Scaryyyyyy and cooool
San Franapocalypse.
Lightning hitting the Bay Bridge last night
Popova reviews ‘This Will Make You Smarter’, where various smart people pick a single idea to help you understand the world a bit better:
Wrongologist Kathryn Schulz, whose recent talk on the psychology of regret you might recall, finds optimism in “the pessimistic meta-induction from the history of science” — the idea that, because we now know scientific theories of yore have often been wrong, it’s safe to assume our own present-day theories are quite possibly wrong as well.
At best, we nurture the fantasy that knowledge is always cumulative, and therefore concede that future eras will know more than we do. But we ignore or resist the fact that knowledge collapses as often as it accretes, that our own most cherished beliefs might appear patently false to posterity.
That fact is the essence of the meta-induction — and yet, despite its name, this idea is not pessimistic. Or rather, it is only pessimistic if you hate being wrong. If, by contrast, you think that uncovering your mistakes is one of the best ways to revise and improve your understanding of the world, then this is actually a highly optimistic insight.”
Wrongology.
The Cat Daddy:
The Shuffle:
The Single Ladies Dance:
The Stanky Leg:
The Cyclone:
The Dougie:
omg.
By far the greatest post to ever surface on Tumblr.
I like getting the gears turning on a Saturday morning.
How Google Maps is changing the face of data — Cloud Computing News
Geospatial adds an incredible amount of context. It allows for complex tasks such as tracking of people as they go about their business to help determine who’s connected to whom, or predicting where someone might go next and what’s the best route to get there. If we’re talking about a spreading disease, Jonas explained, geospatial data helps us determine its vector and velocity.
It’s easier to rub the blade along your jeans backwards instead.
I love to shave, but I hate buying replacement blades for my razor. One, they’re expensive. Two, they’re usually locked in a glass case. Here’s a trick to help you save money and avoid talking to the people at Walgreen’s:
Take your old razor and push it backward against the skin of your arm ten…
Crazyass Japanese Thing of the Day: Japanese Synchronized Gymnastics.
[bestofyt.]
Earlier: Japanese Synchronized Walking.
Although somewhat flamboyant, this is awesome.
