“If there is one thing that an atheist movement should stand against (or at least be reflexively suspicious of), it is the erection of cults of personality around individual voices. Most movement atheists will be able to, without breaking stride, list a number of specific examples of religious movements that have gone terribly awry when a single person is placed at their zenith. Atheistic communities are no exception, or at least should not be. If Richard Dawkins is ‘a liability’, it is because we atheists have failed to resist the urge toward celebrity worship. In a perfect world, Dr. Dawkins‘ opinions on evolution would be evaluated and lauded when accurate, and his opinions on other matters would be seen as irrelevant when they are false. The fact that he regularly repeats fairly common bromides about rape culture and xenophobia would be seen, in this better world, as reflective of an incurious mind that speaks more than it thinks. To the extent that this is not the case (many atheists I know have no interest in Dr. Dawkins‘ opinions), it should be seen as a failing of the community to live up to its principles. When people continue to write articles as though it was still 2007 and The God Delusion was still one of the only popular sources for atheist advocacy, it cements the perception that Richard Dawkins is reflective of the atheist movement rather than being simply one voice among many.”
Quote is from Is Richard Dawkins An Asset Or A Liability To Atheism? No. Must…read. Love how he questions the question itself (problem with liability/asset binary), questions the idea that there is “one” atheist movement (nope) and illustrates how similar personality cult in secular space is to it some theist ones. Oh and I’m one of the atheists that has "no interest in Dr. Dawkins‘ opinions." Must read full essay!
With this you’ll never have to worry that your plant stands in the shades, always the best light for your favourite houseplant!
When you put the Robot in direct sunlight it will not run and he will just sit there and enjoy the sun, but when the day goes by and the sun moves he will follow the sunlight every time the shadow tries to take the upper hand.
When you start her up in the shade he will scout for light and therefore are the collision switches a helpful thing, so he wont get stuck somewhere.
-The parts needed to make this marvellous little robot are :
1x 74HC240
1x L293D
3x 1M resistors
2x 1nF capacitors
2x 10uF capacitors
2x SFH 300 photo transistor
2x collision switches
1x pot to host the plant (make sure it doesn’t leak water into the electronics)
and last but not least a recycled toy with 2 electric motors that runs at about 6volt or identical motors and wheels or a 2 motor robot platform. I think you can make this but for under 10$
-I gave my robot a nice flesh eating plant and designed the body a bit like a trilobite
And I used the Rp5 platform for this robot. I posted an image of my robot and the schematics
…One of his favorite things to shoot are the shadows cast by clouds, something that appears surprisingly dramatic from space. Dense cloud formations can create long shadows that stretch for thousands of miles across the Earth’s surface as they eventually disappear into a black horizon. You can see new photos from Gerst daily on Twitter.
Every Tuesday is Art Tuesday here at Adafruit! Today we celebrate artists and makers from around the world who are designing innovative and creative works using technology, science, electronics and more. You can start your own career as an artist today with Adafruit’s conductive paints, art-related electronics kits, LEDs, wearables, 3D printers and more! Make your most imaginative designs come to life with our helpful tutorials from the Adafruit Learning System. And don’t forget to check in every Art Tuesday for more artistic inspiration here on the Adafruit Blog!
Make a self watering pot for your plants with recycled bottles. via youtube
This is another 2 liter bottle recycling experiment. I am taking a 2 liter soda bottle and coffee can to make an easier version of my original 2 liter self watering pot. This just might be the easiest DIY self watering container on YouTube.
It lowers water consumption by greatly reducing evaporation. Being a sealed system, it keeps insects out of the water supply, especially mosquitoes! You can also easily check check to see if your plant is rootbound. What other planter lets you check your roots?!
This is not a huge container but is great for mid stage growth of tomatoes and peppers. It can used for growing herbs such as basil, dill, thyme, cilantro, parsley, chives, oregano and sage. I’ve even grown radishes and onions in it! It’s also awesome for growing lettuce! I’m even using it for mid stage growth of a Moringa tree with great success! I’m going to grow strawberries in it next!
An anonymous reader writes A Grand Ayatollah in Iran has determined that access to high-speed and 3G Internet is "against Sharia" and "against moral standards." However, Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani, plans to renew licenses and expand the country’s 3G cellular phone network. A radical MP associated with the conservative Resistance Front, warned: “If the minister continues to go ahead with increasing bandwidth and Internet speed, then we will push for his impeachment and removal from the cabinet.” “We will vigorously prevent all attempts by the [communication] minister to expand 3G technology, and if our warnings are not heeded, then the necessary course of action will be taken,” he added.
A patch to play Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei on the Super Famicom in English has just been released by The Romhacking Aerie. This is a 16-bit remake of the first two Megami Tensei games.
If you've going to Germany to experience Oktoberfest for beer and sausages this fall, chances are you might want to stay away from the boar while you're there. A new study from the German government, reported by The Telegraph, shows that more than one in three wild boar killed by hunters in the region are too radioactive to be safe for humans to eat.
Since 2012, hunters in the Saxony region of Germany have had to get any wild boar they kill tested for radiation. In one year, the state reports that 297 of 752 boar tested contained more than the safe limit of 600 becquerels of radioactive material caesium-137 per kilogram for human consumption. Some boar tested had radiation levels dozens of times higher than the safe limit.
Some boar had radioactive material dozens of times higher than the safe limit
Saxony is 700 miles from Chernobyl, where a 1986 explosion at a nuclear plant sent radioactive material into the atmosphere. Subsquent rain and wind carried the radioactive material far and wide across Europe.
It's thought that boar are more susceptible to radiation contamination becuase their diet consists of mushrooms and truffles that are buried in the ground and hold radiation longer than other vegetation. As a result of the contaminated meat, the German government has paid out thousands of euros in compensation to hunters, which have to destroy anything that tests as unsafe and cannot sell it for profit.
Even though it has been 28 years since the Chernobyl disaster, The Telegraph points out that experts say the radiation could be around in unsafe levels for another 50 years.
'The Grammy-winning singer also entered a special plea in which he maintained his innocence in the case and that prevents his no contest plea from being used against him in civil court.'
time to delete all the cee-lo music on my HD now, i guess. :(
The former 'Voice' judge maintained he did nothing wrong while taking the plea Friday. He was sentenced to three years of probation and must perform 360 hours of community service.
POOL/REUTERS Cee Lo Green, pictured here in a previous court hearing, pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles court.
Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest Friday to slipping ecstasy to a woman two years ago.
The former "Voice" judge and Gnarls Barkley singer took the no-jail deal under a type of plea that allowed him to deny wrongdoing.
"I plead no contest where I maintain my innocence," Green said in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Judge Mark Young sentenced him to three years of probation and 360 hours of community service for the felony conviction.
The Grammy winner, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, also has to attend 52 substance abuse therapy sessions, register as a narcotics offender and pay restitution to his unidentified female victim.
The judge also ordered the "Crazy" crooner to refrain from drinking alcohol if his probation officer requests that.
Lawyer Blair Berk sat next to Green with her hand on his back. He wore a pinstriped shirt over dark shorts and dress shoes and donned a pair of sunglasses as he left the courtroom without comment.
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Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest Friday to one felony count of furnishing ecstasy to a woman during a 2012 dinner in Los Angeles and was sentenced to serve probation and community service. The Grammy-winning singer also entered a special plea in which he maintained his innocence in the case and that prevents his no contest plea from being used against him in civil court. Green entered the plea just before a scheduled preliminary hearing during which prosecutors would have had to show there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial.
According to prosecutors, Green, 39, "slipped" ecstasy to a 33-year-old woman while the two were dining at a sushi restaurant in July 2012. The woman allegedly recorded Green making reference to the incident in a later conversation, a law enforcement source told the Daily News.
She initially said she believed Green spiked her drink and that the "next thing" she remembered was waking up naked in her hotel room with him.
Prosecutors rejected a felony sexual assault charge in the case.
Berk previously described any physical contact as "consensual."
Green, who rose to fame in the hip hop group Goodie Mob, was ordered to return to court in March for a progress report.
The Twitter account for Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) posted and then swiftly deleted Sunday what it later described as an "unauthorized" meme mocking the Democratic district attorney at the center of his recent indictment.
According to a new Gallup poll, half of full-time working Americans work more than 40 hours per week, and nearly 40 percent work more than 50 hours each week.
The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images. But it’s also the birthplace of one of the latest attempts to subvert the NSA’s mass surveillance program.
One of the great mysteries of the App Store is why certain apps get rejected and why others don’t. Apple has let a surprising number of ripoffs and clones through the store’s iron gates, yet some developers face rejection for seemingly innocent apps.
Every fruit stand, farmers market, and grocery store seem to have the same selection of Apples here (Gala, Gravenstein, Granny Smith, etc) right now, and while different varieties will be coming out over the next few months, I anticipate that the same places will again, for the most part, have the same selection.
My question, directed specifically at those who make cider at home (or otherwise) - where do you source your bittersweat and bittersharp apples? I would really like to find someone around here who has some higher tannin varieties, such as Foxwhelp or Yarlington Mill (as an example, not specifically)
And yes, I have already seen the Orange Pippin site which lists orchards that sell apples, but the list of varieties which they attribute to the local orchards that I have called is not accurate. Oh and since someone is going to say this, I have an app checking craigslist every hour for apples :-)
So cider makers - lets chat!
Append: In case anyone was interested, the two deals I found this weekend are: (Craigslist) Karam Farm & Garden off of HW224 has Gala's @ $.49/lbs for quantities over 20lbs (Craigslist) A farmer from White Salmon,WA working through "Alicia" in Troutdale - Gravenstein's for $20 / 40lbs box
September 1, 2014 — We’re happy and excited to announce the release of WordsFlow 2.0, which adds Pro-level features that, like DocsFlow Pro, completes the workflow cycle and makes WordsFlow fully two-way. With the Pro version, you can now update your Word documents in place with the latest linked InDesign story contents, and you can […]
This is actually pissing me off. It has begun to ruin halloween for me knowing people don’t spell check. Things are massed produced in factories and sent out for sale to the public spelt spoopy, doo, and creppy. Like what the actual fuck. My computer even automatically changes spoopy to spooky. I mean, come on. The best holiday season and businesses don’t even care enough about it to spell check the items they’re gonna sell. Fuck this shit.
Super Opinionated.
Every Tuesday is Art Tuesday here at Adafruit! Today we celebrate artists and makers from around the world who are designing innovative and creative works using technology, science, electronics and more. You can start your own career as an artist today with Adafruit’s conductive paints, art-related electronics kits, LEDs, wearables, 3D printers and more! Make your most imaginative designs come to life with our helpful tutorials from the Adafruit Learning System. And don’t forget to check in every Art Tuesday for more artistic inspiration here on the Adafruit Blog!
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POOL/REUTERS Cee Lo Green, pictured here in a previous court hearing, pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles court. 
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