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Comment Think back to when you were twelve (Score 1) 361

Every set of parents thinks their generation of music is the best, and that all kids should have to listen to all of it because they don't appreciate true good music. That was the same situation in the 30's, the 50's, the 70's, the 90's, and now. I'm 30 and love my 90's music like my parents loved their 70's music.

The only thing I dislike about music today is this push that you have to be part of the 'culture' of the music to appreciate it. I love fast, heavy music that my brain has trouble keeping up with. Unfortunately, this means I can't go to a concert without feeling like an outcast unless I cover myself in piercings and tatoos, and get ridiculed for my passive listening style. It also means I get ridiculed for hating the unbearable growls that have infiltrated various sub-genres of metal. The further these sub-genres go is also the more likely that you'll be ostracized for liking any other type of music, and I listen to a good variety.

There's a good satire song that kind of describes how I feel about a lot of music 'culture' - Rock n Roll Lifestyle by Cake.

Comment Re:Discrimination (Score 1) 170

Fortunately, hes playing the right position if he wants the least head trauma possible. Of all the positions, lineman have to deal with the smallest velocity vectors of any (well, besides kickers). Concussions are far more common among 'skill positions' where players are frequently moving at high speeds and a target/are targeting for tackling. Offensive Lineman just push players or prevent players from advancing...kinda like a Sumo wrestler.

Comment Re:"Ends spy agency bulk collection of phone data" (Score 1) 142

Legalese is surprisingly similar to a programming language. The purpose of legalese is to turn ambiguous english into concrete lines. While this can be used for nefarious purposes, like intentionally ambiguous laws, its not that hard to parse once you start looking at it like a procedure.

Comment Re:No thank you (Score 1) 203

Glad I could help. It is very common among programmers, even native english speakers, to use copious amounts of parenthesis. I suspect this is due to their use in programming language. Also, many of us math-minded folk had a disdain for humanities and language courses.

I was taught grammar in a way that reminded me of math - I was given sentences, asked to identify the parts, and asked to reorganize them in many different ways. It reminded me of algebra, reorganizing formulas while learning order of operations. While I'm not the best communicator, I owe a lot of my ability to that class.

Comment Re:nature will breed it out (Score 4, Insightful) 950

There comes a point where this get old. I went through my phase in my late teens with this, and realized I hated being in any kind of relationship like that. I don't find enjoyment in getting laid if there's no emotion in it.

The games take everything I value out of a relationship, so I decided I'm unwilling to play them. Regrettably, this means my relationships are fewer, but the one that recently ended was more meaningful to me than the previous five combined.

Comment Re:No thank you (Score 1) 203

Since you mentioned your english in your signature, I just thought I'd share some wisdom imparted on my by one of my english teachers, because I used to have a similar problem with my formatting. He said parenthesis can almost always be eliminated by re-arranging your text, and while it may make it a bit longer, it makes it far more readable. Parenthesis are structure shortcut and should be used sparingly, no more than twice a paragraph if possible. Generally, people try to use parenthesis to indicate conversation pauses or excerpts from the general flow. This can be reformatted with commas, and then once you have the commas part down, you can reduce the number of commas by changing sentence structures.

For example - not perfect and I left one detail out, but you get the picture:

Well, George Haikalis, a Greek-American civil engineer / transportation planner, is apparently influenced by the ideas of Constantinos Doxiadis [wikipedia.org], a now famous architect and city planner most recently noted as master planner of Pakistani city Islamabad. Constantinos proposed closing our old Airport in Athens for decades and relocating further from the city center, and when it finally happened before the 2004 Olympics, with an additional express metro rail link, the result was much more efficient and contributed to our tourism-heavy economy. Many Athenians, if not most, were against the new airport and closing the old one, but now everyone agrees that it was the right thing. Due to its good location, the old airport's area inside Athens is now the biggest free zone for city development in Europe and looks to hopefully contribute a few billion billion Euros, something Greece desparately needs right now! The key was the express metro rail link between the airport and Athens center, something George Haikalis surely used many times - if Athens can do it right, NY can do it better.

Comment Even the sales guys know about it (Score 2) 369

The keurig 2.0 pissed so many people off, that standard store clerks know about the keurig 2.0 and warn people away from it. I warned my stepmother about it before she went out to buy one as a present for someone, and then she got reminded again at the store. I was happy to know that they're actively pushing people away from an inferior product.

Also of note, I found something funny in one of their third party k-cup purchases at my parent's house. It came with something called a 'freedom clip.' It goes over the sensor and does something to the 2.0 machine, preventing all the tomfoolery.

Comment People see the shape, not the weight (Score 1) 228

A lot of people seem to think trucks house 3000hp engines and have the same level of acceleration as cars. Well..they're close to cars...when empty. Of course, a truck can weigh six to ten times heavier depending on its cargo, and the way you drive is singificantly different in these situations. Since a normal driver can't see the weight of the truck's cargo and truck signals give no indication of acceleration/stopping distance, this leads people to treat empty and full trucks the same way. I'm more observant of it because I work for a shipping company, but most people pay no mind.

Comment Re: nonsense (Score 1) 532

My ex was from Canada, the waits are not a myth. It took 10 months to get an appointment for an gastroscopy and 8 months after that to have surgery on her esophagus. It took 3 different doctors and several months just to get the referral required for a gastroscopy because the doctors didn't give a damn and told her to 'deal with it.' She told me she had a far better experience here even paying full price at minute clinics, and that a lot of Canadians flock to US border states to get care because of the insane wait times

Comment Re:Oblig xkcd (Score 1) 136

Honestly...probably not. We have the capability to put drop a tiny payload on Mars. Now figure out how to drop a payload with almost the size of the original launcher on mars in a controlled descent. It also has to land perfectly within close range of the rover, be able to re-launch, and probably have to retreive/compartmentalize the rover in order to not damage it during landing. Might as well just do a manned mission to Mars.

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