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• Commented on Blackest material ever created. Again.
  In Dutch, "De Dood" means "Death". It seems Dr. Michiel de Dood was born to be black....
• Commented on BookArmy: a last.fm for books
  It can't be a coincidence that Cory is now at the top of the Featured Authors' list :)....
• Commented on Book of bad tattoos
  Gheh, I'm not familiar with Bob Barker. I thought the guy in that tattoo was Nelson Mandela....
• Commented on Social Networking map of the world
  I don't really follow how Bebo can be the biggest in Europe when only Ireland is coloured 'Bebo-green'? Fitting colour though, heh....
• Commented on Vpro Gids cover
  Nice piece (and nice translation!). By the way, the VPRO gids is a TV guide magazine by a Dutch television network. They also do quite well in making shows available online....
• Commented on AI learns to play Ms Pac Man
  The difference between RL and traditional AI is that in RL the agent is supposed to find the optimal strategy on its own (ie. without a programmer telling him to go up or down for specific situations). The agent...
• Commented on Netherlands bans magic mushrooms
  There was also some talk of imposing a three-day cooldown period between buying the mushrooms and actually getting them. This should help reduce the risk of thrillseeking tourists doing stupid stuff while on schrooms (and drunk and stoned at the...