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MeTa post:
"Wow, look at the Boobies!"
I dunno.. I thought it was a great post and site (or at least pretty good). Not only does it depict a broad cross section of breasts, it appears to use quite a sophisticated scoring mechanism. Pictures that are hard to guess right yield far more points than ones that are easy to guess.
Further, I don't see the hyper-sexualisation argument at all. This site did not create the regrettable phenomena of cosmetic breast implants; and if anything, it is a strong argument against them.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 6:48 PM on July 10, 2008
MeTa post:
Mark askee answers
Until now, I've been against marking, but I now see that complaints about this issue will never end until marking occurs.
Having seen the little bar, I like it. However, if you could just reduce the width of the bar by about 5 pixels, it would be even better!
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 4:58 PM on June 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Anyone going to CMWC2008?
Skids
Another fan-favourite fixed-gear event. Competitors sprint to high speed, then lock their rear wheel to see how far they can skid. (The world record is over 500 feet!)
So, I guess it still qualifies as a skid even after the rear tire has been shredded and you are running on bare rim?
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 3:12 AM on May 25, 2008
MeTa post:
May Cycling Challenge and 10km Streak
I should have mentioned, I will add all activities with a given date stamp to arrive at a total distance for each day.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 3:14 PM on May 11, 2008
Yes, purely the honour system. The only other choice would be for mathowie to buy 120 GPS trip computers, and one is already totally awesome, so...
dobbs, you just have to wait for a periodic update. I guess I could do that tonight, because it has been a few days..
The consecutive day script still hasn't been written, I'm looking to do that in the next couple of days.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 7:56 AM on May 12, 2008
Actually, it's defeated's site, but only the top 5 lists are tracked server side, so I scrape the data and post updates. I believe he has some plans for making me obsolete, but he's also pretty busy at work, so..
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 10:55 AM on May 12, 2008
This previous discussion might help clarify what's going on: Cycling Challenges for 2008.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:21 PM on May 12, 2008
Still? :)
Don't worry, I'm feeling very guilty about it, so I'll be starting it anytime now.
I'm very sorry to all participants, and I'm eager to see some standings myself!
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 5:56 PM on May 21, 2008
RikiTikiTavi, I don't think what you describe is gaming the rules at all. I know where mathowie is coming from though.. It is just that it would be nice to think a daily 10km rider would throw in a couple of big days here and there, just to prove they are really trying.
I think I'll keep track of a couple of other distance thresholds, just for the bragging rights.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 6:02 PM on May 21, 2008
The streak script is done(ish) and the first results are as follows:
24 days by hangashore *
21 days by sequential *
19 days by dobbs *
16 days by Chuckles *
15 days by ssg *
13 days by notsnot *
11 days by JeffL *
11 days by spokenword *
9 days by monkeystronghold *
7 days by asbestos_mcpinto May 10, 2008
6 days by hydrophonic *
5 days by... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 3:06 AM on May 25, 2008
MeTa post:
Ministry of Mis-Information
roofus' answer was basically perfect! Just thought that needed to be said.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 4:27 PM on May 16, 2008
I totally agree with your interpretation, moxiedoll, but on the other hand.. The fact that roofus' answer is open to the varied interpretations is a major part of its awesomeness. I mean, if you are the kind of person who can't deal with the ambiguity of "it is really, really unlikely", then you are probably the type of person who needs to be more careful and take action. Or get therapy, but that is a different AskMe question :P
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 6:31 PM on May 16, 2008
MeTa post:
Cycling challenges for 2008
Thanks mathowie and mikepop, for offering prizes! And, for all the kind words.
Now you're asking for more work?
The "more work" I'd really be into is coding up some kind of horse race graph. You know, like a graph that charts riders day by day mileage in a head to head comparison. Not the kind of thing I'm going to do from scratch, but if anyone knows of a good starting place, I think it would be really awesome.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:22 AM on April 20, 2008
MeTa post:
Thanks for the Catalogs...
Along the environmental line of reasoning.. One of the frustrating things about this project will be discovering which catalogues are easy to get, and which hard. You'll discover that DigiKey will happily fill your mailbox on a very regular basis, and it will become irritating as hell. McMaster-Carr catalogue on the other hand.. But, it is good for ten years when you get it.
(if McMaster-Carr is easier than it used to be, let me know, because it's pushing ten years, and I wouldn't... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 8:20 AM on April 12, 2008
In a sense I agree with the naysayers.. I think cadastral is drinking from a fire hose on this one myself, and it is a bit wrong headed. There are many specialty catalogues which behave like Pottery Barn (DigiKey, for one), and this project will be quite wasteful because of those companies.
If AskMe had been functioning at its peak, this would have come up in the question. Something like:"Lee Valley's catalogues are great, but be warned that they will flood you... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:39 AM on April 13, 2008
Hmm.. Maybe the difference between computer parts databases and paper catalogues hasn't been expounded on enough for everybody to get it.
If you are looking for a specific part, or data on a specific part, the computer database is far superior. For this job, computer databases have replaced paper catalogues very effectively. I gave away my dictionary the other day because of this. The way I use a dictionary, I have no need to browse pages, or to read consecutively, I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 12:17 PM on April 13, 2008
MeTa post:
We are a Paragon
We have a couple people that can fill in as midnight mods if necessary and a few people who have, in the past, taken the reins for a day here and there. But no, there's no one with regular admin access besides the four of us.
Is that in the FAQ? Apparently not..
I dunno, seems to me this should have been revealed more forthrightly.
(not that editing the FAQ qualifies as forthright)
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:41 PM on April 10, 2008
MeTa post:
Two weeks are better than one (in this case)
I think we've tried both 1 week and 2 weeks, and it was a lot less mental baggage to allow one per week. A vast majority of people seem fine with being limited to doing something once a week, but once every two weeks drove people (even including me) batty because it was kind of beyond a normal attention span.
I think the best way to manage questions is to give people a fixed number per year (like 12?). Yes, there are some issues, but all of them can... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 10:52 PM on March 29, 2008
MeTa post:
Askme Snowclones?
yes.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 9:18 AM on March 16, 2008
Cited examples? OK.. Internet wanker is too lazy to look up the answer - link.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Maybe I'm just completely missing that this is listfilter.. :P
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 9:22 AM on March 16, 2008
MeTa post:
Hmm, you might know the answer to this...
Nice idea, but implementation would be pretty hard..
maybe weighting things more where you had a best answer in them (those tags/categories are stuff you're really interested in).
I dunno.. A lot of my best answers come randomly from throw away answers on topics I'm only moderately familiar with, like this, rather than my core expertise, like this, this or this.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 10:52 AM on March 12, 2008
The idea of notification has been considered and rejected a couple of times. I take it that this is a little different. A filtered view. You can choose to apply that filter or not, and presumably you could choose to subscribe to the RSS feed for that view as well. But, notification isn't the main purpose, as I understand it.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:31 AM on March 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Reply link inline w/ comments?
there's no real way ... to reply directly to a comment in a clean way
Generally, I use only italics when the user being quoted isn't ambiguous. I do this because sticking a user name in front of quoted text feels a little confrontational. If I want to make a comment personal, I will occasionally address a user by name, but not in a 'throw your words back at you' way. If I'm quoting more than one user in a single comment, I precede each quote with a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 8:22 PM on March 7, 2008
MeTa post:
When is Enough Enough?
should I have realized it would have derailed into 200+ replies that had nothing to do with my original post.
I can't believe nobody has gone here yet.. When you make a post, smile and be happy, don't try to control the direction of conversation (don't even try to guess at what it will be). At best, it just won't work..
That was your only mistake, and the only lesson you should take from this experience.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 6:40 AM on February 20, 2008
MeTa post:
The icing on the snowplough
I'm cold, but -229 points!
And, Red Room sounds great.
(I hope it doesn't conflict with anti-valentines day. It shouldn't though, the entire point of anti-valentines is for it to happen on valentines.)
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 10:44 PM on January 19, 2008
And, sometimes we break cameras..
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 9:48 AM on January 23, 2008
So that's what happened to DaShiv's pics! jacquilynne took him down and exposed the film to protect our identities.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 12:00 PM on January 24, 2008
I witnessed randomination's trip planning, but I didn't actually take in any details. I don't think he left before 1am though, so...
jacquilynne, by any chance, might one find a DaShiv in that tunnel?
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:47 PM on February 15, 2008
And while I'm at it, here is a link about naked-eye 3D via this post.
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 12:01 AM on February 16, 2008
randomination, I think your wedding cake expertise is required in aisle 5 :)
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 11:03 PM on February 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Yay, first place! (but not for long)
Yep d x T for T<0.. I think an improved formula is required, if we do this again.
d x e-T/10 is looking pretty good. The scale factor becomes:
T = 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20
exp(-T/10) = 0.37 0.61 1.00 1.65 2.72 4.48 7.39
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 3:11 PM on January 21, 2008
That's at least 6km/day (more than 120 km per month). Not half bad, and adding a name to the list would be good..
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 8:58 PM on January 23, 2008
Final results for the icycle challenge are in: 1) sequential -2458.64
2) lonefrontranger -2005.37
3) Chuckles -1792.06
4) mikepop -1716.28
5) isopraxis -568.10
6) hydrophonic -475.53
7) GalaxieFiveHundred -265.19
8) ErWenn -162.64
9)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 2:39 PM on February 1, 2008
MeTa post:
Searching For A Heart Of Gold
1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 234 235 236
Better if you do...
While on first page:1 2 3 ... n/2 ... n-2 n-1 nWhile on page i:1 ... i/2 ... i-1 i i+1 ... (n-i/2)+i ... nOr something like that.. Point being, you want to be able to jump to the beginning or the end at any time (this is commonly implemented), and you want to be able to jump half way between where you are and either end, to facilitate manual binary searching within the results... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 9:44 PM on January 31, 2008
MeTa post:
Godwin!
Even if I don't agree with the argument that X is offensive or hostile to others, the idea that there are people who do dislike it and find it offensive or hostile should suggest that the prudent course is that one should avoid X lest we needlessly drive away a diversity of viewpoints. This guy offers an offensive and shallow characterization of a political view, and that characterization has been plucked out as a comment among thousands as something worthy of special note.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 9:59 AM on January 29, 2008
By the way, I didn't think the comment was particularly great..
posted to MetaTalk by Chuckles
at 10:04 AM on January 29, 2008
