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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 29-07-2013

Jul 29, 2013 12:00

This may be the best scientific paper abstract ever written
(tags: funny viaSkreidle science )
Warren Ellis on Plot
(tags: WarrenEllis writing )
Pronunciation YouTube channel turns into a spooky mystery
(tags: weird )
The Scariest Sex Toys We've Ever Seen
(tags: sextoys )
The shockingly short history of the history of technology
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Comments 12

spacelem July 29 2013, 11:49:50 UTC

I wonder if there's much point to the article about flaws in weather prediction ( ... )

andrewducker July 29 2013, 12:14:12 UTC

I think the take-away point is "once you get out to 10 days the accuracy is so bad that rounding errors are enough to produce completely different results".

rhythmaning July 29 2013, 16:52:54 UTC

I WANT A SUPERCONDUCTING TRAIN ON A MOEBIUS TRACK!!!

del_c July 30 2013, 10:11:30 UTC

I think a few things are happening with that history of technology. The history of many technologies is shockingly short (Materials Science as a discipline, for example), and the history of history of anything except the soap opera lives of oligarchs is shockingly short ( ... )

trust a con before a college student apostle_of_eris July 30 2013, 17:48:18 UTC

It makes sense: cons have a whole lot more experience with the real world than college students who haven't been there yet.

apostle_of_eris July 30 2013, 17:52:15 UTC

I've never done the work to flesh it out, but I have a hypothesis that the United States is the most Protestant country. There is a belief that the fate of the universe hinges on individual choices and actions. Some of the historical roots are obvious, but it's so much a part of the culture that it's unnoticed.