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Senior research analyst, soon-to-be-former PhD candidate (or so I hope), perpetually curious professional nerd.
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Fifteen Years
Wednesday November 26
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marcrichter
17 days ago
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<3
tbd
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deezil
16 days ago
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Why's my face leaking?
Shelbyville, Kentucky
triss
18 days ago
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I'm not crying, you're crying.
bodly
18 days ago
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<3
Austin, TX
GaryBIshop
18 days ago
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So Sweet! Hooray for getting old!
sfringer
18 days ago
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Life!
North Carolina USA
alt_text_bot
18 days ago
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"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
Canon
Friday August 1
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marcrichter
133 days ago
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Word - literally
tbd
mrfiddles
133 days ago
Wait, what? Do you have a link, that sounds like a fun rabbit hole
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133 days ago
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jlvanderzwan
133 days ago
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Imagine online forums but handwritten letters and books instead. How much spare time did these monks have?
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133 days ago
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Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.
Tukey
Thursday June 19
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2:40 AM
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marcrichter
177 days ago
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Initially misreading the decimal separator for 110k years made this go from puzzling to even funnier! 😂
tbd
jlvanderzwan
177 days ago
Same, "oh is the joke that he's only off by a factor of two but with waaaay too much significant digits?"
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alt_text_bot
177 days ago
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Numbers can be tricky. On the day of my 110th birthday, I'll be one day younger than John Tukey was on his.
The Roads Both Taken
Tuesday April 15
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2:27 AM
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marcrichter
242 days ago
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Brilliant alt 😂
tbd
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alt_text_bot
242 days ago
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When you worry that you're missing out on something by not making both choices simultaneously by quantum superposition, that's called phomo.
Uncanceled Units
Wednesday January 15
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marcrichter
332 days ago
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OK I just HAD TO compare it against EU efficiency classes - large American-style fridges using 0.70 kWh/day are efficiency class C, apparently. 👀
tbd
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gordol
331 days ago
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How many furlongs per fortnight?
Earth
fancycwabs
331 days ago
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I am reminded of this video about cursed units:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkfIXUjkYqE
Nashville, Tennessee
alt_text_bot
332 days ago
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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian
The Future of Orion
Friday November 15
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1:41 PM
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marcrichter
392 days ago
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🔥
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JayM
392 days ago
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Hahaha.
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