Then, down at the bottom, there are the bots, simple pieces of code that do one thing and one thing only, but do it relentlessly.
—Why did 9,000 porny spambots descend on this San Diego high schooler?, The Atlantic, Nov. 24, 2013
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On fear, panic and anxiety
“I’m a scientist, I’m well educated, and I’m by no means lacking in self confidence – yet sometimes, my brain ceases to respond to logic. Well, a part of it does remain rational, but it’s hard to hear over the ten different fire-alarms that are ringing.”
-Matt Gemmell, Fear
Bill Watterson grants rare interview
The next print issue of Mental Floss will contain an interview with Calvin & Hobbes creator and genius Bill Watterson.
A brief except of the interview is on its website.
I could not take the strip with me if I quit, or even prevent the syndicate from replacing me, so I was truly scared I was going to lose everything I cared about either way. I made a lot of impassioned arguments for why a work of art should reflect the ideas and beliefs of its creator, but the simple fact was that my contract made that issue irrelevant. It was a grim, sad time. Desperation makes a person do crazy things.
-Bill Watterson
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I love this cartoon.
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An initiative is now underway to bring inline docs for hooks into the upcoming WordPress 3.7 release.
From: http://www.wptavern.com/coming-soon-inline-documentation-for-all-wordpress-hooks