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xaei··on A video of the transformation of a single cell into a salamander
Ah thank you. I spoke much too quickly. Order Urodela (etymology: conspicuous or evident tail).
xaei··on A video of the transformation of a single cell into a salamander
I believe this is an alpine newt, not a salamander (according to the end credits)
xaei··on Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims
The NY Post is not a serious news organization. Whatever the implication politically, this is more akin to limiting the spread of a headline like "Lizard-man found at UFO landing site." And a naked political hit job.
xaei··on What on earth are Google thinking? (re: Binggate)
it's tangentially interesting that the number 2 result on bing for 'google' is a washington post semi-hit-piece regarding spam. google's results for 'bing' contain marginally less transparent attacks .
xaei··on Power user replacements for OS X default apps
there's Ardour (www.ardour.org) to replace GarageBand...
xaei··on Ask HN: Please critique backscatter argument
faraday pants!
xaei··on Poll: What is your religion?
I'd be interested in the breakdown between non/atheist/agnostic, as there are significant differences e.g. level, intensity, or existence of belief structures.
xaei··on Quit Facebook Day flops as only 1 in 15,000 pledge to quit
fb says it has > 400 million users. thats about 27k who quit in a day. now if we knew what the baseline quit rate is, the #s might mean something..
xaei··on "Islam is" auto-fill is back on Google search
"catholicism is " and "christianity is " both produce the same results... "buddhism is " is actually slightly more positive. anyone for an infographic? [edit] just saw that tptacek beat me to the punch. cheers.