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I wonder if you could do a work-around with a paid in-app purchase, but that would be an obnoxious engineering problem compared to the direct-sales version.

Condom or Android phone?

I hate people.

I'm surprised this guy has such a negative take on the state of Mali's democracy.

Funny. I wonder how I'd do on the math section. I did understand his example polygon question.

Because if you were an industrial laser, wouldn't you make the Aperture Science logo while singing "Still Alive"?

Old video from a couple of years ago that came up in conversation. People don't understand the distinction between a browser and a search engine, but they do know what Google is.

Don't read the whole article unless you've read the trilogy, but his point is that Panem's economy would probably work.

One of my first internet memes. Not the original, but a YouTube copy.

An accidental coup?

I don't know what the US can do to support democracy in Mali.

Not a good situation at all.

Getting a bit testy in your old age, Ray.

Good differential steering equations.

Pretty cool simulation based on LRO gravimetric readings.

Not good for anyone who lives in Mali's north. I imagine Gao will be cut off soon.

Sassy.

I would watch some of these...

Too many people are too desperate to say no, I suspect. And employers know that.

The dog is on the roof, the dog is on the roof.

Good summary of the lies that the one-man show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs are built upon. It's too bad, because it may mean other reports of labor abuses in China will be given less weight, cried-wolf style. It sounds like Apple is doing among the best, but it isn't wrong that we as consumers are complicit.

Quick recipe for selecting a random collection document with PyMongo.

It's no surprise that there is unboxing porn.

Nifty, although pretty much on-trope. Interesting how influential Terminator's visuals still are. Also I don't think concrete would hold up with that much greenery.

Dividend. Big post-Steve change.

A supercut of his interviews about why we need to dream of space.

I could swear I've seen this before, but this one seems a bit fancier (and includes Minecraft).

Nifty animation. Pretty much defines "trippy".

Nerdy *and* seasonal.

It's 100% campaign, but it does stay mostly positive.