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This video gives you an idea of the tensile strength of Lego constructions, as well as being imaginative.

Could you apply the same reasoning to 'double is_computer_on_fire()'?

If they pass this legislation, my bottom will lose its precious anonymity.

> "... but I never left trucking," he said. "I would always either drive on the weekends or part-time not because I had to, but because I enjoyed it." The impression I get being in…

With regards to Pulp Fiction, is the Gold Watch another MacGuffin?

I'm trying to picture how Reggie Perrin would react to this abomination.

From the article: "Drawing more people into cities could help significantly shrink the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Low-density developments produced nearly four tim…

I'd feel better off with MAD, it's supposed to prevent a nuclear exchange.

I'm aware of the philosophy behind HN and the dictionary entry alludes to this. From my experience it's more focussed on technology and a liking of knowledge in general. On the oth…

"A chain of tweets interspersed with memes." I really liked the wholesome meme with the cat. The Cox-Zucker tweet was also quite amusing.

At the end of the article... "It has since been suggested that the entire Stonewall Nation idea was a hoax perpetrated by the Los Angeles GLF to generate mainstream publicity." I d…

The best thing about the Telegraph is MATT.

Today I learned Jackson Pollock was a perl programmer.

Reading this article made me recall an incident back in art college. A mature student asked if I smoked cannabis, I said I do. There was another mature student in the room with us.…

That reminds me, I really need to watch Pink Flamingos by John Waters.

Thank you for the link, I might start watching at the beginning.

I'm referring to the float registers, not arbitrary precision. So, 'math.pi' essentially. You probably already know this, I'll apologise in advance - My understanding is you can on…

Reading this reminds me of Leibniz's formula for pi: Although it computes the value correctly, it is almost completely useless on a computer. All the elements of the series are rec…

Imagine using the metal of a T-1000 as the 'water', and another T-1000 as the 'computer'.

This makes life seem more like a video game.

Two well known drain-spotters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Warriors

If you've run out of letters in the alphabet, you have diacritical marks at your disposal.

Third column from the left, second row from the top, you see a copy of Euclid's Elements. Pull that out to open the door to Bret's secret lair.