Beiträge des Autors
Verrücktpariert.
Engineers sometimes take on the inherently absurd task of making a deliberately imperfect technology slightly less imperfect. For example, cars are usually designed to reach ridiculous, illegal speeds, because that makes us feel free—and in addition, they come with air bags. This is the absurdity of engineering for the real world.
Jaron Lanier: You Are Not A Gadget.
Now and Then.
Note the difference between "Only nerds will pass this course." and "Everyone who passed this course is a nerd."
Deck of Coins.
Before you shuffle a deck of cards, ask around if someone still has money stored in it(s order, to be precise).
Powerless Miracles.
All you little superheroes...
...Dancing on the borderline...
4-3-2-1-do it today!
Dampfmenschine.
The common use of computers, as we understand them today, as sources for models and metaphors of ourselves is probably about as reliable as the use of the steam engine was back then.
Jaron Lanier: You Are Not A Gadget.