More interesting bookmarks

Nov. 27th, 2012 12:26 pm
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In my previous post, I described some of the bookmarks I keep around because I keep thinking they're awesome, even if I don't need them for anything http://cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com/797921.html

Here are some more:

100 Movie spoilers in 5 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN5avIvylDw

If you're bored of all classic and not-so-classic movies having their endings spoiled in casual conversation and want to get it all out of the way at once, here is one of the most efficient movie-ending spoilers. It's really funny :)

This is another recent entry into the group that's not an internet classic yet, I just happened to really like it myself.

Also see http://xkcd.com/109/

Geek hierarchy

http://brunching.com/geekhierarchy.html

Here is a helpful schematic illustrating which groups of internet users consider themselves less geekier that which other groups of internet users, starting with "published science fiction authors" and working its way down through many different groups.

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Aug. 23rd, 2005 03:53 pm
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My "what C++ operator" test is still unwritten. So is "What prime number are you."

But I got messaged out of the blue by two okcupid girls while I was logged in. Is it just me or is that kind of backward?

And then I did some browsing of it's suggested matches. Reading just the favorite book line is interesting. Lots of people like LOTR. Fair enough. Several like Robert Jordan or Terry Goodkind. Fair enough, it spotted the right genre. One liked Larry Niven. Score! Two liked "anything by Dan Brown." What did I do to deserve this? OK, they're not *bad* and a if relationship can survive diametric religious and philosophical views... but still[1].

Update: Though there was at least one person listing Dostoyevski and Dan Brown. *shrug* Apparently my disclaimer was truer than I knew :)

[1] Actually now I come to think of it, I remember someone else compaining about the phenomenon. I think the reaosning is that a bestseller is always a fairly safe choice if you want to say you read, but don't have many details.
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