«Research voraciously, and understand how the things around us work at a basic level.»

—Jeff Atwood, from: Please Don’t Learn to Code

Nearly 4 years ago Banksy said something true …

«People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are “The Advertisers” and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.»

–Banksy, 2008

«‘Faith in faith’ he answered himself. ‘It isn’t necessary to have something to believe in. It’s only necessary to believe that somewhere there’s something worthy of belief.’»

– Alfred Bester, «The Stars My Destination»

«One thing I love about western films and TV shows, is the social. This Internet shit is wack. Then again, I’d be dead already.»

— Matt Brett

»[…] Verdächtig war, dass nichts verdächtig war. Dann, so die Logik der Überwachenden, musste der Beschuldigte sich ja wohl besonders konspirativ verhalten. Ergo: Die Überwachung musste ausgeweitet werden. […]«

– Anne Roth (Der Freitag, Bitte recht freundlich)

«Why do I remember getting hit by cop @ protest 20 yrs ago? Who cares? The state does. That memory’s a cop. The thud is echo of state terror.»

–@JeffSharlet

«Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.»

—Code For The Maintainer

[via M.H.]

»am handy kann man tippfehler nicht korrigieren und das macht mich traurig.«

— kosmar

»Stumbleupon, wird auch zu fb crossposted und ich hoffe auch zu @kosmarfeed. Dennoch hab ich hier nen bookmark circle mit 0 leuten, da hab ich das reingeshared, und dann eben noch an euch zugleich. Der circle ist natürlich eigentlich quasi zum instapapern von reshared aus meinen stream hier gedacht, aber manchmal kippt man dann doch kurz ne url rein. Ich hoffe auf api, du merkst. :)«

— kosmar

«Anarchism […] stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.»

— Emma Goldman

(Todays quote from «Sons of Anarchy»)