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You think you're having a bad day?
New #Miscellaneous Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/09/think-youre-bad-day.html/
This happened back in April An Australian man has taken himself to hospital after a venomous redback spider bit him on the penis. The tradesman was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Wednesday morning when he was bitten. And this being Australia, it wasn't a cuddly little ...[Click link for more]
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Thank God Trump only hires the best
New #EconomicsPolitics Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/08/thank-god-trump-hires-best.html/
Some people have been making nasty accusations that Donald Trump does not, as he constantly claims, "hire only the best people". Articles like this and this have suggested that his advisors are second-class and top people simply won't work with him. Nonsense! Just look at the incredible grasp his ...[Click link for more]
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Meta-ignorance
New #Miscellaneous Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/07/meta-stupidity.html/
So I just came across this video, which I'm going to assume is fake https://www.facebook.com/bradholmesofficial/videos/1315646598465536/ I mean, come on right? No-one, with the possible exception of Donald Trump's supporters, is this dumb. Turns out there's a whole ...[Click link for more]
#360 degrees#A ton of bricks has less wind-resistance dumbass#Hot#Metaknowledge#Stupid#Miscellaneous
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Oh come on
New #Miscellaneous, #ScienceTech Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/07/oh-come-one.html/
You cannot trust anyone or anything these days. Not even circles and rectangles. Or rectangles and circles. Or whatever the fuck these witchery objects are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWfFco7K9v8 When you can't even trust your own eyes, how can you know anything is ...[Click link for more]
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Singapore is (mainly) awesome
New #EconomicsPolitics, #Entertainment Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/06/singapore-mainly-awesome.html/
Singapore's economic growth over the past few decades has been mind-blowing. It is (mainly) awesome source: tradingeconomics.com More than doubling PPP per capita GDP since 1990, they barely even noticed the credit crisis out there. Here's the UK by comparison source: ...[Click link for more]
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From the depths of hell
New #Entertainment, #Sport Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/04/from-the-depths-of-hell.html/
Watch this bit of video, and be prepared to answer a question https://youtu.be/BVhjAXEyjMI?start=170s&end=198s Obviously not the woman in front, right? Otherwise why the hell would I be asking. Unless this is some kind of double-bluff. It could be. I'm sneaky like that. ...[Click link for more]
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Lies, damned lies, and Reddit getting involved in global economics
New #EconomicsPolitics Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/04/lies-damned-lies-reddit-getting-involved-global-economics.html/
This morning I came across this map which purports to show GDP per capita change from 2008 to 2015 across the world My first thought was "ugh look how red Russia is, I wonder what GDP change that corresponds to?". My next thought, having looked at the scale was "there's ...[Click link for more]
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All the evil of this world, and a little bit of good too
New #Entertainment Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/04/evil-world-little-bit-good.html/
I often get asked to recommend books, particularly books about finance because people reason that since I read a lot of books (correct) and know about finance (incorrect) I'll know about books about finance (I'll leave it to you to decide). When it's non-fiction they're looking for, it's hard. ...[Click link for more]
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A ball and another ball, a ball and a pair of balls
New #Sport Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/04/ever-seen-two-holes-one-shot.html/
Have you ever seen two holes in one from the same shot? Not two different guys at the same hole. Two balls, one shot... Watch @Louis57TM make a hole-in-one off J.B. Holmes golf ball on No. 16 #themasters https://t.co/gQUlT7t62K — Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 10, 2 ...[Click link for more]
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Websites worth reading
New #Entertainment, #ScienceTech Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/websites-worth-reading.html/
There are still a few websites worth reading out there, in these dark days of "Sign up for our newsletter" pop-ups, slideshows that take forever to download and clickbait bullshit which nicked non-factual "facts" from other people's lists of non-factual "facts". One such site is The Jerx which ...[Click link for more]
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Keeping things clean in the kitchen
New #ArtDesign Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/keeping-things-clean-kitchen.html/
Every so often you come across a picture from a hotel demonstrating how cool it is by putting a bathtub or a shower in the middle of the bedroom. This one, for example Sometimes they go a little far. A bathtub can be romantic, especially with all those ...[Click link for more]
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Bothered by details
New #ArtDesign Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/bothered-by-details.html/
So there's this moderately interesting story about the amount of piracy going on for a popular successful game called Punch Club. And I can't read it, because it's accompanied by pie charts that are so horrific my brain won't read the words around them. Here's how much piracy is going on. These ...[Click link for more]
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Glenn Verbauwhede hasn't thought this plan through...
New #Sport Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/glenn-verbauwhede-hasnt-thought-plan.html/
Just look at this idiot. Maritzburg United goalkeeper Glenn Verbauwhede, of the South African Premier Soccer League, has developed an incredibly crazy strategy of baiting referees into giving opponents fouls. First, he lures opposing players into his personal space, then intentionally lunges at ...[Click link for more]
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Why don't teams do this more often?
New #Sport Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/dont-teams-often.html/
If you missed the last 44 seconds of regulation of the A&M/UNI game, here it is: https://t.co/CNZk1ErRUx#MarchMadness #NeverQuit — Evie Van Pelt (@OleMissEvie) March 21, 2016 Texas A&M, down 12 points with 44 seconds to go to Northern Iowa in the NCAA tournament, came back to tie the g ...[Click link for more]
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Are you marketing your next working paper effectively?
New #ScienceTech Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/marketing-next-working-paper-effectively.html/
Because if you're not, you're going to be crushed by these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3mmIJD869A&feature=youtu.be Right now, Kfir Eliaz and Ran Spiegler are my go-to guys for all my "Incentive-Compatible advertising on a Social Network" needs. And I don't ...[Click link for more]
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Good work DeviantArt
New #Miscellaneous Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/03/good-work-deviantart.html/
DeviantArt is a terrific((In concept, if not in execution)) website allowing amateurs to show-off and sell their art work. This morning they sent me this This is lovely gesture, made only slightly less lovely by the facts that They've missed my birthday by 6 days (I ...[Click link for more]
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How not to give yourself a spa-like bath at home
New #Entertainment Post has been published on http://www.curiousbitsnbobs.com/2016/02/how-not-to-give-yourself-a-spa-like-bath-at-home.html/
I love spas. In fact I'm firmly convinced that the single greatest place in the world is a Dutch spa. So when I see an article entitled "How to give yourself a spa-like bath at home", I obviously have to check it out. This is how the article starts You don’t have to go to an expensive spa to r ...[Click link for more]
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