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Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.

  • Why Are You Bothering?

    Why Are You Bothering? (The Polyamorous Misanthrope) A letter I got recently and a question I was asked in another forum really got me to thinking. The question was: How did you come to realize that poly-amorous relationships were right for you? Now … A letter I got recently and a question I was asked …

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    • posted 18 August, 2018
  • Oat the Goat

    Oat the Goat

    Oat the Goat (oatthegoat.co.nz) Oh my Goat! We just finished reading this awesome pick-a-path story that helps children learn the power of kindness. Have a go… #OatTheGoat

    Oat the Goat
    Discovered this fun interactive storybook; it tells the tale of a goat called Oat who endeavours to climb a mountain (making friends along the …

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    • posted 13 August, 2018
  • Image representing post: An Oral History of Leisure Suit Larry

    An Oral History of Leisure Suit Larry

    https://melmagazine.com/an-oral-history-of-leisure-suit-larry-ef41bc374802 (melmagazine.com) If you happened to flip through a PC gaming magazine in the late 1980s or early 1990s, you would’ve probably seen an ad for a game called Leisure Suit Larry, or one of its many sequels. It was a graphic adventure game first released in 1987 with the primary goal of helping its …

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    • posted 13 August, 2018
  • AI Nationalism

    AI Nationalism by Ian Hogarth (Ian Hogarth) For the past 9 months I have been presenting versions of this talk to AI researchers, investors, politicians and policy makers. I felt it was time to share these ideas with a wider audience. Thanks to the Ditchley conference on Machine Learning in 2017 for giving me a …

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    • posted 13 August, 2018
  • The Web That Never Was

    YouTube (youtube.com)

    Dylan Beattie (YouTube)
    Underappreciated video presentation on how only a few small changes to the timeline of the Internet and early Web results in a completely different set of technologies and companies becoming dominant today. Thought-provoking.

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    • posted 4 August, 2018
  • Gaia

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

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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    • posted 4 August, 2018
  • Quantum Key Distribution Whitepaper

    https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/quantum-key-distribution (ncsc.gov.uk) This white paper describes our current position on quantum key distribution (QKD). QKD is an approach to key distribution that relies on the properties of quantum mechanics to provide security. ...

    For all the practical, business and security reasons given above, at this point in time we:

    do not endorse QKD for any …

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    • posted 3 August, 2018
  • Image representing post: Are movies getting longer?

    Are movies getting longer?

    Are movies getting longer? (Stephen Follows) Either I’m getting older or movies are getting longer… and longer … and longer.   So which is it?  I took a look at the numbers. I studied the running time of the top 100 US-grossing films since 1994 (2,200 films in total) and all films shot in the UK 2005-14 (2,142 …

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    • posted 2 August, 2018
  • The Bullshit Web

    The Bullshit Web (pxlnv.com) My home computer in 1998 had a 56K modem connected to our telephone line; we were allowed a maximum of thirty minutes of computer usage a day, because my parents β€” quite reasonably β€” did not want to have their telephone shut off for an evening at a time. I remember …

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    • posted 2 August, 2018
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    AWOOOOO

    AWOOOOO | The Obscuritory (The Obscuritory) AWOO AWOOOO. AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOOO. AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOO AWOO. AWOO AWOO AWOOOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOO. AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOOOO AWOO AWOOOOO. AWOO AWOO AWOOOOOOO AWOO AWOOO AWOO AWOOOO AWOO. AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOOO AWOO AWOO AWOO. AWOO AWOOOOOO AWOOOOOO AWOOOO AWOO AWOO AWOO AWOOOOOOO AWOO AWOOOOOO …

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    • posted 30 July, 2018
  • Ambition comic

    Ambition

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

    Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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    • Repost
    • posted 13 July, 2018
  • Cyborg Time!

    Cyborg Time With Kimiko Ross

    Cyborg Time With Kimiko Ross (dresdencodak.com) Previous Page Previous Page Dark Science #85 is almost finished, but in the meantime enjoy this interlude comic with indispensable cyborg knowledge! Enjoy Dresden Codak? Become a Patreon subscriber today! http://dresdencodak.com/wp-content/plugins/patron-button-and-widgets-by-codebard/images/patreo...

    Dresden Codak

    Dresden Codak is one of the most fabulous (but strange) webcomic series, and it's great …

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    • posted 11 July, 2018
  • Image representing post: Why your brain never runs out of problems to find

    Why your brain never runs out of problems to find

    David Levari (The Conversation) It's a psychological quirk that when something becomes rarer, people may spot it in more places than ever. What is the 'concept creep' that lets context change how we categorize the world around us?


    Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people …

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    • Repost
    • posted 10 July, 2018
  • Guy dancing in many-coloured outfit

    Happy Pride Month!

    Happy Pride Month! - Create, Discover and Share GIFs on Gfycat (Gfycat) Watch Happy Pride Month! GIF by cheshix on Gfycat. Discover more Mark Kanemura GIFs, mkik808 GIFs on Gfycat.

    Gfycat
    I can't get enough of this GIF.

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    • posted 10 July, 2018
  • Image representing post: Test Your Awareness : Whodunnit?

    Test Your Awareness : Whodunnit?

    YouTube (youtube.com)

    Transport for London (YouTube)
    I remember when this advertisement did its original run and I loved it. I was delighted to accidentally stumble across it on the Web recently; if you haven't seen it before (and even if you have) you should give it a watch...

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    • posted 10 July, 2018

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