Tag: video

The Picard Maneuver

changing the uniform to a shirt and pants combo, rather than a jumpsuit, meant that Patrick Stewart’s shirt almost constantly rode up, thus creating the iconic Picard Maneuver.

Watching movies is hard

relatedly: Games of thrones

Gay Bachelor

heh

The Website is Down

in honor of the healthcare.gov idiots, a few classics:

The Website is Down #1: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude
The Website is Down #2: Excel Hell
The Website is Down #3: Remain Calm

Cooking triples neurons

Humans can only afford 86b neurons (25% of daily caloric intake) due to cooking: more calories in less time. an orang utan can only afford 30b neurons with 9h of feeding / day, the practical max. proponents of all-raw diets are really saying 30b neurons is enough for everyone.

2022-02-17: Humans use far more calories per body mass than primates:

Student loans

as usual, the onion has the tl;dr version.

GoT Rap Battle

should tide you over for a couple months

What’s new in social science?

Recently, Edge hosted a small conference, HeadCon ’13: What’s New In Social Science, and they’re now rolling out a series of videos documenting the provocative talks from the event.