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Experiment HN: If you end up with anything interesting, post the link
- adnanh 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roeweriella http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roeweriella Interesting part is me being from Bosnia & Herzegovina...
- dang 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Eggs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Eggs
- aaronetz 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Hoffman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Hoffman
- reillyse 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_and_buttock_padding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_and_buttock_padding I did not know that.
- baby 12y ago> It is used to increase the apparent size of the hips and buttocks to resemble those of a female. The padding is intended to improve the person's chance of passing as female by altering their apparent waist-hip ratio and shoulder-hip ratio.
- jeroen 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitinol_60 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitinol_60 "NiTiNOL 60, or 60 NiTiNOL, is a Nickel Titanium alloy (nominally Ni-40wt% Ti) discovered in the late 1950s by the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (hence the "NOL" portion of the name NiTiNOL). Depending upon the heat treat history, 60 NiTiNOL has the ability to exhibit either superelastic properties in the hardened state or shape memory characteristics in the softened state."
- mappum 12y agoWW1 flying ace, Oxford Ph.D, author and professor of medieval history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_MacGillvary_Brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_MacGillvary_Brown
- arjunnarayan 12y agoInteresting that he was American but served in the RFC (predecessor to the RAF). I didn't know that you could do that. It seems that back then nationality was a looser concept? We didn't yet have the closed border regime that we have now across the first world. But there had to be limits, especially given the war. Inquiring minds want to know...
- couchand 12y agoi've heard of many the european that served in another european army. maybe it's just the u.s. that's missing out.
- Matetricks 12y agoWhat do you think is the world's most valuable company? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Aramco
- arjunnarayan 12y agoIs Saudi Aramco even a company? What defines and separates companies from governments at that point?
- robryan 12y agoIt is unclear in that article where the Saudi Arabian government paid a fair market value in 1980 for ownership of the rest of the company?
- srhngpr 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_Feline_Federation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_Feline_Federation
- chrismorgan 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition
- mdelias 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraliparis_membranaceus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraliparis_membranaceus
- martinrd 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pern
- theboss 12y agoI learned not a whole lot happened in Spain in the year 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_Spain
- bilal2206 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Disney_Animation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Disney_Animation
- SworDsy 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptadecagon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptadecagon check out the animation
- moron4hire 12y agoFirst click was very interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wallis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wallis
- inc 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varied_carpet_beetle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varied_carpet_beetle Insect that can damage insect collections.
- dxbydt 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony Reportedly we are going to run out as early as 2020, definitely before 2030.
- jkdearden 12y agoThat reminds me of this timeline on when we're going to exhaust certain natural resources (which has antimony running out at 2020): http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120618-global-resources-stock-check http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120618-global-resources-st... A bit of a downer, but interesting to think about.
- balor123 12y agoWhy all the hubbub about rain forests then?? Running out of phosphorus would be scary!
- couchand 12y agoif you think running out of phosphorus is scary just wait until we run out of rain forest
- dredmorbius 12y agoDenial. Breaking bad news gently. "Save the rain forests" has (for most first-world residents not presently part of #OccupyRainForest) a concerned-but-distant feel about it. It raises consciousness without doing too much to cause mental anguish. Spend some time thinking about how things can fail (not uncommon for tech types, particularly on the ops side), and you start realizing there are a large number of paths to that destination. Some more probable than others. For complex systems in general, the problem isn't the stuff you've got lots of -- yes, you can fit the human population into the state of Texas with a reasonable amount of breathing space (about 1025 ft^2 -- 32 feet square) -- but what constrains you -- Leibig's Law of the Minimum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum Turns out there are a lot of things humans (and civilization) depend on which are in fairly short order: energy, environmental sink capacity, topsoil, phosphorus, freshwater, and a whole slew of critical industrial minerals for starters. And it's kind of a downer to think about it. But ignoring problems doesn't make them go away. How close is the tipping point? Good question. I've been playing with some geometric grown and consumption calculations: http://consumptiongrowth101.com/RunningTheNumbers.pdf http://consumptiongrowth101.com/RunningTheNumbers.pdf Turns out that if you take the numbers for oil consumption from BP's Annual Review for 2013 and plug them in, oil at present reserves, rates of growth, and consumption, runs out cold in 2048. What that actually means is that the rate of delivery is going to start getting choked much sooner, and it's peaked as of 2005 with a bit of a bumpy plateau since. Oil fuels 95% of all transporation, which in Richard Heinberg's eloquent turn of phrase is the heart of commerce. I could go on about oil exploration capex (Steve Kopits), fracking well depletion rates, and a slew of other stuff, but you probably don't want to hear about it. You're welcome to visit http://reddit.com/r/dredmorbius http://reddit.com/r/dredmorbius if you like though.
- mindcrime 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_only_mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_only_mode
- Navarr 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCnd%C3%BC,_Absheron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCnd%C3%BC,_Absheron Only interesting in how uninteresting it is. Only one true sentence on the page.
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- wahnfrieden 12y agoPlease re-title this post as "Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil", as per the HN guidelines (non-editorialized titles, taken from the linked content itself).
- mp4box 12y agoSo you got http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eygurande-et-Gardedeuil as the random link huh ?
- steanne 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Amadeus_of_Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Amadeus_of_Anhalt-Bernbu... Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg, 21 May 1744 – 2 May 1790), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch through the sub-branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym and a Russian General under the service of Empress Catherine II the Great.
- rcfox 12y agoAre we crowdsourcing boredom now?
- andrewguenther 12y agoIsn't that what Reddit is for?
- joezydeco 12y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/random/ http://www.reddit.com/r/random/
- skeletonjelly 12y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory/Good_articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory/Good_...
- jjsz 12y agohttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonded_warehouse http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonded_warehouse
- MatthewWilkes 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_leaf_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_leaf_area "Specific leaf area is defined as the ratio of leaf area to dry mass."
- ggchappell 12y agoHere's a curious one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_with_alcohol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_with_alcohol
- zxexz 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringhals_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringhals_Nuclear_Power_Plant Huh, apparently this plant generates 1/5 of the power of Sweden. I wonder what happens when such an important plant gets shut down temporarily? What would happen to the power infrastructure of the country if this plant melted down, is there some sort of redundancy? I know nothing about Sweden's electricity infrastructure, but would love to read more about it. Anybody got any links or knowledge? I think this sort of post is perfect for HN. I hope the special:random page becomes a weekly occurrence and promotes a lot of wonderful discussion.
- shortenda 12y agoI believe that Europe has a fairly interconnected grid, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continental_Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continental... Also, although the plant is 20% of the energy generated in Switzerland, it is not necessarily 20% of the power generation capacity, and is most likely much less than 20% of the generation capacity of Switzerland. Generation Capacity being the amount of KW that can be generated at a time.
- eCa 12y agohttp://www.swedennotswitzerland.com/ http://www.swedennotswitzerland.com/
- sparkie 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_TK7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_TK7
- JetSpiegel 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Wow!
- Theodores 12y agoWe have came a long way when it comes to the chemicals we spray on plants to keep the bugs at bay. This quite toxic mixture is said "to have burned the trees and the grass around the trees": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Green http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Green Then, to a less toxic substance, with lead and arsenic in it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hydrogen_arsenate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hydrogen_arsenate Can you imagine having an apple sprayed with anything more deadly? Well, we moved onto DDT... Sadly my 'Wikipedia' history was mostly littered with things I had looked up as a result of something posted on HN. The only other stand out entry was the page regarding 'G G Allin' - definitely interesting but totally not HN!!!
- shill 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Censorship
- CamperBob2 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._11_1/4_Dozen_Packages_of_Articles_Labeled_in_Part_Mrs._Moffat%E2%80%99s_Shoo-Fly_Powders_for_Drunkenness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._11_1/4_Dozen_P...
- elwell 12y ago> a mixture of antimony and potassium tartrate Antimony was someone else's random article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7758751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7758751
- mappum 12y agoThis makes me wonder what the longest Wikipedia article title is...
- JacksonGariety 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_records#Article_with_longest_title http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_records#Art...
- Natsu 12y agoI'm wondering why they didn't say 135 packages instead of dividing them so strangely.
- SheepSlapper 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbir_Rahman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbir_Rahman I got both the smallest Wikipedia page I've ever seen, and the one with worst "words I understand" to "words that make me go 'huh?'" ratio I've come across.
- growlix 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Theatre
- adnanh 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_of_vernal_equinox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_of_vernal_equinox
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- jdale27 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Blissett_%28nom_de_plume%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Blissett_%28nom_de_plume...
- zarriak 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE
- ritchiea 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhs_in_World_Wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhs_in_World_Wars
- greenyoda 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedug It's a large drum suspended from a rack and played with a padded mallet, used in gamelan music (see photo).
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- molsongolden 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicle The only US company to still make gum using chicle is http://www.gleegum.com/ http://www.gleegum.com/, most now use a cheaper synthetic rubber substitute.
- lubos 12y agoWow, what are the chances? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News
- nimz 12y agoLooks like 1 in 4,515,321. Nice!
- gs7 12y agoI'd say 1 in 4,515,321 [0] [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia
- judk 12y agoIncreased by a factor because many of us clicked the Random link.
- Houshalter 12y agoOr they could have cheated.
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- xerophtye 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Care_Limited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Care_Limited No, not as interesting as the "Quantum" may lead you to think... "Quantum Care Limited is a company based in Welwyn Garden City, England, that runs both residential and nursing care homes (see residential care home and nursing care home). The company's head office is 4 Silver Court, Watchmead, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England AL7 1TS. Quantum Care runs twenty-eight care homes, all but two in Hertfordshire."
- xerophtye 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davide_Cesare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davide_Cesare "Davide Cesare, also known as Dax (1977 - March 16, 2003) was an Italian anti-fascist activist from Rozzano (Milano), who was stabbed to death by two far-right activists in Milan, the night of March 16, 2003. Cesare was brought to the hospital but died in the ambulance. Immediately after his death, members of his group tried to enter the hospital but were blocked by the police. This resulted in new riots with several people being injured, damage to police cars, and the emergency department suspending all activities for the whole night."
- snrobot 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ride_(Willie_Nile_album) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ride_(Willie_Nile_albu...
- apineda 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD_art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD_art
- d4mi3n 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hippocampus_Question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hippocampus_Question
- arvindravi 12y agoTreasure of Villena. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Villena http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Villena
- allstruck 12y agoEverything on Wikipedia is interesting to someone... what I'm interested in the most right now is what the purpose of this "experiment" was and how it ended up infiltrating the front page. Instructions unclear: post the link to comments or as a new link?
- Houshalter 12y agoVery first thing I got is somewhat interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_response Most interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_in_organized_crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_in_organized_crime
- orangejuice 12y agoAn app for that. http://studiomarch.com/endless/ http://studiomarch.com/endless/
- mercer 12y agoI'd say this one's kind of interesting by being arguably the most boring thing I could imagine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacie_Orrico_discography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacie_Orrico_discography