Stoic Singularitarian

Game of Thrones S03: My Understanding so Far

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:21:58 +0100

Game of Thrones S03: My Understanding so Far

generalpandemonium: kqedscience: NASA Funds 3D Pizza...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:37 +0100

kqedscience:

NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer

“NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars.”

no but guys

psilentasincjelli: If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:46 +0100

psilentasincjelli:

If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking things online for about an hour immediately after that, I promise I wasn’t lying to you, I’m just bad at going to sleep and it is usually a long process that begins with disengaging from any sort of immediate contact with people (chats, for example) and ends when everything on my screen is blurry and I’m hallucinating plot points I haven’t written yet

cbrachyrhynchos: (via Stoicism / A first attempt attempt at a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:50:00 +0100

cbrachyrhynchos:

(via Stoicism / A first attempt attempt at a Stoic Infographic)

coelasquid: Sometimes I feel like my body is an inefficient capsule I’m trapped inside of and...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:28:29 +0100

coelasquid:

Sometimes I feel like my body is an inefficient capsule I’m trapped inside of and daydream about my inevitable distant future life as a robocop.

angryfeministlucifer: hawkass-and-stark: Decent Human...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:56:09 +0100

angryfeministlucifer:

hawkass-and-stark:

Decent Human Hawkeye

You go, Hawkeye.

twwinkies: how to handle anon hate a novel by me and my...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:32 +0100

twwinkies:

how to handle anon hate a novel by me and my followers

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:58 +0100

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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:56 +0100

raikbeard:

hunkules: if you haven’t seen Imagine Dragons’ new video for...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:45:35 +0100

hunkules:

if you haven’t seen Imagine Dragons’ new video for “Demons” you may need to emotionally prepare yourself

rose-papillon: OH BOY, WHAT A FUN WEDDING! THOSE FREY’S SURE...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:50:25 +0100

rose-papillon:

OH BOY, WHAT A FUN WEDDING! THOSE FREY’S SURE KNOW HOW TO PARTY. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE! x

yooyooyooyooyoo: oh poor little darling

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:11:56 +0100

yooyooyooyooyoo:

oh poor little darling

king-lobster: I never asked for this

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:05:45 +0100

king-lobster:

I never asked for this

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seerofdoom: /tg/’s Guide to Pangolls. A little project I’ve...

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:46:15 +0100

seerofdoom:

/tg/’s Guide to Pangolls. A little project I’ve been working on for and with the help of /tg/. This was a lot of fun to put together and /tg/ came up with some great ideas and fantastic art. It is a 17 page PDF at the moment but here are pictures of the pages.

zitoisneato.tumblr.com

carriontrooper.deviantart.com

Part 2

… well I know what I’m campaigning to play as next time I find a DnD group…

"The Symposium (Συμπόσιον) is a Socratic dialogue by Xenophon. It dramatizes a discussion of Socrates..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:42:17 +0100

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The Symposium (Συμπόσιον) is a Socratic dialogue by Xenophon. It dramatizes a discussion of Socrates and company at a dinner given by Callias for Autolycus, son of Lycon. (Some commentators identify this Lycon with the Lycon who was one of Socrates’ prosecutors.[1] However, others doubt the identification; John Burnet, for example, claims it “is most improbable”.[2]) 421 BC is the dramatic date of Xenophon’s Symposium.

While Plato’s Symposium consists of a series of lengthy speeches in praise of love, Xenophon’s is dominated by witty repartee.

A contest of words emerges between Socrates and Callias, and each of the symposiasts is asked to describe the thing on which he prides himself the most. All their answers are playful or paradoxical: Socrates, for one, prides himself on his knowledge of the art of pimping.

The story comes to a climax when Socrates praises the love Callias had for Autolycus.

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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(Xenophon)

Socrates, for one, prides himself on his knowledge of the art of pimping.

"The way we try to recruit girls into STEM fields is all wrong. We typically compare them to some..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:08 +0100

“The way we try to recruit girls into STEM fields is all wrong. We typically compare them to some great woman or someone that has gone before them. We are saying, “Hey, you can be like Madam Curie or Sally Ride.” It is recruiting by intimidation. We need to change that message. We need to recruit by appealing to WHY we need them in STEM. We NEED you to help make the world a better place We NEED you to help discover the cure for cancer. We NEED you because you have the ability to change the course of humanity for the better.”

- Tim Holt on why we still see the number of females in STEM fields fall way behind their male counterparts. Also see how geography paved the way for women in science.

(↬ gender and science)