Senior research analyst, soon-to-be-former PhD candidate (or so I hope), perpetually curious professional nerd.
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Canon

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Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.
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marcrichter
12 days ago
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Word - literally
tbd
mrfiddles
12 days ago
Wait, what? Do you have a link, that sounds like a fun rabbit hole
denubis
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jlvanderzwan
11 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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12 days ago
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Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.

Tukey

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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.
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marcrichter
55 days ago
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Initially misreading the decimal separator for 110k years made this go from puzzling to even funnier! 😂
tbd
jlvanderzwan
55 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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56 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

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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.
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marcrichter
120 days ago
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Brilliant alt 😂
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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

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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian
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marcrichter
210 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. 👀
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gordol
210 days ago
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How many furlongs per fortnight?
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fancycwabs
210 days ago
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I am reminded of this video about cursed units: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkfIXUjkYqE
Nashville, Tennessee
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210 days ago
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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

The Future of Orion

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Dinosaur Cosmics
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marcrichter
271 days ago
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🔥
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JayM
271 days ago
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Hahaha.
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CrowdStrike

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We were going to try swordfighting, but all my compiling is on hold.
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marcrichter
389 days ago
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Oooh, reference to a classic! 🚀
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