MeFi comment:
"I do like this site, and like how they try to be engaging, but some of their content hits on some of my pet peeves. Namely, seeming to explain something, but at the end of it you really haven't learned anything, or worse, you've learned the wrong..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aydeejones
Last month
MeFi comment:
"With the support of Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts, the pilot program will last 15 weeks and pay students for participation and performance. The object of the program is to determine if paying students to study will improve classroom..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Reverend John, biffa
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"To show the total geek that I am:
I calculated that the frequency setting to be 0.03 Hz per setting (So a setting of 10 is equivalent to 0.3 Hz). The length of the bead chain (l) is 1 meter long, and with the tension on high the wave propagates at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dave Faris
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"From one of the links upthread ....
kp: Tell us a story about a great fan-encounter you had.
gg: Well, some few years back, a Deadhead girl mistook me for Gerry Garcia, as a few folks have done, and so after we talked a bit... Oh, sorry! Wrong..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I just came in to point out that video games as a genre are already over 25 years old, and I remember this same type of debate raging 20 years ago.
I think I have to go see if anyone's on my lawn now...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Nattie, farishta
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"An interesting twist exists for the special case where the islanders know that the only two eye colors are brown and blue. If the rules of their religion were they were never allowed to know the color of their eyes, they'd kill themselves on day 1,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parallax7d
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"lord_wolf, BigSky and Smedleyman - I agree a gun is more effective than martial arts all things being equal, but things seldom are equal. As Smedleyman alludes to in his comment: will to win, composure, and decision making are more effective. Just..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marble, malaprohibita
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure if you are agreeing with that sentiment [best line of the video: "My parents told me I couldn't date until I earned a black belt."] , or if its just an interesting line, but if you are...'Holy Shit, that is just so fucked up!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss lynnster
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"I enlisted in the Army (many years ago), and Basic Training developed confidence, pride, a realization that most roadblocks to success are self-imposed, and demonstrated that a team is not limited by the weakest individual, but is limited by how much..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Foci for Analysis, stefanie, rockhopper
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"My personal favorite leadership quote:
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shothotbot
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Every Warrior of the Light
has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light
has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light
has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
Last year
MeFi comment:
""If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
-- Antoine de..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, Richard Daly
Last year
Ask comment:
"I'm late to the party but here's my 2 cents.
- warning: deeply held religious beliefs follow -
This may be one of the reasons you are here, now, at this time. God may have tried to swing this happenstance so that some good can come out of this..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by EarBucket, wemayfreeze
Last year
MeFi comment:
"For anyone else who was confused, it took a wikipedia entry to help me decipher what this Godel thing is that everyone keeps talking about.
(Please don't let me be the only one who was confused, I'm really quite smart, really ...)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jamjam
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I appreciated the post. It was heartbreaking. Equating this with a snuff film is wrong. To me, and this is of course just my personal opinion, it's like when a relative dies or when a senseless violent act happens to someone close to you. You..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, anomie, fillsthepews, Marla Singer
Last year
