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511.
by thret 12y ago
"Professional chess requires a level of peak mental alertness that most of us achieve only in the throes of searing tooth pain." Whether this is true or not I cannot say, but it is a great line.
512.
by thret 12y ago
'Inanimate carbon rod', a page that was a friend's joke and has never had any posts, came 8th on my list.
513.
by thret 12y ago
'GCSB spokesperson would only say: “We don’t comment on matters that may or may not be operational.”' I would like to draw this GCSB spokesperson a Venn diagram.
514.
by thret 12y ago
I thought that odd too: surely lower labor productivity in a prosperous nation is a positive indicator of a higher quality of life.
515.
by thret 12y ago
It is a serious addiction of some kind. It wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't constantly seeking my approval for it.. I point out that we haven't used the last juicer and she expects the new one to make me happy because it was
516.
by thret 12y ago
My SO for one. She lives to tell me how much money she saved buying useless crap I don't want or need nor can see any possible use for.
517.
by thret 12y ago
Step 1 towards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo
518.
by thret 12y ago
Ideally in a society as affluent as ours nobody would be working a job they hate just to pay the bills, that's one of the many problems basic income would solve.
519.
Tokyo combats flood threats with second mammoth reservoir(japantimes.co.jp)
43 points by thret 12y ago|24 comments
520.
by thret 12y ago
I like: "You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals.
521.
by thret 12y ago
Very cool. Get 'em while they're young. I can't imagine kids these days would copy out games in basic by hand the way I had to on my first computer :)
522.
by thret 12y ago
More like house arrest than prison I think. Prison is a whole other ball game.
523.
by thret 12y ago
I find it remarkable that a pit five feet deep, that cannot be filled, is regarded as ordinary by the people who live near it their whole lives.
524.
by thret 12y ago
Yes, I suppose that's a good idea? It doesn't solve the root problem though, if your children ignore you then there are some parenting issues you need to resolve.
525.
by thret 12y ago
There's nothing more annoying than remembering only that a certain quote you'd like to reference was on the bottom of a left-hand page of a book you finished last week!
526.
by thret 12y ago
The underlying assumption being that you won't live much longer than anyone else. Hopefully this will change, and soon. Do those psych textbooks make any guesses to how long an average human would have to live before they exhausted the
527.
by thret 12y ago
It isn't that creative, but live poker can be played without moving your hands. I know a gentleman who plays every day without working fingers (although I've never bothered to ask why).
528.
by thret 12y ago
It was 20 years ago: the bug is long since patched and the printer put out to pasture.
529.
by thret 12y ago
Paper here: http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nph...
530.
Camera shoots at 4.4 TRILLION frames per second(wired.co.uk)
1 points by thret 12y ago|1 comments
531.
by thret 12y ago
I disagree, I think the pain of losing your main HC character, all of your items and your highest paragon level would feel just as bad regardless of any extra money you'd sunk into it. Is the time and effort that hurts. But that is als
532.
by thret 12y ago
Shouldn't spending more time sleeping indicate that you are sleeping worse, not better? I want to sleep efficiently and minimize my sleeping time. I surely don't want to extend it.
533.
by thret 12y ago
Interesting spot to plug a book. Is it any good? My book list has been shrinking the last few months.
534.
by thret 12y ago
My biggest gripe with D3 was that the RMAH was not in HC mode. I made endless gold through the AH but sadly it could not be traded for cash.
535.
by thret 12y ago
Presumably once you have the working machine, this can be adjusted to taste. Actually you'd expect a variety of settings.
536.
by thret 12y ago
Is this some kind of ugly joke? Where is the profit in this patent?
537.
by thret 12y ago
Good point regarding setting up for double/triple word scores, however I doubt there is much soul reading or bluffing in scrabble - I think the cost of making a sub-optimal move is too great, you'd need to be very sure that it hur
538.
by thret 12y ago
The article claims there are just shy of 200,000 scrabble words. Why would it be so complex? The key is to use all 7 of your letters. The subset of valid words containing all 7 letters you hold shouldn't be that large, surely the board
539.
by thret 12y ago
There's a 'how to play chess' book I can't recall the name of, with similarly useless advice: Rule #2: Make the right move.
540.
by thret 12y ago
Once you start 10 man raiding with skype, the social aspect really kicks in. It becomes much more like a LAN party even if it is with people you don't know very well.

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