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Probabilistic Uncertainty
Monday November 4^th, 2024 at 10:37 PM

xkcd.com

"One popular strategy is to enter an emotional spiral. Could that be the right approach? We contacted several researchers who are experts in emotional spirals to ask them, but none of them were in a state to speak with us."

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Covarr

1 day ago

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Make yourself a plate of wings. Decide after the outcome whether they were comfort wings or celebratory wings.

East Helena, MT

roblatham

1 day ago

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I feel like this is related to current events in a way I can't quite figure out...

Groxx

1 day ago

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The Wagner Principle proves that every chance is 50/50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalvQQoFvBA

Silicon Valley, CA

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor.
Sunday September 29^th, 2024 at 11:33 PM

King James Programming

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor.

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Groxx

37 days ago

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And thus mankind was cursed

Silicon Valley, CA

Slingshots
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 11:31 PM

xkcd.com

In my reboot, Dennis the Menace was just trying to send Mr. Wilson a nice comet, but accidentally wiped out his dinosaur garden.

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gordol

62 days ago

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Once we colonize the solar system, expect people to start using gravitational slingshots as a sport.

Earth

jeremyarc7

62 days ago

They did in The Expanse series. Belters would slingshot themselves out past Neptune and livestream the endurance trip there and back.

gordol

62 days ago

@jeremyarc7 Yep. One used it to slingshot into the Ring at too high a velocity to disastrous result.

Groxx

62 days ago

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Could easily fit into Calvin and Hobbes though

Silicon Valley, CA

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/760703958615457792
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Sarah's Scribbles

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Groxx

62 days ago

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*pans to the left*

*neighbor has Christmas stuff out already*

Silicon Valley, CA

Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
Thursday March 7^th, 2024 at 12:36 AM

xkcd.com

Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.

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Groxx

244 days ago

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Don't forget the Earth-shattering kaboom!

Silicon Valley, CA

jlvanderzwan

240 days ago

Instantly read it in the appropriate voice, hah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wmWZbr_wQ

Screwtape

244 days ago

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Well, there's Venn, and there's Us.

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/740682035583156224
Sunday January 28^th, 2024 at 10:53 AM

Sarah's Scribbles

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Groxx

283 days ago

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Also indoor cat: glared at the toaster. It hasn't made noise all day. Huge success.

Silicon Valley, CA

Probabilistic Uncertainty Monday November 4th, 2024 at 10:37 PM

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor. Sunday September 29th, 2024 at 11:33 PM

Slingshots Wednesday September 4th, 2024 at 11:31 PM

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/760703958615457792 Wednesday September 4th, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Earth/Venus Venn Diagram Thursday March 7th, 2024 at 12:36 AM

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/740682035583156224 Sunday January 28th, 2024 at 10:53 AM

Probabilistic Uncertainty
Monday November 4^th, 2024 at 10:37 PM

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor.
Sunday September 29^th, 2024 at 11:33 PM

Slingshots
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 11:31 PM

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/760703958615457792
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
Thursday March 7^th, 2024 at 12:36 AM

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/740682035583156224
Sunday January 28^th, 2024 at 10:53 AM