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Re:MusicForProgramming(); on Saturday February 18, 2012 @05:05AM (#3606333)
Re:Beeminder: Goal tracking with commitment contracts on Friday October 21, 2011 @04:59AM (#3139018)
Open to public signup: http://blog.beeminder.com/launch/
Re:Dual N-Back Training for Intelligence on Sunday June 05, 2011 @02:54AM (#2621533)
Re:Dual N-Back Training for Intelligence on Sunday June 05, 2011 @02:35AM (#2621490)
Cognitivefun also has a multimodal n-back, where you can customize most aspects of the test (sounds, images, speed run, double or triple n-back, number of trials):

http://cognitivefun.net/test/24

Re:Exercise More to Hack Better on Saturday November 06, 2010 @08:57AM (#1876790)
@ "Yes, I know it works for you. This is not because of your superior mental discipline; it is because you have different genes, sir."

This sounds like an excuse, since nobody mentioned "superior mental discipline" but you. How did you measure gain in muscle?

Re:Just buy this one on Friday November 05, 2010 @06:14PM (#1875141)
The Breville gets horrible reviews on amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000OLG5UE/ref=dp_to...

Not reasuring re. justbuythisone.com

Re:Today is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on Friday May 21, 2010 @01:15AM (#1366463)
Nobody protests against the right of individual muslims to feel offended. People protest against the tendency for (some) muslims to try to impose their religious rules on nonbelievers by actual violence and the threat of violence. In the wider perspective this is a protest against the tendency to silence criticism of religions (or anything else) by using violence against the critics.
Re:Today is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on Thursday May 20, 2010 @05:53PM (#1365575)
I understand the reason that this strategy works and why moderates don't actively distance themselves from it. By keeping silent and vague they will benefit from the power that the threat of violence gives. In Denmark there are quite a few places where the police can't operate on normal terms due to the mentality exhibited in the video above.

What I mean by double standard and excuses is the tendency to always add 'reasons' when it comes to islam.

Why do this behavior need to be taken on other terms than personal responsibility and the norms of civil conduct? It's not like the attackers - due to their religious affiliation and reasons derived from this - lack choice.

Re:Today is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on Thursday May 20, 2010 @05:28PM (#1365484)
Why is a comparison impossible?

The attackers were swedish citizens.

This sounds exactly like the excuses and double standards I was refering to: "There is no excuse, but [insert excuse]."

Re:Today is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:56PM (#1365376)
Let me show you a recent example of what this is about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfW95sSaVVo

This took place in a swedish university during a lecture about religion and freedom of speech. The video that Lars Vilks showed during this clip was made by an iranian artist. Before this he had showed examples of offensive material directed at christianity etc.

And there is a funny kind of double standard involved, because practically nobody objects when artists offend religions where the response to the alleged offence isn't violent.

EDIT: A few days after this attack, "somebody" tried to firebomb Vilk's house. All because of a series of rather tame drawings like this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muh-hund-original-rondelll...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Vilks

Re:Dipping your fingers in molten lead [pdf] on Thursday May 06, 2010 @06:46AM (#1324094)
Video of similar experiment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN5aMjTCfo4

Re:What are you reading? on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @09:39AM (#800110)
In other words: Never own ducks.
Re:New Comment Features on Thursday February 05, 2009 @08:25AM (#467731)
You seem to imply that people primarely comment to get an orange highlight. I don't think the majority of users are that stupid.
Re:Why We Need a War on Aging on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:06PM (#467076)
Depends on technological developments. Why should the individual survival machine care about the adaptability of the species as a whole?
Re:Ask HN: Glad the override feature is gone? on Monday February 02, 2009 @07:05PM (#463193)
Why would you use a antiprocrastionation feature with a giant loophole? The override made the feature useless. Now it works and I am going to use it.

PG correcting this flaw has absolutely nothing to do with him "being your mother".

Re:Ask HN: Glad the override feature is gone? on Monday February 02, 2009 @07:00PM (#463179)
If you only need a reminder just set minaway to 1.
Well, how about: Not being a leech?

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