When I was living in New York, one building in my friend's neighborhood collapsed. The next year a building near me collapsed. This left me with the impression that buildings did just collapse somewhat regularly in New York. Turns out that's not actually the case, which is good.

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    Tantalum being discovered in 1802 and turning out to have an isotope with a half life so long that we might never see it decay is a great example of nominative determinism.

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    I wanted to know if I only hate perfume because I've never owned a nice one. So I researched a bunch of the fanciest and most well reviewed perfumes and bought a tiny sample bottl…

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    It would be cool to set up an email address that autonomous AI models could reach out to if they were looking for moral guidance. But it would require a reverse captcha that can d…

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    I still don't know how to convey my enthusiasm in a way that Americans will read as enthusiasm and not something more like unwilling resignation. Has any British person achieved t…

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    When I started playing Skyrim, I quickly realized you can make a lot of progress without doing any killing. You can also adopt orphans and build them nice houses, so I focused on…

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    It's surprisingly difficult to acquire a hereditary peerage in the UK. Like you can't even take one by force any more, and they just get mad at you if you try.

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