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'Mathematicians quickly determined that it spells ANT BNECN, an unusual theoretical dish which was not successfully cooked until Andrew Wiles made it for breakfast in the 1990s.'
Читать полностью…'There's a mountain lion nearby, but it didn't notice you because it's reading Facebook.'
Читать полностью…'Ok, I've got it, just need to plug in my security key. Hmm, which way does the USB go? Nope, not that way. I'll just flip it and– OH JEEZ IT FELL INTO THE VENT.'
Читать полностью…'The worst are graphs with qualitative, vaguely-labeled axes and very little actual data.'
Читать полностью…'The retina is the exposed surface of the brain, so if you think about a pot of gold while looking at a rainbow, then there's one at BOTH ends.'
Читать полностью…'"That's ... unsettling." "Yeah, those definitely don't sound like the normal drea– LATITUDE THREE FIVE POINT..." '
Читать полностью…'"Since there's no ending quote mark, everything after this is part of my quote. —Randall Munroe'
Читать полностью…'And to you, I leave my life-sized ice sculpture replica of the Pietà which was blessed by the Pope. You must never let it melt! Now, remember, all gifts must be removed from my estate within 24 hours.'
Читать полностью…'There's data suggesting that this model may apply to deep-dish/thin-crust pizza. I've designed a thorough multi-year study to investigate this personally, but funding organizations keep denying my grant requests.'
Читать полностью…'I like the idea of cartograms (distorted population maps), but I feel like in practice they often end up being the worst of both worlds—not great for showing geography OR counting people. And on top of that, they have all the problems of a chloro... chorophl... chloropet... map with areas colored in.'
Читать полностью…'New zero-day vulnerability: In addition to rowhammer, it turns out lots of servers are vulnerable to regular hammers, too.'
Читать полностью…'I just want to stay up long enough to watch the ball drop into the hole number 2018.'
Читать полностью…'We should really start calculating it earlier, but until the end of December we're always too busy trying to figure out which day Christmas will fall on.'
Читать полностью…'...wait until they type in payment information, then use it to order yourself a replacement phone.'
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