1. Notes: 8 / 5 months ago  from bookmarklet
   10 Science Fiction Books That Changed the Course of History

   I’ve read 4 of these and 3 on my reading list.

2. 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
   Badass Historical Men of Manliness: Teddy Roosevelt
3. 1 year ago  from bookmarklet

   Slashdot Idle Story | Drunk History Presents Nikola Tesla *NSFW*

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4. 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
   6 Historic Acts of Revenge That Put 'Kill Bill' to Shame | Cracked.com
5. 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   Double-atomic survivor dies (via Boing Boing)
6. 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   

   Comic strip explains World Wars in five minutes - Boing Boing

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   • history
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7. 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   "In 1903 the United States Congress passed the Elkins Act. The Act forbade railway companies from offering, and railway customers from demanding, preferential rates for certain types of goods. Any “good” that moved over the (railway) network had to be priced and treated the same as any other “good.” In short, the (railway) network had to be neutral and price similar goods equally."
   - 19th Century Net Neutrality (and what it means for the 21st Century) | eaves.ca
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   • net neutrality
   • history
   • freedom
8. 2 years ago  from bookmarklet
   Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
9. 3 years ago 

   bash history/awk trick

   could’ve sworn I’ve posted this trick before but going to again.

   at your bash terminal prompt do:

   history|awk ‘{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’|sort -rn|head

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