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How would this be any different from bringing an equivalent value in "goods"? (whether they are digital or physical)

Watched a fantastic movie about this, Project Nim

Inspiring! The way you used Popcorn.js is engaging, I could see myself using this course. One thing I noticed in your sample chapter is that when I skipped around to see a previous slide, the slides would not change relative to the time. The slide always stays on the last one presented.

In the video he states that the cost would be 30-50% lower because the reactors are very simple. The cost for uranium based fuel is also significantly more expensive (watch the vide). He states that the reason people don't build these is because they don't know about them, or they are stuck in the existing structure of legacy reactor thinking.

The reason that anything new is a pain in the ass is simply because of bureaucracy.

I had all e-mail notifications turned off from when I first logged into facebook. When they added the new groups I started getting e-mails again. I have to go into settings about once a month to turn off the e-mails in some different part of facebook.

I'd love to see what's going on in google+ edkenne@gmail.com

That sounds great. Thank you for explaining what was missing in the article.

I dropped out of high school when I faced a slump like that. 10 years later, I'm still stymied by my lack of diploma. I've found ways around it, and I still get hired. However, from my experience, you must finish high school. I also had problems in grade 10, puberty combined with drugs and a general discontent at what I saw on the news led to a "tune in, turn on, drop out". I don't recommend this path. You have a long life ahead of you and the improvements you make in your life now will be worth much more years down the road.

There are a few things I do these days to increase my will-power. Working out at gym does wonders for my endorphins and dopamine, the neuro transmitters that get shit done. reddit.com/r/fitness has a great FAQ on how to get started with that. Eating healthy, and ensuring you get all the nutrients your body needs to grow and adapt. Eat lots of eggs, fish, fish oil, anything with choline in it. Get lots of good sleep (which should not be hard). You need more sleep at that age, 10 hours is good.

The key thing is to notice the disconnect between mind and body, and work on improving your body mechanics so that it is aligned with your minds purpose. A particular problem I struggled with for most of my post teenage years was what I would call "neophilia" an obsession with something new. I moved from thing to thing never being satisfied. Satisfaction from hard work has to be imprinted through experience. The sense of accomplishment you get from achieving your goals (you have some right?) is something you want to nurture.

There's no real mention of how the game mechanics are integrated. It's not really risk if it's simply "the most checkins wins." No element of chance. Could still be early in the game however.

There's an 'eye in the pyramid' in the building under the large transparent window.

A piece on software written by mere mortals.

I submitted my e-mail and got a syntax error. Great.

An interesting look into that idea is "The Cross Time Engineer" by Leo Frankowski. The main character is an engineer, so he has extensive knowledge, but it's interesting in how that knowledge is applied to medieval times. It ended up being a series of many books.

I find the link at the end of the article most interesting of all. http://www.thedreyfussinitiative.org/

Ahh got it. I found your tone rather dismissive and read too much into it. Fitocracy is a primarily a social network and tracking service, the rpg aspect is secondary. I'm not sure how they plan to monetize it, but I'm sure they would make a lot of money with an ad service like PoF or Facebook.

I think you're missing the point of Fitocracy. It's not to get badges. It's to share your progress and contribute to the journey of other people. Recipes, workout plans, diets, all get shared. There are challenges for people to try new exercises, to expand their workout plan and learn new things. You may think you have skills and strengths far beyond the average user on the site. However, many users from /r/fitness have migrated over there and are making immense lifts.

I've learned about foam rollers, bridges, and countless other things about fitness by being a member. The actual weightlifting may be an individual journey and challenge, but gym culture has always been a social activity. To dismiss the entire site because it has colored badges which are provided for entertainment seems ignorant.

Trying this out now. Interesting idea! It sure does load slow on 75,000+ reblogs. Also, I wasn't quite sure how it worked when I clicked (didn't realize it showed up below the post) and clicked it twice. It's loading the graph twice. Maybe make a second attempt on the same post not load another copy of the graph?

I wish there was metadata about individual nodes or the structure. I would also like links to the nodes to find tumblr blogs that get a lot of reblogs.

Be prepared to put up a $400 security deposit if you have no credit/ssn

In pick up artist lingo, HB stands for "Hot Babe" to keep their names anonymous. So for example you meet a girl with a hotrod you would call her HBHotrod. Had to chuckle when I saw the name HBGary.

Ahh Zelda! The many fond memories I have of this game. I remember playing through Zelda as a child and my Dad getting into as much as I was...and then even more so. He played through and then beat the hidden second world. He still does, I was surprised to come home, 20 years later and find him "trying to get the blue ring".

I remember being terribly disappointed by Link but playing through as far as I could anyways. The strongest memory however was the awe Zelda: A Link to the Past invoked. Entering the names on the original screen I knew that I was on the beginning of a magical journey. The controller was respectfully passed around so the entire family could enter their characters names.

There's a bit more info, including more photos and a scan of the poster over at the consumerist: http://consumerist.com/2011/02/how-this-philly-homeowner-for...

I paid a dollar, and it worked!! Now waiting for the self-satisfaction to set in...(edit: didn't last long, "fork you" took over.)

The site went down almost as soon as the attack begun... http://isitup.org/www.visa.com

A friend of mine who is a biochemist recommended against Vinpocetine in his experience with vinca-alkaloids. He said they drop blood sugar hard and fast. A little research on T-Nation.com said that these low grade hypoglycemic attacks happen when starting to use Vinpocetine. I tried Vinpocetine and found the mental benefits to be good, however the physical effects left me rather sluggish.

Here is information on the CIA link of his accuser, and background info, included deleted tweets and articles that expose the intent of her allegations. http://www.disinfo.com/2010/12/non-surprise-assanges-accuser...

DNS error for me, I am unable to load the site.

Also the comment count does not count replies, only fresh comments.

I'm not seeing comment count on the live page, it's working on the top page however. Full size image by link is working now however.

Hmm, I'm noticing duplicates of the animals even when they are from different posters. (The savings thread for example)

I would suggest a way to see how many comments have been made on each photo. Fantastic blog, I'm enjoying all the content so far. Also when an image is clicked it would be great to see the full size. For example there is a long image file that has been shrunk down so all the text is unreadable.