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2,500 | I had a lot of hope when I clicked on the link, however the song is really not my cup of tea. If I hadn't read this post I'd have thought it was a joke song. Sorry. | What do you mean you'd have thought it was a joke song? You're allowed to laugh at it. It's called Stupid Stupid. Anyway, it's cool if it's not your thing - no need to apologise for that. |
2,501 | On "Things Of Beauty", are the rest of the tracks as interesting as "Leva's Polka"? | Nope, they are pretty much just folky tunes. I like Ai, ai taas sattuu the most out of the rest of the album. |
2,502 | >JC had a $100 Million budget (you wouldn't know it from the lack of trailers anywhere) I agree. You almost have to wonder if that isn't a Disney accounting gimmick. Now I won't argue the fact that it had one of the worst marketing campaigns ever for a big budgeted film. | I think the only trailer I saw for it on TV was the spot during the Super Bowl. |
2,503 | Yeah, I got really tired of reading books like this. | You seem like the type of person who shatters their phone screen within the first half year. |
2,504 | How is [this] more damning than [this] [Edit] The last field is Annual Failure Rate. Which shows WD being higher over all than Seagate is. | Considering that Western Digital and Seagate drives are mostly assembled in the same factories now, it doesn't surprise me. I made the decision to switch to only buying HGST HDs after backblaze's report from a few years back showed they were ahead in reliability by a significant margin and Toshiba's drives didn't seem quite as reliable as they used to be. Edit: Honestly though, Seagate *is* in a better position than they were in a few years back. I recall a really high failure rate on their 1TB drives that was due to faulty firmware. |
2,505 | Bluetooth is more convenient than a headphone jack. It's also better on power consumption than a headphone amp (your phone battery will last longer using it than headphone jack to headphones), although that's really a cheat because the receiving device still has to have a headphone amp and it's own battery. | > Bluetooth is more convenient than a headphone jack. No it isn't. |
2,506 | Even T-Mobile isn't unlimited they throttle after a certain point even on unlimited. Tmobile has never officially confirmed this but several users have reported it just google for it. The unfortunate truth is there really is no such thing as unlimited anymore except for edge cases. For example I'm on a corporate "government" rate through my work with vzw. $60/mo for 400 mins m2m nights weekends and unlimited text data this includes insurance and wifi Hotspot. I have a 10mo contract and no ETF. considering vzw doesn't offer unlimited plans anymore I'd say I'm an edge case. I use 40gb/mo minimum. As I tether for work. I've yet to find a better plan on any other carrier. | Tmobile does not throttle on the $80/month or 70$/month unlimited plans, I've heard accounts of people using >100GB without even a word from tmobile. I'm not saying they won't ever cut you off, but it doesn't seem to be at all common as you make it seem. |
2,507 | Gone with the Wind...really? I would have to disagree on that aspect. Even though the parting of Rhett was bitter and left her in dispair, Scarlet returned to the one thing that has remained constant and steadfast throughout her entire life... Tara. She went home where she belonged. | I suppose so. When I first saw it, I was surprised as hell that the movie ended there. I mean you know the line is somewhere in the movie, but I didn't expect it to happen then. |
2,508 | [Idle Processer Utilization Services] It looks like a really good idea, I could stand to make a few dollars a day through it... is there risk that it could be a botnet front or something that I don't want on my computer? | Other redditors seem to have been using it with success. |
2,509 | I'm sorry, child pornography is an absolutely terrible thing, but it is certainly not a big enough reason to hand over my rights to privacy. This is equivalent to the US Postal Service opening your mail and swearing that they're just reading it for references to child pornography but could easily extend that liberty to write down anything in your mail. This should require a warrant. | Gmail isn't a right, it's a private company's service. In the terms of service that you agreed to when you began using it, you gave them full permission to do this kind of protection across your emails. They have every right to do this, and report to the authorities if they so wish. |
2,510 | That would have looked really stupid. I don't think Galactus is really meant for the screen. | Fuck, this thread is full of people with no imagination. |
2,511 | I can't tell you how happy I am with this. I have very strong political opinions, but sometimes I just want to talk about things I'm interested in that aren't politics. Until now the only subreddits I've been able to do that in are /r/Bass and /r/Guitar. | As a non-US citizen, your political stories are interesting, but honestly when I read /r/tech it's not to read them. |
2,512 | Currently taking a break after 500 pages. Long and dense as fuck. Could only do 10 pages a day. | Switch over to the audio book: the narrator is really enthusiastic and he keeps it moving. |
2,513 | More of a remix than a cover, but [My moon my man by Boys Noize] is amazing. | What an amazing song, haven't heard this one in a while. |
2,514 | "I hate Superman because he's too powerful. I love Batman because he can do anything." *facepalms* | Well, for people who say that, it is because Bruce Wayne is a human, albeit extremely rich and smart one, who worked really hard to become what he is. Superman just has these powers, and it's hard to feel sorry for a hero who is pretty much invincible. |
2,515 | I like your explanation! I never thought of it from the family perspective, but you're right- the Hoosiers, the Hoenikkers, etc. By the way, when you say you found it funny, is it 'chuckle' funny, or 'rofl' funny? I thought many of Vonnegut's expressions were amusing, but nothing that made me even giggle. Thank you for making an account (at 6 am!?) to reply :) | There were definitely parts that once I took a minute and reread it and pictured it that if made me chuckle and me and some friends laughed at it pretty hard when I explained it to them. Just the whole thing in general is funny and ridiculous. The phrasing he used for certain things just made it for me. His humor is sometimes hidden, like in S5 he uses the "so it goes" line every time some one dies to break seriousness and really bring the reader back in to an enjoyable story I think. The satirical descriptions are what I think truly makes his books him. His short story's are really good, I love the hypnotist from his short story collection "look at the birdy". |
2,516 | IT DOESN'T! No, I'm just kidding. I'm very bitter. I'm about 30 pages from being done, and I see NOTHING! NOOTTHHINNGG! This has definitely not been my favourite read. I'm unimpressed with DF-W :( | No, you're right...it sucks. It's just another shill-job by /r/books, much like Ender's Game and Snow Crash and all those other bullshit mediocre books that people bend over for in here. |
2,517 | Goyer took a back seat on those. The Nolans pretty much told him to shut the fuck up when writing those. | holy shit really? is there some sort of article i can read? i would very much like to read into this |
2,518 | Would it? I imagine the other end of the connection would time out if it didn't get a response after a while (and you can't really ping it while it's already using it's single bit per second) - not to mention it would take ages just to establish a connection, let alone send the data. At one bit per second. It would take you 8 seconds minimum just to send a single number (if you ONLY had to send the data!) | you could just send the change in temperature, 0 for lower and 1 for higher. steady state tx would be 010101010101...etc |
2,519 | I genuinely hope this is good and not just tarantino's reputation bolstering reviews. | Probably a bit of both. I couldn't believe Django got best screenplay when I walked away thinking the writing was the worst part of the movie. I mean sure the story itself is cool as are the characters, but the plot in the second half kind of gets sloppy. I'm sure they just give it to him because Tarantino is known for his writing. |
2,520 | I would. Much better to see a price and pay it than to think you're going to pay a price but pay way more. | You probably wouldn't. Ticketmaster understands consumer psychology better than you. |
2,521 | Just a little too disjointed and frenetic for me while watching my son and nephew tear around the house screaming, but I can totally get down with good headphones and blackout drapes to have a good sound trip. | Gave it a second listen under headphones; much more melodic and thematic than I gave it credit for in the first listen. |
2,522 | How about, if you see a post titled: 30 Books With Great Twists, **don't read the post**. You basically lose your right to bitch about it because you knew what the post was about. | Read the edit at the bottom please. That's why it's there. |
2,523 | Yeah, but all his songs are just him literally impersonating Ray Charles. He took his same exact singing style, impersonates his voice and even moves like him when he sings. It's a pretty obvious rip off. I like Ray Charles and his music, but his movie was just a pretty standard biopic, I think | how can you say that him impersonating ray charles voice and movement in a movie that his character is ray charles, a "rip off". sorry makes no sense to me. |
2,524 | 451 wasn't mass media confusing the public, it was about a public that chose a culture of ignorance and censorship for themselves, because thinking was hard and scary. | exactly a lot of people think the firefighters are burning the books on behalf of some dictator. but, the books is about how the people want the books burned. Bradbury walked out on a talk at a college because a student tried to argue with him over this point hahah |
2,525 | I was able to install the first ISO of the Windows 10 Tech Preview in VirtualBox when it was first released. I haven't tried any newer updates since, but I would imagine it would still work. | I assume installing should work if you just set the iso to windows 8.1. Otherwise there's no support for the virtualbox drivers in windows 10 IIRC. |
2,526 | Heard about the book before I knew about the movie. DC Comics had a comic called Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew. Capt was a big rabbit whose secret identity was Roger Rabbit, which morphed into R. Rodney Rabbit when they became aware of the book. | Yeah he just made an appearance in Grant Morrison's multiversity run. |
2,527 | So he's going in Iraq so that he can... get back home ? That's really dumb. Here's the problem with our wars to day : it's not about defending our country anymore, those wars are economics war, they the serve the Americain international interests, but those interests aren't for the people. Poor soldiers. I hope this movie will shine a light on that. I'm not anti-war, just anti-stupid-wars-like-the-ones-we-fight-today. | >So he's going in Iraq so that he can... get back home ? The whole point went right over your head. When you get ordered to a combat zone, all you care about is surviving, you dont care about the politics, or mission, you care about getting you and your friends home safe. >Here's the problem with our wars to day. If you think that this is the first time in history that wars have been fought for economic gain then you need to do a little more research. All wars have some basis in serving international/national interest. |
2,528 | Did you even real the article? The NSA installs back doors into them when the drives are sent to specific people. By intercepting the packages. They don't come with NSA back doors by default. | So you really think the majority or redditors read the articles before starting the circle jerk? |
2,529 | I'd gladly get rid of all this. I'm simply stuck with my non-Android phone right now. | I just wish I could actually uninstall it without rooting. That fucking 'disable' button is easily they most infuriating thing that's ever been on my phone and I beat Super Hexagon on this thing. |
2,530 | It's a simple book for simple people. She makes sure you don't miss anything but there's not much to miss. An average author that plays the much needed role of the exotic genius; the fact that she's not exotic or a genius is irrelevant. | I'm glad to know that someone else feels the same way. I started reading it since it was "One Book, One New York's" chosen book, but it's such a slog. The stabs at wit aren't particularly funny and the characters aren't particularly complex. |
2,531 | Yeah, they don't really need to sing well because of the style. Same goes for Johnny Foreigner and the late Danananananaykroyd. | One could debate forever as to what is good singing if they were so inclined. I think a lot of singers suck. I actually like a lot of singers that most would dismiss. Thats my preference. |
2,532 | I also prefer the American audio books. Jim Dale does so well capturing the characters that I started to hear his voice while I read the books. Sorry, Stephen Fry. | The American audio books (and print books) have small edits to make certain British cultural references make more sense to us, and for the most part they're good, although the change from 'Philosopher's Stone' to 'Sourceror's Stone' is famously unnecessary. |
2,533 | This isn't kodak, they don't exist anymore. Their name was bought by someone and they are now dticking their name to a phone. | Was a very obscure reference to Newsroom. Kodak is Sloan's pet stock. |
2,534 | A Farewell to Arms completely broke mine. The whole thing was so depressingly predictable and yet when the end came I was still completely unprepared. It left me wanting to punch Hemingway for being so cruel. However... the emotion I felt in response to the events mirrors those of how the protagonist feels towards god and that's why it is such a brilliant book. | [I don't think this could ever be more relevant] ##***Spoilers for the book ending*** |
2,535 | Lastpass is closed source, so I wouldn't trust it. Errors in their security methods, or downright password syphoning, can't be caught by any code reviewers. KeePass is opensource – you, or coders far smarter than you and I, can review the code and ensure it's safe, secure, and nasty-free. | If you are worried about Lastpass, then use their non-binary extension. It's 100% javascript which you (or coders far smarter than you or I) can review. |
2,536 | What websites or hashtags on social media sites you follow to get up to date information about technology? ​ I can find a lot of websites, do you read multiple sites or just one? Perhaps you follow only hashtags and read most important subjects? ​ I am struggling with the information overwhelm and would like to find a pattern where I could get the most important info out of it. | i used to use google news for finding all the tech news one place. and reddit also good source of tech info check the list of tech subreddits |
2,537 | A Most Violent Year isn't about gangsters or the mafia though | It features a world with gangsters and organized crime as an ongoing theme for the whole movie, not to mention the similarity drawn to The Godfather |
2,538 | Actually, that is exactly what it means. Chase will spend millions getting this setup and working but will see very little return as only their customers will be able to use it. However they will make it difficult and full of fees so even their customers will eventually realize it sucks. Then 2-3 years from now we'll see the post about how Chase is shutting down their system. | Chase quickpay isn't exclusive to chase customers, so I'm guessing this won't be either. |
2,539 | > The jury had earlier decided that Apple incorporated patented microchip technology into some iPhones and iPads without permission. > (...) > The case relates to use of the technology in the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus - but an additional lawsuit making the same claim against Apple's newest models, the 6S and 6S Plus, has also been filed. It was posted elsewhere in this thread that [this] was the patent found to be infringed. | I don't even blame apple for doing this. It's a logical next step in branch prediction that just happens to infringe upon a patent thats barely innovative if at all. It may have seemed like a unique idea in 1996 when that patent was filed, but by now any company worth their money should have at least pondered a similar system. It's basically like the processor made a mistake and we used to just deal with it but this patent says lets put that shit in a table so we don't do it again. It's so basic, I bet the majority of modern processors implement something like this by now. |
2,540 | Isn't 100 million development cost pretty cheap compared to say, developing a new car for mass production? | It needs chains to not fall over.. At that price I'd expect the thing to be able to go for a run. |
2,541 | **The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen** I'm really enjoying it so far! Chip is a really fascinating character, definitely not what I expected going in. Can't wait to keep reading! | One of my favorite novels. I read it every year in Thanksgiving weekend. So, I'm currently quite excited. Have you finished it? What'd you think? |
2,542 | I've stated before in this sub, but it's crazy to me that people actually have images in their head of what a character looks like. In just about every book I've read, I just gloss over the characters appearance, as it is usually not important to the story at all. The only one that really comes to mind is Rand in WoT. That may be because it's beaten into my eyes over and over and over that he has red hair. | Same, I have a vague impression of them, but no solid image and I like it that way. |
2,543 | My friends always tell me that The Killers are trash compared to what they used to be and I always defend with, "Well it's really hard to make a better album than the greatest album in existence." Hot Fuss is **the** greatest album of the last 20 years. Or at least that's how I feel, and you ain't changing my mind. | there's a phrase for that, one they should be familiar with given they're based in Las Vegas---stop while you're ahead. :/ then again, it would be hard for the members to find any other kind of jobs, so maybe it's for the best they keep doing this for as long as possible. |
2,544 | Never seen the movie myself though I have seen this clip before. I think if I had gone to the theater to see it I would of likely walked out. I really don't know what they were thinking, but this is actually embarrassing to watch. | There must have been a lot of parents in the theaters rolling their eyes, I'm sure |
2,545 | I'm looking for novels with a female protagonist (the more female characters, the better) but no romance. Not just simply a book whose focus is not romance - a book with no romance at all. I'm open to any genre. | The girl with the Dragon tattoo by stig Larson..... There is a bit of romance... But it's mostly background.. Not very noteworthy... It's a thriller... |
2,546 | The FBI wouldn't need Apple if that was all it took. | That could take hours, days, even weeks. The fbi wants apple to give them a backdoor that gives them access in seconds. |
2,547 | Along with Bob Dylan (you know who that is, right?) he is one of the defining singer songwriters of his era, he also was a writer before he turned to music. In my opinion he was deserving the Nobel more than Dylan was (I don't like anything Dylan had done). He also is known for his very distinctive voice that he gained as he got older. He lost most of his range which wasn't great to begin with, but instead gained rather amazing voice on par with Tom Waits. He is well known for the music, but what really sets him apart is his lyrics and poetry. As you might notice from this thread as everyone is quoting him. | The quotes are what have been throwing me off, I'm like wtf I* don't recognize any of these quotes |
2,548 | Finally someone that agrees. I've never understood the hype when it comes to her | It's not hype. She's legitimately the biggest artist in the world. |
2,549 | There's certainly plenty of material to go off of. I would love it, but since the whole overarching story is is about whether there's a point to life and what that might be, and then the ending is like "Yes, yes there is a reason! A glorious hopeful reaso- JUST KIDDING FUCK YOU", would be kinda depressing. But, hey, people are more open to that now adays. | Am I really the only one who doesn't mind movies like that? Finally its a twist / different outcome. I'm tired of the same predictable boring movies and endings. That is like half the reason I liked the movie red state. It makes the story that much more relatable and real. |
2,550 | If you're out of money, and you're not paid til the first, it's going to be a LONG month. | Still very awkwardly phrased and nonsensical in its context. |
2,551 | Ignorance at its best. Tell me and real time collaboration are not fucking worthwhile. And those are only two immediate examples. | They’re not worthwhile if you’re not collaborating. And, there are much better ways to collaborate in real time than Microsoft word which has got to be the hands down worst way. |
2,552 | Why not Fincher? Maybe because they want a successful *franchise*, and when Fincher was used to kick-off another franchise (starting with ***The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo***) --they lost over 50-million dollars. And his "Gump," the film the studio thought would be a popular blockbuster, ***The Curious Case of Benjamin Button***, didn't break even. ***Zodiac*** lost 45-million bucks. ***Panic Room*** broke even. ***Fight Club*** lost 20-million bucks. You may like him, but he's not a surefire "hit maker." | _Gone Girl_ was a solid hit. _Dragon Tattoo_ didn't gross enough foreign, I think quite possibly because of Euro provincialism about being outclassed by an American master. Paramount/Dreamworks spent out the ass on _Benjamin Button_, that movie was never going into profit no matter who's name was on it. (and, in my opinion, its not a very interesting movie, but its a woman's picture, so male opinion is kind of irrelevant) Paramount also shuffled and essentially fucked the US release of _Zodiac_. _Panic Room_ came out in the shadow of 9/11. The drama surrounding _Fight Club_ is well known by now. ...and the entire discussion is dumb- why would Fincher want to spend years of his life on a fucking superhero movie? |
2,553 | If you didn't enjoy the movie you also might not enjoy the book. The dialogue in the movie is quite accurate to what you can expect from the book, very straightforward and matter-of-fact, very droll and soul-crushingly sad at parts. There's some scenes missing from the movie including one extremely intense scene that I suppose was too much for Hollywood. I read the book after the movie (though I'm biased because I passionately enjoyed both) and felt that I left with a much better understanding of the story and theme but wish of course that I had read the book first. I recommend it. | Thanks. I thought the story wasn't explained very well in the movie and felt a bit rushed/choppy in parts. Plus, no offense to the kid, but I thought he was a horrible actor. Just really annoying throughout the whole thing. I love Viggo though, he's the reason I watched it in the first place. But back to the book: I'm still undecided. If I do read it it won't be for a while yet. |
2,554 | How was he tortured his entire life? If you mean his accidents, those were from adventures and from recklessness and from covering wars. He lived a full and happy life. He killed himself because his health started declining and his 4th wife pushed him into electroshock therapy, which destroyed his ability to write. He was asked to write some of JFK's inauguration speech and he couldn't write a sentence. If you were one of the great American writers who found himself unable to write a sentence, you'd kill yourself too. Maybe read the man's biography before wallowing in baseless pity. | I meant the electroshock when I talked about torture as well as some of the stuff the CIA did |
2,555 | A number of physicists I respect have said that the D-Wave is not really a Quantum Computer. It can’t run Shor’s algorithm (for factoring primes) for instance. I’m really not clear on what the D-Wave machine is supposed to be good for even if it works as advertised. Anyone have any positive links that aren’t breathless Quantum-all-the-things!!!11!! PR guff from the company itself? | > It can’t run Shor’s algorithm (for factoring primes) for instance. Is there really any machine out there that can do that now? If there is, we're fucked, right? |
2,556 | doesn't he want to be top billing and the only name on the marquee ? hubris is a helluva drug | Uh, Kate Winslet, Kiera Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Edward Norton are in this one. |
2,557 | Brave is more Young Adult vs Senior Adult than Man vs Himself. Brave is about two people, not one person. | The conflict at the climax was Merida having to admit that she was wrong, it was all her fault, etc. It was about her coming to terms with herself. |
2,558 | Not sure if it will help, but reading "Life of Pi" had quite an effect on me. | Excellent, thank you for the recommendation. I'll pick it up. |
2,559 | Another theme Christopher Nolan's posters use is the upwards building shot - [Batman Begins] [The Dark Knight. ] [The Dark Knight Rises] Of there are also lots building shots in the Inception posters. | For Batman it makes sense, Gotham is as much a part of the mythos as Alfred or the Batmobile. |
2,560 | Good. Now we have to make damned sure Congress doesn't overturn it. Get out and vote next election, folks, and make it clear that nobody that doesn't support net neutrality stands any chance at getting into office. | That's the opposite of what was going on. There was a republican-led bill in the works that would have enforced net neutrality rules via legislation without giving the FCC all the additional power that comes with reclassifying broadband as title II. |
2,561 | Did he also try to promote Linux? Or was it just a *generic* anti-Microsoft shitlord? | Haha, definitely promoting Linux. Don't get me wrong, I work for fucking Red Hat. I'm all about Linux. But Microsoft isn't some cartoon villain :p |
2,562 | Yeah guys he is just insulting a bunch of people and moving on, just forget about it | If my opinion insults, then that is those people's problem. I have a right to my opinion. |
2,563 | I think the only real chance anyone would learn anything, is if lenovo sales tank so hard they go bankrupt. To be fair, its what they deserve for a breach of trust of this magnitude, and hopefully it would teach other companies just how bad this is. Im still staggered by the idea they would sell their customers privacy in its entirety, and then get so little for it. I'd like to see some legal ramifications, but it would seem big companies with money don't have to obey any laws. | > I think the only real chance anyone would learn anything, is if lenovo sales tank so hard they go bankrupt. I don't know about that. If they really made only a quarter million from this deal, even a small dip in sales means they had a net loss from this debacle. That's the sort of thing companies tend to notice. |
2,564 | As an avid fan of King & Barker, as well as classic horror and yearly horror compendiums... The scariest book I've ever read is "The Taking" by Dean Koontz. Dean Koontz is not usually a scary writer, on rereading, the book loses a lot of it's scare. However, that first time I had to keep reading (until around 5 AM) because the book had to resolve, as I was too freaked out to sleep! | I had to put mine in the freezer the first time I read it. |
2,565 | That's actually pretty speedy compared to most I believe. * Average: 263.57 days. * Median: 215 days. * Minimum: 1 day (1 - H.J.Res.131: "Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes," a government shutdown stopgap) * Maximum: 712 (3 - two Post Office namings and the template for the "Cromnibus") [Source] 148 days is pretty speedy but things do tend to speed up close to the end of the term. Everyone's trying to get their assignments in on time. | The 27th amendment took 202 years to wrap up and get moved along. |
2,566 | You rated all three of the Bourne movies 10/10, but don't think Shawshank is up to snuff... | It was my favorite movie at one point, not going to lie. But it didnt take the rewatching. all of the other 10/10 movies i have watched multiple times and they are just as good. Some like Fight Club just get better. Its a matter of taste, and i also think The Shawshank Redemption as the nr1 best movie on iMDB, kinda overrated. but its still a very good movie. |
2,567 | I feel like there has to be a better word for it than "tank". That's not at all what I pictured when I read the title. | ATQ - all-terrain quadcopter. Also, next step is making it have positive buoyancy and self-righting in water. |
2,568 | If Android was GPL, wouldn't manufacturers have to release the source code for their versions of Android, meaning it probably wouldn't be as popular as it is now? | Not necessarily - they could add proprietary extensions under a different license. Linux does a similar thing with proprietary drivers in the kernel. |
2,569 | Except the problems are institutional in nature. There's more than enough direct evidence of cases where police leadership and officers acting together acted against the public interest, whether by covering up crimes committed by fellow officers (DUIs, for example), promoting a culture of violence (Albuquerque), or attacking fellow offers for speaking out. When the problems are general, it's fair to make generalizations. It's a myth that bad experiences are simply anecdotes of no value and not evidence of a rotten institution. If you'd prefer to hear "the police force is bad" and not "the officers are bad" then so be it, but keep in mind that officers both good and bad can do an equally good job of maintaining injustice and violence. | If you're talking about the Ferguson police department I would agree. If you are talking about the police department of the town I live in and the town I work in, then I completely disagree. |
2,570 | ... wait, does he really jerk him off in the movie? | No, he jerks off himself. That's the literally jerking off. The figurative jerking off with DiCaprio is the two of them improvising unfunny scenes that feel like they are going on deep into my mid-30's. |
2,571 | I meant it as it was something originally advertised as part of the functionality. The whole point is their trying to push you into a chromecast when it worked previously. And trust me, when you have 3 different devices plugged in, yes, it is convenient. Plus, its a great way to rick roll roommates whilst they're watching SVU on Netflix or asleep on the couch. | > their trying to. *they're (contraction of "they are," not possessive) > its a great way. *it's (contraction of "it is," not possessive) |
2,572 | I got downvoted to oblivion on Hacker News for daring to suggest that Apple was better off staying dependent on Google's maps instead of trying to reinvent the wheel and ending up with a triangle. I'm all for competition, but Apple would've been much better off starting with, say, OpenStreetMap than trying to roll their own thing with TomTom (seriously, of all fucking prospective partners, they went with the one that had been irrelevant for, like, a decade). | Anything Apple added to their copy of OSM would have to be shared back. So them sending out their laser scanning cars world wide for likely over 100 million dollars would have added all that data to everyone else. Not worth the investment if they can’t own it. |
2,573 | There was a bestof front page post yesterday about the true nature of evil. The gist of it was that evil is when an ordinary person becomes so certain that they are right that they feel justified in judging all the people they think are wrong. So for your sake, I hope you're just trolling. Cause otherwise, your dead certainty on something that is so obviously subjective comes across as a little bit... evil. | Oh stop with that shit. By that logic nothing is good and nothing is bad, publishers and editors shouldn't exist and 50 shades of grey is just as good as 100 years of solitude. Literary criticism exists, it's a thing. All writers aren't equally good. Bad argument. |
2,574 | I was just talking to my friends about Queen and we all agreed that they are better than the Beatles. Completely fact based, non-opinionated conclusions were made. | I'd be interested to hear the scientific process behind that one... haha |
2,575 | never, christian home, I saw my first rated are movie at 13, it was the matrix and it was at a friends house. | I'm from a Christian household and the first R rated movie I saw was also the Matrix and I was like 10. We've moved past ratings now and I see pretty much any movie I can get my hands on. They trust me to be moral. |
2,576 | He took control of a company on its last legs and turned it into one of the most successful companies alive. | He was good with business for suere. Not sure how much he was actually innovating or just shopping in Asia for hardware parts. We can at least agree that he did drive the apple stock way up. |
2,577 | Maybe they could pay you overseas rates? Oh waiiiiit it's only suitable to pay other people shit wages. | Shit wages here are not necessarily shit wages there. And hell, $30 an hour would make me happy. |
2,578 | as long as it has a culture associated with it. | Might be hard to prove the negative, when it comes to Pratchett. His fans are a culture all their own. |
2,579 | Speaker for the Dead. I was 12, Ender's Game had quickly become my favorite book. The only book I ever flew through in one sitting. Picked up Speaker for the Dead and got about halfway through and gave up. Returned to it 12 years later and realized that it wasn't so much "beyond my intellectual understanding" as it was just flat out boring. | I can see how you don't like speaker compared to Ender since they are like two completely different entities, especially as a child. I couldn't really imagine any young children liking Speaker after reading Ender's Game. But I am very surprised you still disliked it years later. For me speaker is my favorite book of all time. The world Card creates is just plain mind blowing and immersive. Uncovering the story behind the Piggies' murders was great. Did you ever read any of the other Ender's saga books. I would recommend Ender's Shadow. It is essentially Ender's Game part 2. |
2,580 | Simple solution: ** [Flattr]**. Pay the author, editor and anyone else you feel is worthy. The genuinely deserving aren't the problem; it's the greed of print publishers who refuse to understand their business model doesn't translate to the digital era. | fuck yes. Those accountants and marketers and secretaries and janitors and security guards and factory workers and copyeditors don't deserve a cent of my money! What have they contributed to writing and marketing and securing and publishing and selling the book?! The writers wouldn't have been successful without all of these employees of the "big fat evil corporation". It's illogical to believe that only the writers and editors deserve the money |
2,581 | I agree that they've got some impressive tech here. However, I think they're aiming at the wrong purchaser -- this kind of platform would be great for the US Coast Guard. Ignore the "stealth" angle; the thing is going to be too noisy on sonar/international seismometers with that prop+supercavitation setup -- the stability combined with the speed/weight ratio sounds very promising. Of course, the struts are a significant safety concern; they can't really fix that issue, but the last thing you want is to be slicing up people/things you're attempting to rescue. | That kind of flies in the face of the entire goal of the project. Dude said that it was all specifically designed for stealth. Their main concern isn't rescuing people. It's a small attack boat designed for what will likely be targeted stealth strikes on enemy personnel, bases, and hard targets such as infrastructure. |
2,582 | I've never heard of an Aluminum-Air Battery before. It sounds... interesting: It's not a rechargeable battery, but it *is* recyclable, which is better than nothing. Still, from what I've been reading (beyond the wiki article), it isn't a *strong* battery, and would only be feasible in smaller, lighter craft. It might work out for something along the lines of an ultralight or (possibly) a very small personal aircraft, but I can't imagine it would ever be feasible for anything larger or utilized in a wider use of vehicles. | **Aluminium–air battery** Aluminium–air batteries (Al–air batteries) produce electricity from the reaction of oxygen in the air with aluminium. They have one of the highest energy densities of all batteries, but they are not widely used because of problems with high anode cost and byproduct removal when using traditional electrolytes. This has restricted their use to mainly military applications. However, an electric vehicle with aluminium batteries has the potential for up to eight times the range of a lithium-ion battery with a significantly lower total weight. *** ^[ [^PM] ^| [^Exclude ^me] ^| [^Exclude ^from ^subreddit] ^| [^FAQ ^/ ^Information] ^| [^Source] ^] ^Downvote ^to ^remove ^| ^v0.22 |
2,583 | I'm waiting for Christian fundamental terrorists to run around at parties remotely disabling other womens contraceptives. | And then get upset at the sudden increase in abortion rates. |
2,584 | I always confuses me that you don't have assigned seats in the US. | You wouldn't see as many records being broken in domestic box office sales with assigned seats in every theater. No movie is going to have a sold out show because anyone in their right mind who sees only crap seats are left will opt for another show time instead of buying a ticket. I've never been to a sold out showing at the IMAX I go to that has reserved seats, while the IMAX that is first come first serve does sell out because you don't know you'll be in a bad seat until you're sitting in the seat and you're already there at that point. |
2,585 | Ah! The weekly thread about Ayn Rand. It must be a Monday! =-} | Has the schedule been updated when I wasn't looking? I though this block was scheduled for Vonnegut discussion... |
2,586 | I really believe that Imagine Dragons is becoming the new Nickleback in the eyes of the public. Although musicly they are better than Nickleback. | I think Nickelback is better musicly as they don't write the same two songs every damn time. |
2,587 | The Book Thief. I am at fault because I was 1/4 through it before I realized it was a YA book, decided to power through anyway because I always hold onto the expectation of "it'll get better any page now." Sometimes I exhibit astounding levels of cluelessness. | I read it right before the original hype came out for it. I remember thinking it was an interesting concept but overall just okay as a novel and donating it. When I went on book forums and so everyone blowing up about how amazing it was I was just so confused. I don't get it. |
2,588 | Oh wow! Another Sarah Dessen fan! Hi :) | Indeed, hello! You're the first redditor I've met who has read one of her books. |
2,589 | no, john nolan hooked up with jesse's girlfriend which caused jesse to leave | Yes, and then Lazzara later screwed over Nolan's sister, prompting Nolan's departure. Or so the rumor goes. |
2,590 | I thought "Up" was incredibly overrated. I could not bring myself to care about that damn bird. It was cute and kind of funny, but it wasn't something that could drive a story for me. | Haha I completely forgot about the bird. I guess that speaks to the impact he had on me in the film |
2,591 | Back in school a friend of mine submitted the whole of that song as a poem in English class. This was '95 so the teacher had no clue it was someone else's work (ie, no google). My friend got an A. | Heh! A mate did the same in ’97ish with an ancient U2 b-side. No recollection which one, but it was evidently convincingly teenage-sounding; he also got an A. |
2,592 | Brother, your music taste makes me wish I knew you in person so I could buy you a beer and shake your hand. Seeing Tycho pretty soon here for the fourth time. Favorite artist of all time. His music is life-changing...at least for me. Here is my chillout master list (rough draft) for those who enjoy that tone. BoC. Bonobo. Thievery Corporation. RJD2. Groove Armada. Royksopp. Com Truise. FC Kahuna. Emancipator. Helios. Shapeshifter. General Fuzz. The Inner Banks. Liquid Soul. Noiseshaper. Jon Kennedy. Tipper. General Midi. Album Leaf. Little People. Zero 7. Sunlounger. Air. Telepopmusik. Phaelah. The Deadbeats. Nightmares on wax. ORG Lounge. J-Walk. Eastern Sun. Reporter. Wax Tailor. Mute Math. Stars of the Lid | I listen to Tycho almost every day to combat this Houston traffic...your music list reads like my day to day playlist! Are you seeing him at Free Press? Ever heard of Yppah? Houston native, on Ninja Tune. Not bad. You might like. :-) |
2,593 | The second verse of this song is seriously so heavy | The whole thing got to me since a lot of his stuff is very light hearted and jokey. Plus the hook is great. |
2,594 | Overall I liked the movie. It had its flaws but I still found it enjoyable. However I was hoping someone could clear up two scenes for me. First off was the masturbation scene suppose to be some sort of metaphor or was it just something they do in bangkok. Also the part were Julian stick his hand into the corpse, why did he do that? Just curious to see if anyone picked up on these two things I clearly missed. | If you're talking to the masturbation scene with Mai, I think Julian didn't like using his hands for pleasure as he's only done bad things with them, which is another reason why she ties them up. As far as the corpse thing though, Im not sure. |
2,595 | Neg, 1 hour-2hrs away from KAF, stands for spin boldak. It was like 2k away from the pak border | ....I am an idiot, thought I clicked edit on my original post. Edit: as for my unit, I was in a relatively small one so in the interest of keeping my anonymity please feel free to shoot me a PM, I'm always up for bullshitting with another vet, esp one that deployed to the same area |
2,596 | Cliff Mass is a well known Pacific Northwest weatherman and climate professor who wrote this book: And he writes a popular blog too: | Ooh, I'll tuck this away in case I move to the Pacific Northwest (which I very well might). |
2,597 | I love you. Whatever and ever amen is a masterpiece. | It was a formative album for me. To this day I can still turn it on and be taken right back to high-school. |
2,598 | How is this hippie propaganda tech news? How about a real news source? Solar will never be a match for fossil fuels anyway. It's a wonder to me that anyone wastes money or attention on it. It's just a liberal scam that results in us falling behind with oil extraction technology. Meanwhile the terrorists are winning while we're forced to buy real energy from the middle East. Unregulated domestic oil is the only way we're going to stay ahead of the game. Not wasting money on hippie mirror arrays in the desert. | I can't tell if this is a novelty account or just an idiot. |
2,599 | When Coffee Lake CPUs came out they required a new motherboard, even though they still used the same CPU socket as the previous generation. Intel claimed it was necessary, consumers saw it as another example of Intel nickel and diming their customers. Intel implemented software changes to specifically prevent the use of Coffee Lake CPUs on these older boards, but these have now been bypassed with some hackery (at least in some cases). | The write up seemed to indicate that only two sets of microcode flavors could be supported at a time. Only two processor families can be supported per BIOS. There might be size limitations for how much microcode can be loaded. |
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