December 2011
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I’ve noticed recently that Kindle books sometimes have lots of typos. And I’m also noticing that they’re most likely because of shotty OCR than human error (is it possible it was easier to OCR a book than just get the source files?). For example:
“I suppose there’s nothing wrong with my not having a life. So many people no longer have Hues that you really have...
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“Robinson’s greatest professional challenge came on the ground. Last June, while working at mission control, he was charged with playing wake-up music for another shuttle crew. One astronaut’s wife made him promise to play Barry Manilow’s schmaltzy ballad “A Little Traveling Music, Please,” and Robinson’s flight director — the mission control...
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Overheard while making omelets
Me: Doesn't having 5 kids feel just irresponsible at this point? I mean, we have plenty of humans. Too many.
Sister: Yeah, it's kinda greedy.
Me: Oh religion. Really does more harm than good.
Sister: Amen!
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“It’s no coincidence that as a species we invented the middle classes. Without...”
– Microserfs: A Novel - I’ll probably be posting more of these, this book is a rich field of tumblr diamonds
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rickwebb's tumblrmajig: SOPA →
rickwebb:
As a major donor to Obama’s last campaign, I get my regularly-scheduled call of them trying to get me to be a bundler. For the last couple months, whenever they call, I tell them that SOPA is a very big deal to me, and I will not donate until he takes a position against it, as written now.
“I…
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Steve Wyshywaniuk: Birthday Wish →
stevewyshywaniuk:
Today is the day that Carl Sagan passed away fifteen years ago. Here’s a quote of his I’d like to pass along:
The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it…
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“It’s not like I get stopped at restaurants.”
– Apollo astronaut Jack Schmitt on being the last human to set foot on the moon
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Doctor Excitement’s Private Moments
These...
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“And yet, over the last few decades, the rungs on the ladder of opportunity have...”
– Obama’s Osawatomie speech
The most frustrating part of reading something like this, a lovely long form explanation of a real cultural issue, is thinking about how parts of it will be simplified and spun later to support opposing views. That the main problem, underlying many of this...
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