'As the editor has reportedly defeated Death in a series of games of skill, no further obituaries are expected.'
Читать полностью…'I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as "the fandom."'
Читать полностью…'I know hand dryers have their problems, but I think for fun we should keep egging Dyson on and see if we can get them to make one where the airflow breaks the speed of sound.'
Читать полностью…'I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandanavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for the British Isles.'
Читать полностью…'"I wish for everything in the world. All the people, money, trees, etc." "Are you SURE you--" "And I want you to put it in my house."'
Читать полностью…'I also managed to improve the solution for n=1 to s<0.97, and with some upgrades I think I can hit 0.96.'
Читать полностью…'[exclamation about how cute your cat is] -> [last 4 digits of your cat's chip ID] -> [your cat's full chip ID] -> [a drawing of your cat] -> [photo of your cat] -> [clone of your cat] -> [your actual cat] -> [my better cat]'
Читать полностью…'The Gordian knot is an omniknot tied using every bend in the Ashley Book of Knots, and then for extra security the upper rope at every crossing is connected to the lower with a randomly-chosen hitch.'
Читать полностью…''Pour one out for precipitation data integrity,' I say, solemnly upending the glass into the rain gauge.'
Читать полностью…'If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.'
Читать полностью…'3D graphs that don't contact the plane in the closure area may proceed as scheduled, but be alert for possible collisions with 2D graph lines that reach the hole and unexpectedly enter 3D space.'
Читать полностью…'There's quark color, but that's not really color--it's just an admission by 20th century physicists that numbers are boring.'
Читать полностью…'If you shrank the Solar System to the size of Texas, the Houston metro area would be smaller than a grasshopper in Dallas.'
Читать полностью…'If an anatomical structure is named for a person, it means they were the only person to have it. Pierre Paul Broca had a special area of his brain that created powerful magnetic fields, enabling him to do 19th century fMRI research.'
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