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Let's change the quotient rule!
by Michael Penn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMxoiFBm8E
for people who wish rules in calculus were simpler. Be careful of what you ask for.
via reddit
Alan Moore Gives Rare Interview: ‘Watchmen’ Creator Talks New Project ‘The Show’, How Superhero Movies Have “Blighted Culture” & Why He Wants Nothing To Do With Comics
by Tom Grater
https://deadline.com/2020/10/alan-moore-rare-interview-watchmen-creator-the-show-superhero-movies-blighted-culture-1234594526/
among other things, the ustad's preferred Batman adaptation might not be the one you expect. And he has a new movie coming out.
via boing
'Death doulas' present the perfect 2020 problem
by Colby Cosh
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-death-doulas-present-the-prefect-2020-problem
in case you wondered what 'doula' means
via rss
“Story Engineering” by Larry Brooks
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/story-engineering-by-larry-brooks/
shared mostly for the last paragraph, which for me is kinda the point of existentialism
via rss
His Words Matter Billboard Campaign
by Vote common good
https://www.votecommongood.com/his-words-matter/
a curious juxtaposition of two people allegedly influential in the US right now
via boing
13 Centuries of Spoken English, in Two Minutes and Twenty Seconds
by A.Z. Foreman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQYF2cJ5og
including the so-called "great" vowel shift
via boing
a tentacular pumpkin
by /u/Paradoctored
https://i.redd.it/qy1cxrdsmtr51.jpg
that's one freaky-lookin' gourd!
via TYWKIWDBI
Monocropping
by David R. MacIver
https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/monocropping
What if we did this but, you know, good?
via rss
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Fictional Genres
by Idiosophy
https://www.idiosophy.com/2017/11/maslows-hierarchy-of-fictional-genres/
a curious suggestion!
via I'm really not sure where - was it the tolkienfans subreddit?

The Most Deadly Job in America -- And What Happens Next
by CGP Grey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boezS4C_MFc
everything you didn't want to know about the ambiguities of presidential succession
via rss
a deeply weird vampire story premise
by /u/maglorbythesea
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/j9988x/do_you_think_vampires_are_still_interesting/g8kstfg/
depending on your theology, this one might totally work?!?
via reddit
Are We Doomed To Live In Hell?
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/are-we-doomed-to-live-in-hell/
because pain isn't purely utilitarian
via rss
A Game of Cat & Mouth
by the creators of Exploding Kittens
https://www.catandmouth.game/
The seriously kinetic aspect of this will appeal to several folk I know
via the Oatmeal's rss
JMS revisits Babylon 5 on show's 25th anniversary
by Jonathan Encarnacion and JMS
https://www.gamesradar.com/jms-babylon-5-25-anniversary/
some good reflections on where the 5-year arc has come
via reddit
Memento with Scramblers: Krivoruchko Crushes It.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=9489
making it a little easier to imagine you are Siri Keeton
via rss

The Performance that Eased a Tribal Conflict
by Gwynne Watkins
https://wearenotdivided.reasonstobecheerful.world/congo-cry-for-peace-ping-chong-tribal-conflict/
I'm not fond of the word "tribal" in these sorts of contexts, but that's the word they used. Other than that, a positive story.
via rss
Misstopia — Simon Stephenson's word for a world where everything has missed its intended mark due to human error
by Mark Frauenfelder introducing Simon Stephenson
https://boingboing.net/2020/09/23/misstopia-a-world-where-everything-has-missed-its-intended-mark-due-to-human-error.html
it's a fair cop
via rss
Dice of Unusual Size
by Impact! Miniatures
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impactminiatures/dous-dice-of-unusual-size-d21-d36-pulse-and-alphab
I'm not sure how I feel about dice that aren't Catalan solids, but nonetheless fun? (Missed chance to go with "Dice of Unusual Sides", though.)
via David Morgan-Mar
The unrelenting horizonlessness of the Covid world
by Nick Couldry and Bruce Schneier
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/22/opinions/unrelenting-horizonlessness-of-covid-world-couldry-schneier/index.html
Is this less of an issue for folk with a deep-seated existentialism?
via boing
The Hot Chocolate Effect
by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-hot-chocolate-effect.html
but what if your hot chocolate is made by melting chocolate in hot milk?
via rss
How to Tame a Trump Troll
by Karin Tamerius
https://medium.com/progressively-speaking/how-to-tame-a-troll-b22f4f9e21b6
hopefully not something one would have to use regularly, but speaking in public on the internet invites all souls
via boing
The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries, Sheets, and Saddled Scenes
by algekalipso
https://qualiacomputing.com/2016/12/12/the-hyperbolic-geometry-of-dmt-experiences/
a long read which I've not yet finished, but the math looks sound
via reddit
Tiny $1900 Rubik's Cube
by Rob Beschizza
https://boingboing.net/2020/09/24/tiny-1900-rubiks-cube.html
my fingers get tired just looking at it
via rss
Walk On The Wild Side - The story behind the classic bass intro featuring Herbie Flowers.
by The One Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBXUP5GqYJs
if you've wondered how that bass line came to be
via reddit
Lake Street Dive Plays "I Want You Back" On a Boston Sidewalk
by Lake Street Dive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPwRdVg5Ug
a nice acoustic version
via their youtube channel

Mr Curly (contra bass clarinet)
by Linsey Pollak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu60MwpMiow
why solo on a garden hose when you can solo on a garden hose and a feather duster?
via reddit
What a Concept!!
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWrLfHxa53E
Hank's collaboration with the past on the source of ideas
via reddit
Milk first or last? The correct method for hot tea. (GONE MATHEMATICAL)
by Stand-up Maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCuaWqhVvIc
the math on prelactarians and postlactarians
via memory
Making an International Standard Cup of Tea
by Tom Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAsrsMPftOI
in case you've wondered what a standard cup of tea is
via memory, brought to mind by previous link
The Dice Lab
by The Dice Lab
http://thedicelab.com/
your source for atypical but mathematically fair dice
via memory
Red Hot Chili Peppers - C'mon Girl (Bass Cover)
by juliaplaysgroove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JCt0SGey64
my right forearm gets tired just watching this
via memory

Why is there no equation for the perimeter of an ellipse‽
by Stand-up Maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nW3nJhBHL0
the joy of avoiding elliptic integrals
via rss
a logic diagram
by Benjamin Philippe
https://imgur.com/ZkTJK5z
the solution for the last task in session 4 of the incredible proof machine
via comments on a video where someone else tried to solve it
We’ve been called worse.
by slklassen
https://slklassen.com/2020/09/05/weve-been-called-worse/
on the way mennonites have reacted to other people calling them names.
with a cocktail recipe
via rss
Ukrainian schoolgirl talks about purpose of life
by Argen S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIXybGpuLbU
existentialism starts young in Eastern Europe!
via TYWKIWDBI

not much today, to balance off yesterday's long one?

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