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Superstition

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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!
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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!
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jepler
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An Airplane joke? on XKCD? It's more likely than you think.
Earth, Sol system, Western spiral arm
fancycwabs
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I *did* say rabbit rabbit on January 1, and behold!

What I'm trying to say is I'm very sorry.
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Tensegrity

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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
silberbaer
1 day ago
But... it is. We just don't see it. Too many other body parts in the way, like skin.
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Conic Sections

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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.
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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.
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Anyone Else Here

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Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.
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Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.
rraszews
6 days ago
There's an interesting twitch streamer who does a weekly stream under the conceit that she is streaming from the 1950s via a surplus ENIAC
EPAstor
6 days ago
Well, you can't just stop there - give us a link or something...
rraszews
6 days ago
https://www.twitch.tv/nicolebelafonte
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jlvanderzwan
5 days ago
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In the future all minds are digitized and somehow YouTube becomes a virtual time-traveling portal?

High Altitude Cooking Instructions

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1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.
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1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.
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Truly Universal Outlet

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Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick
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Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick
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