February 2012
20 posts
JPMorgan’s chief information officer told me that one of the challenges he’s faced recently is setting up Jamie Dimon’s work computer to be able to view YouTube and Facebook without restrictions.
“I’m desperate for something, but there’s no human word for it.”
– Of Montreal, “Ye, Renew the Plaintiff,” Paralytic Stalks
cursory examination
Wait a minute, so isn’t Downton Abbey the same thing as Mad Men?
“Ever since I learned that Mr. T (a rat) liked scrambled eggs, I have been eating...”
– Seth Roberts sometimes does not make it easy to respect him
“Is that Storm? She has the power of rain, and you can’t pick up hammers in...”
– the wife does not find the prospect of a Storm vs. Thor battle in the upcoming Avengers vs. X-Men series especially compelling.
“You: Does Turing Machine 29038402 halt?
Oracle AI: YES.
Seeing the...”
– EY
good term
“subclinical malaise”
some possible "New York adjustments to federal...
Expenses for donating an organ for human transplant
Executive Mansion or Natural Heritage Trust
Member of an organized New York militia
Received Nazi persecution-related income
Sports utility vehicle business expenses
fuck you, TurboTax
Your income went down a little this year, but don’t fret!
“He didn’t actually discuss what the equation is, or how it adds to the...”
– Falk
“You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.”
– Warren Buffett (via nodicesoldier)
As a ~10% cube-fondler, I have to say that I’m not sure what old Warren is getting at. If it seems crazy to trade the golden cube for all US cropland, 16 Exxons, and scads of “walking-around money,” doesn’t it sound even crazier to trade it...
Where I'm At
secondbalcony:
I was so ashamed at my subculture’s elective affinity to Continental Philosophy that I cut most of my ties to my subculture and now I am part of nothing.
“The most poignant part of Monday’s testimony came when a handwriting...”
– um
“You better have a “lady friend” or something fucking dignified...”
– the wife, planning for life after death
“One fancifully imagines a Chinese restaurant with an infinite number of circular...”
– Wikipedia on “the Chinese restaurant process”: “In probability theory, a discrete-time stochastic process” of some sort. There is also an “Indian buffet process,” but apparently it’s not as famous.
Well, we’re stuck with it now. For all of future... →
