thret

74 ms·

751.
by thret 15y ago
Boarding school solves the distant/absent/incompetent parent(s) problem.
752.
by thret 15y ago
I have the same fantasy. I guess Ryan North does too, he produced this t-shirt http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_C... Which is semi-helpful. By wearing it I've discovered this fantasy is not uncommon.
753.
by thret 15y ago
Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/548/
754.
by thret 15y ago
NSF Weak Stomach warning, the images are not pretty. I would like to see a solution of the 'mosquito genocide' variety.
755.
by thret 15y ago
Twenty-odd years ago, a friend and I were discussing entropy with our physics teacher and my friend related this story. He couldn't remember where he had read it. I have wanted to read it ever since. However many times classics are resubmit
756.
by thret 15y ago
Actually... you may be right. We've already been at agriculture so long and so extensively that the damage has been done. The ocean is not yet completely ruined.
757.
by thret 15y ago
I've read that sci-fi story. Can't quite remember what it was called though.
758.
by thret 15y ago
The Prestige is complete fiction that merely uses his name because he is recognisable as a practical genius.
759.
by thret 15y ago
"-specifically designated LGBT safe spaces" That's hilariously bad. Every place should be equally safe. You want to herd the LGBT kids into a corner?
760.
by thret 15y ago
I have a boxing bag next to mine, helps enormously with frustration.
761.
by thret 15y ago
Why do we show any empathy towards animals? You can't kill and eat something you empathise with. Empathy towards humans makes sense but I don't see the evolutionary advantage of treasuring all life. That said, I can't even kill spiders. It
762.
by thret 15y ago
The issue with paying 99c is not cost, but convenience. What I really want is for movies & music to be tacked onto my existing internet/phone bill like extra call charges.
763.
by thret 15y ago
“Such ridiculous, destructive bills should never even pass committee review,” Mr. Arment wrote. The real problem, he added, is “the MPAA’s buying power in Congress,” The real problem is that money has buying power in Congress. Money shouldn
764.
by thret 15y ago
If you really did the math, I love you.
765.
by thret 15y ago
Vilayanur Ramachandran should probably have proof-read his, after listing four examples he forgets one. He was probably trying to decide which was the better example, cold fusion or telepathy.
766.
by thret 15y ago
Defining art is difficult; but something created to be admired on it's own merits is certainly a candidate. I'm comfortable calling recreational hacks art.
767.
by thret 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download
768.
by thret 15y ago
I'm quite certain it's not enough.
769.
by thret 15y ago
Either back-massage or board meeting.
770.
by thret 15y ago
My compromise is a 20-30 minute run during the day, each day. I get almost no other sunlight but I think that is enough.
771.
by thret 15y ago
I'm sure Tufte would approve.
772.
by thret 15y ago
By the way throughout highschool I only slept two hours, midnight to 2am. It seemed to me that if you wake up before reaching your REM cycle you do not feel tired.
773.
by thret 15y ago
As long as I can remember. Even very young, I would just read at night rather than sleep. Sometimes I crash and sleep for 5-6, once or twice I've slept more after going a few days without sleep. I have always seen sleep as one of the bigges
774.
by thret 15y ago
FWIW, the graph is around 0.1337 for no other reason than 1337.
775.
by thret 15y ago
I wonder if the question exists just to filter out people who don't mark it as irrelevant.
776.
by thret 15y ago
5) Is what bothers me the most. If the US goes to hell, I have no doubt the first world will follow.
777.
by thret 15y ago
It's wrong and the laws should be changed, but you cannot expect people to avoid legally pursuing their own self-interest out of their own high morals. They are politicians after all. It's disgusting that anyone should be treated differentl
778.
by thret 15y ago
I completely agree. These people were violating the personal space of everyone within earshot. I would have liked to see them get arrested for disturbing the peace.
779.
by thret 15y ago
http://xkcd.com/75/
780.
by thret 15y ago
"Amazingly, this entire sequence is possible in less than four-tenths of a second; otherwise no one would ever hit a fastball. But even more surprising is that conscious awareness takes longer than that: about half a second. So the ball tra

More ›