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Sounds kinda like life... - Clare Dibble

lol, guess i changed the channel too soon... just seemed like nothing ever happened :-p - Peter Ferguson

I'm with Bret. I watched it a second time just to take all the 'nothing' that happened in. - Cliff Gerrish

What causes nearsightedness? It doesn't appear to be genetic. Spending lots of time outdoors while growing up seems to greatly reduce the chances of being nearsighted. - Amit Patel

Our 9 month old son loves being outside. Maybe this will mean that he won't be as near-sighted as I am. - Robert Felty

Watch out for that one ;) - Clare Dibble

I would say that in general monkeys are more desirable than bugs. - Gabe

How multiplayer competitive games vary based on whether they're skill-based or luck-based, and whether they're played with strangers or with friends. - Amit Patel

Interesting... - .LAG liked that

“No pain, no gain applies to happiness, too, according to new research published online in the Journal of Happiness Studies. People who work hard at improving a skill or ability, such as mastering a math problem or learning to drive, may experience stress in the moment, but experience greater happiness on a daily basis and longer term, the study suggests.” - Amit Patel

"And what’s striking is that you don’t have to reach your goal to see the benefits to your happiness and well-being." - Clare Dibble

"In the belt-tightening world of editorial photography, many media outlets now offer a photo credit, rather than monetary compensation, for the use of your photo. “It will be great advertising for your work,” they tell you, “and getting published by us will help you professionally.”" - Ginger Makela Riker from Bookmarklet

At the beginning of the year I allowed an editor to use a few shots to illustrate one article, only to find out six months later that he had been helping himself to my images without any further permission. He has avoided all attempts to accept responsibility and acted like an unprofessional idiot when I asked for the going rate according to NUJ freelance fees guide (http://media.gn.apc.org/feesgui...). - Simon Curran

I hope this picture of duck butts makes you smile. 1 2 3 - April Buchheit from Bookmarklet

Happy belated Birthday, Paul! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Assuming I have a weather report (temperature, pressure, and relative humidity), how can I determine the mass of water vapor in some volume of air? - Gabe

Thanks, Clare. I just figured that there was some common equation to tell me specific humidity. I didn't expect that it was so uncommon that it would require derivation and table lookups. You see, I am trying to figure out the heat rate for a gas turbine to compute what it would cost to run. The heat rate is specified at a specific temperature, pressure, and humidity, so I wanted to... more... - Gabe

I like how I find out about this trip through this post. - Akiva Moskovitz

Summerfest there always has good bands! :) - Mathew A. Koeneker

It's black and white! (and black) - Gabe

Shoes! OMG! - Christian (Simply X)

I <3 The Kitchen Table and their yam fries. :D Actually, everything I've had there has been awesome. - Dan Hsiao

++ Maggie - Clare Dibble

what did he eat? - Daisy

looks like blackberry applesauce. - Clare Dibble

My son was famous for his "fish face" as well at about the same age -- our reaction was such that after a while he learned to make it on cue. - Brian Sullivan

"The event is exactly what its name implies. Scores of men and women pour into downtown streets for a late-night jog, wearing not a stitch between the jack-o'-lanterns on their heads and the sneakers on their feet. For nearly a decade, naked pumpkin runners did their thing unmolested, stampeding through the frigid dark past crowds of admirers who hooted, hollered and tossed candy. But last year the run attracted more than 150 participants, and Police Chief Mark Beckner fears things are getting out of hand. "It's a free-for-all," he says. So he intends to stop it." - Cristo from Bookmarklet

Sigh. Can't they just leave it alone? - adf

Denial — "Everything is fine. FriendFeed will just keep on pluggin' along. Look how many people are still using the service." - Christopher Harley

in any case, thank you for the post. it's very thoughtful and thought-provoking. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant

This is pretty cool. - Bastian

Я предпологал!!!! :) Теперь я знаю!!!! - atner

I'm boycotting building 43 also, until I stop being annoyed. - Cristo

"So I put 1,000 people in a room and tell them to flip a coin ten times. Sure enough, a woman named Margaret makes “heads” ten times in a row! The chance of her getting heads ten times in a row is only one in 1,024, so I conclude Margret has special abilities. Actually, that last statement is true but misleading. The chance that Margaret would flip ten heads in a row is one in 1,024,... more... - Clare Dibble

Let the fun begin! </sarcasm?> - April Buchheit

:( - mjc

think healthy thoughts! - Clare Dibble

"The monomaths do not only swarm over a specialism, they also play dirty. In each new area that Posner picks—policy or science—the experts start to erect barricades. “Even in relatively soft fields, specialists tend to develop a specialised vocabulary which creates barriers to entry,” Posner says with his economic hat pulled down over his head. “Specialists want to fend off the generalists. They may also want to convince themselves that what they are doing is really very difficult and challenging. One of the ways they do that is to develop what they regard a rigorous methodology—often mathematical. “The specialist will always be able to nail the generalists by pointing out that they don’t use the vocabulary quite right and they make mistakes that an insider would never make. It’s a defence mechanism. They don’t like people invading their turf, especially outsiders criticising insiders." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

I have to disagree with you Mark, as also having a background in philosophy, I find it is just as easy to get locked into a semantic argument about some term as it is a possible shortcut to a broader discussion. Most of time time I find people who throw around -isms would prefer not to discuss things deeply because they don't want to ever re-evaluate the basics, it's too frightening,... more... - Ňicķ

couldnt agree more - sean percival

@Jesse It's not about providing for the family. I'm sure entrepreneurs manage to do that or they go out of business very quickly. It's investing time in the family that's usually the missing ingredient. I know, since I did have a largely absent entrepreneurial father. - Piaw Na

wait -- do both at the same time! - Daniel Dulitz

The cable company decied NOT to put any cable in my street. I'm ONE street too far.... :( - Roberto Bonini

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to new study. The research found a dramatic improvement in ethical behavior with just a few spritzes of citrus-scented Windex. - Shevonne

Just scrub those street corners with some bleach. :) - Cristo

"Basically, our study shows that morality and cleanliness can go hand-in-hand," said Galinsky of the Kellogg School. - Clare Dibble

LOL! - April Buchheit

Here's his entire talk: http://www.paulgraham.com/really... - April Buchheit

Aww! - April Buchheit

Spencer is sick this week, so a little easier to keep up with. But aside from that, he's a pretty mobile boy too, and him learning to climb stairs has only increased our headaches. Good luck keeping Hazel out of danger. - Clare Dibble

Poor Spencer! I hope he gets better soon! I was making cookies when Hazel discovered that she could open the kitchen drawers. Luckily it was just the bib drawer that she had access to... - Maggie

I'd like to see this updated for the noughties! - WorldofHiglet

I don't think that bridge was ever lower-middle brow. My dad, who grew up working class, played Euchre (common in the midwest). My mom, who went to a private college, learned bridge there. My dad didn't learn bridge until my mom taught him. - Robert Felty

This is a good read if you're stuck and on a plateau losing fat/weight. - Myrna

"Further, studies have shown that if you were once overweight, in order to maintain your new lighter weight you have to eat fewer calories than a person who weighs what you do now but who was never obese!" - Clare Dibble

Clare, I read that but each of us has unique body chemistry and I doubt whether this is true for everyone who has been obese. And if they eat fewer calories, their body may think they're in starvation mode and may burn calories still slower. Each has to do trial and error..a big challenge. - Myrna

"Hoping to make working in agriculture more attractive to younger Germans, a Bavarian farming association has presented the latest edition of a calendar showing farm girls in erotic poses." - T. Brent, technopeasant from Bookmarklet

I like April, July and November best. - T. Brent, technopeasant

Article FAIL. - Louis Gray

I will miss the FF search when it's gone. It's been an extension of my memory for a good year now. Oh well, I'll always have GMail... right? - Daniel J. Pritchett

April, why are you reading phd comics? - Clare Dibble

after reading the comic it made more sense. Most of them aren't that generally funny. One of the things that can make grad school hard is there are a number of scenarios that not a lot of other people can relate to. - Clare Dibble

Turn it on for great comedy! - Akiva Moskovitz

We let him grab it from behind when it is on to stop the racheting, but that is as far as it goes. - Clare Dibble

I put this on my Amazon wish list a while back, intending to talk about it when it showed up on my feed, but it never did and I forgot all about it. Science, kids, TMBG -- what's not to love! - Stephen Mack

I can't stand more than 5 minutes of Barney, but this stuff is pretty enjoyable. I do still think it is a bit of a mixed bag. The number 1 song is all about how if you add up everything in the omniverse, it adds up to 1. The number 7 song is about a bunch of number 7s showing up at your house wanting to eat cake. - Robert Felty