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by **Giant Speck** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:58 pm UTC

I'm not sure that marshmallows would bring happiness to diabetics. :/

by **SlyReaper** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:12 pm UTC

Giant Speck wrote:I'm not sure that marshmallows would bring happiness to diabetics. :/

Being able to eat them without worrying about inconvenient problems such as ketones and long-term organ failure... that would make diabetics happy, I think.

by **dhokarena56** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:17 pm UTC

Wikipedia wrote:
The Gravitation3d Magic 5D Cube software is capable of rendering 5-cube puzzles in six sizes from 25 to 75. As well as the ability to make moves on the cube there are controls to change the view. These include controls for rotating the cube in 3-space, 4-space and 5-space, 4-D and 5-D perspective controls, cubie and sticker spacing and size controls, similar to Subliminal's 4D cube.
However, a 5-D puzzle is much more difficult to comprehend on a 2-D screen than a 4-D puzzle is. An essential feature of the Gravitation3d implementation is the ability to turn off or highlight chosen cubies and stickers. Even so, the complexities of the images produced are still quite severe as can be seen from the screen shots.
Gravitation3d maintains a Hall of Insanity for record breaking solvers of this puzzle. As of 6th, January 2011, there has been two successful solutions for the 7⁵ size of 5-cube.[3]

I repeat: somebody has solved a scrambled 5-dimensional 7x7x7x7x7 Rubik's Cube. Twice.

I'm not sure whether to be awed that such a figure has graced us mere mortals with his presence or terrified that such a mind exists and might potentially be used for devious purposes. I'd love to see the algorithms he used, though.

It's worth noting that the 6-D 3x3, 7-D 3x3, and 6-D 4x4 have also been solved.

by **felltir** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:19 pm UTC

This.

by **Kithplana** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:36 pm UTC

a coworker wrote:One of my goal rewards for my diet and exercise program is buying a necklace from [Kithplana].

(I make jewelry.) It's here if you're curious.

by **thorgold** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:21 pm UTC

Today, I saw a kid do a backflip off a swing. Two things make this awesome:
1. The kid was 7
2. It was mah bro!

by **Kithplana** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:09 am UTC

I finally found inspiration for the embroidery pattern for the blue velvet dress I'm making. (I've been struggling with this for a couple of years now.) Sketched it up this afternoon, vector'd it up this evening. I'll have more tweaking to do later on with fresh eyes, but it's mostly done. Now I just have to resist deciding that doing it entirely in gold fill [beads|wire|what have you] is the Right Thing...

by **Amie** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:36 pm UTC

My feet are too tiny and normally I never find a pair of shoes that I actually love but I did today. Ah the joy! Guess I'll be going to Hush Puppies more often. Sadly they don't have much variety in design but worth looking at henceforth.

by **TheOtherCheek** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:51 am UTC

My friend dedicated a movie he directed to me. How awesome is that?

by **Garm** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:32 pm UTC

Amie wrote:My feet are too tiny and normally I never find a pair of shoes that I actually love but I did today. Ah the joy! Guess I'll be going to Hush Puppies more often. Sadly they don't have much variety in design but worth looking at henceforth.

Mary Lou Retton said something about not being able to find shoes in size 3 that didn't have Micky Mouse on them.

by **Amie** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:26 am UTC

She's mostly right. Funnily enough, I got my non-mickey shoes from a place called "Hush Puppies" and... it's a serious looking pair :/

by **ArgonV** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:04 am UTC

I just had a party. At this party, there was a drunken Irishman. He wanted to go along with us into town, but he didn't have a bicycle. So I told him he could come with on the back of mine. I was more sober than he was, yet he was doubting me. I've been riding bikes my entire life, drinking for the past 8 and I'm pretty damn good at both. At first, he was scared. 5 minutes later, we were singing Irish drinking songs! It was awesome!

by **fizzgig** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:48 am UTC

My phone got an over-the-air update to ice cream sandwich! I didn't think it would as it's a model that my carrier don't actually sell, but it did.

by **PhoenixEnigma** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:37 am UTC

I will not be homeless at the end of the month! Not only that, I will be not-homeless in a rather nice location

by **Amie** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:12 am UTC

So my thesis is out as a book now! Woo!

EDIT: Okay it's only awesome because it boosts my self-esteem even if just by a bit. The book in itself isn't awesome

by **Kithplana** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:40 am UTC

The new Carve library that Blender uses for boolean operations is AWESOME and so much faster than the old one. Upgrading from 2.57 to 2.62 makes a HECK of a difference. An operation that wouldn't complete at all now takes less than a second against two simple meshes and about five against a more complex one. Shapeways, here I come.

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:55 am UTC

The Florence & The Machine concert was pretty awesome! I was a bit disappointed with where I was standing, though.

by **voicedotter** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:12 pm UTC

Wooo.The Scifi society at my university has a private screening of the Avengers on Wednesday. WOOOO

by **scienceroboticspunk** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:31 am UTC

I look awesome in my suit that I am wearing to this amazing gala on Thursday, I can't wait. There will be so many nerds. WOOT.

by **OBrien** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:57 pm UTC

Over night hour campout in my old university's library? Hell yeah! Now I'm gonna read Game of Thrones for a few hours.

EDIT: I just ended up playing Zork for an hour and a half...

by **jocvtrhythgd** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:22 am UTC

still warm and soft in the middle and slightly crunchy and generally full of deliciousness...om nom nom.

by **Dason** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:04 am UTC

Man I've tried to get into Zork a few times but every time I just end up losing patience and doing something else.

by **ArgonV** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:59 am UTC

Yeah! My dad just offered my sister, my brother-in-law and me a trip to Paris, along with him. He's paying! Awesome, I've never been in Paris proper :mrgreen:

by **Obby** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:27 pm UTC

Just got a job offer from my preferred company, and they offered more than I asked for! Woohoo!

by **Cathy** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:17 pm UTC

Awesome: getting an internship for the summer. Awesomer: getting paid for the internship. Awesomest: I'm going to get upper-level college credit for the internship!

Also, I gave blood today. I feel like a worthwhile member of society.

Website · by **thefiddler** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:54 pm UTC

I just had the most delicious cookie from a local bakery.

Also, hi, I'm back.

by **Cathy** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:22 am UTC

Yay, you're back! That's awesome! <3

Also, local bakeries ftw.

by **roband** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:59 pm UTC

2 hours til the Avengers movie!

by **pseudoidiot** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:10 pm UTC

Search for zerg rush on Google.

by **Giant Speck** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:52 pm UTC

I'm using Internet Explorer 8 right now, so whatever it's supposed to do, it isn't.

by **pseudoidiot** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:12 pm UTC

Huh. Appears to work in IE9. Assuming you're at work? Try it at home in FF or Chrome.

Don't want to spoil the awesome by saying what happens.

by **Dason** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:16 pm UTC

pseudoidiot wrote:Search for zerg rush on Google.

Spoiler:

by **pseudoidiot** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:27 pm UTC

Spoiler:

by **Magnanimous** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:43 pm UTC

The APM counter is a nice touch.

by **Menacing Spike** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:34 pm UTC

pseudoidiot wrote:Search for zerg rush on Google.

If it was a true zergling rush they would run into circles or get stuck against each other, and all around do no damage while you shoot them.

by **sourlemon** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:45 am UTC

being able to sleeping in awesome

by **voicedotter** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:06 pm UTC

I think I have met the girl of my dreams. She has pretty much every personality that I would want in a girl. I am happy. Though we have known each other for a while she is currently not in the same city.

by **Amie** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:24 am UTC

I'm trying to force myself to do things and not be constantly depressed so I played paintball for the first time in my life. I also cleaned/rearranged my room and cupboard.
Amie: 1
Depression: 0

by **bluebambue** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:39 am UTC

by **ExplodingHat** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:40 am UTC

The Empty Set: the set of all problems that cannot be solved with sufficient application of brainpower, hyperfocus, cigar, and whiskey. :mrgreen:

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