the worst part? watch for the flashes as the schmucks take pictures, just like the idiots at night on the empire state building.
Category: Uncategorized
Computer tutoring
contrary to all the make-believe about how human tutors can be “flexible”, it turns out they aren’t really. human tutors were 0.79 sigma more effective than no training, and computer tutors were at 0.76, nearly the same.
Space laser is best laser
NASA‘s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 384K km between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second
Don Draper today

Massive land arts
Backflip Commute
Captured with a GoPro helmet cam, the video shows mountain biker Kelly McGarry’s descent down a steep Utah mountain path, finishing off with an insane backflip over a 22m-wide gap in the canyon.
Star Trek Monty Python
Xylem filters

Cheap, simple water filters made of plant xylem could dramatically reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases in places without access to clean drinking water.
Star wars traceroute
rothfuss$ traceroute -q1 216.81.59.173
[…]
14 episode.iv (206.214.251.1) 360.289 ms
15 a.new.hope (206.214.251.6) 284.098 ms
16 it.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 269.723 ms
17 rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 289.055 ms
18 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 316.657 ms
19 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 316.848 ms
20 against.the.evil.galactic.empire (206.214.251.25) 270.993 ms
21 during.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 278.327 ms
22 rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 268.359 ms
23 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 267.354 ms
24 to.the.empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 261.112 ms
25 the.death.star (206.214.251.46) 283.052 ms
26 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 349.085 ms
27 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 317.103 ms
28 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 286.048 ms
29 pursued.by.the.empires (206.214.251.62) 283.335 ms
30 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 296.739 ms
31 princess.leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 285.375 ms
32 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 276.528 ms
33 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 285.010 ms
34 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 317.339 ms
35 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 282.054 ms
36 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 274.677 ms
37 0—–i——-i—–0 (206.214.251.94) 359.144 ms
38 0——————0 (206.214.251.97) 316.838 ms
39 0—————–0 (206.214.251.102) 397.795 ms
40 0—————-0 (206.214.251.105) 483.973 ms
41 0—————0 (206.214.251.110) 349.378 ms
42 0————–0 (206.214.251.113) 416.797 ms
43 0————-0 (206.214.251.118) 448.259 ms
44 0————0 (206.214.251.121) 299.694 ms
45 0———–0 (206.214.251.126) 282.940 ms
46 0———-0 (206.214.251.129) 267.170 ms
47 0———0 (206.214.251.134) 271.722 ms
48 0——–0 (206.214.251.137) 276.457 ms
49 0——-0 (206.214.251.142) 304.949 ms
50 0——0 (206.214.251.145) 313.470 ms
51 0—–0 (206.214.251.150) 312.838 ms
52 0—-0 (206.214.251.153) 336.959 ms
53 0—0 (206.214.251.158) 296.122 ms
54 0–0 (206.214.251.161) 272.652 ms
55 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 358.504 ms
56 00 (206.214.251.169) 300.241 ms
57 i (206.214.251.174) 284.062 ms
58 by.ryan.werber (206.214.251.177) 277.565 ms
59 blizzards.breed.ccie.creativity (206.214.251.182) 271.802 ms
60 please.try.again.tracerote.to.obiwan.scrye.net (206.214.251.185) 273.568 ms
61 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.190) 271.030 ms
Subway Panda
this is the sort of shit you have to deal with in nyc: pandas in the subway, and (allegedly) alligators in the sewer.