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"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." (Matthew 24:37)

More and more, you are seeing what occurred in the time of Noah become commonplace to talk about under the guise of technology. In Noah's day, there was a hybridization program to dilute the blood of man to prevent the coming of the Messiah, but Noah was "perfect in his generations", or not part of the hybrid lines branching off of humanity. And now, what is old has become new again.

The article might address the topic in satire, but there is a truth that is being touched on in it that is hard to look at -- the use [devouring of, injection of, swapping out of, ritualization of, etc.] human blood and tissue is happening right under our noses, and it's nothing new. The vampires lore did not just come out of some sort of novel work of fiction or a novelization of a fable, but is rooted in something that is very, very real. Vampire-like beings existed in the pre-flood (antediluvian) days, but now only exist in spirit after their bodies were destroyed by the flood. The spirits, desiring to be embodied, now go about the rituals of what once created them all over again, so that we might have a new generation of their brand of evil come forth.

What you're witnessing on a large scale through global politics is the public-facing humiliation ritual of mankind being carried out by the fallen angels and those under them that long sought our destruction:

   1) The epstein file information showing all sorts of satanic/luciferian references, as well as possible cannibalism
   2) Xi and Putin discussing organ harvesting benefits (implying an underlying focus on it)
   3) Congressional disclosure of inter-dimensional beings existing and being unexplainable.
   4) The saturation of things that would have been considered unabased debauchery in generations past being put into every facet of culture as if coordinated

If you even give credence to one of the things I listed, then you're keenly aware that it's nearly impossible to talk to anyone about that topic unless they've self-selected into a social group that already believes that that thing is wrong. Others embrace one or more of the topics as a positive thing, such as welcoming the idea of inter-dimensional beings, or furthering human lifespans through genomic editing, or even just promoting the type of debauchery that would have had entire cities leveled in Old Testament times.

But, this has all been prophesied to happen, and is happening exactly as it is spoken of. The truth is being suppressed, even within ones own mind, because a person of the world of today does not love the truth. There is only one way to enter in to the truth, which is to begin seeking the person whose very name is Faithful and True (Revelation 19:11). According to the following verses, to not do so would lead one into a delusion from which there is no escape:

"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)

The company is a chess related company that sends instructors to school for afterschool events, so he would be teaching kids, instructing other instructors, helping run events (chess camps, tournaments, etc.), and giving private lessons.

Is an O-1 or EB-1 visa viable as a grandmaster in chess? There are, for instance, only about 100 grandmasters in the United States right now. We're looking at bringing over a Chess grandmaster to our company, but don't know the most efficient route (haven't talked to an immigration lawyer). If time to visa is a factor, is there an easier route?

I asked GM Minh Le (twitch.tv/gmminhle) to try it out, and he got a 2046 FIDE rating with 2306 lichess rating, after beating the bot. His actual FIDE rating is 2542 standard (https://ratings.fide.com/profile/12401153). His feedback was:

-Why does the bot get +20 seconds every move and you get +5 seconds?

-It seems like you have to wait a few seconds before making a move before the bot gets stuck

You can check out the VOD of him playing noctie on his channel if you want to see the full thing.

In Top Gun 2, he uses it twice. Once, during the training dogfight where Rooster has a chance to shoot him down (he says, "Too late, you had your chance" and then pulls off the maneuver, targeting Rooster instead afterwards). After the training dogfight, he is told by Cyclone, "...and I don't ever want to see that Cobra shit again. That could have gotten you both killed".

The second time was towards the end when they're fending off the SAM attacks -- Rooster is in trouble with no flares to launch, and Maverick simultaneously pulls off a Cobra Maneuver while launching his own set of flairs, resulting in his own aircraft being hit.

I think the fundamental argument against early abortion is itself not religiously based. That argument goes like:

1. There is a secondary organism (life) within the womb upon conception.

2. That life will become a human being. Therefore:

3. That life must be given the same rights to not be killed that other (fully grown) human beings have.

Where is the religion or logical fallacy in that line of thought?

We even see aspects of this logic applied within common law, in that a pregnant woman (regardless of the length of pregnancy) that is murdered is considered a double-homicide.

I think it's unhelpful to approach a highly-contentious subject with the thought that the people on one side have absolutely no logical reason for believing what they do. I say logical, because the implication that something is religious is a way in modern rhetoric to defuse the opposing view by implying that the person holding it is not approaching from any sort of empirical worldview, but instead only deriving their argument from some ancient document of (whichever) religion.

Since you have them with an onclick, add:

onauxclick="e.preventDefault(); window.location.href = '/stories/brumate';"

My entire product of doing in-image advertising[1] was created in order to build a new concept website for my uncle's nautical antique store[2]. He has a store built out of an old lighthouse in Old Town San Diego, and it's basically a museum (where you can buy the stuff inside it). When he came to me, he asked me if I could build a website that has the feel of his museum-like store, so I said, "Why don't we just take pictures inside of the store itself, and let your customers browse the pictures by hovering their mouse over the products and getting more info on the products they're interested in!".

The punchline: I spent months building a pretty amazing site, to have him say that his audience was probably too old to understand how to use the site I built. So far, that technology has led to two granted patents and my startup![3]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf4pE0xtYTo

[2] http://westsea.com

[3] http://pleenq.com

I use this to do a `git pull` on all of my folders inside of my "sites" folder:

#!/bin/bash

for i in /sites/*/.git; do ( echo $i; cd $i/..; git pull; ); done

I've always thought of Houzz as the perfect example of a site that would be ten times better with my startup's technology -- as an example, here's a comparison of Houzz's UX vs. my UX on the same image: https://youtu.be/6kOCIkJ-5vY

As a text description of what it does, PLEENQ[1] allows individual objects within images to highlight when you hover them, and directly link to the object (in this case, kithen products). Here's a much better demo version of PLEENQ's technology: https://youtu.be/tf4pE0xtYTo

Before these white rectangles over the images, they used to have "price tags" that you could hover over, but the UX was all wonky, since the price tag triggered a popup which prevented you from seeing/hovering over other price tags.

I'll probably add a feature for my users like the product options they have below the images, though -- I like that a lot!

[1] http://pleenq.com

I've been saying that the ad model is broken for a while, and prescribing a real fix for it: a new form of native advertising that actually benefits the user. My company, PLEENQ[1], makes it so users can hover over an image and click on the individual products within it to go where they can buy the product. Here's a demo video: https://youtu.be/V_oTtDUV0yI

My solution is to basically build features around the content of sites that enhance the areas of the site that already attract the users. More importantly, it simplifies the revenue model that the article talks about -- people click on your links and make purchases, and you get a share of every single purchase (CPA). The important thing is that it's compatible with any other revenue models a site might use. If, like GroundUp, they take donations, then it's just an extra revenue source on top of that.

I looked on GroundUp.org for building an example video of how that would work so I could show the community, but it doesn't really fit the model of PLEENQ. Regardless, there are a vast number of niches that this new form of native advertising would drastically improve the revenue for. Imagine an auto blog showing a picture of an engine, and you being able to hover over any part within the picture and purchase it from Auto Zone.

Another thing is that it can be used to split between revenue generating links, and informational links. Perhaps you have a news site, and a lot of your articles have pictures of politicians that your users might not be familiar with -- how about hovering over that person and being able to click on them to go to their Wikipedia page? I think that would greatly benefit a user browsing the site, and wouldn't cheapen in any way the experience of the site itself (in fact would greatly improve it).

[1] http://pleenq.com

Unfortunately (in terms of programming credibility), it's done manually. The process is extremely fast though -- just seconds to do a highlight, and a built-in search that hooks into all affiliate networks (Commission Junction, Linkshare, Affiliate Window, Share-a-sale, etc.) along with allowing custom links.

Oops, good catch! Fixed it.

I'm curious what you think of my ad network[1] -- it allows for native ads that are non-intrusive and actually benefit the user. When you hover over an item in an image, an ad is displayed, but hovering off of it makes it go away.

Here is an example video showing that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_oTtDUV0yI

Although the ads aren't blocked by ad blockers, if they were, would you unblock them? Also would love any feedback!

[1] http://pleenq.com

They need to mapped individually, but it's a really simple interface to do it. I've also just added a templating system that allows you to customize all aspects of the popup, and am about to go live with a split test system that lets you split test multiple items to the same region.

If your site has a lot of image content, I'd love for you to try out PLEENQ (http://pleenq.com). It doesn't inconvenience your users, and in fact helps them buy things directly from your images. You can also use it on top of any of the advertising you're currently using (or even donations if you move to that).

Here's a site using it for their lifestyle blog -- hover over the first image (desktop only): https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/11/04/bridal-show...

Email me at [email protected] if you have any questions!

They're manually created by the website owner.

Thanks a lot for that! I think that's one of the core underpinnings -- advertising that brings a benefit, and therefore shouldn't be blocked with an ad-blocker. Hopefully, this is the direction advertising goes towards.

They're hand-labeled. In the future, I'm sure I'll be hiring a bunch of Google people to build the "automatic" part.

It doesn't allow me to edit my original post, unfortunately. I guess too much time has passed since I posted it.

Unfortunately, the publisher disabled the PLEENQ tag on that page (probably because of unknown lot of traffic to a test post!). Here's a better link: https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/10/28/thehangover...

Great idea! I've been incorporating different styles of UI features that the website owner can enable/disable at will, so I'll add this one to them.

Please try going to https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/10/28/thehangover... and tell me if that first image shows up with hovers for you.

The publisher just disabled the tag on the page. Please go to: https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/10/28/thehangover...

Try going to https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/10/28/thehangover... -- the publisher disabled the PLEENQ script tag on the worldlifestyle demo page.

Oops guys! It looks like the publisher temporarily removed the PLEENQ script tag from that page. Go to https://www.theskinnyconfidential.com/2016/10/28/thehangover... for a better example. This is actually a real client's page, and shows how some websites use PLEENQ.

Oh, I read that as performance on the page for some reason. File size is exactly the same regardless of how many images/PLEENQs.

I have it disabled for all mobile/touch type platforms. The demo will only work on desktop, unfortunately.

I'll be enabling the mobile version(s) of the plugin, once I finish testing them out and creating a way for each website to choose which functionality type it wants to use on its page.

I have a test page that does 1000 images with 2-4 PLEENQs on each image, and performance is good with an 8-gig of ram mac mini and an iPhone 5 (my test platform for the mobile version).

I do about 10 million impressions a day, and the request to the server is a pretty consistent ~200ms, along with an async load that won't affect overall page load.

Best comment I think I've ever gotten on it, thanks!