ta√i

"Most PC meetings discuss the top-ranked papers first, but after a string of (say) five or so papers accepted, people start thinking that it's time to reject a paper, so the sixth paper tends to be a scapegoat to release the pressure and make everyone feel better that the conference is still "selective."" - ta√i from Bookmarklet

"Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play in the streets, in a bar, a park, or even in a flat or in an elevator, and we film the whole session. " - ta√i from Bookmarklet

Really impressive. Watch full screen. - ta√i from Bookmarklet

"stories always trump statistics, which means the politician with the best stories is going to win" - ta√i from Bookmarklet

Best CS-themed essay I've ever read. Funniest, too (well, geek-funny, but still). - ta√i from Bookmarklet

I'm still taking my Vitamin D. - ta√i from Bookmarklet

I heard this joke for the first time yesterday in a class. Today, while browsing reddit, I ran into it again. - ta√i from Bookmarklet

Lots of fun in the comments - ta√i

eh, not that funny. the address at the end of his post reads as a male body part and its desired characteristic. - ta√i

Good times... - ta√i

"Ultimately, all arguments about reality cannot compete with our (very developed) sense of the aesthetic. What lives and dies in a branch of mathematics is determined by what trigers our intellectual curiosity." - ta√i

headline fail - ta√i from Bookmarklet

one of those things I never knew I needed, but now I can't imaging browsing without it. - ta√i

"the new software [...] is programmed to reject attempts at exuberance or human warmth.” - ta√i from Bookmarklet

About online dating. Longish, but I enjoyed the writing. - ta√i

vivi++ - ta√i from Bookmarklet

"Sometime around 35,000 to 40,000 years ago homo sapiens started acting strange. Language, perhaps, was born. A peculiar form of self-consciousness took form. We truly became the tool-using, socially complicated, language-having, ritual-creating creatures that the world has come to love ever since. All we need to add to that list of special characteristics now is the creation of porn." - ta√i from Bookmarklet

I love British humor. - ta√i from Bookmarklet