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Books - Suggestions?
I decided to rummage through my Amazon wish list last night, and decided that it was time to order a couple of books related to Atheism. So far, I have never been one to seek formal support of my atheism; the wonders of science, diversity of existing religions, and the idea of First Cause have all been enough to make me…
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Any XBMC users here?
I'd heard of XBMC, but never really looked into using it. I think it may be worth installing on my Gentoo Linux workstation for streaming media to our mobile devices. Does anyone here use it? If so, how has it worked out for you?
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Star Wars Snowflakes
Me likey. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/12/star-wars-paper-snowflakes
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Announcing Our New Fitness Partnership: Miley Cyrus TwerkIt!
Announcing Our Newest Fitness Partnership: Miley Cyrus TwerkIt! by NOT MyFitnessPal Staff Tired of the same old boring fitness workouts? We can help! We are excited to announce our newest partnership with Miley Cyrus for her TwerkIt! fitness routine. During this short 30 day course, designed especially for MFP members,…
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Richard Dawkins - Reddit AMA
If anyone here is interested: Nov 26th, 11am EST http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/ - Schedule is towards end of right sidebar. *edit - had wrong time listed* .
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Nexus 5 Phone
I'm really tempted to get the Nexus 5 for Christmas. Anyone here have one? If so, what do you think of it so far?
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15 things to NEVER say to an atheist
I'm sure there is nothing really new for most members of this group, as far as the content, but it is a nice summary of familiar talking points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNjEbPfc2d0
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Trailer
I like the looks of this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWsK1ZFunA
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What is the stupidest app you have seen?
Just read about this one, Send Me To Heaven, which tracks how high you can throw your phone in the air: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carrotpop.www.smth And came across this one yesterday at work (yes, I was doing a legitimate search. :P). For drug users on a tight budget?…
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Five Years of Tor.com’s Original Fiction for Free
For those of you who might want some science fiction and fantasy. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/download-five-years-of-tordotcom-stories
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Teaching Creationism is Child Abuse
I just finished watching this on Youtube. A couple of things which were said really stood out to me. "The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance, but to overcome it." 50% of people surveyed people get this question wrong: The Earth goes around the Sun, and takes a year to do it. True or False?…
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Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz
Saw this on FB, and thought it was kind of interesting. http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ "The quiz is part of a nationwide survey, conducted March 7-10 among 1,006 adults, which also probed opinions and perceptions about science and math in education. The survey was conducted with Smithsonian magazine for…
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Five Years of Tor.com’s Original Fiction for Free
I'm downloading it now. :) http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/download-five-years-of-tordotcom-stories
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Ender's Game Sweepstakes
I got an email an from Tor.com about it. if anyone is interested: http://torforge.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/enders-game-sweepstakes/
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Sarcasm Detector, anyone?
"French company Spotter has developed an analytics tool that claims to be able to identify sarcastic comments posted online. Spotter says its clients include the Home Office, EU Commission and Dubai Courts. The algorithm-based analytics software generates reputation reports based on social and traditional media material.…
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U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
It is pretty short, and I imagine it could be argues that it is not very comprehensive, but I thought it was interesting. At 14/15, it showed me as scoring higher 97% of the people who were sampled. That is scary. I'm sure most here will get similar results. http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/ And…
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Misquoting Jesus - Bible Discrepancies
I came across these videos a little while ago. Bart Ehrman has some interesting theories about the accuracy of the New Testament. If you have read his book (which I have not yet), "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why", then this is old news to you. All in all, I thought the videos were…
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Movies vs. Life
It is in French, so you may need to turn on captions, but I thought most of it was still pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN38y5MILbs
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Google+ - Secular Parenting community
Hello all, I don't know if any of you use Google+ at all, but thought I would mention this, on the off chance that some of you might. There is a community there, which was just recently formed, called Secular Parenting. It is a bit early to tell, but they seem to be on the right track in regards to trying to provide…
