February 2011
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Meet the World's First 'Dark Sky Island' -... →
Today, the Tucson-based International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), which works to boost awareness of light pollution and its effects…designat[ed] Sark the world’s first “dark sky island.”
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January 2011
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“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein (via -clu-)
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by Brad Goodspeed
So the basic idea is, each planet you see is the size it would appear in the sky if it shared an orbit with the moon, 380,000 kms from earth. I created this video in After Effects, and because of certain technical considerations had to keep the field of view at 62 degrees. That means the foreground element is not precisely to scale. I realized this after the fact and...
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“This research helps explain why the era of the lone genius is coming to an end....”
– The Difficulty of Discovery (Where Have All The Geniuses Gone?)
“Our modern problems have gotten so hard – so damn intractable, complicated and multi-disciplinary – that we can no longer solve them by ourselves.”
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
(via...
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I learned today about youth unemployment: #Yemen... →
ericmortensen:
vruz:
via @Bill_Gross
vruz: pretty much a guide to what’s next.
45% of Japanese people between 15-24 in the workforce are essentially low paid temps.
See also the rise of soushoku danshi. Japan is in the middle of a huge economic and social shift; it has a shrinking and aging population, very restrictive immigration policy, and massive government debt-to-GDP ratio. China...
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'WTF?' Sarah Palin Thinks The USSR Won The Space... →
Sarah Palin thinks President Barack Obama needs a history lesson on the space race between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union.
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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother... →
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the woman.) But the “No Taxpayer...
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Awesome: World Can Be 100% Powered by Alternative... →
realcleverscience:
All I can say is “wow”. Check out the article.
RCS Highlights:
If someone told you there was a way you could save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water pollution and develop secure, reliable energy sources — nearly all with existing technology and at costs comparable with what we spend on energy today — why...
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“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever...”
– J.D. Salinger (via loveyourchaos)
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“We cannot win the future with a government of the past.”
– President Barack Obama, State of the Union January 25, 2011
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Obama isn't caving to business. He's co-opting it. →
How did big business get outmaneuvered so easily? To understand this, you have to go back to the charges the corporate world began leveling against Obama in the summer of 2009. The first was that his reform agenda was stifling the recovery by creating massive “uncertainty.” This was spectacularly dishonest, for reasons my colleagues and I have laid out. But at least it was substantive: Business...
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British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant,... →
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“I get so frustrated when Maddow gets lumped in with the bombast and chest...”
– Daniel Holter
Yes. (via ericmortensen)
Double yep.
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Dear Tumblr...
Please quit eating my posts when I try to edit them. I typo. A lot. I try not to, but it happens in my enthusiasm. Is this a passive-aggressive approach to get me to proof-read before hitting the submit button? Damn you, Tumblr!
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Emulation, Simulation, and the Human Brain - Why... →
spytap:
Damn. There go my retirement plans.
LIFE GOALS
Buy Private Island With Volcano.
Hollow Out Volcano to Make Awesome Secret Lair.
Become Bond-Style Supervillain (Bond-Style, no need to infringe on trademarks here.)
Find Nemesis (create if necessary.)
Destroy Nemesis
Upload Consciousness and Live Forever Inside Supercomputer
Find Way to Escape Either the Gravitational Collapse of...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Daft Punk (22)
Janelle Monáe (18)
Elevaters (16)
They Might Be Giants (1)
Delhi 2 Dublin (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Haha. Eleventh Grader Figures Out How To Dispose... →
fybiology:
This Canadian kid isolated two strains of bacteria that digest plastic and cultured them to consume it. Fun!
What was I doing in high school? Not anything this cool.
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Science Books Online →
biobiobio:
“Science Books Online is a directory of free science texts, e-books, monographs, lecture notes, and other science related documents. All texts are available for free access, authorized by their respective authors or publishers — no pirated books here!”
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“With regard to the quality of research, we tend to evaluate faculty the way the...”
– Are Undergraduates Actually Learning Anything? - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the...”
– Buddha (via ageofreason)
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graph.tk →
mityelpoc:
graph.tk is an online and open-source graphing utillity. It runs in any modern browser that supports the canvas element. It plots functions, and displays them with style.
It’s very easy to use. Use the “+” button to create a new equation. Use “/” for fractions, “^” for exponentials, and “*” for multiplication. To type special characters use “\name”. For example, “\sqrt” yields √...
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