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It was a great day for gaming geeks at r/IAmA, featuring Jordan Weisman, who created Shadowrun and MechWarrior, and Sam Hulick, the composer for gaming classics Mass Effect and Baldur’s Gate. (r/IAmA)
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Oh, right, how could I forget: “I am a pedophile, AMA.” (r/iama)
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Signups have begun for RedditGifts’s Arbitrary Day. (r/blog)
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Is smoking a hookah (water pipe) for an hour as bad as draining 200 cigarettes? That’s what the CDC claims, but the science isn’t as conclusive as you’d expect. (r/askscience)
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Gird yourself for some mind-blowing fan conspiracy theories. (r/AskReddit)
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A redditor cop tells Occupy Wall Street protestors how to improve. I like that one of his main pieces of advice seems like such a no-brainer: “Get a permit!” (r/politics)
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What the hell are eigenvalues and eigenvectors? Here’s an explanation a 5-year-old could understand. (r/explainlikeimfive)
Pic of the day: I don’t have a cat, but I’m a storm chaser, so instead I’ll submit this picture of a rope tornado near Russell, Kansas, this past Friday. (/r/pics)
Hottest subreddit: r/JusticePorn (3 days)
Photo by Nigel Howe
