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via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe at XKCD!

XKCD, Westerns

May 22, 2019 by Marc Handelman in XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire, Tech Humor, Time, Logic
May 22, 2019 /Marc Handelman
XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire, Tech Humor, Time, Logic

via Luke Kingma & Lou Patrick-Mackay at Futurism Cartoons

Luke Kingma & Lou Patrick-Mackay's, 'Iron Lung' →

June 12, 2018 by Marc Handelman in FuturismCartoons, Sarcasm, Satire, Priorities, Logic
June 12, 2018 /Marc Handelman
FuturismCartoons, Sarcasm, Satire, Priorities, Logic

Net Neutrality, The Case Against →

January 05, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Networks, Computer Science, Logic

Notwithstanding the FCC's vote in the affirmative (to strike the Net Neutrality rules), the Commission is still reportedly working on the final document, and has not released the official decision (at the time of this writing)(which may surprise some readers). Consequently, we are publishing this superlative opinion piece by Professor Harsha Madhyastha of the University of Michigan's Enjoy!

Professor Harsha Madhyastha (Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's Computer Science and Engineering Division) , writes eloquently at the IEEE's Spectrum Magazine, and enthralls us with a nicely logical case against Net Neutrality. Today's Must Read.

2017/01/06 - Update: The FCC has released the Commission's here: Order.

January 05, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Networks, Computer Science, Logic

XKCD, Credit Card Rewards

November 01, 2017 by Marc Handelman in XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire, Logic, Humor

Via the genius of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD.

November 01, 2017 /Marc Handelman
XKCD, Sarcasm, Satire, Logic, Humor

Myctyris Longicarpus, Ratiocinor Infra Aedificium →

March 02, 2017 by Marc Handelman in Biological Computation, Biology, Brilliant, Compute Infrastructure, Computer Science, Logic, Gates, Must Read

Via Futility Closet comes an outstanding computational methodology utilizing blue soldier crabs as the componentized logic delivery mechanism for a bio-computational device (in this case - a logic gate). Certainly today's MustRead.

March 02, 2017 /Marc Handelman
Biological Computation, Biology, Brilliant, Compute Infrastructure, Computer Science, Logic, Gates, Must Read

Theory of Incompleteness →

October 01, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, Mathematics, Logic

Fascinating post by Derek Brink writing at the RSA blog, discussing Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems, or Why Every Organization Needs an Incident Response Capability, Today's Must Read.

October 01, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Information Security, Mathematics, Logic

XKCD, Win by Induction

April 25, 2015 by Marc Handelman in Humor, XKCD, Sarcasm, Logic

via the inimitable Randall Munroe at XKCD.

April 25, 2015 /Marc Handelman
Humor, XKCD, Sarcasm, Logic

XKCD, Trolley Problem →

December 10, 2014 by Marc Handelman in Humor, Sarcasm, XKCD, Commerce, Logic

via Randall Munroe, at XKCD.

December 10, 2014 /Marc Handelman
Humor, Sarcasm, XKCD, Commerce, Logic

XKCD, Chaos

July 30, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Humor, Sarcasm, Science, XKCD, Logic

 

via Randall Munroe, at XKCD.

July 30, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Humor, Sarcasm, Science, XKCD, Logic