Max Masnick
Location: Durham, NC
Occupation: Health policy research
Communication: email / @masnick / phone
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- March 13, 01:02 PM
- February 25, 12:35 AM
- February 25, 12:27 AM
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February 17, 12:09 PM
“So, no, this is not a clash of ideologies, but a clash between intelligence and its opposite. And I am tired of being asked to pretend stupid is a virtue. That’s why I’d welcome the moment of truth your campaign would bring. It would force us to decide once and for all whether we are permanently committed to the path of ignorance, of birthers, truthers and Tea Party incoherence you represent, or whether we will, at last, turn back from the cliff toward which we race.”
- February 14, 01:42 PM
- February 14, 01:12 PM
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January 18, 10:46 AM
And if you were wondering about Jay’s line, “If Jeezy’s paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade,” from that same track, it’s a reference to the price of a kilo of coke. LeBron’s #23, D-Wade’s #3. This references this Jeezy song. Thank you internet.
“In New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of”
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Alicia Keys, who I can only presume is trying to channel e.e. cummings.
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January 10, 09:56 PM
The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City - NYTimes.com
I may very well do this.
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January 09, 04:55 PM
The false vacuum wikipedia page may be the most abstruse thing I’ve ever (tried) to read on Wikipedia.
“If our universe is in a very long-lived false vacuum, it is possible that the universe will tunnel into a lower energy state. This is called the vacuum metastability event. The various physical constants could have different values, severely affecting the foundations of matter, energy, and spacetime. It is also possible that all structures will be destroyed instantaneously, without any forewarning.” [1]
- January 07, 10:06 PM
- January 04, 01:19 PM
- January 02, 11:19 AM
- December 30, 01:23 PM
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December 22, 01:19 AM
Best and worst brand identities of 2009
via @alexklein
- December 09, 07:44 AM
- December 07, 08:55 PM
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December 07, 12:30 PM
“The Breaker laboratory has used the explosion of DNA sequence information and new computer programs to discover six of the top twelve largest bacterial RNAs just in the last several years. One of the newly discovered RNAs, called GOLLD, is the third largest and most complex RNA discovered to date, and appears to be used by viruses that infect bacteria. Another large RNA revealed in the study, called HEARO, has a genetic structure that suggests it is part of a type of “jumping gene” that can move to new locations in the bacterial chromosome.”
New RNA structures! (via Slashdot Science Story | Yale Researchers Find New RNA Structures) -
December 06, 11:20 PM
The Landscape of Music: It’s the music equivalent of the badass XKCD map of online communities. You can zoom in and get more depth. Go AT&T Research! (via Yan)
The bands displayed in large font are a hilarious amalgamation but totally make sense as representations of their genres when you think about it.
- December 02, 12:55 PM
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December 02, 12:49 PM
The Voynich Manuscript Decoded?
Real life Da Vinci Code!
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November 28, 07:42 PM
How to know the BBQ place you are about to eat in sucks
josh:
It’s better to skip a meal than eat crap barbeque and be made angry and ashamed. Look out for these warnings:
- no hot sauce on the tables. Anywhere with good BBQ will have so many people asking for hot sauce that it will already be out. Furthermore, if you want NC-style barbeque, there should be vinegar-based sauce out.
- photos on the wall of great barbeque chefs. No photos of where you currently are, and none of the chefs work here.
- beer is in a fridge by the hostess stand.
- none of the other (few) customers are fat. Fat people don’t waste time with bullshit BBQ. Also, good BBQ tends to have really old people at it too.
- non-BBQ menu items. ESPECIALLY burritos/Mexican.
- fucked up coleslaw. People in LA have no clue with the slaw. Just do whatever you want? Is that it? It’s not a fucking cabbage salad.
- no hushpuppies or fried bread of any sort.
The menu should say pick meat and pick side. That’s it.
Pulled pork should not be served in sauce. Put sauce on if you like, but it should taste good without sauce. The sauce should not have tomato paste or molasses in it. Put that shit on ribs.
I guess this place fancies itself “Santa Maria” style BBQ. I am sure Santa Maria BBQ does not resemble the gray mush I ate tonight.
- November 27, 06:28 PM
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November 24, 10:10 AM
“Email is not going to disappear. Possibly ever. Until the robots kill us all.” – Paul Buchheit”
- November 15, 09:40 PM
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November 14, 11:34 PM
Imogen Heap - “Just For Now”
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November 04, 11:11 PM
Gadget that detects knock patterns and opens the lock for the correct knock. Awesome!
- November 04, 08:31 PM
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November 03, 09:18 PM
Low Resolution Girl costume — also awesome!
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November 03, 09:18 PM
Big head mode costume — awesome!
- November 03, 09:15 PM
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November 03, 08:29 PM
Worth1000
deviantART meets Stack Overflow meets Digg?
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November 03, 12:33 PM
“UI that looked sexy in Photoshop almost always looks overdesigned when we try it for real in the browser. Here’s a hypothesis. Simple and useful designs just don’t seem good enough when they are dead pixels. They need to be brought to life before they can be appreciated. Until that happens we overcompensate with garnish.”
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November 03, 11:32 AM
ASCIIcasts
Railscasts.to_s (!!!)
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October 30, 12:05 AM
“But ever since “In Da Club” (and probably because of it), Dre has treated production like a test run for his very expensive headphones, concerning himself with only the most inert, stainless steel sounds.”
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October 29, 11:33 PM
Why I won’t be getting an iPhone or Pre or Android phone anytime soon. (via billshrink.com)
- October 28, 10:12 AM
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October 26, 12:27 PM
Save the planet: eat a dog?
Sustainability and pets…
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October 25, 09:38 PM
$49 seems like a lot for this backpack, but I like the philosophy. I think.
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October 19, 11:51 PM
Math Overflow
Really? REALLY?
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October 19, 09:08 PM
The Duct Tape Programmer - Joel on Software
This article (and this blog) are really good.
- October 19, 12:36 AM
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October 18, 12:29 PM
Geographic visualization of twitter trends
#montana is trending in #montana
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October 18, 12:23 PM
Scientists write memories directly to fly brains
This is AWESOME!
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October 17, 05:12 PM
Information Is Beautiful
This website is awesome. Brilliant, informative graphics are one of my favorite things.
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October 14, 12:45 PM
And Matthew explains why the corn industry has its sticky hands wrapped around America’s … uh … you get the picture.
Trying to glamorize candy corn will do nothing to its shitty taste.
The taste of wax, chalk and some sort of watered-down honeycheese product continues to be for the children.
It’s October. Talk shit about candy corn and I’ll carve out your tongue with this goddamn plastic-handled pumpkin saw.
BTW, these are the actual industry-approved candy corn ingredients:
1. Yellow
2. Orange
3. Corn Syrup
4. White
5. Fucking delicious - August 25, 02:17 PM
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June 30, 07:43 AM
“Toyota researchers in Japan have built a brain/machine interface (BMI) that has been demonstrated to control a wheelchair using a person’s thoughts.”
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June 21, 10:21 AM
“The probability that a fair election would produce both too few non-adjacent digits and the suspicious deviations in last-digit frequencies described earlier is less than .005. In other words, a bet that the [Iranian election] numbers are clean is a one in two-hundred long shot.”
- June 20, 11:56 AM
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June 20, 11:53 AM
Do you belong in NYC? Take the test
I though this was really interesting and completely matched my perception of what it would be like to live in NYC. I answered yes to #1, maybe to #2, and no to #3, meaning that living in NYC is not for me (according to Penelope Trunk or whatever her name is).
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And I always thought that was Third Eye Blind. gx: Embedded into the impressionable pre-pubescent minds of all kids born in the mid 80s. tumbledore: Spin Doctors - “Two Princes” I kind of have to reblog this since Pocket Full of Kryptonite was the first cassette tape I ever purchased with my own money (age 8). (audio via ledenes)154 plays
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November 30, 02:45 PM
Chicken and Rice Bowl
This is based on this Whole Foods recipe. Cube and brown two chicken breasts. When chicken is thoroughly browned, put it in a bowl with the following sauce: 2 tbsp tamari 1 tbsp honey 3 tbsp rice vinegar Stir fry half a small cabbage, half an onion, a handful of green beans, and a bell pepper. Add the chicken and [...] -
October 10, 05:31 PM
Kale or Swiss Chard
Ingredients 1 bunch of kale or swiss chard 1 onion Cooking oil 1-2 teaspoons Balsamic vinegar (or more to taste) 1/2 teaspoon salt Ground pepper to taste 1. Peel the onion and cut into thin rings. Put 1-2 tablespoons of oil into fry pan and begin cooking on medium heat. 2. Stir the onions occasionally while you prepare the kale or chard. 3. Wash [...] -
October 10, 02:44 PM
Marinated Tofu and Stir Fried Vegetables
Ingredients: Package (8 - 16 ounces) Firm or Very Firm Tofu 1/2 Cup Tamari or Soy Sauce 1/4 Cup Sesame Oil Cooking oil Vegies for stir fry 1. Cut tofu into 1-2 inch pieces. Combine Tamari and Sesame Oil in a bowl big enough to hold the cut up tofu. Add tofu to the sauce mix and stir gently to coat [...] -
September 13, 05:51 PM
Thai Curry Tofu
Quick and easy, based on http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Thai-Curry-Tofu/Detail.aspx. Ingredients: 1 (12 ounce) package extra-firm tofu, drained and cubed 1 small onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 zucchini and/or squash ~12 mushrooms 1 (10 ounce) can coconut milk 2 teaspoons curry powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro Rice noodles (optional — can also be served with rice or wheat pasta) Olive oil Directions: Fry [...] -
August 16, 06:07 PM
Potato Salad Vinaigrette
Ingredients (must prepare 3-4 hours before serving to allow time for vegetables to cool) 2 carrots 1/2 pound green beans or snow peas, or 1/2 bag frozen sugar snap peas 1 bell pepper 5 fist-sized potatoes (Yukon gold or other) 1 small red onion (optional) or 1/4 cup fresh chives (optional) 1/3 C olive oil 1/4 C wine vinegar Scrub potatoes. Cut in half [...] -
June 21, 01:14 PM
Tofu - Baked, Asian Style (this can be finger snack food, lunch food, or a stir fry ingredient)
Utensils: Measuring spoons Two plates Cutting board Knife Mixing bowl 8 inch baking pan Ingredients: 12 ounces firm tofu 3 tablespoons sesame oil 3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce 3 tablespoons vinegar (rice, cider, or wine vinegar) 1 clove garlic, crushed in garlic press 1 inch piece of fresh gingerroot grated 2 tablespoons water For best results, tofu should be “pressed” in order to remove excess liquid and to better [...] -
June 21, 12:58 PM
Fritata
Utensils: 9-10 inch fry skillet that can go in the oven Cutting board 2 mixing bowls Knife Spatula Measuring spoons Ingredients: 2-3 tablespoons olive or other cooking oil 1 - 2 tablespoons butter, Earth Balance, margerine 1 small onion 1 clove garlic 5-6 mushrooms 1 small (5 inch) zucchini 1 small bunch of swiss chard (about 6 - 8 leaves more or less) 5 eggs 6 slices cheese (chedder, mozzarella, etc.) 1/2 [...] -
October 16, 10:31 PM
Mueslix
UTENSILS Measuring cup Large mixing bowl Spoon INGREDIENTS (buy in bulk if possible) 2 cups oat flakes (old fashioned oatmeal) 2 cups rye flakes 2 cups spelt flakes 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup dried date pieces 1 cup thin sliced almonds Other kinds of nuts and dried fruit may be used. Raisins will be more economical than cranberries or dates. Pour flakes and almonds into bowl. [...] -
October 16, 10:25 PM
Burritos
UTENSILS Cutting board Cheese grater Baking pan, cookie sheet, or some sort of pan that can go in oven or in toaster oven INGREDIENTS Flour tortillas - 8 inches round (or bigger) - one tortilla for each burrito (unused tortillas can be frozen) Canned refried beans (1 can will make 2-3 burritos) Salsa Cheese 4 - 6 ounces (Cheddar, Monterey Jack) - 1/4 [...] -
October 12, 03:18 PM
Chicken Cacciatore
Takes about 45 minutes or so to prepare, 1.5 - 2 hours to cook. Can serve this with rice or spaghetti. UTENSILS Large deep pot with lid Cutting board Knife Measuring spoons INGREDIENTS 6 - 8 pieces of chicken (breasts and/or thighs) or one 4-pound chicken cut up Flour - about 1 cup (optional) Olive oil Small onion 1 clove garlic 1 cup sliced mushrooms more [...]








