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Category Archives: Wisdom

Friday Fun Link – Minimal Turing Test

In computer science, the Turing Test is intended to tell if you can differentiate between who is human and who is a computer programmed to model human-like conversation in a text exchange between the two. The Turing test, developed by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, […]

Posted 05 October 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Happy Blasphemy Day!

Apparently it’s International Blasphemy Day. Borrowed from an atheist I know on Facebook, here’s some self-criticism of some of atheism’s “untouchables” which I (mostly) agree with… In honour of International Blasphemy Day: Christopher Hitchens was an over-rated warmonger. Sam Harris frequently comes to conclusions first and then tries forcing the evidence to fit those conclusions. […]

Posted 30 September 2018 § Censorship § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

Posted 24 September 2018 § News § Politics § Sad § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Secular Sunday – How Secular Family Values Stack Up

Especially with what we’re seeing in the States with an alleged pedophile endorsing an accused rapist [edit: Kavanagh’s story is blowing up tonight with two new accusers coming forward and *way* worse allegations] who was picked by a serial adulterer (among Trump’s many other mortal sins) – all as part of the party of “family values” – […]

Posted 23 September 2018 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Minor Milestones While Recovering From Breaking The Scaphoid Bone In My Wrist

It’s weird how much we take having two working hands for granted. Since breaking my wrist at the end of July, it’s been a series of minor milestones – from my first appointment with my family doctor a few days after the surgery where he changed my dressing on through things like being told I […]

Posted 19 September 2018 § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Religion Is Increasingly Seen As Doing More Harm Than Good By Canadians

Even as an atheist, I’m pretty surprised that over half of the respondents to this survey said that religion is doing more harm than good in the world, up from 44% in 2011.  

Posted 09 September 2018 § Canada § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Inside A Google Data Center

 

Posted 28 August 2018 § Internet § Jobs § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – By *Any* Standards, The Catholic Church Is A Corrupt Organization

  Imagine for a moment that a big, admired multinational corporation, one selling a beloved product, was employing large numbers of male pedophiles and rapists, operating in rings all over the world, and that their crimes had been uncovered in Australia, Ireland, Canada, the Philippines, Belgium, France, Austria, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Britain, Germany and the […]

Posted 26 August 2018 § News § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

SF Books That Didn’t Belong in the Kid’s Section of the Library

I’ve always believed that science fiction is the single best type of writing to teach us about our own lives and society. So I’m absolutely fine when I think about sci-fi books with “inappropriate” content being put into the hands of kids even though the author of this article seems to think librarians put some books […]

Posted 22 August 2018 § Censorship § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Retro Friday Fun Link – The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain

This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!

Posted 10 August 2018 § Infographic § Internet § List § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,