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

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"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
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marcrichter
28 days ago
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<3
tbd
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deezil
28 days ago
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Why's my face leaking?
Shelbyville, Kentucky
triss
29 days ago
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I'm not crying, you're crying.
bodly
29 days ago
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<3
Austin, TX
GaryBIshop
30 days ago
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So Sweet! Hooray for getting old!
sfringer
30 days ago
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Life!
North Carolina USA
alt_text_bot
30 days ago
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"Want to feel old?" "Yes."

Canon

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Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.
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marcrichter
145 days ago
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Word - literally
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mrfiddles
145 days ago
Wait, what? Do you have a link, that sounds like a fun rabbit hole
denubis
144 days ago
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jlvanderzwan
144 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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145 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
188 days ago
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Initially misreading the decimal separator for 110k years made this go from puzzling to even funnier! 😂
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jlvanderzwan
188 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
189 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
253 days ago
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Brilliant alt 😂
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254 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

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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian
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marcrichter
343 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
343 days ago
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How many furlongs per fortnight?
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fancycwabs
343 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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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

The Future of Orion

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Dinosaur Cosmics
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marcrichter
404 days ago
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🔥
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JayM
404 days ago
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Hahaha.
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