The modern geek is more than just a reined version of the stereotypical movie geek from the ’80s. True, there’s a contemporary equivalent, who have swapped Star Wars posters, pocket protectors, and large glasses held together by tape for really, really smart phones, hipster glasses, and social websites running on virtual machines. The Internet has given the computer geek a new challenge. For most of us techies, the largest obstacle in building something great has changed from a technical to a social one. The question is no longer can you build it, but will people want it? We’re becoming a diferent kind of community, one that has to relate to a half a billion Facebook users, Twitterers, and lolcats. (I can has cheez-burger? See page 169.)
But what it means to be a geek today can also be br... (查看原文)
It depends. In a standard U.S. cup, 237 ml. But if you’re talking about a U.S. “legal” cup, as used on nutrition labels, it’s 240 ml. Live in Canada, eh? That’ll be 250 ml, please. Or are we British? An imperial cup is 284 ml. This leaves me wondering: is a pint of Guinness actually larger in Ireland? (查看原文)
Thinking like a hacker means thinking of an end state and then figuring out how to get there in a time- and space-optimal (and fewest-dishes-possible) way. (查看原文)
作者: Jeff Potter 副标题: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food isbn: 0596805888 书名: Cooking for Geeks 页数: 432 定价: USD 34.99 出版社: O'Reilly Media 装帧: Paperback 出版年: 2010-8-2
