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This is great! I have exactly this problem.

Ha! it is me! I'm in Cambridge! Let's catch up!!!

I would take a pet problem that I have and solve it well. Something so personal that nobody else would solve it. A personal time management app just for me. A way to manage all my …

How does this compare/contrast to Meteor?

Most useful and relevant new summary I've never read. Sold.

Historical curiosity. This answer to "Why did the chicken cross the road" can be interpreted two ways: 1. it's obvious, absurdist humor 2. it is a pun on the phrase "other side" me…

Do we know why jokes are funny? If so, why don't we have an algorithm that can write jokes? I think you're right that we have some good descriptive models of humor, but we don't ha…

Jokes don't have to be true... but often hints of truth mixed in with a new lens on the world is very funny. For example: "Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, o…

What's your theory of humor? Send me a pointer and I'll test it!