jdmitch

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by jdmitch 1mo ago
I think you are partly right, but I also think the mechanical advantage of the bicycle, even the velocipede, was significantly underestimated. You say it saves "a bit of energy going flat or downhill" but some quick calculations s
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An acquired taste: A cultural history of a South American infusion [Yerba Mate](the-tls.co.uk)
2 points by jdmitch 2y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 3y ago
I had a Ludlow, but sadly only have the mats now! Do you have any idea how easy they are to come across in the US these days (specifically NE)?
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by jdmitch 3y ago
There are lots of Linotypes in use by hobbyists, and even commercial printers who don't do newspapers, but less regular, higher margin projects. DWRI letterpress in Rhode Island has a 'Linotype Daily' ( https://dwri
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by jdmitch 7y ago
I hesitate to wade into this, since I have a lot of admiration for these two men, and I am only a mediocre speaker of Pulaar, the western dialect spoken by Fulani, whose eastern dialect is Fulfulde. I have seen several variations of this st
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StumbleUpon is calling it quits after 16 years(thenextweb.com)
3 points by jdmitch 8y ago|0 comments
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Damming the Nile: 360 video(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by jdmitch 9y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 9y ago
the linked article in french from an Algerian website has more pictures: https://www.tsa-algerie.com/la-neige-tombe-a-ain-sefra-pour-... and the link to the page of the photographer who took most of them: https:/&#x2F
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by jdmitch 9y ago
I don't think it's that obscure in British english usage, even outside of cycling contexts (source: American living in the UK)
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Saudi Arabia has 'clear link' to UK extremism(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by jdmitch 9y ago|0 comments
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The Archaeology of Blockbuster(almostarchaeology.tumblr.com)
1 points by jdmitch 11y ago|0 comments
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The digital language divide(labs.theguardian.com)
3 points by jdmitch 11y ago|0 comments
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Kazakhstan's mass antelope deaths mystify conservationists(theguardian.com)
32 points by jdmitch 11y ago|3 comments
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by jdmitch 11y ago
I just got back from Ghana, where I was evaluating an ICT in education project, and one of the people on the team that was implementing the project had this phone. At first I thought he just had an old phone, then I learned he had downgrade
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Georges Perec’s Lost Novel(nybooks.com)
9 points by jdmitch 11y ago|1 comments
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One man's obsession with rediscovering a lost typeface(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 12y ago
This is a follow-up post by the author: https://medium.com/@alicezielinski/afterword-mit-blonde-engi...
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Actual words people say to a blonde woman studying engineering at MIT(qz.com)
7 points by jdmitch 12y ago|3 comments
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The antidote to Black Friday(icelandwillmakeyouhappy.wordpress.com)
1 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 12y ago
how did they do this!?!
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Greece Is in Full-Blown Stock Market Collapse(businessinsider.com)
3 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 12y ago
As an avid, but fairly aggressive cyclist, I have gotten into a fair number of accidents. Some of the injuries sustained, and the ways in which other injuries would have been likely without a helmet in those situations, have convinced me th
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by jdmitch 12y ago
I definitely had a friend once who was told she had received too high a score for the police job she had applied for. I thought I remember at the time some mention of the rationale being that the police force didn't want people who wer
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Mobile phones now outnumber humans, because rich nerds(expertreviews.co.uk)
1 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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Kim Jong-un disappears. Experts suggest he has been deposed(i100.independent.co.uk)
4 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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Electricity in Africa(economist.com)
4 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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The peculiar journey of “orange”(visualthesaurus.com)
8 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Unveils Plans to Work on Open-Source Software(bloomberg.com)
1 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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Bank of England on Digital currencies [video](youtube.com)
3 points by jdmitch 12y ago|0 comments
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by jdmitch 12y ago
How is this not a problem for Apple's recent announcement that another company is already called "Apple Pay"?

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