Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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STD Cupcakes: diagnose yourself while you eat!
AltSTD cupcakes
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![Image representing post: Suppose you have a time machine that can only jump to leap days. What's the chance that a random jump will put you on a Monday? [Maths]](https://bcdn.danq.me/_q26u/2012/09/tardis-500x480.jpg#5162)
Suppose you have a time machine that can only jump to leap days. What's the chance that a random jump will put you on a Monday? [Maths]
Here’s a puzzle for you –
AltLike the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault.Like the TARDIS, your time machine has a fault. The fault isn’t a failure of its chameleon circuit, but a quirk in its ability to jump to particular dates. Picture courtesy aussiegall (Flickr), licensed Creative Commons.
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Tonight a stand-up comedian asked my publicity-shy partner which of the men she was sitting with was her partner, and she said "Both." I am so proud.
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The second really did just walk into it when he asked Ruth “So which of these two men are you with? Or is it both?” “Yes, both,” she replied, and, in the period of silence while the comedian was still trying to comprehend what she’d said, added, “We’re polyamorous.”
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Is somebody chopping onions on this tube train? Oh wait: yes, actually.
AltChopping onions on a tube train
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In Europe? Here's the trick I used when Civ 5 was first released to get it a few days early... it'll probably work for Gods & Kings, too.
I've just tried this and it works; thought I'd share my results with you so that any fellow Europeans can give it a go too.
Pre-order the game in your own country (I'm in the UK and bought my copy months and months ago; paid in £)
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AltGeegee!
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TIL that in 1970, British Rail patented the design of fusion-powered interstellar spaceship
British Rail flying saucer
The British Rail flying saucer, officially known simply as space vehicle, was a proposed spacecraft designed by Charles Osmond Frederick.
Purpose
The flying saucer originally started as a proposal for a lifting platform. However, the project was revised and edited, and by the time the patent was filed had become … -
I worry that Facebook is killing meaningful communication.
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Oxford [UK], I am disappoint.
Last year, I saw at least one other person, proudly wearing their towel. This year? Nothing. I even made sure to take a walk out in the glorious sunshine on my lunch break, and didn't find even a single other towel-wearer. What is the world coming to, when you can't even rely on a … -
I'll never be good enough.
I've got chests full of diamonds and a huge fortress of solitude in my singleplayer world. I've found the End Portal and I've got enough eyes to activate it. But why bother? Alone, I don't stand a chance against the Ender Dragon anyway: I'm just not that good a player. And it doesn't matter … -
Alcohol may only be consumed... in a parallel dimension?
AltAlcohol purchased in this motorway service area can not be consumed inside or outside the premises.
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Shapes on a plane.
AltFlatland movie poster
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Shapes on a plane.
AltFlatland movie poster
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How I feel getting myself off.
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If I put a pair of telescopes in parallel, will the effect be multiplicative or additive?
Suppose I have a pair of 15x zoom telescopes (for example, I separated a pair of 15x zoom binoculars) and laid them end-to-end. Naturally there'd be some loss of field-of-vision when looking through them both. But would the resulting zoom level be 152 (i.e. 225x)? Or 15*2 (i.e. 30x)? Or something else entirely? Or …