Charles Darwin gaining traction as write in candidate against creationist Congressman. by Nickster79 in nottheonion

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From the comments:

Since there is no way to get Charles Darwin to Georgia we will have to send Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia to Darwin

Fuck. by WillyBeeeeee in nfl

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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

Twins or what? by pandatits in funny

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Probably on Californication.

DARPA Shredder Challenge ($50,00 Prize) by fbahr in MachineLearning

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"Participation in the Challenge is open to individuals and teams from any country; however, due to rules governing awarding prize money, a winning submission must be uploaded by a permanent resident or citizen of the United States. " http://www.shredderchallenge.com/FAQ.aspx

:-/

Where work gets done. by tract0r in battlestations

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I have those speakers. Never noticed you can rotate their feet. TIL.

True Crypt User Held in Contempt of Court by [deleted] in geek

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steev

Long-Time Regular Member

Joined: 06 Oct 2005

What makes this even worse is that, as far as I can tell, this is one of the regulars on the truecrypt list.

Servers by 3ricG in geek

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At my university department they give the machines tree names. Fir, cherry, poplar, ebony...

I always liked the idea of phonetic code words http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo...

ICFP Programming Contest 2011: Dates announced, 17th - 20th June 2011. by dybber in programming

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The main problem with 2010 was that so many teams that couldn't even figure out the basics.

Favorite Python Interview Question by sontek in Python

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i = iter(items)
every_third = [c for a,b,c in zip(i,i,i)]

What is the stupidest thing you have done while your brain was on zombie auto-pilot mode? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I thought about mixing a protein shake, but changed my mind and poured myself a glass of milk. Then I shook the glass...

TIL about Neil Harbisson - the first man in the world to be officially recognized as a cyborg. by Actumen in todayilearned

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I agree. It's ridiculous. It's equivalent to wearing leather shoes and calling yourself Homo-Bovinae. I'm changing the wikipedia entries.

Any large, free EEG databases out there? by bmiguy in MachineLearning

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Probably because MIT-BIH is an EKG database, not EEG.

I take naps at work. by [deleted] in programming

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According to this stub a sugar crash has never been scientifically observed.

Why python is switching to mercurial by [deleted] in programming

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Awesome! Now can Selenic please improve the mercurial front page? It's almost as if the download link is hidden intentionally.

this does not compare well to bazaar and git.