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407,500	Well except they do and most people would agree that DC has the better villains overall	I think thats a highly debatable thing. I really don't think most people would agree with that
407,501	Training on synthesized data from a GAN or something might help you make your convnet more robust, but so far as I know, there's no foolproof way to absolutely prevent adversarial images from fooling a classifier.	The interesting part is that these adversarial images are easy for humans. This might mean that there is something missing in the current architectures.
407,502	I could totally see 3D printing as a service once the technology matures and takes off, much like office stores offer paper printing services today. Walk into a 3D printing shop, use a kiosk to look up officially licensed blueprints (some fee based, some free, or just bring your own), select the quality of materials if applicable, maybe some optional features, etc. Pay for the use of the printer, material costs, and any licensing fees. Or better yet, do it all online from home, with the option for pickup or delivery.	How is that any different than ordering a replacement engine off the internet now? You order, then get a part in the mail. The manufacturing process makes absolutely no difference as a consumer.
407,503	I agree with your last point. There's what, 3 pre 20th century books on the list? There are many important works prior to the 20th century that could be included. I also feel the list extremely lacking in variety even within the 20th century. Maus and Night are both stories of Holocaust survival. In a list as short as 25 books I don't think they both need to be there. Same case with Brave New World and 1984. There are obviously differences between them, but they are similar nonetheless and are often spoken of together in conversation. In a list this short id like to see more diversity in the picks.	Brave New World and 1984 are wildly different. That's like saying Lord of The Rings and A Song Of Ice And Fire are similar enough to only have to read one.
407,504	Why is Johnny storm black and sue white? Imagine the uproar if they rebooted blade and cast a white actor	Who cares? Lucy Liu is playing a British man on Elementary. Also Johnny or Sue could have been adopted in this adaptation.
407,505	What, no it's not. Gyro aiming is one of the worst inventions in the history of man.	It's objectively better for aiming. All the top Splatoon players use it, you can't be competitive on an analog stick.
407,506	Too many people willing to give him a pass for stepping on the stage with Beck. Fuck that! That in itself was out of line and juvenile. The bullshit he laid out trying to explain it was just a tad worse. When life turns on this guy, and it will, its going to get ugly. Like Britny melt down ugly. I'm gon go put on some Garbage now.	Kanyes had outbursts like every other year man and his stars only grown since he's proabably one of the decades most accalimed artists. Lifes probably not going to turn on West just because he's kind of a dick and a narcissist in an industry of narcissists.
407,507	A weird one I still have is [The Einstein Intersection]') by Samuel R. Delaney. I've only read it twice, and the last was a few years ago, but I believe it fits most of your requirements, except for "modern"; it was published in 1967.	I never understood that book completely. Dhalgren was somewhat easier...
407,508	Bridge to Terabithia By Katherine Paterson in seventh grade for summer home work.	OMG! I totally forgot about Bridge to Terabithia until I came across this comment of yours! Alas, the movie that was adapted from it made the story feel that much sadder, though. :(
407,509	I really liked Away From the Sun, their 2nd album. Loved it.	Away From the Sun was the first song I learned to play fingerstyle on the guitar
407,510	You think it matters that he didn't put her in the hospital? Dude was a wife beater.	He slapped his first wife once before they were married when he was a teen in the 50s. That doesnt mean he's a wifebeater. Im not saying what he did was right or justified, but to say a wife beater is absurd
407,511	Diggle just lead the Suicide Squad I wouldn't really consider him a side kick	Other than that, he's literally just sat around in the cave for most of the season. I highly enjoy Season 2, and I get that they have many new characters to balance things out, but Im a little disappointed in the handling of Diggle this season. He used to be the guy that would be out in the field with Oliver, not as a sidekick, but as a friend and a partner. Now he and Felicity almost never leave the cave.
407,512	I've read reviews from a few colorblind people about these glasses, they all said they were "meh". This might just be an ad.	The glasses can not fix the color-blind eyes, they can only filter out a few frequencies of light, so that color-blind people will see more contrast and less color-overlaps.
407,513	This is appropriate since I am listening to Thievery Corporation.	TIL: That Thievery Corporation is just another terrible band from the 90's.
407,514	Umm... ok dude you clearly just don't get it. Schools are even offering Harry Potter Studies now, that means Rowlings is up there with Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Dickens, etc... So yeah maybe everyone else is just dumb except you!!!!! /s (sarcasm) p.s. if it wasn't that good why would it be near the top of r/books top 100 list? Edit: Let's not resort to name-calling, please? Let's be a little mature about this, folks! I expected better.	Being on top 100 lists and what they teach at school as metrics of "good" is why I probably will not get into an argument with you.
407,515	Parents who would rather shell out the money than live in a world where their teenagers have licenses. Edit: Or grand parents, aunts, uncles, etc.	Doubt that. First ones will be rich people who can afford brand new fancy cars.
407,516	As much as I just did not like The Master as a whole movie, most of the parts that made it were phenomenal. Pheonix's acting was a truly great performance, and the cinematography was amazing. But I still walked away from the movie just not liking it at all.	a lot of people didn't. it's a very complex movie with a lot of interesting themes. i'm a big PTA fanboy, i thought it was easily one of his best works. probably my second favorite possibly my favorite with There Will Be Blood as a very close second and Boogie Nights as a very close third haha
407,517	Faithful /= good. Guardians of the Galaxy was incredibly unfaithful to the source material. No Guardians story ever looked like that. Most of the characters never acted like that. But everyone loves it.	To be fair, nobody really knew who the GOTG were so they couldn't complain about the source material.
407,518	The Opera scene was Bond as fuck. Loved that sequence.	The opera scene was so great. I'd call that the standout scene.
407,519	The Great Gatsby (the line about careless people has to be one of my favorites) or if I'm in the mood for light short stories, the PG Wodehouse collections.	I love PG Wodehouse, but I'm not a fan of the Great Gatsby. I didn't feel like there was much of a plot until the end and I just couldn't get over how weird it was that Nick had a tiny cottage in the middle of a ton of mansions.
407,520	hey i made a cup of tea and im gonna read these books in this sunny place posts pic of slaughterhouse 5, bros. k., Ulysses gets 300 upvotes never talks about a book ever	The first 77 Dream Song are some of my favorite works in all of literature. Well done.
407,521	The Soviet Union had a very different political climate and structure, though, so I don't think it's comparable.	Agreed, the soviet union suffered from centralization, which resulted in the message never getting to the head and local ministers just mooching off bribes and stealing money.
407,522	Why would I want to pay for wheels and an engine when its only going to move every five years?	So you don't have to hire a crane every 5 years. Also so you'll have a second car around for emergencies. IIRC Batteries are the major cost of EV cars, think of the surrounding car as merely a holder for expensive batteries. When i take the batteries outof an EV i scream a primal Klingon funeral scream. All that is left of the car is an empty husk of very little value.
407,523	Were you 3 when you watched it? No wonder it scared you. :D	Yeah my parents are spanish speaking so they used to throw whatever movie they liked. I remember watching Scream as a kid. The whole damn halloween collection before I was 5.
407,524	Does this mean they already have accomplished what SpaceX is trying? To have a reusable small scale space plane?	No, it has nothing to do with SpaceX's goals. SpaceX is attempting to create reusable rocket stages in order to drop the cost of sending mass to orbit by a few orders of magnitude. Nowhere in any press releases or articles relating to SpaceX have I read that they are interested in sending small space planes into LEO by way of disposable rockets. Edit: Reusable not Usable
407,525	In WWI their actions were aggressive and expansionist, even more so than other nations in Europe.	Not really. The war basically started because europe was a mess of alliances. Germany didn't start the war in the first place, it just assured Austria to stand by their side.
407,526	Do it. It literally took me 4 separate starts to push though that first book, and really once you get past the first half it wasn't that hard. Every book after was easier. Also, my advice, don't worry too much if you feel like you're missing info. Just try to absorb what you can	That's good to know. On first read throughs I usually get caught up in the general pace of the of the story and start tearing through it and lose a lot of the details.
407,527	Came here to ask that exact question, thanks for the link.	Haha, it's always either that video, Skate 2, or Criminal Minds.
407,528	Of course... the world can't possibly be slightly more complicated than skin color.	When a member of [a dominant global culture oppresses a member of a marginalized culture] we all lose.
407,529	I love that book! But I already read it! Thanks though!	You're way ahead of everyone, sounds like you've read them all - how about The Dice Man and Adventures of Wim by Luke Rhinehart?
407,530	I've been there and done that. Never understood why access codes are so asininely expensive or why you even need them to submit assignments. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer to hand in a paper assignment at the beginning of class. Handing stuff in doesn't cost a thing!	Apparently it costs professors time and effort. As well as organizational skills needed by them to maintain track of assignments. I understand it's easier for them to have it online, but to mandate assignments that have a cost value to them....
407,531	The fact that he's Finnish makes it worse! Finno-Scandian countries each have a unique beauty, why not use it, rather than the more well known Bavaria?	Let's see how it turns out. Rare Exports looked very "Finnish" even though it was actually shot in Norway.
407,532	That's way worse... He just swings around and punches whatever happens to be there?	How is that worse? No one else was supposed to be on the stage. This is a person who got past security, they could have been dangerous.
407,533	I think what will actually happen is that the "clickbait" websites will just start to use a different type of language to circumvent the algorithm. Something like. "Britney Spears discovers a giant hole in her personal space" That can mean a billion things, it doesn't sound like your usual clickbait but it actually is.	It'll be cat and mouse, but at least now there's a cat.
407,534	A small town near me recently got rid of their public transit system and replaced it with Uber subsidies for poor people. It saves the city money, and actually improved service for poor people, because cabs are way more responsive than buses. Sometimes, out of the box solutions can be really good for poor people. Not saying that's what will happen here, of course, but it can sometimes.	I'm guessing traffic is not a concern in your town because that sounds like a terrible idea
407,535	> It's really not much different than wage slave or poverty slaves in the US. Yeah, except for the whole caste system and the fact that generations of people are slaves and will never not be slaves. At least in the US you're considered a citizen and have rights.	Not if you're an illegal immigrant. Calling the situation in Dubai slavery really trivializes the situation of actual slaves. It's a bad situation, yes, but it's not slavery.
407,536	I've read it 4 times, but the 4th time was the audiobook so that won't count to some of you. Totally different experience, I'd completely recommend it.	I don't see why an unabridged audiobook wouldn't count. I read through the series about 5-7 times by 2008. Then I picked up the audiobooks and have listened to them several times. There were many details I heard listening to the audiobooks that I never noticed while reading, mostly dealing with setting descriptions. Some of RJ's lengthy setting descriptions would prompt me to skim the paragraph and move on to actual conversation/character action. Listening to the audiobooks forced me to hear all that I had missed before.
407,537	If this actually works like claimed - quadrupling memory bandwidth, and can provide that between gpu and cpu, then AMD's apus would stand a good chance of surpassing the numerical compute capabilities of NVIDIA's tesla cards for a large number of applications. I really hopefully the statements about bandwidth are true.	That would require the next APU gen to introduce a new memory standard, and with DDR4 on the horizon, that ain't happening anytime soon.
407,538	My all time favorite band. "Would you be impressed" is playing in my room right now!	Great song. So, I'm assuming you've heard 'We Will Fall Together'? If not, listen to it!
407,539	Splitting them up into regional utilities is the only thing that makes sense. Bar them from owning any content creation.	wasn't the president talking about something along those lines recently?
407,540	Have you picked up Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys?” It’s kind of a companion piece for American Gods, although in more of a Douglas Adams style. AG is one of my favorite books. It’s almost like it was written y another author, I wish he’d write more (or even one more) books like it.	Anansi boys is very good, but definitely a different style. Great characterization of Anansi and his sons. Made me sad how lame he was in the American Gods TV show. But then again the TV show was just lame in general.
407,541	If you look closely some of the passengers in line to rough up that woman are holding some very dangerous weapons.	Seriously. Was I the only one who thought all this shit was painfully obvious?
407,542	This is quite possibly my favorite book. I love how it's so pretentiously aware of how pretentiously aware it is, almost to the point of un-pretentiousness. But then he gives you this prologue, which is even more aware of it's near-un-pretentiousness and either pushes it over the boundry into pretentiousness, or doesn't. I can't tell.	Cool I'll check this book out next. I just read You Shall Know Our Velocity! and liked it quite alot.
407,543	I know a lot of people who pirated. They didn't purchase beforehand. They recorded things of radio and copied other peoples tapes. A lot of those people moved on to Spotify and stopped pirating. Music sharing is not something new that came up with napster or torrents. There was a reason for those double cassette players with direct recording capabilities.	That's anecdotal evidence. The facts show a huuuuuge decline in music sales once Napster came around.
407,544	Interesting that you were 12 for two years. Hmmm.	A good album but not good enough to fuck with spacetime and shit.
407,545	EDITED: Didn't originally have the exact quote, but here is an excerpt from Stephen Colbert's interview with Maurice Sendak: SC: Why write for children? MS: I don't. write. for children. SC: You don't? MS: No. I write. and somebody says, 'that's for children!' I didn't set out to make children happy, or to make life better for them, or easier for them. SC: Do you like them? MS: I like them as few and far between as I do adults. Maybe a bit more, since I really don't like adults, at all, practically. SC: Let me just get that down. Maurice Sendak: 'Children: Eh.' Alright, didn't know that.	SC: Why write for children? MS: I don't. write. for children. SC: You don't? MS: No. I write. and somebody says, "that's for children!" I didn't set out to make children happy, or to make life better for them, or easier for them. SC: Do you like them? MS: I like them as few and far between as I do adults. Maybe a bit more, since I really don't like adults, at all, practically. SC: Let me just get that down. Maurice Sendak: "Children: Eh." Alright, didn't know that. Fixed the formatting just to help. Interesting quote
407,546	Mine came out last year but still: "I Love You." By The Neighbourhood....Every single song is the shit!	Love The Neighborhood, actually I went to school with the bassist! I know that in Atlanta the singer had a reputation for being a singer-songwriter here(no specific genre) but has a bit of a reputation behind him, supposedly that's what exposed them to mainstream.
407,547	this is probably one of the most relevant reasons.	Then you have to find when they give shows in small venues. Go to their hometowns and follow their Twitter account. I can't tell you how often my favorite artists put on shows spur of the moment in basements or under overpasses in some cases.
407,548	This movie is no masterpiece, but it doesn't deserve the 27% it has on RT right now. Compare it to other movies with that rating, it is not in that category. The hatred for it is disproportionate. Since when did choppy pacing make something unwatchable? Apparently if you don't make the formula cookie cutter film, you are completely wrong. This seems like unintentional Hollywood bandwagoning. If it doesn't fit expectations it is automatically crap.	The film has an average rating of 4.8/10. That's pretty close to the quality of the film.
407,549	Judging by the concept art. It is supposed to be China's Jaeger	Ah ok I see the other arms now they were kinda obscured. I would think that they would have made them more noticeable in the concept art.
407,550	'Cut the b...' What the fuck does that even mean? How is that a turn of phrase? What?!	Prince wore pants with the butt cut out on a VMA performance.
407,551	If someone walks into a theatre for a kids movie with a shirt that says I like big fake tits, I'm going to be just as mad. Leave your fetishes at your house, or at least keep them out of an environment that's going to have kids. A parent shouldn't have to explain to their kids why a grown person is dressed like a dog.	> A parent shouldn't have to explain to their kids why a grown person is dressed like a dog. Just say that they're having fun! That's all fursuiting is really about. I don't understand why you seem to equate wearing a fursuit to living out a fetish. It's no different than any other sci-fi/fantasy cosplay. I'm sure there might be some people out there that are turned on by acting out Mr Sulu, but similar to pretending to be an animal character, such feelings are not the norm.
407,552	Mr Lahey: Feel that? Randy: Feel what Mr Lahey? Mr Lahey: The way the shit clings to the air Randy... Randy: Shit clings to the air? Mr Lahey: Its already started my dear good friend. Randy: Whats started, Mr Lahey? Mr Lahey: The Shit Blizzard.	Gee Mr. Lahey, is that you or the liquor talking?
407,553	It says "it will be free for one year" - For some reason, I interpreted this as they will only let you have it for a year and then they will either charge you or ask you to downgrade.	Free to upgrade for a year, lasts until the "end of life of the device".
407,554	Why not, exactly? None of those things are negatives.	I'm not saying they were negatives, its just not right. Jame Bond is a white character so he should be played by a white actor. Does a chinese braveheart sound ok to you? A white shaft?
407,555	Solving energy and hunger would lead to a more secure world. Or is that just naivety? I'm not saying it would eliminate crime altogether but desperate crime rates would drop, I would think.	It's one facet. Another is mental health and social engineering.
407,556	It seems to be pretty interesting if it weighs less than a normal engine and the efficiency is very good in practice.	Yeah, that's pretty much the whole point, and why this was stated in the article: >Toyota says this mechanically simple engine achieves a claimed thermal-efficiency rating of 42 percent in continuous use. Only the best, most complicated, and most expensive of today's gas engines can come close to that number, and only in specific circumstances. I still think they have a long way to go, and having a reversing reaction mass (piston reversing momentum) is its biggest limiting factor.
407,557	Oops. I was wondering if Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" was a good place to start his books. I have read Stephen King before. "It" being the one that freaked me right out as I read it when I was younger. I do admit that I think I prefer his short stories more but it's been a while since I read "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" and "Everything's Eventual." I would love to get into his Dark Tower series one day.	Haven't read BoB, yet, but Hellbound Heart was great and scary. I've read Weaveworld, Imajica, Sacrament, and Great and Secret Show and would say he's more a fantasy writer than horror. If you like parallel world type stuff Weaveworld and Imajica are certainly worth the effort.
407,558	I have read that article. When I read "Guts", i laughed and gasped and then laughed some more. Probably the most disgustingly hilarious thing I had ever read in my life! Cheers! Thanks for sharing!!	I came to say guts. It's probably my favourite story ever ever. And you all thought so to. Chuck is just great. He always makes me laugh, cringe, laugh again and cry a little. Edit: replaced a wrong word
407,559	One of Will Ferrell's best unknown films. My favorite scene is when we find out how his mom died.	We cannot let you in on the joke because is about you senorita
407,560	> It seems pretty clear now that Nintendo isn't going to be much of a hardware company going forward. 'We hope' I totally agree with you though, they are masters of the casual gaming scene, especially through their creation and [curation] of content. Seriously, Nintendo 64- and Gameboy-quality mobile game content would have me throwing money at them. Edit: Clarity	>Jaws. Proof that the seal of quality is a blatant lie. Well, that or the seal just meant it boots and you could control the characters as intended. But obviously it's the first thing.
407,561	I can't speak for the person who said this book above, but I was given the book with no knowledge beforehand that it was Christian revelation type bullshit and read it (this was at least 12 years ago, and I think before they were as well known). It was the first book I can remember reading and thinking 'wow this is terrible'. The writing is wooden, all the characters are one-dimensional.	You read 50 pages and deemed the characters one dimensional? I haven't read it, but surely you're being unfair here.
407,562	It sounds like you really don't know any better than most people. To say he wasn't a genius is categorically incorrect - he absolutely was. He wasn't an engineer or a programmer by trade, but he was a designer and his name is on dozens if not hundreds of patents in Apple's portfolio. He micromanaged everything, and was always involved. You ought to read the biography, if you're truly interested.	No he wasn't a Genius, he was a fucking Corporate Tyrant, now did that make him unsucessful? Nope, clearly he sued his way to the top. But when people here Apple they think Jobs, Jobs wasn't shit without Wozniak.
407,563	His first film did very well. License to Kill was hampered by a last minute name change, rendering a lot of promotional material useless. Also, it was up against a lot of great films including Indiana Jones 3.	Whoever thought [this] wasn't fantastic and worthy of the poster really ought to find a job in another field.
407,564	She couldn't produce or perform under her name because legal issues, but I think she's back with more support than ever and she's filling that "Adele" spot for now. Then, Taylor will come out with a full pop album. Kesha will be back in full swing in the next 1-2 yrs.	She could only perform cover songs for those few years. That was about it.
407,565	I love this movie. MST3K's version is also one of my favorites. It's so bad you can't help but laugh.	I was a fan, too. I was also lucky enough (?) to work with its auteur-director, Ray Dennis Steckler, for a few months when I was staying in Vegas, where he had a small, shabby production studio.
407,566	Browse around some of the bios in Plutarch Lives...maybe Marcus Aurelius...any Aristotle, but Metaphysics is a good start.	I would start with one of Aristotle's more relatable books like friendship or politics. Since metaphysics is so well... metaphysical. Still a great read.
407,567	Typically around $1/cd for the thin jewel case with insert. I haven't yet developed a process for creating the cardboard cases so I'm not sure exactly what the pricing on it would be but I believe it would be cheaper than that. I'd estimate around $0.80-$0.90/cd. The same goes for the classic thick cd cases with a back label and insert booklet. I'm sure those would be more expensive and the equipment I have isn't really optimized for that. Is there anything specific you were looking for?	Nothing specific. I just am wondering what my options are, .80 cents sounds good. I finished the music already all its left is mastering and publishing.
407,568	Worse, how is it that IE6 still has any market share at all?	>Worse, how is it that IE6 still has any market share at all? It's the standard in China. Many government websites require IE6 to work, or at least have until quite recently. Edit: Online banking too.
407,569	uhg... and the CO2 is heated by what exactly? how is this not an energy sink? is this just a new way to produce AC120 V out of some other source of electricity? (or heat source?)	I think the CO2 is mostly just a more efficient 'medium' for transferring energy to the turbine. Most energy plants use steam to drive a turbine, which is not very efficient, I'd guess because it is a gas and this highly compressible. So replace the water with supercritical CO2, which is kind-of like a liquid, but probably with a very low viscosity and you can convert more of the heat into electricity. From the links in this article, it allows for much smaller turbines that are about 10 percentage point more efficient at converting heat into rotation.
407,570	Rightfully so. I haven't been this engrossed or happy with a sci-fi film since Star Wars.	People really need to stop with the Star Wars comparisons.
407,571	[Man of Steel - Flight] [Soundtrack] Listen to the soundtrack on its own, it can plays the scene without any sort of visual and you still get everything out of it. Stepping out of the ship, the initial buildup, the first attempt (and subsequent failure), and then the buildup the to the second attempt and boom! Super sonic flight!	Or "What are you going to do when you're not saving the world?". That's my personal favourite.
407,572	If you like grunge, Singles. Meh movie but lots of great Seattle bands in there. I even heard the movie was just an excuse to film around the grunge scene in Seattle.	Sure! Thanks, I'll check it out! (I'll try the movie first; IMDB's rating is fairly solid.)
407,573	My understanding is the Chinese internet is kind of like Reddit where the majority of users think in a hivemind except it's always pro-china and pro-government propaganda to the point of contradiction. The people are also not informed with both sides of an argument they are just bludgeoned with one biased side and accept it without question. No critical thinking or individual input most of the time. The Chinese are a uniform and uncreative bunch kind of like ants. But like more selfish ants that cut corners for personal benefit.	Not really, they have to use subterfuge to say what they mean. For a while ppl were using Winnie the Pooh pictures as code for their President until it became too obvious and was banned.
407,574	Can we all just admire what a masterpiece this album is?	People always talk about how this album has fillers but there isn't one song on here I don't enjoy. One of my favourite songs from this album is I Just Want To See His Face and a lot people consider it filler. It sounds like some back swamp voodoo party. Masterpiece!
407,575	Idiocracy. The dread slowly builds throughout the movie... then the credits roll. But the feeling doesn't dissipate, it's amplified. Three days later it is very intense, and a week later the existential horror of it is palpable. When does it end?	It only ends when you die, and are released from this life.
407,576	Jay-Z feat. Damien Marley - Bam off the new 4:44 album too	[Link for the lazy.] Sister Nancy comes in at the 3:45 minute mark.
407,577	If somebody else has to pay for, build, create, or otherwise provide it to you, it's not a human right. Good? Sure. Important for a modern human being to have access to? Sure. Hell, one could even make the contention that it is, to one degree or another, a necessity. None of that makes it a 'human right', though.	Okay sure but what's your opinion on the human right that is guaranteed entry back into your home country. You aren't born with that
407,578	Yeah... very unlikely. I live in Brazil. In my city, or region, we have a lot of reggae and electronic music. It kind of sucks not to be into neither.	Oh that is unfortunate. However, you guys are the stereotypical big booty capital of the world, so I'm going to pretend you are enjoying that instead!
407,579	Dullest thing ever. From interviews I read, Cameron intended to make a great disaster film like Towering Inferno, but in the end he seems to have changed his mind and made a trite romance film instead. Made a ton of money, but he never showed what he promised in the interview. Imploding boilers. Toppling smokestacks. God I hated that movie.	There was the part where bodies fell from the bow and smacked into smokestacks as the ship was verical in the water. That was pretty awesome.
407,580	Have not seen the Departed in a long time but could he not have entered Blood Diamond as the leading role nomination and Departed as a supporting role?	That's what he was suggesting when he brought up Jamie Foxx
407,581	Best sci-fi/fantasy writer, or best overall? I don't even think I can give him the former! Not to say his books aren't enjoyable, but the writing itself is not exactly a masterpiece...	I entirely disagree. I think his writing style is amazing. Every word is thought about, every turn of phrase is elegant and tasteful, and when he does something in a story - even things that make me sit back in confusion - it always comes full circle.
407,582	I should say, that I think it's awesome that you liked it so much. It's definitely my favorite book to teach.	It's one of those books that I just want everyone to experience. First read it because my aunt, who was a teacher at the time, least me her copy.
407,583	Pfft. Camden's nothing. Come to the North of England, I'll show you fucked up. One night down Bigg Market in Newcastle and you'll have Vietnam style flashbacks for years.	Went to Newcastle University and saw some shit go down at Bigg Market. Blu Bambu... and that was far from the worst offender.
407,584	How do you feel about Canada's support (or if you feel, lack of support) for the arts in general? Are there any programs you've used that have helped?	Sadly, I must plead ignorance about this subject. I do know that published Canadian authors can benefit from a program called Public Lending Rights (PLA) which pays a royalty on borrowed library books, which is wonderful and not something that is offered south of the border.
407,585	I've never liked using .edu as a restriction measure, seeing as how universities in most countries use their country's TLD instead.	It's not, at least for universities outside the US.
407,586	Finally, my moment has come, the time for me to suggest Ender's Game. Ender's Game follows Ender through his adolescence, as he is trained to become a cold, calculated, war machine. It goes on about the politics, and the psyche of Ender. I can't say much more without spoiling a 3-day long book, so read it yourself.	I've seen the movie if that's anything to you. And I'm sorry to say that its not my cup of tea.
407,587	How exactly would you say college teaches one how to think?	Username: readingsuck. Posting in: r/books. …Yeah, I think that there is a good chance that you actually want to have a productive conversation.
407,588	The vibe I got from the one with the diving suit was the kinda hazy distortion of seeing the world with young eyes, you see things in the water but they're not the same. Can't remember most of the rest of the film though, just remember that scene.	Ah like he's isolated with his thoughts. Then he begins to let loose and just floats in the pool. I like that.
407,589	[Seven Years Past] They're right. It's good, but it's also not.	It's not bad or anything, I just think it is generic and mediocre. But I only listened to two songs. I'm not sure why the magazine was so harsh.
407,590	I am like... 90% sure that Tony Stark is going to die in A:AoU.	I know they aren't going by comics but I heard Ultron never kills his creator? Heard that from a friend when discussing the films not sure if true or not.
407,591	And you can say the exact same goddamn thing about Country.	Yeah for sure, its the same for all popular genres. I just haven't listened to enough Country to make a comment about it.
407,592	See I always viewed it as a rip off Pocahontas	See I always viewed Pocahontas as a rip off Dancing With The Wolves.
407,593	Honestly, I'm looking towards the future for a phone that has an earbud embedded in the device like a stylus	So, the speaker that you would use to listen to someone on the phone could be pulled out and listened to with genuine mono sound?
407,594	I personally enjoy the new novels over a lot of the Legends material. A lot of the old legends novels felt very jumbled up, there didn't seem a rhyme or reason to many of the stories written. The new canon feels so interconnected with the novels more clearly connecting to eachother and the movies directly	Agreed. There wasn't a clear longterm vision prior to Disney. They had plenty of fantastic stories and series, but it was a bit of a mess and incredibly difficult to know where to start.
407,595	Good. The James damore debacle should have taught them a lesson by now. It's ridiculous. Just hire the most qualified and talented people. It's not hard.	That's why they needed quotas. Because they have to hire less talented and qualified people to get the quota filled.
407,596	The Count of Monte Cristo, Wolf of Wall street, Lord of the Rings trilogy.	2002 count of monte cristo? I found that one horrible.
407,597	Yes, the festivals are still pushing rock, which I think it partly due to the slightly older demographic of festival-goers compared to chart listeners. However, from what I've seen they're still mainly bands who were around 10 - 20 years go. Is there much new rock festivals these days?	Right off the top of my head I can name The 1975 and The Blossoms as both newish (come to prominence in the past 5 years or so) Rock/Guitar bands that are there. And theyre in the charts recently too. Both are from my hometown, and around here Rock/Guitar music is still very popular, but im not sure how much of that is a local thing.
407,598	It's just weird. Why can you copy the movie but not the music?	There's an exception in the law for parody that this video is covered under, as it's an original take on a predetermined trope, however, the music is likely owned by a separate property and would need to be changed in order to be considered parody.
407,599	I don't hear where the "highly unique" part comes in.	Are you kidding me? Where other band can you think of that creates folk-pop music with a small orchestra?

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Well except they do and most people would agree that DC has the better villains overall

I think thats a highly debatable thing. I really don't think most people would agree with that

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Training on synthesized data from a GAN or something might help you make your convnet more robust, but so far as I know, there's no foolproof way to absolutely prevent adversarial images from fooling a classifier.

The interesting part is that these adversarial images are easy for humans. This might mean that there is something missing in the current architectures.

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I could totally see 3D printing as a service once the technology matures and takes off, much like office stores offer paper printing services today. Walk into a 3D printing shop, use a kiosk to look up officially licensed blueprints (some fee based, some free, or just bring your own), select the quality of materials if applicable, maybe some optional features, etc. Pay for the use of the printer, material costs, and any licensing fees. Or better yet, do it all online from home, with the option for pickup or delivery.

How is that any different than ordering a replacement engine off the internet now? You order, then get a part in the mail. The manufacturing process makes absolutely no difference as a consumer.

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I agree with your last point. There's what, 3 pre 20th century books on the list? There are many important works prior to the 20th century that could be included. I also feel the list extremely lacking in variety even within the 20th century. Maus and Night are both stories of Holocaust survival. In a list as short as 25 books I don't think they both need to be there. Same case with Brave New World and 1984. There are obviously differences between them, but they are similar nonetheless and are often spoken of together in conversation. In a list this short id like to see more diversity in the picks.

Brave New World and 1984 are *wildly* different. That's like saying Lord of The Rings and A Song Of Ice And Fire are similar enough to only have to read one.

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Why is Johnny storm black and sue white? Imagine the uproar if they rebooted blade and cast a white actor

Who cares? Lucy Liu is playing a British man on Elementary. Also Johnny or Sue could have been adopted in this adaptation.

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What, no it's not. Gyro aiming is one of the worst inventions in the history of man.

It's objectively better for aiming. All the top Splatoon players use it, you can't be competitive on an analog stick.

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Too many people willing to give him a pass for stepping on the stage with Beck. Fuck that! That in itself was out of line and juvenile. The bullshit he laid out trying to explain it was just a tad worse. When life turns on this guy, and it will, its going to get ugly. Like Britny melt down ugly. I'm gon go put on some Garbage now.

Kanyes had outbursts like every other year man and his stars only grown since he's proabably one of the decades most accalimed artists. Lifes probably not going to turn on West just because he's kind of a dick and a narcissist in an industry of narcissists.

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A weird one I still have is [The Einstein Intersection]') by Samuel R. Delaney. I've only read it twice, and the last was a few years ago, but I believe it fits most of your requirements, except for "modern"; it was published in 1967.

I never understood that book completely. Dhalgren was somewhat easier...

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**Bridge to Terabithia** By Katherine Paterson in seventh grade for summer home work.

OMG! I totally forgot about **Bridge to Terabithia** until I came across this comment of yours! Alas, the movie that was adapted from it made the story feel that much sadder, though. :(

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I really liked Away From the Sun, their 2nd album. Loved it.

Away From the Sun was the first song I learned to play fingerstyle on the guitar

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You think it matters that he didn't put her in the hospital? Dude was a wife beater.

He slapped his first wife once before they were married when he was a teen in the 50s. That doesnt mean he's a wifebeater. Im not saying what he did was right or justified, but to say a wife beater is absurd

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Diggle just lead the Suicide Squad I wouldn't really consider him a side kick

Other than that, he's literally just sat around in the cave for most of the season. I highly enjoy Season 2, and I get that they have many new characters to balance things out, but Im a little disappointed in the handling of Diggle this season. He used to be the guy that would be out in the field with Oliver, not as a sidekick, but as a friend and a partner. Now he and Felicity almost never leave the cave.

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I've read reviews from a few colorblind people about these glasses, they all said they were "meh". This might just be an ad.

The glasses can not fix the color-blind eyes, they can only filter out a few frequencies of light, so that color-blind people will see more contrast and less color-overlaps.

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This is appropriate since I am listening to Thievery Corporation.

TIL: That Thievery Corporation is just another terrible band from the 90's.

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Umm... ok dude you clearly just don't get it. Schools are even offering Harry Potter Studies now, that means Rowlings is up there with Chaucer, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Dickens, etc... So yeah maybe everyone else is just dumb except you!!!!! /s (sarcasm) p.s. if it wasn't that good why would it be near the top of r/books top 100 list? Edit: Let's not resort to name-calling, please? Let's be a little mature about this, folks! I expected better.

Being on top 100 lists and what they teach at school as metrics of "good" is why I probably will not get into an argument with you.

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Parents who would rather shell out the money than live in a world where their teenagers have licenses. Edit: Or grand parents, aunts, uncles, etc.

Doubt that. First ones will be rich people who can afford brand new fancy cars.

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As much as I just did not like The Master as a whole movie, most of the parts that made it were phenomenal. Pheonix's acting was a truly great performance, and the cinematography was amazing. But I still walked away from the movie just not liking it at all.

a lot of people didn't. it's a very complex movie with a lot of interesting themes. i'm a big PTA fanboy, i thought it was easily one of his best works. probably my second favorite possibly my favorite with There Will Be Blood as a very close second and Boogie Nights as a very close third haha

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Faithful /= good. Guardians of the Galaxy was incredibly unfaithful to the source material. No Guardians story ever looked like that. Most of the characters never acted like that. But everyone loves it.

To be fair, nobody really knew who the GOTG were so they couldn't complain about the source material.

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The Opera scene was Bond as fuck. Loved that sequence.

The opera scene was so great. I'd call that the standout scene.

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The Great Gatsby (the line about careless people has to be one of my favorites) or if I'm in the mood for light short stories, the PG Wodehouse collections.

I love PG Wodehouse, but I'm not a fan of the Great Gatsby. I didn't feel like there was much of a plot until the end and I just couldn't get over how weird it was that Nick had a tiny cottage in the middle of a ton of mansions.

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hey i made a cup of tea and im gonna read these books in this sunny place *posts pic of slaughterhouse 5, bros. k., Ulysses* *gets 300 upvotes* *never talks about a book ever*

The first 77 Dream Song are some of my favorite works in all of literature. Well done.

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The Soviet Union had a very different political climate and structure, though, so I don't think it's comparable.

Agreed, the soviet union suffered from centralization, which resulted in the message never getting to the head and local ministers just mooching off bribes and stealing money.

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Why would I want to pay for wheels and an engine when its only going to move every five years?

So you don't have to hire a crane every 5 years. Also so you'll have a second car around for emergencies. IIRC Batteries are the major cost of EV cars, think of the surrounding car as merely a holder for expensive batteries. When i take the batteries outof an EV i scream a primal Klingon funeral scream. All that is left of the car is an empty husk of very little value.

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Were you 3 when you watched it? No wonder it scared you. :D

Yeah my parents are spanish speaking so they used to throw whatever movie they liked. I remember watching Scream as a kid. The whole damn halloween collection before I was 5.

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Does this mean they already have accomplished what SpaceX is trying? To have a reusable small scale space plane?

No, it has nothing to do with SpaceX's goals. SpaceX is attempting to create reusable rocket stages in order to drop the cost of sending mass to orbit by a few orders of magnitude. Nowhere in any press releases or articles relating to SpaceX have I read that they are interested in sending small space planes into LEO by way of disposable rockets. Edit: Reusable not Usable

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In WWI their actions were aggressive and expansionist, even more so than other nations in Europe.

Not really. The war basically started because europe was a mess of alliances. Germany didn't start the war in the first place, it just assured Austria to stand by their side.

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Do it. It literally took me 4 separate starts to push though that first book, and really once you get past the first half it wasn't that hard. Every book after was easier. Also, my advice, don't worry too much if you feel like you're missing info. Just try to absorb what you can

That's good to know. On first read throughs I usually get caught up in the general pace of the of the story and start tearing through it and lose a lot of the details.

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Came here to ask that exact question, thanks for the link.

Haha, it's always either that video, Skate 2, or Criminal Minds.

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Of course... the world can't possibly be slightly more complicated than skin color.

When a member of [a dominant global culture oppresses a member of a marginalized culture] we all lose.

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I love that book! But I already read it! Thanks though!

You're way ahead of everyone, sounds like you've read them all - how about The Dice Man and Adventures of Wim by Luke Rhinehart?

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I've been there and done that. Never understood why access codes are so asininely expensive or why you even need them to submit assignments. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer to hand in a paper assignment at the beginning of class. Handing stuff in doesn't cost a thing!

Apparently it costs professors time and effort. As well as organizational skills needed by them to maintain track of assignments. I understand it's easier for them to have it online, but to mandate assignments that have a cost value to them....

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The fact that he's Finnish makes it worse! Finno-Scandian countries each have a unique beauty, why not use it, rather than the more well known Bavaria?

Let's see how it turns out. Rare Exports looked very "Finnish" even though it was actually shot in Norway.

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That's *way* worse... He just swings around and punches whatever happens to be there?

How is that worse? No one else was supposed to be on the stage. This is a person who got past security, they could have been dangerous.

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I think what will actually happen is that the "clickbait" websites will just start to use a different type of language to circumvent the algorithm. Something like. "Britney Spears discovers a giant hole in her personal space" That can mean a billion things, it doesn't sound like your usual clickbait but it actually is.

It'll be cat and mouse, but at least now there's a cat.

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A small town near me recently got rid of their public transit system and replaced it with Uber subsidies for poor people. It saves the city money, and actually improved service for poor people, because cabs are way more responsive than buses. Sometimes, out of the box solutions can be really good for poor people. Not saying that's what will happen here, of course, but it can sometimes.

I'm guessing traffic is not a concern in your town because that sounds like a terrible idea

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> It's really not much different than wage slave or poverty slaves in the US. Yeah, except for the whole caste system and the fact that generations of people are slaves and will never not be slaves. At least in the US you're considered a citizen and have rights.

Not if you're an illegal immigrant. Calling the situation in Dubai slavery really trivializes the situation of actual slaves. It's a bad situation, yes, but it's not slavery.

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I've read it 4 times, but the 4th time was the audiobook so that won't count to some of you. Totally different experience, I'd completely recommend it.

I don't see why an unabridged audiobook wouldn't count. I read through the series about 5-7 times by 2008. Then I picked up the audiobooks and have listened to them several times. There were many details I heard listening to the audiobooks that I never noticed while reading, mostly dealing with setting descriptions. Some of RJ's lengthy setting descriptions would prompt me to skim the paragraph and move on to actual conversation/character action. Listening to the audiobooks forced me to hear all that I had missed before.

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If this actually works like claimed - quadrupling memory bandwidth, and can provide that between gpu and cpu, then AMD's apus would stand a good chance of surpassing the numerical compute capabilities of NVIDIA's tesla cards for a large number of applications. I really hopefully the statements about bandwidth are true.

That would require the next APU gen to introduce a new memory standard, and with DDR4 on the horizon, that ain't happening anytime soon.

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My all time favorite band. "Would you be impressed" is playing in my room right now!

Great song. So, I'm assuming you've heard 'We Will Fall Together'? If not, listen to it!

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Splitting them up into regional utilities is the only thing that makes sense. Bar them from owning any content creation.

wasn't the president talking about something along those lines recently?

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Have you picked up Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys?” It’s kind of a companion piece for American Gods, although in more of a Douglas Adams style. AG is one of my favorite books. It’s almost like it was written y another author, I wish he’d write more (or even one more) books like it.

Anansi boys is very good, but definitely a different style. Great characterization of Anansi and his sons. Made me sad how lame he was in the American Gods TV show. But then again the TV show was just lame in general.

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If you look closely some of the passengers in line to rough up that woman are holding some very dangerous weapons.

Seriously. Was I the only one who thought all this shit was painfully obvious?

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This is quite possibly my favorite book. I love how it's so pretentiously aware of how pretentiously aware it is, almost to the point of un-pretentiousness. But then he gives you this prologue, which is even more aware of it's near-un-pretentiousness and either pushes it over the boundry into pretentiousness, or doesn't. I can't tell.

Cool I'll check this book out next. I just read *You Shall Know Our Velocity!* and liked it quite alot.

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I know a lot of people who pirated. They didn't purchase beforehand. They recorded things of radio and copied other peoples tapes. A lot of those people moved on to Spotify and stopped pirating. Music sharing is not something new that came up with napster or torrents. There was a reason for those double cassette players with direct recording capabilities.

That's anecdotal evidence. The facts show a huuuuuge decline in music sales once Napster came around.

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Interesting that you were 12 for two years. Hmmm.

A good album but not good enough to fuck with spacetime and shit.

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EDITED: Didn't originally have the exact quote, but here is an excerpt from Stephen Colbert's interview with Maurice Sendak: **SC:** Why write for children? **MS:** I don't. write. for children. **SC:** You don't? **MS: No. I write. and somebody says, 'that's for children!' I didn't set out to make children happy, or to make life better for them, or easier for them.** **SC:** Do you like them? **MS:** I like them as few and far between as I do adults. Maybe a bit more, since I really don't like adults, at all, practically. **SC:** Let me just get that down. Maurice Sendak: 'Children: Eh.' Alright, didn't know that.

**SC**: Why write for children? **MS**: I don't. write. for children. **SC**: You don't? **MS**: No. I write. and somebody says, "that's for children!" I didn't set out to make children happy, or to make life better for them, or easier for them. **SC**: Do you like them? **MS**: I like them as few and far between as I do adults. Maybe a bit more, since I really don't like adults, at all, practically. **SC**: Let me just get that down. Maurice Sendak: "Children: Eh." Alright, didn't know that. *Fixed the formatting just to help. Interesting quote*

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Mine came out last year but still: "I Love You." By The Neighbourhood....Every single song is the shit!

Love The Neighborhood, actually I went to school with the bassist! I know that in Atlanta the singer had a reputation for being a singer-songwriter here(no specific genre) but has a bit of a reputation behind him, supposedly that's what exposed them to mainstream.

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this is probably one of the most relevant reasons.

Then you have to find when they give shows in small venues. Go to their hometowns and follow their Twitter account. I can't tell you how often my favorite artists put on shows spur of the moment in basements or under overpasses in some cases.

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This movie is no masterpiece, but it doesn't deserve the 27% it has on RT right now. Compare it to other movies with that rating, it is not in that category. The hatred for it is disproportionate. Since when did choppy pacing make something unwatchable? Apparently if you don't make the formula cookie cutter film, you are completely wrong. This seems like unintentional Hollywood bandwagoning. If it doesn't fit expectations it is automatically crap.

The film has an average rating of 4.8/10. That's pretty close to the quality of the film.

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Judging by the concept art. It is supposed to be China's Jaeger

Ah ok I see the other arms now they were kinda obscured. I would think that they would have made them more noticeable in the concept art.

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'Cut the b...' What the fuck does that even mean? How is that a turn of phrase? What?!

Prince wore pants with the butt cut out on a VMA performance.

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If someone walks into a theatre for a kids movie with a shirt that says I like big fake tits, I'm going to be just as mad. Leave your fetishes at your house, or at least keep them out of an environment that's going to have kids. A parent shouldn't have to explain to their kids why a grown person is dressed like a dog.

> A parent shouldn't have to explain to their kids why a grown person is dressed like a dog. Just say that they're having fun! That's all fursuiting is really about. I don't understand why you seem to equate wearing a fursuit to living out a fetish. It's no different than any other sci-fi/fantasy cosplay. I'm sure there might be some people out there that are turned on by acting out Mr Sulu, but similar to pretending to be an animal character, such feelings are not the norm.

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*Mr Lahey:* Feel that? *Randy:* Feel what Mr Lahey? *Mr Lahey:* The way the shit clings to the air Randy... *Randy:* Shit clings to the air? *Mr Lahey:* Its already started my dear good friend. *Randy:* Whats started, Mr Lahey? *Mr Lahey:* **The Shit Blizzard**.

Gee Mr. Lahey, is that you or the liquor talking?

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It says "it will be free for one year" - For some reason, I interpreted this as they will only let you have it for a year and then they will either charge you or ask you to downgrade.

Free to upgrade for a year, lasts until the "end of life of the device".

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Why not, exactly? None of those things are negatives.

I'm not saying they were negatives, its just not right. Jame Bond is a white character so he should be played by a white actor. Does a chinese braveheart sound ok to you? A white shaft?

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Solving energy and hunger would lead to a more secure world. Or is that just naivety? I'm not saying it would eliminate crime altogether but desperate crime rates would drop, I would think.

It's one facet. Another is mental health and social engineering.

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It seems to be pretty interesting if it weighs less than a normal engine and the efficiency is very good in practice.

Yeah, that's pretty much the whole point, and why this was stated in the article: >Toyota says this mechanically simple engine achieves a claimed thermal-efficiency rating of 42 percent in continuous use. Only the best, most complicated, and most expensive of today's gas engines can come close to that number, and only in specific circumstances. I still think they have a long way to go, and having a reversing reaction mass (piston reversing momentum) is its biggest limiting factor.

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Oops. I was wondering if Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" was a good place to start his books. I have read Stephen King before. "It" being the one that freaked me right out as I read it when I was younger. I do admit that I think I prefer his short stories more but it's been a while since I read "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" and "Everything's Eventual." I would love to get into his Dark Tower series one day.

Haven't read BoB, yet, but Hellbound Heart was great and scary. I've read Weaveworld, Imajica, Sacrament, and Great and Secret Show and would say he's more a fantasy writer than horror. If you like parallel world type stuff Weaveworld and Imajica are certainly worth the effort.

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I have read that article. When I read "Guts", i laughed and gasped and then laughed some more. Probably the most disgustingly hilarious thing I had ever read in my life! Cheers! Thanks for sharing!!

I came to say guts. It's probably my favourite story ever ever. And you all thought so to. Chuck is just great. He always makes me laugh, cringe, laugh again and cry a little. Edit: replaced a wrong word

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One of Will Ferrell's best unknown films. My favorite scene is when we find out how his mom died.

We cannot let you in on the joke because is about you senorita

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> It seems pretty clear now that Nintendo isn't going to be much of a hardware company going forward. 'We hope' I totally agree with you though, they are masters of the casual gaming scene, especially through their creation and [curation] of content. Seriously, Nintendo 64- and Gameboy-quality mobile game content would have me throwing money at them. Edit: Clarity

>Jaws. Proof that the seal of quality is a blatant lie. Well, that or the seal just meant it boots and you could control the characters as intended. But obviously it's the first thing.

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I can't speak for the person who said this book above, but I was given the book with no knowledge beforehand that it was Christian revelation type bullshit and read it (this was at least 12 years ago, and I think before they were as well known). It was the first book I can remember reading and thinking 'wow this is terrible'. The writing is wooden, all the characters are one-dimensional.

You read 50 pages and deemed the characters one dimensional? I haven't read it, but surely you're being unfair here.

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It sounds like you really don't know any better than most people. To say he wasn't a genius is categorically incorrect - he absolutely was. He wasn't an engineer or a programmer by trade, but he was a designer and his name is on dozens if not hundreds of patents in Apple's portfolio. He micromanaged everything, and was always involved. You ought to read the biography, if you're truly interested.

No he wasn't a Genius, he was a fucking Corporate Tyrant, now did that make him unsucessful? Nope, clearly he sued his way to the top. But when people here Apple they think Jobs, Jobs wasn't shit without Wozniak.

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His first film did very well. License to Kill was hampered by a last minute name change, rendering a lot of promotional material useless. Also, it was up against a lot of great films including Indiana Jones 3.

Whoever thought [this] wasn't fantastic and worthy of the poster really ought to find a job in another field.

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She couldn't produce or perform under her name because legal issues, but I think she's back with more support than ever and she's filling that "Adele" spot for now. Then, Taylor will come out with a full pop album. Kesha will be back in full swing in the next 1-2 yrs.

She could only perform cover songs for those few years. That was about it.

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I love this movie. MST3K's version is also one of my favorites. It's so bad you can't help but laugh.

I was a fan, too. I was also lucky enough (?) to work with its auteur-director, Ray Dennis Steckler, for a few months when I was staying in Vegas, where he had a small, shabby production studio.

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Browse around some of the bios in Plutarch Lives...maybe Marcus Aurelius...any Aristotle, but Metaphysics is a good start.

I would start with one of Aristotle's more relatable books like friendship or politics. Since metaphysics is so well... metaphysical. Still a great read.

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Typically around $1/cd for the thin jewel case with insert. I haven't yet developed a process for creating the cardboard cases so I'm not sure exactly what the pricing on it would be but I believe it would be cheaper than that. I'd estimate around $0.80-$0.90/cd. The same goes for the classic thick cd cases with a back label and insert booklet. I'm sure those would be more expensive and the equipment I have isn't really optimized for that. Is there anything specific you were looking for?

Nothing specific. I just am wondering what my options are, .80 cents sounds good. I finished the music already all its left is mastering and publishing.

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Worse, how is it that IE6 still has any market share at all?

>Worse, how is it that IE6 still has any market share at all? It's the standard in China. Many government websites require IE6 to work, or at least have until quite recently. Edit: Online banking too.

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uhg... and the CO2 is heated by what exactly? how is this not an energy sink? is this just a new way to produce AC120 V out of some other source of electricity? (or heat source?)

I think the CO2 is mostly just a more efficient 'medium' for transferring energy to the turbine. Most energy plants use steam to drive a turbine, which is not very efficient, I'd guess because it is a gas and this highly compressible. So replace the water with supercritical CO2, which is kind-of like a liquid, but probably with a very low viscosity and you can convert more of the heat into electricity. From the links in this article, it allows for much smaller turbines that are about 10 percentage point more efficient at converting heat into rotation.

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Rightfully so. I haven't been this engrossed or happy with a sci-fi film since Star Wars.

People really need to stop with the Star Wars comparisons.

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[Man of Steel - Flight] [Soundtrack] Listen to the soundtrack on its own, it can plays the scene without any sort of visual and you still get everything out of it. Stepping out of the ship, the initial buildup, the first attempt (and subsequent failure), and then the buildup the to the second attempt and boom! Super sonic flight!

Or "What are you going to do when you're not saving the world?". That's my personal favourite.

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If you like grunge, Singles. Meh movie but lots of great Seattle bands in there. I even heard the movie was just an excuse to film around the grunge scene in Seattle.

Sure! Thanks, I'll check it out! (I'll try the movie first; IMDB's rating is fairly solid.)

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My understanding is the Chinese internet is kind of like Reddit where the majority of users think in a hivemind except it's always pro-china and pro-government propaganda to the point of contradiction. The people are also not informed with both sides of an argument they are just bludgeoned with one biased side and accept it without question. No critical thinking or individual input most of the time. The Chinese are a uniform and uncreative bunch kind of like ants. But like more selfish ants that cut corners for personal benefit.

Not really, they have to use subterfuge to say what they mean. For a while ppl were using Winnie the Pooh pictures as code for their President until it became too obvious and was banned.

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Can we all just admire what a masterpiece this album is?

People always talk about how this album has fillers but there isn't one song on here I don't enjoy. One of my favourite songs from this album is I Just Want To See His Face and a lot people consider it filler. It sounds like some back swamp voodoo party. Masterpiece!

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Idiocracy. The dread slowly builds throughout the movie... then the credits roll. But the feeling doesn't dissipate, it's amplified. Three days later it is very intense, and a week later the existential horror of it is palpable. When does it end?

It only ends when you die, and are released from this life.

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Jay-Z feat. Damien Marley - Bam off the new 4:44 album too

[Link for the lazy.] Sister Nancy comes in at the 3:45 minute mark.

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If somebody else has to pay for, build, create, or otherwise provide it to you, it's not a human right. Good? Sure. Important for a modern human being to have access to? Sure. Hell, one could even make the contention that it is, to one degree or another, a necessity. None of that makes it a 'human right', though.

Okay sure but what's your opinion on the human right that is guaranteed entry back into your home country. You aren't born with that

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Yeah... very unlikely. I live in Brazil. In my city, or region, we have a lot of reggae and electronic music. It kind of sucks not to be into neither.

Oh that is unfortunate. However, you guys are the stereotypical big booty capital of the world, so I'm going to pretend you are enjoying that instead!

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Dullest thing ever. From interviews I read, Cameron intended to make a great disaster film like Towering Inferno, but in the end he seems to have changed his mind and made a trite romance film instead. Made a ton of money, but he never showed what he promised in the interview. Imploding boilers. Toppling smokestacks. God I hated that movie.

There was the part where bodies fell from the bow and smacked into smokestacks as the ship was verical in the water. That was pretty awesome.

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Have not seen the Departed in a long time but could he not have entered Blood Diamond as the leading role nomination and Departed as a supporting role?

That's what he was suggesting when he brought up Jamie Foxx

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Best sci-fi/fantasy writer, or best overall? I don't even think I can give him the former! Not to say his books aren't enjoyable, but the writing itself is not exactly a masterpiece...

I entirely disagree. I think his writing style is amazing. Every word is thought about, every turn of phrase is elegant and tasteful, and when he does something in a story - even things that make me sit back in confusion - it always comes full circle.

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I should say, that I think it's awesome that you liked it so much. It's definitely my favorite book to teach.

It's one of those books that I just want everyone to experience. First read it because my aunt, who was a teacher at the time, least me her copy.

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Pfft. Camden's nothing. Come to the North of England, I'll show you fucked up. One night down Bigg Market in Newcastle and you'll have Vietnam style flashbacks for years.

Went to Newcastle University and saw some shit go down at Bigg Market. Blu Bambu... and that was far from the worst offender.

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How do you feel about Canada's support (or if you feel, lack of support) for the arts in general? Are there any programs you've used that have helped?

Sadly, I must plead ignorance about this subject. I do know that published Canadian authors can benefit from a program called Public Lending Rights (PLA) which pays a royalty on borrowed library books, which is wonderful and not something that is offered south of the border.

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I've never liked using .edu as a restriction measure, seeing as how universities in most countries use their country's TLD instead.

It's not, at least for universities outside the US.

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Finally, my moment has come, the time for me to suggest Ender's Game. Ender's Game follows Ender through his adolescence, as he is trained to become a cold, calculated, war machine. It goes on about the politics, and the psyche of Ender. I can't say much more without spoiling a 3-day long book, so read it yourself.

I've seen the movie if that's anything to you. And I'm sorry to say that its not my cup of tea.

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How exactly would you say college teaches one how to think?

Username: readingsuck. Posting in: r/books. …Yeah, I think that there is a good chance that you actually want to have a productive conversation.

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The vibe I got from the one with the diving suit was the kinda hazy distortion of seeing the world with young eyes, you see things in the water but they're not the same. Can't remember most of the rest of the film though, just remember that scene.

Ah like he's isolated with his thoughts. Then he begins to let loose and just floats in the pool. I like that.

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[Seven Years Past] They're right. It's good, but it's also not.

It's not bad or anything, I just think it is generic and mediocre. But I only listened to two songs. I'm not sure why the magazine was so harsh.

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I am like... 90% sure that Tony Stark is going to die in A:AoU.

I know they aren't going by comics but I heard Ultron never kills his creator? Heard that from a friend when discussing the films not sure if true or not.

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And you can say the exact same goddamn thing about Country.

Yeah for sure, its the same for all popular genres. I just haven't listened to enough Country to make a comment about it.

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See I always viewed it as a rip off Pocahontas

See I always viewed Pocahontas as a rip off Dancing With The Wolves.

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Honestly, I'm looking towards the future for a phone that has an earbud embedded in the device like a stylus

So, the speaker that you would use to listen to someone on the phone could be pulled out and listened to with genuine mono sound?

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I personally enjoy the new novels over a lot of the Legends material. A lot of the old legends novels felt very jumbled up, there didn't seem a rhyme or reason to many of the stories written. The new canon feels so interconnected with the novels more clearly connecting to eachother and the movies directly

Agreed. There wasn't a clear longterm vision prior to Disney. They had plenty of fantastic stories and series, but it was a bit of a mess and incredibly difficult to know where to start.

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Good. The James damore debacle should have taught them a lesson by now. It's ridiculous. Just hire the most qualified and talented people. It's not hard.

That's why they needed quotas. Because they have to hire less talented and qualified people to get the quota filled.

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The Count of Monte Cristo, Wolf of Wall street, Lord of the Rings trilogy.

2002 count of monte cristo? I found that one horrible.

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Yes, the festivals are still pushing rock, which I think it partly due to the slightly older demographic of festival-goers compared to chart listeners. However, from what I've seen they're still mainly bands who were around 10 - 20 years go. Is there much new rock festivals these days?

Right off the top of my head I can name The 1975 and The Blossoms as both newish (come to prominence in the past 5 years or so) Rock/Guitar bands that are there. And theyre in the charts recently too. Both are from my hometown, and around here Rock/Guitar music is still very popular, but im not sure how much of that is a local thing.

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It's just weird. Why can you copy the movie but not the music?

There's an exception in the law for parody that this video is covered under, as it's an original take on a predetermined trope, however, the music is likely owned by a separate property and would need to be changed in order to be considered parody.

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I don't hear where the "highly unique" part comes in.

Are you kidding me? Where other band can you think of that creates folk-pop music with a small orchestra?