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Development discussion and testing of Chemobot. Possibly also ...
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Mar 22, 2017 13:22
♫ When the spacing is tight / And the difference is slight / That's a moiré ♫
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Mar 20, 2017 14:56
My favorite might be U+1F609 U+1F93F WINKING FACE VOMITING.
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Mar 17, 2017 04:04
'So we just have a steady flow of metal piling up in our server room? Isn't that a problem?' 'Yeah, you should bring that up at our next bismuth meeting.'
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Mar 15, 2017 15:25
I recognize that chocolate is its own thing on which reasonable people may differ. Everything else here is objective fact.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:04
I'm one of the few Instagram users who connects solely through the Unix 'talk' gateway.
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Mar 10, 2017 12:57
The phone will be collected by the toll operators and mailed back to you within 4-6 weeks.
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Mar 8, 2017 05:09
The dump also contains a list of millions of prime factors, a 0-day Tamagotchi exploit, and a technique for getting gcc and bash to execute arbitrary code.
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Mar 6, 2017 12:03
Sure, you could just ask, but this also takes care of the host gift thing.
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Mar 3, 2017 06:52
If used with software that could keep up, a scroll wheel mapped to send a stream of 'undo' and 'redo' events could be kind of cool.
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Mar 1, 2017 16:34
If you must know, I'm currently researching how to save this emailed tax form as a regular PDF so I can print and sign it. Our work isn't a lock for the Nobel, but we're in the running.
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Feb 27, 2017 17:09
"So, like, sexy news videos?" "No, people have tried that--it's still just video content. We need to actually inform people THROUGH making out. I would call it 'Mouth Content,' but I think that's already the title of a Neil Cicierega album."
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Feb 24, 2017 15:20
Google and Yelp keep deleting my scathing reviews of the Mariana Trench, the Chernobyl reactor core, the jet stream, and the equator.
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Feb 22, 2017 14:40
[*disables social networking accounts*] [*social isolation increases*] Wait, why does this ALSO feel bad?
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Feb 20, 2017 06:09
Good point--making no decision is itself a decision. So that's a THIRD option I have to research!
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Feb 17, 2017 15:32
I've decided to score all my conversations using chess win-loss notation. (??)
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Feb 16, 2017 14:36
This is probably the first projection in cartographic history that can be criticized for its disproportionate focus on Finland, Mongolia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Feb 16, 2017 14:36
You have to be careful doing this. Sometimes, when you push the whisker down, dynamite explodes.
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Feb 16, 2017 14:36
I have accidentally watered virtually every person and object in Pelican Town.
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Feb 16, 2017 14:36
Maybe if I spin it back and forth really fast I can do some kind of pulse-width modulation.
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Jan 20, 2017 15:21
My life goal is to launch a barge into the air and have it land on one of Elon Musk's rockets.
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Jan 18, 2017 17:09
Dvorak words may sound hard to pronounce, but studies show they actually put less stress on the vocal chords.
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Jan 16, 2017 07:14
Plus, time's all weird in there, so most of it probably broke down and decomposed hundreds of years ago. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to get in touch with Yucca Mountain to see if they're interested in a partnership.
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Jan 13, 2017 05:04
Further out to the right, it works correctly, but the reason it works still involves the word 'firmware.'
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Jan 11, 2017 05:03
This map preserves the shapes of Tissot's indicatrices pretty well, as long as you draw them in before running the resize.
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Jan 9, 2017 06:51
Hey Rob, sorry it took me a while to get back to you! Sure, I'd love to see WALL-E opening weekend! Are you still doing that, or...?
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Jan 6, 2017 16:15
2078: He announces that he's finally making the jump from screen+irssi to tmux+weechat.
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Jan 4, 2017 13:34
I didn't even realize you could HAVE a data set made up entirely of outliers.
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Jan 2, 2017 12:52
[holding up a three-phase motor] As you can see here, the problem is that the humidifier I took this from is broken.
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Dec 30, 2016 17:37
Things are looking good for the eclipse--Nate Silver says Earth will almost definitely still have a moon in August.
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Dec 28, 2016 05:06
Sometimes, parts of a slowly-rising mountain suddenly rises REALLY fast, which is extra interesting.
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Dec 26, 2016 05:09
Dear Diary: UNSUBSCRIBE
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Dec 23, 2016 11:57
And then in a twinkling, a sound gave me pause / From the roof came the scratching of eight tarsal claws.
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Dec 21, 2016 15:36
Guess who has two thumbs and spent the night in an ER after trying to rescue a kitten that ran under his car at a stoplight and climbed up into the engine compartment? And, thanks to antibiotics, will continue having two thumbs? THIS GUY. (P.S. kitten is safe!)
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Dec 19, 2016 15:09
Contains 100% of your recommended daily allowance!
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Dec 16, 2016 13:07
[Google search] how do I block my lawn
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Dec 14, 2016 15:20
While there's no formal regulation, it turns out their industry group is NOT one you want mad at you.
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Dec 12, 2016 05:05
It me, your father.
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Dec 9, 2016 12:22
I know they said this change is permanent, but surely when they hear how much we're complaining someone will find a way to change things back.
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Dec 7, 2016 05:11
If anyone calls you on any weird detail, just say it's from the Jedi Prince book series, which contains so much random incongruous stuff that even most Expanded Universe/Legends fans collectively agreed to forget about it decades ago.
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Dec 5, 2016 15:11
Of course, "Number of times I've gotten to make a decision twice to know for sure how it would have turned out" is still at 0.
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Dec 2, 2016 05:05
Technically DC isn't a state, but no one is too pedantic about it because they don't want to disturb the snakes.
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Nov 30, 2016 14:17
If I were trapped on a desert island, and could have an unlimited supply of any one type of apple, I'd be like, "How did this situation happen?"
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Nov 28, 2016 13:06
[bzzzt] "REMEMBER TO CHECK IN FOR YOUR FLIGHT TO LONDON." "My wha-" [bzzzt] "YOUR UBER WILL ARRIVE IN FOUR MINUTES."
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Nov 25, 2016 05:10
4. They unplug the root machine but the thousands of leaf VMs scatter in the wind and start spinning up new instances wherever they land
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Nov 23, 2016 14:59
Effect strength => [unstoppable] | Effect range => [2 miles] | Effect duration => [1 year]
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Nov 21, 2016 13:18
Later, when I remember that I'm calling movers, I frantically scribble over the labels and write 'NORMAL HOUSE STUFF' on all of them, which actually makes things worse.
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Nov 18, 2016 05:05
I bet if I yell at my scared friends I will feel better.
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Nov 16, 2016 14:42
Certified skydiving instructors know way more about safely falling from planes than I do, and are way more likely to die that way.
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Nov 14, 2016 14:15
West Norsussex is east of East Norwessex, but they're both far north of Middlesex and West Norwex.
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Nov 11, 2016 12:38
DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE / Motto: "If I hear the phrase 'mirror neurons' I swear to God I will flip this table."