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...serious concern about our education system. Specifically, what is the purpose of education? Is it to convey knowledge, as the current system is weighted, or it to be inspired and nurture an ability to constantly learn? — Little Bets (Peter Sims) - Dan Hsiao

Laura, you are right--perhaps it helps you calibrate your tolerance of and resistance to the system. - Your Neighbor Steve

It's a shame your tour of the Schaffer Factory wasn't worthy of mention. - Gabe

No, it didn't get published... I will work on that. Sorry :( - Clare Dibble

Being who we really are makes the world a better place. Good luck preparing for the race! - Clare Dibble

"submitted by reddit to blog." - Clare Dibble

"Meteorologist Anthony Watts has done extensive research on just how poor the weather reporting stations really are having sampled over a 1,000 of the U.S. weather reporting stations (www.surfacestations.org).  He has found that 89% of NOAA's weather reporting stations DO NOT MEET THEIR OWN CRITERIA AS SUITABLE REPORTING STATIONS!  More amazing is that 11% of all U.S. weather reporting stations have an error of >5°C and 58% with error over 2°C based on poor site locations like above.  He also found that the color of the temperature sensor shelter also added 2-4°C error (too warm) depending on whether the shelter was painted in a latex white paint, whitewash or bare wood." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

Wunderground says, “The year 2011 was the tenth warmest year on record for the globe, but the warmest year on record when a La Niña event was present”. - Amit Patel

A 14-year-old runaway was picked up by police and gave a fake name and age. Somehow she picked the name of a 22-year-old illegal immigrant, and even though she's black and speaks no Spanish, ICE deported her to Colombia! - Gabe from Bookmarklet

As far as I know she hasn't been to Columbia, because she's been stuck in Colombia since April. - Gabe

One of the useful things I learned in grad school is sometimes the expertise lies not in what to pay attention to but in what to ignore. - Clare Dibble

I also worry that video games that take no effort to get into (either because they're free or on the web or are just very easy to play) will have almost no long term value. - Amit Patel

Will you still be able to access your mail from someone else's computer (or an Internet cafe) if you forget to bring your phone? - Cristo

I haven't found a reprogrammable TOTP token, but there are good deals to be had on cheap, low-end Android tablets which can run the Google Authenticator just fine. For example, BuyDig has this for $70: http://www.buydig.com/shop... - Tudor Bosman

Fascinating old ads. - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

I think the real question is, should you? - Clare Dibble

I'd like to see you try. - April Buchheit

Enough fire can fix almost anything! Or more technically, get rid of any problem. - Andrew C (✓)

Bad **s shake: Vanilla Bean Apple Pie Bacon 5.00 (add bourbon 3.00) - Gabe

I know some Cleveland peeps. Should ask how it's going. I've been to Lolita, which was excellent when I was out there last. - Eric

"as a cartographer interested in clear and effective design, I really believe that cartograms generated from their method are severely over-hyped and far more popular than they should be" - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

Another thing I look for is a visualization that doesn't put a lot of weight in political boundaries, when it's not visualizing something related to the boundaries. For example, if you show a metric per city, then you're incorporating the history of city boundaries. Houston annexed lots of its neighbors; San Francisco did not. So a bar chart showing population per city (or a metric like... more... - Amit Patel

"The Ganzfeld procedure exposes the participant to ‘unstructured’ sensations usually by placing half ping-pong balls over the eyes so they can only see diffuse white light and by playing white noise through headphones. It is probably best known for its uses in parapsychology experiments, but it is also used to induce hallucinations and sensory distortions which are much more likely to occur in the absence of clearly defined sensory experiences." - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

"Pay attention to when the cart is getting before the horse. Notice when a painful initiation leads to irrational devotion, or when unsatisfying jobs start to seem worthwhile. Remind yourself pledges and promises have power, as do uniforms and parades. Remember in the absence of extrinsic rewards you will seek out or create intrinsic ones. Take into account the higher the price you pay for your decisions the more you value them. See that ambivalence becomes certainty with time. Realize lukewarm feelings become stronger once you commit to a group, club or product. Be wary of the roles you play and the acts you put on, because you tend to fulfill the labels you accept. Above all, remember the more harm you cause, the more hate you feel, and the more kindness you deal into the world the more you come to love the people you help." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut - Clare Dibble

Not sure where it came from. Possibly Jack Kornfield. Heard it quoted in a song. - Paul Buchheit

Thanks imabonehead :) I was being I guess, very lamely sarcastic to highlight that our minds "programming" or its deprogramming comes as a result of the world itself telling us how to. ~ In short, I'd like to thank this quote for telling me how to think, oh shit... kinda back where I started... ~ ~~> Russell's quote, with your 1st link, has much more explanatory relevance - The Real sofarsoShawn

This is good. - Tudor Bosman

Clare: I'd bet that many of those extra 5% of unemployed people without degrees are not likely qualified to get a college education, or necessarily many jobs either. - Gabe

"In Colorado, from 2004–2008, 28 children ages 4–7 were killed in traffic crashes. Twenty of them were improperly restrained, totally unrestrained or using only the vehicle seat belt (which does not provide adequate protection)." - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

They have pools in Colorado? If so, they could just ban them. That should save lots of money in addition to lives. - Gabe

hehe - Georgia

Awww, thanks guys! - Kevin Fox from iPhone

gotta read to the end. :) - Jenica

"This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless. " - Clare Dibble

Burning Man inspired event in Ohio. Brought to my attention by Amy Harmon (who rocks!). - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

Um, there might be a problem with that. You know, seeing as how you're a guy... - Maggie

I've heard you make that offer more than once. Don't be coy with us. - Clare Dibble

I don't know you, but you can be my lesbian lover. So what if we're both guys? It's called "equal opportunities" - Slippy

"Clusters of yellow lights on the Indo-Gangetic Plain reveal numerous cities large and small in this astronaut photograph of northern India and northern Pakistan. Of the hundreds of clusters, the largest are the capital cities of Islamabad, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. (For scale, these metropolitan areas are approximately 700 kilometers or 435 miles apart.) The lines of major highways connecting the cities also stand out. More subtle, but still visible at night, are the general outlines of the towering and partly cloud-covered Himalayas to the north (image left). A striking feature is the line of lights, with a distinctly orange hue, snaking across the center of the image. It appears to be more continuous and brighter than most highways in the view. This is the fenced and floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan. The fence is designed to discourage smuggling and arms trafficking. A similar fenced zone separates India’s eastern border from Bangladesh (not visible)." - Maitani from Bookmarklet

waw - Ramazan Çekiç

"The mean center of U.S. population is determined by the United States Census Bureau from the results of each census. The Bureau defines it to be: the point at which an imaginary, flat, weightless, and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if weights of identical value were placed on it so that each weight represented the location of one person on the date of the census.[" - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

It's still moving! - Amit Patel

My hometown was the center of population in the 1920 census. In the 1970's or so, the local high school mascot was the cops for Center Of Population. - Clare Dibble

"when college-age women think about romance, they become less interested in studying STEM fields. College-age men, however, can get interested in romance without any impact on their engagement with math and science." - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

Oh, well that explains everything. - Gabe

People don't do things that they perceive as detrimental to getting laid. Especially not in their early 20s. - Clare Dibble

Hazel doesn't say "mine" either :) - Maggie

Oh, the ways to celebrate this accomplishment! When Spencer says mine at home, I tell him it's all his. That was true until Meg came along. Pesky siblings. - Clare Dibble

NIce! - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks! They are rascally and tiring but oh-so-fun. - Clare Dibble

So far, there has always been an other. Extending all the way would remove the "other"ness. What replaces that? - Clare Dibble

"Despite various publications of results where hand-washing reduced mortality to below 1%, Semmelweis's observations conflicted with the established scientific and medical opinions of the time and his ideas were rejected by the medical community. Some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and Semmelweis could offer no acceptable scientific explanation for his findings." - Clare Dibble from Bookmarklet

It's hard to believe that after dropping the death rate 90% just by washing hands, nobody was willing to wash their hands! - Gabe

Otherwise they would all float to the top. - Gabe

Good advice, thanks. - Stephen Mack

For how long? - Clare Dibble

Them. But people are busy/flakey/inconsiderate so after a few days it will probably have to be you. - Todd Hoff

Kevin, Although it doesn't sound like it was awesome for you, this post helped me understand that even someone as talented as you with your huge pile of successful past products occasionally has an interview that does not click. Chemistry is important, in love and work. - Clare Dibble