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4,800 | I understand what you mean, after rewatching the Avengers i can't get the feeling that it's not a made for tv movie with a big ass budget, might sound stupid. I for one was completely enthralled by Boyhood because it was such a relatable watch and i found it to be very well crafted, to each their own and maybe you like his next movie the same way I adored Boyhood, and maybe I won't like his next. Who knows! :D | >might sound stupid. It does. Regardless how you feel about the movie, you can't deny that it has a very high production value. |
4,801 | No, just not biased and know the psychology of abuse rather intimately. I rather wait and know for sure. If all you've got is your feelings to make an unknown into a claim, then you have nothing substantial. | > I rather wait and know for sure. We do know for sure. All the evidence shows she lied repeatedly and she provided absolutely no evidence for her claims. At this point you're either an existentialist or deluded to claim "we don't know". Because by your logic we can literally **never** know. Which is not how this works. |
4,802 | Local bookstores flourished for hundreds of years. Obviously this was before the internet. With the internet comes Amazon, able to sell things more cheaply, which people supported, creating a quasi-monopoly on the bookselling industry that allowed them to bully publishers - a power no bookstore was able to wield before. Now, we have a single multinational corporation pushing influence in the realm of what ideas get published, all because they offered things more cheaply and were propped up by people who bought from them. When we clean up the math: Amazon, through consumerism, is now wielding undue influence in the publishing industry. But OMG WHO CARES I get the latest Stephen King a couple bucks cheaper! | You don't have any sources, facts or numbers to back up those claims. |
4,803 | I feel like this is a bit blown out of proportion because its a story about womens rights from the huffington post. | This is fabricated outrage. Outside of this very subreddit nobody on Reddit gives two squirts of piss about book availability in public libraries. Of course a popular book is going to be checked out. They doesn't mean we have an emergency and need millions more copies on the library shelves. What percentage of people under 30 even have a library card? Amazon will be happy to sell you a copy for $9. And if that is out of your price range, which is bullshit to start with, then go to ebay or half.com or ask for a copy on facebook from your 100+ "friends". |
4,804 | I'm doing my voter registration drive today and tomorrow for the states that have a deadline coming up this weekend. I'm posting to each state's (or city's) subreddit. Wish me luck! | I've noticed. I am right behind you voting them up;-) |
4,805 | Even the persons cellphone has the updated cgi on it. Well done. | No way? They did the job they were trained and paid to do?! |
4,806 | Listen to the first few Genesis albums. Nursery Crimes, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is some of the most inventive drumming I've heard. | And to be more specific, tracks like Dancing with the Moonlit Knight on Selling England by the Pound, and songs like Musical Box, Return of the Giant Hogweed and The Fountain of Salmacis on Nursery Cryme. Fun drums on those tracks. But then again, Gabriel-era Genesis is some of my favorite rock music. |
4,807 | Didn't they title it Batman vs. Superman because everyone was calling it that anyway? | I thought it was Batman vs. Superman originally, and then they tacked on the Dawn of Justice part. I don't know... It seems like Batman vs Superman is what the movie is about, but it seems like Dawn of Justice should be the title. They needed the BvS to let people know what the movie is, but now they have an awkward title by leaving it in there with Dawn of Justice. |
4,808 | I'd say her answer was the correct one. The author doesn't really know what's influencing him and going on in his subconscious. He's just a product of the times, after all. | But at the same time, if I wrote about a chicken crossing the road, pulling themes of existentialism out of nowhere - even if you could somehow manage to connect dots within the story - might just be a little farfetched don't you think? I feel as though tons of the poems and novels I've analyzed as a student are much simpler than teachers make them out to be at times, but connecting dots that aren't there is part of the curriculum. |
4,809 | > Your question is based on the premise that there is a long line of non-famous voice actors that the producers of Alvin would have trusted enough to give a job. But there literally is exactly that. The guy who currently voices the characters in some TV show has been doing it for a while and is the son of the guy who did it in the original cartoons. I don't know why they didn't just use him like they did with the guy who voiced Optimus Prime. | Ok. I wasn't sure- I just wanted to point out something that wasn't obvious to me. You're right, it is curious. After doing some digging aroud, I see that the guy you're talking about is [Ross Bagdasarian] Strangely enough, he does provide the singing voices in the most recent movie for all three of the primary chipmunks. So the famous actors were brought in just for the speaking parts, which is even less work than I thought. |
4,810 | Saw a dude (who fancies himself a rap connoisseur) post a Facebook status that said "ASAP Rocky > ." I said something about how it was weird that someone of his style would reference Aesop Rock. He had no idea who Aesop Rock was. He then told me Aesop sucked and shouldn't have copied ASAP's name. [mfw] | people are so ignorant to things they are unaware of haha. If anything ASAP is deff the biter in this situation. |
4,811 | I would have to agree with you here. Got a couple hundred pages into that book before I put it down never to be picked up again. | Yeah. I gave Pynchon several tries on account of his reputation. I've probably read about half his output over the years. Fuck it, he's a waste of time. |
4,812 | I still can't grasp that people unironically watch Infowars. | I have a battle buddy that eats that shit up, links articles all over his Facebook. It is sad, he is somewhat a smart guy, but not smart enough to question the bullshit. He once linked an article about global warming and how the 2nd law of thermodynamics completely refuted the entire premise. I attempted to correct it, just on a purely book level that was as non-confrontational as possible, and he got really pissed at me. Had to unfollow, it’s just not worth it. |
4,813 | I'm still blown away that replaceable battery, SD card, and micro USB are not universal standards. The first two aren't even for android phones. My last two LG phones have all of those things, why would I "upgrade" to a phone that doesn't? | Micro USB isn't standard on android. A lot of newer phones have USB-C ports instead. |
4,814 | Users may send photos or videos with a custom self-destruct mechanism, or a time bomb; in which the content will disappear after a set duration. The feature also let choose users; which photos or videos stay in the archives of a particular chat before hitting "SEND". | ...and like snapchat before it, people will use it without realizing that taking a screenshot or re-recording the video to a non-destructing format will make the data live on forever... |
4,815 | I really enjoyed JT doing this song in Southland Tales. It was kinda silly but to me was really cool at the time. It had this song stuck in my head for weeks and I still dig it when I hear it on Pandora. | That was one weird fucking movie. JT's bit was my favorite part though, [link] |
4,816 | If you couldn't get through No Country you'd best avoid a lot of his books. Blood Meridian is, probably, the most difficult novel I've ever read, for both style and content. Fantastic, but super challenging! | Okay. I might try No Country again later because I have heard nothing but praise but it is just hard for me to enjoy when I have to reread so often |
4,817 | I only use it for personal tracking - I have a terrible book memory, so it's nice to have a list of what I've read recently and what I thought of it. | I also like to look through the list of books I've read and feel good about myself. |
4,818 | It came out in 2006. Wasn't a big hit, obviously. lol | They're joking "What movie?" because we like to pretend it never happened, lol |
4,819 | I think the main reason for them choosing Trevorrow is the fact that he plays it very safe in regards to studio intervention. Unlike Josh Trank, Trevorrow will follow their instructions without having any bitch fits on Twitter. | But according to interviews, Trevorrow had full control over Jurassic World, as far as realizing the script is concerned, which I understand was the problem with the new Fantastic 4 movie. |
4,820 | Oh no, they have their points. The *real* problem is that we don't have that mythical race of philosopher kings who will only make the proper decisions under any and all circumstances. | I'm here, but you guys aren't pushing to get me in charge. And it would kinda undermine the point if I had to run around "soliciting votes" and "asserting my competence." Electioneering is for politicians, not the golden-souled. |
4,821 | What, is it running around town making appointments for random passersby? | CITIZEN YOU APPEAR TO REQUIRE A HAIRCUT SHALL I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU? YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO COMPLY. |
4,822 | But to get that value, you'd be risking a lot. And it's a lot more work, to boot. Easier to sell what you found back to 1Password. | And it's easier to brag about it/reference it for on your CV. |
4,823 | I absolutely fucking hate the Hollywood corporate interest cabals and their US government buddies for taking down MegaUpload and strongarming everyone else. I used to be able to attain a copy of even the most obscure doom metal demos and albums a few years ago, simply by searching for blogs with the downloads.. now most of those links are deader than dead! And my interest in music is all but gone due to this horseshit! | Those Hollywood pieces of shit and their copyright cabal have damaged the economy more than any ragheaded terrorist or NSA pervert ever will. Hypocritical dog fuckers built their entire industry on copyright violation, and here we are. |
4,824 | Just when I thought he'd set the bar so impossibly high he'd never surpass it, Ray comes along and releases (this.) | To me, that's the worst song on that album! If he'd take it off, it would be as good as Trouble IMO. |
4,825 | Snoop on The Chronic, obviously of a very similar ilk to Doggystyle: 'We made the chronic because we had the chronic" | I liked snoop on the 2001 much more. All classics though |
4,826 | I have to disagree that dancing is secondary and singing is primary. Look at Michael Jackson. His dancing is as much of his act, his persona, his passion, as the singing. They go hand in hand, not one over the other. It depends solely on the artist and their music. I can not hear Billie Jean and not attempt to moonwalk at some point during the song. | Then I guess we are very different people. I can't imagine that a musicians dancing could ever be as important as the music. |
4,827 | It would make nearly 100% of the conscripts who fight in the older generations' wars. | That is the point I think Orwell was trying to make. |
4,828 | O Fortuna, the opening (and ending) to Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana. | I'm surprised this is mentioned more...the first time I heard it I almost shit my pants! |
4,829 | "We flew the plane overhead several times this month. Which days did you hear it?" | many people will still confidently give you a list of dates |
4,830 | Aren't Dinosaurs interesting enough, do we really need to introduce intelligent genetically engineered monsters? | Plus there are literally thousands of existing dinosaurs they could have chosen from. Heck if they just stuck with that underwater one it would have been new enough for the film to feel fresh. |
4,831 | Generally I don't care. Except once, I was reading a used book, an exciting story, and the last ten pages had been torn out. Aaaaarrrgh. | My sister used to read a lot when we were growing up and whenever we argued I'd find whatever book she was reading and rip the last 3 or 4 pages out cos I'm a badass. |
4,832 | There was a cut sequence explaining that raptors killed everyone on the ship. | You just alleviated a near 20 year nuisance of a plot hole for me. Thank you. |
4,833 | What made you leave a three star review? I bought one of their products and was thrilled, the other one had a couple of dead outlets | The main reason was the cost/function in comparison to other powerbanks on the market (including their own). Anker has so many powerbanks that they end up competing with themselves. I'd definitely recommend one of their older models with the same battery capacity for a much lower price, unless you specifically need quick charging. Keep in mind that quick charging is not as energy efficient, so you'll want to get a larger power bank if that's your goal. |
4,834 | I have had an extremely busy first of the year so I'm just barely starting on my challenge. I plan on reading 30-50 this year. I'm reading Dune right now. I'm loving it so far. I plan on reading the entire Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series next. Next will be The Way of Kings. And my final planned book is A Clash of Kings. All of these books will be 1st time reads for me. If you have any recommendations please tell me. I mostly like books in the genre that the above books fall in. | watch out for some of the sequels of Hitchhiker's Guide. the author suffered from depression during most of the writing, and you can really feel it while reading. not to say don't read them, but keep in mind if you want to stop without finishing the series. are you into sci-fi classics or just general sci-fi? |
4,835 | Because I kinda feel guilty by installing adblockers on "normie devices", but fuck... Whenever I don't, I get more calls from friends and family for spyware crap. | Fuck ads. Everyone deserves to know about adblockers. Any creative type whose income relies on the third-party spam that's been a primary attack vector for *twenty years* is on borrowed time. |
4,836 | What’s funny is that Tesla throws out these wildly unrealistic production numbers and people are shocked when it fails to meet them. The average vehicle model is in development for 3-5 years before going into production. | we were talking about production numbers and then you throw development years into the pan. tesla always met demand eventually. |
4,837 | Hardly Billions, last year was 41 Million, a great year for them: Now if he does some internet worthy Kayne west moment, then maybe many more will see him. Although really I'm pretty much behind ifiwasntintherapgame. A lot of "message" people "sell out" to reach a bigger audience, really they just want money. | Of course I wasn't talking about the actual event with the viewers. But I'm not talking about any Kanye West crap here. Banksy is Banksy. Give him the chance and he might surprise people. Never know what will happen. Have some hope. |
4,838 | What does CoS say? What kind of electronic albums do you mean? I think people like Kendrick as kendrick is a lyricist and he writes about real shit. He's incredibly passionate. I may have not agreed with his metaphors in past but I definitely think he's good. I am on a hip hop hiatus. I haven't heard the new album. | Well he is good. I guess my point is when the albums are hip-hop with tons of hype Pitchfork seems to magically elevate said review by two or more points. In no way is this record Damn. a 9.2 lol. I mean shit I would barely rate some of my favorite hip hop albums of all time with that rating much an album I kind of like. I just mean random electronic and rock albums on the site are now second fiddle to huge hip-hop releases. Even Pitchfork's end of the year best of list is now dominated by pop and hip-hop despite many great records existing out there. |
4,839 | Agreed.... I think anyone who says the Swedish version is better is just trying to be a hipster, I bet those people also only listen to any bands first album and disregards every other album they do. | The Swedish version does do a better job explaining the girl's background though. If you don't read the book, there's a lot you don't learn about her in the newer one. The newer one might be better for people who read the book, but I haven't and can't really decide between the two. |
4,840 | I haven't read the book but isn't that the opening line? Is it also the last line? | Yeah, it's a series though. First sentence in the first book and last sentence in the seventh (final) book. |
4,841 | > But most places don't have industries that can use excess spot electricity well. How about a synthetic diamond factory? Or water desalination. Garbage and sewage processing. | You're still wasting capital costs when the plant is sitting idle. The optimal solution would be huge and cheap batteries. But batteries currently cost a lot, and tend to have limited storage capacity. |
4,842 | Yup. In 1994 I was 12. I had just started getting into music when Kurt died. Im not a huge fan today, but as a musician, Nirvana is like the book of Genesis to me. Strange to think that to a teenager today, Cobain is almost like Lennon was to me. | If you like nirvana, please check out Alice in Chains. They were infinitely better than nirvana and Layne Staley was a rock god among vocalists. Jerry Cantrell is one of the best producers and song writers of our era. I am from Seattle and grew up in the grunge era of nirvana and Alice in Chains and I assure you AIC is more of a band than nirvana ever was. |
4,843 | Huge public librairies. Fees are almost nothing for students and job seekers. | And as more and more books are being put online, and public libraries shutdown, access to information and censorship/control over the internet will aim to be even a bigger issue than it is now. |
4,844 | Unfortunately it's also dual-band 2G only, so no go for North America. | 2.5g. I don't get why they didn't just give it 3G haven't most companies pulled their 2g signals? |
4,845 | You aren't the only one. I think the original Prius wasn't great, but since it game out, Toyota has made it look better, and other cars have started to take aerodynamics more seriously, and both the mainstream of car design and what the Prius goes through have started to converge towards a central point. The original Prius looked kind of funny, and not in a particularly good way. It wasn't ugly, but it wasn't a good departure stylistically from the mainstream ideas. Since then, it has improved significantly. Just a few weeks ago, I saw a Prius in a parking lot that was pretty nice, I think it was a station wagon version, and it looked better than most station wagons. | That's exactly what I think too. The newer Prii look much better than the original ones, to me it looks "futuristic" in a strange way. And yeah, the bigger ones look great. Not may people have them, but I've seen a couple. The dashboard is the best part. It feels like I'm in a spaceship haha. But I think they designed it to look like a regular one in the newer 2015 version. I'm sad. It's nice to know I'm not alone. Reddit doesn't like Prii very much. |
4,846 | I didn't realise there was more books after Speaker, great to find that out! | Oh, man. So you have to finish it now, haha. (but seriously :D ) |
4,847 | My first elementary school prohibited us from reading Harry Potter during school hours (or, for that matter, owning any Harry Potter-themed apparel or paraphernalia). Of course, I spent several recess periods crouched under an outdoor lunch table reading The Sorcerer's Stone. To their credit, my parents were outraged when they heard about the ban and moved me to a different school the next year. | My parents were the opposite - mom never allowed me to read any book if they got a hint that there was "magic" involved with it. So dumb. |
4,848 | For some reason, this album is the only Sufjan album I really like. I can't stand the Carrie and Lowell album, but I really enjoy this album. Decatur also kicks ass on this album. | >I can't stand the Carrie and Lowell album. May I ask what bothers you about it? It's my personal favorite of his. |
4,849 | I honestly think that if the other films hadn't been made, *First Blood* would be thought of along with *Deerhunter* and *Apocalypse Now* as films that defined America's experiences in Vietnam. | i wouldn't insult Deniro and Sheen's performances by comparing them to Stallone |
4,850 | I'll have to check it out. His new album was so disappointing and I wasn't even surprised because of how political it was. Trying to sell something that alienates any portion of your consumers is just bad business and then it wasn't even good music it was just meh. | Well we're talking about art. If you create something and part of your process is making sure no one's little feelers get hurt when they hear it then it brings down the quality of your art. It's less art and more marketing and more a product. It takes more integrity to say what you feel and be genuine even though someone that liked you before may not agree with what you're saying. |
4,851 | it's industrial shit... you're going to have to talk to a sales rep and be prepared to buy a huge fscking roll of it for 100s of dollars. you best bet is to find someone using it locally and talk to the owner to see if they would be willing to apply it for a fee. | wish I could upvote you more. The post was too short, and reddit shows up to answer my Q's. props. |
4,852 | I've been using an iMac for the last five years, and its keyboard is now absolutely filthy. On the keys, inbetween the keys, in the grooves between the main part and arrow keys and the numpad, and underneath the keys. Popping out all the keys seems like a tedious means of preparation for cleaning it "properly", and I get the impression it might break some of the latches keeping them onto the board too. Anyone had any experience with doing this? Did you get good cleaning results, and did your keyboard work properly afterwards? Commonsense procedures like bunging up the USB ports and plug with blu-tack and/or tape will naturally be carried out. Current pic of the keyboard: | Pop all the keys off and wash those. Do NOT wash the keyboard in the dishwasher. |
4,853 | it is kinda funny to see Reddit get up in arms and deride babyboomers only to turn around and be assholes to younger generations all the same. | As always it's dependent person to person. As someone almost hitting 30 i really don't have an opinion on those younger than me at current, but I certainly have an opinion on boomers. |
4,854 | I don't think it would, because it's part of a wider cultural problem where women are vilified for expressing sexuality. As far as I'm aware, "revenge porn" using pictures of women posted without their consent are far, far more common than "revenge porn" using images of men posted without their consent. Edit: [Here is the article Rothfuss was talking about.] In my opinion there seems to be a strong gendered component to the harassment this woman received, particularly the rape threats. | are you retarded? the only reason the harassment happened was because it was easy, and idiotic threats are taken to heart by women for some reason. if you didn't cry over your titties being out online nobody would care. |
4,855 | It was perfect in line with the concept: right before the gang gets to the Beach, Sun Moon and Stars amps them up and gets their minds racing about how amazing, how perfect this island is gonna be and it turns into mass hysteria...before getting there and realizing the Plastic Beach is little more than a plastic beach. If there's one thing Plastic Beach does better than their other albums it's staying true to the concept and telling a great story | I really think this is what a lot of people miss while listening to Demon Days and Plastic Beach. They're concept albums, and while the songs stand alone musically, they fit together perfectly to tell the story. |
4,856 | There are no two people more suited to the task of bringing us new Star Wars than Abrams and Kasdan. | Ahem. Gary. Kurtz. If Gary Kurtz was also on the team, there is no way they could fail. |
4,857 | Belgium has regulated drones. You can fly drones without a license if: you only fly it over private property. you don't fly it over 30 meters high(about 100 ft) If you get a license you can fly up to 90 meters (300 ft) . | Here in the US, that's not going **[to fly]** with regulators. Where is the shake down and language with room for arbitrary enforcement? |
4,858 | The Sookie Stackhouse series: it's really not good, but words can not express my undying love for it. | Oh Sookie. So bad but so good (??) lol I think it went off the deep end at the end there but I devoured most of the series! I still laugh thinking about all those little bits about plucking her eyebrows and putting on makeup and doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen lol But you can't have too much Eric in your life! |
4,859 | This is the website I've (unconsciously) been waiting for. Thank you so much dude! Is there any way to look at the top 100 from e.g. December last year? | great to hear! i am working on a best-of-2017-so-far for each genre and will do the best-of-2017 as well. are you asking about best-of-2016 or just Dec-2016? |
4,860 | That’s just my analogy for my personal experience. I was disgusted by both beer and Rage the first time I tried them. It took me a couple years of occasionally trying Rage before I began to appreciate them. And once I started to, they quickly became one of my favorite 90s bands. And I love me a cold beer on a hot day now. | out of curiosity what songs did you detest and then start to like? Or did you hear one or two tracks and then like completely different tracks which turned you on to them? |
4,861 | Not surprising. Literally was just at a B&N store and was extremely disappointed by the lack of selection. Looked for five different books and only came out with one. There’s like 5 rows for fiction and the rest of the two floor store is dedicated to BS toys and other Knick knacks. | On the other hand, I'm always pleased with their philosophy section in terms of selection... Price is a much different story, though. |
4,862 | i guess you could argue that robert deniro is the antagonist in heat, but i think a few of the characters wear that hat and it's not such a black and white story. so i'll go with heat. plus it always brings tears to my eyes. the lights, the music, the hand holding. | Still to this day my favorite movie. Made a lasting impression on me. Especially the end. No words can describe. |
4,863 | I bought the Blu Ray so I am debating on the Criterion. Not a matter of if but when | Wait for a sale and go for it. That's what I'm doing. |
4,864 | What bands really need to do is take a page out of the Jamband playback. Record your live shows and create a mix of soundboard and microphone audio. Every ticket includes a free download (or cd) of the show. Fans can relive the show again and again and share the music. It's the ultimate concert souvenir and can really build your fan base. This and selling HD livestreams of their shows can really boost a bands cash flow and visibility. Some bands even do packaged deals so you an buy an entire tour of live streams and watch from home (couch tour). | Include some professional photographs of the concert and you might get people to put their phones down and enjoy the damn show. |
4,865 | I wish I didn't care about audio quality and could enjoy Bluetooth earphones. | I wish audio quality mattered walking around a busy downtown city area full of trains and trucks and sirens. |
4,866 | At least you didn't buy a [skyscraper whose plans were written in inches]'s_littlest_skyscraper). | That was funny. Also that's where OSU QB JT Barrett is from, so I know two notable things about Wichita Falls, TX now. |
4,867 | Reading **Skullsworn by Brian Staveley**. I have less than 100 pages left so I'm very curious to see how its all gonna play out. Just started **Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty** on audiobook. All of her books have been a pleasure to listen to. | Oh! Didn't know Stavely had a new book out. I haven't even read the last in his trilogy of the Unhewn Throne yet. :) Haha. |
4,868 | Yeah, we're so jaded. "I bet it's the cat one," I thought to myself as I clicked the link... | You guys know there's more than one cat picture of Kurt Cobain, right? I prefer the where he's playing with the kitten on his arm/shoulder. |
4,869 | All the BS aside as this is very clearly all about extracting money (all 3 sides btw, Vz, L3 and Netflix), the fact remains that 4 10GbE ports in each 7 datacenters are all that need to get plugged into devices that are probably within feet of each other. As someone whom works with this tech daily it is amazing how such things are the WW1 trenches of the modern tech world. | Yeah, installing this upgrade would be a normal morning's work for a couple guys. |
4,870 | I think physical insults from a girl who's 21 going on 40 is pretty rich. Especially rich considering ahe doesnt even know how to play an instrument or produce a song. She's just a lyricist/singer, so it's pretty fucking balls of her to call out other artists productions like that. | It was in response to him saying Taylor Swift had no butt. I'm pretty happy with how she, an above average looking girl in her 20s (if that matters), went about it. |
4,871 | Awesome work! Love the original music you added. This flows more like an actual trailer. If you liked the movie you should definitely check out the anime series. Some of the best written work i have seen(just my opinion). | By original, did you mean to say OP made it himself? |
4,872 | I actually liked that pretty well. I would like for the vocals to be a bit lower in the mix, that guitar work is nice and I would like it even better if I felt a little more 'oomph' behind it. I love when guitars sound like that, and I like when the sort of gritty feeling is more pronounced (I'm not articulating this well, I'm thinking of bands like The Black Keys). The vocals feel like they're trying a bit too hard to sound like they can't sing. Other than that I dug it, good on ya! | Well thank you very much, It means an awful lot to me and us (the band) when people take the time to listen and throw us a few words.It's so freakin' hard to even get people to listen to something new and out of the blue these days, just gotta keep on tryin' I guess, ya know? |
4,873 | MSE is just fine, it's quiet, not resource intensive, and free. If you pair that with running MalwareBytes or ComboFix every couple of weeks, you'll be just fine. Also, stay away from downloading toolbars and malware add-ons like Conduit, Sweetpacks, and ShopatHome. These kinds of things can cause some performance issues, so if you see them just uninstall them and run malwarebytes or ComboFix again. | On the contrary. Microsoft has stated you should not use MSE instead use a third party one [[1]] Pick up Avast! - AVG or another free anti-virus. It will do a far better job. |
4,874 | That's called denial. There's nothing wrong with losing. And your fixation on crack is disturbing to say the least. | I'm pretty sure you're the biggest tool I've ever talked to. |
4,875 | no word of a lie i cried when i saw them for the first time when they'd just reformed. hands down my favourite band and thought i'd never get the chance to see them | Yeah I liked them a lot back when I was in college in the early 00's, and figured I'd never get a chance when they announced the MSG shows. |
4,876 | I used my shitty laptop speakers an i picked the right one... i learned with these tests its all about definition in the cymbals... that's what gets clipped/compressed alot of the time. | If you have to 'learn' which one is meant to sound better though then it defeats the point of the test. |
4,877 | Dumbo - the scene with Dumbo and his mum behind bars and singing him a lullaby | Animated films can be brutal. The only reason I'd say this is more harsh than what happened with Little Foot's mother in the Land Before Time is because the scene in Dumbo is dragged on and basically torture(especially for us kids raised by single mothers). |
4,878 | Seriously, I have a DBPower EX5000 that does everything a gopro can do in 1080p... and it cost $60. Why do GoPros still cost so much? | And that stupid form factor. Build something smaller would ya? So many other cameras can do the same thing at half the size or less |
4,879 | Nobody has a perfect run,....i think what hurt his career the most was trying to do more family oriented movies after hits like dr.dolittle and nutty professor....I spy and Showtime was released in the same year, obviously those were bad decisions...his career now is no where what it used to be, but if he does a great R-rated movie, i think he can make a comeback. | I think what hurt him was also that he stopped caring (Bowfinger aside). You could tell he was phoning it in. Btw, I saw Showtime in the theater. I was completely alone. |
4,880 | Man I could not get into this one. I got halfway in and had to stop, which I hardly ever do. I think if I'd read it at 20 it would've been different. | I couldn't get into it either. I forced myself to finish it, but I really struggled to get through it. |
4,881 | >and the musical is an example of how you throw the source material right out the window. Tell me about it. I played Mal Beineke in our local community production of The Addams Family. The show has its moments. The upending of the lives of the Beineke parents as a result of dinner with the Addams is good, but I always had a problem with the engineered conflict within the Addams family by pitting Gomez's loyalties to Wednesday and Morticia against each other. It seemed so "80's Sitcom"; cheap and unimaginative. When one of the bigger laughs of the show is your straight man saying "Yeah, cause that's normal", you're leaving some of the best stuff out. | I was shocked at how wednesday addams was portrayed. It was completely against her character. It felt like the writers of the musical had only seen the movie and even then didn't quite grasp the characters. They surely never watched the original tv show or read the comics. |
4,882 | It might be $1 USD per square metre, but that material is still only one atom thick. How many layers does it take to make something functional when scaled up? | It's not the thickness holding it back. The one-atom-thick nature of graphene is precisely why it's useful. It's the size of the sheet which has been the problem to date. So far, all we've been able to make are shitty little flakes of the stuff. If this process actually scales to permit square-metre sheets... ...yeah. No way. That's too much to hope for. Being able to produce industrial sheets of graphene equals -- space elevator cables, maybe room temperature superconductors, hyperefficient filtration systems... about a million other things. Basically, industrial-sized graphene production is the first real step towards a technological rescue of our civilisation from its own shit. |
4,883 | I bet Quentin Tarantino also partly believes in exterminating jews. He wrote the character of Hans Landa after all... What a dumb thing to say. | there's a HUGE difference in his writing from Reservoir Dogs to Inglorious Basterds. One being, he was 29 when he made Res Dogs and 46 for Basterds. You're telling me you don't think a 29 year old MAY put something he actually believes, or knows will stir the pot, into his writing? altering history and having a scene where a guy doesn't tip are completely different. i also don't understand why you even give a shit. we can all agree not tipping like OP said because of a movie is stupid. i was calling the scene bullshit because i think it is. fuck you. |
4,884 | I always assumed it had more to do with belonging to a small child and being made of porcelain... It's never a good combination :( | Will someone please just tell me why porcelain around kids is being made out to sound like Jews around Hitler? |
4,885 | The lyrics were too quick to understand when I first heard it, but after I read them in the description, its mind blowing how he made all that rhyme at that speed. | Yeah, I didn't originally get it either, but once I read the description, yes. The suit and tie definitely goes through some authentic experiences. BTW: they're still catching drug dealers using marked money: |
4,886 | Personally, I think George was a better player/musician than Paul and John. | Yeah, he didn't write nearly as many songs, but the ones he did write were all phenomenal. Paul and John also wrote some great ones, but they definitely had plenty of throwaway songs. |
4,887 | I know those people who say that. To them, Blue Moon is absolute shit, you should drink only *real* beer like Stone. Fight Club was awful, you should watch a *real* movie like 12 Angry Men. Marlboros? I only smoke Dunhills, thanks. They probably have the whole suite of Apple products and rip on anyone who doesn't drive a Toyota or a Mercedes. Theyre called snobs and its best to avoid the conversation, they dont have anything to add anyway. | It's certainly snobby and elitist to put someone down for what they're reading. But it would be a mistake to conclude that people only read Dostoyevsky or watch 12 Angry Men for elitist reasons. These works have actual qualities too, and some people really, honestly enjoy them. To claim otherwise, and thus put people down for enjoying "literary fiction", is just as bad as putting people down for enjoying fantasy. |
4,888 | The once and future king or some other Arthurian retelling | It's the *Sword in the Stone*. I couldn't think of one sentence for the whole thing, so I only used part. |
4,889 | Thank you for a reasonable response and i think his vocals are pretty great (think JB has better ones) | Leaving the traits of a human aside, neither CB nor JB has the vision the calibre of MJ. He used to record each instrument's part by voice before taking it to the instrumentalist to recreate. He could create every single note, line by line, and have them line up perfectly. To compare talent and vision, there are other artists of the same generation that are more genius than CB, including (or especially?) those who aren't as well known. |
4,890 | They sure can. I'm not trying to imply that more cores aren't better. More cores are better. But rather I'm pointing out that individual software makers are somewhat constrained when solving a single problem. | Single problems are either not demanding enough to need parallelization or if demanding, generally parallelizable. Parallelism is the only scaling we have now. Not ideal but it's just fine. I've never yet ran into a problem that proved unscalable, too complex to solve sequentially, and just gave up and concluded it impossible. Maybe such things happen rationally, but they sure must be rare. |
4,891 | LEDs are a semi conductor and follow something similar to Moore's law (although progress is slowing down as we're slowly approaching the physical limit of efficiency). It's like building a super computer that lasts for 40 years. Sure you can do that, but in a few years even the cheapest stuff from China will be better and more efficient than what you have. You're more economic when you buy cheaper stuff now and then replace it in 5 years. | A supercomputer isn't a light bulb. As long as it's producing light and using it costs less than replacement, it's not obsolete |
4,892 | Sorry, but my facts trump your feels. :) And your continued name-calling only proves that you ARE uncomfortable with what I'm saying, but have no way to combat it logically. | Rampant pseudo-feminism isn't facts. It's just a poorly thought out excuse to complain |
4,893 | He did debate that Global Warming was not man made and that it wasn't a prevalent or urgent issue. | Who cares? Dude wrote great books. He had his opinions. Get a life. |
4,894 | Prometheus. Great cast and great director let down by an utterly brain-dead script. | That movie wasted Michael Fassbender so much. Hell, the X-Men movies do more with him. |
4,895 | I wouldn't be surprised if Viacom avoids such a mess in the future. | Why? This was a win-win for them. FP post on reddit with people critising one of their properties (which they wouldn't watch anyway) while saying another one of their properties handled it well (which is the one someone on reddit may actually watch). |
4,896 | The whole point of cryptocurrency was to get rid of the cost of spending money | They started out as a noble cause then turned into Ponzi schemes. |
4,897 | I mean, there probably aren't that many actual Mongolian actors... | Why can't they find mosquitos in amber and clone them like Dolly? |
4,898 | I haven't watched it, but isn't the point of that show to teach people that even though you're anonymous, you shouldn't exploit that benefit by saying something you hopefully don't even mean just to get attention or make a point? Comments like "I will rape and kill you!"? And also that people that get these comments can see that these people aren't really gonna come after them with chainsaws, that they are only keyboard warriors? I get frusterated when people are offended by every little thing, but I don't feel sorry for people that say the craziest genocidal stuff having to answer for their statements. | People write a lot of stupid shit on the internet, whether you're a natsoc or a marxist. I just don't see how that could possibly justify what it is they're doing. |
4,899 | Just recently started reading two books at a time. One non-fiction, and one fiction. So currently this week I am reading: **One Day, by David Nicholls** and **A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn**. Both great books. Hard to find a balance between the two though. Getting much further into One Day than the other book. | I tried reading *A People's History* and I just couldn't get into it, and then I started hearing a lot of criticisms of Zinn's book and how biased he was in representing historical events. Are you pretty up on your history? If so, I'd be curious to hear your take on the book's accuracy (when you get further into it). |
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