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[2014-03-28 17:35:37] - the rugrats one was also super creepy. - mig
[2014-03-28 17:32:45] - http://www.gamebreaker.tv/featured/your-childhood-destroyed-in-3-2-1/ some person on deviantart made some spoofs of our childhood cartoons/games. Just as a warning #8 might be in poor taste. - mig
[2014-03-28 12:40:22] - http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/living/student-money-saving-typeface-garamond-schools/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 This is pretty neat. Saving money with a thinner typeface. -Paul
[2014-03-28 12:00:16] - mig: I just feel like that same level of rage is being directed at people who are far more harmless and sympathetic. -Paul
[2014-03-28 11:58:52] - mig: I can understand it to a certain extent. Clearly if your CEO is a raving bigot who constantly tosses around derogatory terms and rants about how gays are destroying America that's a problem with getting worked up about. -Paul
[2014-03-28 11:58:33] - yeah that #cancelcolbert thing was kind of bizarre. - mig
[2014-03-28 11:57:15] - http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/28/showbiz/tv/stephen-colbert-racist-tweet/ Also, apparently the tweet came from a Comedy Central twitter account, not one associated with Colbert or his show. -Paul
[2014-03-28 11:55:55] - whatever happened to just agreeing to disagree and just leave it at that? - mig
[2014-03-28 11:48:04] - paul: I do wonder how close we are to a point where almost every decision we make regarding who we do business from will become some sort of political exercise. - mig
[2014-03-28 11:31:26] - Xpovos: Huh, I thought it was all in response to a tweet that people are saying is racist against Asians... I didn't know there was a video clip involving LGBTA issues. -Paul
[2014-03-28 11:15:20] - Paul: I just heard about it. I tried to play a clip and it failed, so the servers must be hot. The outrage seems to be dual-focused "transphobia" and racism. Call it my own "transphobia", but if Colbert's bit actually did call out some aspect of the LGBTA agenda while mocking Snyder, I'm guessing that's the larger source of outrage being heaped. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-28 11:13:50] - mig: Can I quit my job and play RoS full time? -- Xpovos
[2014-03-28 11:13:37] - Also, did anybody hear about the #CancelColbert controversy from last night? -Paul
[2014-03-28 11:12:57] - http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/gay-firefox-developers-boycott-mozilla-to-protest-ceo-hire/ I've been dying to get Adrian's take on this story. I'm trying to figure out if this person is above or below the Barilla/Chick-Fil-A/Stolichnaya CEOs in his circle of hatred. -Paul
[2014-03-28 10:43:35] - xpovos: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iF-VxjB8Yho/UMFPMSgo5cI/AAAAAAAABH0/BHd7D6Bw-YU/s640-Ut/workisdapoop.jpg - mig
[2014-03-28 10:16:30] - It's been a sad couple of days without the message board. I've had to do work, instead. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-25 16:14:27] - a: I think so, but I honestly don't know. -Paul
[2014-03-25 15:20:14] - yah, i'm not too surprised. it's how we treat gold, right? ~a
[2014-03-25 15:14:10] - a: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/irs-bitcoin-is-property-like-a-stock-or-bond-and-not-a-currency/#p3 Also, here are some helpful rules for how to deal with bitcoin and the IRS.
-Paul[2014-03-25 15:12:44] - i did
~a[2014-03-25 15:09:59] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/05/ban-the-dollar I assume you saw this? -Paul
[2014-03-25 15:08:34] - Daniel: Yeah, this is another example of one of those, "Just because libertarians don't want to force people to do something, it doesn't mean they are against it" things. In theory I would want everybody to get vaccinated, I just have a hard time justifying forcing somebody to get vaccinated. -Paul
[2014-03-25 13:57:02] - at least it's movement, but i'm not holding my breath. ~a
[2014-03-25 13:51:53] - things you can't do with bitcoin ~a
[2014-03-25 13:47:02] - The argument for childhood (infant) immunization against Hep-B is poor. But let me say, even with 'understanding' doctors it was a fight to NOT have our girls innoculated just as part of their rote process. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-25 13:45:38] - There are some interesting moral arguments against certain vaccines (not vaccination in general, but these specific vaccines where no alternative exists in the U.S.) for chickenpox, Hep-A, MMR (three vaccine combo), and Rubella by itself. But even with that, all my daughters are vaccinated, except Hep-B, because of due consideration of all factors. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-25 13:27:50] - But I can see how that struggles with libertarian principles. -Daniel
[2014-03-25 13:27:30] - Paul: OK, just wanted to check. I think the 3rd person in the article you linked has a more solid point where we can and should question what vaccines we use and perhaps that some things don't need to be vaccinated against (hep B / chickenpox) but I'm not so sure I go for the middle guy and his no vaccines approach. -Daniel
[2014-03-25 12:28:49] - Daniel: But it's really hard for me to say that I believe in individual rights in any form if I also support having an injection forced upon somebody (of sound mind and body) who doesn't want it. And even though I think they're perfectly safe and don't know of any scientific evidence indicating any danger, the fact is that you never know... -Paul
[2014-03-25 12:26:30] - Daniel: More than a part, actually, and more than annoyed. I get pretty angry. http://danamccaffery.com/ I couldn't even finish reading this story because I got too upset. -Paul
[2014-03-25 12:24:36] - Daniel: Not at all. I think they're amazing and one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind in terms of reducing illness and suffering. In fact, a part of me often gets annoyed at the people that don't vaccinate their kids because they think it causes autism when there is no scientific proof that it does. -Paul
[2014-03-25 12:18:56] - Paul: Are you anti vaccine? -Daniel
[2014-03-25 11:09:22] - Xpovos: In my opinion, the other side is a really hard libertarian case to make. -Paul
[2014-03-25 11:09:05] - Xpovos: Nah, I'm mostly against videos when a regular text w/ pictures news article does just as well. I try to only post videos if it's a trailer for a movie or video game.
I think I mostly fall on the, "No, vaccinations should not be mandatory" side. -Paul[2014-03-25 10:46:08] - Thank God, I thought it was going to be a video. Now I can read it. I'll see if they sway me, I'm sure it'll be interesting either way. Which side do you fall on? -- Xpovos
[2014-03-25 10:37:10] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/25/should-vaccines-be-mandatory Two libertarians debate whether vaccines should be mandatory. I thought it was interesting, but non-libertarians might not enjoy it. -Paul
[2014-03-24 17:45:14] - stupid government. ~a
[2014-03-24 17:00:20] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/03/24/the-federal-structuring-laws-are-smurfin-ridiculous/ Careful how you deposit money in your bank account... -Paul
[2014-03-24 14:36:50] - g: I don't see it yet! -Daniel
[2014-03-24 14:32:23] - Daniel: let me know if it got lost in the mail, Ill have to talk to someone if it did. ~g
[2014-03-24 14:10:03] - Hmm I'll go check for my invite. -Daniel
[2014-03-24 13:51:23] - 15 year TJ reunion email went out today. It was in my gmail promotions inbox... ~g
[2014-03-24 11:15:19] - But that rental stock is frequently hidden from the main market because it's sequestered off in FSBO or other shadowy secondary markets. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 11:14:46] - Daniel: Interestingly this area in general is probably better about having more high-BR count rental stock than many other areas because of the high number of transient military families. What happens there is one military family ends up buying and when they get shipped out, they'll rent it to a series of military families behind them. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 11:01:31] - Xpovos: Ok I follow now. And I would agree that the rental market shrinks as your need for bedrooms increases. -Daniel
[2014-03-24 11:01:00] - Additionally, there's an added stability and peace of mind factor. In some rental situations, particularly a house lease rather than an apartment building, there's some risk to the renter that the landlord will elect not to renew the lease at the end of each term--forcing the move. A situation a family with children would like to avoid, even if paying a premium. -- X
[2014-03-24 10:59:28] - Paul noted another of the reasons... it's much harder to find larger places to rent. Studios, 1BR, 2BR no problem. But if you need 4+ BR your rental stock is highly limited. It's generally easier, despite the inconveniences of purchasing, to find the housing product you want. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 10:58:26] - Daniel: I'm not sure I fully followed your question, so if my answer is taking this in a different direction, I apologize and drag me back. Both ownership and families are hindrances on mobility. Because of that they will often work in conjunction to result in a higher level of home ownership. But that's not the only reasons people with families own. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 10:27:28] - Xpovos: Then I think I'm confused, if kids making you not want to move isn't their extra motivation for owning then what else about them makes you want to own versus rent? -Daniel
[2014-03-24 09:51:11] - And some people are able to make money doing it, getting back to the investment point. But that is likely more luck than anything else. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 09:50:42] - Daniel: Sure, lots of people with families move, but we're talking about home ownership, not moving, per se. You can own, move and own again, or own multiple properties. Obviously, owning tends to be a detriment to mobility, because you're either stuck with a second property and the work that entails, or huge fees/losses. But it's not impossible. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-24 09:23:02] - Xpovos: I can see kids influencing the choice and having a certain draw towards owning / stability but it doesn't seem to be an outsized influence. I moved 4 times before getting to 18 growing up (all within the same city though) and knew people who moved across country. -Daniel
[2014-03-21 21:12:18] - daniel: I've long been wary of people trying to claim a house is an "investment". Anecdotally, most of those people are like my mother, who bought their houses a few decades ago when housing prices were under 100k in this area. - mig
[2014-03-21 21:11:10] - yikes. that was quite redundant. - mig
[2014-03-21 21:09:50] - paul: the video is embedded in the article. Unsurprisingly it's still inconclusive somewhat inconclusive what actually happened. - mig
[2014-03-21 21:04:51] - Have you been missing out on the 50% bonus xp event with Diablo 3? (I've gained about 30 paragon levels). Well, have no fear! This weekend... it's 100%. Yep, they doubled it. Actually given that xp bonuses are multiplicative now, it's more than doubled. I'll likely be on most of the day Sunday, then. Let's game! -- Xpovos
[2014-03-21 16:46:06] - Daniel: Have kids... That kind of narrows your future options significantly. It's also a major reason why single folks tend to rent while married with family folks tend to own. Not universally, of course, but correlation... -- Xpovos
[2014-03-21 14:34:56] - Paul: Yeah thats always been my main hang up. I'm not sure how to decide I'm ready to not move for the next six years. Its tough for me to imagine what we will want in six years. -Daniel
[2014-03-21 14:27:50] - Daniel: Mostly, yeah. I mean, I do think that over the long term owning will be "cheaper" than renting. I haven't exactly been doing it right so far (moving too often, basically), but assuming we stay in our current house for 15+ years, I think it would end up being cheaper than renting a similar house for the same time period. -Paul
[2014-03-21 14:05:13] - Paul: No worries. So control and customization. Those seem like valid reasons. -Daniel
[2014-03-21 14:00:02] - Daniel: Sorry for going on for a bit, but I had a few things to say.
-Paul[2014-03-21 13:59:50] - Daniel: It let's me customize where I live, which is probably the one thing in my life that I think is most important to be able to customize. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:59:18] - Daniel: But, going back to the home improvements done, I've had ceiling fans installed, shelves put up, wires run through walls, new electrical outlets installed, repainted rooms... all things I probably couldn't do if I was renting. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:58:09] - Daniel: Now when something goes wrong (our washer/dryer room in the townhouse had flooded a few times due to various reasons), I'm empowered to fix it on my own rather than being at the mercy of hoping the rental company deals with it. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:57:19] - Daniel: In fact, one of my major motivations in buying my townhouse was because my apartment had gotten flooded twice (carpet in bedroom was soaked) somehow and the company didn't seem interested in finding the cause (they cleaned the carpet and everything, but it kept happening). -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:56:14] - Daniel: Which feeds into a third reason, in that it gives us control over the property too. I'm not at all a home improvement hobbyist, but I've still had a lot of things done to places I've owned over the past few years which I could never do with a rental. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:55:18] - Daniel: And we recently basically refused to renew the lease with the people renting Gurkie's condo because we wanted to sell it. So owning a place gives us a lot more control over how long we want to stay there. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:52:48] - Daniel: How many places the size of our house are available to rent the entire place? Secondly, I feel like there is more stability. I know one friend who was renting the lower level of a house and one day she was told she had to move out in a month because the house was being foreclosed on. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:50:37] - Daniel: Well, for starters, I feel like there's a lot less inventory of houses for rent. It took a lot of house searching for me to find my first place (the townhouse) that I wanted to live in and I imagine it would've taken a lot longer if I narrowed it down to rentals. I feel like the same doubly applies to our current single family home. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:48:23] - mig: "It is the flag they waved when they spat on a black Congressman at an anti-Obamacare rally. (Click on the video to watch.)" Were you able to find the video? I thought I had heard this was one of those urban myths that had never happened and I would be interested in seeing if video evidence exists. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:41:30] - ... have never come to a great conclusion for myself on renting v owning. -Daniel
[2014-03-21 13:41:16] - Paul: Are there distinctions in your use from owning vs renting though? Like if you are into home improvement as a hobby it certainly makes more sense. If you don't think of it as an investment on some level why not rent would be the question I guess? I'm not trying overly to convince you(or anyone) its just a question I've rolled around in my head before and...
[2014-03-21 13:18:26] - Daniel: So, yeah, thinking of a house as an investment in the same way stocks or bonds or commodities are investments seems odd to me. I think of a house more like I think of a car in terms of it having some serious practical uses to it. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:15:52] - Daniel: Sure, I would love my house to appreciate in value and be worth more when I sell it than when I buy it, but having sold one place already (and getting ready to sell another), I am well aware of how much money is "lost" when selling a house from repairs and commissions. -Paul
[2014-03-21 13:14:51] - Daniel: I didn't read the entire article(s), but I've read similar ones before.I guess my response would be that I don't really see my house as an investment so the criticism seems to be missing it's mark with me. -Paul
[2014-03-21 12:12:55] - a: The articles do cover capital gains of the investments and note that typically they match inflation, give or take. The periods outside of that tend to be abnormal. But with real estate abnormality is strangely elongated (something like 16-year cycles) and locality-dependent. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-21 11:45:07] - daniel: the numbers are hard to anticipate. all the numbers you're looking at though, are dwarfed by a gaining/losing real estate market. ~a
[2014-03-21 11:35:05] - http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/tea_party_fire_department/ this story is maddening to me on several levels. - mig
[2014-03-21 11:26:43] - Xpovos: I'm not totally up on the numbers so keep that in mind. Is the tax break for owning really enough to make up for interest / repairs / etc? I guess interest would go down over time but thats a long window. -Daniel
[2014-03-21 11:23:08] - Daniel: There's a lot more to home-ownership than the financials. But even then, there are strong financial incentives to own. Sadly, many of them are government induced (seriously, look at my tax break!) but until we live in anarcho-capitlalist paradise, we deal with government when we factor our investments. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-21 10:43:56] - -Daniel
[2014-03-21 10:43:55] - http://jlcollinsnh.com/2013/05/29/why-your-house-is-a-terrible-investment/ and http://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/02/23/rent-v-owning-your-home-opportunity-cost-and-running-some-numbers/ Thoughts from homeowners? I've never seen a case laid out so vehemently against owning. I've never owned a house yet but I'm not sure I totally agree with this guy, though its interesting.
[2014-03-21 09:25:13] - a: ha ha! how are you enjoying the oculus - aaron
[2014-03-20 14:07:28] - http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/03/20/remy-isnt-it-ironic The video is just mediocre, but I thought the lyrics were pretty clever. I had to click on the links for some of them. -Paul
[2014-03-20 13:56:31] - isn't my code pretty? BIG source code! ~a
[2014-03-20 13:02:14] - xpovos:
-title[2014-03-20 12:35:52] - title: I'm guessing the actual spelling would be Биткойн -- Xpovos
[2014-03-20 12:28:27] - -- Xpovos
[2014-03-20 12:28:23] - Plus, they can actually solve those. It's totally reasonable for them to claim success since there are zero non-U.S. citizens voting in those states now. Padding the resume with actual legislative victories, awesome! Why vote for legislation like PPACA with all it's inherent controversy and hard work when you can just vote to make it illegal for non-citizens to vote?
[2014-03-20 12:15:57] - a: Lawmakers LOVE to "solve" non-problems. It distracts from the fact that they aren't addressing real problems. -Paul
[2014-03-20 10:59:57] - a: Because it's a political hot-button issue in a state like Arizona. In that sense, all this case has done is confirm (once again) that politicians pandering to politics for votes is constitutional. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-20 09:07:48] - groan. why do lawmakers feel the need to focus on "solving" this non-problem? ~a
[2014-03-20 09:05:39] - It's different, though, as this is a one-time thing at registration; not a recurring thing to be used at each polling event. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-20 09:02:11] - Something we've discussed before coming back in a new way: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/19/judge-states-can-demand-proof-citizenship-voters/ -- Xpovos
[2014-03-19 23:53:38] - After years--a decade and a half of playing Diablo, tonight I finally got my legendary drop of the one and only Stone of Jordan. It's not terrible. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-19 18:11:31] - british virgin islands ~a
[2014-03-19 17:08:17] -
[2014-03-19 09:38:57] - a: chomp! - aaron
[2014-03-19 08:41:06] - alligator!
~a[2014-03-18 21:29:37] - hey guys! i made a flash game http://www.toadsy.cx/ it's easier with sound. move with WASD or the arrows, hit escape to quit a level. hop across lilypads to get toadsy across the pond. keep an even tempo and learn each level's unique rhythm to achieve faster times - aaron
[2014-03-18 15:35:45] - i forgot how much i truly hate c++ . . . at least nobody has tried to ban java, miguel. ~a
[2014-03-18 15:33:06] - did they give a reasoning behind the ban? ~a
[2014-03-18 15:04:59] - "Spring is banned here." I really had to resist the urge to punch the wall today. - mig
[2014-03-18 13:55:33] - This is going to end badly. http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/personal-info-security-breach-stings-seattle-archdiocese -- Xpovos
[2014-03-18 13:01:09] - audrey watches their show. it's actually really good. another sketch show that audrey watches that is even more full of the funny: Inside Amy Schumer ~a
[2014-03-18 12:15:25] - http://time.com/22993/key-and-peele-make-fun-of-everything/ pretty interesting read about humor and its clashes with political correctness. - mig
[2014-03-17 15:26:23] - i can probably remove that "url space" filter, since my main filter seems to be filtering out like 100% of the messages. god, i have no idea what's going to happen on the day that the spammers figure out my main filter. ~a
[2014-03-17 15:25:00] - the message board currently gets 30+ spam messages per day. ~a
[2014-03-17 15:22:33] - a: Ah, gotcha. I didn't even notice that, sorry. I didn't think my content had something to do with it. I thought maybe something was up with the internet at work (coincided with lots of google services being down) which made me appear to be a spammer to the message board or something. -Paul
[2014-03-17 15:17:14] - paul: i think the problem was this: your URL was broken: " http://anonomobile.com/" (notice the space at the beginning). so your link would have been broken anyways. but, that's a mistake that only spammers seem to (intentionally) make. ~a
[2014-03-17 15:14:24] - paul: ??? let me check it out. ~a
[2014-03-17 14:44:49] - Paul: sorry love... msg board likes me better
~g[2014-03-17 13:55:18] - http://www.whitehouse.gov//acabracket?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=031714p2&utm_campaign=ACABracket Also, I can't believe this is actually on the official white house web site. -Paul
[2014-03-17 13:54:20] - I kept on getting some request to tell Adrian that I wasn't a spammer.
-Paul[2014-03-17 13:54:05] - g: Gah! That's what I've been trying to say for hours! -Paul
[2014-03-17 13:41:11] - paul and I saw the anonomobile.com in springfield this past weekend... ~g
[2014-03-16 17:41:06] - haha, no i have not. that is cool! i have seen the posters ("thank you edward snowden") a protester had right by the whitehouse. ~a
[2014-03-15 13:19:35] - a: http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/15/thank-you-edward-snowden happen to catch this around the dc area? - mig
[2014-03-13 20:47:18] - http://www.king5.com/news/cities/olympia/College-group-cancels-diversity-meeting-after-trying-to-exclude-white-staffers-249652471.html nothing screams "tolerance!" more than excluding a group of people based on the color of their skin. - mig
[2014-03-12 17:49:29] - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/volunteers-in-metadata-study-called-gun-stores-strip-clubs-and-more/ Metadata can be very informative. -Paul
[2014-03-12 13:40:50] - mig: It's advertising. You've gotta put the message in front of the intended audience. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-12 12:27:56] - a: that was a pretty amusin segment. I do find it a little sad though, that the administration is resorting to this to try and pimp healthcare.gov. - mig
[2014-03-11 11:42:48] - If this is really the game plan it seems awfully risky to me. - mig
[2014-03-11 11:41:59] - between two ferns: barack obama (sp?). what's it like being the last black president? ~a
[2014-03-11 11:40:49] - Which would end up with the 20-week element passing muster, in a strange way. Much as most of the recent decisions have gone contrary to expectations but by technicalities. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-11 11:40:27] - i assume so. ~a
[2014-03-11 11:40:02] - mig: I've pretty much given up on SCOTUS projections. I used to think I had 'em figured out, but they fool me pretty consistently. I think you've got three who are totally OK with the law, three who are adamantly opposed to any restrictions and find this egregious, and the middle three will hash it out on one specific case where they can rule narrowly. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-11 11:32:44] - a: will it be found unconstituional though? While I might think so I don't know if scotus would agree. - mig
[2014-03-11 11:22:19] - apparently this is something that both parties do: pass laws that are intentionally extreme. ~a
[2014-03-11 11:19:26] - mig/xpovos: it's very meta, isn't it? the democrats passing the law know it's going to be found unconstitutional. in the end, you'll have not affected abortion law in the least, and you'll also get reelected. ~a
[2014-03-11 09:59:54] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nViWpVc1x_4 website model involuntarily pumps up the jam - aaron
[2014-03-11 09:10:25] - mig: But Democrats passed that one, so there can't be the same level of public media furor because it's not (just) the evil Republicans again. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-10 20:11:54] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/10/west-virginias-legislature-passes-a-20-week-abortion-ban/ am I missing something about this, but shouldn't this abortion bill be some sort of deal? It seems very similar to the bill in Texas a while back that caused all sorts of ruckus. yet the coverage on this bill in WVA seems almost non-existent... - mig
[2014-03-10 14:23:15] - i find it amusing too. i think the difference between a "ponzi game" and a "ponzi scheme" are hard for people to understand. why the creator told people he couldn't run away with their money doesn't make sense. i think you couldn't possibly make that assertion, but i think that's exactly how the creator turned this ponzi game into a ponzi scheme! ~a
[2014-03-10 13:50:40] - http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/possible-scam-ponzicoin-seems-to-have-made-off-with-7000-in-bitcoins/#p3 Ponzicoin! I find this very amusing. -Paul
[2014-03-10 13:50:19] - Xpovos: Yeah, but not sure how you get that without paying money. If you find out, let me know.
-Paul[2014-03-10 13:35:55] - Paul: I'm sure I could, but the problem is it'll probably come out grainy, or shaky. I'm sure with sufficient time and effort it would probably come together, and that would be fine. But I figure if there's an easy & cheap way to get a professional version, I should probably go with that. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-10 12:53:01] - Xpovos: Is there a reason you can't just take a photo with your smartphone (more specifically, get Katie to take it) or something? -Paul
[2014-03-10 12:51:49] - Xpovos: No problem. Saves me some effort.
I guess maybe I don't age very fast, because I feel like I look pretty similar to my wedding photo still. -Paul[2014-03-10 12:47:50] - Paul: Sorry, but no thanks on the wedding shots. I looked pretty awful. Also definitely getting dated there, that's only a few months newer than my current shot. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-10 12:44:32] - Xpovos: For LinkedIn, I actually used a cropped photo from my wedding shoot. I can see if I have any that might work for you... -Paul
[2014-03-10 12:36:35] - given that I don't have any good ones to hand, how can I get a high quality headshot for such uses. Ideally without paying money. I mean, the DMV photo isn't going to work here. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-10 12:35:55] - Random question. I need a headshot. My various social media profiles have been using a bust shot from a training I gave about three years ago. 1) It's time to update it. 2) The trend seems to be more for face, or face+ and not full bust; which makes sense given the space restrictions... -- Xpovos
[2014-03-09 18:31:37] - I'm with Miguel, here, though. There doesn't appear to be any good outcome for crossfit. Maybe they just need to get popular enough so they can have a transgender category? -Paul
[2014-03-09 18:30:56] - Nina: I don't know enough about the science behind things to know which rule makes the most sense. It DOES seem like being born male would be of assistance to somebody competing against females, despite surgery and hormone therapy, but maybe I'm wrong. -Paul
[2014-03-09 10:10:06] - I'm glad I'm not a person actually judging these situations, because I'm an asshole. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-08 11:34:21] - nina: that does seem reasonable way to handle it. I do think there is some credence to worrying about the other female particiapnts complaining and potentially suing, particularly if she ends up obliterating the competition. For the Crossfit organizers there's seems to be no good outcome here. - mig
[2014-03-08 07:38:02] - Paul: Olympic committee says transgender people can compete as long as they've had sex reassignment surgery and two years of hormonal therapy. Seems same rules should apply here. -nina
[2014-03-07 17:40:11] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/07/crossfit-games-sued-for-telling-transgen This kind of goes with the earlier discussion we had about transsexuals and being called batman, I think.
-Paul[2014-03-07 17:19:20] - nina: thanks! i've now got 5 places on my flex-officespace wiki at work: canvas, ideaspace, teqcorner, dig, and connect113. ~a
[2014-03-07 16:33:50] - a: you might want to think about ideaspacedc.com as a potential add-on to your offices, since you're looking into the shared spaces thing, and this offers something unique and extra related to your wearable tech -nina
[2014-03-07 14:28:59] - daniel: against. - mig
[2014-03-07 13:47:37] - mig: Pack that fights for you or against? -Daniel
[2014-03-07 13:16:42] - xpovos: i like the direction of the new legendaries. They're getting zanier. I have bracers currently that will spawn a champion/elite pack whenever i use a shrine. I sometimes forget it does that leading to amusing results. - mig
[2014-03-07 12:56:17] - I did that for a while, but it was profoundly boring, and they nerfed it. It's still viable, though. Running through an entire act gets me 2.5 paragon levels and seems to be the most efficient use of time while still being fun. And you get the occasional good drop too. I had a level 60 Eye of Etlich drop last night. Might be useable. -- Xpovos
[2014-03-07 12:55:11] - mig: I think it's still being figured out. Once ROS hits, the paradigm will shift again, because the bounties will be live, and so will "Adventure Mode". For now, it seems almost everyone is grinding pure xp for the paragon levels. The 50% bonus doesn't hurt, I'm sure. So, briefly it was rewarding to do short quests over and over again (like killing Mira Eamon).
[2014-03-07 11:52:59] - xpovos: with Nephalem Valor no longer a thing whats the farming strategy now? I saw that going through the story mode gets you pretty good xp and occasionally a decent item. Is that the new paradigm now? - mig
[2014-03-07 10:55:50] - welp, ok. good luck!
~a[2014-03-07 10:37:37] - a: There is also some "attendance tracker" on the fairfax ultimate website, but I'm not positive what it is. It looks like it might email people asking if they're coming... -Paul
[2014-03-07 10:34:56] - a: And personally, I would have to mark myself down as a maybe for practically every game until late April, where I'm closer to a "no" (sadly). -Paul
[2014-03-07 10:33:59] - a: I suppose. But I foresee a lot of people not bothering to fill out stuff in advance and others changing their answers all the time (or worse, not showing up but not telling us they aren't). -Paul
[2014-03-07 10:16:07] - i foresee lots of forfeits if we don't get our shit together now. ~a
[2014-03-07 10:07:34] - or maybe not. i guess i don't care if you think you've got things handled. ~a
[2014-03-07 10:06:57] - oh wow we're up to 17. hmmm, maybe i'm freaking out unnecessarily then. still you should create a calendar so we know in advance if we're going to have to do something crazy or not. ~a
[2014-03-07 10:04:55] - i disagree. there are only 14 of us. hopefully all people can commit to coming to almost all of the games so many weeks in advance. ~a
[2014-03-07 09:23:02] - a: I was just going to try to handle things on a week by week basis. I don't know how many people want to commit to coming (or not coming) to a game so many weeks in advance. -Paul
[2014-03-06 16:19:40] - http://wiki.aporter.org/wiki/Ultimate_league_calendar . . . you can put stuff here. and anybody can create accounts for people who don't have accounts? ~a
[2014-03-06 16:12:26] - you should probably get people to post their schedules somewhere. i have one day which i'm totally not going to be there, and another day that i'm wavering on. even if it's just the wiki . . . something. ~a
[2014-03-06 13:55:49] - a: Makes sense. Don't think I know who he is either. We've got 13 people now, though, which is great. We should be able to field a team (with subs!) most weeks. -Paul
[2014-03-06 13:48:43] - her husband. ~a
[2014-03-06 13:46:38] - a: Nicole Bass? Yeah, I don't think I know who she is. We also have a Christopher Bass... -Paul
[2014-03-06 12:39:49] - paul: lol, nicole signed up for our league? i didn't know she played ultimate. interesting coincidence: she was at my wedding.
~a[2014-03-06 11:47:37] - another bitcoin story that will/has hit the mainstream today: american ceo of singapore startup first meta dies. huff post video. ~a
[2014-03-06 10:56:21] - a: Agreed, and I'm on your side, but I can see how a naive person might not realize that the information they provided was plenty for people to be able to track him down. Still, the editors should've caught it. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:43:09] - "it's the media's job to investigate stuff and report on it" agreed with this "Not saying what they did is right, but I can see how they thought it was reasonable" the unreasonable part was publishing private information about a private person. he didn't do anything wrong, he's not a public figure. what the hell? ~a
[2014-03-06 10:39:36] - criminal negligence (assuming someone is hurt by this)? Privacy laws of the United States. Journalism ethics and standards talks about some laws too. slander/libel might be a thing too assuming this isn't true. ~a
[2014-03-06 10:35:44] - a: Whether he wants to be or not, the founder of bitcoin (if it's this person) is a big news-worthy figure. It seems similar to J.D. Salinger. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:34:44] - a: Eh, I'm not surprised Newsweek did it. Bitcoin has been in the news a lot, and it's the media's job to investigate stuff and report on it. Not saying what they did is right, but I can see how they thought it was reasonable. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:33:09] - a: It's not something that occurred to me at all when reading the article, but I totally see it now. What do you think is criminal about it? -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:32:41] - yep. the real story here is the story. wtf is newsweek thinking? i could come up with tons of analogies, but really this story doesn't even need one. it's clearly wrong what they're doing here regardless of the validity of the story. ~a
[2014-03-06 10:31:21] - oh yeah, what she did is probably criminal and definitely immoral (imo). lots of people are trying to get personal information on her published. ~a
[2014-03-06 10:30:22] - a: There's an unfortunately high chance that this doesn't end well for him at all. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:29:59] - a: And this is a guy who apparently REALLY values his privacy, doesn't appear to be financially that well off (despite his bitcoin stash) and who people might think is keeping his bitcoin key in his home. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:28:25] - a: The comments have a good point, though, in that the reporter apparently is kind of an ass about this. She tricked him by starting off talking about model trains, and then she posted a lot of information to make it really easy for people to find him now. -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:27:35] - maybe it's a common japanese name? that's the only shred of possibility of this being the truth. ~a
[2014-03-06 10:24:45] - a: Yeah, that doesn't make much sense to me. Also, it took this long for somebody to find a guy who was using his real name? -Paul
[2014-03-06 10:22:52] - HA. from sd: "this is satoshi nakamoto and his friend. They create crypto-currencies and attend raves."
~a[2014-03-06 10:15:02] - one major fact that doesn't add up for me: he used his real name. why go to the trouble of encrypting email, sending it over tor, using VPNs to hide your identity, then using your real name. wtf. if it's true what they say about how he valued his privacy and his anonymity (newsweek is saying this and tons of developers on the protocol), then why his real name? ~a
[2014-03-06 10:14:52] - "When I was little, there was a game we used to play. He would say, 'Pretend the government agencies are coming after you.' And I would hide in the closet." What a great line to end the article on.
-Paul[2014-03-06 10:10:25] - http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html Apparently the founder of bitcoin has been... erm... found. -Paul
[2014-03-05 21:40:59] - the Oprah Winfrey curve has crazy eyes. ~a
[2014-03-05 17:44:05] - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=graph+cobra+curve why did they put this in wolfram alpha?? it's very weird, it also works for stuff like "pikachu curve" or "zoidberg curve". i tried a few actors though and it didn't work for that - aaron
[2014-03-05 13:05:33] - mig: I just realized that you might not have been asked since you haven't been to frisbee in a while, but are you interested in joining our team in the Fairfax Ultimate league? -Paul
[2014-03-05 11:27:47] - I like the rework of the difficulties with the dynamic level scaling of the monsters. I finished act 1 at level 30ish. New characters not having to play through the main game several times to hit max level is wonderful. - mig
[2014-03-05 09:57:58] - xpovos: been back to diablo for a few sessions. I wasn't one of the chronic complainers of the game but it seems like all the changes (sans AH removal) have been for the better. - mig
[2014-03-05 09:53:30] - http://www.wired.com/business/2014/03/facebooks-drones-launch-race-airborne-internet/ i find this interesting on several levels. - mig
[2014-03-03 21:38:59] - Fixed. Kind of. Sorry.
[2014-03-03 21:38:36] - Fuck. That was bad.
[2014-03-03 12:09:57] - a: And the middle seemed more "well-traveled" than the edges. -Paul
[2014-03-03 12:09:36] - a: Not great. It might be better now (I was driving around 9am), but roads like West Ox, Reston Parkway and Herndon Parkway were just so-so. I spent a lot of time driving down the middle of two lane roads since I couldn't see lines and nobody else was around. -Paul
[2014-03-03 12:06:28] - how were the roads? ~a
[2014-03-03 12:05:20] - *** Paul raises hand
[2014-03-03 11:51:37] - anybody actually at work today? ~a
[2014-02-28 18:02:10] - i'll stop by the field tonight to make sure it's dry. ~a
[2014-02-28 18:01:54] - hmmm. yes it might make a difference. i thought our count was lower than it was. yes count = 7ish. ~a
[2014-02-28 17:31:48] - a: I assume me saying I can make it won't make a difference? Otherwise, I could see if I can try to commit... -Paul
[2014-02-28 17:11:20] - "hardly ever come to frisbee" true, but we're screwed if that's your bar. ~a
[2014-02-28 17:10:44] - yes, max's wife. ~a
[2014-02-28 17:10:36] - lisa is a maybe actually! but, we probably won't have a game this weekend (not enough people). unless we get a stream of people popping into the game, i'll cancel tonight. ~a
[2014-02-28 16:52:16] - a: Is that Max's wife? Besides Janie, it seems like the rest of them hardly ever come to frisbee, but I guess it's worth a shot. Any idea if they're coming this weekend? -Paul
[2014-02-28 16:43:07] - *leigh ann. ~a
[2014-02-28 16:35:53] - paul: janie or nina or leanne come to mind. lisa (mark t's friend. also on the ultimate email list.) has joined some league; it might be ours, but probably not. if it is ours, then make sure she makes her way to our team. i'd suggest contacting them. ~a
[2014-02-28 16:18:34] - Frisbee peeps: We need more people for our Fairfax Ultimate team (especially females). I emailed Doug asking what the rules were on how many females are required on each team. It's still up in the air, but it's possible we'll need 2 females or else we'll have to play a man down... -Paul
[2014-02-28 10:32:09] - Somewhat on topic: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/27/dc-health-plans-include-gender-reassignment-surger/ -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:34:45] - aaron: Yeah, we're pretty much in agreement. I'm sure we disagree somewhat on how we'd handle specifics, but generally that doesn't matter much. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:19:50] - xpovos: right, i agree. i wonder how a child can even identify as transgender at age 2? and to be clear when i mentioned therapy it wasn't like, with the goal of "fixing" the child or "diagnosing what's wrong", just the idea that the child might need emotional support or the parents might want advice on how to proceed - aaron
[2014-02-28 09:16:34] - That a parent thinks that he's doing the right thing by encouraging and reinforcing the gender perceptions, when in fact it could just as easily be mild sexual maturity disorder, which is 'gotten over' as puberty progresses. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:14:57] - aaron: I think parents should be parents. They love their children (hopefully) and so want what is best for them. That should be to help them through the confusion. In rare occasions that will result in gender dysphoria, but in an accepting family environment. I'm concerned about a different scenario, where we've become so 'conscious' of these issues ... Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:14:33] - xpovos: i think it should be the parents' role to educate their child and let them know, yes some adults go through this too, and they're not alone. to maybe see a therapist and figure out if it's a transient thing. i wouldn't say the parents should like, start pushing for hormone therapy or genital reassignment surgery though - aaron
[2014-02-28 09:13:07] - So, that's not a 6-year old coming out as gay, but it's a 9-year old who has a gender issue to such an extent that it's already been in play for a long time (parents and psychologists involved for how long before the issue at the school). Reasonably, I can't see it having been much less than a year. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:12:59] - xpovos: i don't really think i disagree with anything you've said, except for the idea that "with youth under 18... parents shouldn't encourage the confusion," i mean depending on what that means, i think parents should at least be tolerant, if their kid at age 14, 15, and 16 thinks they're the opposite gender and has no idea what's going on with their body - aaron
[2014-02-28 09:11:39] - http://www.pressherald.com/news/Maine_supreme_court__Transgender_student_s_rights_were_violated.html?pagenum=full
[2014-02-28 09:11:36] - aaron: This was a major case that brought a lot of the issues to my attention, I've seen more since then. The case was settled between 2013-2014 when the youth in question is 16. The incident that sparked the lawsuit (because lawsuits, particularly those that climb appeals ladders, are drawn out) occured in 2007--when the youth was 9-10. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:08:36] - aaron: Sadly, I think you're wrong to believe "everyone would agree there's an age before which you shouldn't take the kid's gender/sexuality self-identification at face value". Let me go dig up some examples. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:06:45] - it seems hard to say that is obtainable when the landscape is still so much in flux. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:05:57] - Since this is a brain issue, not a genital issue, we should look at development of the brain. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-still-under-construction/index.shtml (etc). Because a diagnosis of gender dysphoria requires a <i>strong and persistent<i> pattern of counter-sex gender issues, ... -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 09:02:25] - xpovos: 18 seems a little high for me, but not completely out of the question, since that's an age beyond which 99% of kids have completed their sexual development. i think it varies kid by kid. - aaron
[2014-02-28 09:01:22] - xpovos: for what it's worth i think everybody would agree there's an age before which you shouldn't take kids' gender/sexuality self-identification at face value. there was a modern family episode about it, where a gay couple had a 6-year-old daughter who came out as gay, causing some dissonance as they tried to tell her "she's not gay, she's just confused" - aaron
[2014-02-28 08:58:23] - Once you hit post-pubescent (to bring it back your question) the grey areas come in. A 15-17 year old could certainly be confused or even have gender dysphoria--so why wait? Is there medical evidence to indicate that waiting is beneficial? There's probably evidence on both sides, but I'll give one point... -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:56:52] - Ignore post-pubescent minors for the moment. I can point to dozens of examples of children as young as 6-8 claiming a transgendered identity. Encouragement of this is dangerous because the child doesn't even have a clue what being a boy or a girl is! He thinks that since he likes dolls he should be a girl or something like that. Preposterous. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:55:02] - The height restriction was a reasonable and important safety feature, while the voting age felt arbitrary. I'm saying that while you might think failing to encourage/stopping a child from perusing a transgendered identity is arbitrary, I'm saying it's not. It's a medical thing relating to safety of the psychological self. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:52:47] - Being a child is distinctly different from being an adult in a biological sense. There is transition, which creates a lot of grey areas, but we can come back to those. Let me try a concrete example. As a child I couldn't ride certain roller coasters because I was too short. I was never upset by this, the way I was because I couldn't vote. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:51:40] - The difference is in voting rights and contracts vs. medicine. Some youth (I liked to include myself in this category) are capable enough to handle voting and contracts. Others are not (which is a thorny issue too). However, none of them (myself included) can adjust the medical side of it. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:49:41] - a: I totally understand, and it's a reasonable question and I wish I could give it a nuanced answer, but I can't because I'm not capable enough and limited by the format somewhat. When I was younger I was a huge proponent of youth-rights. I even joined a few groups like ASFAR. That seems incongruous with my current position too. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-28 08:24:18] - xpovos: would you say the same thing about a 17 year-old who was homosexual? (i'm not trying to make a point. it is a serious question) or a 17 year-old atheist? (ok, maybe i am trying to make a point, but i don't know what that point is yet) ~a
[2014-02-28 08:19:45] - to be an entrepreneur, you have to have money or the ability to get money. ~a
[2014-02-28 08:19:18] - "In order to buy the sometimes wildly expensive currency, Bitcoin users need to be wealthy" ha. you can buy $1 worth, idiot. the point he should have been making is that to put money into an unproven+volatile thing, you have to have disposable cash. but the same can be said about any startup (like the tired analogy, the internet). ~a
[2014-02-28 08:18:47] - mig: yeah. i couldn't have said it better. ~a
[2014-02-27 21:04:35] - the entire article coulde be summarized by: "I hate bitcoin because libertarians use it." None of the arguments made about why it's supposadly "useless" to poorer people make any sense. - mig
[2014-02-27 20:54:04] - one thing that really bothers me: complaining that bitcoin is for the wealthy because 1 bitcoin is worth a lot. She does know you can buy a fraction of. bitcoin, right? - mig
[2014-02-27 20:48:51] - http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/27/3341411/bitcoin-privilege/ copy paste foils me again! - mig
[2014-02-27 20:46:06] - thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/27/3341411/bitcoin-privilege/ so i guess i have to ask again. What in the blazes did libertarians do to progressives that the mere association of libretarians with an idea inspires such scorn. - mig
[2014-02-27 20:27:59] - Note: the preceding statements included extreme positions that might be offensive to some--they are not intended to be offensive, but the brusque nature is partially a result of the format and an attempt to keep the thoughts coherent. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-27 20:26:58] - because they're trying to let the child be who he is supposed to be, it can actually have severely negative impacts. Like a lot of other elements in child rearing, parents are there to help set boundaries. If gender dysphoria continues into adulthood, that's a separate issue, but any child claiming to be transgendered is a pawn of social agenda. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-27 20:25:26] - a: Many (many might be overkill, but I don't think "some" fits) youth experience gender confusion, particularly around puberty. Normally it sorts itself out. Better education and understanding about sex and relationships tends to calm the issue. But if parents and psychologists instead encourage the confusion... -- Xpovos
[2014-02-27 17:52:16] - "for me, with youth--under 18--it's a non-issue" what do you mean by this? ~a
[2014-02-27 16:35:03] - But that's not how society is going to go at all. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-27 16:34:53] - I'm starting to deal with the ramifications of this a lot now (kids identifying as sexual:other). It's getting a lot of play in courts too. Bathrooms at schools, equal protection, etc. It starts to get very complicated. And then the law is going to fight with itself (Title 9 anyone?) for me, with youth--under 18--it's a non-issue. -- Xpovos
[2014-02-27 15:28:51] - aaron: And that's a great question (slumber party in particular). I obviously wouldn't want to be intolerant or rude, especially if my daughter really wanted that friend to sleep over, but I would definitely think twice at least. -Paul
[2014-02-27 15:27:53] - aaron: Sure, sure. I just wasn't sure if there was something else, like elevated testosterone or something to where we could run tests on somebody and say, "Yup, your brain is actually a female brain despite your body being male" or something like that. -Paul
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