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i laughed. (and i hate sports in general)
the day when we can replace the idiots in the NFL doesn’t seem that far off. everyone wins: no million $ salaries for robots, no concussions, much less wasted time by “fans” and no more spandex scholarships. universities will need the savings to compete with nimbler online rivals anyway.
around the 7 minute mark it explains the standard model and the higgs boson.
fun exposition on what an economy of uploads would look like.
i used to enjoy faithless a lot. apparently they had a final show in april 2011:
favorite downton abbey moment: hit it and car accelerates from 27 kmh to 35 kmh.
2013-02-28: Some shit early drafts:
As Daisy hands the knife to Mrs. Patmore, Daisy’s hand slips, stabbing Mrs. Patmore 7 times in the neck, chest, and arms. Mrs. Patmore falls to the floor, pulling the roast and pan with her, bleeding profusely, dead, covered in red-bliss potatoes. Daisy, horrified at the accident, backs up and slips on the roast, falling, and hitting her head on the open cast-iron stove door. She, too, is dead.
Enter Mrs. Hughes.
2015-04-23: cute
2019-05-21:
2022-02-08: this is 100% true. Gilded Age is Downton Abbey but in NYC.
HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: I’m still worried about Rich Lady.
OTHER HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: Don’t be! She’s rich, ain’t she?
BUTLER: Didn’t you two talk about this earlier this episode?
OTHER HOUSEHOLD SERVANT: That was last episode.
BUTLER: It blurs together for me. I wish we had some subtext. Instead, we just keep saying the same plot points until whatever it is resolves at the end of the season. Oh, well, would one of you take this turtle soup with shellacked truffles up to the dining room? Do not make eye contact with anyone, including the turtle!
whatever happened to this, from 2009? the biggest holdback for all our devices is electricity.
Metazoa Ludens is a project that lets users play computer games with their pets. Using your laptop you can still play games with them even if you are far away. In this attempt we demonstrate the game play between humans and hamsters where it is the hamster that is chasing the human mouse!
Interesting startup idea
currently watching: torchwood: miracle day
there are 10 episodes. i am at episode 6 and things got heavy. like, really heavy.
this is well put together and deserves far wider distribution. catch it on netflix.
the second part of the talk is a bit questionable, but i found the incidence of autism rising sharply within 10 years as a indication of rapid evolution intriguing.
this is how your smartphone takes a daily snapshot of your health, starting with pulse.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 