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In the City, banks including Barclays and JPMorgan Chase had employees bring sleeping bags or book hotel rooms as they settled in for a long night, with the prospect of tremendous market volatility on Friday if Britain votes to leave.

‘Leave’ Takes the Lead Britain Awaits Outcome of E.U. Referendum - The New York Times

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In probability theory, the birthday problem or birthday paradox[1] concerns the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, some pair of them will have the same birthday. By the pigeonhole principle, the probability reaches 100% when the number of people reaches 367 (since there are only 366 possible birthdays, including February 29). However, 99.9% probability is reached with just 70 people, and 50% probability with 23 people. These conclusions are based on the assumption that each day of the year (except February 29) is equally probable for a birthday.

Birthday problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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On September 18, 2010, the Bobcats football team played the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus. As the Buckeyes were running onto the field, Brandon Hanning, dressed as Rufus, charged into the field. Hanning sideswiped and attempted to tackle Brutus Buckeye, but was unsuccessful and ended up losing his Bobcat head in the process. Upon returning to his feet, Hanning donned the head again, then ran after Brutus and jumped on his back and continued to hit the mascot in the head. Hanning was then pulled aside by security who told him to cut it out. Neither of the mascots were injured during the event. After the game, Hanning was terminated from his position as Ohio's mascot, and was banned from attending Ohio home athletic events. The game score went 43-7 in the Buckeyes' favor. In a post-game interview, Hanning explained that this was his sole purpose in trying out to be the mascot. "It was actually my whole plan to tackle Brutus when I tried out to be mascot," Hanning explained, "I tried out about a year ago, and the whole reason I tried out was so I could come up here to Ohio State and tackle Brutus." While many thought this was Rufus' first offense against rival school's mascots, Hanning stated "Before this, I actually got in a fight with the Buffalo mascot. He's a bull. I started it. I was thinking I should go ahead and try out tackling another mascot. I brought a red square cape thing, like in a bullfight. He was just playing around, acting like he was charging me. I tackled him and put him on the ground. It was pretty funny. No one got upset because it wasn't Ohio State."

Rufus the Bobcat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

#football #ohiostate

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It's fine to disagree with Gawker. They certainly have screwed up sometimes, but there's a reason we made freedom of the press, the first amendment. Why can't Silicon Valley counter speech with speech? Why do you need to use a proxy lawsuit? Many legal experts predict that Gawker will win the Hulk Hogan case on appeal but it won't even matter because fighting the lawsuit took so much money that it bankrupted the company.

Cody Brown calls on Peter Thiel to call off his lawsuit against Gawker - Business Insider

Thought provoking, on numerous fronts. 

Also, click on “Peter Thiel” to link to the 1st (what I’d consider to be objective) knock I’ve heard on Mr. Thiel; and that number may quickly be climbing.

#media #gawker #newmedia #censorship #peter thiel #VC #paypal

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(via Dear Portland, Please Stop Making Things So Easy for Bike Thieves. — #endbiketheft stories — Medium)

Best article I’ve ever found on how to properly lock a bike.

#bike

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He added: “Two weeks ago, I took the time to drive across the U.S. with my friends and team, to just look and see and think about things in a new way. It really helped me realize that I needed to make the change that I’d been struggling with for a while.”

Avicii Retires From Performing Live - The New York Times

Still one of the best commanders of the crowd I’ve ever seen.

#sweetlifefestival #edm #trance #music #livemusic #nyt

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On the stand, Charney was an animated presence — hands flailing, eyes wide, with a voice that carried to the back of the courtroom. He cracked jokes and went off on tangents; at one point, the judge cut him off, saying he was "free associating," and practically everyone in the courtroom laughed.

Dov Charney testifies: American Apparel's 'impossible' board won't give him a fair shot - LA Times

We need more people like this; it’s refreshing.

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The reason for the FBI’s unorthodox approach is that Congress has told the agency it needs to hire 2,000 more people this year, and many of those new recruits are going to fight computer-related crime. And as it turns out, those that know computer crime best aren't often the Men's Wearhouse set.

The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They All Smoke Pot | Motherboard

Men’s Wearhouse?

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(via Prodigy -- Linux advertisement by IBM - YouTube)

Still one of my all-time favorite commercials.

#linux

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Funniest license plate I’ve seen in a long tine. Gina must be pretty convincing.

#pussy #vagina #sex #craftbrew #craftbeer #michigan

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Some 87 percent of American's customers flew the airline just once last year, comprising more than 50 percent of revenue, according to Kirby. He said these are customers "for whom air travel is largely a commodity," meaning they will switch to a competitor if American charges more per ticket.

American to launch bare-bones airfare in 2016 to rival Spirit | Reuters

That’s one hell of a statistic.

#aviation #airlines #air travel #travel

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Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain, announced Thursday that one of its franchisees it will be shutting 100 stores across the country in the next 15 months, reports Forbes. The restaurants to be closed in 2015 and 2016 are run by convenience store chain Speedway LLC, Dunkin’ said. Speedway will continue to remain a franchisee of Dunkin’ Brands. Dunkin’ said a spike in the cost of eggs due to the recent avian flu outbreak in the U.S. was a reason along with concerns with the rise in minimum wage laws in cities across the country.  Last month, New York became the first state to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour.

Dunkin' Donuts franchisee closing 100 stores | Fox News

If avian flu and minimum wage disrupt your business model, I’m going to guess your model is shitty.

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Of course, some typefaces are absolute negatives. Comic Sans, for one, should never be considered, according to the experts we interviewed."Comic Sans was literally created for comic books," Hoff said."In the professional word, it is totally inappropriate," Howie added.Times New Roman, a font praised by high school English teachers across the country, is not so warmly received in the professional world, either."It's telegraphing that you didn't put any thought into the typeface that you selected," Hoff told Bloomberg News earlier this year. "It's like putting on sweatpants."

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(via A Tiny House Fit for the Hamptons - The New York Times)

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It was announced in 2010 that the Georgia World Congress Center, the stadium's operator, is pursuing a new stadium with a retractable roof, to the south of the Georgia Dome. Upon completion of the New Atlanta Stadium in 2017, the Georgia Dome will be demolished to make way for parking to the new stadium.

Georgia Dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frustrating.

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David Reimer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was originally named Bruce, and his identical twin was named Brian. At the age of six months, after concern was raised about how both of them urinated, the boys were diagnosed with phimosis. They were referred for circumcision at the age of seven months. On April 27, 1966, a urologist performed the operation using the unconventional method of cauterization, but the procedure did not go as doctors had planned, and Bruce's penis was burned beyond surgical repair. The doctors chose to not operate on Brian, whose phimosis soon cleared without surgical intervention.

David Reimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This story is beyond messed up. Sadly, I wasn't surprised to read that ultimately, the it ended like this.

#transgender #suicide #psychology #child psychology

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Spokeswoman Jennifer Dohm said that a router problem reduced "network connectivity" for several software applications. "We fixed the router issue, which is enabling us to restore normal functions," she said around midday.

United Airlines Hit by 2nd Massive Grounding in 2 Months - ABC News

I’m quite confident that it unraveled just like this. 

#aviation #south park