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408,100	how the fuck does clear history only have 52% on RT, such a funny movie	i saw that too! rotten tomatoes can be so off on their reviews sometimes but i guess everyone has different tastes. clear history is the shit.
408,101	Yeah, I agree with everything you say, but that's not really an answer to my question of why Twilight and The Hunger Games, books with very different plots and themes, are both wildly popular among the same demographic. I realize that there probably is not a definitive answer to this.	I'd posit simply that Bella appeals to the every-girl; young women can relate very easily to her as she is, as peppermind said, written bland for this very reason. Katniss is the ideal; the kind of girl young women want to be like, even if they can't relate.
408,102	Am I really the only one who finds Radiohead incredibly dull and boring? They're songs are all whiny and depressing. Iron Maiden FTW. EDIT: lol buried by Reddit's _non-conformist_ hivemind.	You do realize that comparing Radiohead to Iron Maiden is kind of like comparing a 12 oz steak to a turnip right? They're in the same category...kind of...sort of. But they aren't meant for the same thing at all.
408,103	That description is better suited for The Magicians by Lev Grossman.	Precisely! But Grossman was not at all derivative, I don't think.
408,104	Thank you for the spoiler for an anime I was planning to watch on /r/books of all goddamn places. I need to watch it and it's years old but damn out of left field	katanagatari was a light novel first so i thought it alright to mention on /r/books plus the thing im referencing is something that the narrator says about certain characters toward the ending. please do still watch katanagatari, its a fantastic novel/anime
408,105	Shouldn't we applaud the movie for being realistic about that detail? The pseudo hockey fans (like me) would have been like "Fuck yeah, we rolled over Canada, Russia, and the Frenchies!" without realizing how unrealistic that is.	I know, I just really like making a stink about it. It does indeed capture the "epicness" of it all.
408,106	> I don't know why I couldn't find an uncensored version of the official video. Because it's from the 90s, when video wasn't yet streamed on the net. If a band made a video, they were making it for MTV, and they rarely bothered with videos for uncensored songs.	Damn. You are, of course, absolutely right. I had a) forgotten how old that song/movie is and b) forgotten there was a time without the net, even though I lived through it.
408,107	Where in Belgium are you and exactly what stuff was stolen? I'm also Belgian so i could look out for the stuff on resell pages	Our shack is in Zemst, Antwerpen. We are scouring 2dehands as we speak.
408,108	That promo piece gave me no reason to want a curved laptop. Am I supposed to inherently think that is better?	No, this whole laptop is just a fun marketing gimmick. I doubt they will sell 100 of these things. It wasn't built for sales. It is almost like a prototype, but one that you can potentially buy. It was built for testing, for demonstration, for attention, for marketing, for "likes" and "upvotes." I mean, it worked on me... Until this I didn't know or associate that the Acer brand was a force in high-end power-user laptops.
408,109	It's Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas. His name is part of the movie title.	No it's not! Are you for real?! Oh god everything I hear makes me want to watch this thing so hard!
408,110	I'm almost okay with only one Postal Service album, if only because it might be evidence that all parties involved understand that they'd caught lightning in a bottle and dare not try to replicate that.	I half agree with you with the lightning in a bottle. But due to no follow up we get owl city.
408,111	What scene? I remember it all being pretty good honestly.	I meant the scene with the baby, it just feels kinda out of place. in fact, when I show people the movie, I usually preface the scene with "I don't know what's up with this scene"
408,112	not everybody wants or even likes "ebooks", you know. if you stare at a computer screen 8 hours a day, you may prefer to look at the written (printed) word on a different (paper) medium, is all.	I'm with you on that one. Nothing beats the tactile sensation of reading a book. But these days, and I'll use Reddit as an example, how much does an average person read a day here? On a computer or phone? There is a place for both mediums, and I personally like both.
408,113	My understanding is that artists make their money predominately from concerts. The studios make their money from actual record sales. So it would make sense that he wouldn't be too fussed as you can't pirate a live show and if anything concerts and live shows in general are booming.	Iirc (and I'm not in any way involved in the music scene so please don't crucify me if I'm wrong), they don't even make that much from concerts. It's mostly merchandise like tshirts and stuff. But maybe it's different for big name artists vs local.
408,114	Do you go to bars if you have no money to spend because you were replaced in your job that DIDN'T need humans for social interaction? Because bartending is just one job where this might be the case, but there are thousands more where this isn't the case.	But that's my point. Jobs will be replaced but that doesn't mean there won't be other jobs or new jobs that humans excel at that machines don't.
408,115	Why? It has literally nothing to do with brussles. I guess I shouldn't have that chocolate bar after dinner since the world is abstaining from luxuries on account of this attack.	A chocolate bar is hardly equivalent to a red carpet extravaganza dude. Let's not make false comparisons here. It's a matter of solidarity. They are 300 kilometres apart, across the channel. There are American city's within the same state further apart than that. It's perfectly in the rights of whatever company is throwing the shindig to show solidarity in a moment of sadness.
408,116	First, hippy birthday love! Hope last night was great. Second, absolutely love movie. I'm super proud of you and can't wait for tour! Got my ticket for DC as soon as they dropped them. Third, which song on this album were you proudest of & have you ever been as proud of a song in the past as this one?	thank you! last night was amazing! and im really proud off all my songs, i put my all into all my music. See you in DC
408,117	Omfg I haaaaaate The Giver. Hdisjdhfjsbd. Admittedly I think it's a brilliant teaching tool and something kids should read but UGH. Everyone in that book was a complete idiot and boring and lackluster and a pushover and it just made me so mad. Reading it was like torture. And then I promptly chucked the book across the room at the end. I felt so cheated.	I'm so glad that I am not the only one who threw that book across the room upon finishing it. I was so angry at the lazy story telling.
408,118	An important point is that Samsung's technology uses the 28Ghz spectrum, essentially meaning it's not going to fare well at all when having any obstacles in the way (e.g. walls, trees, etc.), while this one uses the 6Ghz band. That's only double that of current LTE technologies (roughly between 2-3Ghz). That means in real life scenarios where there are obstacles in the way, this technology may actually be faster, albeit with a lower 'max speed.'	Current LTE is between 700-2500. 28Ghz could be used for microwave and such where it is a straight line of site connection.
408,119	What was it like working with San Holo on your new album? You guys are two of my favourite producers so it was awesome hearing a collab!	San is such a dope dude! We made the first demo the first day we met. A lot of fun. Then i to it to Daniel & we developed the vocal
408,120	Not constantly, but I very often max my connection out for days at a time. 4k movies will be more than 24GB each....Talking about actual 4k and not highly compressed shit.	1080p blu-rays are about 25 GB, so 4K definitely has plenty of room to be much bigger.
408,121	No contest in my opinion. Stevie is on a whole other level of talent.	i literally opened this thread to find someone who would say RHCP's version of Higher Ground is better. I knew someone would say it. Nobody plays Stevie's songs better than Stevie
408,122	Well from this statement it makes me wonder if you have seen a Michael Bay movie or not. The differences between his Transformers movies to Edge of Tomorrow is vast. Bay doesn't have the finesse in editing to deal with the same action type scenarios over and over. He wants to see new things destroyed constantly and a movie that repeats past action scenes would probably bore him while he makes it.	The funny thing is. He really did have past action scenes in his movies. Just that it was literally the same shot reused. I didn't notice till I watched the new Honest Trailer for Transformers.
408,123	One of my favourites! The tunnel scene is arguably one of the best action sequences ever made - tense, logical, and thrilling as anything out there.	The [Wyvern] scene is out of this world. For a scene devoid of any action and consisting mostly of radar screens and radio chatter it was super intense!
408,124	I'm not really a fan of Philadelphia's cinematography. Here's a [clip] for an example.	There isn't a shot in that clip that wasn't used in Silence of the Lambs. The lighting is flatter, that's about it.
408,125	A lot of what you're mentioning here was the work of Iranian free thinkers right after the revolution who thought they'd finally gotten rid of Persian monarchy and have the liberal country they deserve. After all that has happened past few years a lot of those people are now in jail or exile and things are changing in an other direction. With all the government initiatives for limiting young women entrance to universities in especial fields with focus on "saving" the Iranian "family", denying the right of education for some religious minorities, banning the free and cheap access to contraception, banning healthcare communities of even talking about or displaying posters regarding family planning.	I do appreciate you reminding all of us of this. We need to look at a nation as a living entity, constantly changing, and what you say here is what worries me most.
408,126	According to last.fm, this is the most listened song, by far :	The most consumed food in the world is corn. Is it the best?
408,127	Graphene is like real life version of unobtanium, its freaking amazing what can be done with it, but we can't get enough of it.	It's only a matter of time. Each new use for it is one more incentive to solve the manufacturing problem.
408,128	If she changes her mind halfway through to no, then it becomes rape apparently in some cases, you'd be the first to test the reverse hypothesis. But I am not wishing you good luck.	I uhhhh... I was ummm.... I was asking for a friend
408,129	a movie is more than clips from a trailer, regardless of how much is given away.	Yeah, but if they divulge all the major plot points it takes away from everything else.
408,130	This is all fine and dandy, but much of my home infrastructure relies on torrenting. I use a HTPC that gets the latest shows i watch off an rss feed and autmatically downloads them to the tv folder for example. This is just not possible with usenet, maybe i need to start developing an rss feed site for usenet downloads.	Sure it's possible!! Newzbin, and [NZBMatrix] both have customizable RSS feeds.
408,131	John Irving - new book coming out at the end of the month.	A Prayer for Owen Meany is still among my favorite novels ever. LOVE that book. It turns me into a puddle every time I read it though.
408,132	I just read this back and forth and laughed all the way home	So you spent the trip home thinking about the argument and laughing, and from that you have an opinion? Read a book Stillcant by another name Stillcant's guide to Reddit A hundred sundry downvotes edited by bm ward
408,133	But it is not manned by the person sitting in it, it is controlled by the pre-set route. So it qualifies as a drone, which is an aircraft which has the driver outside of it(or does not have one to begin with).	Oh? It flies autonomously? In that case, it would indeed be a drone.
408,134	You will be happy to know that the firefox changes kill most of the decent privacy addons. Things like cookie destroyer lost that functionality. Pretty much I see little reason to use firefox if they are gutting the privacy, tab, session, and sidebar addons. Those are the ones they hit hard with the changes and the ones I still used firefox for.	They are alternatives to most privacy focused add-ons already, i.e. "Self-Destructing Cookies", which I think is what you're referring to, has the WebExtensions API equivalent "Cookie-AutoDelete". Also they're by no means focusing on breaking privacy focused add-ons, those just often use legacy functions...
408,135	"Soul" eh? From where I come from this was Pop. RIP 80's.	I didn't know so I just went with what Wikipedia classified them as.
408,136	My guess is enterprise software. Use GitHub to sell Office 365 to smaller software companies or individuals that might not otherwise purchase it.	I feel like smaller companies don’t pay for software whenever possible, and will just move to a different platform if this ends up costing them more. Assuming they even use source control...
408,137	One of the best live bands out there right now. If you have a chance to see these guys, DO IT! You won't be disappoint.	I look constantly, waiting for when they finally come my way!
408,138	I kinda stopped reading his new stuff quite a while ago, never got to the dome book. Kings books have been heavily criticized his whole career. I have to say though, your post made me laugh.	Read 11/23/63. It's such a wonderful read. Some of the most likable characters he has ever written. And the book is really accessible and smooth to read. I was surprised by it because I expected it to be gimmicky and awful. But he makes you care about the main protagonist and the side characters. And it's a really really fun read.
408,139	In the US, AMC theatres all across the country. I don't know if they're international?	We have them, but they won't have IMAX. I'm seeing it at IMAX Odeon.
408,140	Quality Check - digital movie features are sent by hard drive, but the previews and automated light cues and the rest need to be "built" onto the feature. They also have time sensitive crypto-keys that don't allow the feature to play until just before the release date. After the movie is built, we need to make sure the previews look proper and are in the right ratio, the sound is good, etc. Bottom line is I usually get to see movies a day before the midnight showings, but the trade-off is I'm watching it at 1 or 2 in the morning after the theater closes. Mostly I wanted to explain why I saw Blended.	"Blended: Worse than God's Not Dead and Transformers 4." -SaulsAll-
408,141	I totally agree (and my imagination is just fine, thank you) but we're talking about writing a simple essay.	Sorry about insulting your imagination. I bought an occulus exactly for this stuff. Gaming being the focus of VR to me is a waste of potential. So many uses for infinite virtual space for activities!
408,142	> so that artists don’t get flack from you for pricing them high right out of the gate. They're worried about that? That?? I don't recall anyone getting pissed about the front center seats being more expensive. It's the way it is at all Broadway plays and sports arenas. Better seats cost more. They're worried about offending the fans by charging different rates for seat sections but they don't mind pissing us off to no end by selling them to scalpers who raise the price 10 times and perform all sorts of fuckery with actually trying to attain a ticket.	Yes because that way we get angry at the scalpers, not the band.
408,143	To me it felt really long! I thought the epic mid-movie battle sequence was going to be the end, and then I though Stoick's funeral was going to be the end, and then I thought the dragons shooting their flames into the air was going to be the end. The movie kept bait and switching the ending. It felt a little like the end of Return Of The King actually.	How in the world would Stoick's funeral be an ending? It got dark, for sure, but Dreamworks isn't going to get so dark that they end a dragon movie with all the dragons under the villain's control, all the protagonists stuck in the middle of nowhere, and their village about to be destroyed. I don't think it's fair to say there was any bait and switch. With a straight forward plot arc like this, you can't really expect the movie to end until the conflicts are fully resolved and good triumphs over bad. That didn't happen until the alpha was defeated and the villain was cast aside.
408,144	So you're asserting that the Beatles were great because they were innovative - they did it first; but as far as the quality of the music itself goes, it's a wash? Put it this way - if you had ten songs from ten different artists (including the Beatles and Nickelback) and asked someone to "put these in order of greatness" would the Beatles song always be first? Or do you have to know it's the Beatles to make the music great?	The music itself is great. How many artists still cover their songs because they're so great? Thousands, too many to count. Why do you even know who The Beatles are? The songwriting is so strong that it has become - up to this point - timeless. You know Aerosmith's best song, "Come Together"? Beatles song. Joe Cocker's best song? Beatles song (With A Little Help From My Friends). Oasis' best song? OK, that's Wonderwall, but they did a pretty famous Beatles cover as well (I Am The Walrus for anyone that cares). The Beatles songs are still celebrated by musicians and non-musicians everywhere, they are so influential BECAUSE their songs are so great, not the other way around.
408,145	Just reading the title makes me want to knock back a few liters of Spanish wine.	If you go with Hemingway's thoughts wine isn't alcohol. Wine is really just flavored water. Go ahead and drink it all day; just as long as you don' hit the liquor until you're done with your work.
408,146	What is the best English translation of war and peace?	From what I have gathered the Maude translation is the best because they knew Tolstoy personally, and had the chance to speak with him about. I would not recommend Garnett’s translation.
408,147	This is so fucking cool. When I was younger I always figured we were still a really long time from robots that could collect things from asteroids and yet it's becoming a reality right now. Someday relatively soon we could be mining asteroids unmanned. Or even building robots to bring them back to Earth whole. EDIT: oh my god, [look at this!] This is so unbelievably awesome!	It’s already been done! Check out one of the replies to ur comment :)
408,148	Considering how crap Australian internet is, most ISPs have caps exceeding that much. I get 250GB currently. My ISP offers 500GB and 1TB caps as well. The only limiting factor, at least here, is speeds. Large drivers also have non-personal uses, such as servers and data backups for companies.	Wish I could get a 1tb cap. They don't offer anything above 350gb and I'm in the US.
408,149	>The descriptions describe to you what is happening and what to imagine...? This isn't quite how I think of literature, and it always makes me slightly uncomfortable to hear it described as much. I suppose I could try to visualize what's taking place, if I were reading (say) a film script, but that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience to me.	So basically reading for you is just your eyes passing over meaningless words, and inside you is nothing but an empty black nothingness? How does basic memory work for you then? With this complete and total lack or understanding of imagination? Are you unable to imagine what your friends and family look like? What about when you lose your keys? Are you not able to imagine what your keys look like to try and find them? Like... Jesus Christ.
408,150	It wouldn't help with reading the encrypted data or anything. It looks like it would just help you narrow down who (based on IP source) is on tor for a particular stream. That's where it ends. Presumably if you're spying on someone there are steps you would take after the fact.	Will they know what onion services you went to when they identify you?
408,151	I think a fantasy novel by Cormac McCarthy could be interesting. Uh, or cosmic horror by J.K. Rowling.	I remember hearing a something about his new book having a sort of sci-fi bent to it. I think Sci-fi Cormac would be a dream.
408,152	>I used to think adults were super fucked up. I used to think this. I still do, but I used to, too.	Now I am an adult and I know for a fact we're fucked up
408,153	[spoiler](#s "Im actually really looking forward to Cinna in the movie. Lenny Kravitz does him surprisingly well. I may cry during the scene where they beat him over the head right before Katniss gets sent up the tube into the arena. ")	You can see it in her reaction right near the end.
408,154	Yes, this movie absolutely stays with you. Similar to Requiem for a Dream and Enter the Void, I felt pretty dirty and depressed after watching this one... thought about it for days after. Fantastic film.	Shit, I had to pause Enter the Void halfway through and take a break before finishing it, and I'm a pretty cold person.
408,155	I got a 10 gear old Toshiba laptop and it still holds up even without an hdd change	I have an old 8086 palmtop computer that ran on AA batteries and transflash PCMCIA storage. Still works last I checked on it. I used to use it to read stories on before I got a kindle.
408,156	You don't use it for casual browsing of Facebook and Twitter anyway. At least, not in China.	Welp, at least Microsoft Edge might run OK on it.
408,157	Two fantasy women writers that I read are Robin Hobb and J.V.Jones. Robin's Farseer Trilogy starting with Assassins Apprentice is very good, and the stories continue through a number of her other series. Jones' Book of Words trilogy starting with The Baker's boy is fantastic, although I'm finding her other trilogy Sword of Shadows a bit tiresome to read, still pretty good though. I'll admit that I normally don't like women writers, seemingly, but can't put my finger on why, even though some other writers I read could be pen names, for this very reason.	I actually read the Living Ships trilogy ages ago; I don't think it even cross my mind that Robin wasn't a guy's name (I blame Batman comics).
408,158	When I think of people busting ass at their jobs, people like that just sort of sicken me.	why? that just sounds like envy. it's an inheritance. if I build or create something valuable, I certainly hope my children can benefit from it. it's a gift to be freed from needing to work, to be able to pursue your interests, volunteer, etc.
408,159	Aside from all the jokes on /mu/ and such, this is a fantastic album. It's like as if Tom Waits and Frank Zappa somehow had a child; it would be this album.	Wouldn't Tom Waits be the child of Captain and Frank Zappa?
408,160	The Amazon Kindle supports the following formats: unprotected Mobipocket books (MOBI, PRC), plain text files (TXT), Topaz format books (TPZ), and Amazon's proprietary DRM-restricted format (AZW), and PDF. The PocketBook eReader on the other hand, supports these formats: Book formats: CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTML, PDF, PRC (Mobipocket), RTF, TCR, TXT. DRM file formats: EPUB, PDF. Source: Wikipedia.	I'm not sure about the actual kindle, but I can access my mobi books that I've downloaded on both my kindle for android and for PC. A nook is a pretty sweet option because you can put cyanogenmod on it and use it as a wi-fi enabled android tablet.
408,161	I don't really understand all the hate for the song. My friends and I all really love the song.	I know it's just a silly and fun song.
408,162	I just started Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. I love it so far! Definitely recommended.	The book was great, movie not terrible either. Invisible Monsters was pretty good if your looking for another Palahniuk after Choke!
408,163	Killing any of Barton/Romanov/Falcon/Rhodes/Fury (if he were in it) would have still had a major impact to the audience. We've seen them play substantial roles in the MCU going back up to eight years now. And frankly any of them would have been prime candidates since they are still basically just humans. One thing that did strike me is that Cheadle looked old, and I just looked and he is 51. As an action hero, his time has to be limited.	> One thing that did strike me is that Cheadle looked old, and I just looked and he is 51. As an action hero, his time has to be limited. War Machine most likely going to take on a tactical role for the remaining movies and the disability makes him more interesting as a character. BTW, his character bites it in the upcoming Civil War II storyline in the comics
408,164	KFC is like the mad scientist of the fast food world. They have done this, the bowls of everything, and the Double Down. I appreciate that they are willing to try things while Burger King has Satisfries and McDonald's is trying add new ingredients to burgers and calling it innovation.	I'd like it more if they actually put them out in the us. The double down is the last sorta wild thing yum brands (KFC, pizza hut, taco bell, etc) has put out here. No pizzas with hamburgers or chicken patties or hot dogs on the crust, and that doubles down dog was Philippines only, what the fuck?
408,165	It's not intended to be used for anything except an SSTO, so no "everyday applications" are intended.	The precooler can be used for hypersonic atmospheric flight with a scimitar-like engine. Maybe it has some application in some industrial environments.
408,166	Yes. Apparently when you want to go legit and not be a crack cocaine salesman, you have an image to uphold. Kind of why Tidal is a complete failure, the image was ruined immediately.	in the rap industry, being greasy is seen as a positive, selling crack gave him cred and doing whatever to make money and have big screens blunts and bitches is seen as good so this will help Tidal, the people that it is marketed towards will support being tricked, that crack cocaine comparison is apt.
408,167	Your awesome. I'm 22 and was thinking it's only gonna be 'acceptable' for me to be listening to this sort of stuff for a few more years.. growing out of it kinda thing. You give me hope! Can I ask your opinion on this? I love dubstep but dislike Skrillex. The above is what I'd class as the epitome of dubstep.. 'real' dubstep. Oh an NIN ftw. EDIT: Wow, just noticed someone in the YT comments said exactly the same thing. Get on it!	Very, very nice sir. Lots of reggae tones to it, which kinda mellows it out, and it's got a very classic dark feel to it. can't say I'm a huge fan, but that's just cause I like my dub to have a little more diversity.
408,168	I think the answer to number 2 is obvious: everyone benefits so everyone pays.	Except for the people that have to pay tax but can't afford a fancy hoverboard..
408,169	I think it's kind of sad that that website is calling him a crying grown man, as if grown men crying is some rare or anomalous thing. Emotional repression of men is tragic.	grown men dont usually cry though unless its for a good reason. its seen as soft, and women dont like soft guys for the most part.
408,170	in anaconda or any of the sequels i hate seeing this snake eat people because i know that snakes don't eat or want to eat humans.	Reticulated pythons and rock pythons have a history of attacking humans for sustenance rather than defense. While most snake attacks on humans are done for self-preservation with no intent to feed, it's not unheard of for constrictors to eat humans. Besides, the Anaconda movies are based on a mythological giant anaconda of immense size. An apex predator of 50-60 feet would definitely be capable of eating humans.
408,171	Throwing around facts that's there to makes sense of your bigotry and not somehow explain why things happen as they do, and completely ignoring historical, and social factors dont make your argument right, their only weapon, that bring in people who can't think for themselves to agree with him	You claim such, but it seems like you are missing one huge factor..well, two. Psychology, and genetic makeup.
408,172	Why not just buy a laser printer? The ink is expensive but it doesn't dry up and it lasts forever.	I do have a B&W laser printer. It wasn't expensive, but it works fine for text and the consumables are reasonable. The issue is that my wife likes printing photos, and color laser print quality sucks compared to inkjet at photo printing.
408,173	I think the Kinks are hugely underappreciated for the consistent quality and lasting influence of their work. Love to see more of them around here. Maybe someone more knowlegable than me could make a "Comprehensive Guide to: The Kinks"	You are 100% correct. Honestly, their catalog is just as impressive as the Beatles or Stones. Sadly most people only know them for songs like Lola or You Really Got Me. They don't know the real great stuff like The Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Face To Face, or Arthur. The mainstream never gave them any love. It's almost criminal....for a great genius like Ray Davies to be so unknown and obscure compared to people like Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney. The Kinks have great music spanning 20+ years. From the 60s thru the 80s they were putting out great albums.
408,174	I feel the same way. Some worlds are harder to leave behind than others too. I had to take a two week reading break after reading Cider Hous Rules.	powerful twist in mood at the end of that one!
408,175	Actually, that's a 10K RPM hard drive. But, yes, to increase it you either need a 15K RPM drive, or an SSD.	I read a comment a while ago explaining that 5.9 was 'the highest for a 7200rpm drive unless OP wants to spend loads of money on a 10K drive', so assumed that 10K drives would raise it from the 5.9 subscore
408,176	Yeah. The letter in the chapter prefaces says how "Rayse" (we don't know who that is) has one of the worst shards. Since "Shard" in the actual text of the novel explicitly and solely refers to either Plate or Blade, it's sort of misleading. What the letter is referring to is Odium itself. Which I know because Wiki.	Hero of Ages (Mistborn book 3) explains individuals holding shards pretty well. I agree, it's confusing when there are 'shards' that are blades and plate and 'shards' that are pieces of Adonalsium.
408,177	I guess. But I think they lost the map war long ago	There was once a time where Map Quest was king of maps.
408,178	I haven't read JR, but The Recognitions was one of my favorite books of all time. The two are so different I think it'd be mostly up to taste. JR seems like it'd be harder, considering it's mostly uncredited dialogue, but according to trusted sources it's easier to follow than The Recognitions. The Recognitions has a butt load of obscure literary and art history allusions, which can make it difficult at times. I'd recommend reading some art history to lead up to it, or looking up painters as they're mentioned.	I'm a big fan of art history which makes me really excited to read The Recognitions. Would you say the obscurity of the references are on par with something like Gravity's Rainbow?
408,179	Did he know he was going to create the most famous album cover of all time?	Well, that wasn't really him. That was Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell :)
408,180	I wanted to see them on this tour soooo bad. But I was 8.	I saw them twice at the old Boston Garden and they sounded beautiful.
408,181	AIM used to be a de facto standard too, and look where they're at now...	i never knew anyone on aim everyone i knew use icq or msn back in the day.
408,182	The Dirty Dozen, Inglorious Basterds, a WHOLE team of bad guys as anti-heroes? ...but with super heroes. Hmm, one part skeptical thanks to nerd-favorite busts like Sucker Punch, but other part intrigued because I know ZERO about this comic series. I'll gamble my dollars on it...	Director of Sucker Punch/BvS didn't direct this movie (David Ayer did, who directed Fury) so I wouldn't worry about that too much.
408,183	Sure you can do that if you and your friend are thieves.	I'm curious if you would consider lending a physical book to a friend stealing?
408,184	>and everyone on the GOP ticket is basically in the same situation. Not THE DONALD, bitches.	I don't see why I should trust a businessman any more than I should trust a politician bought by a businessman.
408,185	Yea, I imagine it was much much muchhh more intense live..	It was. It was one of many points in the night where the building was literally bouncing up and down.
408,186	ADHD??? (I'm not a doctor so don't jump to conclusions) Try reading books that are engaging and easy. I don't know if this is how it works but I'd say practice with things you can read and then work your way up to more challenging stuff.	I've never been tested so I can't rule it out. I have an upcoming GP appointment for my knee so I'll ask about it then
408,187	I think the movie was deliberately ambiguous about this, but one possibility, in light of the final twist, is that the Borden brother at the rehearsal who was scolded and told to not try the new knot at the show was not the Borden brother who actually was at the show that night, and he might not have been aware that they weren't supposed to use the new knot, or simply didn't care. This could also be the reason when Angier asks the Borden at the funeral which knot he used, they say they can't remember, cause they weren't the one at the show and aren't sure what their brother did.	Though I agree that the Borden that got scolded was not the Borden that tied the final knot but If I remember correctly they make a point to show him change his mind mid knot. Whether he changed his mind to the knot he was supposed to tie, or to the knot he wanted to tie is another question.
408,188	I'm pretty sure it's not. The guy who first posted it claimed it was made by their local church. Can't find the original post though :c.	That doesn't mean anything. If you want to know if it's a joke or not just watch it. It's very obvious.
408,189	Be nicer if he played. Or is he the musical guest?	Confirmed. He will be the musical guest next Saturday, October 13. I would half expect to see Art Garfunkel to show up. This will be his twelfth appearance- pretty impressive for an charter SNL Five Timer Club member.
408,190	Wu tang is hip hop, purely... while Tupac and Biggie were undeniably talented, they were slaves to their pride and self image, and their inherent need to be at the top and having it acknowledged by others around them... take rza, gza, and 'ol dirty, each one raised under similar circumstance to pac and big, but not as recognized because their focal point was strictly their love of creating hiphop and constantly honing their skill, as a master woodworker similarly advances the technicality of his particular style... in fact, how do i do an ama request? Lets get these sword swingin, bar bangin, lyric slayin assassins here...	Well they do have a 20th anniversary album coming up. Maybe, just maybe if we all put the Wu sign up together we can summon them.
408,191	This album is terrible...they haven't had a good one since ixnay...ignition was their best though	Tracks 6 to 11 are complete garbage, but 1 to 5 and the last track are in line with Conspiracy of One -- my favorite from them.
408,192	> $1000 for the stainless steel model? No, they start at $550 with a sport band. You can spend $1,000, but that is an outlier price point. Most are $600-700	Yes but it costs 1000 dollars for a standard steel watch band.
408,193	Being off by a factor of three is not referred to as "little mistake" in common parlance. Good sir. Protip: when you're caught out on your bullshit, the proper thing to do is not to get all pouty and playing at being a victim. You were wrong. You were stupid. And now you're compounding it by trying to convince everyone looking on that you're a victim.	Dude, relax haha. It was just a stupid little mistake, no need to get all crazy over it and thinking you know me. How do you even know what I wrote btw, I deleted it like right away?
408,194	Your problem is that you still use a desktop:-P Seriously, though, desktops are becoming increasingly useless - the 3 device crowd are going phone + tablet + laptop. I do agree it's too early to predict - that's why I'm talking about the status quo right now, not where we'll be in a year or two. The future is bright and interesting!	I still use a desktop. It's actually my primary machine to get work done. Mostly because I can use two giant monitors. I've gotten too used to the real estate. I feel like I can't get any work done on a laptop.
408,195	Hmmm.... let's see, any instances of you clearly stating your opinion as if it's fact in your comments... gee, seems to be hundreds of instances of that. That would make your little public service fairly stupid and hypocritical... so there's nothing at all for you to be thanking yourself for.	Anything I have ever stated in my comments that are opinions are ones of general opinion. You seem to think you stalking my reddit history is going to make me take back my response toward you? No. Your opinion is widely considered as wrong. :D
408,196	That may explain it. Its required reading in many schools here	Yeah, I definitely had it assigned as reading in elementary school.
408,197	Hi. i'm 16 years old. i'm a semiproducer hehe. i have many questions. you studied music previously? or was it "oh I want to make music"	"I want to make music" and we studied some too. That said, most of what we use was self taught.
408,198	I think this is a good thing. These apps should not be storing sensitive information on servers they themselves do not control IMO. I work at a bank, and it takes a LOT of paperwork and convincing to host ANYTHING on a 3rd party's servers	Its more an issue of HIPPA compliance if it does store personal medical data.
408,199	Then again, all the stuff about jedi reflexes and precognition is there from the beginning, and even excepting that, the long battle is actually preceded by a bunch of stuff showing that both jedi are crazy-good at fighting, and when you see them go head to head, you expect a long battle. I'd be annoyed if it was really short: to be short would mean it was one-sided, and to be one-sided would ruin the story.	You can have a long battle where they don't twirl their sabers around inches from each other while causing zero damage for 4 seconds at a time.

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how the fuck does clear history only have 52% on RT, such a funny movie

i saw that too! rotten tomatoes can be so off on their reviews sometimes but i guess everyone has different tastes. clear history is the shit.

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Yeah, I agree with everything you say, but that's not really an answer to my question of why Twilight and The Hunger Games, books with very different plots and themes, are both wildly popular among the same demographic. I realize that there probably is not a definitive answer to this.

I'd posit simply that Bella appeals to the every-girl; young women can relate very easily to her as she is, as peppermind said, written bland for this very reason. Katniss is the ideal; the kind of girl young women want to be like, even if they can't relate.

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Am I really the only one who finds Radiohead incredibly dull and boring? They're songs are all whiny and depressing. Iron Maiden FTW. EDIT: lol buried by Reddit's _non-conformist_ hivemind.

You do realize that comparing Radiohead to Iron Maiden is kind of like comparing a 12 oz steak to a turnip right? They're in the same category...kind of...sort of. But they aren't meant for the same thing at all.

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That description is better suited for The Magicians by Lev Grossman.

Precisely! But Grossman was not at all derivative, I don't think.

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Thank you for the spoiler for an anime I was planning to watch on /r/books of all goddamn places. I need to watch it and it's years old but damn out of left field

katanagatari was a light novel first so i thought it alright to mention on /r/books plus the thing im referencing is something that the narrator says about certain characters toward the ending. please do still watch katanagatari, its a fantastic novel/anime

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Shouldn't we applaud the movie for being realistic about that detail? The pseudo hockey fans (like me) would have been like "Fuck yeah, we rolled over Canada, Russia, and the Frenchies!" without realizing how unrealistic that is.

I know, I just really like making a stink about it. It does indeed capture the "epicness" of it all.

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> I don't know why I couldn't find an uncensored version of the official video. Because it's from the 90s, when video wasn't yet streamed on the net. If a band made a video, they were making it for MTV, and they rarely bothered with videos for uncensored songs.

Damn. You are, of course, absolutely right. I had a) forgotten how old that song/movie is and b) forgotten there was a time without the net, even though I lived through it.

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Where in Belgium are you and exactly what stuff was stolen? I'm also Belgian so i could look out for the stuff on resell pages

Our shack is in Zemst, Antwerpen. We are scouring 2dehands as we speak.

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That promo piece gave me no reason to want a curved laptop. Am I supposed to inherently think that is better?

No, this whole laptop is just a fun marketing gimmick. I doubt they will sell 100 of these things. It wasn't built for sales. It is almost like a prototype, but one that you can potentially buy. It was built for testing, for demonstration, for attention, for marketing, for "likes" and "upvotes." I mean, it worked on me... Until this I didn't know or associate that the Acer brand was a force in high-end power-user laptops.

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It's Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas. His name is part of the movie title.

No it's not! Are you for real?! Oh god everything I hear makes me want to watch this thing so hard!

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I'm almost okay with only one Postal Service album, if only because it might be evidence that all parties involved understand that they'd caught lightning in a bottle and dare not try to replicate that.

I half agree with you with the lightning in a bottle. But due to no follow up we get owl city.

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What scene? I remember it all being pretty good honestly.

I meant the scene with the baby, it just feels kinda out of place. in fact, when I show people the movie, I usually preface the scene with "I don't know what's up with this scene"

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not everybody *wants* or even *likes* "ebooks", you know. if you stare at a computer screen 8 hours a day, you may prefer to look at the written (printed) word on a different (paper) medium, is all.

I'm with you on that one. Nothing beats the tactile sensation of reading a book. But these days, and I'll use Reddit as an example, how much does an average person read a day here? On a computer or phone? There is a place for both mediums, and I personally like both.

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My understanding is that artists make their money predominately from concerts. The studios make their money from actual record sales. So it would make sense that he wouldn't be too fussed as you can't pirate a live show and if anything concerts and live shows in general are booming.

Iirc (and I'm not in any way involved in the music scene so please don't crucify me if I'm wrong), they don't even make that much from concerts. It's mostly merchandise like tshirts and stuff. But maybe it's different for big name artists vs local.

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Do you go to bars if you have no money to spend because you were replaced in your job that DIDN'T need humans for social interaction? Because bartending is just one job where this might be the case, but there are thousands more where this isn't the case.

But that's my point. Jobs will be replaced but that doesn't mean there won't be other jobs or new jobs that humans excel at that machines don't.

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Why? It has literally nothing to do with brussles. I guess I shouldn't have that chocolate bar after dinner since the world is abstaining from luxuries on account of this attack.

A chocolate bar is hardly equivalent to a red carpet extravaganza dude. Let's not make false comparisons here. It's a matter of solidarity. They are 300 kilometres apart, across the channel. There are American city's within the same state further apart than that. It's perfectly in the rights of whatever company is throwing the shindig to show solidarity in a moment of sadness.

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First, hippy birthday love! Hope last night was great. Second, absolutely love movie. I'm super proud of you and can't wait for tour! Got my ticket for DC as soon as they dropped them. Third, which song on this album were you proudest of & have you ever been as proud of a song in the past as this one?

thank you! last night was amazing! and im really proud off all my songs, i put my all into all my music. See you in DC

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Omfg I *haaaaaate* The Giver. Hdisjdhfjsbd. Admittedly I think it's a brilliant teaching tool and something kids should read but UGH. Everyone in that book was a complete idiot and boring and lackluster and a pushover and it just made me so mad. Reading it was like torture. And then I promptly chucked the book across the room at the end. I felt so cheated.

I'm so glad that I am not the only one who threw that book across the room upon finishing it. I was so angry at the lazy story telling.

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An important point is that Samsung's technology uses the 28Ghz spectrum, essentially meaning it's not going to fare well at all when having any obstacles in the way (e.g. walls, trees, etc.), while this one uses the 6Ghz band. That's only double that of current LTE technologies (roughly between 2-3Ghz). That means in real life scenarios where there are obstacles in the way, this technology may actually be faster, albeit with a lower 'max speed.'

Current LTE is between 700-2500. 28Ghz could be used for microwave and such where it is a straight line of site connection.

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What was it like working with San Holo on your new album? You guys are two of my favourite producers so it was awesome hearing a collab!

San is such a dope dude! We made the first demo the first day we met. A lot of fun. Then i to it to Daniel & we developed the vocal

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Not constantly, but I very often max my connection out for days at a time. 4k movies will be more than 24GB each....Talking about actual 4k and not highly compressed shit.

1080p blu-rays are about 25 GB, so 4K definitely has plenty of room to be much bigger.

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No contest in my opinion. Stevie is on a whole other level of talent.

i literally opened this thread to find someone who would say RHCP's version of Higher Ground is better. I knew someone would say it. Nobody plays Stevie's songs better than Stevie

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Well from this statement it makes me wonder if you have seen a Michael Bay movie or not. The differences between his Transformers movies to Edge of Tomorrow is vast. Bay doesn't have the finesse in editing to deal with the same action type scenarios over and over. He wants to see new things destroyed constantly and a movie that repeats past action scenes would probably bore him while he makes it.

The funny thing is. He really did have past action scenes in his movies. Just that it was literally the same shot reused. I didn't notice till I watched the new Honest Trailer for Transformers.

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One of my favourites! The tunnel scene is arguably one of the best action sequences ever made - tense, logical, and thrilling as anything out there.

The [Wyvern] scene is out of this world. For a scene devoid of any action and consisting mostly of radar screens and radio chatter it was super intense!

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I'm not really a fan of Philadelphia's cinematography. Here's a [clip] for an example.

There isn't a shot in that clip that wasn't used in Silence of the Lambs. The lighting is flatter, that's about it.

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A lot of what you're mentioning here was the work of Iranian free thinkers right after the revolution who thought they'd finally gotten rid of Persian monarchy and have the liberal country they deserve. After all that has happened past few years a lot of those people are now in jail or exile and things are changing in an other direction. With all the government initiatives for limiting young women entrance to universities in especial fields with focus on "saving" the Iranian "family", denying the right of education for some religious minorities, banning the free and cheap access to contraception, banning healthcare communities of even talking about or displaying posters regarding family planning.

I do appreciate you reminding all of us of this. We need to look at a nation as a living entity, constantly changing, and what you say here is what worries me most.

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According to last.fm, this is the most listened song, by far :

The most consumed food in the world is corn. Is it the best?

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Graphene is like real life version of unobtanium, its freaking amazing what can be done with it, but we can't get enough of it.

It's only a matter of time. Each new use for it is one more incentive to solve the manufacturing problem.

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If she changes her mind halfway through to no, then it becomes rape apparently in some cases, you'd be the first to test the reverse hypothesis. But I am not wishing you good luck.

I uhhhh... I was ummm.... I was asking for a friend

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a movie is more than clips from a trailer, regardless of how much is given away.

Yeah, but if they divulge all the major plot points it takes away from everything else.

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This is all fine and dandy, but much of my home infrastructure relies on torrenting. I use a HTPC that gets the latest shows i watch off an rss feed and autmatically downloads them to the tv folder for example. This is just not possible with usenet, maybe i need to start developing an rss feed site for usenet downloads.

Sure it's possible!! Newzbin, and [NZBMatrix] both have customizable RSS feeds.

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John Irving - new book coming out at the end of the month.

A Prayer for Owen Meany is still among my favorite novels ever. LOVE that book. It turns me into a puddle every time I read it though.

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I just read this back and forth and laughed all the way home

So you spent the trip home thinking about the argument and laughing, and from that you have an opinion? Read a book Stillcant by another name Stillcant's guide to Reddit A hundred sundry downvotes edited by bm ward

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But it is not manned by the person sitting in it, it is controlled by the pre-set route. So it qualifies as a drone, which is an aircraft which has the driver outside of it(or does not have one to begin with).

Oh? It flies autonomously? In that case, it would indeed be a drone.

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You will be happy to know that the firefox changes kill most of the decent privacy addons. Things like cookie destroyer lost that functionality. Pretty much I see little reason to use firefox if they are gutting the privacy, tab, session, and sidebar addons. Those are the ones they hit hard with the changes and the ones I still used firefox for.

They are alternatives to most privacy focused add-ons already, i.e. "Self-Destructing Cookies", which I think is what you're referring to, has the WebExtensions API equivalent "Cookie-AutoDelete". Also they're by no means focusing on breaking privacy focused add-ons, those just often use legacy functions...

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"Soul" eh? From where I come from this was Pop. RIP 80's.

I didn't know so I just went with what Wikipedia classified them as.

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My guess is enterprise software. Use GitHub to sell Office 365 to smaller software companies or individuals that might not otherwise purchase it.

I feel like smaller companies don’t pay for software whenever possible, and will just move to a different platform if this ends up costing them more. Assuming they even use source control...

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One of the best live bands out there right now. If you have a chance to see these guys, DO IT! You won't be disappoint.

I look constantly, waiting for when they finally come my way!

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I kinda stopped reading his new stuff quite a while ago, never got to the dome book. Kings books have been heavily criticized his whole career. I have to say though, your post made me laugh.

Read 11/23/63. It's such a wonderful read. Some of the most likable characters he has ever written. And the book is really accessible and smooth to read. I was surprised by it because I expected it to be gimmicky and awful. But he makes you care about the main protagonist and the side characters. And it's a really really fun read.

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In the US, AMC theatres all across the country. I don't know if they're international?

We have them, but they won't have IMAX. I'm seeing it at IMAX Odeon.

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Quality Check - digital movie features are sent by hard drive, but the previews and automated light cues and the rest need to be "built" onto the feature. They also have time sensitive crypto-keys that don't allow the feature to play until just before the release date. After the movie is built, we need to make sure the previews look proper and are in the right ratio, the sound is good, etc. Bottom line is I usually get to see movies a day before the midnight showings, but the trade-off is I'm watching it at 1 or 2 in the morning after the theater closes. Mostly I wanted to explain why I saw Blended.

"Blended: Worse than God's Not Dead and Transformers 4." -SaulsAll-

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I totally agree (and my imagination is just fine, thank you) but we're talking about writing a simple essay.

Sorry about insulting your imagination. I bought an occulus exactly for this stuff. Gaming being the focus of VR to me is a waste of potential. So many uses for infinite virtual space for activities!

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> so that artists don’t get flack from you for pricing them high right out of the gate. They're worried about *that? That??* I don't recall anyone getting pissed about the front center seats being more expensive. It's the way it is at all Broadway plays and sports arenas. Better seats cost more. They're worried about offending the fans by charging different rates for seat sections but they don't mind pissing us off to no end by selling them to scalpers who raise the price 10 times and perform all sorts of fuckery with actually trying to attain a ticket.

Yes because that way we get angry at the scalpers, not the band.

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To me it felt really long! I thought the epic mid-movie battle sequence was going to be the end, and then I though Stoick's funeral was going to be the end, and then I thought the dragons shooting their flames into the air was going to be the end. The movie kept bait and switching the ending. It felt a little like the end of Return Of The King actually.

How in the world would Stoick's funeral be an ending? It got dark, for sure, but Dreamworks isn't going to get so dark that they end a dragon movie with all the dragons under the villain's control, all the protagonists stuck in the middle of nowhere, and their village about to be destroyed. I don't think it's fair to say there was any bait and switch. With a straight forward plot arc like this, you can't really expect the movie to end until the conflicts are fully resolved and good triumphs over bad. That didn't happen until the alpha was defeated and the villain was cast aside.

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So you're asserting that the Beatles were great because they were innovative - they did it first; but as far as the quality of the music itself goes, it's a wash? Put it this way - if you had ten songs from ten different artists (including the Beatles and Nickelback) and asked someone to "put these in order of greatness" would the Beatles song always be first? Or do you have to *know* it's the Beatles to make the music great?

The music itself is great. How many artists still cover their songs because they're so great? Thousands, too many to count. Why do you even know who The Beatles are? The songwriting is so strong that it has become - up to this point - timeless. You know Aerosmith's best song, "Come Together"? Beatles song. Joe Cocker's best song? Beatles song (With A Little Help From My Friends). Oasis' best song? OK, that's Wonderwall, but they did a pretty famous Beatles cover as well (I Am The Walrus for anyone that cares). The Beatles songs are still celebrated by musicians and non-musicians everywhere, they are so influential BECAUSE their songs are so great, not the other way around.

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Just reading the title makes me want to knock back a few liters of Spanish wine.

If you go with Hemingway's thoughts wine isn't alcohol. Wine is really just flavored water. Go ahead and drink it all day; just as long as you don' hit the liquor until you're done with your work.

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What is the best English translation of war and peace?

From what I have gathered the Maude translation is the best because they knew Tolstoy personally, and had the chance to speak with him about. I would not recommend Garnett’s translation.

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This is so fucking cool. When I was younger I always figured we were still a really long time from robots that could collect things from asteroids and yet it's becoming a reality right now. Someday relatively soon we could be mining asteroids unmanned. Or even building robots to bring them back to Earth whole. EDIT: oh my god, [look at this!] This is so unbelievably awesome!

It’s already been done! Check out one of the replies to ur comment :)

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Considering how crap Australian internet is, most ISPs have caps exceeding that much. I get 250GB currently. My ISP offers 500GB and 1TB caps as well. The only limiting factor, at least here, is speeds. Large drivers also have non-personal uses, such as servers and data backups for companies.

Wish I could get a 1tb cap. They don't offer anything above 350gb and I'm in the US.

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>The descriptions describe to you what is happening and what to imagine...? This isn't quite how I think of literature, and it always makes me slightly uncomfortable to hear it described as much. I suppose I could try to visualize what's taking place, if I were reading (say) a film script, but that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience to me.

So basically reading for you is just your eyes passing over meaningless words, and inside you is nothing but an empty black nothingness? How does basic memory work for you then? With this complete and total lack or understanding of imagination? Are you unable to imagine what your friends and family look like? What about when you lose your keys? Are you not able to imagine what your keys look like to try and find them? Like... Jesus Christ.

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It wouldn't help with reading the encrypted data or anything. It looks like it would just help you narrow down who (based on IP source) is on tor for a particular stream. That's where it ends. Presumably if you're spying on someone there are steps you would take after the fact.

Will they know what onion services you went to when they identify you?

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I think a fantasy novel by Cormac McCarthy could be interesting. Uh, or cosmic horror by J.K. Rowling.

I remember hearing a something about his new book having a sort of sci-fi bent to it. I think Sci-fi Cormac would be a dream.

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>I used to think adults were super fucked up. I used to think this. I still do, but I used to, too.

Now I am an adult and I know for a fact we're fucked up

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[spoiler](#s "Im actually really looking forward to Cinna in the movie. Lenny Kravitz does him surprisingly well. I may cry during the scene where they beat him over the head right before Katniss gets sent up the tube into the arena. ")

You can see it in her reaction right near the end.

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Yes, this movie absolutely stays with you. Similar to *Requiem for a Dream* and *Enter the Void*, I felt pretty dirty and depressed after watching this one... thought about it for days after. Fantastic film.

Shit, I had to pause Enter the Void halfway through and take a break before finishing it, and I'm a pretty cold person.

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I got a 10 gear old Toshiba laptop and it still holds up even without an hdd change

I have an old 8086 palmtop computer that ran on AA batteries and transflash PCMCIA storage. Still works last I checked on it. I used to use it to read stories on before I got a kindle.

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You don't use it for casual browsing of Facebook and Twitter anyway. At least, not in China.

Welp, at least Microsoft Edge might run OK on it.

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Two fantasy women writers that I read are Robin Hobb and J.V.Jones. Robin's Farseer Trilogy starting with Assassins Apprentice is very good, and the stories continue through a number of her other series. Jones' Book of Words trilogy starting with The Baker's boy is fantastic, although I'm finding her other trilogy Sword of Shadows a bit tiresome to read, still pretty good though. I'll admit that I normally don't like women writers, seemingly, but can't put my finger on why, even though some other writers I read could be pen names, for this very reason.

I actually read the *Living Ships* trilogy ages ago; I don't think it even cross my mind that Robin wasn't a guy's name (I blame Batman comics).

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When I think of people busting ass at their jobs, people like that just sort of sicken me.

why? that just sounds like envy. it's an inheritance. if I build or create something valuable, I certainly hope my children can benefit from it. it's a gift to be freed from needing to work, to be able to pursue your interests, volunteer, etc.

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Aside from all the jokes on /mu/ and such, this is a fantastic album. It's like as if Tom Waits and Frank Zappa somehow had a child; it would be this album.

Wouldn't Tom Waits be the child of Captain and Frank Zappa?

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The Amazon Kindle supports the following formats: unprotected Mobipocket books (MOBI, PRC), plain text files (TXT), Topaz format books (TPZ), and Amazon's proprietary DRM-restricted format (AZW), and PDF. The PocketBook eReader on the other hand, supports these formats: Book formats: CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTML, PDF, PRC (Mobipocket), RTF, TCR, TXT. DRM file formats: EPUB, PDF. Source: Wikipedia.

I'm not sure about the actual kindle, but I can access my mobi books that I've downloaded on both my kindle for android and for PC. A nook is a pretty sweet option because you can put cyanogenmod on it and use it as a wi-fi enabled android tablet.

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I don't really understand all the hate for the song. My friends and I all really love the song.

I know it's just a silly and fun song.

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I just started Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. I love it so far! Definitely recommended.

The book was great, movie not terrible either. Invisible Monsters was pretty good if your looking for another Palahniuk after Choke!

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Killing any of Barton/Romanov/Falcon/Rhodes/Fury (if he were in it) would have still had a major impact to the audience. We've seen them play substantial roles in the MCU going back up to eight years now. And frankly any of them would have been prime candidates since they are still basically just humans. One thing that did strike me is that Cheadle looked old, and I just looked and he is 51. As an action hero, his time has to be limited.

> One thing that did strike me is that Cheadle looked old, and I just looked and he is 51. As an action hero, his time has to be limited. War Machine most likely going to take on a tactical role for the remaining movies and the disability makes him more interesting as a character. BTW, his character bites it in the upcoming Civil War II storyline in the comics

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KFC is like the mad scientist of the fast food world. They have done this, the bowls of everything, and the Double Down. I appreciate that they are willing to try things while Burger King has Satisfries and McDonald's is trying add new ingredients to burgers and calling it innovation.

I'd like it more if they actually put them out in the us. The double down is the last sorta wild thing yum brands (KFC, pizza hut, taco bell, etc) has put out here. No pizzas with hamburgers or chicken patties or hot dogs on the crust, and that doubles down dog was Philippines only, what the fuck?

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It's not intended to be used for anything except an SSTO, so no "everyday applications" are intended.

The precooler can be used for hypersonic atmospheric flight with a scimitar-like engine. Maybe it has some application in some industrial environments.

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Yes. Apparently when you want to go legit and not be a crack cocaine salesman, you have an image to uphold. Kind of why Tidal is a complete failure, the image was ruined immediately.

in the rap industry, being greasy is seen as a positive, selling crack gave him cred and doing whatever to make money and have big screens blunts and bitches is seen as good so this will help Tidal, the people that it is marketed towards will support being tricked, that crack cocaine comparison is apt.

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Your awesome. I'm 22 and was thinking it's only gonna be 'acceptable' for me to be listening to this sort of stuff for a few more years.. growing out of it kinda thing. You give me hope! Can I ask your opinion on this? I love dubstep but dislike Skrillex. The above is what I'd class as the epitome of dubstep.. 'real' dubstep. Oh an NIN ftw. EDIT: Wow, just noticed someone in the YT comments said exactly the same thing. Get on it!

Very, very nice sir. Lots of reggae tones to it, which kinda mellows it out, and it's got a very classic dark feel to it. can't say I'm a huge fan, but that's just cause I like my dub to have a little more diversity.

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I think the answer to number 2 is obvious: everyone benefits so everyone pays.

Except for the people that have to pay tax but can't afford a fancy hoverboard..

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I think it's kind of sad that that website is calling him a crying *grown* man, as if grown men crying is some rare or anomalous thing. Emotional repression of men is tragic.

grown men dont usually cry though unless its for a good reason. its seen as soft, and women dont like soft guys for the most part.

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in anaconda or any of the sequels i hate seeing this snake eat people because i know that snakes don't eat or want to eat humans.

Reticulated pythons and rock pythons have a history of attacking humans for sustenance rather than defense. While most snake attacks on humans are done for self-preservation with no intent to feed, it's not unheard of for constrictors to eat humans. Besides, the Anaconda movies are based on a mythological giant anaconda of immense size. An apex predator of 50-60 feet would definitely be capable of eating humans.

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Throwing around facts that's there to makes sense of your bigotry and not somehow explain why things happen as they do, and completely ignoring historical, and social factors dont make your argument right, their only weapon, that bring in people who can't think for themselves to agree with him

You claim such, but it seems like you are missing one huge factor..well, two. Psychology, and genetic makeup.

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Why not just buy a laser printer? The ink is expensive but it doesn't dry up and it lasts forever.

I do have a B&W laser printer. It wasn't expensive, but it works fine for text and the consumables are reasonable. The issue is that my wife likes printing photos, and color laser print quality sucks compared to inkjet at photo printing.

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I think the Kinks are hugely underappreciated for the consistent quality and lasting influence of their work. Love to see more of them around here. Maybe someone more knowlegable than me could make a "Comprehensive Guide to: The Kinks"

You are 100% correct. Honestly, their catalog is just as impressive as the Beatles or Stones. Sadly most people only know them for songs like Lola or You Really Got Me. They don't know the real great stuff like The Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Face To Face, or Arthur. The mainstream never gave them any love. It's almost criminal....for a great genius like Ray Davies to be so unknown and obscure compared to people like Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney. The Kinks have great music spanning 20+ years. From the 60s thru the 80s they were putting out great albums.

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I feel the same way. Some worlds are harder to leave behind than others too. I had to take a two week reading break after reading Cider Hous Rules.

powerful twist in mood at the end of that one!

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Actually, that's a 10K RPM hard drive. But, yes, to increase it you either need a 15K RPM drive, or an SSD.

I read a comment a while ago explaining that 5.9 was 'the highest for a 7200rpm drive unless OP wants to spend loads of money on a 10K drive', so assumed that 10K drives would raise it from the 5.9 subscore

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Yeah. The letter in the chapter prefaces says how "Rayse" (we don't know who that is) has one of the worst shards. Since "Shard" in the actual text of the novel explicitly and solely refers to either Plate or Blade, it's sort of misleading. What the letter is referring to is Odium itself. Which I know because Wiki.

*Hero of Ages* (Mistborn book 3) explains individuals holding shards pretty well. I agree, it's confusing when there are 'shards' that are blades and plate and 'shards' that are pieces of Adonalsium.

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I guess. But I think they lost the map war long ago

There was once a time where Map Quest was king of maps.

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I haven't read JR, but The Recognitions was one of my favorite books of all time. The two are so different I think it'd be mostly up to taste. JR *seems* like it'd be harder, considering it's mostly uncredited dialogue, but according to trusted sources it's easier to follow than The Recognitions. The Recognitions has a butt load of obscure literary and art history allusions, which can make it difficult at times. I'd recommend reading some art history to lead up to it, or looking up painters as they're mentioned.

I'm a big fan of art history which makes me really excited to read The Recognitions. Would you say the obscurity of the references are on par with something like Gravity's Rainbow?

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Did he know he was going to create the most famous album cover of all time?

Well, that wasn't really him. That was Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell :)

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I wanted to see them on this tour soooo bad. But I was 8.

I saw them twice at the old Boston Garden and they sounded beautiful.

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AIM used to be a de facto standard too, and look where they're at now...

i never knew anyone on aim everyone i knew use icq or msn back in the day.

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The Dirty Dozen, Inglorious Basterds, a WHOLE team of bad guys as anti-heroes? ...but with super heroes. Hmm, one part skeptical thanks to nerd-favorite busts like Sucker Punch, but other part intrigued because I know ZERO about this comic series. I'll gamble my dollars on it...

Director of Sucker Punch/BvS didn't direct this movie (David Ayer did, who directed Fury) so I wouldn't worry about that too much.

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Sure you can do that if you and your friend are thieves.

I'm curious if you would consider lending a physical book to a friend stealing?

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>and everyone on the GOP ticket is basically in the same situation. Not THE DONALD, bitches.

I don't see why I should trust a businessman any more than I should trust a politician bought by a businessman.

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Yea, I imagine it was much much muchhh more intense live..

It was. It was one of many points in the night where the building was literally bouncing up and down.

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ADHD??? (I'm not a doctor so don't jump to conclusions) Try reading books that are engaging and easy. I don't know if this is how it works but I'd say practice with things you can read and then work your way up to more challenging stuff.

I've never been tested so I can't rule it out. I have an upcoming GP appointment for my knee so I'll ask about it then

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I think the movie was deliberately ambiguous about this, but one possibility, in light of the final twist, is that the Borden brother at the rehearsal who was scolded and told to not try the new knot at the show was not the Borden brother who actually was at the show that night, and he might not have been aware that they weren't supposed to use the new knot, or simply didn't care. This could also be the reason when Angier asks the Borden at the funeral which knot he used, they say they can't remember, cause they weren't the one at the show and aren't sure what their brother did.

Though I agree that the Borden that got scolded was not the Borden that tied the final knot but If I remember correctly they make a point to show him change his mind mid knot. Whether he changed his mind to the knot he was supposed to tie, or to the knot he wanted to tie is another question.

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I'm pretty sure it's not. The guy who first posted it claimed it was made by their local church. Can't find the original post though :c.

That doesn't mean anything. If you want to know if it's a joke or not just watch it. It's very obvious.

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Be nicer if he played. Or is he the musical guest?

Confirmed. He will be the musical guest next Saturday, October 13. I would half expect to see Art Garfunkel to show up. This will be his twelfth appearance- pretty impressive for an charter SNL Five Timer Club member.

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Wu tang is hip hop, purely... while Tupac and Biggie were undeniably talented, they were slaves to their pride and self image, and their inherent need to be at the top and having it acknowledged by others around them... take rza, gza, and 'ol dirty, each one raised under similar circumstance to pac and big, but not as recognized because their focal point was strictly their love of creating hiphop and constantly honing their skill, as a master woodworker similarly advances the technicality of his particular style... in fact, how do i do an ama request? Lets get these sword swingin, bar bangin, lyric slayin assassins here...

Well they do have a 20th anniversary album coming up. Maybe, just maybe if we all put the Wu sign up together we can summon them.

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This album is terrible...they haven't had a good one since ixnay...ignition was their best though

Tracks 6 to 11 are complete garbage, but 1 to 5 and the last track are in line with Conspiracy of One -- my favorite from them.

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> $1000 for the stainless steel model? No, they start at $550 with a sport band. You can spend $1,000, but that is an outlier price point. Most are $600-700

Yes but it costs 1000 dollars for a standard steel watch band.

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Being off by a factor of three is not referred to as "little mistake" in common parlance. Good sir. Protip: when you're caught out on your bullshit, the proper thing to do is not to get all pouty and playing at being a victim. You were wrong. You were stupid. And now you're compounding it by trying to convince everyone looking on that you're a victim.

Dude, relax haha. It was just a stupid little mistake, no need to get all crazy over it and thinking you know me. How do you even know what I wrote btw, I deleted it like right away?

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Your problem is that you still use a desktop:-P Seriously, though, desktops are becoming increasingly useless - the 3 device crowd are going phone + tablet + laptop. I do agree it's too early to predict - that's why I'm talking about the status quo right now, not where we'll be in a year or two. The future is bright and interesting!

I still use a desktop. It's actually my primary machine to get work done. Mostly because I can use two giant monitors. I've gotten too used to the real estate. I feel like I can't get any work done on a laptop.

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Hmmm.... let's see, any instances of you clearly stating your opinion as if it's fact in your comments... gee, seems to be hundreds of instances of that. That would make your little public service fairly stupid and hypocritical... so there's nothing at all for you to be thanking yourself for.

Anything I have ever stated in my comments that are opinions are ones of general opinion. You seem to think you stalking my reddit history is going to make me take back my response toward you? No. Your opinion is widely considered as wrong. :D

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That may explain it. Its required reading in many schools here

Yeah, I definitely had it assigned as reading in elementary school.

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Hi. i'm 16 years old. i'm a semiproducer hehe. i have many questions. you studied music previously? or was it "oh I want to make music"

"I want to make music" and we studied some too. That said, most of what we use was self taught.

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I think this is a good thing. These apps should not be storing sensitive information on servers they themselves do not control IMO. I work at a bank, and it takes a LOT of paperwork and convincing to host ANYTHING on a 3rd party's servers

Its more an issue of HIPPA compliance if it does store personal medical data.

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Then again, all the stuff about jedi reflexes and precognition is there from the beginning, and even excepting that, the long battle is actually preceded by a bunch of stuff showing that both jedi are crazy-good at fighting, and when you see them go head to head, you expect a long battle. I'd be annoyed if it was really short: to be short would mean it was one-sided, and to be one-sided would ruin the story.

You can have a long battle where they don't twirl their sabers around inches from each other while causing zero damage for 4 seconds at a time.