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Strange Quark Comics Mar 18, 2012 “Understanding doesn’t matter. You’ve got to show confidence or no one will believe you’re smarter than me.” Liberals Started the Culture War, and We Should Be Proud of Continuing It | Mother Jones We tend to mock conservatives for endlessly keeping the culture war alive, but the truth is… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-20

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The Top Science Questions Facing America: 2012 Edition: New (71 ideas) – Customer Feedback for ScienceDebate.org What do YOU think are the top science questions the candidates for president should answer? We’ve posted the original 14 from 2008, preceded by their question numbers, and users have added others. Vote for those you feel are most… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-19

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[1203.1895] Classic Nintendo Games are (NP-)Hard We prove NP-hardness results for five of Nintendo’s largest video game franchises: Mario, Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Pokemon. Our results apply to Super Mario Bros. 1, 3, Lost Levels, and Super Mario World; Donkey Kong Country 1-3; all Legend of Zelda games except Zelda II: The… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-16

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Ask Moxie: Welcome to Moxie Madness! Welcome to Moxie Madness 2012: Misery Poker Tournament! 64 mothering calamities go mano-a-mano in a single elimination tournament like you’ve never seen before. Only one mothering problem can be the champion… Vote for which problem is worse in a series of shoot-from-the-hip head-to-head matchups that will leave you breathless.… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-15

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Top Five March Madness Predictions – Grantland There are so many things you can count on every year that the tournament has lost almost all of its renegade charm. It’s a product now. As such, it is required to be safe and reliable, the way we want all our products to be. You make peace… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-14

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Fair Is Foul, But Fouling’s Unfair – The Triangle Blog – Grantland I would always prefer that the trailing team receive an opportunity to tie the game by hitting a shot from the floor. It’s superior in every way: It doesn’t force anyone to awkwardly miss a free throw on purpose, it’s more dramatic than… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-13

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Opinion: The problem with software patents? They don’t scale Nathan Myhrvold, the Microsoft veteran who founded the patent-trolling giant Intellectual Ventures, loves to complain about the “culture of intentionally infringing patents” in the software industry. “You have a set of people who are used to getting something for free,” he told Business Week in 2006.… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-12

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Still not as bad as Division I revenue sports § Unqualified Offerings Still, at the end of the day, there’s at least some notion of accountability and standards behind the assessment movement. I don’t think it’s been a very effective effort at accountability and standards, but somebody somewhere was clearly pushing for standards. However, I… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-09

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Luis Alvarez: the ideas man – CERN Courier Luis Alvarez – one of the greatest experimental physicists of the 20th century – combined the interests of a scientist, an inventor, a detective and an explorer. He left his mark on areas that ranged from radar through to cosmic rays, nuclear physics, particle accelerators, detectors and… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-07

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Voters Slowly Realizing Santorum Believes Every Deranged Word That Comes Out Of His Mouth | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source “I honestly thought he was just playing up to the far-right voters, because that’s what Republicans are supposed to do in the primaries,” said Grand Rapids, MI resident Dan Banks, who explained he… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-06

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