February 2012
22 posts
“That Mitt Romney finds himself so imperiled by Rick Santorum—Rick Santorum!—is...”
– John Heilemann
one of the many things i love about john is his use of words like wackadoodle
The Lost Party
(via fred-wilson)
I can’t believe this guy just convinced me to hope that Rick Santorum wins the nomination and gets fucked in the general.
“The box score shows failure. To Lin, it reads like a teachable moment.”
– no pain, no gain
Jeremy Lin’s Evolution - NYTimes.com
(via fred-wilson)
In the Dark Ages, it was common "knowledge" that...
this is an idempotent operation
momgenes:
One day a team of archaeologists is going to dig through layers of rock and soil undisturbed for millennia and find a big box that says “Really Rare Fossils Do Not Open” and they’re going to open it and a bunch of spring-loaded snakes are going to pop out
And I’m going to emerge from a bed of moss and laugh
Gilt Technologie: First Public API Language... →
vivekbhagwat:
gilt-tech:
7 days ago, we launched our Public API and the accompanying Developer Portal. We’ve received a lot of great feedback, updated the Portal a bit to better give you the information you need, and talked to a lot of developers with some really neat ideas for ways to use the API. Now’s a great time to…
Hey its me! And adaptable.
the friend zone doesnt exist!!! →
higu:
adaptable:
So to clarify: we agree that there is a social imbalance between men and women that it is easier for men to reject women than for women to reject men. I completely agree with you. And I completely agree with you that it sucks that men get so upset about being put in the friend zone, and that the women who do the putting can be looked down upon.
The friend zone is something...
higu:
i mean it’s like, yeah when you take a concept that clearly puts one group in a position of power over the other out of that context of a power relationship, of course it seems “fair” or “unbiased”.
but you know… context… it matters… a lot…
but anything that happens between genders would then be able to be labeled as misogynistic, ignoring the root causes of things. If you say,...
that's the pipit way: adaptable: the friend zone... →
adaptable:
the friend zone doesnt exist!!!
adaptable:
gdragon420:
if you believe in one you are a giant misogynist SORRY being nice doesnt automatically qualify you for everything you want
i wish i could be so naive as to think opening a door for a girl or just acting like…
I agree that that sucks, a lot. No one should feel entitled to date someone else just because they are...
the friend zone doesnt exist!!! →
higu:
adaptable:
adaptable:
gdragon420:
if you believe in one you are a giant misogynist SORRY being nice doesnt automatically qualify you for everything you want
i wish i could be so naive as to think opening a door for a girl or just acting like a good human being means i can smang it
My…
I think that’s true in general, but that’s because of our society, not because the idea of the...
the friend zone doesnt exist!!! →
adaptable:
gdragon420:
if you believe in one you are a giant misogynist SORRY being nice doesnt automatically qualify you for everything you want
i wish i could be so naive as to think opening a door for a girl or just acting like a good human being means i can smang it
My…
I think that’s true in general, but that’s because of our society, not because the idea of the...
the friend zone doesnt exist!!!
gdragon420:
if you believe in one you are a giant misogynist SORRY being nice doesnt automatically qualify you for everything you want
i wish i could be so naive as to think opening a door for a girl or just acting like a good human being means i can smang it
My impression is that the friend zone isn’t gendered. It’s pretty similar to unrequited feelings. If a girl complains,...
High Scalability: Tumblr Architecture - 15 Billion... →
momgenes:
If a person puts a piece of their tissue (organs, blood, etc.) inside another person, it will most likely cause an immune response that will kill one or both of them
That says a lot about human intimacy I think
liars:
Trim - Confidence Boost (Harmonimix...