March 2010
22 posts
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Like, Python
#!usr/bin/python
uh from sys import exit
# Grab the user's name.
ok so like name = raw_input("yo! what's your name?") right
# Make sure they entered something, then say hi.
if name.strip() is actually like "":
toootally just exit()
else:
um yeah
print like "Hi %s, nice to meet you." % name
Somebody actually implemented this dialect of Python.
February 2010
17 posts
2 tags
Live in a Missile Base →
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“The ARM was conceived as a processor for a tethered desktop computer, where...”
– Steve Furber, on designing the ARM (in 1983!)
Character Strengths
The VIA Survey of Character Strengths would probably rank as my favorite personality test I’ve ever taken. Here is my report:
#1: Humor and playfulness You like to laugh and tease. Bringing smiles to other people is important to you. You try to see the light side of all situations.
#2: Forgiveness and mercy You forgive those who have done you wrong. You always give people a second chance....
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Rules Grammar Change →
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B52's vs. Air →
A mashup of “Love Shack” with “Mer du Japon.” Pretty well-done IMHO.
What happens to Fido when the Rapture comes?
For a fee, this service will place your dog or cat in the home of a caring atheist on Judgment Day. (via Julia Galef)
Taxonomy of malls
malls
- shopping
- National
“I admit the possibility that probability will be important in AI, but I think...”
– Marvin Minsky
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“The joy of being a writer today is that you can claim your work’s flaws...”
– B.R. Meyers (via Julia Galef)
“The essence of theatre…is in that moment when a scene has ended, the...”
What color were the dinosaurs? →
A method has been demonstrated for determining skin and feather colors from dinosaur fossils.
“So if we think about what it means to rotate x, and then rotate y… uh,...”
– Erik Demaine, having incorrectly copied his notes
If you don't "get" math, you might like this... →