I say that the first true friend of all the Muslims living upon the face of the earth is the British government. I have never spoken a single word without proof and evidence, and—God willing—I never shall. And so, for the words I have just spoken, I wish to provide proof as well; and my […]
Category: Musings
Information quality heuristics
Let’s face it, even the best of us use some heuristics when choosing information sources to consume. So it’s worth pausing to think which ones are the ones that you specifically use. For me, it boils down to the following three: All of these criteria require the user to gain a deeper understanding of the […]
What’s with the “urban cognition”?
Amsterdam is one of those cities that do not suffer from a scarcity of revolutionaries whose revolutionary zeal is sufficient only to revolt against… traffic rules and basic norms of human decency. People around me are often taken aback by the passion with which I engage with them. “Why do you get so riled up […]
A bit about Ə.
What’s that strange letter up here?”, I hear you ask. Let me introduce you, featured prominently here is Ə. A letter so weird it can break your browser’s otherwise great day browsing world ruly enough to be fully captured by ASCII characters. A character so powerful that it hides a complete story of (in chronological […]