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I'd disagree - lane switching is not weaving though traffic. In advanced motorcycle training it's called "making progress". It's a skill to read the traffic flows, to understand wh…

but it'll be so much better the second time!! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22104506

I'd loved to see this bumped up so that it appears on the front page right next to the link on "Why do we fall into the rewrite trap?" for a nice little juxtaposition. https://news…

I wonder if it was proposed by a Neal Stephenson fan (DODO)?

A common fallacy I'm afraid - modern fighter planes are unstable for improved supersonic performance - reduced drag. So relaxed stability may benefit civil aircraft in terms of fue…

I don't even try to make it sound legitimate. e.g. How many sisters do you have? Anyone guessing will be trying a number between 0 and 5. I use a semi-random word, colour or car I …

We expect and accept a high false-negative rate. Our commenting system is optimised for zero false-positives at the cost of many false-negatives. This is a deliberate choice. So ye…

For me the "weird"/unusual/interesting thing is seeing the feathers bounce after hitting the ground.

Actually it doesn't matter - either version is correct, and in fact English spelling used organize long before it was adopted by the US. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/…

Sad news indeed. In keeping with his macabre sense of humour I hope he has a suitable Culture Ship names for the coffin. Dwindling Gravitas (VFP)?