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the internet is railways, not highways

Tue 16 June 2020

Internet Fast Lanes: Every time somebody says “Fast Lane” in this argument, I get a little more upset. The Internet doesn’t have fast lanes and slow lanes.

The Internet is not a highway.

The Internet is a railway system.

kitchen philosophy

Sat 04 August 2018

Gas ranges have the UNIX nature: they are powerful, can be controlled precisely, and if you only half-know what you are doing, it’s possible to blow up your house. If you do know what you’re doing, nearly any problem can be solved by taking it apart and cleaning things or replacing components.

a musical analogy

Mon 23 November 2015

This morning Itzhak Perlman was on NPR. He said 1 “If you say someone 8, 9, 10 years old loves to practice, I would say to you either someone is lying, or there’s something wrong with them.”

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