April 2012
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“It is not some kind of contingent disappointment that physics and biology have...”
– All Ethics Are Secular Ethics
February 2012
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“In very simplified terms, it is currently understood that, initially, possibly...”
– Physics Stack Exchange: Where does matter come from?
March 2011
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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
February 2011
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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
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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
January 2011
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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
December 2010
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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
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“As I mention in the video, what’s really interesting is that this locksmith was...”
– Dan Ariely: Locksmiths
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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...
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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
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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
November 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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“A “crotchal” area feel-up is certainly unappealing, there’s no question about...”
– One Foot Tsunami: Meet the Resistance
October 2010
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“That English mapmakers formerly placed the phrase “here be dragons”...”
– Here Be Dragons on Old Maps
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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?
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“Should a spectator reach out on the playing field side of such fence, railing or...”
– MLB Official Rules
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“See what physics gives you? Angry Birds strategery.”
– Does the Angry Blue Bird multiply its mass?
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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.
July 2010
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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)
June 2010
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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
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“I agree that language should change over time, but using “addicting”...”
– Drewmass on Grammar Girl : Addictive Versus Addicting
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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.
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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
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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
May 2010
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“French press coffee = more cholesterol = imminent death?!”
– Ask MetaFilter
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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
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“Both the terms “warm-blooded” and “cold-blooded” have...”
– Warm-blooded - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 2010
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“The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so...”
– Rick Webb about this (via toldorknown) (via marco)
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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.
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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
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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
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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,...
March 2010
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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
February 2010
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“Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.”
– A conversation I have every month or so