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maths in alice
favorited 17 times, recently by blogenstock, ravelite, OolooKitty, kandinski, limeonaire, jmdodd, i_am_a_fiesta, bearwife, sentient, weston, hannahelastic, robertc, Obscure Injoke, jeffburdges, dng, therubettes, PsychoKick
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Hippos in Colombia
favorited 5 times, recently by reenum, sneebler, Aversion Therapy, krilli, Joe Beese
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> What's that like? I've been told it's extremely rigorous, but is there consistency? Well its extremely rigorous. I was consistently grilled for up to 45mins by two different people, the second one repeated questions that the first one had... [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by lodurr, Artw
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I know that the plural of anecdote is not data but I`ve heard one too many border crossing anecdotes as of this one. This shit just became data. My chances of getting beaten and arrested while crossing the border are now unacceptably high for me to... [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
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Absinthe
favorited 5 times, recently by Bardolph
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This one of the water repellent surface is fantastic. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by jeffburdges, marsha56
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3d mandelbrot
favorited 102 times, recently by archagon, weinzierl, wobh, hap_hazard, kiripin, yohko, lahersedor, Soupisgoodfood, kugelmass, RubberMullet, medeine, paradoxflow, HumanComplex, El Brendano, minifigs, Ella Fynoe, nicolin, communicator, Minus215Cee, ageispolis, tomcooke, Artw, Songdog, L.P. Hatecraft, captain cosine, drdanger, tickingclock, jepler, rubah, swift, inkyroom, ErWenn, limeonaire, niccolo, hincandenza, mai, dorey_oh, yeloson, Balisong, rory, robertc, prambutan, FishBike, tellurian, krilli, Araucaria, dosterm, litleozy, xufasch, memebake, newmoistness, dubitoergosum, o0dano0o, davejay, namagomi, banter, supercoiled, bepe, lekvar, straight, quartzcity, fearfulsymmetry, FuturisticDragon, usonian, Rinku, treepour, unmake, KirkJobSluder, Lafe, Arandia, seanyboy, muckster, contessa, jquinby, LeeJay, moonmilk, fook, doctor_negative, J-Garr, symbollocks, localhuman, flatluigi, loquacious, scalefree, Ratio, Abiezer, dhalgren, prinado, mikepop, specialagentwebb, Enki, Flunkie, protorp, logicpunk, rocket88, Dumsnill, elgilito, Spatch, iamkimiam, dng, strixus, Burhanistan
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I wrote my thesis on the St. Andrews Cross Spider. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by beandip, misha
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the foreign exchange student
favorited 69 times, recently by dogmom, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, jdherg, jasminerain, jpeacock, ooga_booga, kudzu
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sorta related: I just found out that the spanish slang for dictionary (in mexico ) is 'tumbaburros' , suggesting the book is large enough to knock a donkey over.... [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by amarie
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languages and thought
favorited 91 times, recently by 12%juicepulp, derivation, hhc5
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The alternative term that I think fits very well is STARRED (with a star?), like gmail. It's safely ambiguous, and no baggage of the favourites. [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by Riki tiki, crysflame, koeselitz
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The Dictionary of the Khazars
favorited 1 time, recently by Benjamin Nushmutt
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I'm Indian, and while I find it mildly amusing, I don't find it offensive. Worn by anyone. But I guess it's a whole different ball game there in the US.... [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Dolukhanova, mr. strange
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A vegetarian spider
favorited 8 times, recently by gamera, davar, HFSH, HopperFan, ursus_comiter, BrotherCaine, limeonaire, kittens for breakfast
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This is the first time that traumatic insemination has been shown to occur in spiders. I attended a talk given by this guy at the last international arachnology conference, and it caused quite a stir.... [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by morganw
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I recommend the spider plates in the Biolgia Centrali Americana as well. (for example: this page) [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Wood
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Glass Microbiology
favorited 5 times, recently by Matthias Rascher, spacewaitress, skoosh, clearlydemon, benzenedream
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High Jump Innovator
favorited 23 times, recently by of strange foe, Len, t2urner, quartzcity, Anything, Corky, njbradburn, justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow, marsha56, chorltonmeateater, megob, LobsterMitten, dylanjames, arcolz, tellurian, Palamedes, radiosilents, arto, DevilsAdvocate, Jody Tresidder, davejay, acro, CrunchyFrog
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I use Scrivener for writing papers. You can import pdfs as well as clippings from webpages. You can use endnote's temporary citations, and then when exported to Word or something, they can then be converted to proper citations and build a... [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by annathea
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How do they determine bad tennis balls?
favorited 3 times, recently by Hugobaron, Melismata, jchaw
Ask MetaFilter post - 3 months ago

One of the authors of the linked paper was my PhD thesis supervisor. Anyway, I study orb-webs and I find that there is quite a bit of variation, but it depends on what you measure. In nature, the web size for example is affected by the size of the... [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Kevin1911, ClaudiaCenter
Ask MetaFilter comment - 3 months ago

The Gutenberg Method
favorited 44 times, recently by SouthCNorthNY
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Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by newfers
Ask MetaFilter comment - 3 months ago

>ಠ_ಠ I keep seeing this, and the funny thing is that the letters are from my native tongue, Kannada, and I keep reading it as Ta. Ta. [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by MikeKD, you, Pope Guilty, ocherdraco, tresbizzare
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Insert 'Large ship slow turn' phrase here. I would insert it myself, if I could just remember how it went [more]
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Bees appreciating Van Gogh close enough? [more]
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On specialization in biology
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> Why aren't there lists like Heh. Reminded me of a passage from Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler: "In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual... [more]
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Related: Jumping spiders of Oklahoma. [more]
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Metafilter: Face the rath [more]
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The Quality Control Quandary
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> And last weekend, I recall clueless CNN desk jockeys... I was just thinking that Iran coverage is going to drop off dramatically from CNN. [more]
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Ever since I moved to Mexico 8 months ago, the crazy kid who lives upstairs seemed to have recently discovered MJ and has been playing MJ incessantly at real loud volumes. At first it was annoying, and then distracting, and now I'm just resigned to... [more]
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High Speed Trains in California
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I'm excited by this, because I hope that there will be renewed interest in trains in Mexico. Far fetched, I know. But here the buses compete with the planes, so I'm not too hopeful.... [more]
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writers as journalists
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The holy man's middle name is And? It's a pun: 've' in hebrew is 'and'. The guy's name is David VeMoshe [more]
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hindu?
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> Bing gave me a link to some spam-trap site. The Mexican embassy website is nowhere on the page. Heh. that's weird. I tried that same search (from Mexico) and it gave me the right link as the top result. See there's your problem, Vacapinta,... [more]
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calligraphy
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mexican etiquette
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Light Art Photography
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I almost broke up with my mexican girl friend (now fiancee) over this issue. I'm Indian and there were similar differences. What I feel is essential is that I needed to feel that my gf would have my back when it came to cultural things things that I... [more]
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Ask MetaFilter comment - 8 months ago

stampede protection
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Ask MetaFilter post - 8 months ago

Well just in case the bride is Indian, this is absolutely normal. In fact, in India you can buy special envelopes for the express purpose of gifting money at weddings.... [more]
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Ask MetaFilter comment - 8 months ago

Capturing the Unicorn
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Boyle Family Art
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Early images of Egypt
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tribals vs conservation
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