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408,900	Checking for updates isn't spying.. this is ridiculous. They even say in the post: > No query or search usage data is sent to Microsoft, in accordance with the customer's chosen privacy settings. This also applies to searching offline for items such as apps, files and settings on the device." This is consistent with what we saw	I don't want them to advertise their shit on my laptop and there is no way i can disable it, i get popups everytime i start my laptop...
408,901	He references that as a possibility in the book too. By pure chance I was at NY Comic Con last weekend and came upon his book signing. Free copy, too! It's very interesting so far.!	thank you! I'm ordering the book online now :)
408,902	> One predator can easily take out a group of xenomorphs. Did not one xenomorph (one with sqaures on his head) kill 2 predators in avp?	For a fanboy, that was everything wrong with that movie. I will turn a blind eye to everything else damn it.
408,903	No corporate admins would be deploying 10 and if they are they're morons and or massive ms fanboys. It offers nothing over 7 in a corporate or enterprise environment. 7 will receive support until 2020 and perhaps Microsoft will have pulled their heads out of their ass by then and shipped a decent OS. Edit: Oops. I've insulted the Metroturds yet again.	Of course not right away, but admins have to have all the reasons why not. Corporate bigwigs tend to be clueless, like "but it just works, why cant we?"
408,904	> Why the USA doesn't have the same kind of fraud prevention measures on cards we have in the UK is something that baffles me. Short explanation: Lobbying. Longer explanation: Most people don't understand the difference between debit cards and credit cards other than one requires a pin and the other doesn't. That ignorance makes them easy to exploit, and it's rare now a days for laws to come out that weren't written or heavily influenced by the corporations they supposedly regulate. A corporation will not act against their own interests, especially where they stand to be liable for an archaic system.	Also the US is much bigger and has a lot more infrastructure to update. It'll naturally take longer here regardless of lobbying.
408,905	Which this technique doesn't help at all, at least not directly. Energy storage is something that requires a radical new or novel solution that gets around the inherent problems of batteries.	Oh yeah, batteries are the worst possible idea for storing energy. We need a completely new approach. /s
408,906	Ulysses by James Joyce. Took a month long intensive class in college where we read a chapter a day. One of the best experiences of my life!	Really? I fucking hated Ulysses. I'm happy that I read it, just like I'd be happy that I climbed a mountain. A mountain that I'd lost six toes to frostbite on.
408,907	I'd take that list, and add Blues Brothers, plus Clerks.	and you just made my list awesome by two!!! how did I forget blues brothers... bK.
408,908	Hmm, very good point. What would be your choice for a family protection dog? Anything cheaper than the $7000 to $10,000 I see for young trained GSDs? Perhaps a lesser pedigree but pay for some professional training?	I hope you realize instead of spending 4,000 dollars on a top dog to show off to your drinking buddies, you could adopt a dog and improve the quality of life of several ones at the pound if you have this kind of money to shell out for a dog that won't even be in competition, let alone thinking a dog once familiar and loved by your family wouldn't stop a predator.
408,909	Face off. Great action movie up until the boat chase scene. Really, boats? Kinda comes out nowhere.	I couldn't STAND Face/Off and that ending was a good reason why. Glad someone else feels the same way.
408,910	We're getting a good bit of drop shadow with L, so it's a big of a swing back. I don't miss the unnecessary 3D borders quite yet, though.	A whole lot more animations too that you don't see in the photos. Its going to be those extensive animations running pretty smoothly that'll give the ui some "life".
408,911	What is this? Just senseless MS bashing for the sake of it? What exactly are you talking about? Are you trying to say MS has inconsistent guidelines or none at all or that they copy others? I mean, every single one of those assertions are trivially refutable.	Ok, then lets have a go. How often did Microsoft bring out new skins for Windows 7?
408,912	You're either a troll, or have never really listened to his music. He is more of an artist than 95% of the people you hear on the radio these days.	I never mentioned the radio. I think weird al is over hyped and the circle jerk reddit has for him is ridiculous. If you really think he is one of the top musical artists of his lifetime, you are wrong. Your opinion doesn't make it not true.
408,913	It crashed on me within 5 minutes use! Still, early days	that sucks, what were you using it on? it will get better
408,914	I just stick with uBlock Origin and call it a day. Nobody's got time for that.	Lol yep this comment chain pretty much sums up my experience. With people always bringing up Noscript I tried it and then had that experience. I uninstalled it and just assumed I was using it wrong, glad this comment chain matches my experience.
408,915	I think the biggest problem with that for me is just how boring it is. I really didn't care about Murphy at all so when he was turned into a robot I was all "smeh".	I thought Kinnaman was awful. Way out of his depth. After I saw it, I met him at a junket and he was a massive, massive douche. I did the same style junket 3 months in a row. Aaron Eckhart - lovely guy. The Monuments Men- all amazing and charming. But when Kinnaman strolled in like he was the number one fucking movie star... everyone looked at each other and thought "uh-oh..." - he alienated a room full of people in a matter of seconds. His agent was a total and utter c*** too. But that's an aside. Robocop is awful.
408,916	The pool scene in Haunted was indeed very hard to read. But the book overall just got tiresome, I don't think I ever finished it, which is rare for me. I liked "Rant" better, even as it got a bit silly at the end.	Yeah, Haunted is one of my least favorite Palahniuk books. It's very fractured so it's easy to put down. If you haven't read Survivor or Invisible Monsters, you should.
408,917	I must admit .... I was an atlas geek myself. But, we didn't have the "world wide web" back then and this was my way to explore. I also enjoyed browsing the paper encyclopedias. Just open to a random page and find something interesting to read. There was no structure to what I learned.	Agreed. There was something magical - especially as a small kid - in how big that atlas or encyclopedia edition actually was. It was like opening a large treasure chest of knowledge; a tactile experience.
408,918	Funny you should mention that. Tolkiens son, the current executor of his literary estate, has said that he'd rather see the books go out of print than enter into pop culture fandom.	I read your response below. I'd say he's entitled to his opinion, but I don't get his point entirely. People would've always read the books, but without the movies fewer would have done so. Those who read the books will surely still enjoy a similiar experience to those who did it before the movies? I can only speak for myself, but weren't it for the movies and the deep impact they had to me as a young child, I would've probably never read Tolkien. I'd have probably disregarded it as campy or over indulgent. So I can only be happy that the movies served as my gateway to his work.
408,919	Says the dolt. Hologram for a King is dogshit and I didn't say The BFG is a bad movie because it did crap in theaters, I said people didn't find it interesting or worth watching, hence the shitty box office, same goes for The Nice Guys.	The whole audience laughed their head off and there was like a buzz of good positive energy at The Nice Guys. Great movie.
408,920	I usually dislike biopics but damn, this movie is close to perfect. It is so beautiful it's hard not to just watch in amazement.	I have not seen it, yet I'm feeling an overwhelming urge to go and buy it right now
408,921	I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.	None movie reference that is not in line with what should be said after below quote. >I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.
408,922	I think he was good, and I liked the first few scenes with his character. It was only after the movie went to shit with Marion coming in and monkeys and fencing etc that he was bad. Well casted but poorly written	Are you insane? Harrison Ford/ Indiana Jones could never have that Shia LaBeouf as his son, whoever he conceives him with.
408,923	This is amazing with a great collection of music.	thank you! if you can support, please share with other fans.
408,924	I first heard this song in Queen of the Damned, based on the Anne Rice novels which I read, they were intense, and somewhat hard to get into. On the whole they were great though - and raunchy. Such a good song.	I will never hear this song and not think of that scene. Definitely have the same feelings for the novels, too.
408,925	Yes biometrics should be treated as user names, not passwords.	Remember a few years ago the episode of Mythbusters where they defeated various types of fingerprint scanners with as little as a damp photocopy?
408,926	XP was supported for so long because they took 8 years to make a viable and popular replacement.	They already have windows 8 embedded. And I'm not talking about basic work computers I'm talking about. Actual machines.
408,927	Yeah, people who have never heard a South African accent seem to hate it, but it's pretty dead on. He nails the rhythm of the speech as well, not just the accent.	The media generally has a stereotypic idea of what as African accent should sound like (which is usually more West African than anything else) so when people hear Southern African accents, it sounds off but Leo did an amazing job.
408,928	I saw a pair of the ugliest shoes I’ve ever seen. I thought, “Who the hell would buy those?” Turns out they were Yeezy, and like $750. Ugly ass shoes... not that he designs them himself, but still.	He was extremely unhappy at Nike because he didn't have enough control over design. He is absolutely involved in the design and development over at Adidas.
408,929	Stop, my dick could only get so hard. He would be a perfect cast, but sadly the Spawn film is in dev hell.	Actually I think Todd is currently writing the screenplay. Just gotta find a studio willing to pony up the dough to make the film. He said he wanted to be more of a True Detective style movie with an emphasis on the horror aspect for Spawn. I trust Todd to get it done and done correctly.
408,930	> If you thought The Hobbit was overworked, you ain't seen nothing yet. I don't really see how they're comparable; The Hobbit was a full book with a story which was directly adapted for the trilogy, whereas this isn't based on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them book - it's based on some of the events in the life of the fictional author of that book. There isn't any story for them to overwork because the story is being created entirely for this movie.	Is less source material for an equal amount of screentime somehow better? That just means more room for interpretation by people who aren't necessarily qualified for the job.
408,931	No Country for Old Men, Inception, Argo, Looper, Gran Torino, The Fighter, Drive, The Artist, The Town, Inglourious Basters, The Hurt Locker.	You can do without Drive and No Country for Old Men
408,932	Without the Force, using a lightsabre in combat would be taking a knife to a gun fight. Unless you have enough Jedi precognition to block incoming fire you'll be a charred cinder within seconds of stepping onto the battlefield.	It's not even an effective stealth weapon because of all the buzzing.
408,933	>His skin color doesn't matter. It was a great casting choice because he's a great actor that can pull off the role incredibly well. How is it a great casting choice when he is litetally the opposite of what the character is made to be? This argument makes no sense.	Because he isn't. Physical attributes don't matter nearly as much as presence and talent.
408,934	There's cases for both the Plan A and Plan B humans' descendants making the wormhole. In the end, it's negligible to know which one it was, because it could have been either. Murph's humans had the knowledge of gravity. Brand knew about the mission. On top of that, Coop could've brought Murph's knowledge of gravity to Brand's colony, making anything possible. It doesn't really matter who evolved to that point, because it all worked out in the end, and that's why I think it's kept ambiguous.	That's interesting. I was more confused as to how it was known the humans evolved to make the wormhole, but I know now. I like the ambiguity at the end
408,935	same for mumford and sons. "well I'm contrite because the music's slow. but just wait till the banjo's go. oh you hear them building up - do you. you can tell 'cause the syntax changed - doo doo. now i have to shout to be heard. my bullshit's sincere, don't be absurd. though I'm just shouting pla-a-a-atitudes. you'll be sure I'm a philosophe-er-er-er-er. SO JUST LISTEN TO THE BANJOS PLAY. THEY MEAN SO MUCH THAN I COULD SAY. SINCERITY WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY. TO SELL MY ALBUM TODAY!!!!!! let's get quiet again, to say. the timbre of my voice is great. and I'm safe because I'm probably gay. HEY! LISTEN TO THOSE BANJOS PLAY. YAY. LISTEN TO THOSE BANJOS PLAY. YAY.	So, when are people gonna stop hating on Mumfords? Hipsters...
408,936	I don't know. All of his films (all of them) usually end up being a child-like interpretation of adult issues and exploring the innocence of being a child, even through adults. He never really gets deeper than that. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't expect him to navigate deep, dark, mature ideas. I love what he does and I love how he does it. I really enjoy all of his films. But I think it's a stretch to imply that his films are much deeper than they are.	I don't know, I feel that The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was pretty dark and mature. [Spoiler](#s "Especially when Steve Zissou's son dies right in front of him after a helicopter crash.")
408,937	EMC spun off VMware into a separate company years ago. (They had to to attract tech talent in silicon valley. EMC stock wasn't moving anywhere for years.) Unless I missed some part of the deal, VMware still won't be part of Dell. Dell will just own a controlling interest in VMware stock.	They will own 80% of the stock. Probably one way they got a loan for 50 billion. They can always sell it if needed or buy out the other 20% later if they want to.
408,938	You keep using this weird 'supposed to'. Can a comedy work as a film if you're just delighted throughout watching it and maybe not even laugh once? Can a horror movie just be atmospheric and effective without necessarily scaring you? Sure, why not.	if you don't laugh once how can you call it a comedy? if you're uneasy but not scared how can you call it a horror? I don't get what your logic is here.
408,939	No. No Robin. We didn't break 53 records. You better sit down.	"I did better than the madchester single by James, Sit Down? Wonderful!"
408,940	I have the Lord of the Rings trilogy in one book. It's heavy, the print is tiny and it's still over 1000 pages. it was like reading a textbook.	This is what I immediately thought of when I read this post. It has made reading the trilogy way more daunting than it should be... I struggled to get through it for a while. Well, I'm still struggling to get through it.
408,941	Well, I developed her voice from reading Goth blogs, so that makes perfect sense.	You did a fantastic job. I have two more of your books to read, and then I'll have to go into withdrawals until a new one comes out. Thanks for the kick-ass AMA.
408,942	No fucking wonder why I always was terrified of raggedy Ann as a kid!! I fucking hated that bitch and my parents kept buying different versions of her for me!	Well, the whole "Raggedy Ann is terrifying" emerged when [this movie] was made because it had some pretty terrifying scenes, especially for young children. (Imagine Pink Elephants from Dumbo, but with weird voices and shapes)
408,943	I'm glad we live in an age where a hoverboard has wheels.	Hey, we have some without wheels! They just weight 45kg (90lbs) and are useless :)
408,944	I thought he made it pretty obvious early on. I am just reading book 7 now... Very interested how this series is going to end	It took a weird, weird turn when he wrote himself into it as a character. The last couple books were much more bizarre than the first couple. That said, the ending is probably one of the most satisfying of any series I've ever read.
408,945	This song is not a/an Proto-punk, experimental or art rock, or avant-garde VU song. Just because the band is classified as such, doesn't mean this song specifically is. This is clearly Baroque pop, and soft-rock is not really worse than anything you said.	There is nothing in the sidebar that suggests whether or not the [genre] describes the music or the band. This is part of the problem. Also, this definitely is not Baroque pop.
408,946	Honestly - he said he didn't know. Haters gonna hate hate hate. Edit: I wonder if it's a form of homophobia to be honest. Looking for things to be critical about when he didn't say anything wrong. Double edit: a lot of people angry and shouting really only makes me think it more than less.	He could have spent 30 seconds googling whether it was not true or not. It's got nothing to do with homophobia, he just came across as a bit of a dumbass, and a lot of people don't like him. This took me about 10 seconds to find:
408,947	I'd maybe suggest short stories to begin with. Whenever I lose interest in reading, which happens a couple times a year, I either read one I'm already familiar with and fond of, or look online for a new one. Small book shops often have great compilations of short stories for pretty cheap too.	Yeah! You should try out a small collection, such as O. Henry's short stories. There are pretty small collections available, and they are short stories so it's easy to bree Z e through. Plus, the stories are fantastic.
408,948	There is not a single bad scene in There Will Be Blood, but "brother from another mother" always sounds like such a goofy anachronism even though it's really not.	Paul Thomas Anderson has said that he views TWBB to be pretty funny. It seems like PTA would add that on purpose with his weird little sense of humor.
408,949	Definitely Kurt Vonnegut. His style is just so succinct and captures a wide spectrum of thought with such simple words. I feel like he could bring insight to all the things in my life even I felt unimportant (and even make them funny).	Vonnegut as well. I want to be constructively insulted in a weirdly sweet way.
408,950	Huawei is not manufacturing any smartphone. She can design device but no functionality to build them. Her smartphone is manufactured by Foxconn. Further more this is less likely HTC can developing smartphone screen panel by herself. So far only Samsung, Sharp and Japan Display can make these panels. In short all smartphone makeres are doing is like a making instruction of LEGO bricks.	Samsung, Sharp and Japan Display smartphone screen panel. wat bout lg?
408,951	The books you've read give some insight, but some more details would be helpful. What kind of novel do you want to read next? What grade are you in?	I want to read something that will make me want to read more fiction. I'm in college, third year sophmore, nineteen going on twenty. I have more of a motivation problem when it comes to reading fiction than a distaste for stories or narratives.
408,952	Am I the only one disappointed Alyson Stoner wasn't in this video? Given that it's Missy's comeback video and all...	For a split second I thought that one girl was Alyson Stoner. Then I realized she isn't 12 anymore. Got kind of sad.
408,953	They already are on social media. Anyway you cant fight something you are hiding from. Nazism is very easy to argue against so we shouldn't try to censor it's discussion. However, the more you suppress an idea, the more it grows. Suppression gives legitimacy, it insinuates someone is afraid of it, but without open discussion the Nazis are allowed to control the 'why' of it, which is very dangerous.	I mean, I am afraid of Nazis. And they’re married to their ideology emotionally and are impervious to rationality, they don’t “debate” ideas in good faith.
408,954	I would have assumed the cart scanners aren't definitive and the employees rescan everything anyway.	That's what made them so inefficient. You absolutely can't trust people to scan properly, or deliberately not scan items, so at best it was a way for people to see what they had bought for informational purposes before they got to the register.
408,955	I'm really amazed at the amount of botted downvotes on any comment that talks about the horrible conditions of Asian factories or their complete lack of ethics in regards to freely stealing all technology.	Correct me if I'm wrong, but so far I've only seen Chinese tablets offering dual boot + 4G sim cards. Chinese companies are willing to ship products that are different and come with many features at a cheap price.
408,956	Green Day-Bullet in a Bible. Probably the best love album out there.	and the absolute worst green day album...i'm pretty biased towards anything before Warning...IMHO anything after warning (and very loosely including Warning) is complete shit, but I know I am in the minority...so let the shaming begin! Edit - I'm sorry if that sounds dickish, I just used to be the biggest green day fan, but I have absolutely hated everything after Warning, so don't think i am calling you dumb by liking it, I'm cool that others have different musical tastes...i'm just really Jaded and pissed about Green Day now a days
408,957	in most lil wayne songs, he rhymes "fuck" with "fuck", "mother fucker" with "mother fucker", "dat" with "dat", and "ya with ya". and, of course, the obligatory shit i can't think of anything....better laugh every once in a while, he has his lyrical moments. but more often than not, it's autotune and sick beats.	[His "rhymes" on No Love are just pathetic. I've seen white kids from the suburbs who can rhyme better than this.]
408,958	> Guardians of the West by David Eddings. The whole Belgariad and Mallorean series for me. I know they aren't the greatest thing ever, but I read them when I was a miserable 13 year-old, they were already a bit below my ability level, but they were just so relaxing, gentle, and funny. It's nice to feel that way again sometimes.	Same for me. As a kid with anxiety (who is now an adult with anxiety), I loved that no matter how bad things got, you knew who would win in the end - and that all the loose ends get tied up and everyone ends up with who I hoped they'd end up with.
408,959	Convenient how Marvel has to basically turn this into Avengers 3 (and hype up a new Spider-Man) just to try and beat Batman v Superman. Pathetic, actually.	How so? If anything I would think DC are pulling out all of the stops to compete with Marvel at this point, as Marvel definitely has the upper hand, movie-wise.
408,960	Whenever I see this video on youtube and read all the comments about how great she is (which admittedly she is good) I cannot help but wonder how bands such as [El Ten Eleven] never get mentioned. They are pretty ridiculous with their looping and sampling and also put on a great live show. </ElTenEleven PR>	El Ten Eleven puts on amazing shows, their new album was sick, i hope they get more music out.
408,961	That still doesn't sound like he could give Hulk a good fight. Maybe movie Hulk vs comic Groot would be good.	Obviously hulk will win, he's the hulk. But hulk grows stronger while getting angrier and Groot can grow bigger and tougher while healing when he has to. It's not the worst match up.
408,962	I also can't stand anything by Ayn Rand. I'm never quite sure if it's because I can't stand her opinions or because I don't like her writing style. Probably a little of both. Of her works The Fountainhead was, in my opinion, the worst.	What's wrong with her writing style? I've never been able to understand why people have a problem with it. Problems with her philosophy, however, I can completely understand.
408,963	BAAAAAA DE YAAAAAAA. Edit: 6 years of reddit and this is my most upboated comment.	> BAAAAAA DE YAAAAAAA. "What the fuck does ba de ya mean?" "Who the fuck cares?"
408,964	Horror, at its best, takes away something we previously thought was safe. Benchley took the oceans; Hitchcock, the shower; Craven, our sleep. RB brilliantly perverts the bonds of a young marriage, leaving Rosemary truly alone in a big, scary city. Alone, except for her unborn child... And then goes after that, too.	I still get terrified in the shower actually... Now I am also terrified of chocolate mousse and am sad.
408,965	What happened to the producer who produced Deloused? I heard he was the reason it was so concise and didn't have all the dead air that the next albums have.	That was Rick Rubin, and I think he made Deloused sound worse. It's still a great album, but those songs were better before they hired him. Listen to the summer session versions of those songs.
408,966	Just saw bladerunner. It was pretty disappointing. An ok movie I guess, but at 3 hours even the superficial enjoyment of the aesthetics becomes strained. Not a dig at DV, I think it's just terribly written. If you're a fan of the original bladerunner I wouldn't recommend the new one. EDIT: ok how about this, if you liked Prometheus, Avatar, or Interstellar you'll probably like 2049. If you didn't like any of those movies then I'd be shocked if you liked 2049.	I had the opposite reaction. I thought that 2049 was just as good if not better than the original Bladerunner. I found the protagonist (Joe, I think?) more interesting than Deckard from Blade Runner, and I was surprised by how much Villeneuve was able to expand on the themes and tone of the original. Hell, it's even boring in the same ways that Blade Runner was - a glacial pace, but a pace that allows you to soak in the world. I was disappointed that it did so poorly at the box office. I hope DV is able to carry Dune to release. I assume that it's probably an easier pitch to make to a studio than Blade Runner.
408,967	If its truly autonomous, what could pirates possibly do to it? Unless you possess they enrcyption to access the system. They would have to cut their way into the engine room and perminantly disable it. Which means a huge cargo ship is dead in the water at a known location, and they have zero hostages while whatever navy is bearing down on them. I dont think pirating such a vessel would be an option.	they could take the cargo, but that wouldn't be a problem if there was crew inside. the biggest issue would be hacking, and it shouldn't be too hard to get protected against that.
408,968	yes, because we can evaluate the merit of something by how much it has affected ONE person who obviously got screwed by his contract. he isn't poor because of downloading, he is poor because he either signed a very shitty contract, or the record company has been breaching this contract. go ask like, any metal band if they think downloading has helped their career. other than the big-names like metallica and iron maiden (who aren't struggling, they're filthy rich), most, if not all, will say yes	I didn't say he is poor because of piracy, I said it isn't helping him, and isn't always justified.
408,969	Problem is you couldn't make a commercial product that does this because even 'fixing' someone else's system would be illegal.	Who ever said software has to be a product except AT&T?
408,970	Two things: Did anyone think it was odd/potentially inappropriate to have a mock D-Day battle be released on the 70th anniversary of D-Day? I'm not bothered by it myself, but I did notice. The more I think about the movie, the more it makes sense in its own way. Also, it riffed off Saving Private Ryan/D-Day (duh), Matrix for the Mimic design, Looper/Groundhog Day for time travel, Pac Rim for the "creature in ocean/ether getting blown up", "War of the Worlds" for abandoned farmhouse where the alien attacks... that's all I can think of for now. Still a fun movie.	i dont call it "ripped off" though -- more inspired, as it obviously wasn't blatantly ripped off. [rita] imagery seems to be inspired from [final fantasy] I really think the [mimics/alphas] were more inspired from a lot of the creatures in skyline (particularly the end)
408,971	Agreed on Kafka. I was so excited when I finally bought it and dove right in. By the end, I was more confused than when I started.	Hahahaha oh god. I love seeing people's reactions to his work. He is confusing that way.
408,972	To you. For a lot of young ethnic children, that kind of representation has a measurable impact on self-esteem. Most of the frustration in this thread is coming from ego and defensiveness.	The LA Lakers are 90% "people of color". This is very problematic because it makes my son feel "marginalized" because he doesn't see anyone that looks like him playing professional basketball. We need to demand the Lakers take diversity and inclusion seriously. This is having a measurable impact on his self esteem. Your frustration about my comment is coming from ego and defensiveness.
408,973	I was going to say the same thing. Bringing the vulnerabilities to attention in an innocent manner is absolutely a 'white hat' thing.	with no known fix in place you could argue, all three i think fairly reasonably. it's basically down to intent.
408,974	The same thing your mother said when you were born	Yeah but that never happened. This situation, the thing that bugs you dumb shits the most, is the probability of my statement. It has a high chance of disappointment with all the hype surrounding it.
408,975	By doing what the post says. All of us, every time	No. That's fucking disgusting. You get spit in the face, over and over and over again, and you just wipe it all the time. I have enough of 'reminding them'. They know exactly what they're doing, every time. The bully needs to stop. We are a music subreddit. Why isn't anyone making music about this? Why doesn't this hit the people in a way they can understand the reality of this?
408,976	In your 2rd album are the songs "Found" "On Your Side" and "Heartbeat" going to be on their?	We'll see..! Those are old ones but I still like them a lot!!
408,977	I thought in those movies we were in "the rule of two" era. Vader had an apprentice who should have taken over if that's true correct?	The apprentice (Vader) doesn't have an apprentice. We have no idea what happens when the master dies, it only happened once and it was at the end of RotJ. I would guess the apprentice would become the master and find a new apprentice, except they both died so it was probably military leaders who took over.
408,978	I never really liked iowa.. but now in my 30’s i still listen to self titled at least twice a week.	Self titled was a fucking banger. Heaviest album and my favourite. Remember being so excited in the build up to Iowa, and then feeling a bit let down after I got my hands on it. Made it to number 1 in the UK album charts though (heaviest band to do it since Deep Purple iirc).
408,979	Cool. I am familiar with Gemmell, but haven't read any. Would you recommend it?	Yeah definitely. One of my absolute favourite fantasy authors. He focuses more on the heroic fantasy style(Conan-esque), rather than the high fantasy like your Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings/Wheel of time. Real easy to digest, but some great depth there. Legend is always a good starting place. His Troy trilogy is amazing too. I introduced it to all my friends and not one was able to stop until they had read all of his books.
408,980	For it to actually work, and not eraser everything on your phone anytime you're syncing A new device or simply adding new files.	Now that sounds more like a flaw in the syncing process between iTunes and an iPhone and doesn't make it less of a functioning music player for your PC, which it mainly is.
408,981	And don't see any movie made by Roman Polanski? If you limit yourself to blameless authors, you won't have much to read.	As i see it, there is a lot of grey space between blameless and convicted.
408,982	The Asylum, the company that made this and many other bad movies, had a booth at Comic Con last year. A friend of mine asked them if they've ever lost money on a movie. They said that they had not. They have a formula that works, and they go with it.	That's pretty much how scams work. People wouldn't scam others if they were losing money in the process.
408,983	They hyped her up so much, made her appear to be the next big thing in biotech industry. Her fall from grace has been nothing short of spectacular. She’s a liar and she knew what she was doing; fueled by greed and arrogance.	Didn’t she go to Davos to speak with Jack Ma? She talked about hiring women being beneficial to the industry and the company. That has not aged well. This is a huge setback for women trying to advance their careers.
408,984	Jimi Hendirx ["Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"] He shreds the whole song, but I'm talking about the solo after the first chorus in particular.	You mean the part where the notes in the air actually catch on fire, right?
408,985	Oh, no doubt. I'm really not a fan of all the babying that gets done now. Let people risk themselves if they understand the odds and still choose to proceed.	It's the infantilization of the population by a state that wants you to be docile, and unthinking. Independent people willing to take risks are the type of people who don't line up and do what they're told. For an advanced view, look at the UK, and how fast they all change their opinions to whatever the BBC tells them is correct, and how compliant they are whenever they are told that something must be banned, or some liberty restricted for "health and safety" or "public good".
408,986	Hosier might work for you. His voice makes me tremble	Can't seem to find anything. Could you link an example?
408,987	μTorrent v2.2. Its only gotten more bloat from there. 2.2 still functions as an excellent, lightweight BitTorrent client.	It's possible to perfectly castrate latest ones, but it takes more effort than it should.
408,988	I cannot imagine that Lovecraft would be fun to hang out with.	not at all, but i wouldn't be expecting fun neither
408,989	I've purchased both the FitBit Aria and The Garmin Scale in the past. The additional metrics are about as interesting as reading your horoscope and just as accurate. That said, what I've found most useful about them, and one of the reasons why I purchased it, was the ability to automatically upload the measurement to my desired fitness portal. It's a simple task, but not having to worry about it is really nice. I would also not recommend these scales if you have more than one person in the house. All of these scales try to "guess" who you are based on measurements. It becomes quite tedious to change the user every single time you weigh-in.	I asked a friend who competes in physical fitness (what branch of it idk) if these scales work as intended and he told me that he had tried them once. The scale said 21% body fat and then he went to test it in one of those water submersion measurement thingies that are made for this type of thing and that showed 7% body fat... So, they aren't really that accurate, no. :/
408,990	[Combine it with this Linux-powered "auto-aim" sniper rifle and it gets even better!] :D	I, for one, welcome our new gun-based robotic overlords.
408,991	I think Microsoft may have done it first with Xbox, take a loss on hardware and profit on games.	Other video game companies were doing that decades before Microsoft got in the game.
408,992	Right, and I think when there is an obvious return on that cost for a new standard, there's less resistance. The cost of me using Type-C instead of Micro USB is small - I keep a different charger by my bedside... easy. The cost of ditching the headphone jack is really high, really really high. And I don't see much real benefit, my phone is already freaking thin enough.	They can make the internals smaller if they want, but I dont want a smaller phone in my hand.
408,993	No, I’m saying the definitions that lie within are subject to the current zeitgeist and are constantly morphing to fit the ideas of the time. There is very little in the way of consistency.	Science informs that change. Some of the changes are necessary and not just part of the zeitgeist. There are criticisms to be made, but there is no need to dismiss the whole system of diagnosis because it is imperfect.
408,994	From my understanding Chad and Flea just stuck to mostly pot and alcohol, Anthony and the guitar players were always into hard drugs.	Very true. I don't ever remember Chad actually getting into pot (in Scar Tissue at least). I have read a lot of stuff about them, and the rest of them are huge health junkies now, so they drink ginger root tea before shows, stretch, work out, eat healthy, etc. What does Chad like to do? Have a few beers, smoke a few cigs, and have fun. Quite an interesting mix of personalities! Side note: I've met Chad Smith twice. Hands down, the nicest guy I've ever met. It really made my ~~day~~ ~~week~~ ~~month~~... life.
408,995	>Atomized by Michel Houellebecq. renamed the elementary particles in the u.s.	Good point. I don't know why I keep using the English title, except that I like it better. Have you read his newest? Amazon seems to be cheerfully selling it under both names: * [The Elementary Particles, by Michel Houellebecq] * [Atomised, by Michel Houellebecq]
408,996	I don't even know what Party Rock is. I don't listen to the radio or have cable. Oh, and I'm 32. That just made me feel old.	It was really big online a few years back. That's the only reason I know it. <-- 550,000,000 views lol. Probably one of the biggest videos before Gangnam style
408,997	He never won AOtY year, a lot of 'edgy' acts have won category awards including Beyonce, Kanye, Nirvana, Rage against the Machine. My point is they always give AOtY award to a safe artist because it's there marque award.	HE got nominated for AOTY way more than he should have though.
408,998	CA system is not broken just because someone intentionally compromised a client machine.	The CA system is broken because it forces us to trust essentially random 3rd parties who may be swayed to do favors for various individuals or governments. Or not. There's no transparency into this black box of trust, and they've been wrong before.
408,999	It took me a while to get into Elvis Costello in high school, but oh man. This Year's Model, Imperial Bedroom and Trust are my favorites. ["Beyond Belief"] is one of my favorite songs of all time.	Mine too! It sounds like nothing I've ever heard before, or since.

408,900

Checking for updates isn't spying.. this is ridiculous. They even say in the post: > No query or search usage data is sent to Microsoft, in accordance with the customer's chosen privacy settings. This also applies to searching offline for items such as apps, files and settings on the device." **This is consistent with what we saw**

I don't want them to advertise their shit on my laptop and there is no way i can disable it, i get popups everytime i start my laptop...

408,901

He references that as a possibility in the book too. By pure chance I was at NY Comic Con last weekend and came upon his book signing. Free copy, too! It's very interesting so far.!

thank you! I'm ordering the book online now :)

408,902

> One predator can easily take out a group of xenomorphs. Did not one xenomorph (one with sqaures on his head) kill 2 predators in avp?

For a fanboy, that was everything wrong with that movie. I will turn a blind eye to everything else damn it.

408,903

No corporate admins would be deploying 10 and if they are they're morons and or massive ms fanboys. It offers nothing over 7 in a corporate or enterprise environment. 7 will receive support until 2020 and perhaps Microsoft will have pulled their heads out of their ass by then and shipped a decent OS. Edit: Oops. I've insulted the Metroturds yet again.

Of course not right away, but admins have to have all the reasons why not. Corporate bigwigs tend to be clueless, like "but it just works, why cant we?"

408,904

> Why the USA doesn't have the same kind of fraud prevention measures on cards we have in the UK is something that baffles me. Short explanation: Lobbying. Longer explanation: Most people don't understand the difference between debit cards and credit cards other than one requires a pin and the other doesn't. That ignorance makes them easy to exploit, and it's rare now a days for laws to come out that weren't written or heavily influenced by the corporations they supposedly regulate. A corporation will not act against their own interests, especially where they stand to be liable for an archaic system.

Also the US is much bigger and has a lot more infrastructure to update. It'll naturally take longer here regardless of lobbying.

408,905

Which this technique doesn't help at all, at least not directly. Energy storage is something that requires a radical new or novel solution that gets around the inherent problems of batteries.

Oh yeah, batteries are the worst possible idea for storing energy. We need a completely new approach. /s

408,906

Ulysses by James Joyce. Took a month long intensive class in college where we read a chapter a day. One of the best experiences of my life!

Really? I fucking hated Ulysses. I'm happy that I read it, just like I'd be happy that I climbed a mountain. A mountain that I'd lost six toes to frostbite on.

408,907

I'd take that list, and add Blues Brothers, plus Clerks.

and you just made my list awesome by two!!! how did I forget blues brothers... bK.

408,908

Hmm, very good point. What would be your choice for a family protection dog? Anything cheaper than the $7000 to $10,000 I see for young trained GSDs? Perhaps a lesser pedigree but pay for some professional training?

I hope you realize instead of spending 4,000 dollars on a top dog to show off to your drinking buddies, you could adopt a dog and improve the quality of life of several ones at the pound if you have this kind of money to shell out for a dog that won't even be in competition, let alone thinking a dog once familiar and loved by your family wouldn't stop a predator.

408,909

Face off. Great action movie up until the boat chase scene. Really, boats? Kinda comes out nowhere.

I couldn't STAND Face/Off and that ending was a good reason why. Glad someone else feels the same way.

408,910

We're getting a good bit of drop shadow with L, so it's a big of a swing back. I don't miss the unnecessary 3D borders quite yet, though.

A whole lot more animations too that you don't see in the photos. Its going to be those extensive animations running pretty smoothly that'll give the ui some "life".

408,911

What is this? Just senseless MS bashing for the sake of it? What exactly are you talking about? Are you trying to say MS has inconsistent guidelines or none at all or that they copy others? I mean, every single one of those assertions are trivially refutable.

Ok, then lets have a go. How often did Microsoft bring out new skins for Windows 7?

408,912

You're either a troll, or have never really listened to his music. He is more of an artist than 95% of the people you hear on the radio these days.

I never mentioned the radio. I think weird al is over hyped and the circle jerk reddit has for him is ridiculous. If you really think he is one of the top musical artists of his lifetime, you are wrong. Your opinion doesn't make it not true.

408,913

It crashed on me within 5 minutes use! Still, early days

that sucks, what were you using it on? it will get better

408,914

I just stick with uBlock Origin and call it a day. Nobody's got time for that.

Lol yep this comment chain pretty much sums up my experience. With people always bringing up Noscript I tried it and then had that experience. I uninstalled it and just assumed I was using it wrong, glad this comment chain matches my experience.

408,915

I think the biggest problem with that for me is just how boring it is. I really didn't care about Murphy at all so when he was turned into a robot I was all "smeh".

I thought Kinnaman was awful. Way out of his depth. After I saw it, I met him at a junket and he was a massive, massive douche. I did the same style junket 3 months in a row. Aaron Eckhart - lovely guy. The Monuments Men- all amazing and charming. But when Kinnaman strolled in like he was the number one fucking movie star... everyone looked at each other and thought "uh-oh..." - he alienated a room full of people in a matter of seconds. His agent was a total and utter c*** too. But that's an aside. Robocop is awful.

408,916

The pool scene in Haunted was indeed very hard to read. But the book overall just got tiresome, I don't think I ever finished it, which is rare for me. I liked "Rant" better, even as it got a bit silly at the end.

Yeah, Haunted is one of my least favorite Palahniuk books. It's very fractured so it's easy to put down. If you haven't read Survivor or Invisible Monsters, you should.

408,917

I must admit .... I was an atlas geek myself. But, we didn't have the "world wide web" back then and this was my way to explore. I also enjoyed browsing the paper encyclopedias. Just open to a random page and find something interesting to read. There was no structure to what I learned.

Agreed. There was something magical - especially as a small kid - in how big that atlas or encyclopedia edition actually was. It was like opening a large treasure chest of knowledge; a tactile experience.

408,918

Funny you should mention that. Tolkiens son, the current executor of his literary estate, has said that he'd rather see the books go out of print than enter into pop culture fandom.

I read your response below. I'd say he's entitled to his opinion, but I don't get his point entirely. People would've always read the books, but without the movies fewer would have done so. Those who read the books will surely still enjoy a similiar experience to those who did it before the movies? I can only speak for myself, but weren't it for the movies and the deep impact they had to me as a young child, I would've probably never read Tolkien. I'd have probably disregarded it as campy or over indulgent. So I can only be happy that the movies served as my gateway to his work.

408,919

Says the dolt. Hologram for a King is dogshit and I didn't say The BFG is a bad movie because it did crap in theaters, I said people didn't find it interesting or worth watching, hence the shitty box office, same goes for The Nice Guys.

The whole audience laughed their head off and there was like a buzz of good positive energy at The Nice Guys. Great movie.

408,920

I usually dislike biopics but damn, this movie is close to perfect. It is so beautiful it's hard not to just watch in amazement.

I have not seen it, yet I'm feeling an overwhelming urge to go and buy it right now

408,921

I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

*None movie reference that is not in line with what should be said after below quote.* >I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.

408,922

I think he was good, and I liked the first few scenes with his character. It was only after the movie went to shit with Marion coming in and monkeys and fencing etc that he was bad. Well casted but poorly written

Are you insane? Harrison Ford/ Indiana Jones could never have that Shia LaBeouf as his son, whoever he conceives him with.

408,923

This is amazing with a great collection of music.

thank you! if you can support, please share with other fans.

408,924

I first heard this song in Queen of the Damned, based on the Anne Rice novels which I read, they were intense, and somewhat hard to get into. On the whole they were great though - and raunchy. Such a good song.

I will never hear this song and not think of that scene. Definitely have the same feelings for the novels, too.

408,925

Yes biometrics should be treated as user names, not passwords.

Remember a few years ago the episode of Mythbusters where they defeated various types of fingerprint scanners with as little as a damp photocopy?

408,926

XP was supported for so long because they took 8 years to make a viable and popular replacement.

They already have windows 8 embedded. And I'm not talking about basic work computers I'm talking about. Actual machines.

408,927

Yeah, people who have never heard a South African accent seem to hate it, but it's pretty dead on. He nails the rhythm of the speech as well, not just the accent.

The media generally has a stereotypic idea of what as African accent should sound like (which is usually more West African than anything else) so when people hear Southern African accents, it sounds off but Leo did an amazing job.

408,928

I saw a pair of the ugliest shoes I’ve ever seen. I thought, “Who the hell would buy those?” Turns out they were Yeezy, and like $750. Ugly ass shoes... not that he designs them himself, but still.

He was extremely unhappy at Nike because he didn't have enough control over design. He is absolutely involved in the design and development over at Adidas.

408,929

Stop, my dick could only get so hard. He would be a perfect cast, but sadly the Spawn film is in dev hell.

Actually I think Todd is currently writing the screenplay. Just gotta find a studio willing to pony up the dough to make the film. He said he wanted to be more of a True Detective style movie with an emphasis on the horror aspect for Spawn. I trust Todd to get it done and done correctly.

408,930

> If you thought The Hobbit was overworked, you ain't seen nothing yet. I don't really see how they're comparable; The Hobbit was a full book with a story which was directly adapted for the trilogy, whereas this isn't based on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them book - it's based on some of the events in the life of the fictional author of that book. There isn't any story for them to overwork because the story is being created entirely for this movie.

Is less source material for an equal amount of screentime somehow better? That just means more room for interpretation by people who aren't necessarily qualified for the job.

408,931

No Country for Old Men, Inception, Argo, Looper, Gran Torino, The Fighter, Drive, The Artist, The Town, Inglourious Basters, The Hurt Locker.

You can do without Drive and No Country for Old Men

408,932

Without the Force, using a lightsabre in combat would be taking a knife to a gun fight. Unless you have enough Jedi precognition to block incoming fire you'll be a charred cinder within seconds of stepping onto the battlefield.

It's not even an effective stealth weapon because of all the buzzing.

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>His skin color doesn't matter. It was a great casting choice because he's a great actor that can pull off the role incredibly well. How is it a great casting choice when he is litetally the opposite of what the character is made to be? This argument makes no sense.

Because he isn't. Physical attributes don't matter nearly as much as presence and talent.

408,934

There's cases for both the Plan A and Plan B humans' descendants making the wormhole. In the end, it's negligible to know which one it was, because it could have been either. Murph's humans had the knowledge of gravity. Brand knew about the mission. On top of that, Coop could've brought Murph's knowledge of gravity to Brand's colony, making anything possible. It doesn't really matter who evolved to that point, because it all worked out in the end, and that's why I think it's kept ambiguous.

That's interesting. I was more confused as to how it was known the humans evolved to make the wormhole, but I know now. I like the ambiguity at the end

408,935

same for mumford and sons. "well I'm contrite because the music's slow. but just wait till the banjo's go. oh you hear them building up - do you. you can tell 'cause the syntax changed - doo doo. now i have to shout to be heard. my bullshit's sincere, don't be absurd. though I'm just shouting pla-a-a-atitudes. you'll be sure I'm a philosophe-er-er-er-er. SO JUST LISTEN TO THE BANJOS PLAY. THEY MEAN SO MUCH THAN I COULD SAY. SINCERITY WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY. TO SELL MY ALBUM TODAY!!!!!! let's get quiet again, to say. the timbre of my voice is great. and I'm safe because I'm probably gay. HEY! LISTEN TO THOSE BANJOS PLAY. YAY. LISTEN TO THOSE BANJOS PLAY. YAY.

So, when are people gonna stop hating on Mumfords? Hipsters...

408,936

I don't know. All of his films (all of them) usually end up being a child-like interpretation of adult issues and exploring the innocence of being a child, even through adults. He never really gets deeper than that. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. I don't expect him to navigate deep, dark, mature ideas. I love what he does and I love how he does it. I really enjoy all of his films. But I think it's a stretch to imply that his films are much deeper than they are.

I don't know, I feel that The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was pretty dark and mature. [Spoiler](#s "Especially when Steve Zissou's son dies right in front of him after a helicopter crash.")

408,937

EMC spun off VMware into a separate company years ago. (They had to to attract tech talent in silicon valley. EMC stock wasn't moving anywhere for years.) Unless I missed some part of the deal, VMware still won't be part of Dell. Dell will just own a controlling interest in VMware stock.

They will own 80% of the stock. Probably one way they got a loan for 50 billion. They can always sell it if needed or buy out the other 20% later if they want to.

408,938

You keep using this weird 'supposed to'. Can a comedy work as a film if you're just delighted throughout watching it and maybe not even laugh once? Can a horror movie just be atmospheric and effective without necessarily scaring you? Sure, why not.

if you don't laugh once how can you call it a comedy? if you're uneasy but not scared how can you call it a horror? I don't get what your logic is here.

408,939

No. No Robin. We didn't break 53 records. You better sit down.

"I did better than the madchester single by James, *Sit Down*? Wonderful!"

408,940

I have the Lord of the Rings trilogy in one book. It's heavy, the print is tiny and it's still over 1000 pages. it was like reading a textbook.

This is what I immediately thought of when I read this post. It has made reading the trilogy way more daunting than it should be... I struggled to get through it for a while. Well, I'm still struggling to get through it.

408,941

Well, I developed her voice from reading Goth blogs, so that makes perfect sense.

You did a fantastic job. I have two more of your books to read, and then I'll have to go into withdrawals until a new one comes out. Thanks for the kick-ass AMA.

408,942

No fucking wonder why I always was terrified of raggedy Ann as a kid!! I fucking hated that bitch and my parents kept buying different versions of her for me!

Well, the whole "Raggedy Ann is terrifying" emerged when [this movie] was made because it had some pretty terrifying scenes, especially for young children. (Imagine Pink Elephants from Dumbo, but with weird voices and shapes)

408,943

I'm glad we live in an age where a hoverboard has wheels.

Hey, we have some without wheels! They just weight 45kg (90lbs) and are useless :)

408,944

I thought he made it pretty obvious early on. I am just reading book 7 now... Very interested how this series is going to end

It took a weird, weird turn when he wrote himself into it as a character. The last couple books were much more bizarre than the first couple. That said, the ending is probably one of the most satisfying of any series I've ever read.

408,945

This song is not a/an Proto-punk, experimental or art rock, or avant-garde VU song. Just because the band is classified as such, doesn't mean this song specifically is. This is clearly Baroque pop, and soft-rock is not really worse than anything you said.

There is nothing in the sidebar that suggests whether or not the [genre] describes the music or the band. This is part of the problem. Also, this definitely is not Baroque pop.

408,946

Honestly - he said he didn't know. Haters gonna hate hate hate. Edit: I wonder if it's a form of homophobia to be honest. Looking for things to be critical about when he didn't say anything wrong. Double edit: a lot of people angry and shouting really only makes me think it more than less.

He could have spent 30 seconds googling whether it was not true or not. It's got nothing to do with homophobia, he just came across as a bit of a dumbass, and a lot of people don't like him. This took me about 10 seconds to find:

408,947

I'd maybe suggest short stories to begin with. Whenever I lose interest in reading, which happens a couple times a year, I either read one I'm already familiar with and fond of, or look online for a new one. Small book shops often have great compilations of short stories for pretty cheap too.

Yeah! You should try out a small collection, such as O. Henry's short stories. There are pretty small collections available, and they are short stories so it's easy to bree Z e through. Plus, the stories are fantastic.

408,948

There is not a single bad scene in **There Will Be Blood**, but "brother from another mother" always *sounds* like such a goofy anachronism even though it's really not.

Paul Thomas Anderson has said that he views TWBB to be pretty funny. It seems like PTA would add that on purpose with his weird little sense of humor.

408,949

Definitely Kurt Vonnegut. His style is just so succinct and captures a wide spectrum of thought with such simple words. I feel like he could bring insight to all the things in my life even I felt unimportant (and even make them funny).

Vonnegut as well. I want to be constructively insulted in a weirdly sweet way.

408,950

Huawei is not manufacturing any smartphone. She can design device but no functionality to build them. Her smartphone is manufactured by Foxconn. Further more this is less likely HTC can developing smartphone screen panel by herself. So far only Samsung, Sharp and Japan Display can make these panels. In short all smartphone makeres are doing is like a making instruction of LEGO bricks.

Samsung, Sharp and Japan Display smartphone screen panel. wat bout lg?

408,951

The books you've read give some insight, but some more details would be helpful. What kind of novel do you want to read next? What grade are you in?

I want to read something that will make me want to read more fiction. I'm in college, third year sophmore, nineteen going on twenty. I have more of a motivation problem when it comes to reading fiction than a distaste for stories or narratives.

408,952

Am I the only one disappointed Alyson Stoner wasn't in this video? Given that it's Missy's comeback video and all...

For a split second I thought that one girl was Alyson Stoner. Then I realized she isn't 12 anymore. Got kind of sad.

408,953

They already are on social media. Anyway you cant fight something you are hiding from. Nazism is very easy to argue against so we shouldn't try to censor it's discussion. However, the more you suppress an idea, the more it grows. Suppression gives legitimacy, it insinuates someone is afraid of it, but without open discussion the Nazis are allowed to control the 'why' of it, which is very dangerous.

I mean, I am afraid of Nazis. And they’re married to their ideology emotionally and are impervious to rationality, they don’t “debate” ideas in good faith.

408,954

I would have assumed the cart scanners aren't definitive and the employees rescan everything anyway.

That's what made them so inefficient. You absolutely can't trust people to scan properly, or deliberately not scan items, so at best it was a way for people to see what they had bought for informational purposes before they got to the register.

408,955

I'm really amazed at the amount of botted downvotes on any comment that talks about the horrible conditions of Asian factories or their complete lack of ethics in regards to freely stealing all technology.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but so far I've only seen Chinese tablets offering dual boot + 4G sim cards. Chinese companies are willing to ship products that are different and come with many features at a cheap price.

408,956

Green Day-Bullet in a Bible. Probably the best love album out there.

and the absolute worst green day album...i'm pretty biased towards anything before Warning...IMHO anything after warning (and very loosely including Warning) is complete shit, but I know I am in the minority...so let the shaming begin! Edit - I'm sorry if that sounds dickish, I just used to be the biggest green day fan, but I have absolutely hated everything after Warning, so don't think i am calling you dumb by liking it, I'm cool that others have different musical tastes...i'm just really Jaded and pissed about Green Day now a days

408,957

in most lil wayne songs, he rhymes "fuck" with "fuck", "mother fucker" with "mother fucker", "dat" with "dat", and "ya with ya". and, of course, the obligatory *shit i can't think of anything....better laugh* every once in a while, he has his lyrical moments. but more often than not, it's autotune and sick beats.

[His "rhymes" on No Love are just pathetic. I've seen white kids from the suburbs who can rhyme better than this.]

408,958

> Guardians of the West by David Eddings. The whole *Belgariad* and *Mallorean* series for me. I know they aren't the greatest thing ever, but I read them when I was a miserable 13 year-old, they were already a bit below my ability level, but they were just so relaxing, gentle, and funny. It's nice to feel that way again sometimes.

Same for me. As a kid with anxiety (who is now an adult with anxiety), I loved that no matter how bad things got, you knew who would win in the end - and that all the loose ends get tied up and everyone ends up with who I hoped they'd end up with.

408,959

Convenient how Marvel has to basically turn this into Avengers 3 (and hype up a new Spider-Man) just to try and beat Batman v Superman. Pathetic, actually.

How so? If anything I would think DC are pulling out all of the stops to compete with Marvel at this point, as Marvel definitely has the upper hand, movie-wise.

408,960

Whenever I see this video on youtube and read all the comments about how great she is (which admittedly she is good) I cannot help but wonder how bands such as [El Ten Eleven] never get mentioned. They are pretty ridiculous with their looping and sampling and also put on a great live show. </ElTenEleven PR>

El Ten Eleven puts on amazing shows, their new album was sick, i hope they get more music out.

408,961

That still doesn't sound like he could give Hulk a good fight. Maybe movie Hulk vs comic Groot would be good.

Obviously hulk will win, he's the hulk. But hulk grows stronger while getting angrier and Groot can grow bigger and tougher while healing when he has to. It's not the worst match up.

408,962

I also can't stand anything by Ayn Rand. I'm never quite sure if it's because I can't stand her opinions or because I don't like her writing style. Probably a little of both. Of her works The Fountainhead was, in my opinion, the worst.

What's wrong with her writing style? I've never been able to understand why people have a problem with it. Problems with her philosophy, however, I can completely understand.

408,963

BAAAAAA DE YAAAAAAA. Edit: 6 years of reddit and *this* is my most upboated comment.

> BAAAAAA DE YAAAAAAA. "What the fuck does ba de ya mean?" "Who the fuck cares?"

408,964

Horror, at its best, takes away something we previously thought was safe. Benchley took the oceans; Hitchcock, the shower; Craven, our sleep. RB brilliantly perverts the bonds of a young marriage, leaving Rosemary truly alone in a big, scary city. Alone, except for her unborn child... And then goes after that, too.

I still get terrified in the shower actually... Now I am also terrified of chocolate mousse and am sad.

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What happened to the producer who produced Deloused? I heard he was the reason it was so concise and didn't have all the dead air that the next albums have.

That was Rick Rubin, and I think he made Deloused sound worse. It's still a great album, but those songs were better before they hired him. Listen to the summer session versions of those songs.

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Just saw bladerunner. It was pretty disappointing. An ok movie I guess, but at 3 hours even the superficial enjoyment of the aesthetics becomes strained. Not a dig at DV, I think it's just terribly written. If you're a fan of the original bladerunner I wouldn't recommend the new one. EDIT: ok how about this, if you liked Prometheus, Avatar, or Interstellar you'll probably like 2049. If you didn't like any of those movies then I'd be shocked if you liked 2049.

I had the opposite reaction. I thought that 2049 was just as good if not better than the original Bladerunner. I found the protagonist (Joe, I think?) more interesting than Deckard from Blade Runner, and I was surprised by how much Villeneuve was able to expand on the themes and tone of the original. Hell, it's even boring in the same ways that Blade Runner was - a glacial pace, but a pace that allows you to soak in the world. I was disappointed that it did so poorly at the box office. I hope DV is able to carry Dune to release. I assume that it's probably an easier pitch to make to a studio than Blade Runner.

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If its truly autonomous, what could pirates possibly do to it? Unless you possess they enrcyption to access the system. They would have to cut their way into the engine room and perminantly disable it. Which means a huge cargo ship is dead in the water at a known location, and they have zero hostages while whatever navy is bearing down on them. I dont think pirating such a vessel would be an option.

they could take the cargo, but that wouldn't be a problem if there was crew inside. the biggest issue would be hacking, and it shouldn't be too hard to get protected against that.

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yes, because we can evaluate the merit of something by how much it has affected ONE person who obviously got screwed by his contract. he isn't poor because of downloading, he is poor because he either signed a very shitty contract, or the record company has been breaching this contract. go ask like, any metal band if they think downloading has helped their career. other than the big-names like metallica and iron maiden (who aren't struggling, they're filthy rich), most, if not all, will say yes

I didn't say he is poor because of piracy, I said it isn't helping him, and isn't always justified.

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Problem is you couldn't make a commercial product that does this because even 'fixing' someone else's system would be illegal.

Who ever said software has to be a product except AT&T?

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Two things: Did anyone think it was odd/potentially inappropriate to have a mock D-Day battle be released on the 70th anniversary of D-Day? I'm not bothered by it myself, but I did notice. The more I think about the movie, the more it makes sense in its own way. Also, it riffed off Saving Private Ryan/D-Day (duh), Matrix for the Mimic design, Looper/Groundhog Day for time travel, Pac Rim for the "creature in ocean/ether getting blown up", "War of the Worlds" for abandoned farmhouse where the alien attacks... that's all I can think of for now. Still a fun movie.

i dont call it "ripped off" though -- more inspired, as it obviously wasn't blatantly ripped off. [rita] imagery seems to be inspired from [final fantasy] I really think the [mimics/alphas] were more inspired from a lot of the creatures in skyline (particularly the end)

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Agreed on *Kafka*. I was so excited when I finally bought it and dove right in. By the end, I was more confused than when I started.

Hahahaha oh god. I love seeing people's reactions to his work. He is confusing that way.

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To you. For a lot of young ethnic children, that kind of representation has a measurable impact on self-esteem. Most of the frustration in this thread is coming from ego and defensiveness.

The LA Lakers are 90% "people of color". This is very problematic because it makes my son feel "marginalized" because he doesn't see anyone that looks like him playing professional basketball. We need to demand the Lakers take diversity and inclusion seriously. This is having a measurable impact on his self esteem. Your frustration about my comment is coming from ego and defensiveness.

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I was going to say the same thing. Bringing the vulnerabilities to attention in an innocent manner is absolutely a 'white hat' thing.

with no known fix in place you could argue, all three i think fairly reasonably. it's basically down to intent.

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The same thing your mother said when you were born

Yeah but that never happened. This situation, the thing that bugs you dumb shits the most, is the probability of my statement. It has a high chance of disappointment with all the hype surrounding it.

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By doing what the post says. All of us, every time

No. That's fucking disgusting. You get spit in the face, over and over and over again, and you just wipe it all the time. I have enough of 'reminding them'. They know exactly what they're doing, every time. The bully needs to stop. We are a music subreddit. Why isn't anyone making music about this? Why doesn't this hit the people in a way they can understand the reality of this?

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In your 2rd album are the songs "Found" "On Your Side" and "Heartbeat" going to be on their?

We'll see..! Those are old ones but I still like them a lot!!

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I thought in those movies we were in "the rule of two" era. Vader had an apprentice who should have taken over if that's true correct?

The apprentice (Vader) doesn't have an apprentice. We have no idea what happens when the master dies, it only happened once and it was at the end of RotJ. I would guess the apprentice would become the master and find a new apprentice, except they both died so it was probably military leaders who took over.

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I never really liked iowa.. but now in my 30’s i still listen to self titled at least twice a week.

Self titled was a fucking banger. Heaviest album and my favourite. Remember being so excited in the build up to Iowa, and then feeling a bit let down after I got my hands on it. Made it to number 1 in the UK album charts though (heaviest band to do it since Deep Purple iirc).

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Cool. I am familiar with Gemmell, but haven't read any. Would you recommend it?

Yeah definitely. One of my absolute favourite fantasy authors. He focuses more on the heroic fantasy style(Conan-esque), rather than the high fantasy like your Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings/Wheel of time. Real easy to digest, but some great depth there. Legend is always a good starting place. His Troy trilogy is amazing too. I introduced it to all my friends and not one was able to stop until they had read all of his books.

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For it to actually work, and not eraser everything on your phone anytime you're syncing A new device or simply adding new files.

Now that sounds more like a flaw in the syncing process between iTunes and an iPhone and doesn't make it less of a functioning music player for your PC, which it mainly is.

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And don't see any movie made by Roman Polanski? If you limit yourself to blameless authors, you won't have much to read.

As i see it, there is a lot of grey space between *blameless* and *convicted*.

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The Asylum, the company that made this and many other bad movies, had a booth at Comic Con last year. A friend of mine asked them if they've ever lost money on a movie. They said that they had not. They have a formula that works, and they go with it.

That's pretty much how scams work. People wouldn't scam others if they were losing money in the process.

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They hyped her up so much, made her appear to be the next big thing in biotech industry. Her fall from grace has been nothing short of spectacular. She’s a liar and she knew what she was doing; fueled by greed and arrogance.

Didn’t she go to Davos to speak with Jack Ma? She talked about hiring women being beneficial to the industry and the company. That has not aged well. This is a huge setback for women trying to advance their careers.

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Jimi Hendirx ["Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"] He shreds the whole song, but I'm talking about the solo after the first chorus in particular.

You mean the part where the notes in the air actually catch on fire, right?

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Oh, no doubt. I'm really not a fan of all the babying that gets done now. Let people risk themselves if they understand the odds and still choose to proceed.

It's the infantilization of the population by a state that wants you to be docile, and unthinking. Independent people willing to take risks are the type of people who don't line up and do what they're told. For an advanced view, look at the UK, and how fast they all change their opinions to whatever the BBC tells them is correct, and how compliant they are whenever they are told that something must be banned, or some liberty restricted for "health and safety" or "public good".

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Hosier might work for you. His voice makes me tremble

Can't seem to find anything. Could you link an example?

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μTorrent v2.2. Its only gotten more bloat from there. 2.2 still functions as an excellent, lightweight BitTorrent client.

It's possible to perfectly castrate latest ones, but it takes more effort than it should.

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I cannot imagine that Lovecraft would be fun to hang out with.

not at all, but i wouldn't be expecting fun neither

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I've purchased both the FitBit Aria and The Garmin Scale in the past. The additional metrics are about as interesting as reading your horoscope and just as accurate. That said, what I've found most useful about them, and one of the reasons why I purchased it, was the ability to automatically upload the measurement to my desired fitness portal. It's a simple task, but not having to worry about it is really nice. I would also not recommend these scales if you have more than one person in the house. All of these scales try to "guess" who you are based on measurements. It becomes quite tedious to change the user every single time you weigh-in.

I asked a friend who competes in physical fitness (what branch of it idk) if these scales work as intended and he told me that he had tried them once. The scale said 21% body fat and then he went to test it in one of those water submersion measurement thingies that are made for this type of thing and that showed 7% body fat... So, they aren't really that accurate, no. :/

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[Combine it with this Linux-powered "auto-aim" sniper rifle and it gets even better!] :D

I, for one, welcome our new gun-based robotic overlords.

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I think Microsoft may have done it first with Xbox, take a loss on hardware and profit on games.

Other video game companies were doing that decades before Microsoft got in the game.

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Right, and I think when there is an obvious return on that cost for a new standard, there's less resistance. The cost of me using Type-C instead of Micro USB is small - I keep a different charger by my bedside... easy. The cost of ditching the headphone jack is really high, really really high. And I don't see much real benefit, my phone is already freaking thin enough.

They can make the internals smaller if they want, but I dont want a smaller phone in my hand.

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No, I’m saying the definitions that lie within are subject to the current zeitgeist and are constantly morphing to fit the ideas of the time. There is very little in the way of consistency.

Science informs that change. Some of the changes are necessary and not just part of the zeitgeist. There are criticisms to be made, but there is no need to dismiss the whole system of diagnosis because it is imperfect.

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From my understanding Chad and Flea just stuck to mostly pot and alcohol, Anthony and the guitar players were always into hard drugs.

Very true. I don't ever remember Chad actually getting into pot (in Scar Tissue at least). I have read a lot of stuff about them, and the rest of them are huge health junkies now, so they drink ginger root tea before shows, stretch, work out, eat healthy, etc. What does Chad like to do? Have a few beers, smoke a few cigs, and have fun. Quite an interesting mix of personalities! Side note: I've met Chad Smith twice. Hands down, the *nicest* guy I've ever met. It really made my ~~day~~ ~~week~~ ~~month~~... life.

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>Atomized by Michel Houellebecq. renamed *the elementary particles* in the u.s.

Good point. I don't know why I keep using the English title, except that I like it better. Have you read his newest? Amazon seems to be cheerfully selling it under both names: * [*The Elementary Particles*, by Michel Houellebecq] * [*Atomised*, by Michel Houellebecq]

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I don't even know what Party Rock is. I don't listen to the radio or have cable. Oh, and I'm 32. That just made me feel old.

It was really big online a few years back. That's the only reason I know it. <-- 550,000,000 views lol. Probably one of the biggest videos before Gangnam style

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He never won AOtY year, a lot of 'edgy' acts have won category awards including Beyonce, Kanye, Nirvana, Rage against the Machine. My point is they always give AOtY award to a safe artist because it's there marque award.

HE got nominated for AOTY way more than he should have though.

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CA system is not broken just because someone intentionally compromised a client machine.

The CA system is broken because it forces us to trust essentially random 3rd parties who may be swayed to do favors for various individuals or governments. Or not. There's no transparency into this black box of trust, and they've been wrong before.

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It took me a while to get into Elvis Costello in high school, but oh man. This Year's Model, Imperial Bedroom and Trust are my favorites. ["Beyond Belief"] is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Mine too! It sounds like nothing I've ever heard before, or since.