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I almost forgot the last part of the Yang-style long form

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Military/Police state

upd: Must have the parade!

According to the new budget deal, defense spending is going to reach $700B. In addition to that, we are spending ~$80B on veterans, ~$45B on homeland security, $25B - DOJ, $12B - Interior == ~$860 on the military and police.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43008311

Made my day

https://youtu.be/XGysPJvCXOc

For some reason, understanding adjoints helped me better understand products, coproducts, pullbacks and pushouts. Maybe it's because of a specific application that I can play with to test various concepts against a version of relevant reality.

upd. also see https://youtu.be/BqRkULEhG40?t=6m15s

dybr

This evening, my friend and I had a long conversation about books and their authors. Here's five books that shaped my thinking and perceptions as a youth:

Лев Толстой, Война и Мир.
Варлам Шаламов, Колымские Рассказы.
Bruno Bettelheim, The Informed Heart.
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish.
Janos Kornai, Economics of Shortage.