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The Greatest Sculpture on Earth. 18th Century. "ONE" Piece of Ivory. No mechanical tools. They said it took him his whole artistic lifetime to complete, 1 sculpture. by jonrain pics

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reposted on reddit, two weeks later: "hey reddit, look what my girlfriend made out of chocolate for my birthday!"

Reddit Atheists, we've raised over $6,000 for a college scholarship for Jessica Ahlquist... can you please chip in, too? by Mpromptuin atheism

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Balance: $9990

"You just made a payment of $10.00 USD"

Wanted to see a nice round number show up. ;)

Edit: New Balance: $10,055. Doh, guess I wasn't fast enough.

Ron Artest explains why god invented baby teeth... by chaosmachinein atheism

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This video reminds me of an excellent David Foster Wallace quote:

"Americans revere athletic excellence, competitive success, and it's more than lip service we pay; we vote with our wallets. We'll pay large sums to watch a truly great athlete; we'll reward him with celebrity and adulation and will even go so far as to buy products and services he endorses.

But it's better for us not to know the kinds of sacrifices the professional-grade athlete has made to get so very good at one particular thing. Oh, we'll invoke lush cliches about the lonely heroism of Olympic athletes, the pain and analgesia of football, the early rising and hours of practice and restricted diets, the preflight celibacy, et cetera. But the actual facts of the sacrifices repel us when we see them: basketball geniuses who cannot read, sprinters who dope themselves, defensive tackles who shoot up with bovine hormones until they collapse or explode. We prefer not to consider closely the shockingly vapid and primitive comments uttered by athletes in postcontest interviews or to consider what impoverishments in one's mental life would allow people actually to think the way great athletes seem to think. Note the way "up close and personal" profiles of professional athletes strain so hard to find evidence of a rounded human life -- outside interests and activities, values beyond the sport. We ignore what's obvious, that most of this straining is farce. It's farce because the realities of top-level athletics today require an early and total commitment to one area of excellence. An ascetic focus. A subsumption of almost all other features of human life to one chosen talent and pursuit. A consent to live in a world that, like a child's world, is very small."

Whoa. Verizon dropped the $2 fee it imposed just yesterday. THE POWER OF THE INTERNET. by pentahelixin technology

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Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality...

Dell apologises for misleading graphics card buying advice - first spotted by Reddit by Abermikein technology

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Back in the bad old days of CRT monitors and VGA connectors, a shitty graphics card actually would have worse focus, particularly at higher refresh rates. I remember returning one particularly crappy GeForce 2 because at 85hz it was basically unreadable.

Obviously, with digital interfaces like DVI and HDMI this no longer applies.

What is the coolest thing your teacher have ever done? I´ll start... by iamMessin AskReddit

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Once, in my high school science class, the teacher (mid-30s, nice looking woman), decided to do some demonstration that required smoke and a balloon...

We didn't have a smoke machine... so, she asked the class if anyone had a cigarette. Sure enough, one of the jocks in the back tossed her a pack... she pulls one out, lights it up, takes a few puffs, then exhales the smoke into the balloon...!

Sadly, i don't really remember what the lesson was supposed to be, or what happened to the balloon. But any teacher cool enough to break several laws and risk getting fired for a class demonstration is pretty damn cool in my book.

Amazingly, no one ratted her out the administration, either.

The 100 highest rated products on Amazon. by topppin promos

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Neat idea, I'd love to know if this ad has positive ROI, I have some similar sites... :)

Morrowind/Skyrim Theme on the piano and violin. by KingPharaohin skyrim

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Clearly two people who don't spend all day playing Skyrim...

Forever A Whiterun Guard 2: "I'm the Thane of Whiterun" by oiezin gaming

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You can get that stuff back, it just gets put in a chest in the guard house.

My girlfriend made some mario themed cupcakes.. nailed it? by espen_fin gaming

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you have a bright future in roofing.

Dog in leaves by rspachin pics

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quality work, dude. the rounded base on the head is a nice touch.

I was born and raised in a cult until the age of 17. This is a painting I did of the Pastor and the congregation that I wanted to share. by filldoin atheism

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Burns: "I suggest you leave immediately"

Homer: "Or what? You'll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths, and when they bark they shoot bees at you?"

Scumbag Starbucks: two holes, one bag by syngltrkmndin pics

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The Starbucks I go to does the same thing, except we have 3 holes and one bag. And yes, it's really one bag. They used to use 3, but according to the baristas, no one ever put the right thing in the right hole, so now it all just goes into the garbage.

Why do I trust you Reddit? by Evertorein pics

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MYTH BUSTED.

A great man has passed. by KrishanuARin reddit.com

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On the internet, we use punctuational-based symbols called "emoticons" to indicate whether we're entirely serious or not. ;)

A great man has passed. by KrishanuARin reddit.com

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Here's an interview with the "Lead researcher at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory", Dieter Egli:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15191866

Of course, he's doing the research on a Mac ;)

http://i.imgur.com/WmOIP.png

Looking for a Sci-Fi or Fantasy book? Follow this handy-dandy flow chart! by dork_digglerin reddit.com

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Also, if you'd like to see what Reddit recommends, I compiled this list of the best science fiction books according to Reddit.

Would Reddit be better off without r/jailbait, r/picsofdeadbabies, etc? What do you honestly think? by brznksin AskReddit

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Anyone remember what happened when Digg tried to censor the hd dvd key?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/HD_DVD_Night_Digg_Frontpage_before_rose_blog_post_screenshot.png

That was the beginning of the end of Digg, imo.

"Gaps in the fossil record" a simple rebuttal, with colors by aetius476in atheism

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"If blue evolved from red, then why is there still red?"

Very True. by 12013177in pics

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He invented the metric system..

What are some eye opening books you have read that improved the quality of your life? by gayforpussyin AskReddit

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"No death, No fear" by Thich Nhat Hanh.

"Mindfulness in Plain English" by Henepola Gunaratana.

So I got a pre-generated Fedex print label, and they plain-texted my username and password in the URL [img] by octaviusromulusin programming

[–]chaosmachine 96 points97 points ago*

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Wrong on two points:

  1. Proxies can't see what you're requesting over HTTPS, nor decrypt the contents of your HTTPS session (otherwise the whole concept of HTTPS would be a joke).

  2. Referrers aren't sent when using HTTPS.

Turkish Prime Minister: Turkish navy will escort any aid vessel to Gaza. by Onionknifein worldnews

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World War Three, when are you coming for me? Been kicking up sparks, we set the flames free. The windows are locked now, so what’ll it be? A house on fire or a rising sea?

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