"Life has to be more than about solving problems. There have to be things that make you proud to be a member of humanity."
- Elon Musk
Monday, August 20, 2018
Life.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Island universes
"We can pool information about experiences, but never the experiences themselves. From family to nation, every human group is a society of island universes."
- Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception
Monday, June 11, 2018
Engelbart's Law
"The intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential."
:D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbart%27s_Law
Del inventor de la versión actual del mouse.
:D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbart%27s_Law
Del inventor de la versión actual del mouse.
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Condescender
Es chistoso que en español no haya palabras, más aún, verbos para patronize y condescend.
pa·tron·izeˈpātrəˌnīz,ˈpatrəˌnīz/verb
1.
treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.
"“She's a good-hearted girl,” he said in a patronizing voice"
synonyms: treat condescendingly, condescend to, look down on, talk down to, put down, treat like a child, treat with disdain
"don't patronize me!"
con·de·scendˌkändəˈsend/verb
verb: condescend; 3rd person present: condescends; past tense: condescended; past participle: condescended; gerund or present participle: condescending
condescender
Del lat. condescendĕre.
Conjug. c. entender.
1. intr. Acomodarse por bondad al gusto y voluntad de alguien.
1.
treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.
"“She's a good-hearted girl,” he said in a patronizing voice"
synonyms: treat condescendingly, condescend to, look down on, talk down to, put down, treat like a child, treat with disdain
"don't patronize me!"
con·de·scendˌkändəˈsend/verb
verb: condescend; 3rd person present: condescends; past tense: condescended; past participle: condescended; gerund or present participle: condescending
show feelings of superiority; be patronizing.
"take care not to condescend to your reader"
synonyms: patronize, talk down to, look down one's nose at, look down on, put down
"don't condescend to your readers"
do something in a haughty way, as though it is below one's dignity or level of importance.
"we'll be waiting for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear"
synonyms: deign, stoop, descend, lower oneself, demean oneself;
vouchsafe, see fit, consent
"he condescended to see us"
"take care not to condescend to your reader"
synonyms: patronize, talk down to, look down one's nose at, look down on, put down
"don't condescend to your readers"
do something in a haughty way, as though it is below one's dignity or level of importance.
"we'll be waiting for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear"
synonyms: deign, stoop, descend, lower oneself, demean oneself;
vouchsafe, see fit, consent
"he condescended to see us"
Y en español condescender significa:
condescender
Del lat. condescendĕre.
Conjug. c. entender.
1. intr. Acomodarse por bondad al gusto y voluntad de alguien.
Es una palabra latina que se adaptó de esa forma al inglés, pero con un sentido, a mi parecer, opuesto.
En español, ¿es bueno o malo condescender?
Monday, May 28, 2018
Love is like an aeroplane
jump and then you pray
lucky ones remain
in the clouds for days
we had some fun before we hit the ground
jellybeans all around
:(:):
lucky ones remain
in the clouds for days
we had some fun before we hit the ground
jellybeans all around
:(:):
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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