thoughts | musings

stuff that's too long for twitter

[perze]

I wanted to inherit the earth, but people are stupid. — Ruth Bader Ginsberg (RGB)

[perze]

Look at all the stars! Which one is Jupiter?

Elle

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New Jersey— the most American of all states. It has everything from wilderness to the Mafia. All the great things and all the worst, for example, Route 22.

Jean Shepherd

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Authentication Event Horizon

tried backing up an app via dropbox

which then asked me to login

via google accounts

which asked me to verify via

one touch approval

using the google app on my phone

and for some reason logged me out

So I had to login there too

which didn’t work

because my profile is linked to an older phone

that I no longer own so I had to

switch to SMS validation

From my google voice number

where I also need to login into

AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGHHHHH!

[perze]

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

Randy Pausch

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George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles.

Anon

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Drama in Aisle 16

Dear Lady sitting in 16D,

In the past six days, I have slept between 2 - 5 hours per day. Time Zone switches, Training jitters, drama in Twitter, work, and other areas has contributed to a 9 point increase in my resting heart rate. Please forgive me if I glared at you when you asked me to put the window up so you can enjoy watching the picturesque view of the Pacific Northwest from your aisle seat while the plane takes off from SEATAC. My body is craving for sleep and the sun shining in my eyes interferes with my process of going to sleep. On any given day I would have enjoyed the view but not today. 

Sincerely, Crank from 16F 

PS. Please figure this out with the other lady from 16E because she just motioned me to close the window since she looks like she's about to pass out. PPS. I didn't close the window, the Lady from 15F did.

[perze]

The Force Awakens” is about only its six predecessors. It’s not a film that’s animated by ideas; its principal purpose is just to worship “Star Wars” itself

http://www.subtraction.com/2015/12/21/the-force-awakens-and-its-groundhog-day/

[perze]

All metrics create temptations. Even with great intentions and smart minds, data runs you faster and faster into a stupid self-destructive circle.

Scott Berkun (The Year Without Pants)

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Wife: Jesus knew that he was going to die, but he still came to love people

Zienne: Was he black?

[perze]

We believe in Marx, Freud and Darwin. We believe that everything is okay as long as you don’t hurt anyone, to the best of your definition of hurt and to the best of your definition of knowledge. We believe in sex before, during and after marriage. We believe in the therapy of sin; we believe that adultery is fun; we believe that sodomy is okay; we believe that taboos are taboo. We believe that everything is getting better despite evidence to the contrary. The evidence must be investigated and you can prove anything with evidence. We believe there is something in horoscopes, UFO’s and bent spoons. Jesus was a good man just like Buddha, Mohammad and ourselves. He was a good moral teacher although we think basically that his good morals were really bad. We believe that all religions are basically the same; at least the ones we read were. They all believe in love and goodness, they only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation. We believe that after death comes nothing, because when you ask the dead what happens, they say nothing. If death is not the end, and if the dead have lied then it’s compulsory heaven for all except perhaps Hitler, Stalin and Kahn. We believe in Masters and Johnson - what’s selected is average, what’s average is normal and what’s normal is good. We believe in total disarmament. We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed. American’s should beat their guns into tractors and the Russians would be sure to follow. We believe that man is essentially good, it’s only his behaviour that lets him down. This is the fault of society, society is the fault of conditions and conditions are the fault of society. We believe that each man must find the truth that is right for him and reality will adapt accordingly. The universe will readjust; history will alter. We believe there is no absolute truth, except the truth that there is no absolute truth. We believe in the rejection of creeds and the flowering of individual thought. If Chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is His rainbow in the sky. And when you hear “State of Emergency”, “Sniper Kills Ten”, “Troops on Rampage”, “Youths Go Looting”, “Bomb Blasts School”, it is but the sound of man worshipping his maker.

The Creed of the Modern Thinker by Steve Turner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Turner_(writer)

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Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

Albert Szent-Györgyi

[trelyon]

If zombies ever attack just go to Costco… they have concrete walls… years of foods and supplies… and best of all the zombies can’t get in without a Costco membership card

[perze]

Game with @emmanuellegrace

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.07.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Emma"] [WhiteElo "1207"] [Black "Perze"] [BlackElo "1207"] [Result "0-1"] 1.g4 e5 2.f3 d5 3.e4 d4 4.d3 Nf6 5.c4 dxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bg2 h6 8.g5 hxg5 9.Bh3 Bxh3 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxh3 Bb2 12.Nxg5 Bxa1 13.Qb3 b6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.c4 Rxa2 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.h4 Qxd3 18.Rf1 Qe2# 0-1

[perze]

First Game with @emmanuellegrace

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Emma"] [WhiteElo "1207"] [Black "Perze"] [BlackElo "1207"] [Result "0-1"] 1.g4 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.h4 Nxg4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Rh3 Nxe4 6.d3 d6 7.dxe4 Bxh3 8.Bxh3 Nc6 9.Bc8 Qxc8 10.c4 Qg4 11.a4 Qxe4+ 12.Kd2 Qxc4 13.Ke3 Qxh4 14.Nxh4 Be7 15.Kf3 Bxh4 16.Kg4 Bxf2 17.Kf3 Bd4 18.Kg2 f5 19.Qd2 f4 20.Qe2 O-O-O 21.Kf1 Rhf8 22.Qf3 g5 23.Qf2 Bxf2 24.Kxf2 f3 25.Ke3 f2 26.Kd2 f1=Q 27.Kc2 Rf2+ 28.Bd2 Nd4+ 29.Kc3 Rf3+ 30.Kb4 Nc6# 0-1

[perze]

First Recorded Chess Game with @Zienne

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Zienne "] [WhiteElo "1207"] [Black "Perze"] [BlackElo "1207"] [Result "0-1"] 1.b3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.a3 Qf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Ra2 Nc6 7.c3 Qf6 8.Bd2 Bf5 9.b4 b5 10.Nf3 Bxb1 11.Ra1 Be4 12.Rb1 Bxf3 13.exf3 Qxf3 14.Bxb5 Qxh1+ 15.Bf1 Qxh2 16.g4 O-O-O 17.f3 Qg3+ 18.Kd1 Qxf3+ 19.Kc2 Qxg4 20.Bh3 Qxh3 21.b5 Ne5 22.b6 Qd3+ 23.Kb2 Qxd2+ 24.Kb3 cxb6 25.c4 dxc4+ 26.Ka4 Rd4 27.Rb4 Bxb4 28.axb4 Qa2+ 29.Kb5 Rd5# 0-1

[perze]

That Netflix Algorithm

Netflix's engagement algorithm is horribly failing me. Their assumption that if they observe your watching habits enough they can predict what you like and provide meaningful suggestions on what they think I'd like. The never considered parents as a persona. If they did, it's too late. Here are what they think as my Top Picks as of today: 1. Rescuebots 2. Family Guy 3. Tinkerbell and the Never Beast 4. Clifford 5. Franny's Feet 6. Criminal Minds Fail.