I agree that the threat is real. But we also must agree that there are real political issues that extreme groups are parasitic to; poverty, inequality, corruption and state (foreign or domestic) extortion.

The problem of terrorism isn't that they are "outside" the international community, but that they have reasons to, that are rational.

People are just people. They need proper incentive and motivation for letting themselves become extreme. We take away these incentives, extremists will become leaders of groups of one.

Meh. If you ask me, they're overrated.

No nerds will go there because of the sunlight. Ping too high for underground gaming. Society will collapse.

Fukcing Jupiter!

In existentialism proper, as e.g. Heidegger's analysis of Das Man under Temporality, a need to follow the front line of fashion has the clinical determination of anxiety.

I don't know the historical details of fashion, but if we're in the 2nd decade of a trend it may also be described as a norm, and a feminist critique would seem reasonable. I am a man and would not shave my stomach or chest unless it was for surgery.

Yeah, but back when Gameboy was the newest thing, my family didn't have one. Too expensive.
But my older cousin did. So whenever you lost in Tetris, you could expect a slap in the face.

(This method was tested on humans with terrific results.)

If you can live with a binary blob, nVidia is great. The company still supports chips that aren't on sale any longer.

But I'd prefer an open source driver with 3D support.

My SO's grandfather was a driver for govt officials. One day a little before retirement he was driving, told the official that he had to stop, parked the car and died.

Moral of the story is, it's rude and inconsiderate to just die mid-air.

So what you're saying is that FM was like the Bluetooth of the 90s/00s. Everywhere and mostly useless. But neat.

Sounds like you're in the market for a Firefox phone.

It's a convincing strategy for the plebs, much like "think about the children".

But the problem with politics isn't the people but the politicians.

Evidence is better than anecdotes, so thanks for the input!

Imagine typing a chapter of a book that someone dictates to you into the computer. If you've played Quake, your hands know the keyboard better than anything.You sort of daze off while typing the words you're dictated.

Writing the same chapter by hand while someone is dictating is a different task altogether. And I'd bet you'd remember more of it.

Perhaps it is connected with specific hand-work from the days of making stone tools..

Another hypothesis, arguably more difficult to empirically explicate, would be that the brain treats the two tasks differently memory-wise.

I prefer writing by hand. When the lecture is good, I do my best to get it verbatim. I find that an hour after the lecture has ended, I can cite the professor pretty accurate. However, when I write something on the computer my mind immediately blanks it out.

Consequently, writing by hand is more efficient _in studying_ because my brain at least remembers some of it. I'd think people are different when it comes to this, but for me the difference is considerable.

You're absolutely right!

Last week, I finally got off my arse and left Riverwood for good. And yesterday I was able to slay a dragon!