Gricean Maxims are a vital part of how we understand each other: a set of... well, maybe "rules" is a bit strong. They're guidelines that we follow without realising it. And it's the reason that "asbestos-free... continue reading
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Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.c... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 622 views • 4:12Tom Scott explains why there's a few words that you just cannot use as file names or directories in Windows.
posted by w1ndex 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,123 views • 8:03Tom Scott talks about expletive infixation, which I think is absofuckinglutely infuckingcredible.
posted by w1ndex 4 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 931 views • 4:58In Wichita Falls, Texas, the Newby-McMahon Building stands 480 inches tall. Not 480 feet: 480 inches. There's a story of a smooth-talking scammer that sounds almost too good to be true. But is it?
posted by bobknight33 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,019 views • 6:47YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 731 views • 5:10They keep asking me. I keep telling them I am notarobot, but they never seem to remember. At least not for very long.
posted by notarobot 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 388 views • 7:40YT: The International Phonetic Alphabet: one sound for each symbol, and one symbol for each sound. Except for the sounds we can't make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
posted by Fantomas 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 883 views • 6:31YouTube description: Aerosparx are a British aerobatics team that perform displays with fireworks attached to their wings. This is how they do it. More about Aerosparx: http://www.aerosparx.com/ ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 300 views • 6:32YT: Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders.
posted by Fantomas 4 years 10 months ago • 41 views • 8:26YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 942 views • 5:05YouTube description: Thanks to all the Dunedin Railways team! You can find out more about them here: https://www.dunedinrailways.co.nz/ Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) I'm at http://tomscott.com ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years ago • 338 views • 2:27YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 639 views • 5:41YouTube description: Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don't put your head under water. It turns... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 423 views • 3:42YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 446 views • 5:13Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 316 views • 6:30YouTube description: The Multi Axis Trainer, or MAT, is an icon of space exploration and astronaut training. But other than spinning round kids at Space Camp: what's it actually used for? Thanks... continue reading
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