by Didact | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Oh great, yet another snarky left-wing comic “genius” to replace the one that’s retiring: Colbert’s contract with Comedy Central, where he hosts The Colbert Report, runs through the end of 2014, the website notes, which would leave an opening...
by Didact | Apr 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
So Mozilla CEO Brendon Eich stepped down this week because of internal backlash over his political contributions to a group that supported a state-level ban on gay marriage: The decision to remove the man who invented the web scripting language JavaScipt did not sit...
by Didact | Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the more painful consequences of imbibing regular doses of Cold Hard Truth is that you find yourself actively questioning everything you were taught when growing up by those you love the most. As you get older and (hopefully) wiser, and as you continue down...
by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jonny H. is weighing up the opportunities and the costs of a career in investment banking versus a career as an actuary: I am currently debating between becoming an actuary and an investment banker. The earnings ceiling as an investment banker is much higher (though...
by Didact | Dec 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Oh this just gets better by the day: The sign language “interpreter,” Thamsanqa Jantjie stunned millions of deaf people with his gibberish hand gestures at the Nelson Mandela memorial on Tuesday. But new developments about Jantjie’s violent past raise even more...
by Didact | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
pumpsix is mulling over his options post-graduation: The reason why I as is because I am plugging away at a degree in physics. I am just trying to figure out where I want to take it – definitely not academia. I am currently thinking about going into...
by Didact | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
A woman in charge moves from Boeing to Deutsche Bank: Boeing Co. promoted Ted Colbert to chief information officer and vice president of information technology. He will replace Kim Hammonds, who is moving to Deutsche Bank AG later this month. Mr. Colbert is...
by Didact | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while knows that I spend a lot of time writing on the subject of deep introverts and our place within our wider society. For those folks unfortunate enough not to understand us very well- i.e. pretty much everyone else-...
by Didact | Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Turns out that he is right, and that one of the biggest management fads in recent years is, unsurprisingly, completely idiotic: Large open-plan offices do not improve staff communication, morale or productivity, a study has found. Such offices have become common...
by Didact | Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Courtesy of Vox Day, here’s a downright hilarious video called “Asian Girlz” by some otherwise completely forgettable teenybopper group called DAY ABOVE GROUND (apparently). (BTW this is somewhat NSFW so for heaven’s sake, exercise some...
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