2017-12-26

140 characters of Javascript to make something cool.

Post 171436 by Talez deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2017-12-24

'He is met with an urbane sneer: “What is truth?” Pontius Pilate asks.'

Post 171410 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: Taz deleted this already, and I concur with her reasoning -- restless_nomad

2017-12-23

Time for a road trip

Post 171393 by vs deleted for the following reason: Heya, these links are ok but maybe try again without the jokey/personal framing which isn't great for this subject matter -- LobsterMitten

Blackamoor Jewelry

Post 171399 by MovableBookLady deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure there's a lot here beyond "look at this offensive idiot." -- Eyebrows McGee

2017-12-22

The Year in Apocalypses

Post 171387 by yasaman deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this is a round-up of a pile of things that we've discussed down to the bloody nub in politics post after politics post, after politics post, and no real need to do it all yet again here -- taz

2017-12-21

Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear

Post 171350 by AnodeCathode deleted for the following reason: Posted a few days ago. -- cortex

Letters from World War Two

Post 171349 by bq deleted for the following reason: Previously! -- cortex

2017-12-20

Power, not pity

Post 171327 by stillmoving deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2017-12-18

NY mayor's $8 million anti-bullying program not doing what it promised

Post 171266 by speedangel deleted for the following reason: It's against guidelines to post projects that you are involved with. -- taz

Ted Chiang on AI

Post 171280 by mecran01 deleted for the following reason: something something glitch in the matrix something -- cortex

2017-12-17

type at home review

Post 171256 by draon9 deleted for the following reason: good golly no -- cortex

Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on the death of Ed Lee

Post 171260 by smallerdemon deleted for the following reason: I think this is probably best put in the active thread for Ed Lee. -- Eyebrows McGee

The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

Post 171253 by riverrun deleted for the following reason: This is just a page for ordering the book -- taz

2017-12-16

“It was very much, ‘Are you serious? Are you kidding?’ ”

Post 171235 by Huck500 deleted for the following reason: For the moment let's keep this in the current catch-all thread. -- LobsterMitten

2017-12-14

We messed up.

Post 171192 by doctornemo deleted for the following reason: Yep, being discussed a bit in the existing Patreon fee change post, followup discussion can go there. -- cortex

Winter Pedestrian Safety

Post 171202 by storybored deleted for the following reason: Yeah, well-intentioned but this is pretty thin. A meaty post on the history of high-traction footwear would be pretty cool though. -- cortex

2017-12-12

Whether Men are Wimps or Just Immunologically Inferior

Post 171136 by antiwiggle deleted for the following reason: The clickbaitiness of this is going to make it impossible to reasonably discuss the possibly interesting actual medical info, and I don't see an upside to having yet another angry thread about men vs women. -- taz

2017-12-11

Ben did go

Post 171132 by Cobalt deleted for the following reason: Hey, it seems that maybe there's a link missing? There's no source for info about what Ben Carlson did / his story, so if you want to contact us to add that we can get it fixed up (or you can repost tomorrow with that change). -- taz

2017-12-10

It Takes Careful Planning to Scale a Mountain of Cheese

Post 171110 by raihan_ deleted for the following reason: If you can find a way around the WSJ paywall I can undelete, but there's nothing for people to discuss here since most people can't access the article, sorry. -- Eyebrows McGee

2017-12-09

Psion, the Next Generation

Post 171096 by Juso No Thankyou deleted for the following reason: oops! sorry, but posting active fundraisers are against guidelines. Feel free to post after the funding period is up, or rewrite to exclude links that go to any fundraisers. Let us know if you have questions! -- taz

What I do have are a very particular set of skills

Post 171091 by Stark deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2017-12-08

the matter of false confessions

Post 171071 by Armed Only With Hubris deleted for the following reason: Hey, the linked article is fine, but it's not Metafilter style to include editorial remarks from the poster (you can usually offer your own thoughts in comments in the thread). Please contact us ASAP and we can do a quick edit and undelete, or you can repost with that minor change tomorrow. Thanks! -- taz

2017-12-06

On Reading and Books

Post 171015 by springo deleted for the following reason: Hit us up at the contact form so we can get the linking problem fixed. -- LobsterMitten

Do You Feel Pretty?' Well do you, punk?

Post 171013 by still_wears_a_hat deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this was meant in a spirit of simple fun but it's got a couple of marks against it working that way, so maybe better to pull it and try again with other clips etc. -- LobsterMitten

2017-12-05

"You weren't there." "I'm glad."

Post 170981 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed here. -- LobsterMitten

“You weren’t there.” “I’m glad I wasn’t.”

Post 170976 by mysticreferee deleted for the following reason: This is being discussed over here -- taz

2017-12-04

Liquid Television on Internet Archive

Post 170947 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: Dang, looks like this isn't so much "archives released to the public" as it is "some rando scraped and uploaded a bunch of content" in this case, which yeah probably we should steer around as front page post much as I dig the spirit of the thing. -- cortex