Friday Ephemera

Taken aback by goings-on. // Magic for dogs. // Apparently it’s a grindcore band. // Michael Jackson minus the music. // The science of dancefloor seduction: “Women rated dancers higher when they showed larger and more variable movements of the head, neck and torso.” // Accelerated sponges. // The making of neon signs. // Bus stop of note. // Our endangered green belt. // Previously on Game of Thrones. // Jonah Goldberg on “social justice.” // Just clouds. // The eyes of 200 people. // Light paintings. // Butterfly wings. // Why this man has a camera on his foot. // The secret life of classroom furniture. // Hair “in accordance with the socialist lifestyle.” // And finally, further to this, it’s 2048 Numberwang. 

Comments

[Hal]

Hair “in accordance with the British lifestyle.”, from here

[Hal]

Oh, and also . . .

---I rather like Patrick Stewart's hair . . . !

[svh]

I was a bit disturbed by the Michael Jackson thing but the magic for dogs made everything alright again.

[Connor]

Thumbs up for the sponges and dog magic.

[BenSix]

Oh, and also . . .

Kim Jong-un, meanwhile, has let himself go.

[David]

Kim Jong-un, meanwhile, has let himself go.

The pressures of leadership, clearly.

[rjmadden]

The science of dancefloor seduction

Next time I go to a disc-o-theque I'll remember to bend and twist my right knee. Not the left one, just the right.

[Anna]

Landmarks.

[Kevin B]

An interesting bunch as always. The dogs react to magic much as I do - with exasperation rather than awe = and I have already sent the,(suprisingly accurate), Game of Thrones catchup to my far flung family.

I'm not sure you didn't miss this one deliberately, for as Basil said at IMAO you can never unsee pole dancing robots.

[David]

you can never unsee pole dancing robots.

Apparently the technology has moved on. There’s now a gentleman’s pleasure model, complete with thigh-boots, in-built pole and an assortment of mysterious stains.

[Spiny Norman]

Some kids have all the luck. They get to be real superheroes.

[cm]

2048 Numberwang

Awesome.

Also awesome, a 2048 solver ... seen in action!

[Henry]

I did get to 2048 - worked out a strategy (you stack the larger numbers up on one side)

My family were thrilled..

[sackcloth and ashes]

'Everyone in the state should have hair like mine'.
'They do, Dear Leader. Just not on their heads'.

BANG!!!

[Kevin B]

So which is the greater threat to humanity's future; Cyberdyne or pole dancing animatronic gentlemen's pleasure robots?

[Simen Thoresen]

Wow. From the 2048-solver I found a trailer for the 'Battle of the Damned' -movie. An unpolished gem from 2013 featuring Dolph Lundgreen. There will be beer tonight.

Beer and Dolph.

[Dom]

On 2048, I can't get past 1024! But I have two questions. Is there any rhyme or reason as to where the new cell will appear? And why is the new cell sometimes "2" and sometimes "4"?

Also, on Numberwang, what is happening? How do I know what the merged cells will produce?

[David]

Dom,

Also, on Numberwang, what is happening? How do I know what the merged cells will produce?

The rules of Numberwang are something of a mystery.

[Dom]

Ah, so the joke is on me. I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of time trying to work it out.

[David]

Hey, at least you noticed something was awry. Someone somewhere is still playing the thing with growing exasperation.

[Dom]

Well, it was going to happen sooner or later, but this was a little too soon. "How the Game 2048 Could Implicitly Enforce Real-Life Hierarchies"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-yang/how-the-game-2048-could-i_b_5046674.html?utm_hp_ref=college&ir=College

[David]

How the Game 2048 Could Implicitly Enforce Real-Life Hierarchies

A large and growing percentage of “progressive” mental activity bears a strong resemblance to cultivated neurosis.