March 2012
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Watchdavidkendall:
faketv:
Sheer awesome?
theatlanticvideo:
Terrifying Flying Robot Quadrotors Perform the ‘James Bond’ Theme
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab, Daniel Mellinger, Alex Kushleyev and Vijay Kumar, demonstrate the agility of their autonomous quadrotors by programming them to plunk out the James Bond theme...
February 2012
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75% of Americans will be overweight by 2020, the... →
theastralcity:
With the ever-increasing size of “normal” in the country it’s only going to get harder for those of us skinny people to find clothing in our size. It’s already bloody impossible for me to find pants in my size at department stores in Milwaukee.
Hey gov’t — I know how we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil: stop subsidizing crappy food that helps make people so...
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“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.” (via lindawho)
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“The RIAA wants the tech industry to sit down and talk to them. Fuck that. You’re...”
– Pirate Bay: The RIAA Is Delusional and Must Be Stopped
TPB savages the RIAA for their childish insistence that the whole world play by rules that the RIAA made up.
Inside Paul McCartney's HP Private Cloud →
Apparently a website is now a “cloud infrastructure.”
Sir Paul McCartney needs no introduction. And when his company, McCartney Productions Limited (MPL), wanted a cloud infrastructure in which to store and serve his archives — his music, video, pictures, lyrics, documents and other content that would make even casual Beatles fans drool — the Walrus turned to HP’s...
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“Their wealth has become a demonic force in politics. Nothing can stop them. Not...”
– Bill Moyers: Meet the Shameless Plutocrats Choking What’s Left of Our Democracy
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“It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became...”
– Chris Hedges: Corporations Have No Use for Borders
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Senate Republicans want to attach an... →
thewordunheard:
supcakes:
rabbleprochoice:
Because of course they do.
Love,
Rabble
Jesus Christ.
Nothing makes any sense.
Can we just divide up the country already? They can go ahead and have their red states. Fine. Whatever. Keep the vast tracts of high-fructose syrup fields. I might still want to visit from time to time, and I’m sure the border crossings would be a...
A petition to include body modification in Equal... →
relright:
I like it.
I don’t think much will come of it honestly…
but I like it nonetheless
People can petition for whatever pet issue floats their boat, I suppose, but I don’t see this one going anywhere, either, and I’m not sure it should.
Sex, race, color, ethnicity, orientation, age, disability… all the things we can’t and shouldn’t discriminate against,...
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Republicans have staked out a position that... →
wilwheaton:
The lies go beyond instantly dismissible claims like President Obama being the “food stamp president” (why you have to go back one whole administration to discover that more people joined the food stamp ranks under Bush than Obama, but then the Republicans don’t seem to remember Bush in any case). The blatant lies extend through every aspect of the Republican platform, such as it is....
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“A state-subsidized investment program yielded huge returns for three...”
– State spends millions for 202 new jobs - JSOnline (via michaelzimmer)
No surprises.
“The drama queens are a little more dangerous, because sooner or later...”
– Some Advice for Young People | The Awl
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“My favorite character was easily Saul Tigh. I can only dream of the day I will...”
– In a comment from a Reddit thread on BSG.
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Bear McCreary reveals the physics behind your... →
Like string theory, music theory is over my head but still amazing.
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Dudes on Pinterest
convincingindie:
Toby: “Welcome, you are now in the minority. Enjoy.”
Me: Severe minority. In fact, I think it is just you and me. I am pretty sure.
Toby: Huddled in a secret corner.
Toby: “Hello, engaged ladies and college freshman girls. 30-something white male here. Is this seat taken? … Yes? Oh, okay…I’ll just, uh…”
Me: We are smoking in the alley out the back door of Pinterest. We can...
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iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for... →
marco:
We can’t prevent developers from being creepy, so Apple needs to step in.
Indeed!
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Surely They Jest →
Here’s a Top Ten list of what’s strange but true in the campaign so far:
(10) — Newt Gingrich’s proposal to have school kids work as janitors, starting at age 9. He would fire the “unionized janitors” and replace them with low-paid students, working under a “master” janitor. It’s hard to imagine a plan that sweepingly offends more people — educators, students, parents and janitors, to name a...
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“I fully believe this issue is a failure of Apple and a breach of trust by Apple,...”
– Stealing Your Address Book - by Dustin Curtis
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