Odd Stuff (Part 3)

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Robot boffins have revealed they’ve created a half-millimeter wide remote-controlled walking robot that resembles a crab, and hope it will one day perform tasks in tiny crevices.

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The moment that they recreate a Woolly Mammoth, wouldn’t it immediately be wrapped in all the endangered species protection laws?

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Watch television in Retro-Moderne!

I’d add a Fresnel lens in front to make the image bigger and more Brazil.

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I just watched it on the youtube the other day, but can’t find it now. I think amazon had it taken down… Good stuff, though.

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There are no wieners in this situation.

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I watched it last night! It was… something.

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Every time he dropped the needle on the record… :laughing: And Brand New Key is the perfect tune… it’s so sweet, and upbeat…

Stephen Colbert Chefs Kiss GIF by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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I’ll say this much for the new season: The Kids may have ruined me on Zoom meetings forever.

And I thank them for it.

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The new season really is remarkable - a good thing that there was absolutely no reason to expect to be good at all, let alone as incredibly good as it is. The DJ sketch is amazing - while watching it for the first time I was really affected by how Dave Foley managed to embody the existential despair the character is experiencing with such minimalism…just…chef’s kiss!

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I’m interested in hardware hacks and reverse engineering Bluetooth devices so I read this paper to see how they did it. This one in particular stuck out to me:

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Well played.

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I think many of us have that particular URL memorized

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My question is not “why do I have butt hair?”, but rather, “why so much butt hair?”.

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It was the style at the time?

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Well, I can’t speak for everyone, but Elon needed to so it could be transplanted on to his (butt) head

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Genes are propagated by their ability to offer an evolutionary advantage

Isn’t it also true that they propagate by not offering a disadvantage? That is, there could be a mutation that doesn’t help, but also doesn’t hurt. So, it stays.

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