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My first thoughts on Outside.
I've been playing for a little while now, and here's my thoughts so far:
I love the open world aspects of the game; I've never played anything where there's been quite so much freedom (especially when you're just starting out). It's taken a while to get used to the areas which are only … -
Owl spreading its wings [x-post from /r/pics]
AltOwl spreading its wings.
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TIL that the Malaysian government is one of few who HAVEN'T asked Google to censor satellite photos of sensitive areas, because they feel that to do so would make it MORE obvious where the sensitive areas are!
MALAYSIA will not ask Google Earth to blur images of the country’s military facilities to avoid terrorist attacks. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said doing so would indirectly pin-point their location anyway.
"The difference in, or lack of, pixelation of images of the military facilities compared to the surrounding areas will make it easy for … -
Network Rail engineers near Redbridge Park & Ride sit in their van as it sinks into a field. I feel really sorry for them!
AltNetwork Rail engineers sinking into a flooded field
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Doing my bit. Now if only I could persuade a few billion other men to do the same.
No children. My vasectomy's next week. Took a little persuasion to get my doctor to sign off on the operation, but got there in the end.
My story (in a self-post because I don't want to look like I'm reaping karma for doing something that billions of men should consider).
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TIL that minutes before the Halifax Explosion (the largest ever non-nuclear, man-made explosion), a dispatcher named Vince Coleman returned to his station to send a warning telegram, saving 300 lives at the cost of his own.
Patrick Vincent Coleman
Patrick Vincent Coleman (13 March 1872 – 6 December 1917) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways (formerly the ICR, Intercolonial Railway of Canada) who was killed in the Halifax Explosion, but not before he sent a message to an incoming passenger train to stop out of range of the explosion. Today … -
Long tongue! [x-post /r/funny]
AltLong-tongued cow.
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Maybe I'm just being a whole-wit, but I don't understand this Double Earth thing. ELI10.
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It's that time of year again when I like to decorate eggs. Because fuck you, calendar.
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STD Cupcakes: diagnose yourself while you eat!
AltSTD cupcakes
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![Image representing post: Suppose you have a time machine that can only jump to leap days. What's the chance that a random jump will put you on a Monday? [Maths]](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2012/09/tardis-500x480.jpg#5162)
Suppose you have a time machine that can only jump to leap days. What's the chance that a random jump will put you on a Monday? [Maths]
Here’s a puzzle for you –
AltLike the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault.Like the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault. The fault isn’t a failure of its chameleon circuit, but a quirk in its ability to jump to particular dates. Picture courtesy aussiegall (Flickr), licensed Creative Commons.
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Tonight a stand-up comedian asked my publicity-shy partner which of the men she was sitting with was her partner, and she said "Both." I am so proud.
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The second really did just walk into it when he asked Ruth “So which of these two men are you with? Or is it both?” “Yes, both,” she replied, and, in the period of silence while the comedian was still trying to comprehend what she’d said, added, “We’re polyamorous.”
I was so very proud of her in … -
Is somebody chopping onions on this tube train? Oh wait: yes, actually.
AltChopping onions on a tube train
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In Europe? Here's the trick I used when Civ 5 was first released to get it a few days early... it'll probably work for Gods & Kings, too.
I've just tried this and it works; thought I'd share my results with you so that any fellow Europeans can give it a go too.
Pre-order the game in your own country (I'm in the UK and bought my copy months and months ago; paid in £)
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AltGeegee!