books to read when I regain my concentration abilities in 2030 or thereabouts.rasetsu wrote:
Currently I'm reading a book called "Next" by Crichton about genetic engineering. I'm half way through it and there still isn't one coherent story evolving. There's been about 8,700 characters so far, and I've pretty much got them all confused now. But there's chimp human transgenic thingies and grey parrots that can do algebra. So it's fun, even if I'm totally lost.
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