“ Exchanging a single component which today is cold, is like bringing it back from the Moon. It takes about three to four weeks to warm it up. Then it takes one or two weeks to exchange. Then it needs three to six weeks to cool down again. So, you see, it is three months if we make a mistake.
Get educated on what the LHC does. We’re planning a party next week to celebrate the launch/end of humanity. Might as well have a beer while every particle in our bodies explodes at the speed of light!
“ It’s like a car manufacturer deciding to run the tailpipe back into the car
- dalas verdugo on in-video comments
NYTimes article about the one story little black house on 19th st between 3rd and Irving. I always wondered who lived there. I can’t believe it’s a rental.I pass this building everyday and look inside!
Cameo!
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Black Keys - You’re the One
We have a new office tradition.
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Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Loyal to my Sorrowful Country
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Los Campesinos! - We Are All Accelerated Readers
Hey nerds, need to insert a lot (like tens of millions) of rows fast in MySQL? If so, LOAD DATA INFILE is the only way to fly. As far as I can tell this is the fastest way of inserting data in MySQL short of monkeying with the filesystem. It does it in one transaction, doesn’t recalculate keys till the end, and will accept any text file in any format. I’ve average at least 50k inserts/sec with this bad boy.
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Skratch Bastid - The New New Workout Plan
Octabong on NYTimes site - economy section.Wherever you go, you cannot hide from the CV influence. We have infiltrated your government, we are on your TV, we are in your economy section.
Vimeo on Astronomy Picture of the Day!
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The Futureheads - First Day
For Kate
My editor and I have assembled a montage chronicling movie scenes in which one character digs his or her thumbs into the eyes of another.
I’ve completed four years of undergraduate studies with honors, and can honestly say I’ve never been more proud to put my name on a project. The blue ribbon for dedication, however, goes to my editor, who steadfastly maintained that we would only include eye-gouging that specifically used the thumb. This disqualified dozens of wonderfully gory films (including Hostel, Demolition Man, and both volumes of Kill Bill), but ultimately made for a better (and more disturbing) cinematic history. It’s important to have standards.
