Year: 2018
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The Mystery Cable
Dan found a mystery cable in his attic and has no idea what it is or what it does. Can you help, before it drives him mad?
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Mystery cable found in my attic
What is it? What is it for? I've never seen anything like it before!
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The Quakers are right. We don't need God.
The Quakers are right. We don’t need God | Simon Jenkins by Simon Jenkins (the Guardian) The group is considering dropping God from its meetings guidance. This is the new religiosity, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Quakers are clearly on to something. At their annual get-together this weekend they are reportedly thinking of …
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Posted a note for GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone!
This checkin to GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. If anybody wants to replicate this and make a similar cache themselves, instructions, schematics, and a link to the source code can be found at:
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The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (youtube.com)
CGP Grey
There are so many things for which this can be a metaphor. Bring-your-own-philosophy. -
The Better Bundo Book
Dan reads A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo to a four year-old as a vehicle to talking about difference, diversity, and discrimination.
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Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit (youtu.be)
Tyacenda
This is amazing, and I've no idea how it's only got (at the time of writing) ~28,000 views. Seriously: push on through the first two minutes and pay atention to how the effects and filming are executed. Then keep watching. -
Use a .dev domain? Not anymore.
Use a .dev domain? Not anymore. (medium.engineering) For years, programmers used .dev domains for testing their code. Those days are over.
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The Magma Chamber
The Magma Chamber (oglaf.com)
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Digest for April 2018
Summary
This month I produced almost no original content, but I shared a number of interesting content from elsewhere around the web, including an explanation of the power of compound interest (and why saving for a pension early is often more-important than saving lots), a curious poem, and a short film about what would happen … -
Compound interest and retirement
Compound interest and retirement (datagenetics.com)
Datagenetics
Spectacular example of why when saving (e.g. for a pension) it's often more important to save early than it is to save lots. So get saving! Even with an understanding of compound interest, these numbers can surprise you.
The only time better than today would have been yesterday, and … -
day-tight compartment
Abstruse Goose | day-tight compartment (abstrusegoose.com)
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Moscow Math Olympiad Puzzle
Moscow Math Olympiad Puzzle (datagenetics.com) How can you and a friend publicly communicate about cards you are holding without a third person knowing?
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Pyramid Scheme by Hera Lindsay Bird | Poetry Magazine
Pyramid Scheme by Hera Lindsay Bird (Poetry Foundation) For RWT the other day i was thinking about the term pyramid scheme, and why they called it pyramid scheme and not triangle scheme
and i asked you what you thought
you thought it added a certain gravitas, and linked the idea of economic prosperity
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Optipess Guest Comic
Optipess - Optipess Guest Comic (optipess.com)
Optipess
This right here is the very essence of Optipess.