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7/6/17

There’s a pretty big difference between “magic which can read your mind” (which seems perfectly plausible, given what we’ve seen in the Harry Potter universe) and “magic which can perfectly predict your entire future” (which seems rather unlike Harry Potter magic, given the unreliable nature of Divinations and how…

7/6/17

Did you read the article? The point isn’t that “the hat can’t possibly detect your personality” or even “the four personality types it specifies aren’t the best way to divide people up;” the point is “your personality at age 10 isn’t the same as your personality at age 25, but by branding you with a personality trait…

5/13/17

I can’t be the only one who’s seeing Japanese Elon Musk, right? Now there’s a cosplay he could pull off.

9/13/16

They explicitly said that it’s included on Android, but without the AR camera...I’m not sure what else you want.

3/31/16

The Harry Potter ride is good, but after it opened they decided to use the exact same mechanism for every other new ride. Seriously, count the number of rides which are “dark ride with a low-grade roller coaster track and a car that pivots around in a preprogrammed manner to show you specific things.” They vary…

10/28/12

How has no one yet mentioned The Enigma of Amigara Fault? http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html

10/11/12

So, you did get that they're each wearing variations of the Doctor's iconic costumes, starting from One on the left and going to Eleven on the right? Some take greater liberties than others (I'll grant that Two, Three, Six, Seven, and Eight are a bit off), but it's clear what the intent was.

10/11/12

No, that's related to these magic tricks: http://ask.metafilter.com/158659/No-actually-I-cant-read-your-mind-it-just-means-that-youre-average#2273913

10/11/12

What many people don't realize is that while the surface of Venus is hellish (as discussed above), the region 50 km above the surface is as close to Earth you're going to get outside of Earth. It's got about 1 g of gravity, a reasonable temperature, and the air pressure outside is such that Earth atmosphere is a…

10/6/12

I thought this was already pretty explicit, although they won't actually come out and say it in dialog because that would be way too cheesy.

9/17/12

I thought they explained the townspeople going about their business by saying "after years of having an alien doctor wiring up the town and curing them of cholera, it takes more than a disappearing phone box to impress them." Nothing about the Doctor specifically, just that this town has grown fairly jaded about alien…

9/13/12

A much more extensive list of "ways to measure the height of a building using a barometer" may be found here: http://jcdverha.home.xs4all.nl/scijokes/2_12.html#subindex

9/11/12

I've been watching all of Supernatural recently, and contrasting the role of women in that show compared with Warehouse 13...they couldn't be more different. I'm glad that some genre shows include female characters as more than just victims.

8/29/12

I can't be the only one who's getting a bit suspicious of their message of "D&D Next will incorporate everything you love about your favorite previous edition of D&D. Yes, even if the thing you love is mutually exclusive with the thing someone else loves. Everything that has ever been good about any version of D&D…

8/26/12

As long as he can lay off the profanity...that sort of thing is OK for his website, but it's not appropriate in a science museum.

8/23/12

I'd say that *that* is obvious, and the real question is whether the Teacher (as Mrs. Frizzle/Mary Poppins goes by when among other Gallifreyans) is also Mrs. Jewls (from Wayside School), Susan (from the Discworld), and Anne of Green Gables (from the eponymous novel).

8/20/12