thomnottom

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by thomnottom 11y ago
Good luck. I was just getting back into regularly reading a couple years ago. Tried for 1/month. Then it was 1-2. Now it's 3-4. Feels great - although I have to remind myself that it's okay if I don't reach some sort of
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I read a lot this year, so I'll just point out some highlights: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - The highlight of the year. I'm now partially through the 3rd book in the series. And amazing portrait of the friendship betwee
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was such a disappointment to me because I loved the movie so much. I would like to revisit it - maybe I would understand the parts about the empathy boxes and the wife's mood thi
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by thomnottom 11y ago
That's what happened with me on Mint. I appreciate how quickly I can re-install Linux and get everything back to how I want it, but I want that to be by choice not by design.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
That episode was so amazing. And that's coming from someone who really disagrees with those hunters. Radiolab did a phenomenal job of giving them a chance to show their side of the story, and I think it's a shame that so many peop
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by thomnottom 11y ago
The purpose of the show would be to try to tell the story as fully as they can. The first season did not present itself as a way to exonerate Syed, but rather an attempt to explore the case. I think it's a good choice to switch to a mo
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Agreed. I found the breakdown of how the NTSC standards were formed very interesting.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
No, it is not the same thing. A private foundation can continue to be a part of the solution without it being the focus. Krämer's (I checked the name!) point is that the focus in the US is private donations which means that the billion
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I wish I knew the answer. But a change coming through the electorate process should have a more lasting effect as simply boycotting Facebook would merely shift the wealth and influence to another person instead of Zuckerberg.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
> Everyone is compensated in the building of a business, in exactly the amounts they demand to be compensated. No, they are compensated in what is agreed to by both sides - which is not necessarily fair or representative of the part they
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by thomnottom 11y ago
You are correct in that the current state of US politics almost makes it the same thing. However it is possible that the US electorate could fix that problem over time.
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Because neither the article nor the German billionaire (sorry, I really should go back and get his name instead of referencing the title, but I'm being lazy) are saying that private foundations are inherently bad - which is what the co
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by thomnottom 11y ago
That's not what the article said at all - nor the German billionaire. He said that having a few very wealthy people decide what were the most important causes was bad compared to having the democratically elected government decide. You
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by thomnottom 11y ago
All I can say is that I and my friends in the NYC and Philly region working (mostly) in pharmaceutical and financial industries do not generally experience this. But obviously that would be anecdotal.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
As someone with a full beard, a father who wears a full beard, and several friends with full beards, what is the problem with them?
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Life is better when you leave your phone at home, as long as you can rely on other people to have their phone with them so you can borrow it?
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I was scrolling through the comments thinking "No one else here noticed his rave review for the Orange Box Soundtrack?"
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I agree. Great movie, but you miss a lot if you don't know the history.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Yes, it's a shame that they went for sensationalism. I really wish the Blair Witch Project had worked (for me) because it was an excellent idea. Unfortunately it just came out as sloppy, amateurish, and boring. The "big reveal&quo
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I saw it in college. With the lights on. And nobody wanted to go back to their own dorm rooms afterward.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I don't know true classic horror, but would absolutely suggest John Carpenter's Halloween and The Thing as starting points. I still view them as two of the greatest I've ever seen. I would also put Alien up there (horror&#x2F
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Definitely check compatibility for games on Steam. The day I realized I could install the latest Civilization on Linux was the day I stopped dual-booting on my desktop.
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Good read. I looked into this a few years ago when I first started my switch to Linux but never convinced myself to buy a second video card. Now it might be worth a try again as I am loath to dual boot and therefore haven't touched any
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Even for that, can't you just rip the disk to files (as a VIDEO_TS directory)? I believe Plex handles that, but I could be wrong. Not trying to be a dick, just always interested in how other people handle media and what works best for
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I'll admit it's not perfect (and would like to customize some of the options), but once they released that new UI in beta I couldn't stand using the old one. In general I find it much easier to navigate - and prettier to look
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Does it sync your playback across devices and allow you to sync items for offline viewing? That's the main reason I paid for PlexPass, but would switch back to a complete open source option if it does that. Although I also enjoy the ab
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by thomnottom 11y ago
I'm not sure why ISO vs other containers would be a matter of legal methods. I've ripped plenty of my DVDs and never thought for once to keep them in an ISO. Using MKVs allows me to compress the size and still keep extra audio tra
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by thomnottom 11y ago
Somewhat humorously, their Mumford & Sons review is one of the rare examples of me making a decision not to buy an album after reading what they had to say. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13906-sigh-no-mor
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Just curious what you mean by 1/3. Is that how many have failed or how many you think are actual scams? Of the several I've done (of which there have been a few failures) there's only one that I would consider a scam (and the
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by thomnottom 11y ago
How is 8 years of closed negotiations leading to 2 months of open debate "too democratic"?

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