bmmayer1

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721.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Except for the not-so-inconsequential fact that DNA evidence can now be faked ( http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/science/18dna.html )
722.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Doesn't work in Chrome
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Timbuktu Manuscripts: AMA on reddit(reddit.com)
2 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
724.
Crowdsourced new designs for classic books in the Public Domain(recoveringtheclassics.com)
2 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
725.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
I am volunteering my time to build the site and manage the tech, payment processing, etc. Thanks for the note, I'll pass it on.
726.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
This is really important: "We have about 30 days until it starts raining buckets in Mali and finding enough money to secure the physical integrity of the corpus is our number one priority for the time being"
727.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
The books survived though. Now we just need to keep them preserved until they can be returned.
728.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
This is a backstory on the project from the New Republic: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112898/timbuktu-librarian...
729.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
In all fairness, no ones going to donate to "Save books from Ansar Dine," are they? But for the record, they are AQ affiliated. It's not a completely random connection.
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Timbuktu Libraries in Exile(indiegogo.com)
124 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|55 comments
731.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
So if I wanted to count down to the release of Arrested Development I could...wait nvm.
732.
Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members(nytimes.com)
6 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|2 comments
733.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
This is amazing.
734.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Well, you're not paying for your education yet
735.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Greece: 64%. Portugal: 40%. Italy: 38%. Slovakia: 35%. Hungary: 28%.
736.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Actually, most of my European friends are socialists, but that's not the point. We live in a global economy, and people want to go where the opportunities are, and there are still a lot of opportunities here, especially for upwardly mobile
737.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
In SF this is definitely not an assumption you should make. Talk to some people around Haight St. http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/43085729257/the-street-kid...
738.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
I dunno. Feel like that's not the case for a lot of very talented Europeans, many of whom I've met in my multiple trips there and unanimously want to emigrate to the US. They certainly aren't the "give us your tired, your poor" immigrants
739.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
As a matter of fact, many Europeans I've met in the US have moved here to get away from "these social programs" which are strangling their economies and destroying opportunity. Come to think of it, most Europeans I've met in Europe are try
740.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
And one of the freest (read: least regulated) economies in the world. Makes you think.
741.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
>> "that they pay for themselves (through social security)" Lulz Europe.
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My voicemail was hacked, and it pretty much sucked(thenextweb.com)
1 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
743.
Etsy accused me of not assembling my synths by hand and shut down my shop(wtfbyrne.tumblr.com)
482 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|151 comments
744.
The Outcast (Star Trek: TNG)(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
745.
Jetstrap: Bootstrap WYSIWYG Editor(jetstrap.com)
3 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
746.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
No one has ever satisfactorily explained to me how the government can "invest" in something.
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Marco Rubio: America Needs a Pro-Growth Immigration System(techcrunch.com)
2 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments
748.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
gwern, thanks for the reply. I admire your prolific output, even if I don't agree with a lot of your conclusions (historical and political, that is, because your math/stat is too complicated for me to understand). I have to say, you have s
749.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
> doxing is a form of violence I don't know about that. It would seem to me, that if you choose to have a pseudonym, it is your responsibility to cover your tracks accordingly. If you put yourself in a position of putting your biggest s
750.
by bmmayer1 13y ago
Shouldn't this be the opposite? The kid sees a regular ad. The adult sees a disturbing picture that says "PLEASE DON'T BEAT UP YOUR KID."

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