Ask comment:
"The way I handle it is like this: Before the point you want the party to end, mention to everyone that you are tired, have to get up early, etc. and at the same time offer a last round of drinks/snacks. Basically have your own last call for the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by girlgeeknz
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"Why didn't the commenter say "The porn is secret." Is this thought to be a funny way to write?
Yes, this is indeed a funny way to write. The joke text contains three types of intentional defects, used for comedic effect: typo, all caps,..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by cjorgensen, greta simone, spinturtle, Ohdemah, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, Asymptote, lalochezia, nickyskye, The Light Fantastic, TochterAusElysium, fantabulous timewaster, Scoo, mumkin, KAS, misha, Brocktoon, chrismear
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"YouTube comments are worth it, if only for things like the endless debate about whether this video is real or not." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by lazaruslong, pete0r, Cygnet, dangerousdan, cj_, finite, mrg, brain_drain, beandip, fleetmouse, Saddo, nudar, JHarris, RakDaddy, dnial, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ha, you don't think preventing convicted felons from voting is important? I dare you to think the same way after reading this completely true story:
It was 3 AM and a young man dressed in black skulked outside of a normal middle-class home. As..." [
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favorited 31 times, recently by dirtynumbangelboy, Ickster, Floydd, apis mellifera, DevilsAdvocate, Atom Eyes, preparat, robocop is bleeding, yellowbinder, H-Bar, Uther Bentrazor, slimepuppy, Shepherd, the cydonian, bertrandom, zippy, sugarfish, bowline, peacheater, Talanvor, klangklangston, WCityMike, humannaire, finite, The Great Big Mulp, Pope Guilty, TheOnlyCoolTim, philip-random, Parasite Unseen, ymgve, aeschenkarnos
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"it became apparent to me in the first week that the reality of a company's strength or weakness was based entirely on what shareholders perceived as that company's strength or weakness, and had nothing to do with that company's actual..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I also find it ironic that the writers would choose to base the film's story on one the most overtly anti-capitalist, pro-socialism novel in all of popular literature, while at the same time aping an outspoken critic of modern corporate greed...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by cirocco, almostmanda, manguero, Epenthesis, Dreama, Amanojaku, arcticwoman, Senor Cardgage, contessa
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Surely if you can do basic math problems then you have a solid command of what is and is not socially appropriate when it comes to late night email
Not really. Drinking seems to lower inhibitions more than it lowers other abilities such as math..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
8 days ago
Ask comment:
"I'm thinking that since the dollar sucks it would probably be better financially for me long term. Is this a smart move?
Currency isn't a very good investment, and it's debatable whether or not keeping cash in euros or some other currency is a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by iknowizbirfmark
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"See also AskMe's opinion on how the hyperinflation problem could possibly be solved, and its (controversial) opinion on how you too can become a Zimbabwe billionaire...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kryptos
12 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I forgot to mention that this is a bad callout and making it makes the OP a bad person and they should feel bad.
Don't you mean it's an insipid callout, and making it makes the OP an iniquitous person and they should feel inconsolable?..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, anthropoid, Rock Steady, kittyprecious
13 days ago
Ask comment:
"I sure you know... underage drinking can lead to all sorts of bad things, including automobile fatalities.
More specifically, drinking and driving (regardless of a person's age) can result in automobile fatalities.
Rather than establishing..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by muteh, mjao
13 days ago
Ask comment:
"They find something to disagree about, and focus on that difference instead of focusing on what we both like. Or I constantly get one-upped.
If you're having a conversation about music with a music geek dude, be prepared to get into some sort of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"For those of you that don't know about it already, MetaFilter has an equivalent to this." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by JonahBlack, paleyellowwithorange, tehloki, turgid dahlia, regicide is good for you, NailsTheCat, JHarris, thewittyname, jeffburdges, tushfestival, philip-random, kingbenny
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"With banks seizing up and me having some extra cash, would it be a smart investment to loan money to individuals directly?
No. I lent some money on Prosper about a year and a half ago to try it out, and my conclusion was that Prosper is a poor..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lalochezia, CruiseSavvy, empath
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"why do so many people get so upset over a few words from someone they don't know and probably will never meet?
I think that's part of the problem. In real life, there are strong conventions around being polite to people that you don't know very..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by batmonkey, bookish, teleri025
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"At the very least his decision will get people realizing that either (a) the economy is fruly tucked and IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED, or (b) the foxes are making away with the entire henhouse.
The problem is that everyone agrees that action is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by AsYouKnow Bob, hazel, mitzyjalapeno
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This is great. Now I can get music in digital format on my computer!" [
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favorited 25 times, recently by manguero, tehloki, fearfulsymmetry, kryptondog, jdotglenn, lumensimus, seawallrunner, lattiboy, pinespree, hattifattener, agress, schyler523, jock@law, retronic, CtrlAltDelete, Blazecock Pileon, reductiondesign, Rock Steady, mumkin, MegoSteve, clearly, sixswitch, troy, Artw, DU
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"If I was an aspiring film maker in the class I would definitely want to ask you some questions (definitely be prepared for the "How did you get started in the industry" one). I would say schedule at least 15 minutes for Q&A. An hour..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KAS
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I like these kinds of things, because it can answer burning questions like "Who would win in a fight, Microsoft or the Chinese Government?" If China wins, I envision something like this happening:
China: Give us the source code for..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by liza, GuyZero, Lacking Subtlety
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I would think that as long as the people are okay with the listserv achives being publicly available on the Internet, they should be okay with you linking to them.
I'm somewhat annoyed that some of my really old Usenet posts are now easily..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by paleyellowwithorange
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"We should get Jean Grae to rap the lyrics over some simple beat, and then take the accapella from that and make it available to everyone for the next music challenge.
I agree, and since the only other major suggestion (Punch 'Em In The Dick) was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cashman
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The subjects usually read only the first two words in headlines, and they ignored the introductory sections. They wanted the "nut" and nothing else. A 2003 Nielsen warning asserted that a PDF file strikes users as a "content blob,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by topynate
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Another example of the kinds of purposeful inconveniences that can help shape a group are the ones put into private BitTorrent trackers. Starting with Napster, most P2P networks were basically a free-for-all of low quality material, malicious..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by quintessencesluglord, bitslayer
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It is no wonder that the anti-intellectual party has become a party full of poorly educated, uncurious, anti-intellectuals.
But what has become of the intellectuals? Intellectuals used to fight in wars, overthrow governments, etc. They actually..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blasdelf
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"What I'm saying is that AskMe is a crappy place to be posting about what you should do with your relationship when in fact most people know the answer going in, but don't want to admit it.
So you don't actually want a RelationshipFilter flowchart,..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Sidhedevil, Caduceus, rocket88, Deathalicious, Phalene, game warden to the events rhino, DevilsAdvocate, PhoBWanKenobi
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Call people what they want to be called. If someone introduces themselves to you as "James" don't call them "Jim." If you're handed their name on a sheet of paper, and call them "James" and they ask to be called..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I shall avoid the thread and variants in the future
You can also just give your advice and not care when people disagree with you. As long as you stay on-topic and give reasonable advice (as you did in the thread) there's nothing wrong with going..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Forktine, DevilsAdvocate
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"You're gonna buy now? How do you know that the market won't sink further by the end of the week? You're sure this crisis is over? How do you know it won't stagnate for 3 weeks or 3 years? If investing were as easy as that, we'd all be rich.
As..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lunasol
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Remember that you are down, but you have not yet lost that money. Stock prices go up and down, but you haven't lost that money until you sell.
Something that you own is worth $X less than it used to be worth, which as far as most people are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"You may have noticed the fire hydrants along Aderholt's street are black, not red.
In Texas, that legally warns firefighters they may not function - private companies such as Cash Water are not required to maintain enough water pressure to fight..." [
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favorited 25 times, recently by turgid dahlia, skoosh, tehloki, Balisong, aeschenkarnos, you, gen, peacheater, wires
Last month
MeFi comment:
"RUN A HOME LIKE A BUSINESS
Weekly Home Meeting Minutes 9/7/08
Attendees:
- Steve
- Linda
- Susie
- Billy
Key Items Addressed:
- Billy insisted that the technical issues that prevented him from taking out the garbage would soon be..." [
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favorited 46 times, recently by blueberry
Last month
Ask comment:
"Well first of all you can learn a lot about what the team is like just by the kinds of questions they ask in the interview. If all of the questions are along the lines of "What are your personal strengths and weaknesses? How would you rate..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by icebourg
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If companies start tracking detailed employee actions on a computer system and pushing them to grind through as many mind-numbing repetitive tasks as possible, they should probably take a page from MMORPGs and setup an XP system.
Employee of the..." [
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favorited 9 times
Last month
Ask comment:
"What exactly are you trying to do? Do you need large chunks of the file to be shown in binary at once or just individual bytes?
For example, my hex editor of choice XVI32 has a Data Inspector window that shows various representations of a byte..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
Ask comment:
"I don't use ActionScript as part of my job as a programmer but I've worked with Flash designers and I agree that being able to do some coding is very important for Flash designers in the real world.
If his school provides any kind of programming..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You're never too young to learn about the idiocy of racism and the folly of prejudice.
A lot of kids are too young to grasp abstract concepts like racism and prejudice and their subtle effects on the world though. Films like this do a good job of..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I actually bought the first hard-drive based portable MP3 player when it came out back in 1999 . It was a massive brick compared to modern players and it didn't even have a backlight for the display, but it was nice to be able to put several..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"the formula is so cynical and obvious; throw in lots of sex, weed and shit jokes for The Guys, but make the male characters sensitive fellas, deep down inside, so The Ladies will like them, too. But I suppose you can't argue with success
As far as..." [
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favorited 2 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Like when people freak over comparisons of Republicans to fascists. It is, to say the least, extremely unlikely that the Republicans would institute a holocaust like the Nazis, but that's not the only thing that fascists did that was antithetical to..." [
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favorited 1 time
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