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fpletz/kernelroll - GitHub
Linux kernel mod that forces very system call to open an .mp3 file to open the .mp3 file of your choice (presumably, something by Rick Astley). I've had this in my tabs for N months, and *still* find it funny -- I'm surprised I hadn't saved it before now.
funny  linux  kernel  rick-rolling  music 
december 2011 by arthegall
20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World
"Here are a few examples of instances where other languages have found the right word and English simply falls speechless..." -- and then they proceed to *give English translations* for the "untranslatable" words. What's really awesomely untranslatable is the awesome feeling I get when I happen across a webpage, like this one, that's so immediately self-negating; try finding a word for *that*, English nerds!!
translation  language  the-inuit-have-a-hundred-words-for-idiot  english  funny  via:johnsnavely 
december 2010 by arthegall
"The extreme tension in Caplanian thought" (Marginal Revolution)
"This is a fundamental tension in Caplanian thought, namely the desire to promote intuitions of both meritocracy/desert and facts about heritability. Bryan can't have it both ways." -- Humorous.
bryan-caplan  tyler-cowen  funny  heritability  meritocracy  libertarian 
april 2010 by arthegall

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