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“The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside...”
– Aaron Sorkin: What I Read - The Atlantic Wire (via interweber)
April 2011
12 posts
“In the military, there are more than 3,000 chaplains who minister to the...”
– Atheists Seek a Place Among Military Chaplains - NYTimes.com
Sounds like an idea that’s overdue.
(via dominickbrady)
What If Facebook Was a City? →
jlgrellier:
clientsfromhell:
“Could you fix the original image for me to support squishing?”
“While posting a story to the web: “Internet Exploder is warning me that this...”
– Overheard in the Newsroom: #7521
“Editor: “Gotham is sexier. It’s like Helvetica in a strapless dress, sprawled...”
– Overheard in the Newsroom: #7438
“Like many of its peers covering Silicon Valley, Engadget worked as a kind of...”
– Team From Engadget Makes Jump to SB Nation - NYTimes.com (via dominickbrady)
March 2011
2 posts
The Top 10 Logical Fallacies in Everyday Arguments →
dailyrenegade:
Ad hominem
Tries to counter an argument by attacking the person, rather than addressing the argument itself.
Ad ignorantiam
States that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true.
Argument from authority
Argues that something is true because a respected individual (an individual with authority) says it is.
Correlation implies causation
Fairly...
February 2011
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December 2010
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Computer Calculates the Most Boring Day Ever →
A computer-programmer from Cambridge, William Tunstall-Pedoe, fed a computer program called True Knowledge over 300 million facts about people, places and events that have made the news since 1900. Using algorithms and the information provided, the computer calculated the most boring day ever—a day where no major significant events took place.
So what was this uber-boring day? April 11, 1954....
“Come on, dictionary. Shouldn’t the ‘Word Of The Year’ be better than Sarah...”
– SETH MEYERS, brilliantly calling out the publishers of a certain dictionary for selecting that idiot’s “refudiate” as the Word of the Year, on Weekend Update (via inothernews)
October 2010
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