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Traceroute bad.horse
1 points by rglovejoy 10y ago|0 comments
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
Back in the 90's, People magazine ran an internet competition for the most beautiful person alive. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf won by a mile.
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“Expert Witness” who cannot do basic math(nytimes.com)
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Why too much evidence can be a bad thing(phys.org)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
There was an episode of "Schoolhouse Rock" that was about just this ("Little Twelvetoes"). After the number nine, they suggested two new numbers, "dek" and "ell", and for "10", call it &quot
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Q-Carbon, a substance harder than diamond(nytimes.com)
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Norman C. Pickering, Who Refined the Record Player, Dies at 99(nytimes.com)
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End of daily injections for diabetes as scientists restore insulin production(telegraph.co.uk)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
Eight, on the other hand, is extremely lucky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Eig...
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Why self-driving cars must be programmed to kill(technologyreview.com)
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Japan's hidden caste of untouchables(bbc.com)
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Classroom for ADHD Teens(israel21c.org)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
> At Bennington College in Vermont, over 48 percent of former students were earning less than $25,000 per year. A quarter were earning less than $10,600 per year. Bennington always impressed me as as rich kids' school. I have to won
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Chinese tech companies hiring 'pretty' women to motivate male employees(dailymail.co.uk)
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Inside San Francisco’s Newest Rentals, Bunk Beds for $1,800 a Month(sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
MIT has the Science, Technology, and Society Program: http://web.mit.edu/sts/
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Taxi Mogul, Filing Bankruptcy, Sees Uber-Citibank Plot(nytimes.com)
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Cool at 13, Adrift at 23(well.blogs.nytimes.com)
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The Evolution of Profanity(wsj.com)
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Why college students are avoiding the study of literature(commentarymagazine.com)
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How art became irrelevant(commentarymagazine.com)
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Chris Squire of Yes is dead at 67(nytimes.com)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
The card counting rings mentioned in the article have been going on for decades. Edward Thorp, while a math professor at MIT, was the first to do a rigorous analysis of card counting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.org/182/
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Walt Disney Recycled Animation Scenes [video](youtube.com)
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by rglovejoy 11y ago
I recall that during the first Gulf War, Iraqi propaganda broadcasts were telling American servicemen that their wives and girlfriends back home were carrying on with Bart Simpson.
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by rglovejoy 12y ago
The movie also had the computer telling the boy that he flunked. Back in 1967, they didn't predict that by 1999, every child would get a trophy just for showing up.
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Journey to the center of the Earth(bbc.com)
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Playboys in the woods(playboy.com)
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Charles Townes, Laser Inventor, Black Hole Discoverer, Dies At 99(npr.org)
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