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Varnish Cache is Amazing I will leave it to you to read some of the benchmarking studies, it is likely you already have if you’re here. I am going to cut straight to the point and share my shell-secrets with you, so you can start speeding up your sites right away. Pre-req’s I am assuming: […]
Keep ReadingI was just thinking about conservation… and it occurred to me that the immaterial things are rarely approached by the would-be conservationist. It is easy for us to focus on the material world in our culture that is obsessed with others, yet it is that which we are most likely to consider as self that we […]
Keep ReadingMOOCs vs College Degrees Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are miles ahead of their rapidly aging predecessor, the unJustifiably Overpriced Collegiate Experience (uJOCE). We will compare and contrast the two in this article, weaving a neat little story about finances, economics, and information in the meantime. MOOCs Are Awesome! Oftentimes, I find myself taking classes […]
Keep ReadingPeace, Love, and Understanding? Superficially, the idea of a “gift economy” may strike you as fanciful or inconceivable. How could people get by simply by giving away what they have to others? What market forces would conspire to feed the nation: simply goodwill and peace on Earth? Where are the real incentives? Fortunately, it is rather […]
Keep ReadingCapitalism doesn’t stand alone. Nor even isolated in a small room with its uncomfortable flatmates, Command and Mixed Economies. Many economic theories have come before and will come after. Indeed, Adam Smith’s original conception of Capitalism is alive and well, yet in our era it is has seen some changes. We are realizing the effects of […]
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I love morality. It may be silly, this bizarre obsession of mine, but I sponsor morality whenever I can. I plead for it, I advocate for it, I embrace it. I work so hard to advance morality that I’m often asked: Why? Why should I care about morality? How do you even define morality? What […]
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