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jephjacques: Another new shirt idea

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:25:13 +0100

Another new shirt idea

brainmeat: The Fukang Pallasite. Pallasites are a type of iron...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:45:10 +0100

The Fukang Pallasite. Pallasites are a type of iron meteorite, quite rare, made out of large olivine crystals in an iron-nickel matrix. Olivine is a a magnesium iron silicate quite common in our planet’s subsurface, but which weathers fast when exposed to the surface. An anonymous finder recovered a 1003 kg specimen near Fukang, China in 2000. These extra-terrestrial gemstones mirror the stellar beauty of the cosmos. The Fukang Pallasite is a specimen that clearly out shines all meteorites of its class. See more photos here.

With a name like that, i can’t help but imagine it was originally called ‘The Fucking Parasite’. But still, just look at it.

somefuckingecards: Made by Ali Stokes

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:22:25 +0100

somefuckingecards:

Made by Ali Stokes

Cogs Bad

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:13:35 +0000

williamedwardscoder:

There is something really wrong with modern programmers. Very wrong indeed.

Mailinator creator Paul Tyma has a great blog post on how he compresses our email by 90%. He has a simple LRU cache of lines and consecutive lines from emails, so emails become a list of line string pointers where most are shared. He also has a background thread doing rather stronger LZMA compression on large emails. He’s winning.

Thing is, in one of the comments on the Hacker News version of the article, someone wonders why he didn’t use Redis for the LRU.

I think of the kindest, least shouting way to hint that that’s not such a good idea; I say it might be higher latency to block on a Redis LRU than using a in-process data-structure. Other commenters responds by saying that Redis is known to be fast; that they have just chosen node.js and Redis for their startup because of its performance.

This is wrong on so many levels. So many levels. I don’t single these people out - they are just a useful illustration. Their mindset is endemic in this industry. All around you, the new generation of programmers are making the same assumptions.

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Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:11:59 +0000

merlin: At some point, this will stop being hilarious,...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:26:19 +0000

merlin:

At some point, this will stop being hilarious, right?

Nah. This will always be hilarious.

3eanuts: December 11, 1982 — see The Complete Peanuts...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:30:12 +0000

3eanuts:

December 11, 1982 — see The Complete Peanuts 1979-1982

“Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comics often conceal the existential despair of their world with a closing joke at the characters’ expense. With the last panel omitted, despair pervades all.”

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:43:58 +0000

thatsmynyg: for real!

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:18:12 +0000

thatsmynyg:

for real!

"Of course, you still hear people saying ‘I don’t watch the news – it’s depressing.’ The answer to..."

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:53:35 +0000

“Of course, you still hear people saying ‘I don’t watch the news – it’s depressing.’ The answer to this is to invite them to imagine a world in which things which made you happy were so unusual they were newsworthy.”

- Jeremy Paxman

"An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i wont watch u secksy, i not that kynd uf..."

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:58:36 +0000

““An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i wont watch u secksy, i not that kynd uf kitteh.””

- Genesis 1:22, LOLCat Bible

comeawayywithme: (via 19-ninefeethigh)

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:34:19 +0000

comeawayywithme:

(via 19-ninefeethigh)

Gingham

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:52:46 +0000

Behind the door with the gingham curtains sits a young girl with red hair. She wears a gingham dress. Next to her is a table, draped with a cloth of the same gingham. Upon the table sits a small plate, bearing a small slice of pie. She is screaming at the pie. She has circular breath for this solitary reason. There are water pipes to keep her throat hydrated, and caffeine drips to keep her awake. It is deathly important that she screams at the pie as long as she can. But in resigning herself to this fate, no one will know why. No one will know the horrors the saw. How close she came to death. How long she averted her gaze onto said pie. How this humble slice of baked foodstuff became her scapegoat. She keeps it preserved, alive to suffer the vocal horrors she projects. Why would the pie not be alive? Being alive is not contingent on having feelings.

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Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:27:24 +0000

Megan Amram: Quiz: Do You Have Cancer?

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:37:27 +0100

Megan Amram: Quiz: Do You Have Cancer?:

meganamram:

Do you have cancer? Find out with this fun, flirty quiz!!

1. It’s the middle of class and your crush looks over to see you:

a. Texting him!

b. Paying attention to the teacher. Come on – it’s class!

c. Picking at a large new mole that has recently developed on your forearm!

*

When I write an email client, its rules system will have smart...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:01:05 +0100

When I write an email client, its rules system will have smart checks in place to stop you doing really stupid shit like this.

Because these checks clearly don’t exist in my head.

"The best argument I have heard for a monarchy is that it keeps rightwing nutters in check. Tell a..."

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:37:51 +0100

“The best argument I have heard for a monarchy is that it keeps rightwing nutters in check. Tell a fascist, “The Queen wouldn’t like it,” and they shut right down, perhaps recognising their own.”

- Guardian column

This is ADORABIBBLE cuteboyswithcats: naptime. -boytony

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:13:27 +0100

This is ADORABIBBLE

cuteboyswithcats:

naptime.

-boytony

brainmeat: UC Berkeley researchers used brain scans of the...

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:03:49 +0100

brainmeat:

UC Berkeley researchers used brain scans of the visual cortex and computational models to reconstruct what the individual is seeing. From UC Berkeley:

“As yet, the technology can only reconstruct movie clips people have already viewed. However, the breakthrough paves the way for reproducing the movies inside our heads that no one else sees, such as dreams and memories, according to researchers.

“This is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery,” said Professor Jack Gallant, a UC Berkeley neuroscientist and coauthor of the study published online today (Sept. 22) in the journal Current Biology. “We are opening a window into the movies in our minds.”

"…one day, probably sooner than you’d think, though maybe not as soon as you like, Some dopey..."

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:20:00 +0100

“…one day, probably sooner than you’d think, though maybe not as soon as you like, Some dopey cunt will be silly enough to fall for you without you even trying. And that day, my friend, will be golden.”