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5,700	Wow! Great idea and good job! Can't wait for 2019 now to start this	Are you thinking of doing this challenge yourself? If so, have fun! And good luck getting a hold of all your books, in hindsight, if I didn't have access to a university library, it would've been almost impossible to cover some of those countries. Otherwise, be prepared to spend mucho $$$$$$$$$$
5,701	It isn't really F1 tech, though, is it? I mean, Toyota has had a similar system in the Prius, I've read that the Tesla Roadster had a system like that as well (I'm not sure about the Model S, though it would make sense), and even before those it was in trolley cars.	KERS itself is nothing new. This specific implementation of it was developed by Williams F1 for use in their racing cars before they found partners to bring it to a larger market
5,702	Where is the implication? I simply stated the facts.	You can phrase facts in such a way to steer an audience into an opinion. Implication is not antonymous with fact.
5,703	ugh I did. I don't think this MarvinRacer really understands what he's saying.	look at his channel though. He seems to be pretty good at piano.
5,704	Haha, I like this guy. Not the other guys who ruined his dry, beautiful sarcasm by laughing at all the wrong times, tho.	At least it was a fake laugh and not a real one. Seriously, canned laughter would've been better.
5,705	Cheddar. Rich, buttery, extra-sharp cheddar so well-aged it's almost crumbly. I grew up in Wisconsin, so cheese is to me one of the four food groups. So is beer, of course. I had beer-cheese soup served at my wedding rehearsal dinner. As for tacos, they have some of the sandwich sensibility: carbohydrates wrapped around a filling. But you assemble a taco in vertical layers, and a sandwich is built horizontally, so I think the architectures are mutually exclusive.	I love cheddar and I agree about the taco. Thanks for answering!
5,706	Could not help looking up the side effects tab. Checks out.	Symptoms of overdose: Holding false beliefs that cannot be changed by fact.
5,707	It is a spirit crushing take on modern society. One of the reasons I love Floyd.	"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way." Seems like that's all anyone does.
5,708	Mad World by Gary Jules in Donnie Darko. I think it was originally done by someone else, but his version is haunting and depressing.	> Mad World by Gary Jules in Donnie Darko. I think it was originally done by someone else. This makes me feel old. (And it was Tears for Fears)
5,709	And the result on foreign policy will be disastrous. If you have no "skin in the game" then your society doesn't feel the impacts of war, basically allowing you to continue such actions indefinitely, as we see now with our current use of drones.	Yeah, but the whole point of fighting a war is to be as unfair as possible. That's how you win.
5,710	To be fair the comic books have the same issues. Wolverine is the standout and the rest are seen as an assembly.	Well now they do. Back in the 90s, I remember the other X-Men characters being lot more interesting.
5,711	A no name eink would be great if you can find one. Battery lasts for ages and they are easy on the eyes. Check your local discount / junk store. Good luck.	I forget the exact model, but a lot of Sony's early eReaders (predated the Kindles) can be found super cheap on eBay, even the higher end models. They may be lower res than the $250 Kindles and lack backlights, but a great deal!
5,712	What's the name of the song in this? Don't think I've heard it before and sounds awesome	Loved it too. Tried to Shazam the last bit of it where it's clearest and got nothing. Anyone know?
5,713	Chance really has some of the most positive feel good music I've ever heard. This comment definitely deserves to be higher. Highly recommend.	Thanks! I was really surprised no one else has mentioned him yet. Acid Rap is just and all around good feeling mixtape, and his Social Experiment stuff is even more positive.
5,714	I'm not a fan, personally. I've watch a few episodes, but I guess it's just not my type of comedy. Too much cheese for me I think.	I'm actually not a big fan of the show. I love the podcast though, much better in my opinion. CBB, Sklarboro Country, and Improv4Humans is almost always good.
5,715	That sounds like a feature that people might be willing to pay for.	i'v already paid, and it's a feature i won't be using. EDIT - as stated above, i have paid for windows 8.1 three times. reason for that is mainly because i can't be bothered having an unstable windows install, as well as the updates and support included. same reason i'v got a Steam account and not just a big massive list of torrented games. it's for stability and support.
5,716	To be honest I'm not quite sure what grooveshark offers that spotify doesn't have - spotify has managed to clear all the rights and keep things legal.	Grooveshark has lots of live, audience taped shows. I love that. Also, for Spotify, it seems like I have to install an app. WTF?
5,717	> but they were just unbearable, constantly slamming into us and everyone around them. One of the highlights of FYF weekend last year for me was watching my buddy knock a kid out cold that had drunkenly bumped into our group 20 or 30 times. Insufferable millennials at FYF 2014 beware: the festival draws a wide age range, and us in the older generations tend to eschew passive-aggression for straightforward aggression when confronted with bad public behavior.	Yeah, someone drunkenly bumps into you and you think that deserves for you to knock them out? You're not too cool for millennials, you're just a fucking prick.
5,718	I would say Prince is a bit more popular than Bowie in the U.S. Not a ton more popular, but more popular.	Bowie had a longer legacy though. He was apart of the musical revolution of the 60s. Prince was a bit after that.
5,719	here's my take on Abercrombie - the FLT is very good and I'm still a pretty big fan of Best Served Cold. I hit a point somewhere in The Heroes where I'd just had my fill and it took me multiple tries to push through Red Country because I'd just had enough. The shock value of the brutality and the anti-heroes and shades of grey characters that just get darker as the story progresses just get tiring, repetitious, and a bit predictable. Life absolutely isn't all sunshine and rainbows and happy endings, but it almost gets to the point where I want to pop a Zoloft after reading too much of his stuff without mixing in some lighter material.	I actually think The Heroes was his best book hands down in terms of fleshing out characters and having them go through quality development, all in a period of three days. That said, it can be very easy to become oversaturated with his materials. I had a long enough break between books where I read other material (high fantasy, nonfiction, etc) that I was ready to delve back down into low fantasy.
5,720	Probably because anyone under 25 has no clue they used to be an amazing and pioneering speed/thrash metal band.	I really don't think there's ever going to be another metal band like them.
5,721	Shirley Jackson: “I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.”	“'It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."
5,722	Then don't read them, let it affect you, come in to the comments and write something. Take the .2 seconds to keep scrolling past it and let people talk about whatever they want?	Seriously. People whine about reposting and cliche'd comments, but the easiest possible comment karma is to say "hmmph look how much I don't care about Justin Bieber" and "ugh reddit is the ONLY place I hear about Justin Bieber". Talk about annoying ass comments. If you really didn't care, you wouldn't be commenting.
5,723	I disable custom CSS globally. I can't stand some of the god awful styles.	Yea, I need a global layout. I hate when links are at different locations from subreddit to subreddit. I visit lots of subreddits and am not going to remember the layout of each sub.
5,724	*With free NSA image auditing service included at no charge, for free.	Ahh that's how they did it. Struck a deal with that Utah Datacenter to host a few yotabytes of space I bet.
5,725	To me, the dystopia was in the absence of pain. All of the characters except John lived lives in almost total avoidance of any physical or emotional pain, which prevented their humanity from having any real depth. I thought the characters missed out on the full richness and appreciation of life because they were robbed of an entire side of the emotional spectrum. Just think about what a shallow and compassionless little worm you would be if you had never had any suffering to learn from.	When they find John does his mother desperately try to leave everything she has behind in order to get back to society or am I not remembering correctly (read it almost a decade ago).l?
5,726	TIL people will pay you for being a Grammar nazi, a Spelling Gestapo, or a Context Commie.	Ya, mann. I totali agri. Speling in literchure iznt inportint at al
5,727	"Someday, it could carry supplies to soldiers on the battlefield." How about someday, there is no war?	True. "WE CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR NEXT BIG WAR, SO WE CAN TEST OUT ALL OUR COOL GADGETS!"
5,728	I don't know, his covers of Hendrix shows that he can definitely play in other genres; blues just seems to be his favorite for now.	> his covers of Hendrix shows that he can definitely play in other genres; blues just seems to be his favorite for now. Well, I would say that Hendrix is blues.
5,729	I guess we'll find out for sure soon enough. But considering how close they're getting to the assassination, I imagine you're right.	I would love if they made it an ongoing series but I can see why they went the way they did. The book has more than enough material to do so.
5,730	Who knew?!?! Corporations put profits ahead of ethical behavior!	What about this isn't ethical? Would it be more ethical if the company was based in the states instead?
5,731	Man I don't know. Why would they just make the ships bigger like that? Isn't it supposed to be about us using their tech to build a planetary defense system? Why not focus on that? Doesn't the size of it seem a little off? Is it just me, or does it look like the city destroyer looks like it came from this poster: Also isn't it going to be called ID4EVER?	Yes! It's an amateur shop. Something about the angle and the orientation of the ship with respect to the earth isn't right.
5,732	Well that settles it folks, unless someone who has been to more concerts chimes in with a different opinion I guess filming with a cell phone is ok. Source: moral authority is typically derived from number of concert attended. Edit: Most of you get that this was a joke, for those of you who didnt...lighten up.	It's a discussion board, not an "agree with me and circlejerk over people recording shows". I agree with the guy above and if me taking a thirty second video bothers you so much, I don't really care. More people are recording special moments during concerts than hipsters on the internet complaining. If you're phone isn't up the entire time then who gives a fuck
5,733	the one's you've sent? Or the ones you've recieved and not viewed? I really doubt it would be the sent ones because my gf's phone would be bursting at the seams by now.	Though if it were the received your phone would be bursting at the seams wouldn't it?
5,734	I would add De la Soul to that list...and Deltron 3030, it's amazing and even my friends who hate hip hop can listen to it.	Absolutely, how could I forget De La? 3 Feet High And Rising is a classic.
5,735	I mean King Crimson has the same principle. While it is annoying, I think it's great that it forces me to own it physically. iTunes is an easy way out and doesn't really provide the tangible sense of ownership/the quality that CD has.	It was fine in 2006, but most of their fans don't have CD players anymore. And where are we supposed to get these cd's at? THERE ARE NO MORE MUSIC STORES. We're supposed to rely on Wal-Mart or Target? Or are we supposed to order them from Amazon and wait while they're shipped instead of just buying on iTunes and listening immediately? The whole 'ownership' thing is moot now. It's not about having a plastic coaster filled with music it's about supporting acts you like. Back up your digital purchases and just enjoy the tunes. If it wasn't for iTunes I would never have been able to buy the EP from Lesser Key, as an example. Because there are no more music stores.
5,736	Never used ticket master or brought tickets online for anything really. Do these official ticket sites not use capchas and other bot prevention techniques?	Every methods can be broken. My friend was talking about consideration for 10 factors (maybe some exaggeration from him here) authentication to get early access to tickets. Also, there are services that will solve captchas for you. Usually it's an API and the captcha validation is outsourced to the same people who used to farm gold in games in China.
5,737	I also guarantee that Spotify crunched the numbers and came up with the most you could live with paying without forcing you back to piracy. Tidal wanted to charge double for a clean conscience and did not back up why their service was actually better for artists or the music industry as a whole.	And paraded out a bunch of 'artists' with zero integrity to pimp the service.
5,738	Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes. You can get very nice versions of this text with english on the left page and spanish on the right. Long ago I had one myself although I have no idea what's become of it since.	You should know that this was written in an earlier form of Spanish that is pretty strange to modern speakers.
5,739	I believe leaving inventors off of a patent is a good way to get your patent invalidated in court. This is risky behaviour, aside from being dickish. Source: read a book about patents once.	Well, if you want to open source your invention and not have it be patented, then here's a step-by-step guide on how to prevent anyone from patenting your invention (or rather invalidate any attempted patents): Step 1: Publish it. Step 2: There is no step 2. You can't take published inventions and patent them after the fact. That's not how it works.
5,740	I can easily follow the plot but it's am inconsistent, confused kind of plot. Leading up the final scenes you even get these shots of the institute where the big pool is at and it's like "wow, this is it" but you have never heard of or seen the place before, you dont even know why its signifcant to go there, and it just ends up feeling like the movie is trying too hard to be impressive but it doesn't even know what it's trying to do.	sorry but they did discuss the pool before going to it. It sound like either you get confused easily and you had made up your mind early and decided not to pay attention to reinforce your belief that plot made no sense. If you are truly serious about wanting to know more, i recommend you re watch the movie. i doubt it will change your opinion but, at least you will have some your questions posed in your post answered.
5,741	I'm assuming that people get the joke, it's just terrible. Also, Canadians downvote anything that they don't immediately understand to be a compliment.	Yeah, let's make it all about Canada, and not your ~~dumbass~~ misunderstood joke.
5,742	The Kills, STRFKR, and I just found this new two piece the other day on BBC's artists to watch 2014 list called Royal Blood. They only have one song out currently but it seems pretty promising to me.	Are you talking about Starfucker? Don't know much about them, but I didn't think they were a two piece band.
5,743	Agreed. Books I've read to my son and daughter: The Little Prince (did cry), The Hobbit, LoTR, The Brothers Lionheart (did also cry), Ronia the Robber's Daughter, Earthsea series, Moomin text books etc. My wife is in the process of reading all the Harry Potters to them. We never stopped reading bedtime stories. The kids are 11 and 9 and it's still the best time together as a parent and a child.	What amazing memories you are creating for them! Growing up, my dad read to my sister and me almost every night, including as we got older: The Chronicles of Narnia, The complete Sherlock Holmes, The hobbit, LoTR (way before there were movies, go dad!), Inherit the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and finally Grapes of Wrath I remember was the final book before I went off to college. Keep reading to your kiddos, it's the greatest gift you can give them. (Plus you've chosen a great selection!).
5,744	I think this should be banned. Profiling a user account is akin to revealing personal information, it is a breach of privacy. Are you listening admins?	Screw that.. I want the bot to do me!.. .. It is pretty interesting..
5,745	That is one of my all time favourites, so much fun! Did you have a character you really liked?	I usually don't go for the bad guys, but I quite liked Croup and Vandemar. Interesting dynamic between the two
5,746	Amelie was painful for me to watch all the way through.	wow... I would love to know what was so painful about it
5,747	Good for her. From the little bit that I've heard out of that book, it sounds pornographic.	It is very pornographic. It was fan-fiction that somehow got a publishing deal.
5,748	Love Aphex Twin-but more so the lighter, ambient music (which is lovely and relaxing). However, the more "extreme" side can very easily push most listeners away. The first time I played Aphex on shuffle to help me sleep, resulted in one of the more "extreme" songs being added into the mix and there went the relaxation lol.	Heh, [54 Cymru Beats] or [Cock/Ver10] would certainly be interesting choices for bedtime music.
5,749	I foresee a Robocop type situation in the future where Apple has more money that some countries (or more likely banks) and they end up taking over.	That honestly doesn't seem that bad. Cook appears like a more competent leader than Trump.
5,750	I'm reading Beloved, so I'd be in the antebellum south. I'm white, so I might do well, but I don't know how long I would last without any connections or skills that would have been marketable in the 19th century	Don't smother a baby then pick up its demented doppelganger in a river and you're gold. Also slavery bad.
5,751	Aka three fantasy novels no one has heard of (outside of genre enthusiasts)? LOTR has a huuuuge built in audience.	That can frequently backfire though. A huge and dedicated audience also means tons of critics who look at every small difference and pick the new version apart. Just look at the "Abrams" Star Trek movies or even the Star Wars Prequels, if they weren't tied into such a venerable franchise, they probably wouldn't receive half the hate they get.
5,752	With just messenger my phone loses about 2-3 hours of charge a day compared to when it's not there. I'd hate to imagine what messenger, facebook, and the moments apps together would do.	Interesting, mine worka fine. never în the top five of apps that use battery
5,753	In the article they state they can reclassify the roads to private roads...	If I'm not mistaken, the difference between a public road and a private one is who has to maintain them. So in declaring them private wouldn't the residents then be responsible for repairing and plowing them?
5,754	Cool. There's a stuff that needs to be tweaked. * I tried to search for music in the people/tags field - Nothing at all happened. * I posted a song from my profile (showing "no posts") - The post didn't show. A reload showed it. Other than that, it looks really interesting. I hope lots of people join up! :)	Thanks! The search box currently works only for people/tags for legal reasons but, I can see how could be confusing. I'll look into the second one, that shouldn't happen.
5,755	Wow, yet another awesome detail that I hadn't noticed. I also didn't enjoy the excessive detail when I read the books, but I realise now it's allowed me to become far more involved and invested in the world GRRM has made	I'm the opposite. I loved all the worldbuilding, and I'm far from the sort of fan who would bleat daily on the internet about Gurm finishing the series. But I'm also the type of player who would go to every nook and cranny and examine every item in an open world video game rather than rushing through story mode.
5,756	I'm not saying convicted but many have admitted. Doesn't mean that some are lying but it also doesn't rule out that they are telling the truth. I really don't follow rap but I used to back when it was much more gangster focused. I like your point, whether you meant to make it or not, about using it as a poster child for domestic abuse and in that aspect it is pretty important to oust him and show the public disgust for his actions.	Yeah I that is what I was trying to say, you certainly put it better than me! I'm certainly not against your point, and it's just one of the many hypocrisies that are common in society. Another point to make is that In general I think a lot of the people commenting on Chris Brown don't like his music anyway. People are much more willing to excuse a person if they like what they do.
5,757	[Honey I'm Home] First one finished, working on the second :D	[Make me a sandwich] Second one finished, hope you like them :]
5,758	*I can't believe there are no grammar Nazis in r/books.	I can't believe there aren't any grammar Nazis in /r/books.
5,759	I used to read them religiously until about 3 years ago when every 2nd issue seemed to drool shamelessly over some vacuous Hollywood franchise or include yet another tidbit from Simon Pegg (I like the chap's work but there are other actors to talk to). It seemed to become very superficial and some behind the scenes interviews/previews of films felt more like advertisement than real film journalism. I gave up and haven't looked back. I feel they sold out.	Yeah I guess I feel pretty similar. I don't recall the pegg overload period but he does seem their type. That being said pegg seems like he fits into what I used to like about their ethos: cleverer than average but not distancing, popular but not generic (particularly in his early career, less so now) and most of all a genuine, palpable love for all things movie.
5,760	Pappas, whats your favorite Metroid? Those screw attack and triforce tats are dope as fuck.	The first one of course! Og Nintendo! - Pap
5,761	I'd wager the majority of the people who do that are just wiki readers. I don't think most trolls have the fortitude to actually read a few books.	That's a very self-serving attitude. There are arseholes of all persuasions - including patient arseholes who like the same things you do!
5,762	It definitely doesn't! You can write a single word of an album's lyrics and be accredited as a songwriter. There's (mainly) financial reasons for accrediting boy band members for writing their own songs when in reality they haven't, if you use your imagination I'm sure you will think of one of many reasons.	I imagine it is because the lead singer is owed a debt by a sith lord.
5,763	Duke Nukem failed because it relied of a kind of humor that people these days just don't find funny anymore. Half-Life doesn't do that. It has an interesting universe with a real story other than "kicking ass and chewing bubblegum."	I thought it was more the uninspired linear levels, a complete lack of exploration, bad driving sections and frustrating boss fights?
5,764	[Are Stone Roses breaking up?] I just started to really appreciate them. Haven't had a chance to see them.	Unfortunately it appears so. I had gotten into them before they reunited, and unfortunately was unable to see them on their tours. Will be a huge regret of mine.
5,765	I never like Sweepstakes on the Plastic Beach album. It's interesting, but it always takes me out of the flow for some reason. Edit: You guys have reminded me that more songs on the album annoy me. Thanks!	White Flag is the one I always skip on that album. It's a horrible clash of styles.
5,766	Yeah, it isn’t like humans can be rehabilitated or groomed out of their ideology through a controlled environment. It isn’t like we can’t study their habits and learn about them to prevent similar atrocities. We should just kill ‘em, that’ll deter them. They’re afraid of death, obviously. Not one of them has ever talked about their main goal in life being martyrdom.	Just so you know, we're on (mostly) the same page. I would want "fixing" to be the main goal for any broken person. But we suck at it and the bloodlust of our species prevents the practice from taking strong root.
5,767	To be fair, it was Lupe's most well-received album since probably The Cool. Unfortunately, it was a little easy to overlook (especially for critics who don't get into many modern straight hip hop albums) with Kendrick's goliath release dropping just a month or two later. Let's hope Lupe gets a little -- okay, a lot -- more attention with his 3 (!) new albums next year!	Not to mention the fact that it came out at the very beginning of the year. Sadly, a lot of critics probably forgot about it.
5,768	If you were a real friend you would have given up the CC. What's the worst that could happen?	Haha, well, then I wouldn't have been able to have money at the place I needed to be.
5,769	Okay forget the loop, although youre making it sound way bigger than it actually would need to be. Make it go forwards and backwards. Get to a dead end, reverse bus driver to the "rear", Track switches so it can transfer to the opposite direction track. Off they go. Anyway it's actually a guided bus so it could just jump out of its grooves on its tires and likely do a zero radius 180.	It still needs to cross lanes and still can't get off the highway to a depot
5,770	> Because WX is shorthand for "weather" In what context is this used? I've never seen it. Edit: Huh. Maybe an American thing? Never heard of it in the UK.	It's the Morse code abbreviation for weather. Pretty much only meteorologists and weather geeks use it, it's not terribly common outside those circles.
5,771	My boyfriend does that. I refuse to let him read my books until after I have read them, because I know he will deface them.	I'm a page folder too but I would never do that to a borrowed book, only my own.
5,772	Seems like he's had a change of heart about the editing process in the intervening years: > The greatest nugget of knowledge we took away from the interview? Paul Thomas Anderson thinks Magnolia is “way too f*cking long”. When asked what he’d do if given the opportunity to do another cut of his three hour-plus movie, he replies: “I’d slice that thing down ... it’s unmerciful how long it is. I won’t defend it”. Although from where we sit, it’s hard to say just what should be trimmed from his late 90s masterpiece. > ‘magnolia-is-way-too-long’	I think the 3 hour runtime gives it this epic drama feeling personly for me... and there isn't really a dull moment for me.
5,773	On shelves 642. On loan 15 (of which 6 I've written off as I'm never getting back) Unread 53 (whoops) Not 100% sure re digital	Shelves: 805. Unread: 402. Digital: 325 -- 59 Google books, 266 Kindle. Edit: Maths.
5,774	I'm learning programming now and so nothing a make runs more than 50 lines of code, yet I still get lost. How do organizations with such massive programs keep it all organized?	I have about 20 years of programming experience.. It's like a language. When you first learn a language it takes you a few moments to process it. Eventually, you become fluent. However, the more you practice , the more you can improve your skill set. Programming is more complicated though in that you can learn ENTIRELY new techniques and skills like profiling, static analysis, new algorithms, etc. That and new technologies become available which completely change the game.
5,775	KK made millions of dollars off an invasion from her privacy. She's very talented at what she does.	What invasion of her privacy? Her sex tape? Cause if you think that entire thing wasn't planned, I have some land on the moon I can sell you.
5,776	Because Stallone and Arnold have fuck you money.	Maybe Miller is gonna have that kind of money if Fury Road continues to do well.
5,777	yeah i learned pretty early on to never buy the requested books until i explicitly see them being used in class.	Yup, figured this out quick and still tell all the freshmen.
5,778	He had to, though, he was trying to compete with the formalized writing styles that came out of manuscript centers in Italy.	I think it's a combination of inexperience and going with what he knew. He knew the writing styles of the time and obviously copied them. It's pretty silly for me to bitch, I know, because one should almost assume that's what he'd do, make it look like everyone else's. I'm sure manufacturing process of the letters for printing had something to do with it as well. Still, it's easier for me to read German (a language I don't speak) than it is to read that. :-)
5,779	I thought that it was good casting, but part of the problem with that film is that none of the villains had any depth whatsoever, Sandman included.	Sandman had some depth with the daughter plotline, but they weren't able to flesh it out because of the Venom storyline.
5,780	Don't forget the terrible metro apps that set themselves as the default after every update. Like a calculator that takes forever to open and asks you to rate it.	New Calc opens in an instant at this point in time, on the most recent OS and app version. Please stop spreading misinformation. Yes, it asks you to rate or offer feedback for improvement - once. People don't know they can offer improvement and that Microsoft actually listens and cares about it. It's a good thing they prompt for it.
5,781	The first book of the Foundation series was one of my favorites for a very long time. The use of religion and technology is incorporated masterfully.	FYI, don't read the books in chronological order - there are a couple of prequels, written decades later, that would spoil your enjoyment of the others.
5,782	Why spend 9k on a laptop... Like the tech and innovation... But Jesus.... 9k...wtf	Why spend 500k on a car or 15 million on a house? Howbout 20k on a watch? Some people are rich and don't care, that's why.
5,783	Nor that Momentary Lapse was awful and Division Bell was just mediocre. Not that Waters was the be-all-end-all, but the band suffers greatly without his influence yet not really that much in comparison when the others check out.	They ad something before The Wall and then it was just over. The Wall was the pinnacle of creative expression for Pink Floyd IMO. If Waters had some godlike song writing powers then he would have formed another world changing band. But he didn't. Gilmour didn't really do anything groundbreaking after The Wall. He oversaw a few solid tracks but nothing with the idealism, expression, depth and artistic poignancy of the past. Hey, they made some magic, then it was over. Pink Floyd is dead, long live Pink Floyd.
5,784	And that's all we have been trying to point out to people but a lot of morons on here run their mouths without actually reading from multiple sources before throwing in their worthless 2 cents.	No, not at all. It was seven in one incident, seventeen in another. The author said seventeen in both. Either way, abusive shit happened.
5,785	So the movie was 95% computer animation and 5% acting? Exactly what I expected it to be.	Expecting as much as 5% acting from this ludicrous nonsense is a bold hope. I commend your passion and resilience.
5,786	I used to have some caffeinated ones purchased in the USA from thinkgeek.com	Ohhhh I forgot about thinkgeek having them! I'm not sure if they still do though. I used to want some. They work any?
5,787	Stuart Saves His Family. Okay, maybe I don't love it, but I enjoy the heck out of it. I used to watch it with my mother, who also found it highly entertaining, as she was raised in a terribly dysfunctional family.	It's easier to wear slippers than carpet the world. Truth Stuart.
5,788	Blankets by Craig Thompson? I absolutely love that one but I think I prefer Habibi. He's not very widely known though - not like Maus or Watchmen	Habibi was huge but somehow felt like a normal graphic novel. It didn’t feel too bloated.
5,789	You mean the ending that was truer to the book and didn't have the stupid "zombies don't attack sick people" plot device? They changed the ending because it wasn't a "happy" ending.	You mean the massive Zombie Battle in Moscow they wanted to try? Another typical 5th act epic battle rife with every single horrid waste of a crew-members talent. Instead they actually did something more interesting- ended an epic film without an epic battle but a question. I'm not trying to compare the movie to the book, to me they are seperate entities with the same name.
5,790	This Must Be The Place is the most flawless song ever.	Thanks for reminding me it exists. I am listening to it right now. Ahhhh, bliss.
5,791	(I think he's referring to how a lot of people were optimistic that Obama would actually change things back when he was just a candidate, [and how, as president, he has completely changed his stance on a lot of issues]	That seems to be the norm with all candidate politicians though, im not seeing much of a difference.
5,792	damn link never turns purple so i keep clicking on it	Yeah, me too. I don't read links before I click them.
5,793	In alienware's infinite wisdom, their m15x doesn't have a vga output. I've seen products which claim to convert VGA to USB but that seems like a lot of data for a USB slot. Reviews are difficult to come by so i'm very skeptical, anyone here tried it?	From a quick google of that model it seems it has a displayport out, does yours? If so you can get a displayport to VGA converter.
5,794	Ryan Gosling released an album a couple years ago called dead man's bones under the moniker of dead man's bones that had a track titled dead man's bones.	I remembered this thread today as I was organizing my mp3 metadata, and wanted to see if someone posted this. And... you did. It's a pretty good album.
5,795	I've always loved IMAX, and I've only read good things about 70mm. I'll buy my tickets.	Do it. Its not this big spectacular wide battle but it totally works in 70MM. I thought it was going to be a gimmick but it truly feels like a movie that could have been made in the 60s. It sounds like it to. You aren't going to ever see a nee film like this unless Nolan makes his WW2 film, so take the risk, spend some extra cash and go see this movie
5,796	> Okay, I won't judge now but I have to say, she is milking it a bit. Why not? Cursed Child, Deadly Hollows 1 and 2? Continuing to return to the universe after claiming she was done with it, and trying to write adult fiction? She's pulling on that cows teat so hard it might be animal abuse.	She said she was done with the Harry Potter books, not the universe. She even kept saying that she would write about the universe before she finished the books. Geez, based on the amount of bullshit people made up in the comments here you could make another trilogy.
5,797	Ghost in the Shell is just about futuristic cops. It can take place anywhere with any ethnicity playing the lead roll without it affecting the story in any significant way. I am not surprised most fans don't really care.	Wow. You could argue that a Ghost in the Shell spinoff could be set anywhere, but if you watched the show at all, you'd know it's entirely about Japan's fictional Public Security Section 9. It is tied heavily into Japanese government and the fictional history established in the story. Ghost in the Shell is basically all about the state of Japan and any argument that the plot of GitS wouldn't be lost in a spinoff is asinine. You boiled down GitS to its most irrelevant detail. Congrats, dumbass, for completely missing the point of the show.
5,798	well this is off-topic and about the book, but I was reading the wiki of the novel and came across this about d'Artagnan: >When his servant tries to leave employment because d'Artagnan cannot pay him, d'Artagnan beats him, to the approval of the musketeers. wtf is that all about. doesn't sound very musketeery to me.	They were written like that in the book. In later adaptations, the three musketeers are often portrated as classic, heroic good guys, but in the original works, they're drunk, risqué scoundrels.
5,799	Portuguese translation, soz. Can't bother to read non-english books in english, might aswell get the also-translated version in a language I'm more confortable with.	So was it translated into english then portuguese or straight away?

5,700

Wow! Great idea and good job! Can't wait for 2019 now to start this

Are you thinking of doing this challenge yourself? If so, have fun! And good luck getting a hold of all your books, in hindsight, if I didn't have access to a university library, it would've been almost impossible to cover some of those countries. Otherwise, be prepared to spend mucho $$$$$$$$$$

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It isn't really F1 tech, though, is it? I mean, Toyota has had a similar system in the Prius, I've read that the Tesla Roadster had a system like that as well (I'm not sure about the Model S, though it would make sense), and even before those it was in trolley cars.

KERS itself is nothing new. This specific implementation of it was developed by Williams F1 for use in their racing cars before they found partners to bring it to a larger market

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Where is the implication? I simply stated the facts.

You can phrase facts in such a way to steer an audience into an opinion. Implication is not antonymous with fact.

5,703

ugh I did. I don't think this MarvinRacer really understands what he's saying.

look at his channel though. He seems to be pretty good at piano.

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Haha, I like this guy. Not the other guys who ruined his dry, beautiful sarcasm by laughing at all the wrong times, tho.

At least it was a fake laugh and not a real one. Seriously, canned laughter would've been better.

5,705

Cheddar. Rich, buttery, extra-sharp cheddar so well-aged it's almost crumbly. I grew up in Wisconsin, so cheese is to me one of the four food groups. So is beer, of course. I had beer-cheese soup served at my wedding rehearsal dinner. As for tacos, they have some of the sandwich sensibility: carbohydrates wrapped around a filling. But you assemble a taco in vertical layers, and a sandwich is built horizontally, so I think the architectures are mutually exclusive.

I love cheddar and I agree about the taco. Thanks for answering!

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Could not help looking up the side effects tab. Checks out.

Symptoms of overdose: Holding false beliefs that cannot be changed by fact.

5,707

It is a spirit crushing take on modern society. One of the reasons I love Floyd.

"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way." Seems like that's all anyone does.

5,708

Mad World by Gary Jules in Donnie Darko. I think it was originally done by someone else, but his version is haunting and depressing.

> Mad World by Gary Jules in Donnie Darko. I think it was originally done by someone else. This makes me feel old. (And it was Tears for Fears)

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And the result on foreign policy will be disastrous. If you have no "skin in the game" then your society doesn't feel the impacts of war, basically allowing you to continue such actions indefinitely, as we see now with our current use of drones.

Yeah, but the whole point of fighting a war is to be as unfair as possible. That's how you win.

5,710

To be fair the comic books have the same issues. Wolverine is the standout and the rest are seen as an assembly.

Well now they do. Back in the 90s, I remember the other X-Men characters being lot more interesting.

5,711

A no name eink would be great if you can find one. Battery lasts for ages and they are easy on the eyes. Check your local discount / junk store. Good luck.

I forget the exact model, but a lot of Sony's early eReaders (predated the Kindles) can be found super cheap on eBay, even the higher end models. They may be lower res than the $250 Kindles and lack backlights, but a great deal!

5,712

What's the name of the song in this? Don't think I've heard it before and sounds awesome

Loved it too. Tried to Shazam the last bit of it where it's clearest and got nothing. Anyone know?

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Chance really has some of the most positive feel good music I've ever heard. This comment definitely deserves to be higher. Highly recommend.

Thanks! I was really surprised no one else has mentioned him yet. Acid Rap is just and all around good feeling mixtape, and his Social Experiment stuff is even more positive.

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I'm not a fan, personally. I've watch a few episodes, but I guess it's just not my type of comedy. Too much cheese for me I think.

I'm actually not a big fan of the show. I love the podcast though, much better in my opinion. CBB, Sklarboro Country, and Improv4Humans is almost always good.

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That sounds like a feature that people might be willing to pay for.

i'v already paid, and it's a feature i won't be using. EDIT - as stated above, i have paid for windows 8.1 three times. reason for that is mainly because i can't be bothered having an unstable windows install, as well as the updates and support included. same reason i'v got a Steam account and not just a big massive list of torrented games. it's for stability and support.

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To be honest I'm not quite sure what grooveshark offers that spotify doesn't have - spotify has managed to clear all the rights and keep things legal.

Grooveshark has lots of live, audience taped shows. I love that. Also, for Spotify, it seems like I have to install an app. WTF?

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> but they were just unbearable, constantly slamming into us and everyone around them. One of the highlights of FYF weekend last year for me was watching my buddy knock a kid out cold that had drunkenly bumped into our group 20 or 30 times. Insufferable millennials at FYF 2014 beware: the festival draws a wide age range, and us in the older generations tend to eschew passive-aggression for straightforward aggression when confronted with bad public behavior.

Yeah, someone drunkenly bumps into you and you think that deserves for you to knock them out? You're not too cool for millennials, you're just a fucking prick.

5,718

I would say Prince is a bit more popular than Bowie in the U.S. Not a ton more popular, but more popular.

Bowie had a longer legacy though. He was apart of the musical revolution of the 60s. Prince was a bit after that.

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here's my take on Abercrombie - the **FLT** is very good and I'm still a pretty big fan of **Best Served Cold**. I hit a point somewhere in **The Heroes** where I'd just had my fill and it took me multiple tries to push through **Red Country** because I'd just had enough. The shock value of the brutality and the anti-heroes and shades of grey characters that just get darker as the story progresses just get tiring, repetitious, and a bit predictable. Life absolutely isn't all sunshine and rainbows and happy endings, but it almost gets to the point where I want to pop a Zoloft after reading too much of his stuff without mixing in some lighter material.

I actually think The Heroes was his best book hands down in terms of fleshing out characters and having them go through quality development, all in a period of three days. That said, it can be very easy to become oversaturated with his materials. I had a long enough break between books where I read other material (high fantasy, nonfiction, etc) that I was ready to delve back down into low fantasy.

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Probably because anyone under 25 has no clue they used to be an amazing and pioneering speed/thrash metal band.

I really don't think there's ever going to be another metal band like them.

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Shirley Jackson: “I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.”

“'It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

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Then don't read them, let it affect you, come in to the comments and write something. Take the .2 seconds to keep scrolling past it and let people talk about whatever they want?

Seriously. People whine about reposting and cliche'd comments, but the easiest possible comment karma is to say "hmmph look how much I don't care about Justin Bieber" and "ugh reddit is the ONLY place I hear about Justin Bieber". Talk about annoying ass comments. If you really didn't care, you wouldn't be commenting.

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I disable custom CSS globally. I can't stand some of the god awful styles.

Yea, I need a global layout. I hate when links are at different locations from subreddit to subreddit. I visit lots of subreddits and am not going to remember the layout of each sub.

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*With free NSA image auditing service included at no charge, for free.

Ahh that's how they did it. Struck a deal with that Utah Datacenter to host a few yotabytes of space I bet.

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To me, the dystopia was in the absence of pain. All of the characters except John lived lives in almost total avoidance of any physical or emotional pain, which prevented their humanity from having any real depth. I thought the characters missed out on the full richness and appreciation of life because they were robbed of an entire side of the emotional spectrum. Just think about what a shallow and compassionless little worm you would be if you had never had any suffering to learn from.

When they find John does his mother desperately try to leave everything she has behind in order to get back to society or am I not remembering correctly (read it almost a decade ago).l?

5,726

TIL people will pay you for being a Grammar nazi, a Spelling Gestapo, or a Context Commie.

Ya, mann. I totali agri. Speling in literchure iznt inportint at al

5,727

"Someday, it could carry supplies to soldiers on the battlefield." How about someday, there is no war?

True. "WE CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR NEXT BIG WAR, SO WE CAN TEST OUT ALL OUR COOL GADGETS!"

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I don't know, his covers of Hendrix shows that he can definitely play in other genres; blues just seems to be his favorite for now.

> his covers of Hendrix shows that he can definitely play in other genres; blues just seems to be his favorite for now. Well, I would say that Hendrix is blues.

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I guess we'll find out for sure soon enough. But considering how close they're getting to the assassination, I imagine you're right.

I would love if they made it an ongoing series but I can see why they went the way they did. The book has more than enough material to do so.

5,730

Who knew?!?! Corporations put profits ahead of ethical behavior!

What about this isn't ethical? Would it be more ethical if the company was based in the states instead?

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Man I don't know. Why would they just make the ships bigger like that? Isn't it supposed to be about us using their tech to build a planetary defense system? Why not focus on that? Doesn't the size of it seem a little off? Is it just me, or does it look like the city destroyer looks like it came from this poster: Also isn't it going to be called ID4EVER?

Yes! It's an amateur shop. Something about the angle and the orientation of the ship with respect to the earth isn't right.

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Well that settles it folks, unless someone who has been to more concerts chimes in with a different opinion I guess filming with a cell phone is ok. Source: moral authority is typically derived from number of concert attended. Edit: Most of you get that this was a joke, for those of you who didnt...lighten up.

It's a discussion board, not an "agree with me and circlejerk over people recording shows". I agree with the guy above and if me taking a thirty second video bothers you so much, I don't really care. More people are recording special moments during concerts than hipsters on the internet complaining. If you're phone isn't up the entire time then who gives a fuck

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the one's you've sent? Or the ones you've recieved and not viewed? I really doubt it would be the sent ones because my gf's phone would be bursting at the seams by now.

Though if it were the received your phone would be bursting at the seams wouldn't it?

5,734

I would add De la Soul to that list...and Deltron 3030, it's amazing and even my friends who hate hip hop can listen to it.

Absolutely, how could I forget De La? 3 Feet High And Rising is a classic.

5,735

I mean King Crimson has the same principle. While it is annoying, I think it's great that it forces me to own it physically. iTunes is an easy way out and doesn't really provide the tangible sense of ownership/the quality that CD has.

It was fine in 2006, but most of their fans don't have CD players anymore. And where are we supposed to get these cd's at? THERE ARE NO MORE MUSIC STORES. We're supposed to rely on Wal-Mart or Target? Or are we supposed to order them from Amazon and wait while they're shipped instead of just buying on iTunes and listening immediately? The whole 'ownership' thing is moot now. It's not about having a plastic coaster filled with music it's about supporting acts you like. Back up your digital purchases and just enjoy the tunes. If it wasn't for iTunes I would never have been able to buy the EP from Lesser Key, as an example. Because there are no more music stores.

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Never used ticket master or brought tickets online for anything really. Do these official ticket sites not use capchas and other bot prevention techniques?

Every methods can be broken. My friend was talking about consideration for 10 factors (maybe some exaggeration from him here) authentication to get early access to tickets. Also, there are services that will solve captchas for you. Usually it's an API and the captcha validation is outsourced to the same people who used to farm gold in games in China.

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I also guarantee that Spotify crunched the numbers and came up with the most you could live with paying without forcing you back to piracy. Tidal wanted to charge double for a clean conscience and did not back up why their service was actually better for artists or the music industry as a whole.

And paraded out a bunch of 'artists' with zero integrity to pimp the service.

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Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes. You can get very nice versions of this text with english on the left page and spanish on the right. Long ago I had one myself although I have no idea what's become of it since.

You should know that this was written in an earlier form of Spanish that is pretty strange to modern speakers.

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I believe leaving inventors off of a patent is a good way to get your patent invalidated in court. This is risky behaviour, aside from being dickish. Source: read a book about patents once.

Well, if you want to open source your invention and not have it be patented, then here's a step-by-step guide on how to prevent anyone from patenting your invention (or rather invalidate any attempted patents): Step 1: Publish it. Step 2: There is no step 2. You can't take published inventions and patent them after the fact. That's not how it works.

5,740

I can easily follow the plot but it's am inconsistent, confused kind of plot. Leading up the final scenes you even get these shots of the institute where the big pool is at and it's like "wow, this is it" but you have never heard of or seen the place before, you dont even know why its signifcant to go there, and it just ends up feeling like the movie is trying too hard to be impressive but it doesn't even know what it's trying to do.

sorry but they did discuss the pool before going to it. It sound like either you get confused easily and you had made up your mind early and decided not to pay attention to reinforce your belief that plot made no sense. If you are truly serious about wanting to know more, i recommend you re watch the movie. i doubt it will change your opinion but, at least you will have some your questions posed in your post answered.

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I'm assuming that people get the joke, it's just terrible. Also, Canadians downvote anything that they don't immediately understand to be a compliment.

Yeah, let's make it all about Canada, and not your ~~dumbass~~ misunderstood joke.

5,742

The Kills, STRFKR, and I just found this new two piece the other day on BBC's artists to watch 2014 list called Royal Blood. They only have one song out currently but it seems pretty promising to me.

Are you talking about Starfucker? Don't know much about them, but I didn't think they were a two piece band.

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Agreed. Books I've read to my son and daughter: The Little Prince (did cry), The Hobbit, LoTR, The Brothers Lionheart (did also cry), Ronia the Robber's Daughter, Earthsea series, Moomin text books etc. My wife is in the process of reading all the Harry Potters to them. We never stopped reading bedtime stories. The kids are 11 and 9 and it's still the best time together as a parent and a child.

What amazing memories you are creating for them! Growing up, my dad read to my sister and me almost every night, including as we got older: The Chronicles of Narnia, The complete Sherlock Holmes, The hobbit, LoTR (way before there were movies, go dad!), Inherit the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and finally Grapes of Wrath I remember was the final book before I went off to college. Keep reading to your kiddos, it's the greatest gift you can give them. (Plus you've chosen a great selection!).

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I think this should be banned. Profiling a user account is akin to revealing personal information, it is a breach of privacy. Are you listening admins?

Screw that.. I want the bot to do me!.. .. It is pretty interesting..

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That is one of my all time favourites, so much fun! Did you have a character you really liked?

I usually don't go for the bad guys, but I quite liked Croup and Vandemar. Interesting dynamic between the two

5,746

Amelie was painful for me to watch all the way through.

wow... I would love to know what was so painful about it

5,747

Good for her. From the little bit that I've heard out of that book, it sounds pornographic.

It is very pornographic. It was fan-fiction that somehow got a publishing deal.

5,748

Love Aphex Twin-but more so the lighter, ambient music (which is lovely and relaxing). However, the more "extreme" side can very easily push most listeners away. The first time I played Aphex on shuffle to help me sleep, resulted in one of the more "extreme" songs being added into the mix and there went the relaxation lol.

Heh, [54 Cymru Beats] or [Cock/Ver10] would certainly be interesting choices for bedtime music.

5,749

I foresee a Robocop type situation in the future where Apple has more money that some countries (or more likely banks) and they end up taking over.

That honestly doesn't seem that bad. Cook appears like a more competent leader than Trump.

5,750

I'm reading Beloved, so I'd be in the antebellum south. I'm white, so I might do well, but I don't know how long I would last without any connections or skills that would have been marketable in the 19th century

Don't smother a baby then pick up its demented doppelganger in a river and you're gold. Also slavery bad.

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Aka three fantasy novels no one has heard of (outside of genre enthusiasts)? LOTR has a huuuuge built in audience.

That can frequently backfire though. A huge and dedicated audience also means tons of critics who look at every small difference and pick the new version apart. Just look at the "Abrams" Star Trek movies or even the Star Wars Prequels, if they weren't tied into such a venerable franchise, they probably wouldn't receive half the hate they get.

5,752

With just messenger my phone loses about 2-3 hours of charge a day compared to when it's not there. I'd hate to imagine what messenger, facebook, and the moments apps together would do.

Interesting, mine worka fine. never în the top five of apps that use battery

5,753

In the article they state they can reclassify the roads to private roads...

If I'm not mistaken, the difference between a public road and a private one is who has to maintain them. So in declaring them private wouldn't the residents then be responsible for repairing and plowing them?

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Cool. There's a stuff that needs to be tweaked. * I tried to search for music in the people/tags field - Nothing at all happened. * I posted a song from my profile (showing "no posts") - The post didn't show. A reload showed it. Other than that, it looks really interesting. I hope lots of people join up! :)

Thanks! The search box currently works only for people/tags for legal reasons but, I can see how could be confusing. I'll look into the second one, that shouldn't happen.

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Wow, yet another awesome detail that I hadn't noticed. I also didn't enjoy the excessive detail when I read the books, but I realise now it's allowed me to become far more involved and invested in the world GRRM has made

I'm the opposite. I loved all the worldbuilding, and I'm far from the sort of fan who would bleat daily on the internet about Gurm finishing the series. But I'm also the type of player who would go to every nook and cranny and examine every item in an open world video game rather than rushing through story mode.

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I'm not saying convicted but many have admitted. Doesn't mean that some are lying but it also doesn't rule out that they are telling the truth. I really don't follow rap but I used to back when it was much more gangster focused. I like your point, whether you meant to make it or not, about using it as a poster child for domestic abuse and in that aspect it is pretty important to oust him and show the public disgust for his actions.

Yeah I that is what I was trying to say, you certainly put it better than me! I'm certainly not against your point, and it's just one of the many hypocrisies that are common in society. Another point to make is that In general I think a lot of the people commenting on Chris Brown don't like his music anyway. People are much more willing to excuse a person if they like what they do.

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[Honey I'm Home] First one finished, working on the second :D

[Make me a sandwich] Second one finished, hope you like them :]

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*I can't believe there are no grammar Nazis in r/books.

I can't believe there aren't any grammar Nazis in /r/books.

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I used to read them religiously until about 3 years ago when every 2nd issue seemed to drool shamelessly over some vacuous Hollywood franchise or include yet another tidbit from Simon Pegg (I like the chap's work but there are other actors to talk to). It seemed to become very superficial and some behind the scenes interviews/previews of films felt more like advertisement than real film journalism. I gave up and haven't looked back. I feel they sold out.

Yeah I guess I feel pretty similar. I don't recall the pegg overload period but he does seem their type. That being said pegg seems like he fits into what I used to like about their ethos: cleverer than average but not distancing, popular but not generic (particularly in his early career, less so now) and most of all a genuine, palpable love for all things movie.

5,760

Pappas, whats your favorite Metroid? Those screw attack and triforce tats are dope as fuck.

The first one of course! Og Nintendo! - Pap

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I'd wager the majority of the people who do that are just wiki readers. I don't think most trolls have the fortitude to actually read a few books.

That's a very self-serving attitude. There are arseholes of all persuasions - including patient arseholes who like the same things you do!

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It definitely doesn't! You can write a single word of an album's lyrics and be accredited as a songwriter. There's (mainly) financial reasons for accrediting boy band members for writing their own songs when in reality they haven't, if you use your imagination I'm sure you will think of one of many reasons.

I imagine it is because the lead singer is owed a debt by a sith lord.

5,763

Duke Nukem failed because it relied of a kind of humor that people these days just don't find funny anymore. Half-Life doesn't do that. It has an interesting universe with a real story other than "kicking ass and chewing bubblegum."

I thought it was more the uninspired linear levels, a complete lack of exploration, bad driving sections and frustrating boss fights?

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[Are Stone Roses breaking up?] I just started to really appreciate them. Haven't had a chance to see them.

Unfortunately it appears so. I had gotten into them before they reunited, and unfortunately was unable to see them on their tours. Will be a huge regret of mine.

5,765

I never like Sweepstakes on the Plastic Beach album. It's interesting, but it always takes me out of the flow for some reason. Edit: You guys have reminded me that more songs on the album annoy me. Thanks!

White Flag is the one I always skip on that album. It's a horrible clash of styles.

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Yeah, it isn’t like humans can be rehabilitated or groomed out of their ideology through a controlled environment. It isn’t like we can’t study their habits and learn about them to prevent similar atrocities. We should just kill ‘em, that’ll deter them. They’re afraid of death, obviously. Not one of them has ever talked about their main goal in life being martyrdom.

Just so you know, we're on (mostly) the same page. I would want "fixing" to be the main goal for any broken person. But we suck at it and the bloodlust of our species prevents the practice from taking strong root.

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To be fair, it was Lupe's most well-received album since probably The Cool. Unfortunately, it was a little easy to overlook (especially for critics who don't get into many modern straight hip hop albums) with Kendrick's goliath release dropping just a month or two later. Let's hope Lupe gets a little -- okay, a lot -- more attention with his 3 (!) new albums next year!

Not to mention the fact that it came out at the very beginning of the year. Sadly, a lot of critics probably forgot about it.

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If you were a real friend you would have given up the CC. What's the worst that could happen?

Haha, well, then I wouldn't have been able to have money at the place I needed to be.

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Okay forget the loop, although youre making it sound way bigger than it actually would need to be. Make it go forwards and backwards. Get to a dead end, reverse bus driver to the "rear", Track switches so it can transfer to the opposite direction track. Off they go. Anyway it's actually a guided bus so it could just jump out of its grooves on its tires and likely do a zero radius 180.

It still needs to cross lanes and still can't get off the highway to a depot

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> Because WX is shorthand for "weather" In what context is this used? I've never seen it. Edit: Huh. Maybe an American thing? Never heard of it in the UK.

It's the Morse code abbreviation for weather. Pretty much only meteorologists and weather geeks use it, it's not terribly common outside those circles.

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My boyfriend does that. I refuse to let him read my books until after I have read them, because I know he will deface them.

I'm a page folder too but I would never do that to a borrowed book, only my own.

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Seems like he's had a change of heart about the editing process in the intervening years: > The greatest nugget of knowledge we took away from the interview? Paul Thomas Anderson thinks Magnolia is “way too f*cking long”. When asked what he’d do if given the opportunity to do another cut of his three hour-plus movie, he replies: “I’d slice that thing down ... it’s unmerciful how long it is. I won’t defend it”. Although from where we sit, it’s hard to say just what should be trimmed from his late 90s masterpiece. > ‘magnolia-is-way-too-long’

I think the 3 hour runtime gives it this epic drama feeling personly for me... and there isn't really a dull moment for me.

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On shelves 642. On loan 15 (of which 6 I've written off as I'm never getting back) Unread 53 (whoops) Not 100% sure re digital

Shelves: 805. Unread: 402. Digital: 325 -- 59 Google books, 266 Kindle. Edit: Maths.

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I'm learning programming now and so nothing a make runs more than 50 lines of code, yet I still get lost. How do organizations with such massive programs keep it all organized?

I have about 20 years of programming experience.. It's like a language. When you first learn a language it takes you a few moments to process it. Eventually, you become fluent. However, the more you practice , the more you can improve your skill set. Programming is more complicated though in that you can learn ENTIRELY new techniques and skills like profiling, static analysis, new algorithms, etc. That and new technologies become available which completely change the game.

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KK made millions of dollars off an invasion from her privacy. She's very talented at what she does.

What invasion of her privacy? Her sex tape? Cause if you think that entire thing wasn't planned, I have some land on the moon I can sell you.

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Because Stallone and Arnold have fuck you money.

Maybe Miller is gonna have that kind of money if Fury Road continues to do well.

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yeah i learned pretty early on to never buy the requested books until i explicitly see them being used in class.

Yup, figured this out quick and still tell all the freshmen.

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He had to, though, he was trying to compete with the formalized writing styles that came out of manuscript centers in Italy.

I think it's a combination of inexperience and going with what he knew. He knew the writing styles of the time and obviously copied them. It's pretty silly for me to bitch, I know, because one should almost assume that's what he'd do, make it look like everyone else's. I'm sure manufacturing process of the letters for printing had something to do with it as well. Still, it's easier for me to read German (a language I don't speak) than it is to read that. :-)

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I thought that it was good casting, but part of the problem with that film is that none of the villains had any depth whatsoever, Sandman included.

Sandman had some depth with the daughter plotline, but they weren't able to flesh it out because of the Venom storyline.

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Don't forget the terrible metro apps that set themselves as the default after every update. Like a calculator that takes forever to open and asks you to rate it.

New Calc opens in an instant at this point in time, on the most recent OS and app version. Please stop spreading misinformation. Yes, it asks you to rate or offer feedback for improvement - once. People don't know they can offer improvement and that Microsoft actually listens and cares about it. It's a good thing they prompt for it.

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The first book of the *Foundation* series was one of my favorites for a very long time. The use of religion and technology is incorporated masterfully.

FYI, don't read the books in chronological order - there are a couple of prequels, written decades later, that would spoil your enjoyment of the others.

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Why spend 9k on a laptop... Like the tech and innovation... But Jesus.... 9k...wtf

Why spend 500k on a car or 15 million on a house? Howbout 20k on a watch? Some people are rich and don't care, that's why.

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Nor that Momentary Lapse was awful and Division Bell was just mediocre. Not that Waters was the be-all-end-all, but the band suffers greatly without his influence yet not really that much in comparison when the others check out.

They ad something before The Wall and then it was just over. The Wall was the pinnacle of creative expression for Pink Floyd IMO. If Waters had some godlike song writing powers then he would have formed another world changing band. But he didn't. Gilmour didn't really do anything groundbreaking after The Wall. He oversaw a few solid tracks but nothing with the idealism, expression, depth and artistic poignancy of the past. Hey, they made some magic, then it was over. Pink Floyd is dead, long live Pink Floyd.

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And that's all we have been trying to point out to people but a lot of morons on here run their mouths without actually reading from multiple sources before throwing in their worthless 2 cents.

No, not at all. It was seven in one incident, seventeen in another. The author said seventeen in both. Either way, abusive shit happened.

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So the movie was 95% computer animation and 5% acting? Exactly what I expected it to be.

Expecting as much as 5% acting from this ludicrous nonsense is a bold hope. I commend your passion and resilience.

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I used to have some caffeinated ones purchased in the USA from thinkgeek.com

Ohhhh I forgot about thinkgeek having them! I'm not sure if they still do though. I used to want some. They work any?

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Stuart Saves His Family. Okay, maybe I don't love it, but I enjoy the heck out of it. I used to watch it with my mother, who also found it highly entertaining, as she was raised in a terribly dysfunctional family.

It's easier to wear slippers than carpet the world. Truth Stuart.

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Blankets by Craig Thompson? I absolutely love that one but I think I prefer Habibi. He's not very widely known though - not like Maus or Watchmen

Habibi was huge but somehow felt like a normal graphic novel. It didn’t feel too bloated.

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You mean the ending that was truer to the book and didn't have the stupid "zombies don't attack sick people" plot device? They changed the ending because it wasn't a "happy" ending.

You mean the massive Zombie Battle in Moscow they wanted to try? Another typical 5th act epic battle rife with every single horrid waste of a crew-members talent. Instead they actually did something more interesting- ended an epic film without an epic battle but a question. I'm not trying to compare the movie to the book, to me they are seperate entities with the same name.

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This Must Be The Place is the most flawless song ever.

Thanks for reminding me it exists. I am listening to it right now. Ahhhh, bliss.

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(I think he's referring to how a lot of people were optimistic that Obama would actually change things back when he was just a candidate, [and how, as president, he has completely changed his stance on a lot of issues]

That seems to be the norm with all candidate politicians though, im not seeing much of a difference.

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damn link never turns purple so i keep clicking on it

Yeah, me too. I don't read links before I click them.

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In alienware's infinite wisdom, their m15x doesn't have a vga output. I've seen products which claim to convert VGA to USB but that seems like a lot of data for a USB slot. Reviews are difficult to come by so i'm very skeptical, anyone here tried it?

From a quick google of that model it seems it has a displayport out, does yours? If so you can get a displayport to VGA converter.

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Ryan Gosling released an album a couple years ago called dead man's bones under the moniker of dead man's bones that had a track titled dead man's bones.

I remembered this thread today as I was organizing my mp3 metadata, and wanted to see if someone posted this. And... you did. It's a pretty good album.

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I've always loved IMAX, and I've only read good things about 70mm. I'll buy my tickets.

Do it. Its not this big spectacular wide battle but it totally works in 70MM. I thought it was going to be a gimmick but it truly feels like a movie that could have been made in the 60s. It sounds like it to. You aren't going to ever see a nee film like this unless Nolan makes his WW2 film, so take the risk, spend some extra cash and go see this movie

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> Okay, I won't judge now but I have to say, she is milking it a bit. Why not? Cursed Child, Deadly Hollows 1 and 2? Continuing to return to the universe after claiming she was done with it, and trying to write adult fiction? She's pulling on that cows teat so hard it might be animal abuse.

She said she was done with the Harry Potter books, not the universe. She even kept saying that she would write about the universe before she finished the books. Geez, based on the amount of bullshit people made up in the comments here you could make another trilogy.

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Ghost in the Shell is just about futuristic cops. It can take place anywhere with any ethnicity playing the lead roll without it affecting the story in any significant way. I am not surprised most fans don't really care.

Wow. You could argue that a Ghost in the Shell **spinoff** could be set anywhere, but if you watched the show at all, you'd know it's entirely about Japan's fictional Public Security Section 9. It is tied heavily into Japanese government and the fictional history established in the story. Ghost in the Shell is basically all about the state of Japan and any argument that the plot of GitS wouldn't be lost in a spinoff is asinine. You boiled down GitS to its most irrelevant detail. Congrats, dumbass, for completely missing the point of the show.

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well this is off-topic and about the book, but I was reading the wiki of the novel and came across this about d'Artagnan: >When his servant tries to leave employment because d'Artagnan cannot pay him, d'Artagnan beats him, to the approval of the musketeers. wtf is that all about. doesn't sound very musketeery to me.

They were written like that in the book. In later adaptations, the three musketeers are often portrated as classic, heroic good guys, but in the original works, they're drunk, risqué scoundrels.

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Portuguese translation, soz. Can't bother to read non-english books in english, might aswell get the also-translated version in a language I'm more confortable with.

So was it translated into english then portuguese or straight away?