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foresail:The Peirce quincuncial map projection will change your perspective on the world.(It’s more fun to look at map projections at xkcd though.) Analysis.
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wefuckinglovescience:This image shows the progression of the first 10,000 digits of Pi. Image by http://cristian-vasile.fineartamerica.com/
Every new manager’s first time scheduling interviews.
On Clutter
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meme-meme:When kids have a day off-school and wife sees husband leaving.
thetypologist:Glass insulator typology. Photo by Matt Weldon.
ayearofdeepcreek:“Why hike on the PCT when you can jump from it. Another day at my favorite place. #deepcreek #pct #pacificcresttrail #bridgejump #rompn” The one, true love.
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dbareactions: My non DBA friends when I send them hilarious DBA reactions (HT @EvilPrincess)
pirates-world: Sail 1.2 / Nicolas Harter
cbssurfer: Swell lines…
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spaceexp: The Sun, photographed from the same spot, at the same hour, on different days throughout the year via reddit
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tokyo-bleep: Monty Pythons
On Religion
Red: A Kubrick Supercut by Rishi Kaneria A supercut examining Stanley Kubrick’s use of the color red. I have always been fascinated by color as a form of non-verbal communication. Color has a profound and powerful psychological effect on us and
brainbubblegum: nodamncatnodamncradle: Can we all take a minute and appreciate that hundreds of years ago a person poured hours of hard work into painting cherubs making human fart bubbles. glorious
wefuckinglovescience: Congratulations, ESA, you’ve made history! Philae robot makes historic landing on comet: http://bit.ly/1yAqbg9
On Politics
cecilyjeanne: stunningpicture: Moving out of the apartment This is, without a doubt, the saddest photo I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. Deserved a reblog, I think.
dbareactions: The junior DBA doing their first database restore. (HT @OracleSean)
Thought for today
centauri4-naturism: There are an infinite number of philosophies and ideologies in the world, and only slightly fewer ethnic heritages - because we are ALL human, but this self-destructive behavior will not end until EVERYONE stops blaming bad behavior
ultimatefuckboy: IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT by YOURS TRULY, GABBY GIULIANO come out to the feminist fest at the che cafe this weekend and see these photos up on display! THANK YOU SO MUCH to all my beautiful friends that helped with this project — I
portofinogram: #go #home #portofino by giocopello from Portofino on September 29, 2014 at 09:25PM
whitelightsandlatenights: People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring ~Roger Hornsby Hot Stove reports in the papers make for good kindling while I watch Hockey
Suck it, mosquitoes. I want to do this.
theyachtguy: “MALTESE FALCON” • Photo By @_katzkii The bird of prey, at rest.
hetshipsareboring: askcosplayisrael: grahntare: ifuckedmartinfreeman: barnacling: racketstory: cumaeansibyl: suicideblonde: Today would have been Mr Rogers’ 84th birthday. Thanks for showing me how to rock a cardigan and always been a kind
lolshtus: If Every OS Was A Car Analysis
dbareactions: When the training webcast turns out to be vendor spam
theusb: Progression. Hint: It Never Ends. Analysis.
dbareactions: The day you finally understand the difference between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. (HT @AskTheAnalyst) Heh.
startswithabang: The Green Flash “Given a clear path to the horizon — such as over the ocean — this means that there’s a slight region of space just above the reddened Sun where only the shorter wavelength light is visible! And when
Larry Trask on descriptivism
staff: Today’s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined. Ready? Yes, you are, and we’re ready to help you. (Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have
scinote: Just how big is the Sun? The Sun is large enough that approximately 1.3 million Earths could fit inside, if squashed in. If the Earths retain their spherical shape, 960,000 Earths would fit. But can you visualize that number of Earths? Click
Everything runs off the same energy system. Really Powerful image set. I heart analysis.
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Macaws in the wild are known to flap together, flying in sync.
johnvdvuurst: Ha, good one…. the only thing is that you have to be at least be 30 , but preferably 40 to remember Genesis… Analysis.
Reblog if you dont have a bra on.
As a photographer, I aver taking this photo is absolute bliss.
wefuckinglovescience: Thor’s hammer was supposedly forged from the core of a dying star. If true, exactly how heavy does that make it? Find out here: http://bit.ly/1s0Ewzf Analysis
dbareactions: When I get an Linked In message from a recruiter looking for someone with a strong background in writing Crystal Reports. (HT Katie) Not that kind of analysis!
mindbodysea: bloglikeaman: I really need a boat. -B I really need a cockpit like this No one has a cockpit like this. Where’re the jib sheets?
dbareactions: When we gave Visual Studio to the mainframe developer
haasbroek: Sails (2013) Analysis.
I'm trying to prove a point that there is a fan base for a solo Black Widow movie. Please reblog if you'd watch it.
mashable: Rollie the armadillo acts just like a puppy! Proving the three-banded variety were critters simpler than their nine-banded brothers and sisters, who often read poetry to their quadruplet babies.
ayearofdeepcreek: The photo. Ryan McGinley, Untitled (Hot Springs), 2005 If that pic doesn’t make you a little happier, I submit you’re dead inside.
The fourth ant was passing just behind on a perpendicular course, genius.
historical-nonfiction: This man helped create analytic philosophy and was one of the 1900s’ premier logicians, and you probably don’t know who he is. Meet Bertrand Russell, a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist
boatporn: historical-nonfiction: Taking ships’ logs from the 1700s and 1800s, and charting each geolocated entry on a white surface, you get this map. For an interesting discussion, check out this article. Wicked, wicked cool. Analysis.
scienceisbeauty: I love it. The more I look at it … it seems to me more accurate. (8() Via FlowingData: Duck vs. rabbit plot I heart analysis.
did-you-kno: Source This is some serious analysis.