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When Social Media Gets Real - My Own Social Media

zerohedge.com link posted by c_prompt in funny

My own social media SIR: I haven't got a computer, but I was told about Facebook and Twitter and am trying to make friends outside Facebook and Twitter while applying the same principles. Â...

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• friendship,
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Study: Most women fake orgasms- but why? About 60% of women in survey report having faked orgasm during intercourse or oral sex

cbsnews.com link posted by b_independent in sex

Sex therapists think that your fantasies of marathon sex romps aren't realistic. They think that "desirable" sex should last from 7 - 13 minutes. As men take about five minutes to org...

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10 Ways I Deal With My Own Procrastination - Altucher Confidential

jamesaltucher.com link posted by Yield4Nothing in Note to Self

So I read something this morning that made my inner creative writer scream "YES" while trying not to spill my coffee or think about this daunting assay that's calling my name. I'm not going to re-wr...

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• coffee,
• productivity,
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I’ve Been Doing Painting Videos All Wrong

zedshaw.com link posted by c_prompt in painting

For the last year or so I’ve been obsessed with watching instructional videos for painting. I probably own a few thousand dollars worth of videos, plus a subscription to Lynda.com and ArtistsNetw...

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An open letter to Steve Huffman, reddit's new CEO, with an offer to exchange values

editorial posted by c_prompt in c_prompt

Steve, I'd post a comment welcoming you back to reddit if I was still a member. I'm not. My account was shadowbanned long ago (an account, by the way, which purchased $50 in ineffective reddit advert...

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• technology,
• philosophy,
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Life is not read-only

lifesnotreadonly.net link posted by peace_on_earth in politics

They say it is piracy. Downright stealing from other people, that’s what downloading is. You’re taking something for sale and not paying for it. Do you shoplift, or break into houses?...

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• copyright,
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Couple quit their jobs to sail the world with their cat

dailymail.co.uk link posted by Clarisse88 in sailing

Matt and Jessica Johnson, both 32, decided to give up their 'American Dream,' quit their jobs, sell their possessions and raised enough money to buy their dream boat in 2008 and have never looked back...

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Teachers Pay Teachers - an online marketplace where teachers get paid for the educational resources they create for their own classes

teacherspayteachers.com link posted by digdug in teaching

Thought some of you would find this interesting considering what you're trying to accomplish on valME. This website has 1,000,000 free and priced teaching resources created by teachers where you...

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Why Do People Trust Wikipedia? Because An Argument Is Better Than A Lecture

techdirt.com link posted by digdug in politics

Many people trust Wikipedia much more than "official" encyclopedias and traditional news sources. Well, no shit. That's because, as I've been trying to scream at you people for...

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Live long and prosper - the philosophy of Star Trek

editorial posted by b_independent in philosophy

Stephen Fry once quipped that "most of human history and art can be expressed in Star Trek plots." So much about story-telling is presenting different philosophies in various contexts and describin...

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FlyteNow - an online flight-sharing service that allows you to go flying with local pilots. Cool idea.

flytenow.com link posted by c_prompt in frugal

Flytenow gets you rides in small planes with local pilots. Thousands of private pilots fly every day with empty seats in their planes. We connect you with them so you can join in their round tri...

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Train for a marathon in 18 weeks

editorial posted by c_prompt in running

I have asthma. Yet I've run in multiple marathons. If I can do it, you can do it. This is the training schedule I always use (although, instead of the cross-training Saturdays, I intersperse my n...

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Chicken Soup for the Cold - Foods That Fight the Common Cold

lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in health

Make sure to read Dr. Mercola's full article at the link and watch all the videos but this is a good summary:

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Aftershocks from Edward Snowden's leaks have been rippling through the courts; some judges have signaled they're no longer willing to take the government's word when it comes to national security | NPR

npr.org link posted by peace_on_earth in politics

Disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have shaken the intelligence community and spurred Congress to try to impose new limits on electronic surveillance.

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CSS change for Bootstrap3

getbootstrap.com link posted by shibuya246 in SuggestionBox

It looks like the main container is set as a "container-fluid" which gives full width, but the rows do not need to have "-fluid" on them for bootstrap3. Suggest that the following...

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Dancers among us!

chicquero.com link posted by alice in FeelGood

"Dancers are storytellers. They’re trained to capture passion with their bodies. The often create a fantasy world or offer us a deeper look into familiar settings. They bring to life what w...

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• photography

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Apocalypse Now - Or Apocalypse Later

original.antiwar.com link posted by digdug in politics

Another brilliant article by Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com providing great insights into the American political class's imperialism, crony-capitalism, big government plundering, collectivism, hy...

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• liberal,
• progressive,
• religion,
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Self Reflections in Art

editorial posted by Clarisse88 in Clarisse88

Art is a reflection of what we are. It is the essence of our own existence, the key that leads us to the world outside, and it returns to us a door leading inside ourselves. Creating art is to inve...

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• philosophy

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Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases

bris.ac.uk link posted by digdug in science

Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the fight against debilitating autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis by revealing how to stop cells attacking healthy body tissue. Rather tha...

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"La Famille Express" revisted

editorial posted by maker in 2gringosincaribbean

Saturday, April 3, 2010 Winter has been showing those signs of moving off to where Winter goes when it leaves here. Drifting South, on its ancient yearly mission to climatically re-polarize our fr...

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How America is like a bad boyfriend... and the irony is she's being lectured by a Brit

youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in politics

But... I love America!

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So this one-legged man walks into a bar

everything2.com link posted by digdug in dating

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A letter from Guantanamo: 'Nobody can truly understand how we suffer'

aljazeera.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics

Al-Alwi describes the humiliating and brutal treatment he suffers at Guantanamo. Alwi is a Yemeni national who has been in US custody since 2002. He was one of the very first prisoners moved to Guanta...

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Crowdsourcing a Bitcoin FinCEN request for clarification and guidance

editorial posted by command_line in bitcoin

Greetings and salutations Bitcoin community. With much uncertainty as to how the government will regulate Bitcoins, and as a bootstrapped Bitcoin startup concerned that potential regulatory burd...

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• FinCEN

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I lack imagination

editorial posted by c_prompt in gaming

So much brouhaha over Facebook acquiring a game manufacturer. It's a great reminder of where the revenues from your ad clicks and no-longer-private data are being spent. More fun and games. Mor...

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• facebook,
• farmville,
• virtual reality,
• philosophy,
• technology,
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Scientists Baffled After Finding 10th Century Medicine that Kills Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ MRSA

thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in health

London, U.K. – An ancient Anglo-Saxon potion, used to treat eye infections in the 10th-century, has shown the potential to eradicate the modern MRSA superbug, according to research. The ancient...

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How to observe reality

editorial posted by Clarisse88 in philosophy

Observing reality truthfully is an essential tool for human development. It is the tool that allows us to act in accordance with our environment, to modify it, and to enrich our lives. Observing re...

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Our newest rockin' feature: video conferencing!

editorial posted by c_prompt in GettingStarted

You're going to absolutely LOVE this! In these terrible days of COVID-19, so many are doing their best to stay connected through video. We all know of businesses who are no longer able to operate...

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Adding lemon to green tea significantly increases the health benefits

lifehacker.com link posted by peace_on_earth in food

Green tea is an amazing elixir. You might be able to reap even more health benefits from your cup of tea by adding lemon, according to a few studies. Catechins, the main health compound in tea tied to...

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'I Fought For Your Right To Freedom Of Speech So Sit Down And Shut Up Before I Punch You!'

libertycrier.com link posted by c_prompt in libertarian

This happened in January of this year. It’s so sad that someone who claims to have fought for the right to free speech now fights to suppress it. This soldier is much more a traitor than a &ldqu...

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Why You're My Friend

editorial posted by c_prompt in relationships

I enjoy writing. It helps me think and organize my thoughts. It prompts me to constantly ask why. The other day, I discussed with someone the difficulty I was having selecting a topic to write abou...

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• friendship,
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• feelings,
• emotions,
• psychology

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Highlight differences between private messages and posts

editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in SuggestionBox

 Since I'm still relatively new to ValME, a suggestion would be to make more of a distinction between private messages in the inbox and what is actually posted/visible on the actual original post. Th...

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• inbox,
• post,
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You can meet somebody tomorrow who has better intentions for you than someone you've known forever... time means nothing... character does

editorial posted by Clarisse88 in Clarisse88

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Congress: this is a blackout. To sunset the PATRIOT ACT, valME.io joins 10,000+ other websites in blocking your access and redirecting you to naked photos of indignant NSA protestors until you end mass surveillance laws.

blackoutcongress.org link posted by c_prompt in politics

Today, valME.io joins Fight for the Future with its efforts to end mass surveillance. Congress: this is a blackout. We are blocking your access until you end mass surveillance laws. You have...

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• technology,
• NSA,
• privacy,
• libertarian,
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Robotic through-the-cheek brain surgery now possible inside the all-seeing eye of an MRI

extremetech.com link posted by digdug in science

The video from this article is absolutely incredible:

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Enough of this nonsense. As this molecular biologist states, cancer cells commit suicide when exposed to the primary psychoactive component of marijuana (THC). Marijuana laws must be eliminated.

vimeo.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer

With tears in my eyes that make it difficult to read what I type, I'm infuriated. My sister, who died of cancer at a young age, used to explain to me in confidence that she smoked marijuana bec...

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Making images responsive (shrinking automatically on mobile)

editorial posted by peace_on_earth in csstemplates

A question was raised by someone as to how to make images responsive on mobile devices. valME.io uses Twitter's Bootstrap for its .css, and it's wonderful. To make images responsive, you only...

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• responsive,
• bootstrap

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The Bitcoin ATM Has a Dirty Secret: It Needs a Chaperone

wired.com link posted by digdug in bitcoin

Meet Cameron Gray, the man who spends his days sitting next to the world's first bitcoin ATM.

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Dick Cheney's "A Few Good Men" moment - Bush knew all about CIA interrogation methods... "Did you order the torture?" "You're God-damn right I did!"

bbc.co.uk link posted by digdug in politics

Do you recall this memorable scene in the movie A Few Good Men? It appears Dick Cheney is now playing Jack Nicholson's character Colonel Jessep. The BBC's headline is "President George W...

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• conspiracy,
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• freedom,
• rights,
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Rand on the Middle East

lewrockwell.com link posted by digdug in objectivism

By Murray N. Rothbard First published in The Libertarian Forum, December 1971. The neo-Randian weekly newspaper Ergo has given us a detailed account of Miss Rand’s answers during a questi...

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• ayn rand,
• libertarian,
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On the First Day

editorial posted by b_independent in politics

There are those who cannot think of a world without some form of government. I can. I do not expect to ever see such a paradise in my lifetime. But one can dream... What if, with your magic wand...

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How Stanley Kubrick Faked the Apollo Moon Landings

realitysandwich.com link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy

The great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is the genius who directed the hoaxed landings.

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How Blogging Can Advance Your Career - A Personal Perspective

twintechs.com link posted by peace_on_earth in writing

if you’re not sharing your ideas, code, solutions to problems, and the like via a blog or other social content tools then you’re doing yourself a disservice. When I look back at how I...

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The mainstream of human progress: individual freedom and the principles of cooperation

editorial posted by b_independent in politics

Throughout most of human civilization, centuries of men have starved, died from the elements (for lack of proper housing), suffered terrible health, and barely lived. Even today, starvation kills m...

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• economics,
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What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?

psmag.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting

So the morning of sex ed, I found myself wondering whether they were going to mention pleasure. Or would it be all about disease and pregnancy, all gloom and doom? ...How funny that we can't bring our...

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Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors

telegraph.co.uk link posted by digdug in psychology

Memories may be passed down through generations in DNA in a process that may be the underlying cause of phobias

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How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations

firstlook.org link posted by c_prompt in politics

The proof is now in the open: government is infiltrating websites to "deny, disrupt, degrade, deceive." Someone owes an apology to conspiracy "theorists."

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TIL it doesn't matter which side of the aluminum foil you use

reynoldskitchens.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned

According to Reynolds Wrap: What side of the foil should I use, shiny or dull? With standard and heavy duty foil, it’s perfectly fine to place your food on either side so you can decide if...

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Yes, You Can Catch Insanity: Reviving the debate about the immune system and mental illness.

nautil.us link posted by c_prompt in health

One day in March 2010, Isak McCune started clearing his throat with a forceful, violent sound. The New Hampshire toddler was 3, with a Beatles mop of blonde hair and a cuddly, loving personality. H...

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What makes a good atheist? What an atheist ought to stand for

infidels.org link posted by b_independent in atheism

According to the Bible, dying is the beginning of eternity where heaven or hell await. According to an atheist, death is the end of all experiences and nothing exists beyond the universe. There is...

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The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light

brainpickings.org link posted by c_prompt in science

In a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.

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Noah's Ark...

editorial posted by digdug in atheism

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Free photo mug! If you go to Shutterfly.com and order a mug with the promo code "FAMILYTOUR" at checkout, the price and shipping should drop to $0.00

invite-shutterfly.com link posted by c_prompt in freebies

Just got mine :)

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• free coffee mug,
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Killer Viruses - Should we make them?

editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in Infectious_Disease

We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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• virus,
• pandemic,
• aerosol,
• bioterrorism,
• biosafety,
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TIL marijuana wasn't illegal in the US until 1937

norml.org link posted by b_independent in todayilearned

Today I learned that marijuana, "the most widely used illicit substance in the world," was not illegal in the United States until 1937, the law was debated only 90 seconds, the American M...

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From Bump to Buzz

youtu.be link posted by peace_on_earth in FeelGood

We took photos every day through the 9 months of our pregnancy, this is the result (plus a little song I wrote called "Something New").

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Hajj Stampede Accident - At least 700+ people killed

goo.gl link posted by pabloapicco in worldnews

At least 700 people were killed, and 719 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning.

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• hajj helpline,
• hajj accident,
• hajj pigrimage,
• hajj accident video,
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Watch What Happens After A 13-Year-Old Boy Leaves “Public Education”

thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in teens

When conformity and rigidity are replaced with free thinking and innovation, the results can be quite stunning. Such was the case with 13-year-old Logan LaPlante, who left the public education system...

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• hacking,
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• home schooling,
• individualism,
• philosophy

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Stuart Hameroff on Singularity 1on1: Consciousness is More than Computation!

editorial posted by Clarisse88 in science

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• science

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Local Vs Organic - What to Buy

editorial posted by swynts in fitness

I try my best to buy as close to the farm as I can. I frequent farmers markets, I buy meat from local sources and I always ask where the fish came from when I buy fresh. Do I do this 100% of the...

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• organic,
• local,
• food,
• health

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Handcuffed and Helpless:There’s a naive idea floating around that an innocent person should never be afraid of cops

fee.org link posted by c_prompt in politics

What you are about to read is not a philosophical argument. It’s a personal testimony. The aim of telling this story is neither to make a political statement, nor to score points for a particular i...

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• liberty,
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Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Drugs and the Meaning of Life

samharris.org link posted by digdug in philosophy

The power of psychedelics, however, is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime... I believe that psychedeli...

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Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies (TED Talk). Do I admit too much when I tell you I had tears in my eyes as she finished her presentation?

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How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of l...

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Is There a True Code of Manliness? The 3 P’s of Manhood: Protect

artofmanliness.com link posted by b_independent in AskMen

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Actual election turnout far lower than reported - only one-third of eligible Americans vote

america.aljazeera.com link posted by digdug in politics

Turnout figures don’t tell the whole story because there are tens of millions of unregistered voting-age Americans. 70 million U.S. citizens of voting age are not currently registered voters. On...

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Scientists discover infinite energy: toast always lands butter-side down. Cats always land on their feet...

memedepot.com link posted by c_prompt in funny

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The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy

substance.com link posted by c_prompt in health

The US public health establishment buries overwhelming evidence that abstinence is a cause of heart disease and early death. People deserve to know that alcohol gives most of us a higher life expecta...

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The Search for Exceptional Genomes. They walk among us. Natural experiments, living ordinary lives, unaware that their genes may hold the clue to the next superdrug.

technologyreview.com link posted by digdug in science

Ten years ago, scientists discovered that some people are naturally missing working copies of a gene known as PCSK9. The consequences of the mutation were extraordinary. These people, including a T...

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TIL the US Coast Guard can board your boat at any time for any reason effectively just about anywhere. You do not have Fourth Amendment constitutional rights when on a boat. It's called a "suspicionless search." Why? The Revenue Services Act... of 1790.

sailfeed.com link posted by c_prompt in sailing

Per two statutes, 14 U.S.C. § 89(a)2 and 19 U.S.C. §1581(a), the US Coast Guard has virtually unlimited authority to stop, board, and search vessels without any suspicion of wrongdoing. No...

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Epix is offering a free trial of their unlimited movie/TV show streaming service. Requires free account but no credit card info is needed to sign up. (Ends 3/16/15)

epixhd.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies

Huge number of free movies. List of all movies is here.

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TIL that, of reddit's front page posts, 52% have already been posted before

niemanlab.org link posted by peace_on_earth in todayilearned

On Reddit, good links rise to the top - but it can sometimes take a few attempts to get there. A study of the social news site's voting behavior finds that about half of its most popular links die...

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A gentle introduction to the lightning network

github.com link posted by Clemens in bitcoin

We describe the lightning network in non-technical terms. We omit some details, but try to convey the general idea of how it works.

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Skip The Hedge Fund: We Need Young People To Take Risks And Build Inspiring Things

fastcoexist.com link posted by c_prompt in business

Our definition of success has become narrow, boring, and limited. If we want young people to be creative and innovative, we need to reward them for it.

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Have you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational "standards" will terrify you.

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I had to pause this video a few times to allow myself to calm down. This isn't new. I started researching the genesis of "new math" and "everyday math" back in 2007 when I...

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This is me when I run

facebook.com link posted by Clarisse88 in funny

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“race is simply not a level of biological division …in…humans”

lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics

In the spirit of Morgan Freeman's excellent advice on how to solve the race problem and just "stop talking about it," I'm reposting this thoughtful perspective from lewrockwell.com. Rachel Dol...

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Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent

libertycrier.com link posted by c_prompt in politics

It’s always a pleasure when anything patent-related enters the mainstream. Recently, Stephen Colbert took on the absurd inventions that companies attempt to patent. In this case, the host of...

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Outernet | Information for the World from Outer Space

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Outernet is a project to take the best content from Internet and make it available to the world for free using 150 micro satellites broadcasting from 600km above Earth. By leveraging datacasting techn...

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Exactly

editorial posted by b_independent in b_independent

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The Great Thanksgiving Hoax

mises.org link posted by c_prompt in politics

Each year at this time school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story, and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it. It is all ver...

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valME.io - now with custom domains, including SSL/https support (and a bunch of other improvements while we were in the code). Take that WordPress and Tumblr!

editorial posted by c_prompt in GettingStarted

I'm very excited to announce valME just rolled out some major enhancements. If you run a blog or forum elsewhere and pay $60 annually, check out what we can now offer: Custom domains, including...

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Environmental Psychology: The study of human nature, reasonable behavior and durable living

www-personal.umich.edu link posted by c_prompt in environment

TIL what environmental psychology is.

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People are scared of guns because they only have 2 outcomes: death & freedom. And freedom scares them more than death.

bravetheworld.com link posted by c_prompt in guns

I understand this quote is a bit of hubris, and I don't agree that these are the only two outcomes. I still like the quote and do agree that many people are terrified of freedom. People's fear of fr...

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How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood

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Stephen Wolfram's Introduction to the Wolfram Language

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IRONY ALERT! This U.S. Banker Says China Should Let Companies Fail

ronpaullibertyreport.com link posted by c_prompt in politics

The irony is so thick in this story, you may not be able to handle it. Let's go back to the financial crisis of 2008. Easily, one of the biggest heists in world history went by the name of TARP, an...

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Mt. Gox and Bitcoin users: remember, remember the 3rd of October (2008)

editorial posted by digdug in bitcoin

Back in 2008, a law was enacted of which, even the name itself, sounded like it was straight out of an Ayn Rand novel. Legally, it's known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008....

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Fukushima radiation levels underestimated by five times

rt.com link posted by peace_on_earth in worldnews

TEPCO has revised the readings on the radioactivity levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant well to 5 million becquerels of strontium per liter – both a record, and nearly five times higher...

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No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish

blog.firebrandtalent.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self

This post may offend some readers. But only because it’s going to cut close to the bone for many. And I don’t care if I sound old-fashioned, because actually it’s nothing to do with ‘fas...

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A Tale of Two Children: The Stolen Generations, Then and Now

editorial posted by digdug in mens rights

Albert Einstein theorized that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes from one form to another. In physics, this became known as the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Many a ph...

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IKEA vs Apple

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Why I won’t work for Google

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Brilliant response from Niklas Femerstrand to Google's attempt to recruit him.

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NATO 1949: The Origin of an Offensive, Expansionist, Imperialist Military Alliance

globalresearch.ca link posted by c_prompt in politics

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, was launched sixty five years ago following the signature of the Atlantic Pact in 1949. The original member states that came together under US tutelage...

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So Jesus comes back to Earth...

editorial posted by digdug in atheism

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Thoughts From Within - a poem by Woody Harrelson (with video)

youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism

I sometimes feel like an alien creature, for which there is no earthly explanation. Sure I have human form, walking erect with opposing digits, but my mind is upside down. I...

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This Self-Stabilizing Boat's Deck Is Always Flat, Even in Rough Waters

wired.com link posted by digdug in sailing

The Martini boat has an active suspension to make going over waves feel like, well, nothing.

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You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom; in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient

jimstonefreelance.com link posted by peace_on_earth in environment

I hesitated to post the link to REALITY: 300 mpg from a normal production car - the Volkswagen XL1 because it was difficult to verify the claim about being denied entrance into the US (especially g...

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What's scientific about political science? Nothing.

lewrockwell.com link posted by b_independent in politics

They call it political science. They study things such as the origins of the state, history, political ideologies, law, war, taxes, regulation, international relations, and free trade. They claim t...

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Mom offers food to baby if he can say "mama." Hungry dog says it first. Baby smacks dog.

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Birth control for men - new contraception on/off switch, size of a gummy bear, implanted on the vas deferens makes men temporarily sterile

bimek.com link posted by c_prompt in sex

The Bimek SLV regulates the flow of sperm cells in the spermatic ducts and does not require additional hormones or medication.

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I'm not a scientist nor engineer nor mathematician. But I wish I was. It's so romantic.

editorial posted by c_prompt in science

I've just watched a physics video that made me discover something important about myself. Had I better teachers growing up, I'd be a scientist now instead of a business technologist. I'...

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Let's teach kids philosophy. You really can't start too soon, I've found.

thetyee.ca link posted by b_independent in teens

Suppose I said "Love is the answer to the question. Now, what is the question?" To consider this requires you to think abstractly. You likely wouldn't ask this question to a child, but why not? Pe...

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Creative Commons licensing template

editorial posted by b_independent in csstemplates

If you support Creative Commons copyright licensing, you can use this as a footer: <style> .footer { margin: 0; text-align: left; color: #686868; font-style: italic; font-size: 85%;...

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Ladies first - men, please say chivalry isn't dead

telegraph.co.uk link posted by b_independent in relationships

In good society, there are general rules for polite behavior that facilitate relationships, and good relationships help us live better lives. Society works better when people have manners, act civi...

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I'm offering free editing services. Do you have a blog but aren't the best writer? Want to enhance your dating profile? Need a review of your turnpaper before submitting to your professor? Write something and I'll suggest edits for you.

editorial posted by c_prompt in writing

Title says it all. A sample of my writing: https://valme.io/all/user/c_prompt/only/editorials. Just post what you've written into your own /journal community (for example, this is my journal commu...

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First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers

lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in health

The manipulation of the conversation around vaccines in the mainstream media has been nothing short of a tour de force. If you read only mainstream publications, you might come away with the impres...

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God Realizes He Forgot To Put Souls In Humans

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THE HEAVENS—While pacing across His Eternal Kingdom on Friday, the Lord God Almighty, He Who Commanded Light to Shine out of Darkness, suddenly realized He had forgotten to provide human beings with...

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Why I No Longer Give Away My Music | On the Commons

onthecommons.org link posted by digdug in music

How the digital music biz makes it difficult for musicians to offer free downloads By Bob Ostertag Bob Ostertag’s article (below) about how the music industry makes it increasingly di...

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First journal post!

editorial posted by AdamTheDewott in AdamTheDewott

This is the first journal post to my journal community!  I hope to have fun here!

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valME.io - now with picture carousels and lightbox. Maximize your images and let them slide across the screen (subtitle: geeks are funny)

editorial posted by c_prompt [A] in GettingStarted

While working with a user who intends to take advantage of valME's latest functionality to setup your own website with a custom domain (don't forget - we'll help you convert your current website for...

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