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termbin.com - terminal pastebin

There is only one thing you need to use this service - netcat.

• netcat
• pastebin
• software

Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy

Growing up with autism is a never-ending series of lessons in how people without autism expect the rest of the world to relate to them.

• autism
• empathy
• feminism

Paul Bloom: Against Empathy [Boston Review]

Most people see the benefits of empathy as too obvious to require justification. This is a mistake.

• book
• empathy
• paulbloom
• psychology

Sir Mix-a-Lot: "Baby Got Back" Has Made Over $100M (YouTube)

The story behind the song and its making.

• feminism
• interview
• sirmixalot

Glow-in-the-dark Rubber Chicken

The body is somewhere in the neighborhood of chartreuse, and the feet, beak, eyes, wattle and comb are forest green. Yes, you read that right: glow-in-the-dark.

• deadchicken
• glowinthedark
• magicchicken
• sciplus

A Teenager’s View on Social Media (Backchannel@Medium)

Written by an actual teen

• facebook
• social
• socialnetwork
• twitter

A woman named Marijuana plays it straight - and wins

No one named Marijuana Pepsi gets lost in the crowd.

• names

What’s wrong with the Raspberry Pi

and this all is really just the tip of the iceberg...

• consideredharmful
• dontgetmestarted
• raspi

Back to the Future Prequel Trailer: 1.21 Gigawatts on Vimeo

Back to the Future prequel that explores Doc's shady dealings with the Libyan terrorist group.

• backtothefuture
• cleanenergy
• fanfic
• movie
• prequel
• trailer

Mr. Rogers's Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Kids (The Atlantic)

Freddish anticipated the ways its listeners might misinterpret what was being said.

• communication
• education
• freddish
• language
• mrrogers

The tooth fairy economy

Although the price of a tooth has risen faster than inflation since 1998, the average under-the-pillow payout is a fairly reliable indicator of the S&P 500…

• economics
• mythology
• toothfairy

SHTOX: the spinning ornamental whisky glass

• glass
• glasswork
• whisky

Licensing Code Fragments in Your Blog – It Really Does Matter (Bruce Perens)

• copyright
• licensing
• programming

How Do Those Plastic Rings Get Into The Ocean?

• ecology
• wtf

Plan for Your Kid's After-School Meltdown 

When kids are forced to keep it together for such a long stretch of time, sitting criss-cross-applesauce and waiting their turns and following the social norms of the day, the moment they get a chance to break, they do. (For better or worse, you are their safe place to collapse.)

• parenting
• school

XEP-0392: Consistent Color Generation

a set of algorithms to consistently generate colors given a string, correction for color vision deficiencies, and adapting the color for specific background colors

• color
• generative
• vision
• xep
• xmpp

The Game Dork's Gaming Corner: Dinosaur Tea Party

a little like the game `Guess Who?', but with some extra mechanics to make it better in all the ways it needs to be better.

• dinosaurs
• game
• tea

Accessing the system clipboard (Vim Tips Wiki)

Vim offers the + and * registers to reference the system clipboard…

• clipboard
• vim

Nobody's Fool

`Bill Griffith’s artistic investigation into the real life of Schlitzie Surtees… heartbreaking and poignant… gorgeous and tragic, a warts-and-all exploration of how this country has treated those with disabilities and challenges… the ephemerality of fame… the nature of exploitation, acceptance, and quality of life…'

• book
• comic
• griffy
• zippy

Mender: open source OTA software & firmware updates for embedded Linux

• mender
• swupdate