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What is the best/worst misunderstanding of a computer you have ever witnessed? | Long ago, I was talking to my mother about how I wanted to build my computer. We were discussing motherboards at the time when my brother decides to show up and listen. The following discussion happens:
Me: "So the motherboard I want is an Asus CUV4X-E."
Mother: "Well, that..."
Brother: (Interrupting) "Wait! Wait! Wait! What the HELL does a motherboard do? Make giggababies?!"
Mother and I: *smacks forehead*
Now what have you witnessed Reddit? | AskReddit |
to gargoyle (v) - the act of using large portions of a previous television program's cast in a new, unrelated program. | From the show Gargoyles which used many cast members from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Usage - The first two seasons of Dexter were definitely gargoyled from Oz. | entertainment |
I finally got a new job, putting in my 2 weeks of notice. What is the craziest way you've ever quit a job? | I've already written a two-page paper on everything that has made me loathe the job, from management, the hours, the pay, everything. I think I'll just keep it to myself so that I don't lose any references in the future, though. Not mad enough to make a scene this time.
Anyone done something totally crazy, or even illegal when leaving? | self |
Writing Gigs around Boston? | I know this subreddit shouldn't be a local classifieds, so I'll keep this short. I'm Looking for a writing gig. I've done all kinds of writing and editing, from marketing (interned at Harvard), to PR, to journalism, to editing academia, and tutoring.
Here's a site that I write on in my spare time, in an attempt at humor.
Thanks. | boston |
Reddit: What's the perfect party songs? | So i'm going to my friend's house party during the next week or so and he asked me to bring a list of songs that make a perfect party song. I need around 20 songs. Any songs come in mind? | AskReddit |
Yo! LSU student redditors: | Let's get together and smoke a J on the parade grounds friday. You in? | reddit.com |
IAMA reddit addict, I did not use reddit for one week and became a Digg user. AMA | From January 23rd to the 30th I decided to ignore reddit for an entire week! Let me express, since I've become a member on reddit I never went to Digg, casually browsed it over a year ago but ignored it after joining this site.
Digg profile | IAmA |
New? Curious? [not so] Quick Guild Stats Overview! [2/3/09] | Wunder here, just thought I would give a quick stat breakdown of the current guild makeup. This will help give information to people who are joining.. every time we do a recruitment drive we have a ton of people asking for info on who to transfer, what professions to take, etc. Stats broken down by level range
**Level 80**
Amount: 20
Classes:
--Death Knight, 5 [25%]
--Druid, 2 [10%]
--Hunter, 2 [10%]
--Mage, 0 [0%]
--Paladin, 4 [20%]
--Priest, 2 [10%]
--Rogue, 2 [10%]
--Shaman, 2 [10%]
--Warlock, 1 [5%]
--Warrior, 0 [0%]
**Level 60-79**
Amount: 37
Classes:
--Death Knight, 15 [41%]
--Druid, 1 [3%]
--Hunter, 1 [3%]
--Mage, 1 [3%]
--Paladin, 7 [19%]
--Priest, 5 [14%]
--Rogue, 2 [5%]
--Shaman, 1 [3%]
--Warlock, 1 [3%]
--Warrior, 3 [8%]
**Level 40-59**
Amount: 31
Classes:
--Death Knight, 14 [45%]
--Druid, 1 [3%]
--Hunter, 0 [0%]
--Mage, 2 [6%]
--Paladin, 3 [10%]
--Priest, 2 [6%]
--Rogue, 4 [13%]
--Shaman, 1 [3%]
--Warlock, 1 [3%]
--Warrior, 3 [10%]
**Overview of 40-80**
Amount: 88
Classes:
--Death Knight, 34 [39%]
--Druid, 4 [5%]
--Hunter, 3 [3%]
--Mage, 3 [3%]
--Paladin, 14 [16%]
--Priest, 2 [6%]
--Rogue, 8 [9%]
--Shaman, 4 [5%]
--Warlock, 3 [3%]
--Warrior, 6 [6%]
**Class/Level Analysis:** Lots of DKs. But honestly, most of them I would bet are profession alts. They do however comprise 25% of our level 80 DPS. Right behind DKs are Paladins. 10% of 40-80s [9] are priests. Along with druids and paladins, it seems we have a strong healing base along with shamans. The one group we are missing the most of are clothie DPS [warlock/mages] with only 3 each in the 40--range. In terms of melee DPS it seems we are clearly above a need with rogues, warriors, paladins and DKs comprising a gigantic chunk of our guild.
*Opinion:* When people ask 'what classes do we need?' the following three are the most needed: Clothie DPS [Mage/Lock], Shaman/Druid and Hunter. Perhaps not as many hunters are needed since they are a pure DPS class whereas Shaman/Druid can DPS or do other roles. Thats just my opinion.
**Professions**
*For the sake of brevity I have only gathered info on characters level 50-80. This includes all DKs who are most likely to be professional alts, along with higher level characters.*
**Analysis:** WE NEED MORE ALCHEMY! Only one 450! Mining is utterly OVERFLOWING along with Tailor/Ench. I would make the suggestion to new players to go Alch/Herb or Leatherworking/Herbalism. As a Skinniner/Miner myself, I can testify that the requests for skins and ore are very low. I would suggest noone make enchanting or tailoring due to the glut of people but instead focus on Alchemy, Jewelcrafting and Leatherworking [in that order, and only because LW is so character specific]
*Data Set:*
Alchemy: 450, 117
Blacksmithing: 450, 389, 216
Enchanting: 248, 260, 225, 450, 312, 249, 252, 282, 420, 353, 403, 284, 385, 280, 350, 341, 317
Engineering: 75, 196, 442
Herbalism: 44, 308, 450, 207, 450, 450
Inscription: 450, 200, 450
Jewelcrafting: 455, 150, 172,
Leatherworking: 260
Mining: 450, 431, 220, 268, 450, 450, 450, 450, 338, 398, 361, 450, 450, 450, 450, 389, 450, 414, 442, 213, 450, 404, 433
Skinning: 450, 450, 402, 450
Tailoring: 431, 440, 206, 314, 378, 375, 435, 389 | redditguild |
Trees, what lighter do you use? | I currently light my bowl with just a plain old blue bic lighter, you? I'm kinda in the market of buying something new & one that I could enjoy and use for a while. | trees |
Reddit, got any good Science Fiction suggestions? | I was wondering if anyone would be able to provide any good science fiction book suggestions? To give you an example of what I have read and enjoyed:
* Pretty much any and all Philip K Dick
* The Dune Series
* The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
* All of the Ender's books by Orson Scott Card
* Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler
* We by Stanislav Lem
I typically like reading "cerebral" science fiction (I guess you could call it "hard sf"). Any good book/author suggestions?
edit: Wow, thanks for all the great suggestions. This is my first reddit post...did not expect this much! | books |
Get Well Soon Package for Boyfriend: Too Much Like Mom or Nice Gesture? | My boyfriend has come down with a cold. I was thinking of assembling him a nice package - chicken soup, Emergen-C packets, tea/ginger ale, and some comic books. I thought this would be a thoughtful gesture, but a male friend said it might make me look too much like "his Mommy." Never considered that perspective. So... yea or nay on the package?
Edit: We are both 27. Also, any other fun ideas of what might be good to include? | relationship_advice |
Ask.Web_Design: When there is a linked image above a text link that goes to the same place, what alt text should be used? | I've read that it shouldn't be the exact same text as the as the linked text since screen readers will duplicate the text (as well as people who disable images). Anyone know a good source on this? | web_design |
DAE hate when people use the term "nuff' said"? | I find it to be incredibly smug and I'm always tempted to down vote anyone who uses it. At best it is a lazy attempt at being funny, i.e "Bacon. Nuff' said". At worst it's arrogant and impratical. No, the conversation does not end just because you bastardized the spelling of "enough". | DoesAnybodyElse |
Theory: LAX timeline is the one that exists in the absence of time traveling. | What if the "LAX" timeline is the timeline that should have happened, absent the time traveling of the Losties to 1977, and the "2007" timeline is the one that flows naturally from their time time-traveling and detonation of the H-bomb? After all, we know that Widmore and Eloise knew about the Losties in the 50s and after, so the "815 crashes" scenario is probably dependent on the past in which the Losties go back to 1977. (Remember, Widmore probably sends Desmond to the island on purpose by setting up that race around the world).
Similarly, we're assuming that the hatch doesn't get built if the bomb goes off (and therefore doesn't leave that crater), but what if the detonation is indeed "the incident" that leads to the hatch's button-pushing necessity, like Miles suggests in the Season 5 finale? And we're assuming that the island is "sunk" because of the bomb going off, but what if the truth is that the island would have been sunk if Jack et al had NOT come to the island and time traveled back to 1977?
Is it possible that the effect of the detonation was simply to replicate Orchid-style flashing and that's why it transports them 30 years forward in their same timeline?
Food for thought. | lost |
Is it OK to make up gossip from nowhere? | It appears that gossip is an evolutionary social glue. According to the article:
>In many instances, the goal of gossip is not truth or accuracy. What matters is the bond that gossiping can forge, often at the expense of a third party.
So my question, then, is this: is it OK to totally make up (to lie, to invent) gossip? By this I don't mean to make up gossip about people, but to make up people for the sake of gossip.
It's not like I want to justify lying, necessarily, but I want the benefits of gossip without all the mess; and it seems like inventing characters and their stories - just not letting people know their invented - is a pretty easy way to go about it. Question is: is this justifiable?
What say you!? | AskReddit |
Confusing Offer. I need help | The story goes like this. I was talking to this girl (that i've had a crush on) and she was complaining that her boyfriend (who she doesnt see that often) said that his ex gave better head than her and she got upset about it. To lighten the mood i jokingly said "Well you can always practice on me XD" and she took it seriously and i've had a crush on her for a year now. What do i do? | relationship_advice |
What makes Women irresistible? Undesirable? | Guys, What makes a woman irresistible? and what do you think makes a woman undesirable? | AskReddit |
Give Me Your Body Transformation Stories. | If you can provide pictures, that would also be appreciated.
Okay, so I'm a 19 year old college student. Like so many others, I made a resolution this new years to get in good shape. Currently I'm 6'3", 170 pounds with a body fat of 14.8 percent, just to give you an idea. I plan on going to the gym six days a week until school ends, and then continuing my workouts back home.
So basically what I'm looking for here is inspiration. Can anyone give examples of a good three month or so body transformation? Also, details as to how you did it? Thanks. | Fitness |
Reddit, what songs did you listen to growing up that have special meaning to you now? Also have you relistended to any songs form your youth and now better understand what the lyrics meant? | I've always enjoyed music, but I've just recently started listening to my playlists at work and I suppose I'm having a nostalgic moment. So I'd like to share a few of my musical memories with you.
"Smells like teen spirit" by Nirvana - reminds me of this girl I tried to impress in 8th grade. I had just moved to Charlotte and it was the start of the year so to get us all acquainted, the teacher had asked us to make this origami ball and write all of our interests on it. I looked at the girl in all of her grunge glory and wrote "Nirvana." Well I suppose she was still mourning the loss of Kurt pretty hard and gave me the absolute evilest looking glare I'd ever seen. We never talked again, but she didn't really ever talk anyway.
"Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground - reminds me of the first girl I ever hooked up with. She loved the song and after listening to it, we both got the inclination to give it a try. I always get solemn when I think about her. She was a very smart girl who got in with the wrong crowd after i moved away. She ended up on drugs and with 2 kids last time I saw her about 10 years ago.
"Hang" by MB20 - I actually found this song in college, it just stuck with me. I didn't get the hang of college the first go round and didnt connect with most of the other kids. I remember listening to this one on many a lone weekend nights.
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog" by CCR- There was this kid in 7th grade named Jeremy, the entire class would break into song nearly every time someone said his name.
"Goonies R Good Enough" by Cindy Lauper - reminds me of my childhood. We lived in a small trailer park adjacent to huge sand dunes and the intracoastal waterway. We would be be pirates and go find "treasure" (junk) around the dunes and ride (sink) our bikes over the dunes.
For the second part, which started me thinking today. I was listening to "what's the story morning glory" by Oasis - another song with nostalgia and heard a cocaine refernce "chained to the mirror and a razorblade" and it just sort of clicked, I hadn't ever thought about what it meant before.
"Brick" is another one. I heard it again a few years back and thought it was about abortion. So I googled it and low and behold, it is, and Ben Folds has a very personal story on it.
I think I'll stop there, but may share some more in the comments. How about yours?
Edit: various punctuation and grammar edits | AskReddit |
fixing the wrong break-up? | So I had been dating this girl for about a year and i guess after a few months started to fall in love with her...
she also expressed very strong feelings towards me and we would love spending time, talking,
everything would be great... sure we would have a few arguments but nothing major...
In general though i was truly happy and everytime i would see her i would have butterflies and all that gooish bs
anyways, about 7 months into the relationship, all of a sudden she started to distance herself from me.
This came as quite a shock as we suddenly went from hanging out every day to her not answering my calls,
not replying to my texts. She would blow me off by telling me she is going out with friends etc.
I was starting to feel very hurt and decided to end things. She didnt seem to care much. however after 2 weeks of all of this
she called and sent me a lot of txts telling me she was indeed very sorry for acting so distant and never cheated on me or anything
she just was confused and wanted some space. she did tell me that she did start hanging out with another guy a lot
and never told me about it earlier because she thought i would never agree to that.
We got back together but for apparent reasons, i couldn't trust her as much.
When i found out she was still in contact with the other guy i told her that i was uncomfortable with it.
She told me she would quit talking to him but didnt.
Anyways forward a couple of months later, i start noticing similar behavior and find out that an ex of her contacted her recently and they met up for coffee
she told me that it was just as friends and i was fine with it... eventually she started spending more time with the ex... going on movies
staying out for late dinners. I told her again that this sounded more like them dating not just being friends. She again told me that she would stop
but about a week ago... she completely ignored me and went out with him again. that night I had had a few drinks and after she got home, i pretty much
said some unpleasant things. She was very sleepy so didnt respond but said something along the lines of "i dont think i am in love with you anymore"
I told her that if she wants to date other guys then i am going to leave her and continued with more unpleasant remarks of her... basically told her
she was manipulative and didnt care for all the amazing time we spent together... (i was a bit drunk and didnt quite mean these things)
Now i feel like i really do miss her and although i know things will never work out between us again, i can truly say that despite
all of our issues, she was "the best i ever had".
I've spent the past week constantly thinking about her and missing her
Should i apologize for the drunken ranting the night we broke up?
I dont expect us to get back together, but i dont entirely like how i ended things... I have seemingly two options:
1. dont bother trying to contact her and somehow try and move on with life
2. send her a txt apologizing for my behavior and telling her that maybe sometime in the future we can be friends and then try to move on with my life
also, im not sure if what i did sounds like "controlling" behavior but does telling her im not comfortable with the above things qualify as "controlling"? | relationship_advice |
My ex-boyfriend calls me at 2 am a year later, tells me I'm a horrible person for 2 hours. | We dated for 3 years in a long distance relationship. The distance was hard and painful, so I finally decide that it would be mentally healthier for me to break up with him. We remain good friends. We still loved each other and hoped it could work out in the future. I start a new relationship, but my ex takes the break up really hard, especially when I refuse to see him because it would be emotionally unhealthy for me while trying to get over him. We end up getting together a few times. He later starts a new relationship, too. For the next three months, we talk less, start to get over each other.
But then, my boyfriend says he could be interested in this other girl if he got to know her better. I am in no way ok with this, and we break up. I start thinking that my ex was probably the best for me, and I miss him terribly. I call him more. He's friendly, but not as affectionate. He doesn't want us to say "I love you" anymore (even though we've been saying it this whole time) because of his girlfriend.
I'm hurt. I felt us drifting, so I make plans to fly out and see him. I try to work a plan with him to be together in the future. He's frigid about this and says I shouldn't call anymore because I bother his girlfriend. A few emails later, he disappears for months. I email him, call him, text him, tell him how angry/hurt I am, how his girlfriend has him under her thumb. Then she calls me, just asking for my thoughts. I politely told her that I was *not* a threat to her; I wanted my ex a year or more from then. They wouldn't even be in the same place by then because of school and careers. But still nothing. The last email I sent asked to meet with him for closure.
But then, I get a call from him. He goes on to say, after not talking to me for *six months*, how the whole thing was my fault. He goes on about how I was was selfish, was threatening his relationship, so he *had* to stop talking to me. He goes on to say more bad things I did, how he doesn't want to date me again, after ignoring and hurting me for so long.
I'm so hurt and angry. Reddit, what do you do when people are unfair like this? | reddit.com |
IAMA father to two kids adopted from China - one of whom had some fairly serious medical needs. AMAA | Hi folks,
Six years ago my wife and I adopted our first child from China. She was 13 months old. The experience was amazing and we were overjoyed to be parents.
Just over two years ago we went back and adopted our second daughter. She was almost two and a half years old and had a sever cleft lip and an inguinal hernia. In addition to this she was the same weight at 2.5 years old as our first daughter was at 13 months.
In both cases we went through a very strict and lengthy process with the US government (fingerprints, criminal background checks, etc.) and worked with a not-for-profit agency here in the US.
I don't mind sharing most things but a few things I won't go into are names and some of what I know about my kids before they were adopted.
So AMAA about the process, my thoughts, the hard parts and easy parts or whatever.
I did this once before but never had a chance to get my star. Also a few reddit friends who found out suggested I should do it again as they were interested in my story.
Edit: Just pm'ed a mod a few minutes ago with my "this is really me" stuff.
Edit 2: going to hang with the kids for a bit now. But I'll be back after they're in bed.
Edit 3: Back for a bit! | IAmA |
DAE collect vintage boomboxes? | I just picked up an awesome new box, and decided to see if anyone else on reddit cares. Here's the box and some good links for anyone interested in researching boxes.
stereo2go.com-the place to go for info on boxes, how to collect and repair them
pocket calculator museum-they have a nice slideshow
Stereo 80's- a great picture database | DoesAnybodyElse |
Somebody help!! My trophies have been kidnapped!!! | I logged in to reddit this morning to post a drawing by my retarded, transgendered, atheist two year old, when I noticed something was missing. It took me a few moments, and then it slapped me in the face: two of my personal, hard-earned trophies have been ripped away from my trophy case.
The kidnappers left a note, which says: "I was quoted on circlejerk!". It was signed by a person with an indiscernible amount of "p"s in his name. I have no idea what this means, I think the hijackers are European.
Reddit, please help! Who knows what these dirty Ukrainians are doing with my poor, helpless trophies. All I need are your upvotes. My story must be heard! | circlejerk |
If you are a healthy (good kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, eyes...) organ donor and you get in a wreck-to what extent do you turn into a huge pile of money if they can't save you in the ER? | I know nothing about how this works-my understanding is that nobody charges for the organs but you can't charge for the labor without the parts, obviously. This would be in a US hospital. Maybe throw in that you're uninsured. | AskReddit |
IAE tired of someone referencing Bozarking every time someone makes an over-the-top/sexual post? | We get it, Bozarking made a few funnies once, you don't need to talk about him every time you see the word penis or sister. | DoesAnybodyElse |
3.3.2 patch notes, can anyone explain this? | The patch notes indicate that all healing abilities in BG's and arenas will be nerfed. This is bad news for healers. Surely this will make them even more redundant in 2v2, as opposed to a DPS-DPS team? I can't see Blizzards logic here, i though they were trying to make PvP more fun and have less burst damage. The balance between health and DPS is imba these days. Average HP on a non-tank class in PvP gear is maybe 26,000. It is common to see DPS of 6K. This problem should be solved by reducing damage by 10% in BG's and arenas, not nerfing healing surely? What are your thoughts? | wow |
20 Things: Life Advice by Reddit | So I was reading the 20 things at age 20 and realized there was a lot of good advice in it.
I think that initial project could be taken to the next level if we could create a reddit E-book around it. Basically, the list from the original AskReddit would be the skeleton of the book, and it would contain vignettes from the Reddit community illustrating why it is good advice, how to implement the advice, how your life has changed because of that advice, or just thoughts on why it is important.
Ideally, a little more thought would go into the vignettes than a typical reddit post, but I envision a final product that illustrates the collective wisdom of the Reddit community. And it doesn't have to be just Reddit narratives. It can be anything that can be captured on the printed page: drawings, comics, photographs, snippets from articles. The possibilities are endless.
But I really do think that 20 things post could be the start of something really cool and tangible from the Reddit community.
I have set up an e-mail address for people to submit contributions if this thing actually takes off. RedditLifeAdvice@gmail.com.
I am more than happy to help get the ball rolling, but would love the help of others when it actually comes to putting this thing together.
So yeah. Thoughts/Questions/Comments/Criticisms/Hopes/Dreams/Aspirations/Other feedback is greatly appreciated.
Edit 1: Another driving force behind this idea is that I have seen absolutely amazing things from the Reddit community: advice that has changed lives, stories that evoke emotion, and wonderful works of art that I couldn't create in a million years. And as great as all of these things are, they are scattered about this site. I would love to see what Reddit could come up with using common theme and captured in a single artifact. | AskReddit |
What are the best photos you've ever taken... with a cameraphone? | They say the best camera is the one that's with you. Let's see how you've done with the ubiquity of cameraphones, reddit!
Include some details about where the photo was taken or what cameraphone you used. I'll kick things off with my two best:
* - The MacMillan-Bloedel building on West Georgia, in Vancouver
* - Robson Square ice rink, in Vancouver
crossposted]( from [/r/photography | reddit.com |
I'm a recent graduate and looking for work. However, I'd like to work in another country or a city. What's the best way to go about doing that? | I'm about to graduate from university in B.Comm with Accounting major and have looked around Toronto for jobs but I'd like to get out of Toronto and work somewhere else. I have no experience in looking for a job elsewhere. Any redditors that have been through this may want to guide me? | AskReddit |
Is emacs a useful tool for a CS student to learn? | I'm a CS major and currently enrolled in a C++ course. I've done plenty of Java programming in the past along with assembly, some C and Python, but this is my first swing at C++. I've heard about emacs before, but I'm not really too sure how its useful and if its a necessary tool to learn.
So I come to you proggit, is it worth it for me to learn emacs as I learn C++? If so, is there a good way to get jumpstarted on learning it? And should I use emacs..xemacs?
FYI: I run Ubuntu and all of my assignments/projects will be compiled with g++ on debian machines | programming |
Asus m2a-vm dead after bios update. Help me please, hardware. | I have a machine built around an Asus m2a-vm motherboard. The board has been a pain ever since I bought it (very picky about RAM), but once I managed to get that sorted out it pretty much worked ok.
Reasonably recently it started randomly blue screening in xp. Various memory related problems. I never saw an issue when booted to linux, memtest86 ran cleanly. I noticed that it had an old beta bios installed (the bios it was shipped with), so I decided to upgrade. I used the upgrade tool inside the BIOS to flash to the latest version - everything appeared to go fine (confirmed BIOS was for the right board, update and verify worked). However, when the machine is powered on it just spins all fans and does some access to the dvd drive.
This mobo apparently has a crashfree 3 bios, but I can't get it to boot anything from dvd (tried freedos, fedora, original mobo cdrom). If I remove all memory it does beep on power on, but I can't get beeps out of it any other way. Nothing is displayed on the screen. I've removed all cards (video (it has on-board video too) and firewire) and tried a single DIMM in each slot. I removed the battery and cleared the CMOS memory.
It seems that Asus decided to solder the BIOS onto the motherboard - I'm sure my patience and soldering skills aren't up to replacing that. Any thoughts on whether this can be revived?
Thanks in advance.
Update: Thanks for the responses. The video card is a Radeon HD 3870, but removing it doesn't improve things. I tried a number of new fixes from the asus forum link, but no luck. So it looks like upgrade time is coming around early.
I realise this is probably just unlucky (or not, based on panda's comment), but I'm staying away from Asus this time. | hardware |
[TOMT] Early 80s movie where house caught fire because of paint on walls? | This was a show or movie that aired on TV circa 1984. The scene I remember showed a 30-ish couple who had just purchased or inherited a house to renovate; it was all they had in the world; then they were painting it when all of a sudden smoke poured from the windows in the top of the house. The woman runs into the yard, or is already in the yard, screaming; the husband runs out a few seconds later, embraces her, crying, and they look up at the house while watching it burn, their dreams destroyed in front of their eyes. The house had somehow caught fire because of the fresh paint on the walls. | tipofmytongue |
Trees, I'm a [0], but I was a [7] yesterday when I had this thought. | Backflips.
People who can do standing backflips will, nearly always, at some point, become physically incapable to do a backflip. This means that every time you see someone doing a backflip and feel bad because you can't, that person will someday fall on his neck because he can no longer do it. | trees |
Bottle filling with flip top bottles | First time brewer here with a question. I have a bunch of green 1 Liter flip-top (grolsch-style) bottles that I am going to use for bottling. How much space should I leave when filling them up? | Homebrewing |
Breaking into Robotics. Where do I begin? | So I've lurked this subreddit for a while and there seem to be some really knowledgeable people here. I am a high level programmer with mostly experience in .NET and python and I've always been fascinated with the idea of controlling hardware through programming, but have never been exposed to that side of computing and engineering. I now have the time and resources to start some projects thats I've been interested in attempting, but I have no idea where to begin. Does anyone have suggestions on books I should read or should I attempt to dive right in on a simple project and learn the ropes from there? | robotics |
Why won't you bastards just DRIVE RIGHT? | Just got back from a road trip and this was just driving me nuts.
What exactly is your mindset?
Are you just blissfully ignorant that you are fuckin up the flow? Why exactly do you fuckin get in the left lane only to go exactly as fast as the right lane? When there are only 2 lanes, it's a goddamn huge cockblock. Seriously wtf is goin on in your heads?
Maybe I'm an asshole who's just trying to get where he's goin. Or am I a maniac because I'm faster than you? Seriously, what gives? | rant |
I give up reddit....please help me find a game to consume some time. | I've come along more free time recently then I've had in about 8 years and wanted to get back into gaming. Problem is i can't find anything that pulls me in. I have a 360 ... any suggestions ? | gaming |
What is the best food to eat to fuel your body before exercise? | I am in a men's soccer league that plays on Sunday's.
I'll usually wake up and have a salad with some chicken in it, but by the time the game comes around I am feeling a little shaky like I'm running on empty.
I've always heard you should eat carbs an hour or so before exercise to fuel your body. What are the best things to eat before you exercise that aren't too heavy but will get rid of that shaky feeling when you're running a little low? | Fitness |
Can someone explain Game Theory to me? | I've heard a lot of references and done a bit of research on the web, but can someone explain the concept in simple terms?
Edit: Thanks for the replies all. It makes more sense now. | reddit.com |
IAMA Canon DSLR repair technician, AMA | After several requests in /r/photography to do an AMA, I figure I might as well go ahead and do it. I can tell you almost anything, so feel free to ask.
EDIT: Doesn't seem to be much interested, only posted as the other camera repair technician on here specialized in point and shoot. Headed to work now, I'll check when I get home. | IAmA |
Why I don't think Jacob has been reincarnated as... | ...Sayid. When MIB/Nemesis/Monster/Flocke took over Locke's identity, Locke's body remains. He didn't takeover his body, just his identity. Like a shape-shifter. How he got ahold of his emotions/thoughts I am not sure. There is obviously some sort of supernatural stuff going on that hasn't been completely revealed.
Just stating that if the writers are following the guidelines for one of the two "gods" taking over a character, Jacob inhabiting Sayid's actual body doesn't fit with previously established "rules".
Also when you watch this season promo, it doesn't look like Jacob has taken over Sayid's body. It looks like a scared Sayid being tortured by the Others.
*I guess I should add: the reason I say this is because most people today are discussing it as a possibility.* | lost |
Who else wants a Steam for RPG products? | Now that publishers are trying to make more money off of supplements, etc, would you want to see some Steam-like digital delivery platform across RPG publishers? Sure, you still couldnt get minis and stuff but I would love to get settings, etc. this way.
With so many laptops at game tables now, I could see it working. | rpg |
My friends and I are going to try DXM this weekend. A couple questions. | Were going to go into town to find some DXM at a drug store and I have a few questions before we trip.
Where would be the best place to get pure DXM? Rite Aid CVS?
How much should we take in order to trip?
Is there way to find out if you are allergic to it before you trip? I saw some horror stories on tripping while allergic.
Is DXM the same as the legendary purple drank? Or am I mistaken?
Also if you have any extra information of your own experience or a guide on the whole process, please feel free to add. | Drugs |
Anybody else using geektool? | Curious how other people are using geektool ( I've had fun over the last few days customizing my desktop. | apple |
Is consume spirit standard legal? | I'm a old player, but I didn't really get into magic until Onslaught block, than after Kamigawa I stopped. I just got the Mono Black Vampire deck from Zendikar, and I want to bump it up to 60 cards with what I got so far (cards only from Kamigawa down) I looked at spoiler lists, and didn't see consume spirit, but some people in starcitygames are saying to put that card in vampire decks. So is it legal or not? | magicTCG |
I am a Redditor that doens't give 2 shits about Karma. AMA | I have been going to Digg and Reddit since they were new. finally signing up to whore a couple of youtube NES spoofs I made. (Couple went semi-viral then got yanked). I have been known to troll. (Typo in thread title was done on purpoe) I leave cutting, and thus quickly downvoted comments on whiny threads that belong on a teenagers Myspace. I leave ruthless comments on idiots that do AMA's for not wearing condoms or other dumb shit. I have never, nor do I ever plan on giving a fuck about Karma. Ask me anything. | IAmA |
Dear /r/Music: I need help changing my narrowminded musical tastes and have tried everything, please help! | So, I love Metal and rock. I've began to venture into death/melodic death metal and am loving it but... anyway, I listen to this, the occassional popish song (maybe a few dozen songs out of a play list of thousands) and a few videogame/movie albums too. I cant seem to enjoy much else! I've tried older rock, and I just dont "feel" it. It doesnt get me thinking, or excited, or pump me up, or inspire me. I've tried classical and although I appreciate it, anything besides Bethoven's Moonlight Sonata doesnt stick.
Friends have tried giving me The Beatles, The Doors, Them Crooked Vultures, Dave Matthews Band, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Greenday, Fallout Boy, and many other bands, but I can't ever enjoy them, and I know how sacreligious that sounds to say. Its not that I hate the bands or think they're untalented, I just can never listen to the music and have it stick, even after numerous listens through.
Anyway, everyone I know gives me crap because I listen to a relatively narrow genre, so, I'm trying to fix that.
For some insight into what I do like: A Perfect Circle, Tool, Otep, In Flames, Slipknot, System of a Down, Static X, Disturbed, Dethklok, pre Minutes to Midnight era Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Five Finger Death Punch, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Puscifer, Rob Zombie, Sevendust, Trivium. There are a few bands outside of these I listen to, but I don't want to list them as people recommend bands similar to those more abstract ones, and I don't like them at all, so, I'm trying to stick to more of the "core" of the music I listen to, but if you want more, I can certainly give.
I have spent lots of time in /r/ Music looking at the many different youtube links but so far nothing has fit my tastes as a proper segue. Please help | Music |
Dear Reddit, my wife REALLY wants a baby. What should I name it? | If I get her knocked up sooner rather then later, I get to name the baby anything I want. ANYTHING.
I didn't believe her, but I have already gotten an okay on: "Skeletor", "Chewbacca", and my personal favorite "Th_" (THUNDERSCORE)
What other awesome names can I torture my wife with/curse my unconcieved child with? | AskReddit |
Dear Reddit, what are some of the best RSS feeds that you follow? | I'm always looking for some good new material, opinions and insight on, well, just about everything. Are there some good (or even great) RSS feeds that you follow that I may not know about? | reddit.com |
US Redditors: Could you explain the "Nigger" thing to those outside the US ( or at least to those of us who live in areas without a significant "brown" population? | An african-american can use it, right? An african american can call a caucasian "honky", "whitey", or whatever, and call themselves in certain occasions "Nigger", but the reverse isn't allowed? What's the deal with other major ethnic groups? | AskReddit |
HAE ever been usurped by "The Ex" in a new relationship? | Met a girl, hit it off great, got lots of common interest and great personal chemistry. Soon we're all over each other and seeing each other like every other day. A couple weeks later, she's already introduced me to her friends, made plans for me to meet her parents and made several references to our "relationship" though we weren't yet "officially" together.
Then out of the blue yesterday she tells me she met her Ex for coffee that morning and has decided to get back with him. Through text messages no less. Anybody been sucker punched like this? | DoesAnybodyElse |
Question: Now that we know who/what the smoke monster is (spoilers inside, obviously) why do you think that it... | ... helped Ben out and attacked Keamy and his men? What are the implications of, or reasons for, this?
Think of *everything* that Smokey (MiB/Esau/Flocke) has done in the series. Who it killed. Who it spared. Why would Jacob's nemesis have done these things? Was it all simply part of a master plan to create this loophole, and if so, why/how?
I'm particularly curious about the attack from the barracks on Keamy and his team though. If Smokey is a security system for the island, then it makes more sense, or was it trying to protect its plan to exploit the loophole (though Ben wouldn't have known about that at the time). | lost |
I've spent the last year riding my bicycle around the USA, Canada and Mexico. AMA | After being laid off in early 2009 I decided to hit the road and see the world (was director of operations for a web hosting company). Sold everything I owned, told my wife I was going fishing and started riding north. From my home in South Florida I rode up to Fairbanks, Alaska, stopping along the way to see family in Atlanta, Tennessee and at a campground in Banff National Park.
After visiting Denali (stunning!) I took a train to Anchorage and then a ferry to Vancouver Island. Eventually I made it down the coast before crossing into Mexico (at Tijuana). Got sick, healed, rode down the Baja and then took a (very) last minute ferry to Mazatlan.
My stay in Mexico so far has been amazing. The people here are incredibly friendly, the food is delicious (and I eat a lot!) and there is so much to see. I stopped in Guadalajara for 3 weeks and took a Spanish class because it was so frustrating not to be able to have a conversation with all the people I was meeting.
I'm in Uruapan right now waiting for it to stop raining. After Mexico it's down through Central America where I'll hop on a boat from Panama to Columbia to continue my ride to Argentina. After that I want to fly over to New Zealand and then maybe check out SE Asia.
* Miles ridden so far: 10,732 (17,271 km)
* Most miles in one day: 112 (180 km)
* Top speed: 43 mph (69 km/h)
* Tires used: 3
* Miles ass has hurt: 10,732 (17,271 km)
Here are some pictures.
And here's my bike give or take. Sorry 'bout the crocs but it beats standing barefoot in motel room/cg showers sometimes.
Ask away. Just kidding about the wife BTW.
edit: I'm really not married. No wife left behind.
edit: 2/5 It finally stopped raining so I'm back on the road. If any more question come in I'll try to answer them within a couple days. Thanks for all the great questions so far! | IAmA |
Instead of a spam tab, why not just leave the submissions in the new queue, but highlighted in Red? | The way it is done with comments: just leave them in their normal place, but still spam marked. It would make them easier for mods to see | ideasfortheadmins |
The best explanation of last night's LOST premier episode that I've found... | I think I've got a good grasp of what happened last night, so I'll do my best to explain.
The bomb worked. However, it didn't work as we expected - we thought it would be Back to the Future style and they'd suddenly be teleported into their lives as they would have been had they not ever come to the island. Well that can't happen. What happened instead is that we now were given a new timeline - an alternate timeline - one where the island sunk in or around the 70's.
To further explain, we have Timeline Original and Timeline Alternate:
Timeline Original: This is the show as we've observed it the last few seasons. Oceanic 815 crashes, the Losties fight for suvival, etc. Eventually, Jack & Co. find their way off the island, but Sawyer, Locke & Co. begin their odyssey through time, eventually settling in the past. After a few years, Jack & Co. return to the island and get transported back in time to the 70's with the rest of their friends. They hatch their plan to blow up the bomb to "correct" everything and prevent them from ever coming to the island. Their plan works...but rather than transporting them into their life as it would have been if they'd never came to the island, it instead takes them back to their "present" - in other words, it puts them exactly where they would have been if they'd never left the island or flashed back in time.
Timeline Alternate: This alternate timeline is the fruit of their labor. When the bomb blew up, it spawned a new timeline - in this timeline, the island sinks in or around 1977. This changes everything. The hatch is never built in this timeline, because the island sinks and presumably everyone either leaves the island or dies on it. Therefore, they safely fly "over" the island and arrive at their destination.
Now to expand on this and provide some "evidence."
Jack recognizes Desmond, but Desmond doesn't recognize Jack: In Timeline Original, Jack and Desmond first met in that stadium. If memory serves me, Desmond was there training for his voyage around the world - the same voyage that eventually caused him to crash on the island. When Jack and Desmond finally met on the island, they remembered eachother from this first meeting.
But this is where it gets interesting. On the plane in Timeline Alternate, Jack recognizes Desmond, but Desmond doesn't recognize Jack. This gives me the impression that that meeting at the stadium never happened in Timeline Alternate. That's why Desmond doesn't recognize Jack. But why doesn Jack recognize Desmond? My guess is that there's some crossover of memories and feelings between Timeline Original and Timeline Alternate. That's a potential explanation for the scratch on Jack's neck.
But why didn't they meet at the stadium? Well as mentioned, Desmond was there because he was training for that voyage. That voyage was prompted because of the tension that Charles Widmore was causing in Desmond and Penny's relationship. But if the island sunk, then Charles very well could have been on it and died. Therefore, he's not alive in Timeline Alternate to cause that tension - so Desmond and Penny's relationship theoretically could have existed happily without issue, and therefore no need for his voyage...so he never went to the stadium. Or it could be even simpler - he and Penny may have never met in Timeline Alternate, possibly because she was never born or possibly because of happenstance.
Ultimately, this is all theory of course. But it's a reasonably sound theory that exists within the parameters of what TPTB have established to us as the laws of this universe. | entertainment |
I'm looking for a new series to watch. But first let me illustrate my standards: | My Triumvirate: Ghost in the Shell (SAC I & II), Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo.
Ergo Proxy, Lain, Gunslinger Girl, and Samurai 7 all deserve honorable mention, but they don't come close to the complete package offered by the former three.
What I'd really like is something comparable to SAC: something with some literary depth and historical context, a tight plot (i.e no stupid decisions for the sake of advancing the story), lots of content (i.e not spending 5-15 minutes of every episode on replays; action scenes rare but well-employed), good character development, a sense of "realism" (as in, following a consistent and apparent set of physical/social rules), and a well-constructed story arc. I should also add- one thing SAC did *really, really* well that I'd like to see in another series were the endings. Both SAC1 and 2 had very clean, effective endings that, even on rewatching, still bring me to tears.
Are there other series around which stand up to this, or have I been spoiled?
Are my standards here too high? | anime |
DAE drive the 405 freeway in Los Angeles every day and think that we are entitled to proactive traffic solutions? (Discuss) | For those of you that don't know, the 405 in LA is known as the "parking lot." I drive 30 miles to work (temporarily) and it takes me an hour and a half every morning and night, at least. On a Saturday night, the drive takes 30 minutes. I'm sure there are plenty of places in the US and around the world that have terrible traffic, so you probably understand, and I'm not trying to say that we have it worst or whatever (even though many say we do).
It seems to me that there is no progressive thought when it comes to tackling our traffic issues in Los Angeles (maybe anywhere?). I wonder if anyone is working on it, if anyone is willing to actually take chances and make decisions that could change our situation. I have plenty of ideas but obviously no way to implement them. What do you guys think? Why is nothing done?
To elaborate on my stance: I think a large percentage of traffic comes from shitty drivers, and while I would love to tackle that issue, I'm more concerned with structural changes or procedural changes to at least ATTEMPT to fix the traffic situation here. I feel like nothing is done, nobody tries anything, and it makes me sad that we don't do anything as a society to fix our traffic issues.
Let me know what you guys think! | DoesAnybodyElse |
DAE try to upvote/downvote comments at other
sites? | I was browsing Slashdot and saw a comment and immediately started looking for the 'upvote' arrow. I got a little sad when I remembered where I was.
Granted, most forums have their own moderation systems, but they're not nearly as swank. | DoesAnybodyElse |
I loved Uncharted 2, any other games I should try? | Uncharted 2 just blew me away, total package of amazing gameplay, graphics, voice acting, etc.
Can you guys think of any other games that blew you away? | PS3 |
My girlfriend is going out with another man tomorrow night. Is it right to feel jealous? | My girlfriend is going out with another man tomorrow night. When I asked what they were going to do she said "Dinner, drinks."
Am I right for categorizing this as a date? It feels like an open relationship - not what I signed up for.
She has secretly met other men before and when I confronted her she said it wasn't as it seemed. They all tend to be older men in a position of power. | relationship_advice |
I was awarded $200k in an injury settlement from being hit by a car while cycling. AMA | A few details:
* I was bicycling & got hit by a car that had no business driving into me. There was no question of liability, which is why it was settled out of court.
* It took 4 years to get the money. Lawyer took 25%, which is better than the going rate. He worked on discount because it was such an open& shut case. even then, 4 years?
* Injury: bones of lower leg were splintered into about 5 pieces, some of which broke the skin. 1 emergency reconstructive surgery & another one later on. Had blood clots. I have a cool scar.
* I'd rather it never happened and I hadn't gotten the money. I lost too much of those years and my leg will never be right again. Having the money doesn't fix that. I limp sometimes. I was planning on going dancing the night I got hit :(
* I actually felt bad for the driver. She was clearly racked with guilt. She made a mistake. How many mistakes do we all make - and luckily get away with? I never spoke with her after the accident.
* I haven't done anything with the money, which I got last summer. I'm intimidated by it. I avoid financial matters in general and I don't want to do the "wrong" thing with it. It's in a CD. I only took a few thousand out of it to pay off credit card debts I accrued while I was out of work. I'd never had a credit card balance before then. I only let myself go into a bit of debt as an indulgence, knowing the payoff was coming. Other than that, I haven't touched the settlement money - not even to buy a nice dinner.
* Medical and injury insurance and law is completely dysfunctional.
AMA | IAmA |
Why does everyone expect realism on a work of fiction? Or: The polar bears have already been explained | I don't know about you, but if I see a movie or a TV show or play a game or read a book, it's because I want to see something extraodinary. I don't care if it's something that could never happen in real life. If stories were limited to that, they would be very tedious.
Yes, they time travel in Lost and it's completely unrealistic. So what? It's a fantastic story. It really feeds the imagination. I just don't understand why everything needs to be tied down to the boring realities of this world. | reddit.com |
How were the situations with Ben and Sayid being healed at the temple different/similar? | Both of these characters were shot, apparently fatally (Ben was shot by Sayid!). Both were taken to the temple (it would seem at least, in Ben's case) and both emerged healed. When Ben was healed, Richard said something about the process making him one of them, forever. No such caveats were mentioned with Sayid. We don't know if Ben actually flatlined at any point, but to me, the process was probably the same. And yet no one is making any claims about Ben being a reincarnation of anybody... | lost |
DAE think Journey is overrated? | Especially Don't Stop Believin'. Whenever it comes on my friends get all excited and start singing along, and I simply ಠ_ಠ. Why do people like it so much? | DoesAnybodyElse |
Reddit, what do you do at work when things are reaaally slow to a point of aggravation/boredom? | Obviously, surf reddit. But really, I'm about to make it very clear to my boss that I'm bored to tears and they better occupy me soon or I might spontaneously combust. | AskReddit |
Do You Understand World Debt ?? Try this map. |
... it's a subject that has been done to death especially on the Economics reddit. I thought I got it, but well - I don't.
I heard on the radio today that, along with Iceland, the countries of Greece and Ireland are also chronically gripped by debt. We all know about US debt and UK debt. We know also about the 3rd world debt that Bono keeps banging on about....so every last man Jack of us is in debt.
So who is the creditor ?
Is there some mobster threatening to smash us if we don't pay up ? No. What then, is creating the pressure on our economies and societies ?
If we are all suffering cut backs, job losses and recession, because we are simply in debt to EACH OTHER ....why don't we just cut each other some slack ?
Perhaps the debt-map after the link, shows that debt or usury has in fact matured into something intrinsically evil. Maybe it always was. | reddit.com |
I have never had the opportunity to leave North America. In less than one year, I will move somewhere I have never been before. Throw a dart at a map, or listen to reddit? | I'm a single, 25 year-old man, with a college education.
I plan on working wherever I go (not a vacation), and I speak both English and Spanish.
I have never had the opportunity to leave North America, as my family was fairly poor. Now that I am on my own, and I have the resources to do what I want, I would like to see the world.
My question is, where should I go?
Better yet, if you had the opportunity, where would you go?
I am open to anywhere besides the USA. | AskReddit |
Orlando meetup was a success! Here are the pics! | So the meetup was last Sunday at Johhny's Filling Station]( in O-town. We agreed to meet up at 5. I was there with my [husband]( a little early, so I sat at the bar and waited for others to show up. Not knowing what anyone looked like, I finally approached [a table of people and shyly asked them if they were expecting any more people to join them.
sfgeek]( who is the one who [organized this whole thing]( turned around, and upon seeing me in my reddit t-shirt, [welcomed me with open arms]( Although, with our reddit gear in stow, we were clearly [breaking the rules of the bar]( We talked for a while and had beers, and the guys enjoyed [Orlando's Best Burgers]( (that guy is a lurker). After that, [malandro]( showed up and taught me about [Panama hats
A little while later, we decided to play some pool!]( (the guy in the panty-dropping 3 wolf shirt is our own [timophy]( It was a good game until [sfgeek]( prematurely [knocked in the 8-ball]( and won the game for [me, malandro, hectorhector, and Kid Rock.
And guess what? He did it again]( in the second game! When I tried to congratulate him for winning the game for the other team twice in a row, he [was not amused]( [SafetyDance and hectorhector]( decided to join forces, and the pool playing continued until some random person across the bar could be heard yelling "BACON GREASE" at the top of his lungs, and like good redditors, we all [turned to see if something important just happened.
Tl;dr We had a freaking blast! | meetup |
Hey reddit musicians, what is your practice regime? | * What is your primary instrument and how long have you been playing? Do you consider yourself to be technically proficient?
* Do you have a strict practice routine you stick to or do you pick up your instrument when you feel like it?
* How much time do you spend on music theory? Is it a part of your routine ?
* What are the biggest factors that influence your practice? Time?
* Do you regularly jam with friends or a band? If so, does this constitute writing songs or practicing?
* When you come across a difficult piece to play, how do you perfect it?
* If you don't practice regularly, is it because you've reached a certain point in life where you realize you'll never be a rockstar? Hence the lack of willingness to be better? | AskReddit |
By the power of Google.. I.... AM...... TECH SUPPORTMAN!! Maybe? | Afternoon Reddit!
I'm looking for advice on a very simple idea:
1)Print off flyers.
2)Fix computers for computer-illiterate people
3)Profit.
I'm not a Tech-God like most here, but when people ask: "Can you fix/upgrade my computer/printer/router?" with enough googling and simple screwdriver skills, I get it done.
Since my degree provides me with zero marketable skills, (Who wants some Gfp-expressing bacteria made CHEAP?! Noone.) I figure blowing out clogged heatsinks and updating drivers for prices below Geek Squad's (with the obvious caveat that if I can't fix it, they don't pay) might work.
What does the hivemind think? I'm sure many of you have done it. | AskReddit |
I would just like to know, for the sake of what our friendship did mean, should I try to have a talk with her about it all? I mean, we were close and whatnot; or should I just drop it all right now. | The original post. Quite long, so the TL;DR: College students, girl dumps boy, gets new bf, appears to weaken, hardens up again.
I'm the boy. Question is, she made the last outreach to talk, so should I make one to her to just let her know whats on my mind. | relationship_advice |
Ask Reddit: Do stats exist to correlate performance of a post with the time it was posted? | I'm always curious why some posts catch on and others don't. Anecdotally I've noticed that items posted at certain hours of the day seem to be more likely to make it to the front page.
Is there anyway to test this? Could you look at the performance of similar articles posted at different times of the day? It would be tough to control for other variables, such as source, headline, and poster so maybe just checking the age of front page articles each hour might be a better first cut. Does Reddit even publish stats that would allow this kind of analysis?
I'm not a spammer (check my anemic postings...I mostly lurk and comment.) and don't want to give spammers any tools to game the site. I'm just curious about stuff like this. | AskReddit |
Trying to hire the right person for a position... | The company I work for is trying to hire someone to replace me, thing is they are not sure what to call the position because the current title, Web Manager, is not accurate.
These are the requirements for the position:
This position is mostly concerned with converting Microsoft Word docs to content formatted for the web.
**Required Skills**
* Must be able to hand-code HTML/XHTML
* Must be able to hand-code inline CSS as well as stylesheets
* Must be familiar with Drupal 6 including editing/creation of themes and new site set-up/configuration as well as maintenance and updating of content
* Must be able to use an FTP client such as Filezilla or WinSCP
* Must be comfortable troubleshooting and researching issues
**Bonus Skills**
* Familiar with eBook requirements for Kindle and other eBook readers
* Familiar with Adobe Dreamweaver
* Familiar with Adobe Photoshop
* Comfortable using a Mac or willing to learn
These all seem like pretty basic skills that any novice/amateur designer/developer would know. Anyone have suggestions for a better title than "Web Manager"? | web_design |
What are some good Psychology websites? | I would like to know some Psychology websites to start more of a general knowledge of the subject. Do you guys have any places that are good for information, and entertaining to read, without being an encyclopedia or an archive? | psychology |
Hey, Reddit, just got engaged on Friday. Any good wedding preparation tips? | I finally ponied up and proposed on Friday to a tearful, gleefully smiling girlfriend (now fiance).
We've decided to get married May, 2011 and while I depend on Reddit for my daily dose of awesome, I figured I'd ask you, Reddit, what advice can you give us in planning this thing.
Couple key points:
* We have a decent budget
* We have lots of kids in the family
* Open bar of course! (not for the kids)
Any help or advice *(besides running from her as fast as my legs/car/plane can go)* from those of you that have experience in this area would be great!
**EDIT:** Thank you so much everyone! The advice that you have put in here is tremendous and we poured over it last night and took some notes (we are holding some of these comments as gospel)! We even had a couple laughs (we're looking at you dmcblue). | AskReddit |
I want to switch from my current bank (BoA) to a more fiscally responsible (and less evil) bank. Any suggestions? | I'm tired of supporting these banks who basically gamble with our deposits. Banks are not going to accept financial regulation unless we (the consumer) put some pressure on them--or at least make them realize that their current model of financing risky assets with [pretty much] free consumer deposits is not acceptable to us. It creates bubbles in the economy and when larger banks are backed by the U.S. government, we pay the price.
Obviously I'm interested in switching banks, but I don't want to scrap the convenience of being able to access an ATM or bank from the few large cities I frequent. I'm also interested in avoiding large fees and overdraft charges.
My question is, out of the large[ish] banks, which one has the best history of consumer protection and conservative finances? Anyone have a GOOD experience dealing with overdraft protection? | reddit.com |
Someone needs to write a book titled: "What's so bad about shellfish?" | I'd like to write it myself, but I doubt I'd be able to because of the expenses and time. I'd like to see someone basically give a lecture on the subject of shellfish and the bible passages that label it an abomination among other things. I would like to see a scientific look into the various species of shellfish and, with it, any irony involved between shell fish and religion. Just for fun and for the sake of argument.
If anyone knows of a book like that already then gimme gimme a link =D | atheism |
Sometimes, a video game comes along that has this certain aspect that causes me to be unable to put it down. | Bear with me here, this is going to be a bit odd to explain. Sometimes a game comes along that sucks me in so much, that I can't help but play it, and *only* it, until I complete the game (or at least get as far as I can). I can only think to describe that feature as "gradual introduction of features/rewards".
Some examples I can think of off the top of my head are:
Harvest Moon (most of the series)
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Zelda (again, most of the series)
Knights in the Nightmare
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
I'm sure there are others, and better examples, but that's just a little rundown to give an idea. Basically, it's when a video game starts off as fairly simple (not always, but usually), and as you progress, more elements are introduced. Either through items granting you new abilities, or new game elements as you progress through the game. Essentially, it's the polar opposite of games like standard FPS where you are dropped in and told, "here's how the game is played, now go play it". Don't get me wrong, I love FPS, but the very start of the game is really no different from many hours later.
A lot of RPGs do this as well, but sometimes it's all expected/cliche anyway (new characters, new magic, new areas, yawn). There's also a close relationship with collection in this aspect of games, I've noticed. Harvest Moon, for example. You start out with a tiny house, on a crappy farm by yourself. But over time, you expand the house, plant crops-a-plenty, keep multiple farm animals, get married, have a kid (and sometimes play through multiple generations), and generally the near end/end of the game is far more complicated than the start. Games like Knights in the Nightmare, on the other hand, are complicated as hell from the very start. Yet, you learn how to play better as you go. You pick up on better strategies, what items work best on what, what units are most effective in situations, etc.
So r/gaming, I ask you, am I just being picky here or has anyone else noticed/cared about this? Also, what other games can you think of that might fit this little category I seem to think exists?
edit: formatting. | gaming |
Centuries of being complete assholes to our Latin neighbors, but in the end, the Average American just doesn't give a shit. |
"In 1934 the Avery Porko treaty reaffirming the lease granted Cuba and its trading partners free access through the bay, modified the lease payment from $2,000 in U.S. gold coins per year to the 1934 equivalent value of $4,085 in U.S. dollars, and made the lease permanent unless both governments agreed to break it or until the U.S. abandoned the base property.
After the Cuban Revolution, then-President Dwight Eisenhower insisted the status of the base remained unchanged, despite Fidel Castro's objections. Since then, the Cuban government has cashed only one of the rent checks from the U.S. government, and even then only because of "confusion" in the early days of the leftist revolution, according to Castro. The remaining uncashed checks made out to "Treasurer General of the Republic" (a title that ceased to exist after the revolution) are kept in Castro's office stuffed into a desk drawer. The United States argues that the cashing of the single check signifies Havana's ratification of the lease — and that ratification by the new government renders moot any questions about violations of sovereignty and illegal military occupation. It is countered, however, that the 1903 and 1934 lease agreements were imposed on Cuba under duress and are unequal treaties, no longer compatible with modern international law, and voidable ex nunc pursuant to articles 60, 62, and 64 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. However, Article 4 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties prohibits retroactive application of said Convention to already existing treaties, such as the ones concluded between the US and Cuba in 1903 and 1934" | history |
My ex-boyfriend calls me after ignoring me for 6 months to rant that I'm a horrible person | We dated for 3 years in a long distance relationship. The distance was painful, so I finally decide that it would be mentally healthier for me to break up with him. I start a new relationship, but my ex takes the break up really hard, especially when I refuse to see him because it would be emotionally unhealthy for me while trying to get over him. We end up getting together a few times. We remain good friends, email/ call regularly. We still loved each other and hoped it could work out in the future. He later starts a new relationship, too. For the next three months, we talk less, start to get over each other.
But then, my boyfriend says he could be interested in this other girl if he got to know her better. I am in no way ok with this, things go downhill because our personalities don't match, and we break up. I was going through a hard time and call my ex for guidance. I start thinking he was probably the best for me, and I miss him terribly. I call him more. He's friendly, but not as affectionate. One day, he says he doesn't want us to say "I love you" anymore (even though we've been saying it this whole time) because of his girlfriend.
I'm hurt. I felt us drifting, so I make plans to fly out and see him. I try to work a plan with him to be together in the future. He's cold about this and says I shouldn't call anymore because I bother his girlfriend. A few emails later, he disappears for months. I email him, call him, text him, tell him how angry/hurt I am, how his girlfriend has him under her thumb. Then she calls me, just asking for my thoughts. I politely told her that I was *not* a threat to her; I'd only have a chance with my ex a year from then, when he graduated college. And she wasn't a threat to me because they wouldn't even be in the same place by then because of school and careers. Unless she dropped out of school to move with him, we didn't interfere with each other. But still nothing. The last email I sent asked to meet with him for closure.
But then, I get a call from him. He goes on to say, after not talking to me for *six months*, how the whole thing was my fault. He goes on about how I was was selfish, so he *had* to stop talking to me. He goes on to say he doesn't want to date me again, after ignoring and hurting me for so long.
I'm so hurt and angry. Physical distance forced us to break up, but we promised each other that we would be lovers forever, even if we dated or loved other people. We had so much together, and he's giving it up. Reddit, what do you do when people are unfair like this? | reddit.com |
My dad is trying to find out what his stamp collection is worth. Anyone know where to look? | My dad's selling a bunch of his old stuff (comics & stamps) since our family needs the money and he can't work. I know this stuff is only worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, but I've been trying to find some database that has some standard market price listings or can tell me if something's rare or not. I'm reluctant to take it to someone in the city (Chicago) to have them appraised because I'm pretty sure he got ripped off for some of his comics and I just don't want it to happen again. However, if anyone knows of an honest joe we can take them to that would be great, too. | AskReddit |
Discrete mathematics set theory problem! | I just cant solve this :(
"Explain why the arbitrary amounts of M1, M2, M3, M4 must always apply to (M1 U M3) \ (M2 U M4) C (M1 \ M2) U (M3 \ M4) " | math |
"Youth is wasted on the young" - How so? | This quote has been floating around my head lately and I can't seem to make sense of it. Is youth the time to be frivolous and stupid? Or is that the waste? If my time and energy was placed somewhere productive would I not have wasted my youth?
In your experience, what part of your youth was 'wasted' ? | AskReddit |
How do I learn celestial navigation? | I have free time and would like to learn something. How hard is it to learn celestial navigation on my own? | AskReddit |
I'm going to try a low carb diet. what should be my fat, protein, fiber intake be? | I was trying a low calorie diet but it doesn't seem to be working i didn't realize i added alot of carbs even though i took out fat and protein. what i want to know is what i should be taking in for fat protein and fiber. it seems like a low carb diet is close to what i would eat before i went to a low calorie diet. using calorieconnect.com if figured a meal plan close to what i normally ate would be cal=2272 fat 126, carbs 17, protein 256, fiber 3. it seems like that could be to much protein. any suggestions or websites that might help?
tl;dr I'm 6'3 258lbs, any suggestions or websites to help me calculate fat, protein, carb, and fiber intake? | Fitness |
Want to do something really special for Valentines day ... explanation inside. | Here's the back story. I am a 27 year old single father who just met what seems to be the women on my dreams. She's hesitant to give her heart to me as she's been hurt just as badly as I have in the past. (she's a single mom) We don't want to move too fast and hurt each other if something comes up that isn't compatible between the two of use, but we both know in our hearts that there is something that is certainly of value between the two of us. We are both very busy so we only get to see each other every couple of days, and even then it's just for a few hours before I have to head home. (or go to bed, as I've stayed at her place/she's stayed at mine (no sex))
I would like to do something very special for her for Valentines day that will show her how much I care about her. Money is somewhat of an issue right now since I am a single father and a freelancer, at that. I have money to spend on her though, it just needs to be reasonable ... so no whirlwind tours of Europe or anything like that.
TL;DR: Just met a girl, she's afraid to give her heart to me, I would like to do something very special for her for valentines day. It must be semi-cheap, but still very special.
TIA,
Digital | relationship_advice |
Need suggestions for Valentine's Day restaurant? | My GF is a chef here in the city and reads ALL the food blogs / articles / etc. on a daily basis. Hence, my fear is that it is possible to make a reservation somewhere, and even if it looks good in some article, she will invariably know the Executive Chef and know that this is his 2nd project and his first one was really stupid, or that she is some talentless winner of a season of Top Chef but her food isn't really that inspired, or what have you.
Granted, she won't tell me it's a stupid place - but I want to find a place that she will genuinely find awesome. Doesn't have to be new. Just needs to be great food and someplace that is emerging or established in the foodie scene. Can anybody help? Cuisine-type and location are not factors, so long as it is good shit.
Looking to spend less than $200 if possible. Thanks in advance.
Edit: Just booked a rez at Employees Only for suggestions, as I think she may have been here already. | nyc |
Drivers of Reddit, what is the best way to learn to drive a stick shift? | I'm ashamed to admit this, but I'm in my 30's and I still don't know how to drive stick. :(
I already own an automatic, so with that in mind, what's the best way to learn? Buy a beater? Rent a wreck? Borrow a friend's? Thanks... | AskReddit |
I'm at a crossroads, and for the life of me I don't know what to do. | Some background: I was raised a Christian, more specifically Assemblies of God. I was required to attend church services all the time, rain or shine. Which was fine. I genuinely enjoyed it. I got a good laugh from reading some of the crazy stories in the Bible, enjoyed the generally upbeat music, and even spoke in tongues and felt the Holy Spirit. Youth group was amazing, I made a lot of friends who spiritually believed what I believed. I wore the "Jesus is my homeboy" t-shirts, and voted Republican. I was anti-gay marriage and anti-abortion. I loved Jesus. I loved Christianity. I loved it all.
Then I started to shift. I started seeing problems in logic and reasoning. I discovered liberal Christianity and the emerging church and it's doctrines. I discovered XXXChurch and Shane Claiborne books. Relevant magazine and HM magazine shifted my worldview of Christianity. Made me realize that the Christian bubble was kinda crazy and kinda neat at the same time.
I changed majors from Chemistry to Philosophy. I studied Descartes, Kant, and all the big guys in Philosophy. I researched Islam and Scientology and started to enjoy reading up on Buddhism and Taoism. But I still loved Jesus. I got "In Christ Alone" tattooed on my arm as a devotion symbol.
Now I don't know. I'm 24 and my worldview is changing again. Theism is starting to bother me, at least the specific claims of Christianity, Islam, and the others. I don't find the Bible infallible, morally correct, and to put it bluntly: It's just not very nice.
I feel I'm on the verge of Agnosticism. Heck, I'm already there. I just don't know if there's a God anymore. I still think Jesus is neat, and I don't regret the tattoo (but I'm starting to wonder if I don't regret it because I want it to be real no matter what since it's permanently on me).
I get more spiritual redemption through a good film and conversation than any church service could ever do for me. I'm becoming pantheistic almost now. I think God is everywhere and in everything.
I can't yet believe or convince myself that there is no God. The idea of it frightens me to death. Not because if I reject God I"ll go to hell (personally, if God sends me to hell, I don't know what I'd do since I tried my damn hardest to figure out this stuff). I'm frightened because my whole life is built around Christianity. My wife is hardcore and has told me so much that my belief in God is one reason we're together. She sees me as a godly man.
But, in reality, I'm a holy mess. I just don't know anymore.
I used to love listening to worship music and explicit Christian bands, now I'd rather hear honesty in music...with the pain and struggles and lust and hope and beauty.
What do I do? Reddit, help. Give me advice.
**A little edit here: My wife and I are together for much more than our common history in Christianity. She's loving, understanding, and we have much more going for us than our religious beliefs. She loves me for more than considering me a godly person. Same as I love her.** | atheism |
What's the one thing about modern society that makes your worry about our future as a species? | I'll go first. For me it's a relapse into a dark ages type scenario. Maybe the establishment of a theocracy. I think it would take a major disaster to do this though, as I believe access to data and free opinion are beyond a 'tipping point' with modern technology. | AskReddit |
My ex's boyfriend is a complete asshole to me | Short version: My ex tried to hook up with me while she's in a relationship. I didn't because her bf and I had become friends but once he found out, instead of breaking up with her for willing to cheat on him, he starts becoming the loving bf to her and a complete asshole to me. It makes me very angry.
Long version: My ex and I split because things got serious, we started talking about marriage, she really wants kids and I don't want any, we were both understanding of the situation and decided to go our separate ways but we remained close friends. A couple of weeks later, she started dating her current bf, they've been together for a year or so. It took some time for him and I to become friendly but eventually from all the time we spent together, we started enjoying each other's company and we were getting along just fine until recently when my ex, on a drunken night, sent me a text telling me how she's still in love with me and how she often misses our sex life. I handled the following events pretty well in my opinion, we talked about it and reminded each other of our strong convictions about the kids issue and although she hinted that she wouldnt mind sleeping with me anyway, I told her that I wouldn't sleep with her while she's in a relationship with another man. We went back to recognizing our boundaries and things are fine now except that her bf saw our texts and although he forgave her, he now is being very passive aggressive with me when she's not around. (for example, whenever we all go out for dinner, he often asks to pay me later and never does, I dont mind this because I make a shitload of money and he still lives off his parents', but the other day he implied that I still owe his gf money from when her and I used to live together which REALLY pissed me off, he's also been very affectionate with her in front of me when he had never done that before).. anyway the point is, he's been really getting on my nerves and today I felt like punching him. Luckily I'm very much in control of my actions so I'm not worried about creating drama, I don't want to get my ex involved in something so stupid but I just don't know how to channel my anger considering her and I work together and we often have to meet up to work on projects (usually at their place, so he wouldnt have to worry about us hooking up). I don't give a shit about whether he likes me or not, I lost any respect I used to have for him. I just want to find a way to not feel like I want to kill somebody every time he tries to provoke me. | relationship_advice |
DAE pride themselves in the fact that they don't own a single Apple product? | I have a sony walkman, google nexus one, harman kardon receiver, sharp monitor, home built pc, 360, ds, psp, ps3, asus eeepc, and a wii. So I have a lot of electronics from different companies, but I'm not fanboy of one, and I ended up avoiding Apple products because they are usually inferior to competition | DoesAnybodyElse |
My warez-bb and rapidshare account were both compromised and blocked today. Whats the best plan of action so this doesn't happen again? | I use a lot of sites that require logins everyday, but for some reason warez-bb and rapidshare were chosen. Does anyone know of any program that specifically chooses these?
I have Microsoft Security Essentials doing a full scan ATM and plan to install others if it doesn't find anything. Can you recommend anything that would have a higher chance of catching this (assuming it's on my computer).
I was using a dodgey site as a proxy earlier this week to get to warez-bb in college, but I didn't go to rapidshare through it. Could there be a link between that and this?
This is the first time in a few years this has happened, and it's so frustrating. Any help at all would be much appreciated :)
*tl;dr:* specifically rapidshare and warez-bb were compromised. What to do? Software to use? and are dodgey proxy sites linked? | AskReddit |
Does anyone have any design philosophies that
make AS3 programming easier? | One thing that I learned is to always break functions down into multiple smaller functions. I learned my lesson with AS2 with my first full designed game. I had some functions that were over a thousands lines of code, and were such a pain to debug, and one change could have a lot of unintentional side effects.
Oh and code reusability. I love making usefull, functions that I can just copy into a new project and not have to change anything to make use of it. | as3 |
Interested in joining <reddit>; apprehensive about playing on a PvP server | I think the title says it all. I've played exclusively on PvE servers since I started playing (this summer) and I've heard horror stories of griefing on PvP servers. I'm not interested in being ganked by 80s while I would rather be farming mats, so I'm wondering how endemic this sort of behaviour is on Sargeras?
Edit: As a sort of addendum, I ended up rolling a DK on Sargeras and joined the guild. Its name is Leiidii if anyone is interested. | redditguild |
Reddit, what are your thoughts on the Montessori Method? | My daughter is 19 months old and I am getting ready to enroll her in a local charter school that is rated pretty high in the nation. There is a large waiting list, so I want to get her on the list.
Anyway, they use the Montessori Method in their elementary age groups. From what I gather, they have small class sizes that are mixed age group wise and try to allow for a nice mixture between independent and structured learning.
Has anyone had any experience with the Montessori Method. What are your thoughts? I have been the regular research (read a few science journals) but I am looking for a more raw view to it.
Thanks.
Edit: Just wanted to point out that we are getting her on a waiting list for a K-12 school. I guess I should have made that a little clearer. I realize it is way off, but the waiting list is that long. Thanks for the responses so far though! | AskReddit |
Any luck with custom projects on Etsy? | Has anyone had experiences using "Alchemy" on Etsy? I want to have a custom wedding dress made, any suggestions? | TwoXChromosomes |
Dear /r/Art, I am and Art History student and looking for online resources. What are some of your favorites? | I guess it doesn't really have to be online resources, but just resources in general. I am away from my school library so that's out of the question and I plan on checking out the local library today. My main emphasis is renaissance and baroque. All suggestions are welcome! | Art |
Java: Private isn't Private | Here's some code:
class superclass{
public superclass(int x){
privvar = x;
}
public boolean equals(Object x){
superclass other=(superclass)x;
return(other.privvar == privvar);
}
private int privvar;
}
class wtf
{
public static void main(String[] args){
superclass sp = new superclass(5);
superclass sp2 = new superclass(5);
System.out.println(sp2.equals(sp)?"true":"false");
}
}
In the class superclass, 'this' is able to read private variables of the parameters. Isn't this an issue? It makes the equals method possible, but it seems like a vulnerability to me.
*edited for formatting* | programming |