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Isn't Sunday family day, culturally? At least when I visited last year, businesses were closed and there were many more families outside walking/biking/etc than on Saturday.

You'd have to pay me to use the power, too, if I would rather be outside in this perfect weather.

It took me a long time to realize that procrastination, not work, is what's been draining me. The Pomodoro Technique is what really brought it to light: I noticed that on days when I complete 6+ pomodoros (25-minute work sessions) I'm energized to hack on stuff when I get home; when I only get 4 or fewer done, it's a struggle.

I use a little desktop application [0] that pops up whenever a work session or break is finished. Just that little prod is usually enough motivation to switch before I start feeling worn out.

[0] Tomighty (http://www.tomighty.org/)

If you dig into the folders there are more executables.

They work as Paint Shop Pro add-ins, too.

As an automation software developer in a manufacturing business, the software I've written has obsoleted a lot of positions but not the people in those positions. There's always something new for even unskilled, aged labor to do -- often, tasks that didn't exist before resources were freed up by the same automation.

Thanks for this, didn't know there was a limit. Apparently it's 10% of your net worth [0] and there are other restrictions by state [1]. Which is a shame, because it beats the pants off the stock market.

[0] http://kb.lendingclub.com/investor/articles/Investor/Is-ther...

[1] http://kb.lendingclub.com/investor/articles/Investor/What-ar...

> You just can't use it what so ever unless you log in with your Windows account.

Try downloading Skype Portable. My Skype account is still just a username (not tied to either a Microsoft or Facebook account) and works great without any integration into the OS.

FYI, the "Free online" app link on that page still points to the lost domain

You have a library card with a settable PIN? Every one I've gotten has been an auto-incrementing ID with no security.

Genesis 2:9 does mention a "tree of life," though in this case certainly 6stringmerc did mean "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" from which Adam was commanded not to eat.

Link for the interested - I know I missed it the first time around: http://minimaxir.com/2014/02/glory-to-the-helix/

There's a quip at the bottom: "This blog post may or may not have actually been written by a neural network."

Has there been any progress in AI-driven/assisted creative writing (other than sportscasts)?

I've switched over to using Here Maps[1]. It's fast and doesn't hide controls, unlike the new Google Maps, and you can get fully offline directions in its app by downloading map sets ahead of time.

[1] here.com

That looks really useful. Could you provide a link to your/an implementation?

"I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey." "She swore to obey?" "Well, no...."

Co-Mo Electric is rolling out fiber to Otterville, MO next year, after which I'm moving there. From small town to smaller town, but from slow cable to fast fiberoptic. Win!

Any idea if there's some sort of meetup-alternative for tech-minded people moving into the area? Just based on this thread, Co-Mo Connect and other rural fiber initiatives seem to be attracting a fair number of developers/entrepreneurs. It'd be great to all get in touch with each other.

A few of those could make legitimately interesting articles. Idea 7 is very subtle clickbait - I might click just to see what is rated as #1.

IAP in freemium games is often a substitute for time (grinding or waiting). I wouldn't pay 5¢ for an article, but I might pay 1 token for a well-written summary of an article with the main points highlighted, if a quick skim identifies that the article is interesting.

Even old DDR-200 (aka PC-1600, 1600 MB/s)[1] is faster than the theoretical maximum of SATA III (600 MB/s). Wikipedia says SATA 3.2 can reach 1,969 MB/s, but the more recent DDR3-1600 is 12,800 MB/s and some DDR4 reach 21,300 MB/s [2] ... SSDs aren't even close.

DDR4 also theoretically supports 512 GB sticks [3] Can't wait.

1) http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-memory-speeds-compatab...

2) http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory-ballistix-elite

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR4_SDRAM

Any scripts out there that go on the offensive, rather than just opting me out? Something that sends reams of plausible data to Microsoft so that any semblance of usefulness is lost in the chaff.

So memset was crippled from Android 1.5-2.1? How did this not bring everything to a grinding halt? (Not familiar with Android's inner workings specifically, but from a C standpoint this sounds major.)

For confirmation: [1] is a video of someone assaulting their webcam with a 1.5w blue laser. All it does is create a few horizontal lines, burn a few tiny marks on the image, and discolor the highlights.

[1]: https://youtu.be/zNUgO1Npihk?t=130

Does this hook up to my brokerage account and perform rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting a la Betterment/Wealthfront? It looks like it might, but with extra layers of complication to jump through first since I'm both pseudo-RIA and client. A step-by-step guide or "manage my own funds only" configuration would be helpful.

No need -- just submit them all!

Sad day :( Any way to recover playlists? There were a lot of amazing songs I'd discovered through their radio feature, but didn't write down elsewhere.

LOTRO also has an equippable item ("Stone of the Tortoise") that prevents a character from gaining EXP. If I had the time to play still I would get this. The low-level content is some of the best in the game, IMO.

> A ninja armed with sustainable bags will arrive at your door to pick up your baby

> http://www.launchnik.com/babyio

o_O

I have a relative who loves to tell the story of a school building's clocks that would show the wrong time every Monday morning. Turned out their janitor's new vacuum cleaner was putting interference on the power line and disrupting the master clock system's signal enough to require a manual reset. Problem went away after replacing the vacuum.

A fitting riposte, given that the site was hacked by Islamic jihadists earlier this year http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/32248/hacking/notepad-si...

Since the requests for hm.js are taking place over HTTP, even if Baidu started responding with 301's to reconnect over SSL wouldn't the GFW be able to just intercept the initial insecure request and respond with its own version of hm.js?

While Github is receiving a fair percentage of Baidu's traffic, though...