Sun Aug 31
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Tip Floss before you brush, not after
Your teeth, understandably, have a lot more detritus between them before you brush than they do after you brush. Flossing when there is more detritus will give you a clearer sense of accomplishment which will in turn motivate you to floss more regularly.
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Wally & Margot
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des•ul•to•ry
[des-uhl-tawr-ee]
— adjective
1. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech.
2. Occurring haphazardly; random.
2. Occurring haphazardly; random.
Thu Aug 28
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“ That’s the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they’ve been all along. ”
Madeleine L’Engle, The Arm of the Starfish
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sco•to•pi•a
[skuh-toh-pee-uh]
— noun
The ability to see in the darkness or dim light; dark-adapted vision.
Mon Aug 25
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dig•a•my
[dig-uh-mee]
— noun
Remarriage after the death or divorce of one’s first husband or wife.
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“ Never interfere in a boy and girl fight. ”
William S. Burroughs, Words of Advice for Young People
Sun Aug 24
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Regexp#uncapturize
class Regexp def uncapturize self.class.new(to_s.gsub(/(\A|[^\\])\(([^?])/, "\\1(?:\\2")) end end VALUES = /(\d+)(?:,(\d+))/ VALUES.uncapturize # => /(?-mix:(?:\d+)(?:,(?:\d+)))/ "hello 12,34 world".split(VALUES) # => ["hello ", "12", "34", " world"] "hello 12,34 world".split(VALUES.uncapturize) # => ["hello ", " world"] "hello 12,34 world".split(/(#{VALUES.uncapturize})/) # => ["hello ", "12,34", " world"]
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par•es•the•sia
[par-uhs-thee-zhuh]
— noun
A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause.
Sat Aug 23
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“ Good morning morning. ”
Donna Fargo
Thu Aug 21
Wed Aug 20
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IM
Ryan - i'm slightly disappointed by his stubborn refusal to deliver a standard narrative arc
Ryan - sometimes i feel a bit like the stories are too snapshotty or impressionistic
Marcel - OMG you are so selfish
Marcel - it's all about you you you and what YOU WANT
Ryan - *goes to a blockbuster*
Ryan - OH HE GOT THE GIRL AWESOME
Ryan - *credits*
Tue Aug 19
Sun Aug 17
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Marvin Gaye sings National Anthem
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“ When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all. ”
Publilius Syrus
Sat Aug 16
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“ A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for. ”
John Shedd
Thu Aug 14
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“ He wasn’t always the best husband, but he was the best man I’d ever known. ”
A widow of her husband
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Little Boots – Ready for the Floor
Tue Aug 12
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“ Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. ”
William Faulkner
Sat Aug 9
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“ when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create. ”
_why
Fri Aug 8
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“ Your right to micro-manage the project: $500 extra. ”
Fast Boy Cycles
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Parallel map
class Array def pmap mapped_array = [] threads = [] 0.upto(size - 1) do |n| threads << Thread.new do mapped_array[n] = yield(at(n)) end end threads.each {|thread| thread.join} mapped_array end end # Trade-off between resource consumption # and speed of execution. # Much faster in some scenarios, # much slower in others. # e.g. def expensive_operation open('http://google.com').read end # Expensive operation 50 times # user system total real # map 50x 0.3400 0.2100 0.5500 ( 17.334429) # pmap 50x 0.3000 0.2500 0.5500 ( 1.200705)
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Body Part Bakery
Wed Aug 6
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“ I have a short attention span but I pay really good attention in those short periods. ”
JIm Coudal
Tue Aug 5
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a•men•sa•lism
[ey-men-suh-liz-uhm]
— noun
A symbiotic relationship between organisms in which one species is harmed or inhibited and the other species is unaffected.
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