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Notices by rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu), page 9

  1. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Monday, 31-Dec-2018 12:47:11 EST rhua rhua

    https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/dont-go-out-new-years-eve/578836/

    In conversation Monday, 31-Dec-2018 12:47:11 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      Don’t Go Out on New Year’s Eve
      from The Atlantic
      It’s not worth it.
  2. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Monday, 31-Dec-2018 02:03:20 EST rhua rhua

    Crud, I'm awake.

    In conversation Monday, 31-Dec-2018 02:03:20 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  3. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Saturday, 29-Dec-2018 13:31:29 EST rhua rhua

    For those looking for an optimally depressing headline: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/africa/saudi-sudan-yemen-child-fighters.html

    In conversation Saturday, 29-Dec-2018 13:31:29 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen: Child Soldiers From Darfur
      By By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK from The New York Times
  4. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Saturday, 29-Dec-2018 09:18:42 EST rhua rhua

    People keep looking for things everyone universally agrees on, things everyone thinks is good. It doesn't happen. That's how a world population of 7.7 billion works. You may be able to say that everyone agrees on it, but it just means that people who don't may feel too scared to bring it up. Stop looking for universal agreement.

    In conversation Saturday, 29-Dec-2018 09:18:42 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  5. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Friday, 28-Dec-2018 17:55:06 EST rhua rhua

    Whoops.

    In conversation Friday, 28-Dec-2018 17:55:06 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  6. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Dec-2018 10:29:21 EST rhua rhua
    • bobbie_newbiemark

    @bobby_newmark So what you want to say is...you screamedn't?

    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Dec-2018 10:29:21 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  7. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Dec-2018 15:24:24 EST rhua rhua

    And Happy Birthday, Tuomas Holopainen.

    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Dec-2018 15:24:24 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  8. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Dec-2018 15:24:05 EST rhua rhua

    Happy Birthday, Isaac Newton.

    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Dec-2018 15:24:05 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  9. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Monday, 24-Dec-2018 21:04:15 EST rhua rhua

    When someone tells me something I made is boring, shallow, or ugly...

    ...that is how I know they're sincere and not being polite when they give praise.

    In conversation Monday, 24-Dec-2018 21:04:15 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  10. bpchen ❎ (bpchen@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Sunday, 23-Dec-2018 23:54:11 EST bpchen ❎ bpchen ❎

    this is such a good picture

    boost the #dragons

    https://i.redd.it/rbqgmi6gp3621.jpg

    In conversation Sunday, 23-Dec-2018 23:54:11 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink Repeated by dzaefn
  11. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Saturday, 01-Dec-2018 01:43:59 EST rhua rhua

    A second Only Connect

    https://zyxyvy.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/another-only-connect-game/

    In conversation Saturday, 01-Dec-2018 01:43:59 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  12. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Friday, 30-Nov-2018 23:20:03 EST rhua rhua

    This is how the world ends.
    This is how the world ends.
    Not with a bang.
    But with a lack of backwards compatibility.

    In conversation Friday, 30-Nov-2018 23:20:03 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  13. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Friday, 30-Nov-2018 19:34:24 EST rhua rhua

    The concept of people being willing to pay $5 for boba is so beyond me.

    In conversation Friday, 30-Nov-2018 19:34:24 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  14. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 22:32:49 EST rhua rhua

    This being very true in general, there's still times in which specifically some things are going very wrong. And these things need attention.

    https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/29/american-life-expectancy-drops-again

    In conversation Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 22:32:49 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      American Life Expectancy Drops Again
      from Reason.com
      The failing drug war is largely to blame.
  15. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2018 19:14:54 EST rhua rhua

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tribal-rights-group-urges-police-call-search-missionary-john-chau-n940266

    Missionaries are a parasite on the world. John Chau invaded tribal lands; John Chau does not deserve to have his body rescued.

    In conversation Tuesday, 27-Nov-2018 19:14:54 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  16. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 00:45:14 EST rhua rhua

    I wrote an Only Connect game.

    https://zyxyvy.wordpress.com/2018/11/25/an-only-connect-game/

    In conversation Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 00:45:14 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      An Only Connect Game
      By xer0a from flyga natten

      I wrote a game of Only Connect which I hosted for Floor Pi this past night. Here’s the items in the Only Connect game. If you’re not familiar with Only Connect, you could read up how the four rounds work here.

      Several of these hints depend on an MIT context.

      Clues beyond the first clue (for the first two rounds) and answers are in white text. Highlight to see.

      Yeah, I know, this presentation leaks some meta-information beforehand. Deal with it.

      Round 1: Connections
      decay | less | gloss | wuss
      Answer: Words that Become Cities when Said before ‘ter’
      50 | 19 | 26 | 82
      Answer: Atomic Numbers of Elements whose Symbols are Unrelated to their English Names
      50 | 12 | 27 | 5
      Answer: Numbers of Stars on Some Country’s Flag
      50 | 64 | 51 | 32
      Answer: MIT Buildings Not Usually Referred to by their Building Numbers
      51 | 1001 | 501 | 11
      Answer: Numbers whose Roman Numerals are also Valid Chinese Names
      we | seem | sea | yeah
      Answer: English Words that Sound like ‘Yes’ in Other European Languages

      Round 2: Sequences
      x | r | q | j
      Answer: English Consonants that Don’t Typically Make the Sounds Represented by Them in IPA
      f3 | e5 | g4 | Qh4#
      Answer: Fool’s Mate
      Rhode Island | Alaska | New York | Hawaii
      Answer: US States with Highest Proportions of Population Living on Islands
      θ | ζ | ε | β
      Answer: Greek Letters that Contain Other Greek Letters in their English Names
      123 | 101 | 250 | 100
      Answer: Room Numbers of Largest Lecture Halls at MIT
      50 | 2 | 2 | 1
      Answer: Panels of Loss Meme Interpreted as Roman Numerals

      Round 3: Connecting Wall
      Triple Alliance
      Ranch
      Spanish Succession
      Roses
      Star Market
      Kanye
      Cosi
      Evanston
      Yellowknife
      Woolsey
      Ferguson
      Monsoon
      River
      Passage
      Harvest
      Pacific
      Answers:
      War of the ______
      2018 Major California Wildfires
      Recently Closed Stores in Cambridge, MA
      Northwest

      Missouri
      Connecticut
      Surya
      Prospect
      Mountain
      Arkansas
      Eastern
      Massachusetts
      Ohio
      Pavilion
      Western
      Central
      River
      Passage
      Harvest
      Pacific
      Answers:
      Major US Rivers
      Indian Restaurants in Cambridge, MA
      Streets that Intersect in Central Square
      US Time Zones

      Round 4: Missing Vowels
      Amino Acids
      PHNLLNN
      SPRGN
      TRPTPHN
      PRRLSN
      Answers: Phenylalanine, Asparagine, Tryptophan, Pyrrolysine
      [redacted category]
      Numbers that have Appeared So Far in this OnlyConnect
      LVN
      SXTFR
      GHTTW
      NHNDRDNDTWNTTHR
      Answers: Eleven, Sixty-Four, Eighty-Two, One Hundred and Twenty-Three
      MIT Student Groups
      LCTRSRSCMMTT
      THTCH
      HMS
      SSCTNFSTDNTCTVTS
      Answers: Lecture Series Committee, The Tech, Ohms, Association of Student Activities
      Canals
      SZ
      PNM
      R
      RT
      Answers: Suez, Panama, Erie, Root
      Roman Numerals of Prime Numbers
      L
      XXXV
      CXXV
      CXCX
      Answers: LIII, XXXVII, CXXVII, CXCIX

  17. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Thursday, 22-Nov-2018 11:46:42 EST rhua rhua

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/science/steven-pinker-future-science.html

    > Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright

    He is almost certainly correct.

    It easy to forget amidst scary headlines that the living experience is constantly getting better.

    In conversation Thursday, 22-Nov-2018 11:46:42 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright
      By By KAREN WEINTRAUB from The New York Times
  18. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Nov-2018 18:05:52 EST rhua rhua

    aunteater (n.) someone who eats aunts

    In conversation Wednesday, 21-Nov-2018 18:05:52 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
  19. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Nov-2018 15:27:08 EST rhua rhua

    https://www.dataleeks.com

    In conversation Tuesday, 20-Nov-2018 15:27:08 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink

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      Data Leeks
      from Data Leeks
      Made with love. Leaked by hackers. Recipes for online privacy from Firefox.
  20. rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Monday, 19-Nov-2018 17:13:17 EST rhua rhua

    https://www.sciencealert.com/george-clooney-can-probably-convince-you-that-evolution-is-true

    Convincing people of the right things? Cool.

    A society where public opinion is very correlated with and influenced by celebrity opinion? Very uncool.

    In conversation Monday, 19-Nov-2018 17:13:17 EST from mastodon.mit.edu permalink
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