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Month: July 2018

  • Frigid

    Frigid

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Frigid (smbc-comics.com) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal -

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
    Hopefully they'll be able to let it go... let it go...

    Read more - about 1 minutes (15 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 6 July, 2018
  • The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech

    John Gordon: The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech (urbigenous.net) Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen.

    There comes a time when people at a technical conference like this need something more relaxing. A change of pace. A shift of style. To put aside all that work stuff and think of something refreshingly different.

    So let's talk about coding โ€ฆ

    Read more - about 3 minutes (703 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 6 July, 2018
  • Image representing post: Einstein's theory still passes the test: weak and strong gravity objects fall the same way

    Einstein's theory still passes the test: weak and strong gravity objects fall the same way



    AstronNL (YouTube)
    Fabulous explanation of the Strong Equivalence Principle coupled with a nice bit of recent research to prove that it holds true even in extreme gravitational fields (and therefore disproving a few interesting fringe theories). It's hard science made to enjoy like pop science: yay! Plus a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, โ€ฆ

    Read more (63 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 6 July, 2018
  • Carcassonne as it's meant to be played

    How To Play - Carcassonne

    https://youtu.be/DJ2Si2sjHNY (youtu.be)

    The Dragon's Tomb (YouTube)
    This is not your typical How To Play. I'll bet you never knew the real rules for Carcassonne...

    Read more (22 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 5 July, 2018
  • Annyong

    The Insane Story In The Background Of Arrested Development

    The Insane Story In The Background Of Arrested Development (Cracked.com) The day that Mitchell Hurwitz starts making shallow humor is the day that we rip the mask off of Mitchell Hurwitz and find the real Mitchell Hurwitz bound in his own cellar. Throughout the first three seasons of Arrested Development, we were treated to some โ€ฆ

    Read more (239 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 5 July, 2018
  • no-shows in the episode list produced by the web component of Comic Chameleon

    Leak in Comic Chameleon (app API hacking)

    Not for the first time, Dan becomes an "accidental hacker" when he finds a bug in a comic-reader app that lets him read not-yet-published episodes of a webcomic he follows.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (1931 words)

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    • 10 comments
    • posted 5 July, 2018
  • Performed maintenance for GC7Q9FF Oxford's Wild Wolf Two

    This checkin to GC7Q9FF Oxford's Wild Wolf Two reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. You think when you chain a container to an abandoned concrete block that's been "just standing there" fire years that it'll be safe, don't you? Turns out: not necessarily! Looks like a super-heavy vehicle managed to โ€ฆ

    Read more (95 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC7Q9FF
    • posted 5 July, 2018

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