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Spring is here, O Spring is here...
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06 feb 19 |
...life is skittles, and life is beer...
Well, not quite.
The latest incarnation of the Spring Java Framework is called "Spring Boot", and they've done away with XML files. Hooray! These files were the main reason I wrote... read more
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You can't make it up XCXXVIII - heat is climate, cold is just weather
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31 jan 19 |
Polar vortex: eight dead as Arctic air spreads across midwest; Australia heatwave: overnight minimum of 35.9C in Noona sets new record
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Is this the most retarded email from a recruiter ever?
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28 jan 19 |
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I got back on my bike - and I began to pray...
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04 jan 19 |
...California drivin'
On such a winter's day
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RESTful Java is anything but
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03 jan 19 |
The tutorials are still completely useless. If you try to build an app from scratch, and follow the instructions exactly, it doesn't work. If you download what they claim is the complete project, and follow the instructions exactly, it... read more
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Jobs
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02 jan 19 |
The only relevant one is the one at the top
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You can't make it up XCXXVII - the "depravity" of global warming sceptics
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31 dec 18 |
By some hack in that paragon of journalistic integrity, the New York Times
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Germany was the least connected place I'd been
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27 dec 18 |
Until I got to Big Sur. I guess Henry Miller came here to get away from the internet.
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You can't make it up XCXXVI - the first revolt against the global warming establishment
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11 dec 18 |
The vast social and political earthquake that started in France — first mass uprising against eco-elitism
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You can't make it up XCXXV - "we are on a trajectory similar to the Permian"
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07 dec 18 |
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/06/global-warming-extinction-report-the-great-dying - No, we're not on a trajectory similar to the Permian-Triassic extinction of around 252 million years ago.
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You can't make it up XCXXIV - a leading questionnaire on global warming
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29 nov 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXIII - a clear example of a climate change warrior against freedom
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16 nov 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXII - global warming causes mass immigration
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07 nov 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXI - global warming is particularly bad in US national parks
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27 sep 18 |
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Riddle: I just bought food cheap in Iceland, because food is so expensive in Iceland
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13 aug 18 |
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Even the boat from Hook of Holland is nice
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05 aug 18 |
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A bike crash - I'm unhurt, but the back wheel is twisted
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02 aug 18 |
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Dutch people are incredibly nice
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26 jul 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXIII - "new feminist fight against climate change"
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25 jul 18 |
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Sure enough, I saw the Croatia game, and we lost
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23 jul 18 |
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If I keep missing the matches, will England keep winning?
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06 jul 18 |
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More about Denmark
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04 jul 18 |
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I don't know why it's called Bad Barmstedt - it's actually quite good
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30 jun 18 |
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Back in the GDR
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21 jun 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXII - Grenfell tragedy may have been partly caused by "carbon reduction"
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21 jun 18 |
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Linkedin is as retarded as ever
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08 jun 18 |
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Vietnam is more connected than Vienna
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02 jun 18 |
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Camping at Neue Donau after a huge meal
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01 jun 18 |
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Attempting to camp in Austria
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30 may 18 |
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You thought you'd escaped from the Maven Java dependency tool...
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17 may 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXXI - a story which puts current climate change in perspective
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07 may 18 |
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The fall of Da Nang in 1975 was like the evacuation of Toulon in 1793
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30 apr 18 |
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Vung Tau
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22 apr 18 |
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The War Remnants Museum
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17 apr 18 |
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Ho Chi Minh City
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15 apr 18 |
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Last day in Dalat
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10 apr 18 |
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Dalat after four days
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09 apr 18 |
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Buon Ma Thuot to Dalat
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05 apr 18 |
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Phu Tuc to Buon Ma Thuot
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31 mar 18 |
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E254: Cannot allocate color error in vim
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29 mar 18 |
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Pleiku to Phu Tuc and some real barbecued duck
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28 mar 18 |
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To Pleiku over the Mang Yang pass
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25 mar 18 |
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Phu Cat to An Khe
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23 mar 18 |
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From Quang Ngai to Binh Dinh
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20 mar 18 |
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Son My (My Lai)
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15 mar 18 |
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Da Nang and Hoi Na
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12 mar 18 |
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Hue day two
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10 mar 18 |
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In which he continues his exploration of Vietnam
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09 mar 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXX - evolution takes millions of years
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02 mar 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXIX - first commercial tanker crosses arctic sea route in winter
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13 feb 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXVIII - a climate change contradiction in a software talk
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09 feb 18 |
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John Perry Barlow
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08 feb 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXVII - Alaska is warming - and that's a bad thing
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01 feb 18 |
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Yee-haw!
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17 jan 18 |
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The joy of bitcoind
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16 jan 18 |
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Installing Ubuntu Linux on an old Mac Air
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10 jan 18 |
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You can't make it up XCXVI - the Guardian is back on form with the headline of the year
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23 dec 17 |
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You can't make it up XCXV - the Guardian has a reasonable article
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09 dec 17 |
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You can't make it up XCXIV - if the warming don't get you, the acid will
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27 nov 17 |
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You can't make it up XCXIII - climate change is responsible for child brides in South Asia
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27 nov 17 |
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London mayor Sadiq Khan bans Uber
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22 sep 17 |
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You can't make it up XCXII - if you think Nazis are bad, try being a climate skeptic in the Bay Area
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14 sep 17 |
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Avoid Sriphat Medical Center in Chiang Mai
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12 sep 17 |
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You can't make it up XCXI - Jennifer Lawrence and the hurricanes
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11 sep 17 |
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You can't make it up XCX - global warming adds to Afghanistan's woes
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28 aug 17 |
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You can't make it up XCIX - volcanoes cause Antarctic ice to melt
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13 aug 17 |
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And yet another reason...
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11 jul 17 |
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Another reason to support Uber
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28 jun 17 |
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Uber Über Alles
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20 jun 17 |
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You can't make it up XCVIII - global warming study postponed because of ice
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14 jun 17 |
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Nepal
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17 may 17 |
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You can't make it up XCVII - the March for Science - the corruption of science by the left wing
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23 apr 17 |
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You can't make it up XCVI - a scientific measure of sea level rise: "worrisome"
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14 apr 17 |
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You can't make it up XCV - the Guardian insults the intelligence of the global warming movement
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31 mar 17 |
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You can't make it up XCIV - global warming helped cause Brexit
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25 mar 17 |
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You can't make it up XCIII - ocean warming is accelerating - advanced computer models
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14 mar 17 |
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You can't make it up XCII - global warming explains heat, cold, drought, floods...
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19 feb 17 |
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You can't make it up XCI - climatologist compares scepticism to Soviet pseudo-science
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06 feb 17 |
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You can't make it up XC - the global warming shell game in a nutshell
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20 dec 16 |
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Phoenix Life Assurance company nightmare
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08 dec 16 |
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Remember when MySql for Rails on Mac was easier than PostgreSQL?
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02 dec 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXIX - U.S. Puts Climate Denier in office, Climate Change Action In Limbo
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13 nov 16 |
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Three strikes
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10 nov 16 |
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Nationalism isn't the main cause of war today
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16 oct 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXVIII - climate change affects people differently based on ‘gender identity’
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04 oct 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXVII - another comment not deleted in the Guardian
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04 oct 16 |
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Another funny example of an online ad involving Muslims
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01 sep 16 |
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The Guardian shows its true colours
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03 jul 16 |
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My favourite picture from Britain's EU referendum
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24 jun 16 |
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A comment NOT deleted in the Guardian
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25 may 16 |
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A mistaken advert on Youtube
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09 may 16 |
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Climbing at Ton Sai
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22 apr 16 |
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Me on Huayna Potosi in Bolivia and some locals
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22 apr 16 |
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The refutation of morality
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19 apr 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXVI - DOJ has discussed prosecuting "climate change deniers"
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13 mar 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXV - magazine publishes hoax "feminist glaciology" paper
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06 mar 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXIV - climatologists clarify catastrophe deferment
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01 mar 16 |
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Elvis Costello's Puns
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20 feb 16 |
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Brexit
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20 feb 16 |
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The best article about conspiracy pseudo-theories I've ever read
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16 feb 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXIII - Counterpunch gives in to groupthink
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04 feb 16 |
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How to install the Phoenix framework
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29 jan 16 |
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No wonder the Middle East is such a mess
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07 jan 16 |
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You can't make it up LXXXII - extreme weather events and WMDs
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28 dec 15 |
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Climbing at Crazy Horse Buttress near Chiang Mai
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19 dec 15 |
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Hanoi-Chiang Mai - 3000 kilometres without a flat tyre
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13 dec 15 |
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The Guardian's worst act of censorship yet
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08 dec 15 |
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A month without the internet
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02 dec 15 |
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Lies about Vietnam
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02 dec 15 |
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The Vinh Moc tunnels and a US Navy recruiting slogan
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05 nov 15 |
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Phong Nha
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30 oct 15 |
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Thanh Hoa to Ky Lien via Vinh and Ha Tinh
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26 oct 15 |
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Quan Hoa to Thanh Hoa
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23 oct 15 |
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Mai Chau to Quan Hoa
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21 oct 15 |
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A holocaust survivor and some cute kids in Son La
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18 oct 15 |
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Potential rock-climbing near Tuan Giao
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16 oct 15 |
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You can't make it up LXXXI - theregister.co.uk's Freeman Dyson scoop
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14 oct 15 |
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Dien Bien Phu
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13 oct 15 |
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Stuck inside of Lai Chau with the Dien Bien Phu Blues again
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09 oct 15 |
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A ride halfway to Sa Pa
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03 oct 15 |
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Country roads between Yen Bai and Lao Cai
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02 oct 15 |
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Yen Bai and a typical taxi driver
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01 oct 15 |
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One of those days when everything goes wrong...
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30 sep 15 |
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Vinh Phuc
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29 sep 15 |
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The road from Ha Long to Viet Tri
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29 sep 15 |
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Climbing with Asia Outdoors
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26 sep 15 |
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Re-reading the history of post-WWII Vietnam
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21 sep 15 |
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You can't make it up LXXX - the latest attempt by the global warming movement to jail dissidents
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19 sep 15 |
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Deep water soloing
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19 sep 15 |
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Hanoi to Haiphong
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