Links!

9 Post author: NancyLebovitz 05 June 2014 01:09PM

I've seen a recent claim that adding a summary to links is enough of an inconvenience that the links may not be getting posted. I suppose people aren't checking out the media threads for links.

As an experiment, I'm posting this as a place for links. Summaries/excerpts are optional-- please don't downvote links just for not having excerpts/summaries.

Comments (14)

Comment author: NoSuchPlace 05 June 2014 01:26:44PM 19 points [-]

A 2 minute youtube video

I'm not going to explain what it is because that would ruin the video.

Also since explaining the video ruins it, here is a link to rot13

Comment author: tgb 05 June 2014 03:35:21PM 0 points [-]

The number of times I've read an article about something like this that gives it away in the title or opening before giving the reader a chance to experience it for themselves... thanks for not explaining.

Comment author: David_Gerard 07 June 2014 10:09:57PM 0 points [-]

That was completely worth 1:42 of my time.

Comment author: roystgnr 06 June 2014 02:10:06AM 10 points [-]
Comment author: arundelo 09 June 2014 12:05:56AM 5 points [-]

A "game over" screen from the video game Balance of Power.

As seen on Reddit. Since the screen is just text, I'll go ahead and reproduce the text here:

You have ignited a nuclear war.

And no, there is no animated display of a mushroom cloud with parts of bodies flying through the air.

We do not reward failure.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 09 June 2014 04:27:52AM 2 points [-]

I like to imagine that the developers of Shadow President, released some years later, looked at Balance of Power and went "market opportunity!".

Comment author: satt 06 June 2014 12:59:26AM 2 points [-]

Psychometrician tweets stuff on methodology & misconduct in psychology & statistics.

Comment author: David_Gerard 07 June 2014 09:25:58AM 1 point [-]
Comment author: Tenoke 05 June 2014 01:20:06PM *  0 points [-]

I can't see a reason as to why this would be a better place for posting links than the Open Thread.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 June 2014 01:50:41PM 19 points [-]

I'm not sure, either, but I thought it would be a cheap experiment.

Comment author: aelephant 09 June 2014 01:15:14AM 1 point [-]

The spirit of Seth Roberts lives!

Comment author: moridinamael 05 June 2014 08:46:25PM 18 points [-]

I think the norm of sweeping everything into the Open Thread has painted the community into a corner. Let's start posting Discussion posts again even if we're not sure it's a good idea.

Comment author: raisin 10 June 2014 09:05:06AM *  1 point [-]

You can access the mockery videos by Robert Gross once again.

Okay, honestly. I think they're pretty bad and lame.

But this recap of maybe the most funniest thing I've read on LessWrong is quite good. But the ending kinda ruins it, I don't think lukeprog is woman-objectifying misogyny rationalizing whatever, I just thought it was adorable.

Comment author: ericyu3 08 June 2014 08:13:44PM 0 points [-]

There's a new subreddit for GIFs of cute baby elephants: http://www.reddit.com/r/babyelephantgifs