April 2012
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“It is not some kind of contingent disappointment that physics and biology have...”
– All Ethics Are Secular Ethics
Apr 24th
February 2012
1 post
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“In very simplified terms, it is currently understood that, initially, possibly...”
– Physics Stack Exchange: Where does matter come from?
Feb 9th
March 2011
1 post
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“We want to free ships within a short period of time instead of keeping them for...”
– Reuters: Somali pirates cut ransoms to clear hijacked ships via Freakonomics
Mar 19th
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February 2011
2 posts
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“The difference isn’t over the taxes owed, but over who should be sending...”
– The Texas Tribune: Texas Comptroller Hunts Amazon for Tax Money
Feb 15th
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“I wonder therefore if we wouldn’t make more environmental progress if we stopped...”
– The Reality-Based Community: The Truth about Climate Change
Feb 13th
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January 2011
2 posts
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Jan 24th
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“It’s disrespectful to let writing’s constituent elements bleed into one another...”
– Manifest Density: everyone has a right to their beliefs
Jan 16th
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December 2010
7 posts
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“[Stores] should make a single line feed multiple cashiers. For three cashiers...”
– Engineer Guy: Why the other line is more likely to move faster
Dec 29th
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“As I mention in the video, what’s really interesting is that this locksmith was...”
– Dan Ariely: Locksmiths
Dec 29th
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Daring Fireball: Title Junk →
Gruber’s sentiment is right on: Most bookmarking tools — the ones built into web browsers, and bookmarklets for third-party apps — do use the page title as the default bookmark name. Tools that help people tweet links to articles use the page title as the default description. So make titles useful. Write them for humans, not search engine spiders. His technical arguments about whether...
Dec 21st
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Dec 18th
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““That offer from the Giants was a lack of respect. A total...”
– Edgar Renteria says Giants’ $1M offer is ‘a total disrespect’ - ESPN
Dec 17th
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Dec 7th
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“What bothers me is not that the kids are kept in prisons, but that (a) they...”
– Paul Graham: Why Nerds are Unpopular
Dec 2nd
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November 2010
6 posts
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“So, we both agree that terrorists, in as much as they have a master plan, are...”
– Call Me Fishmeal.: Q&A with TSA Chairman John Pistole
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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“Here was this blonde guy who wore his hair in his face, so you couldn’t even see...”
– Part 1: 1990: “Once upon a time, I could love you” | Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? | The A.V. Club
Nov 17th
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“In a democracy, if you don’t attend to the interests of the poor in an...”
– Robert Frank on Inequality | EconTalk
Nov 16th
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What the fuck has Obama done so far? →
Be careful what you brag about: Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay The Executive Order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay was one of the first things Obama did after taking office in January, 2009. The order required the prison to be closed within one year. It’s nearly 2011 and it’s still operating.
Nov 5th
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“A “crotchal” area feel-up is certainly unappealing, there’s no question about...”
– One Foot Tsunami: Meet the Resistance
Nov 1st
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October 2010
4 posts
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“That English mapmakers formerly placed the phrase “here be dragons”...”
– Here Be Dragons on Old Maps
Oct 31st
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“Roman soldiers, among others, were paid in salt, which gave rise to the English...”
– The Straight Dope: How did salt and pepper become the standard table spices?
Oct 26th
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“Should a spectator reach out on the playing field side of such fence, railing or...”
– MLB Official Rules
Oct 20th
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“See what physics gives you? Angry Birds strategery.”
– Does the Angry Blue Bird multiply its mass?
Oct 19th
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Oct 1st
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August 2010
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If The Great Wall of China ran through my back... →
The BBC’s Dimensions project plots historical locations in familiar spatial contexts.
Aug 20th
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July 2010
1 post
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“This extreme shape-shifting was possible because the bone tissue in the frill...”
– Morph-osaurs: How shape-shifting dinosaurs deceived us - New Scientist - New Scientist (via Boing Boing)
Jul 30th
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June 2010
6 posts
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“The only way I can think of to get around this problem, to allow journalists to...”
– Weigelgate: The Washington Post sets itself on fire | The Economist
Jun 29th
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“I agree that language should change over time, but using “addicting”...”
– Drewmass on Grammar Girl : Addictive Versus Addicting
Jun 24th
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“It may help if you realize that a dollar isn’t just a dollar, and once you...”
– jerf on Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable? at Hacker News.
Jun 18th
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Jun 17th
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“Friedman also recounted advice that his friend Willie Nelson gave him before his...”
– 2010: “The Tea Party Folks are Like Barbara Jordan” | The Texas Tribune
Jun 13th
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“I understand that the Pentagon was telling the President “don’t you dare,” and...”
– AMERICAblog Gay: My thoughts on the DADT compromise
Jun 13th
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May 2010
6 posts
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“French press coffee = more cholesterol = imminent death?!”
– Ask MetaFilter
May 30th
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May 21st
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May 19th
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May 10th
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“Requiring successful enforcement of the current immigration laws before they can...”
– To ‘Control the Border,’ First Reform Immigration Law | Cato @ Liberty
May 2nd
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“Both the terms “warm-blooded” and “cold-blooded” have...”
– Warm-blooded - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 2nd
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April 2010
7 posts
“The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so...”
– Rick Webb about this (via toldorknown) (via marco)
Apr 29th
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“In running to any base, while trying to avoid being tagged out, the runner runs...”
– “When Runners Are Out” (NCAA rule 8-5-a) MLB rule 7.08(a)(1) [pdf] doesn’t contain the “left or right” language.
Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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“[N]o team is scheduled off days on any day of the week except Mondays and...”
– Major League Baseball schedule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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“In the purer ages of the commonwealth, the use of arms was reserved for those...”
– Edward Gibbon - The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume 1
Apr 23rd
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Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Don't play The Tray →
Trying to “clean out” your tray is not a habit you want to get into. It’s pointless, and besides, you can never win - as soon as you run another app, in the tray it’ll go. It’s like the world’s worst game of Whac-A-Mole. Instead, learn to see the tray as a “recent apps” area. If you’re in the middle of one task - say, writing an email - and you need to switch to something for a second - say,...
Apr 15th
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March 2010
3 posts
Mar 19th
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Mar 13th
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“… and then Sayid goes, “We call it… The Aristocrats!”
– Some bold endings the producers of ABC’s Lost have been tossing around
Mar 2nd
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February 2010
1 post
“Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.”
– A conversation I have every month or so
Feb 17th