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wario  ·  3427 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why do you shower in the morning?

I shower in the mornings because if I even have a 2 minute nap the heavens of grease open and all my hair sticks to my head and just looks awful. If I didn't shower in the morning I would go into work looking like a homeless man.

wario  ·  3427 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the pivotal moment in which you realized you'd gotten old?

I've got friends in their early 20s who are going gray, sometimes people's hair just does that. I don't think it means you are getting old.

wario  ·  3911 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX and Affordable Rocket Launches

I so hope that they keep making progress, I have to get to space before I die! Elon Musk must sure be a busy guy with both this and Tesla, he isn't even that old I don't think. Makes me feel like a fat hobo.

wario  ·  3916 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What unknown/lesser known websites do you guys use?

For online video I absolutely love the stuff redlettermedia put out so I am constantly checking out their site.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana jones reviews and general film reviews. All top notch

wario  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap

I really want to use these open source good for humanity projects and when I do start to use them they usually suck but I was really impressed with OSM.. I got the android app and that's good too.

I wish duckduckgo could replace google as my search engine but it just doesn't have the results I am after, google knows exactly what I want and being an engineer it's all about the right answer.

wario  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Russia no longer fears the West

Interesting read, I do think it has become about the money in the west. One of Russia's oligarchs runs a premier league football club..

With regards to Russia are they happy with Crimea and their little show of force or are the gears cranking into motion on a bigger invasion plan?

wario  ·  3920 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia admits it has moved troops into Ukraine

I must admit I am not well versed on what's going on, so many different world conflicts at the minute. So as I understand it Ukraine has been unstable for a while and the country has decended into civil war and the president/primeminister has been ousted. Now is Russia seeing its chance to claim land on a weakened state or are they simply reorganising their current military bases located in Ukraine to protect their interests.

Basically is this a power grab? I hate how little I can keep abreast of world politics, I am trying now though..

wario  ·  3922 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: GCHQ and NSA intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide

Seriously what the hell is going on, are we living in a police state? They can't possibly be doing this for "terrorism". This is way above and beyond terrorism they must know that. There must be another motive.

wario  ·  3922 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Any other reddit exiles ?

If someone ever does make an app. Alienblue has to be the model it is so superior to the android ones. Also I think the dark theme on this site is gorgeous so could that be included. I wish I had millions of dollars to donate as I know how hard it must be to get an app off the ground because someone would maybe make an amazing android one and immediately someone would ask for ios.. Then I know I want to use this site on my ipad, so an ipad friendly one would be needed. Lot of work

So...get going, I expect it on my desk by Monday

wario  ·  3922 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Monthly resolutions

I like this idea, I do something kinda close to it which is every 2 months or so I have the talk with myself and say you gotta go to the gym more, gotta stop ordering take aways etc.

This forces me to go to the gym for about 4 weeks and then during the second month I sort of descend back to steady state, then comes the talk again and the cycle repeats..

It seems to keep me fit enough as that's usually one of my main resolutions.. Possibly due to it being on my mind early January after eating loads at Christmas..

I like monthly resolutions though a lot as it allows me to think about introducing new elements into my life I might not have thought of. Like your local music idea, there's no way that would have come up in January I'll bet.

Also I commend you on your reading a book a month, I honestly just don't have the time but it's something I would love to do. After coming home from work and then studying the last thing I wanna do is more reading..

wario  ·  3922 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit censors big story about government manipulation and disruption of the Internet

I just wondered if anyone has thought about this kind of issue if this site scales to reddit proportions. I really liked that when i arrived I wasn't pointed to some default tags which gets rid of the reddit defaults issue.

Also as I understand it there are no mods and also no downvoting. But if say the site does get huge and companies like McDonald's and Taco Bell and the NSA take notice, is there anything fundamental which makes this site harder to add shills/manipulate than reddit.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit censors big story about government manipulation and disruption of the Internet

Ill try NPR it is honestly too much effort trying to wade the shit from the good. I need something reputable delivered right to me. The guardian politics podcast is quite good so I imagine ill like NPR

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit censors big story about government manipulation and disruption of the Internet

I wish I knew a newspaper I could trust.. The guardian maybe but apart from that I feel a bit lost looking for "reputable sources" these days. I must admit a large part of my news comes from reddit. It's just too damn easy to get it there and get swept up in the hive mind.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do I file bugs in here?

The timing thing would explain it, it is very erratic but it happens more times than not. About 5 mins ago every time I went to the tags page it was logged in but now I go back and it's logging me out again.

I'd say it happens maybe 60% of the time I don't care but I think for new users it's the kind of thing that puts you off as it confused me at first.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit censors big story about government manipulation and disruption of the Internet

I think it has become a different issue on reddit though as they have defaults. So it is more about caring what the newbies will see and caring that millions of people who only subscribe to the defaults and a few others who might have wanted to read it didn't get to.

Sure you can say make your own subreddit and they probably will, but when we are talking about a subreddit with 5 million subscribers it is becoming like censoring a major newspaper.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski euphoric or full of neckbeards or anything else I need warning of?

I am definitely going to check that out. The drinking club is a great ideal I have never tried mead so might get involved.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski euphoric or full of neckbeards or anything else I need warning of?

That's cool, I'm sorry too, I was being a bit touchy.. Let's be friends

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski euphoric or full of neckbeards or anything else I need warning of?

Oh god I am so sorry to barge in on your website, I was being light hearted get over it dude.

Why are you finding it hilarious as even though there might not be corrupt mods or censorship on reddit the evidence that the government IS infiltrating and manipulating opinion and websites/blogs. It isn't hilarious its Stasi-esque.

I haven't left Reddit I just saw this site in a post and thought it would be cool to check out and everyone has been cool to me today except you.

wario  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Hubski euphoric or full of neckbeards or anything else I need warning of?

lol wut? I was obviously messing around, just asking if this place had the typical reddit stereotypes..