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BitTornado image

Software > BitTorrent >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.bittornado.com/

A hacker’s BitTorrent client.

I had used this for a while, but using something like it is a bit frustrating for me. It’s rarely updated and is lacking a number of convenience features.

I was thinking of hacking some solutions to my grievances when I just got frustrated and dumped it to try Deluge again.

  • Abandoned: As of 2019-11-21, version 0.3.18 was released on 2006-12-24.



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Philosophy in the Flesh - (1999 book), by Lakoff, Johnson image

Entertainment > Reading >

https://www.alibris.com/Philosophy-in-the-Flesh-George-Lakoff/book/10659440

To read

This book is mind blowing. I think the best description I can give of what it’s topic and goals are is to present the first chapter, in full. From here I think anyone interested in the subject will understand fully where this book is going and the intentions of the authors.

  • Properly titled Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought
  • By George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

  • ISBN-10 0-465-05674-1

  • TODO – The various Wikipedia topics would need references to cognitive philosophy as a contraindication to the various topics, and in those topics to specifically cite passages in the introduction in this book.
  • TODO – Finish the linking.



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