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Pretty absurd that they're asking for all of this and:

> [...] In addition to their social media histories, visa applicants will be asked for five years of previously used telephone numbers, email addresses, international travel and deportation status, as well as whether any family members have been involved in terrorist activities.

I know a number of people going through, or have been through, the US visa process and surely if this is required, applicants are going to drop.

Furthermore, if you submit that you don't have a social media account are they going to assume you're a liar? Are applicants just going to create new "real" accounts just to avoid looking suspicious?

Yep, I also did the same and accidentally clicked on the "Pay Instantly with Paypal" button -- which indeed did what it said it would. I supposed I'm not too torn up about it since I put a large majority of the purchase towards charity, but I feel like I fell for a subtle UX trap even after 10+ Humble Bundle purchases.

I used PIA with relative success. The caveats being:

1. DNS resolution may not work, so you'll need to find a way to resolve the domain name (i.e. hk.privateinternetaccess.com) to IPs for your config.

2. Even if you get an IP it may not work all the time. You will have to keep resolving the domain name for another IP (or maybe just look at all the DNS records?).

EDIT: I should mention I used PIA's PPTP (yes, it's discouraged but it worked for my purposes) and L2TP configurations just fine.

I was in China this year and found it surprising that it's as powerful as it is. Consequently, I also found out how powerful not having the entire internet is. The amount of information/sites I wasn't able to access due to it not being accessible at all; or "accessible" but never fully downloadable (i.e. javascript not able to download fully, other assets blocking actual content from being loaded) was staggering.

Coupled with the official cable TV service, which is amusingly abbreviated CCTV[1], and other state-controlled media, it's an eye-opening thing to see (more blatant) information control in action.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television

The first tier is not $15, it's $1.

The obligatory podcast about this: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/01/11/509378842/episo...

Very worth the listen.

Wholeheartedly agreed. I'm in Southern California and we're just spoiled for choice here. I've personally brewed and helped friends brew. Although I vastly prefer some of our brews, the amount of time/effort required is not for me (and my smallish apartment).

Things like homemade bitters are in the more feasible range for most people.

> The official supporting libraries and tools — vue-router, vuex, vue-loader and vueify — have all been updated to support 2.0. vue-cli now scaffolds 2.0-based projects by default.

Very nice. Personally, I've been waiting for the vue-cli bit before even thinking about touching 2.0 since I try to avoid trying to build my own JS toolset.

Ah yes, Juno. Along with NetZero and Freewwweb, I journeyed the path of the "grey"-side with free internet hacks (which just blocked the ads). My parents didn't yet see the value of internet -- nor did they have the extra cash for it.

Yup. Additionally, Radiolab had an episode about this too[1] and it changed how I now think of "exotic" hunting.

[1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/rhino-hunter/

I knew something was up when they removed the time since the item was posted. This change will just make me unfollow the bigger users that I follow and check them manually.

I honestly can't tell if this is an elaborate prank or if it's a legitimate service. I feel as if it's just saying to just use email instead of $SASS_PRODUCTS{A..Z} since they are all trying to replicate basic email features: "To Share, Just Enter Email!".

They don't (or shouldn't). I've been using the IE8-IE10 images for a long while now and nothing ever auto updates.

Is it too early to be suggesting Argon2? I've not heard of it until now, but the Wikipedia entry[1] shows that the paper was just released late last year.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon2

Oh definitely. This is a fine example of how to do a service shutdown. Sadly, I await the comments from unprepared customers next year.

If you make apps and use any sort of {P,B,S,I,}aaS, do you yourself a favor and follow/subscribe/whatever to their news/release channels.

"Questionable people" is hardly a concrete descriptor, nor is it something immediately obvious.

Let's say I meet a guy at a party. Facial scanners detect me with him. He seems like a nice guy, but he is currently on trial for a number of white collar offenses -- I know none of this. "The machine" does and will now assume I hang around questionable people.

From personal experience as someone who's had a computer since around 8 years old (and is nearing 30), I have to say that I've learned to speak more confidently, especially in less-than-ideal situations; however, I will always be able to communicate better through text.

I've noticed this is mostly the trend with people around my age as we were raised during the era where instant messaging blew up. Nearly all of my extremely intense, extra personal conversations with my friends (who I have known since elementary/middle school) were through IM. Part of me thinks this was due to SMS costs being extremely high, but I digress.

When we hang out in person, it was only to talk about school, video games, cartoons, jokes, etc., but when it came time to air out the overstuffed emotional closet, it was always through IM. Sure, it would sometimes bleed over to the "physical" world and much more detail would come out through actual physical interaction, but the conversations would always start with text on a screen.

That said, I feel that actual speech has sort of become a facade to actual "conversation". Especially in cases where one's in an unfamiliar environment (meeting someone new, attempting to speak in a different mode of speech, etc.), we all seem to just recite a script as if it's a weird vocal handshake to show that you're a normal human being. Conversations through text removes so much of the external factors that just increase noise and I believe it's a much purer, higher quality form of conversation.

[Sorry, that became kind of ranty. This was part of an enjoyable paper I wrote during undergrad.]

Probably. It would actually be nice to see statistics for how many businesses (i.e. bars, gyms, restaurants) have cable/satellite subscriptions, especially for sports.

I too am without cable, but there's hardly a shortage of places that have the next game on a TV around me. Having a pint or two for the occasional game (or sitting at the squat rack or elliptical while watching TV) is a much better alternative than paying ludicrous amounts every month.

I'd say it's feasible. Practical? Probably not. I'd imagine it would be like a very linear, horribly written story:

    * John goes to the store and meets a woman named Jane.
    * Wait, actually her name is Alice and she works at the store.
    * John tells Alice that he is looking for a widget.
    * Alice looks for the widget and shows John a list of what she found. 
    * John can't read the list.
    * John takes a photo of the list and sends it to his friend Jane.
    * Jane reads the list and texts what she thinks it says back to John.
    * John promises to get back to Alice once he can read the list. 
    * John gets Jane's SMS. John can't read Jane's SMS.
    * John throws his hands in the air.

I've always joked around about Asians rinsing their rice: "The world would save so much fresh water if Asians only rinsed their water once." My mom would usually get mad at me since I usually rinse 1-2 times when she does around 4 rinses.

Then I asked a friend who worked at a fine dining sushi/sashimi place how much they wash their rice. Minimum 6 washes. I guess it's not much of a joke anymore.

> [...] there is this sense that you have to say something to justify whatever choices you've made.

Whenever I somehow get time to work on a new "weekend project", I go through that every time. I know better and should stick to the rivers and lakes that I'm used to, but when working with (often) sub-par code in my day job, I always have the itch of trying new shiny things.

After I get that out of my system, I often keep my own "standard" stack and force myself to just say "No" to the new tools that are not fit for the project. At that point, I've probably wasted the entire weekend playing around with tutorials and fiddles to see that going through the learning curve isn't worth the time.

Over 90% of public roads service drunk drivers, drug dealers and most known and unknown criminals.

All users of such roads should be searchable at any given moment.

That was my interpretation as well, however, people who build their own computers should probably look in detail what the license entails as it may be like Windows 8 System Builder Edition. AFAIK, the System Builder Edition is bound to your computer's motherboard and any changes will make Windows unusable.

From the article referenced (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-10-23-game-devs-w...)

> As we get deeper into the process we discover that things that sounded good on paper don't work in practice. Things that worked in prototype don't work in a fully textured and lit level. And then the folks providing money or distribution randomize and disrupt by demanding demos or screenshots at the most inconvenient times!"

That quote was listed as one of positive quotes for crunch, but it solidifies even more that the process is broken and/or better project management has to be done.

Poisoning the well much? Even if true, one biased article does not make them into "another mouthpiece."

> I just thought I'd get that out of the way before the usual flame war erupts,

Then you post an ad-hominem and ignore any evidence that this site breaks the web. Bravo.

In all honesty, this comment and its children should just be deleted. It has degenerated this entire submission and, whether or not it was intentional, ruined any sort of discussion about the crux of the matter.

If you're a bloodthirsty, toothless, middle-age woman -- sorry this submission was not meant for you. Carry on, and read another one of the millions of posts on the internet.

Congratulations on getting funded! And thanks for the reminder -- I've been meaning to back the project since it's from a fellow San Diegan (as well as being an awesome project). Looking forward to that launch party.

Just had to say that your last sentence was surprisingly touching (obviously IMO). I have my own qualms about the article in the OP as I've studied written/spoken language patterns a good amount in my time, but your point of relationships evolving into longer and longer 'continuous conversations' is a great way of putting it.

I've downvoted you as well, but mostly because you're framing your comment as fact, which, according to all these replies, is not the case.

I run regularly up and down steep hills and go cycling ~15 miles at least once a week. I also do bodyweight workouts and do bodyline drills which can consist of keeping a position for 60+ seconds each time.

Out of all of those in the list, running bores me the most. If I'm running just for the cardio, it's boring.