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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury My rating: 5 of 5 stars A bleak vision of society where books are considered dangerous by the institutions, since it’s easier to rule a conformistic population. I read this long, long time ago and I always recalled the premise, but forgot about the reasons for burning the books. Unfortunately,…
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Kingdom Animalia
What if animals would try the human race and our impact on the planet? Welcome to the last days of humanity! Watch as our glorious species fights for its existence against dangerous, violent creatures who want nothing more than our total destruction! Even the cute animals don’t like us and that really hurts, you…
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Encounter: The Three Oddest Words
The Three Oddest Words When I pronounce the word Future,the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence,I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing,I make something no non-being can hold. Wisława Szymborska .. So beautiful.
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Refresh: RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document describes the overall architecture of HTTP, establishes common terminology, and defines aspects of the protocol that are shared by all versions. In this definition are core protocol elements, extensibility mechanisms, and the “http” and “https” Uniform Resource…
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Encounter: Chesterton’s Fence
“Chesterton’s fence” is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood. In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case…