A car like this 6 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
I don't know anyone who owns a car (Dutch, everyone cycles), but that does look like the house of someone I know. It made me a bit sick in my mouth.
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Make America dumb again 21 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
You've got a point. As a Frenchman, I have the unfair advantage that every English word of three syllables or more is actually of Latin origin. I am glad that a few American citizens went through the trouble of looking up a few words in the dictionary recently. Every bit of education helps.
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Exactly 14 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
"all over the place". But I'm cheating, I'm French, and French is Latin, and I took Latin in high school, so it's as obvious to me as 1+1. English is probably tougher for English speakers than it is for native 'frenchers'. Is that English word three syllables or more? Then it's french.
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Sometimes something good does come out of the Internet 55 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
But there are tens of thousands of Christian denominations. So each 'religion' is split into denominations. That's a lot of disagreements, new ones every day. On the other hand, all sciences are merging into one. Religion is divisive, knowledge is cohesive.
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Girls love memes 13 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
Girls on okcupid think that only 1 out of 6 guys is above-average looking. Which is far from what the meaning of "average" should be. Still they date us. So maybe they really don't care.
Secondary Source: https://youtu.be/43w7rcYPUnI?t=6m7s
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Secondary Source: https://youtu.be/43w7rcYPUnI?t=6m7s
Dayum right 5 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
I'm a mathematician. I can speak all day about adjoint functors in closed monoidal categories, but don't ask me to add numbers in my head. The only naturals that I ever use are 0, 1 and 2. That's sufficient to deal with any countable infinity.
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The truth about introvert people 17 comments
The truth about introvert people 17 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
Aww. I would ask you to teach them to use a keyboard, but that may be more of an extrovert job.
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The truth about introvert people 17 comments
The truth about introvert people 17 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
I'm sorry my PhD in physics is not real enough for you and does not contribute to anything. After all, I'm only studying what reality is made of, and I share that knowledge publicly to whomever cares to listen or read. Oh, and I program computer games to pass the time, so that other human being can have fun. If only I had been an extrovert, all that work would have meant something!
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Leap day ladies, are you ready? 18 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
I didn't even know they weren't supposed to. It's little things like that that make me happy to live in Europe.
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"I'm getting a HUGE tax refund!" 12 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
Because during that time, that money is in a bank making interest for someone else. In France, you pay what you owe, your don't pay in advance and get refunds, so the interests are yours.
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A bird in the ISS 10 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
I was already feeling bad for the confused thingy, but now it's even worse. I had no clue they relied on gravity to eat.
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Safe and sound 6 comments
Suicide 68 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
And the medical staff that took care of him, and the society that protected him...
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They could blame me, but they really can't 10 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
From the age of 12, I've been reading while walking (always a paperback in the pocket). I'm glad that peripheral vision is sensitive to motion.
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I know I would 47 comments
The more you know 3 comments
niriel
· 8 years ago
The more you know, the less you relate to others. You still care, there's just nobody to share it with.
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