Monthly Archives: January 2014

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The car is a white Cube. And the number plate is the chemical equation for Glucose. Someone had fun doing this. http://ift.tt/1kln718 — SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) January 31, 2014 via http://ift.tt/IiUu6H

How To Slow Down Time

How To Slow Down Time “Your sense of time is actually answered by a simple question: how much are you learning?”

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What if Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville had a light rail system? One artist draws up a plan for how it would look. http://t.co/jcK2AAPUmZ — Daily Californian (@dailycal) January 29, 2014 via http://twitter.com/dailycal

Visible Supernova in M82

Visible Supernova in M82 “MetaFilter user Ivan Fyodorovich offered up this plain-English explanation of what happens when a star dies and goes supernova. It’s a great read.” (via @kottke).

Vimeo: “I Left My Heart” SF Timelapse Project

“I Left My Heart” SF Timelapse Project Marc Donahue

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@kenarneson Just search Alta Vista for a workaround. — Dayn Perry (@daynperry) January 29, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1k46mHR

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@kenarneson I'd put my money on you even if it was a string quartet group next door, and you were on a morphine drip. — Andrew Shimmin (@AndrewShimmin) January 28, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1mUaV6Q

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This is a super interesting critical essay on my Netflix piece and the idea of reverse engineering. Wow: https://t.co/1fCq0dsBgr @npseaver — Alexis C. Madrigal (@alexismadrigal) January 28, 2014 via http://ift.tt/vD7c4x

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Posted without comment: http://t.co/z1il6wSxbh — Philip Michaels (@PhilipMichaels) January 28, 2014 via http://ift.tt/KDNKRI

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@Every6thDay Sucks, man. — Joey Chenoweth (@joeychenoweth) January 28, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1f9freN

‘To Europe—Yes, but With Our Dead’ – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic

‘To Europe—Yes, but With Our Dead’ – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic What happens to a nation that’s suffered a great crime? What happens when the wrong can’t be made right?

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What we now know: The public demand for new stuff to read *dramatically* outstrips the public worry about being fed lies and distortions. — Alan Jacobs (@ayjay) January 27, 2014 via http://ift.tt/vYDv37

YouTube: The most humorous table-tennis match ever

The most humorous table-tennis match ever Tiin Video

A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life | Simons Foundation

A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life | Simons Foundation “The formula, based on established physics, indicates that when a group of atoms is driven by an external source of energy (like the sun or chemical fuel) and surrounded by a heat bath (like the ocean or atmosphere), it will often gradually restructure […]

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* How does the brain create sequences? | @EurekAlertAAAS Chemistry & Physics http://t.co/bYwKLNgibM — Thomas Scientific (@ThomasSci) January 26, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1mLAd7f

YouTube: David Bowie – America @ Concert For New York City

David Bowie – America @ Concert For New York City dazza458

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Thing is, to describe dialup to a kid, you first have to explain landlines. It's a multi-level way of feeling really old. — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) January 24, 2014 via http://ift.tt/yAExMI

Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath

Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath “You said that you live in a flat emotional world—that is, that you treat everybody the same. That’s Buddhist.” I don’t know anything about Buddhism but she continued on and said, “It’s too bad that the people close to you are so disappointed in being close to you. Any learned […]

Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind

Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind “We are primates. We evolved in hierarchical primate groups. We can do hierarchy. But we really resent a bullying alpha male. And you see this, boy, do you see this in the Tea Party, where the bullying alpha male is the government. And it harkens back to the American […]

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.@radiojoee Billy Beane told me in '98, "I'd love to have territorial rights to Oak, but why would I put $ into a kid the NYY will draft?" — Howard Bryant (@hbryant42) January 23, 2014 via http://ift.tt/10YFzpt