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Latitude and Longitude

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NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).
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NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).
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Time Change

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All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.
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All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.
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zwol
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True local solar time for everyone. We have the technology.
Pittsburgh, PA
kyb
1 day ago
That's actually how I set up https://kybernetikos.github.io/UIT/ local solar midnight is always directly down on the clockface and solar midday directly up. It rotates as you travel.
zwol
23 hours ago
@kyb Neat!
mxm23
6 hours ago
Very cool

The Princess and the Pea

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Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.
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Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.
HerCarverBidesDew
3 days ago
this should be a grid
jlvanderzwan
3 days ago
A Waddington landscape of epimemetic expression
jlvanderzwan
3 days ago
… ok I just was riffing on "epigenetics", but apparently someone did coin "epimemetics" already. Sadly the first impression I get based on search results is that they're wankers who think they're genius philosophers for coming up with it.
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Toasting Marshmallows

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We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.
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We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.
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Airport Meeting

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Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.'
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Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.'
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sitharus
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TIL the Michelin Guide predates heavier-than-air flight by three years.
Wellington, New Zealand

Offside

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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(
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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(
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