| | The NYTimes Had a Mistake on Its Front Page Every Day for More Than a Century (futilitycloset.com) |
| 4 points by coloneltcb on Jan 15, 2014 | past |
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| | Skin Deep (futilitycloset.com) |
| 3 points by ColinWright on Jan 2, 2014 | past |
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| | Required Reading (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by co_pl_te on Dec 18, 2013 | past |
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| | Immortal Truth (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by llambda on Aug 1, 2013 | past |
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| | The Puzzle of the Self-Torturer (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by colinprince on July 30, 2013 | past |
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| | Niels Bohr - Gunslinger (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by ColinWright on June 18, 2013 | past | 1 comment |
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| | Narcissus Prime (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by ColinWright on March 31, 2013 | past |
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| | A killer problem from the entrance exams to Moscow State University (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by jtanderson on Jan 23, 2013 | past |
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| | Reputation (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by robmil on Dec 4, 2012 | past |
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| | The paradox of the second ace. (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by ColinWright on Oct 17, 2012 | past |
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| | Racter: a 1980s, oddly (randomly) profound "AI" (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by robmil on Aug 16, 2012 | past | 1 comment |
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| | Work Smarter, Not Harder (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by benwr on June 16, 2012 | past |
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| | Art and Commerce (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by bane on May 8, 2012 | past |
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| | The Halting Problem explained in the style of Dr. Seuss (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by inklesspen on March 28, 2012 | past |
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| | Narcissus Prime (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by wglb on March 12, 2012 | past |
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| | Analysis of Body Position of Cattle Using Google Earth (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by m_for_monkey on Feb 14, 2012 | past | 1 comment |
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| | No Thanks (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by m_for_monkey on Feb 4, 2012 | past |
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| | The decreasing calculated value of Pi predicts the end of the World by 4646 A.D (futilitycloset.com) |
| 3 points by frr149 on Sept 2, 2011 | past |
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| | Mistaken Identity (futilitycloset.com) |
| 4 points by paulgerhardt on April 29, 2011 | past |
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| | Joe Armstrong's 2000 patent application (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by davesailer on March 22, 2011 | past |
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| | Two islands in a lake on an island in a lake (futilitycloset.com) |
| 3 points by splattne on March 12, 2011 | past | 1 comment |
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| | Applied Chemistry | Futility Closet (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by johndcook on Feb 20, 2011 | past |
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| | Can a Ship Sail Faster Than the Wind? (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by Adrock on Dec 22, 2010 | past | 1 comment |
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| | Happenstance (futilitycloset.com) |
| 15 points by __Rahul on Dec 12, 2010 | past | 10 comments |
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| | Placebo buttons (futilitycloset.com) |
| 4 points by wdaher on Nov 7, 2010 | past |
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| | The Wow Signal (futilitycloset.com) |
| 1 point by shawndumas on Oct 8, 2010 | past |
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| | Magic 13x13 Square (futilitycloset.com) |
| 5 points by wyclif on Aug 16, 2010 | past |
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| | Before the Facebook Login page was the Woolworth ID (futilitycloset.com) |
| 2 points by hernan7 on May 28, 2010 | past |
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| | An 1892 Easter Egg (futilitycloset.com) |
| 7 points by nobody_nowhere on March 8, 2010 | past |
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| | Perfect example of real-life hacking (futilitycloset.com) |
| 208 points by ph0rque on Feb 26, 2010 | past | 41 comments |
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