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Kind: Reposts

Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.

  • Right now, you're thinking about this sentence, and this sentence is always true.

    always true

    Abstruse Goose | always true (abstrusegoose.com)

    Abstruse Goose

    Read more - about 1 minutes (2 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 29 May, 2018
  • Earth-Moon Fire Pole

    Earth-Moon Fire Pole (what-if.xkcd.com) Earth-Moon Fire Pole My son (5y) asked me today: If there were a kind of a fireman's pole from the Moon down to the Earth, how long would it take to slide all the way from the Moon to the Earth? Ramon SchΓΆnborn, Germany First, let's get a few things out …

    Read more (59 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 23 May, 2018
  • How To Set Up an OSRM Server on Ubuntu 14.04

    How To Set Up an OSRM Server on Ubuntu 14.04 | DigitalOcean (DigitalOcean) The OpenStreetMap project consists of raw map data, collected and aggregated by thousands of users. This tutorial covers the configuration and maintenance of a web service using Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM), which is based on the OpenStreetMap d The OpenStreetMap project …

    Read more (232 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 22 May, 2018
  • Maps Showing California as an Island Β– The Public Domain Review

    http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/maps-showing-california-as-an-island/ (publicdomainreview.org) If California were a country its economy would be the fifth largest in the world (just ahead of the UK). Yet the tech boom is not the starkest way California has ever stood apart from its neighbours. That would surely be the maps depicting it as an island, entire of itself. Below we …

    Read more (123 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 22 May, 2018
  • Magician vs. Gambler vs. Cardist

    https://youtu.be/bxYAQ00thVA (youtu.be)

    Four Suits Magic

    Read more - about 1 minutes (3 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 22 May, 2018
  • The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas

    The woman who watched 300 executions (BBC News) A former employee of the state of Texas describes the profound effect the executions had on her.
    Texas has executed far more people than any other US state, and one former employee of the state has watched hundreds of executions unfold. She speaks to Ben Dirs …

    Read more (183 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 7 May, 2018
  • The man with the golden blood

    The man with the golden blood (The man with the golden blood) Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood. By Penny Bailey.


    His doctor drove him over the border. It was quicker that way: if the man donated in Switzerland, …

    Read more (160 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 7 May, 2018
  • 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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    • Repost
    • posted 4 May, 2018
  • 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.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (15 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 3 May, 2018
  • Shadoweyes Bandit

    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.

    Read more (40 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 2 May, 2018
  • 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.

    ...

    Daryl Koopersmith

    Read more - about 1 minutes (16 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 1 May, 2018
  • Oglaf: The Magma Chamber

    The Magma Chamber

    The Magma Chamber (oglaf.com)

    Oglaf

    Read more - about 1 minutes (1 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 1 May, 2018
  • Bert put aside three and a half times as much money as Alf, but by delaying he has a smaller pension pot.

    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 …

    Read more (56 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 30 April, 2018
  • Abstruse Goose comic #587

    day-tight compartment

    Abstruse Goose | day-tight compartment (abstrusegoose.com)

    Abstruse Goose

    Read more - about 1 minutes (2 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 30 April, 2018
  • Three cards for each of us, and one in the hands of our enemy

    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?



    Datagenetics

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 29 April, 2018

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