My old college friend Ron Burk had an Ignite video go viral last year. This one probably won’t, but it’s still a good presentation. It’s called “Three Strange Definitions of Computer Programming”. He’s a good presenter, so you might find it interesting even if you’re not into programming.
His original Ignite presentation is “The Psychology of [...]
It read:
If anyone here truly feels fiat currency is worthless then feel free to give me all your money.
I’m fine with that. If anyone here truly feels that fiat currency is worthless, then feel free to give me all your money.
I have a friend who believes that “Crystal Blue Persuasion” is the worst song in the world. I don’t agree. It’s just boring, sort of like anything by Air Supply or Bread. (If I never hear “Diary” again it’ll be too soon.)
Denise thinks that maybe “Escape” (the Piña Colada Song) is the worst song ever.
I [...]
Ray Kurzweil popularized the idea of a “Technological Singularity”, originally proposed by Vernor Vinge, based on ideas from I. J. Good, where the advances in technology and, particularly machine intelligence, will render the future unpredictable. The amusing thing to me is that they then go on to make predictions, usually having humans merging with artificial intelligences, [...]
These are my private opinions and do not necessarily
reflect that of the Unitarian
Universalist Association (the UUA).
I have been active in my local UU congregation, Shawnee Mission Unitarian
Universalist Church.
Unitarian Universalism is more a religious outlook than
a set of beliefs. There’s lots of history about the
formation of the UUA on the UUA home page (see [...]
