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Flat-Earth map (circa 1892)
This is what the one particular flat-Earth paradigm looks like … Any questions?
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Where did the “I’m feeling lucky” option go?
Can you solve the case of the missing “I’m feeling lucky” feature? For starters, check out this screenshot taken from our iPhone 5 earlier in the day (Jan. 30, 2016): Did you notice that the “I’m feeling lucky” feature on … Continue reading
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Theoretical and empirical analysis of airline boarding
We understand why so-called “security” checkpoints at airports are so slow and horribly inefficient? But why are airline boarding procedures (which are implemented by the for-profit private sector) so slow and horribly inefficient? This short video (it’s only two and one-half minutes long) … Continue reading
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Cartoon family resemblance
Via kottke, check out this crazy table of cartoon characters drawn by artist Jaakko Seppälä. The diagonal from top left to bottom right (shaded gray) portrays a variety of familiar cartoon characters; the rows contain re-interpretations of these characters based … Continue reading
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Edge-matching puzzle with no logical solution
Check out the “edge-matching” puzzle pictured above. The setup of this game consists of seven contiguous hexagons arranged inside a circle. The edge of each hexagon is assigned a number from 1 to 6. The goal of this game is to match the numbers … Continue reading
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The facemash fiasco (Lessons 1 & 2)
Because our large business law class meets only once per week (on Mondays), we are going to combine Lessons 1 & 2 into a single lecture. In addition, we are going to re-enact Mark Zuckerberg’s fall 2003 “Ad Board” hearing … Continue reading
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Bud Light for President?
Cheers! This lighthearted beer ad actually teaches an important lesson regarding statutory and constitutional interpretation–a fundamental lesson often lost on naive “originalists” or textualist legal scholars: a word or term of art like “party” (or “speech,” “arms,” “natural born,” etc.) … Continue reading
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Vertical history
Tim Urban invites us to think about history in vertical terms in this thoughtful blog post. (By the way, we discovered his post via jason kottke, one of our favorite bloggers of all time.) Mr Urban presents a beautiful botanical … Continue reading
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prior probability 