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What do you do when you and someone you barely know are approaching each other? Always make eye contact and smile or say hi? Make eye contact and then keep walking? Keep walking unless they say something? Mentally scramble for small talk? Stop and tie your shoelaces?
posted to Ask Metafilter by TheSecretDecoderRing
at 11:14 PM on July 23, 2008
(23 comments)
I'm playing with a simple python MeFi text-based RSS checker. Code
here.
posted to MetaTalk by signal
at 3:45 PM on July 15, 2008
(24 comments)
Throughout my life, I've had to learn social interaction as if I were a Martian anthropologist... consciously studying, taking notes, and practicing. A few years ago, I finally cracked "how to make friends" and seemingly overnight, I started making real connections. It was amazing. But now, from experience and from talking to my all-too-quickly growing posse of close female friends (most of whom I wished could have been more than that), I'm learning that the way you interact with someone you're interested in isn't as simple as having a great friend that you make out with like there's no tomorrow. There are subtle, maybe very simple, but essential things that separate lovers from pals. I need you to tell me-- in the most literal terms possible-- what those things are.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 6:14 PM on March 20, 2007
(39 comments)
FridayFun: This
game is absolutely ridiculous, but you'll enjoy it anyway! (
Via)
posted to MetaFilter by P.o.B.
at 9:31 PM on June 19, 2008
(33 comments)
Low calorie snacks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by isoman2kx
at 8:03 PM on June 14, 2008
(27 comments)
So I am starting to notice that the computer I built on the cheap back in 2003 is no longer cutting the mustard in the fun department and I want to build a new one. Problem is that from looking at Tom's hardware and my own past experiences I am completely over my head when it comes to whats good and what will work well together.
(Bonus question of no consequence included)
posted to Ask Metafilter by BobbyDigital
at 9:26 AM on June 10, 2008
(15 comments)
Was there a falling out between Squirtle and Bulbasaur?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ignignokt
at 6:00 AM on May 22, 2008
(17 comments)
Ok, so I invited the girl I'm interested in to coffee... she said yes... we have a time... Help me make it not a total disaster.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Jacen
at 7:55 AM on October 17, 2007
(44 comments)
What's going on with
these two relationship threads?
posted to MetaTalk by mudpuppie
at 8:26 PM on May 1, 2008
(100 comments)
Homer Simpson in CSS
"...I stayed with the idea in mind that more complex designs could be made using the Verdana font and absolute positioning in CSS, thus generating vector drawings directly embedded in the code html."
[via]
posted to MetaFilter by mewithoutyou
at 12:15 PM on April 30, 2008
(52 comments)
How do I find the answer to "what does &&= do in Perl?" via Google?
posted to Ask Metafilter by arrhn
at 5:56 PM on April 28, 2008
(10 comments)
At least it will sound like I'm furiously busy as I fritter away the rest of the afternoon racing.
TypeRacing!
posted to MetaFilter by BoatMeme
at 12:51 PM on April 24, 2008
(90 comments)
cb.vu
is a javascript virtual terminal which opens up full window in your browser and lets you fiddle with some UNIX goodness without being connected to a server, or affecting anything in The Real World whatsoever. Try creating, copying and reading files (and, particularly, read the about.txt), or playing one of the games provided. It even has an implementation of
vi!
posted to MetaFilter by benzo8
at 5:18 AM on April 17, 2008
(18 comments)
... I served my time I can speak on it. Fuck this War. American soldiers'
latrine graffiti in Kuwait and Afghanistan. A photo essay.
[Note: most text and one drawing NSFW]
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 9:48 PM on April 15, 2008
(30 comments)
I'm a heavyset, geeky guy with no sense of fashion or style. Can you help me change my look?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SansPoint
at 10:23 AM on April 12, 2008
(32 comments)
How do I ask my friend on a date?
posted to Ask Metafilter by askmeacct
at 8:49 AM on April 2, 2008
(36 comments)
Please recommend some of your favorite standup comedy DVDs. Lesser known is good, but not outrageously obscure.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graytona
at 9:21 PM on February 6, 2008
(56 comments)
Chinese MC Hammer.
Move for move nearly perfect redo of the original Hammer video. In someone's living room. While mom knits on the couch. It's a thousand kinds of awesome.
via blort
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 10:35 PM on March 29, 2008
(75 comments)
[Math filter] What fascinatingly cool mathematical topics do you wish you knew about in high school?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomcochrane
at 7:33 AM on March 27, 2008
(102 comments)
Grammar Filter: A mp3 or an mp3? I can't make myself say the former!
posted to Ask Metafilter by tastycracker
at 6:34 AM on March 25, 2008
(25 comments)
Has one of your long-held opinions/beliefs ever been swayed by a Mefi post or comment? I don't mean a mundane opinion like "I prefer mashed potatoes to french fries," but a really important opinion, like a major cultural/political stance (i.e. a long-held belief regarding religion, abortion, homosexuality, vegetarianism, conservative vs. liberal, etc.). If so, what thread and/or comment was the turning point for you? And how did you feel about thinking differently?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:20 AM on March 23, 2008
(188 comments)
What books or online courses will best help me learn science and engineering? I'm especially interested in physics, astronomy, general electronics, and computer science.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dylan20
at 2:35 PM on March 24, 2008
(8 comments)
Strange things happen to me regularly, and the last one left me with about $3000. I'm only 21, have no consumer debt and don't need to use any of it. I want to put it away, but I have no idea how.
posted to Ask Metafilter by borkingchikapa
at 3:22 PM on March 21, 2008
(20 comments)
Dadhacker
started his game programming career, like many people, by making a freeware knockoff of a popular arcade game. This got the attention of Atari, who hired him to do the official conversion of Donkey Kong, then
Super Pac-Man. After the
crash of 1983, he survived a round of layoffs, and was
pushed into the development of the
Atari ST along with a group of programmers and executives from Commodore.
posted to MetaFilter by CrunchyFrog
at 8:35 AM on March 17, 2008
(18 comments)
While watching
LOST, did you ever think, "Boy, what this show needs is an 80's-style theme song?" If so,
you're in luck.
posted to MetaFilter by UKnowForKids
at 8:00 AM on March 14, 2008
(89 comments)
How is the universe 156 billion light years across if it is only 13.7 billion years old?
posted to Ask Metafilter by plexi
at 2:28 PM on March 12, 2008
(17 comments)
I live outside the US but I'd like to watch US based content on my Mac from places like
Hulu. Is there an easy Mac application that will seek out a working US proxy and make all the changes? I'm thinking of something with a big on/off I've played with the massive proxy lists- but most of them seem to not be working. I would pay for an easy solution.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dag Maggot
at 5:35 PM on March 11, 2008
(6 comments)
Why aren't turtles dinosaurs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Listener
at 1:33 PM on March 11, 2008
(22 comments)
