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“Needs denied” posted
My story this week is a new one in the Meta-physics plot arc of the Transhuman Congress, called “Needs denied“: Chase shook his head slightly. “Are you interested?” Miriam didn’t have to think more than twice. “Yes, but I’m not going to be quiet and meek and let stuff slide.” He actually smiled slightly. “That’s good. Keep that attitude. I have a variety of projects I want to bring you in on.” “Projects like the Metas?” Miriam fired back. Chase’s smile twisted a little as he said, “Yes, projects like the Metas. Projects like Lina. The Hadas and the Nortons.”
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Dancing: actually thinking about technique
Last night was less physically challenging in terms of dancing, but definitely more mentally challenging. I’m not sure if my focus was off or just different now that I’m a little more comfortable.
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“Surgical Strike” posted
As promised last week, I have another Transhuman Congress story up, called “Surgical Strike“: Sirpa waved a hand at the monitor. “We are adaptable.” “I can see that…” Harold said slowly with narrowed eyes. “Can I have your name?” “Not yet,” Sirpa said, moving her lips in a facsimile of a smile. Harold didn’t smile with her/us. “We aren’t human, Harold, however much you want us to pretend to be. We have no ‘humanish mannerisms’ other than what we learned when we woke five months ago. This specific physicality is not tightly bound to our existence as your body is.” I went back to my “Lina” characters this week, complete…
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My Java Experience – This is a great post on a .NETer taking a course in Java EE. I haven't done Java EE development before, but this makes me want to try it out of masochism. "All in all, I find myself unimpressed by the amount of work that was shuffled to the tools, it doesn’t seem right. And it seems like a justification of a bad practice. When I consider my own design principles (Zero Friction!) in light of this, I am much happier that I am mainly working in the .NET world. But I think that having this understanding is going to be very helpful moving forward." Coding…
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omahas: "Educating" our little ones in the fascist state – How about this shit? "Apparently, Playmobil thought it was a good idea to come up with the Playmobil Security Check Point for kids." Official Google Blog: A new approach to China – "These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China"