31 OCT 2018 by ideonexus

 How a Nerd Walks Up the Stairs

Your steps should be in a cycle: short, long, long. Long in this case means a double step. Thus, you will cover five stairs in one short-long-long cycle. In addition, you should always start the first cycle on the same foot. Suppose you start on the left foot, then after two cycles you are back on the left foot, having covered ten stairs. While you are walking the stairs in this way, it is clear where you are in the cycle. By the end of the staircase, you will know the number of stairs modulo...
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01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 Where Will the Culture Shift Occur to Adapt to the Perman...

Perhaps society will become more forgiving of drunken Facebook pictures in the way Gosling says he expects it might. And some may welcome the end of the segmented self, on the grounds that it will discourage bad behavior and hypocrisy: it
Folksonomies: future shock
Folksonomies: future shock
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Will society become more understanding of the fact that we all have skeletons in our closets and different personalities in our different social circles, or will people learn to watch their behavior no matter where they are and what they are doing lest something mar their searchable reputation online?
01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 A Mind Like a Dog Turning Around for a Time Before Allowi...

So presently to bed and to sleep, but not at once to sleep. At first my brain, like a dog in unfamiliar quarters, must turn itself round for a time or so before it lies down
Folksonomies: metaphors
Folksonomies: metaphors
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A nice way to describe thoughts that keep us up at night.