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forever

I don't believe in luck. I do believe we've known each other since forever, though. Her: Really? Yeah. You know how? When the big bang happened, all the atoms in the universe, they were all smashed together into one little dot that exploded outward. So my atoms and your atoms were certainly together then, and, who knows, probably smashed together several times in the last 13.7 billion years. So my atoms have known your atoms and they've always known your atoms. My atoms have always loved your atoms.

fiscal cliff

so what exactly is the Fiscal Cliff? I’m sure you seen the phrase - Fiscal Cliff - dominating the radio, TV, internet, etc. for the past month and days to come. Pundits (politicians) and economists at Harvard turned their attention to the dire predictions of the possible and theoretically outcome of “the fiscal cliff.” Overall, at its core, this event could leave a deep impact and dominate our lives for the foreseeable future. Think of it as the economic version of Hurricane Sandy that swarmed the Wall Street (the Northeast) few weeks ago. It all begins with the December 31, 2012 expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Originally, these tax cuts were schedules to end back in 2010; however, they were extended for two years in a horse trade between President Obama and the GOP (Republican Party) controlled Congress. If you can recall the 2010 election victory, wherein President Obama agreed to continue tax cuts for all Americans in an exchange for Congress agreeing to extend the unemployment benefits for ones out of work. So, if the Bush tax cuts is just allowed to expire - it will raise taxes for most Americans. And another godawful news is that the temporary, Obama administration’s two percent tax cuts, is also scheduled to expire on December 31st. Nothing done, on January 1st, millions of Americans will be paying $2k to $3k additional dollars in taxes each year - leaving them with $3k less to spend (on our Capitalistic consumer driven economy).   These cuts hit all areas of the federal budget, including the Medicare, the Education, the FEMA, and the Defense. When you add up the increased payment of taxes and the cuts in government spending, we are looking at taking somewhere around $800 billion out of the U.S. economy next year—producing the potential for devastating consequences. Now, Obama administration and the GOP have quite different thoughts on taxing the ones who earn more than $250,000 a year. The whole government is sort of polymorphic now. Although the media might make you feel cacophonous (or that this post is obfuscation) for the next week, the White House will soon release the economic road-map for the upcoming years.

nostalgia

Walked around Manhattan today after like 7 months (beginning of January)… (and that was the last time I walked around the city with you)

.her

As time passed, I visited her less often. Eventually, I went an hour without thinking of her, then a few hours, then a day, then a week, then a month.

When I visit her profile now (yes, i don’t see her in person anymore), the sting isn’t as sharp. I am proud of her when she finds success in her ballet career, and I am sad for her when someone she knows isn't doing well.

Maybe she’s different now; I certainly am. Maybe she doesn’t get quiet when she gets upset, or she even bakes much better cookies (god I miss them). Maybe I don’t know her at all. That brief moment after waking was always the worst. That moment when I felt like the dream was reality — like maybe we never broke up at all.

But still, thinking of her reminds me that I am capable of love. It reminds me that when you truly care for another person, it never really goes away. You left me, but your scent still lingers.

robots are getting faster, literally.

^ Page-Scanning robot reads faster than you.

Do you consider yourself a fast reader? If so, how long does it take you to read a book? 2 days? Good for you but that’s nothing compared to the BFS-Auto book-scanning robot. It can handle 250 pages in a minute. That’s fast even for a machine. It’s just epic when you imagine how they could make widespread book digitization a reality and deal with entire libraries in a matter of days. I wish this technology is available to consumers before my graduation (2015) so that the robot could read the text to me.

Wonder what this technology could lead to? Check out this video.

mind blow (just a bit)

Behavioral mathematics is just magical! 

Brilliant Enterprise

by Txchnologist

GE’s Brilliant Machines transform raw data into efficiencies. Our deep-sea fuel technology helps us discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. Which might come in handy for the U.S.S. Enterprise as it attempts to live long and prosper in deep space. #Brilliantmachines

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elegance is an attitude

"And carry on Just cross the waters, I'll be okay Cause I've been loved, I've been loved enough"

This is the Green building tonight, the tallest one in Cambridge, on MIT campus.

Photo via @peteymit: http://bit.ly/17CBIzX