Gibarian's Favorite Links on philosophy from Diigo

Feature: Applying Unix Philosophy to Personal Productivity

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:18:35 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

The only way to write complex software that won't fall on its face is to hold its global complexity down—to build it out of simple parts connected by well-defined interfaces, so that most problems are local and you can have some hope of upgrading a part without breaking the whole.

Code that is graceful and clear is less likely to break—and more likely to be instantly comprehended by the next person to have to change it. This is important, especially when that next person might be yourself some years down the road.

Tags: philosophy productivity unix

Posted by: gibarian

The Brights' Net - Home Page

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:59:55 -0000

Tags: atheism brights philosophy religion secularism

Posted by: gibarian

Daylight Atheism > On Atheism and Hope

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:53:18 -0000

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

This desperate craving for reassurance belongs to the infancy of our species. In reality, there are no messiahs who will swoop in at the last moment to save us from ourselves, no gods who will descend to magically alleviate our problems.

Oh, how I love that passage. posted by gibarian

Tags: atheism philosophy pope tumble

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Standpedia / Social encyclopedia of belief

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:41:31 -0000

Tags: opinion philosophy social

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Richard Dawkins, Relativism and Truth

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:45:06 -0000

Tags: dawkins philosophy science

Posted by: gibarian