Month: February 2015
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TIL that early in the second world war, Churchill (anticipating trench warfare stalemates as in the first world war) commissioned the invention of a "mole" machine that could dig new trenches to take itself and a convoy of tanks deep into the enemy lines.
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Are you running v98? Can you help me with an experiment?
Hi! It's me, /u/avapoet. You might remember me from such MegaMegaMonitor releases as v95 and v92. Also, this post right here.
Anyway: v98 contains the first third of an experimental new feature that I haven't decided whether or not to implement the second half of, yet. This post is a proof-of-concept of the first half … -
Turns out that optical illusions work on cats, too. And it's hilarious. [x-post from /r/funny]
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MegaMegaMonitor now supports DecadeClub
If you already use /r/MegaMegaMonitor, great! Now it supports /r/DecadeClub, too. If you don't then, well: maybe you should!
As a DecadeClub member, what MegaMegaMonitor enables you to do is to see a piece of DecadeClub "flair" next to other DecadeClub members, anywhere on Reddit. If you're in certain other private subs (e.g. /r/gildeddrunk, /r/MagicSecrets, … -
Rally 'round the white flag
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v95 adds comment-searching powers to help those of you who like to gild others "up" the chain
I've just pushed out version 95; you can get it by telling Greasemonkey to update manually, or just wait a day or so and you'll get it automatically. This release makes some minor CSS improvements to help make the tooltips visible even on awkward subreddits (still a long way to go, though), and also … -
I just sold a flat and bought some creddits. Who wants gold?
Today, I just agreed the sale of the flat (that's "apartment" outside of British English) that I inherited from my father (who died three years ago yesterday), and I'm marking the occasion by splashing out on a pack of 36 creddits to fuel a gold train.
/r/MegaLoungeVIII's getting crowded. Who wants to come up to … -
Just for fun, I've pre-generated ascension graphs for everybody in MegaLoungeIndia
As described over there, I've come up with a way to make graphs of the speed of everybody's ascension through the MegaLounges. But because everybody up here in /r/MegaLoungeIndia is far too important to have to ask for things for themselves, I've pre-generated graphs for you all. Here they are:
How /u/tl2horse rocketed … -
[More graphs!] My progression up the MegaLounges: what was my highest MegaLounge on any given date. (details and get-your-own in comments!)
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Mini-release 94 adds double-click-to-subreddit functionality, fixes bugs
Hi all,
Just pushed out a new mini-release, v94, if you're interested. The major changes are:
As requested, double-clicking on a piece of flair will now take you to the relevant subreddit (with one exception that probably nobody will ever find anyway).
When clicking "check for update?", upon successfully updating the age of … -
The presenters on the radio just Googled for the meaning of life and got '42'. "I don't know why that is," said one. "It's from Life Of Brian, isn't it?" replied the other.
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Found GLGNNFWF Jeremy Bentham
This checkin to GLGNNFWF Jeremy Bentham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My meeting at Westminster Abbey finished marginally sooner than I'd expected, giving me time to find one more London cache before getting on a tube at St. James (and eventually onto a bus back to Oxford). I opted …
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Found GLGNMRRK Where are all the apples?
This checkin to GLGNMRRK Where are all the apples? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Didn't plan on geocaching today, but after I ran early on my journey into London for a meeting at Westminster Abbey, I thought I'd come out and find this one. Didn't have my GPSr, but …
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Nice to see this subreddit exists
I lived in Aberystwyth for a little over ten years: sort of went there for University and then didn't get around to leaving. I guess I fell in love with the hills and the bay. Left eventually, five years ago now, but there are still times I miss it.
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America! Fuck Yeah!