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What are your trading rules?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane
at 7:11 PM on July 24, 2008
(24 comments)
What's with my weird compulsion?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alabaster
at 7:08 PM on July 22, 2008
(111 comments)
I will be starting graduate school in the fall (thanks for the great advice on my previous question!), and going from a quite comfortable salary to a typical grad student's pay. Obviously, in order to keep my budget balanced I will have to cut back considerably on eating out and other costly entertainments. How can I maintain some kind of social life without going broke, and without offending my friends?
posted to Ask Metafilter by cortisol
at 9:36 PM on July 13, 2008
(28 comments)
How do I sound like the intelligent and mature person that I am?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mixed greens
at 12:06 PM on July 14, 2008
(17 comments)
What are some exceptionally well-performed audiobooks?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ambrosia Voyeur
at 1:24 PM on July 7, 2008
(77 comments)
I'm starting law school next month. I want to do well, but my study habits up till now have been terrible. How do I become a good student and succeed in law school?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 1:41 PM on July 4, 2008
(21 comments)
How do you develop focus, drive, and personal discipline?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Saxon Kane
at 8:26 PM on May 11, 2008
(28 comments)
Why, when I drag the fleshy (i.e., not furry) part of my cat's paw across the trackpad on my MacBook, does the cursor not respond?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Dr. Wu
at 8:50 PM on May 15, 2008
(46 comments)
What do you take for lunch everyday?
posted to Ask Metafilter by heavenstobetsy
at 4:56 PM on May 24, 2008
(35 comments)
I tend to get very excited about lots of different projects and overcommit myself. I can be happily insanely busy for a while, but then I get overwhelmed, freak out and flake out. I don't want to do this anymore. How can I find balance and learn to work sustainably?
posted to Ask Metafilter by streetdreams
at 8:28 AM on May 25, 2008
(9 comments)
What to do (if anything) about a kid (Kindergarten) who cannot deal with failure/losing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by unixrat
at 8:25 AM on May 23, 2008
(28 comments)
If you could pick one sans-serif family from Adobe, what would it be and why? I am trying to branch out from the Myriad Pro I got free with InDesign.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Foam Pants
at 1:23 PM on May 23, 2008
(28 comments)
Exercising your brain makes you smarter, and there is no better gym for it than the
MentatWiki.
posted to MetaFilter by splice
at 11:47 AM on May 17, 2008
(16 comments)
Chronotron is a Flash game in the same vein as the earlier
Cursor*10, which was deliberately triple-posted. (Sadly, the mods didn't see the humor value....) This is a very clever game mechanic, in which you cooperate with
yourself to try to solve puzzles. Lots of fun.
(I also found it slightly depressing to realize just how predictable I am.) [via]
posted to MetaFilter by Malor
at 4:04 PM on May 13, 2008
(14 comments)
foldit
is a new computer game scientists have created that lets YOU help them make science!!
posted to MetaFilter by Koko
at 5:15 PM on May 10, 2008
(24 comments)
Help me look older, act older, and get others to perceive me as the mature, authoritative adult that I am!
posted to Ask Metafilter by bonheur
at 10:33 AM on May 9, 2008
(28 comments)
Is there a name for
this style of drawing? And can you suggest a good course of action I could take to learning it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stuboo
at 1:24 PM on May 7, 2008
(15 comments)
What kind of conflict resolution do you use in your relationship?
There are it seems to me at least two types:
1. rules that you agree on as a couple to use during a conflict so as to address the conflict but also resolve it constructively
2. rules/approaches that you use unilaterally to approach a conflict
posted to Ask Metafilter by jouke
at 11:38 AM on May 8, 2008
(25 comments)
How can I learn to talk through my emotions when I'm very upset instead of shutting down?
posted to Ask Metafilter by kerfuffled
at 3:09 PM on May 7, 2008
(25 comments)
I get bored and lonely on weekdays. What can I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sixcolors
at 2:24 PM on May 6, 2008
(14 comments)
I would like randomly selected items from a To-Do list to "float to the top" on a regular basis. Ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by penciltopper
at 4:35 PM on May 6, 2008
(9 comments)
Rutgers professor of philosophy Jerry Fodor
created a bit of a stir last October when he wrote an article for the London Review of Books arguing that natural selection may not be such a great theory after all, and that a "major revision of evolutionary theory... is in the offing." Not many fellow
philosophers and academics agree, it seems. Fodor responds to his critics
here and
here. Six months later, it's still not entirely clear whether his argument is, as Justin E.H. Smith
put it, "irresponsible and stupid or so subtle that none of his adversaries, defending a status quo interpretation of the theory of natural selection, have been able to get it yet."
posted to MetaFilter by decoherence
at 7:08 AM on May 6, 2008
(142 comments)
I have no real friends, and yet I'm perfectly happy, am I weird??
posted to Ask Metafilter by katala
at 4:07 AM on May 4, 2008
(31 comments)
When I die, I want to make sure that my body is stripped down and recycled much like an automobile at the wrecking yard. How do I go about making sure this happens?
posted to Ask Metafilter by davey_darling
at 10:02 AM on May 5, 2008
(15 comments)
I'm applying for a scholarship. Scholarship requires academic references. Uh oh...
posted to Ask Metafilter by veol
at 10:32 PM on April 30, 2008
(14 comments)
I've been putting off this post for fear of not getting everything across, I almost completely lack confidence and a sense of identity.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 8:52 PM on April 30, 2008
(21 comments)
Ways of Seeing, the BBC documentary written and hosted by novelist and art critic
John Berger, is back up on YouTube. (scroll down for direct links to all four half-hour episodes) "I actually find it rather disturbing that -- despite our claims to be a culture that's increasing freedom of choice all the time -- we haven't come up with anything quite as astute, subversive or beautiful as Ways of Seeing since. Not on the BBC, and not even -- especially not -- on the internet. Download it while you still can."
posted to MetaFilter by vronsky
at 2:06 PM on April 30, 2008
(32 comments)
We're a small research lab, that uses a series of servers. A smart person would have these machines backed up regularly. But we're not that smart ...
posted to Ask Metafilter by outlier
at 3:53 PM on April 30, 2008
(22 comments)
Decker isn't quite a roguelike about hacking in the world of
Shadowrun with Windows 3.1-era graphics, but it's as close as you're ever gonna come.
posted to MetaFilter by Pope Guilty
at 10:09 PM on April 26, 2008
(16 comments)
I'm a guy 5-6 years over the legal drinking age, I have been sober all this time.
Recently I started been a
social drinker. I don't want to get drunk or stoned. Just wanted to socialize with others.
Due to the fact that I have been sober for this long I'm clueless on what to order at a bar.
My current choices are
- Beer (Stuck with Budweiser)
- Fish Bowl=vodka+cranberry juice (Introduced by a friend. It's ok but taste is not that great)
- Sparkling Wine (I like the taste)
Please suggest me some good cocktail
- That you like the taste
- Will not get me stoned
- Not girly (Is martini a girls drink?)
- Cost less than $6-$7 per drink (with relative to prices of small college town bars, not in NYC type of bars. I can understand that $5 drink in a college town will be $10 in NYC)
p.s.: Open to suggestions of good beers too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by WizKid
at 9:23 AM on April 25, 2008
(113 comments)
When playing games with my friends, I tend to get very competitive and bitter. In that moment of frustration, what are some things I can tell myself so I calm down?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 5:03 AM on April 22, 2008
(26 comments)
What are some interesting, uncommon "vocabulary" words that you use regularly or semi-regularly?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Metroid Baby
at 1:24 PM on April 22, 2008
(90 comments)
I'm trying to put together a list of the happiest sounding songs with the saddest lyrics... can you help?
posted to Ask Metafilter by twiggy
at 12:27 PM on April 18, 2008
(107 comments)
I realized recently that I’m ashamed of myself at a deep fundamental level. When I fail at something big or small, I beat myself up emotionally more than I should and feel ashamed. I realize that this is not emotionally healthy, but I’m not really sure what I can do to change the dynamic.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 6:20 AM on April 20, 2008
(24 comments)
When asked, I couldn't recommend any good Computer Science or Engineering books for kids. Do such books exist? To avoid buying a stack and going through them myself, can anyone recommend any?
posted to Ask Metafilter by billy_the_punk
at 9:47 AM on April 20, 2008
(8 comments)
Where's an exotic, yet secure, place to travel for a single gal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by exquisite_deluxe
at 7:05 PM on April 20, 2008
(17 comments)
What books should I read if I want to be successful?
posted to Ask Metafilter by wireless
at 10:16 PM on April 19, 2008
(21 comments)
"The soul perishes not of dark, but of cold." - Where does this quote come from?
posted to Ask Metafilter by talitha_kumi
at 5:54 AM on April 18, 2008
(3 comments)
Ways to mitigate a low undergrad GPA for grad school applications?
posted to Ask Metafilter by slow graffiti
at 7:51 AM on April 18, 2008
(12 comments)
Help me be a better graduate student.
posted to Ask Metafilter by peacheater
at 8:43 PM on April 17, 2008
(18 comments)
- "Please don't beat me. I'm having my period." ~ Mama Wangari
- "It is being both black and gay [which is problematic]." ~ Zanele Muholi (Nehanda Nyakasikana) [NSFW]
- "Sisters at heart, these women are: from Kibera to Loresho." ~ WM
- "My vagina wants an Uzi" ~ Larissa Klazinga (Amanda Atwood)
- "You are from Kenya? So are you Kikuyu or Luo?" ~ Wangui
Blogs of women from Africa. That is all.
posted to MetaFilter by hadjiboy
at 6:29 AM on April 17, 2008
(29 comments)
