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12ninu | bryantheatheist | 1,352,091,926,000 | I know a lot of us get into arguments with other people on the internet, and I know it doesn't really go anywhere for the most part. I happen to get in a lot of them. I've never been able to actually change someone's views, has anyone actually been able to? What was the argument about and what convinced the other person or you to change views? | AskReddit | jewish |
12nh8d | tcook7 | 1,352,090,427,000 | my roommates and i are have a disagreement. Some of us think that most strippers would be willing to fuck you if you tipped them a more but some of my roommates think that only a small percentage would be willing. What do you guys think?
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12nh5o | coppeis | 1,352,090,357,000 | For me it would be The Iron Giant | AskReddit | jewish |
12ngmr | yespleaselees | 1,352,089,836,000 | For me, it'd probably be the BMW. I have encountered so many pricks behind the wheels of BMWs that now I assume that anyone driving one is an asshole. | AskReddit | jewish |
12nemi | unenglishimpatient | 1,352,087,908,000 | Y'know...feelings... | AskReddit | jewish |
12ndh5 | alsorobots | 1,352,086,788,000 | Go for it!
possibly NSFW, so yeah, I'm gonna mark it as such. | AskReddit | jewish |
12navx | Saqmu | 1,352,084,475,000 | To build a home by the cinematic orchestra takes the cake on this one. | AskReddit | jewish |
12n912 | thenewyorkgod | 1,352,082,801,000 | I really hate how as a guy, a father of three kids, I am put in situations where I have to be a total jerk. I was at the park with my daughter and there was a boy maybe 9-10 struggling with the zipper on his jacket. He finally gave up and walked up to me and asked "excuse me can you help me close my jacket" -- I felt like the biggest jerk in the world when I told him to go find his parent to help him with that. It was quite cold and in any normal universe I should have helped him, but in this day and age, if I got down to close his coat I would end up on the sex offenders registry. | AskReddit | jewish |
12n8fm | Arithered | 1,352,082,239,000 | We all watch the occasional scary movie that leaves us sleeping with the lights on or jumping at noises, and we all read the occasional book or hear the occasional song that leaves us in an intense, introspective state of mind--but how many of you would consider yourself truly *changed* by something?
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12n7z5 | alsorobots | 1,352,081,809,000 | You can't say "God" or any religious figure. Has to be fictional.
Include your reasons and any characters that might give them a real fight to the death. | AskReddit | jewish |
12n6cs | alsorobots | 1,352,080,294,000 | The only rules are they have to be fictional, and you can't say "God".
EDIT: I'm going to go ahead and say the threat is similar to the alien invasion in The Avengers, so if that would make any of your choices invalid or DEAD, do say so... | AskReddit | jewish |
12n4bi | DjangoHands | 1,352,078,422,000 | I've never really gone through bad breakups before. But I feel like this song expresses the event better than any other I've ever heard.
"Don't look so sad, I know it's over.
But life goes on, and this old world will keep on turning.
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together.
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
Lay your head upon my pillow.
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine.
Hear the whisper of the raindrops,
Blowin' soft against the window,
And make believe you love me one more time,
For the good times.
I'll get along; you'll find another,
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me.
Don't say a word about tommorrow or forever,
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me.
Lay your head upon my pillow.
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine.
Hear the whisper of the raindrops,
Blowin' soft against the window,
And make believe you love me one more time,
For the good times."
The frankness in his tone is just upsetting to me for some reason. It's the inevitability I guess. It's also the fact that Al Green could sing a tampon ad jingle and have me in tears.
(Kris Kristofferson wrote the song, this is Al Green covering it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IpoTKnDPw | AskReddit | jewish |
12n4az | Clayburn | 1,352,078,408,000 | Cameras are pretty much everywhere. Modern forensics can find your DNA. | AskReddit | jewish |
12rbi9 | canceryguy | 1,352,244,162,000 | Yes, I'm also trying to guilt a few of you into going and voting, because, dammit, my cancer is going to be used for SOMETHING good.
Also, this isn't circlejerk and I'm being honest about all the cancery stuff...and the voting...and can provide proof if requested.
EDIT: would also love to hear comments from those downvoting on why. (Not interesting, too cancery, too much election stuff?) | AskReddit | jewish |
12r9uy | schmalexandra | 1,352,242,731,000 | i've never done it and i would like to hear the collective opinion. stories appreciated.
edit: from the female perspective, preferably. Men's views are obviously okay too but I want to know the psychological effects it will have on a female. | AskReddit | jewish |
12r7mm | Niflheim | 1,352,240,939,000 | Instrumentals are also welcome | AskReddit | jewish |
12r7mg | herpmanderpstein | 1,352,240,934,000 | please practice reddiquette, do not downvote comments you disagree with, it is counterproductive to the discussion | AskReddit | jewish |
12r4gb | JimmyMarshall | 1,352,238,425,000 | So I just finished reading a book on the history of the arab world ([this one, it's really fantastic](http://www.amazon.ca/The-Arabs-History-Eugene-Rogan/dp/0465071007)) and it went to great lengths to explain both the history of the region as well as the general attitudes towards other countries and the reasoning behind those attitudes. It covered all of the interactions between arab states and the various world powers they have interacted with (Britain, France, Italy, America, Russia, etc).
However my own country, Canada, was barely mentioned. This doesn't surprise me since we're not exactly a super power and have never had any imperialist tendencies. However I would very much like to know what the general public opinion of my country is in the arab world. Does a regular person on the street even differentiate us from America? Are we seen in the same way as Britain since we're still a commonwealth nation?
I'd really like to visit the middle east at some point but am curious to how I'd be seen and treated depending on where I wanted to go.
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12r3ud | alexander_karas | 1,352,237,925,000 | That is, aside from looking for a job, which I'm already doing. | AskReddit | jewish |
12r0hv | PurdyCrafty | 1,352,235,192,000 | I was talking with my father and he's kind of eccentric. He believes in Ancient Aliens and other somewhat ludicrous things, but he's always interesting to talk to. Recently, he brought forward this idea:
**If the sun ceases to exist, would we lose the Gravitational pull first or would we lose light first. If we lose light first, then when do we lose the Sun's gravitational pull? Likewise, if we lose gravity first, then gravity moves faster than the speed of light. If we lose both at the same time, then Gravity affects at the same speed of light.**
Thank you for taking the time to read and answer this. I appreciate it and I wish you luck in the coming business year. | AskReddit | jewish |
12qvxa | xlmrylandlx | 1,352,231,560,000 | For me it is perler beads. | AskReddit | jewish |
12qpfk | themvf | 1,352,226,155,000 | Or am I just really strange? | AskReddit | jewish |
12qntq | letsgocanada | 1,352,224,807,000 | Boxing match? intense connect four? | AskReddit | jewish |
12qkug | destroyedinseconds | 1,352,222,354,000 | Guys: You can thank me later.
Ladies: Who knows, maybe the next guy you'll date will be more compatible than you expected :) | AskReddit | jewish |
12qiyv | v1s1onsofjohanna | 1,352,220,737,000 | He stands in front of a green screen and they reverse the image, change the background, and change the color of his tie to make it look like he's talking to himself. I get that. But I just saw an episode from a few weeks ago and he held up his book twice (in both "positions") and the letters weren't reversed. How? | AskReddit | jewish |
12qhut | doublekslang | 1,352,219,763,000 | I loved the thread about lines from a book, so I thought a movie version might be of interest.
*Good Will Hunting*, when Sean tells Will, ["it's not your fault."](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtkST5-ZFHw)
Verbal: "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - *The Usual Suspects*
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12qg56 | Useless_Advice_Guy | 1,352,218,235,000 | We seems to have issues in almost every country where money seems to be taken out of the country simple because the company has an office or a bank account in another country and because of this does not need to pay taxes. Surely companies will still invest if there is a market, even if there is less profits to be made, and if they do not, a niche market will fill itself with a local company instead.
Knowing this, why are we not taxing all profits inside a country, and allowing companies to just move the money to another account in another country and get away with it? | AskReddit | jewish |
12qf1y | alsorobots | 1,352,217,198,000 | I think it was the complaining people did this year about Romney's "magic underwear"...but I'd guess you've heard some doozies, haven't you, Reddit? | AskReddit | jewish |
12qebk | I_Am_Vladimir_Putin | 1,352,216,524,000 | Besides the horse mask. | AskReddit | jewish |
12q8bp | Kelwood | 1,352,210,210,000 | Majority not all. | AskReddit | jewish |
12q7y6 | jennym123 | 1,352,209,750,000 | I'm buying a laptop because it has decent specs for a low price but it comes with win 8 pre installed. I have the ability to installed win 7 but I feel like I should give it a try.
Any opinions on the subject?
Edit> by ” it” I mean windows 8. Grammar matters people! | AskReddit | jewish |
12q3jj | madoog | 1,352,202,312,000 | I decided to do an all-nighter tonight, so I drank a drink with 155mg of caffeine. Then I changed my mind. Too late. Shit. | AskReddit | jewish |
12pvm1 | CarsonF | 1,352,185,637,000 | Im doing research for a project of mine that primarily deals with revamping the current education system from top to bottom with deeply integrated cloud based services. Im interested in what other redditors feel wouldve added to their days in school?
All opinions welcome! | AskReddit | jewish |
12puij | ExGBrian | 1,352,184,103,000 | I'm Jewish but pro Obama. I don't have the time look around /r/politics looking for Romney Attacks. Does anyone have a list of links they can give me? Any links will do. Thanks | AskReddit | jewish |
12psmg | JHoward777 | 1,352,181,769,000 | Well I checked my youtube channel (www.youtube.com/user/JHoward393) an hour ago and my most watched video just hit 1000 views. and I was wondering if there's a subreddit where I can thank alot of redditors. | AskReddit | jewish |
12pocn | CarsonF | 1,352,177,395,000 | I recently graduated high school and throughout all my years all i was able to think of was how ridiculous the american school system is on so many levels. ive been working on a integrated approach to education that encompasses seamless interaction between technological elements and teacher/student interactions
Some of the problems ive seen during my school years
1) complete misuse of technology in the classroom - my schools have always seemed to have multiple systems that never truly interact with each other - its a system of entanglement without any machine to machine interaction
2) teachers never fully utilize the technological tools their given bc they make them go out of their way and students tend not to use teacher websites to check for homework anyway - there are too many steps involved.
3) students dont find tech involvement immersive and stick to facebook/twitter/instagram instead - education needs to leverage social media to extend beyond the classroom.
4) an upside down arrangement of the core school structure - math classes for example tend to give a one size fits all lecture and then sends the kids home with problems - shouldnt it be the opposite where each student can get one on one teacher interaction while working the problem?
5) schools tend to treat learning and be a student as drastically different things. I for one am considered by every teacher to be the most avid learner they have - however im also the worst student they have. How can schools use developing mediums to encourage learning through discovery.
6) school board and their desire for student testing to quantify teacher success. its simply not how it works. how can we quantify student dedication to a class (hours spent, deeper level understanding, concept mastery) and student gain, without placing teacher compensation in the hands of students.
7) one of the questions ive heard most often from other students is "how does this apply in the real world" i for one disagree, everything becomes applicable down the road in one way or another. but how can students be placed in a completely immersive environment where the teenage need for instant gratification can be filled by real world applications that they need to solve.
8) school for me was prep for the real world. I soak up knowledge, i love it, but thats never been what school want. they want grades/structure/etc. im disgusted by classes where the basic expectation is to regurgitate the notes the teacher put on the board verbatim. KNOWLEDGE MUST BE INTERNALIZED. how can love for knowledge be reconciled with the "this is what you have to do pass attitude" without losing the value of learning in the middle?
so in conclusion - what would the perfect school look like? how would it reconcile age old teaching methods with the emerging technological mediums of today?
Edit 1) lots of issues being discussed, id like to examine some well thought out and perhaps feasible solutions. this can be solved... the question is How? and will it be too late?
Edit 2) if you could create a perfect classrooom/ school experience, what would it be? what would it look like?
Edit 3) excellent responses! can we get some upvote so we make make this thread more accessible? its an extremely important topic for americans and the world as whole to deal with... i wouldnt want a in depth discussion buried who knews where - thanks | AskReddit | jewish |
12pmzf | silentisdeath | 1,352,176,040,000 | He worked in Manufacturing for 20 years, and lost his job in March 2011.He has started to lose hope after nothing more than temp jobs since then. I would like to keep his spirit high, but not sure how to do it.
Thanks in advance :) | AskReddit | jewish |
12pm6j | amadea56 | 1,352,175,316,000 | I live in California, I have been trying to google it and have not been able to find anything. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if I am able to do this. I signed up for an absentee ballot but was unable to send it in because I did not have access to my mailbox until last night. Does anyone know if I can still walk in and vote? | AskReddit | jewish |
12pjlj | alsorobots | 1,352,172,905,000 | Customize your own item that identifies your superhero persona! | AskReddit | jewish |
12piit | SirDerpingtonIII | 1,352,171,988,000 | I should elaborate that the first night we will be camping, the next we will be in a cabin.
I like being frugal and eat a regular amount as I am a healthy weight.
What should I get? | AskReddit | jewish |
12ph5j | Bookwormy13 | 1,352,170,767,000 | My daughter wants to be on her h.s. basketball team, but I dread the time, money and the effect it could have on her body. I love her and want her to succeed, but I really don't want her playing. Does that make me a bad parent? | AskReddit | jewish |
12pedw | tygreen | 1,352,168,522,000 | On one hand, it would probably provide a more beneficial and intelligent election that would be better in the long run but on the other hand, it would certainly act against a freedom of rights. Although, is not allowing a smart 17 year old any worse than not allowing a stupid 18 year old?
Edit: It should be said that I'm not supporting one way or the other, I'm just curious on others' opinions. | AskReddit | jewish |
12p62x | TheGreatK | 1,352,161,571,000 | I've noticed Obama is endorsed by the economist and the NY Financial Times. I'd like a more complete list. Does anybody have access to one?
Thanks | AskReddit | jewish |
12tsa4 | alsorobots | 1,352,332,156,000 | I used to be very religious and I've always wondered if people in other places in the world view heaven in any unique ways. I'm American, raised Catholic so I guess the heaven I was taught was a very fluffy place with golden structures and a great big gate in front. Very "Bogus Journey-ish". After seeing Thor in the theater, how they depicted Asgard, I suddenly wondered if I might be way off...
...that's of course...IF it exists, which it probably doesn't...maybe, right? | AskReddit | jewish |
12tmh8 | BF3FAN1 | 1,352,327,251,000 | I was just wondering because it seems like everyone and their brother hates North Korea. I don't like them much but I was wondering if they sucked that bad. | AskReddit | jewish |
12tiu4 | Klumm | 1,352,324,247,000 | So I'm going to be going to Uganda in January with the charity Restless Development to work within a local community to empower and educate the young people in the village. I'm currently 18 and I'm stumped for ideas, other than bake sales, bag packing etc, which I'll most likely do, can you help me out?! :D
P.s if you would like to donate to me, could be anything you'd like here's my fundraising page http://www.justgiving.com/CallumHurleyRestlessDevelopment | AskReddit | jewish |
12tdhq | IAmTheEngineer | 1,352,319,788,000 | In 2010 and 2012 I saw Iron Maiden in Vancouver, BC, and both were some of the best experiences of my life. I also saw the Refused reunion tour this summer and saw Protest the Hero last night. What are some mindblowing shows you've seen? | AskReddit | jewish |
12tdfm | jondabomb | 1,352,319,735,000 | Im just curious, are Redditors for or against equality?
Maybe I should rephrase the question. Are you for or against equal rights for LGBT persons. | AskReddit | jewish |
12taqz | arthurdentxxxxii | 1,352,317,506,000 | I like to cook meatballs covered in sriracha and honey mustard.
I know it sounds weird, but I've been making it for so long that I don't even remember how the idea hit me. I recommend it though. It's a good meaty combination of spicy and sweet.
What are some weird meals you cook for yourself at home that other people probably don't eat? | AskReddit | jewish |
12t6bx | fuzzyshorts | 1,352,313,756,000 | Are they doubling down on their conservative opinions or are they considering entering the 21st century?
Edit: I don't mean to demean or belittle conservatives. They are humans, children and parents who want a better world. Yet the extremists cast over them an ugly coat of zealotry bordering on madness. I merely ask if we can move beyond "this group" vs. "that group" and build better as we move forward. | AskReddit | jewish |
12t58l | toucher | 1,352,312,809,000 | More than anything, I want to formally adopt my 13 year old step-son; I've been in his life since he was two, and both of us see our relationship as father and son. My wife (his birth mother) wants this as well, and the birth father willingly gave up all parental rights (which is a moot point, since he meets the criteria for abandonment anyways).
Last I looked into it, there was a very high cost to do so, and home visits to schedule... Since everyone wants the same thing, is there a less expensive way to get this done? Has anyone ever done this?
Note: I'm not requesting legal advice; anything anecdotal would be swell. Also, anyone's experiences with the process would be very enlightening!
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12t4s7 | ofarrizzle | 1,352,312,435,000 | Alternatively, Mexico has 31 states, Canada has 13 provinces, and we could probably gobble up a few other Latin American countries until we get to 100. | AskReddit | jewish |
12t13p | Kartarsh | 1,352,309,230,000 | It was my birthday, and while calling me to wish me a happy birthday, she also said this. I just responded sarcastically with "why thank you for these kind words on my special day". No one I mentioned this to was surprised that she would say this kind of thing.
The best part is that I was always a really good kid, got good grades in school, won awards, graduated from college, had a lot of friends, etc. I still don't know why she would have ever thought I wouldn't have a decent life! | AskReddit | jewish |
12sxod | futurephysician | 1,352,306,202,000 | I'm Canadian so this is something I don't understand. How do republicans always manage to take over the house even in blue states, while the dems manage to take the senate even in red states?
SERIOUSLY STOP WITH THE DOWNVOTES. I'm Canadian, I don't know certain things about your political system you may think are obvious, and I can't find any answers elsewhere online, so stop being so condescending! | AskReddit | jewish |
12svg9 | RakoGumi | 1,352,304,201,000 | We see more and more influential online communities such as Reddit or 4chan. That have the power to influence the virtual world: Transform a basic video or image into a viral phenomenon, vote for Justin Bieber to start a tour in North Korea etc ...
They played a massive role with ACTA, however do you believe in the long term these communities can act as strong as major Lobbies and influence the daily political lives? | AskReddit | jewish |
12sv78 | SpecialOpsCynic | 1,352,303,955,000 | Well, he we are... Almost 6 Billion dollars spent on elections and not a god damn thing has changed. Same President and the same split Congress which potentially means for more years of slow growth as the parties dig in and do nothing.
So my question is kind of simple, what of anything can we do to either slow down or entirely stop special interest groups and the 2 party establishment from further digging in and preventing progress? Somehow I woke up today emotionally exhausted feeling like we fought to a draw with no real clear idea of how to fix it. | AskReddit | jewish |
12ss13 | vtjohnhurt | 1,352,300,757,000 | If it were possible to hack voting machines and steal an election, it would only take a few bad apples to do the deed. Therefore I conclude that it is not possible to hack voting machines and steal an election. | AskReddit | jewish |
12sp32 | thevinylgamer | 1,352,297,364,000 | For those of you that listen to podcasts, this would be a good place to share them.
My favorites are:
-Rooster Teeth podcast
-Internet Box
-We're alive, the zombie podcast
-The Ricky Gervais podcast
-the Smartest Man in the World (Greg Proops) | AskReddit | jewish |
12so3e | secretvictory | 1,352,296,023,000 | I don't know where to begin. Do I just start slinging bags or do I have to set up shop? What state department even governs this? | AskReddit | jewish |
12snpj | LtDufrain | 1,352,295,463,000 | Being in a state that just voted on banning gay marriage (Minnesota), I have heard people from both sides. Everyone against gay marriage used religion as a reason. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard a non-religious based reason to ban gay marriage. | AskReddit | jewish |
12sl80 | ryhntyntyn | 1,352,291,506,000 | Come on people, out with it! There's no shame now, or harm done, but the numbers he had then, 69 million for and 59 million against, are not the numbers he has now. What changed? | AskReddit | jewish |
12siic | blvsh | 1,352,286,045,000 | I'm subscribed to a lot of subs. I usually dont mind the US news that much but come on, everything is now about the US elections.
How can i block this info on Reddit? Any Firefox plugins? Firewalls that block the word "elections" or that just wipes that info out on pages? | AskReddit | jewish |
12sg4x | Space_Bungalow | 1,352,280,947,000 | Now that the race is over, and that it's pretty clear that Reddit (or at least r/politics) isn't the biggest Romney supporter, would Reddit appreciate asking Mitt himself questions?
About his campaign, background, ideals, reasoning behind ideals, or anything else that wouldn't be offensive. | AskReddit | jewish |
12scs8 | goetz_with_umlaut | 1,352,274,963,000 | Software Question
Problem: Hundreds of folders and subfolders, with pictures and videoclips, a lot of duplicates, different kinds of titles and systems of organising.
Question: Is there a programm to transfer all pictures out of all folders, to purge them into one folder to start the horrifing task of organizing them once and for all?
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12s7o7 | sergev | 1,352,269,195,000 | Also they legalized weed in Colorado. That could be nice too. | AskReddit | jewish |
12s38i | idosimon | 1,352,265,934,000 | I predict that there will be funds withheld and maybe some sort of occupation, but in the end the federal government will just overlook it. | AskReddit | jewish |
12s2ml | Diabetesh | 1,352,265,560,000 | We had a guy in retail who was selectively rude to about 1/2 the customers, didn't follow regulations all the time, was very messy (left half eaten suckers everywhere...), and forgot to take money multiple times. We would have gotten rid of him sooner, but his wife got cancer so we waited as long as we could, which was when he pulled a gun on a customer, than fired him after 2 years. | AskReddit | jewish |
12s1wy | Yawehg | 1,352,265,114,000 | Twelve years ago more than half the country felt betrayed by the electoral system when Bush "stole" the 2000 election. If a similar thing happens today, I won't be upset, but I will feel very "dirty" in Obama's victory. What do you guys think is an appropriate response? | AskReddit | jewish |
12rrwz | Sarah_Connor | 1,352,258,858,000 | Seriously, Every channel is showing some talking head in front of some deep-data ZUI (zoomable user interface) with data that should be 100% free for public consumption. I should not need these people in suits clicking around on touch screens to tell me what is going on.
If the data is available openly (as it should be) then we should also have an open, publicly paid for .gov site to view this data.
Anyone know of where these UX may be available to me sans the MSM? | AskReddit | jewish |
12rop1 | Iforgotmyother_name | 1,352,255,987,000 | I have to do a survey type thing where I walk up to random people and get them to do it. | AskReddit | jewish |
12rj5s | Kiwispam84 | 1,352,251,020,000 | I tried to ask r/politics, but they don't allow text posts. | AskReddit | jewish |
12rgs7 | PhilGarber | 1,352,248,862,000 | Edit - If it matters I'm in Jersey.
I'm assuming I'd be making min. wage, correct? Will my share of the tips amount to anything? I don't drive yet (getting my license in a few weeks, but I won't be buying a car.. Moving to NYC in the Fall), so I'm looking at places within walking distance. Those places are Ruby Tuesday's, Bensi's, and Pasta Grill - Enzo's. These restaurants are all on the same tier (right?) so I'm assuming my experience would be no better or worse wherever I chose. I'm living at home, so a 160 bucks a week is PLENTY enough for me to be happy with until I move in the Fall. I'm a freshman in community college.
Busboys, what to expect? Waiter/tresses, how can I get you guys to like me? I like helping people to begin with, but kickbacks are always great. | AskReddit | jewish |
12re38 | MrsChimpGod | 1,352,246,488,000 | What's the best website to watch the election returns coming in? | AskReddit | jewish |
12vr9i | NoeticIntelligence | 1,352,414,895,000 | I guess most problems can, with the aid of great mathematicians and computer scientists be turned into equations that can be solved well by thousands of cores and chips.
All the supercomputers I seem to read about lately are all based around huge amounts of cores and the chips are usually something off the shelf
Intel something or Power something (IBM) etc. Along with gpus.
Are there are supercomputers made that center around different technology all together for problems that dont lend themselves to massive amounts of cores? | AskReddit | jewish |
12vk0g | bfinleyui | 1,352,408,378,000 | My dad had drug and alcohol issues that lead to abuse toward my mom when I was very young. When I was 5, we left. Haven't heard from him or spoken to him since. edit(now 27)
Every few years, I think about contacting him. A few years back, I even got so far as talking to his sister. I found out he's still struggling with alcohol and drugs, spent 7 years in prison, and is generally not a healthy person.
I'm not looking for a 'father', but there's still always the curiousity that kicks in.
So a few questions for those who have been through this experience, if they're out there:
1. What were your circumstances of abandonment?
2. Why did you go find them?
3. Had they been looking for you?
4. How'd the 'reunion' go? What you expected?
5. Would you do it again? What would you change?
6. Nutter butter or cinnamon teddy grahams?
Edit: the only hard-and-fast rules that I've ever had was that when I had kids, if he was healthy for them to be around, I wouldn't keep them from seeing him. As much as I don't like him, I'm not going to be the vengeful dick that keeps him from his grandkids, assuming it's a safe situation.
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12vjm4 | glitterthief | 1,352,408,031,000 | Possibly NSFW | AskReddit | jewish |
12vhfa | geshikhte | 1,352,406,055,000 | Pros:
- I'D HAVE A KITTY!
- Won't be lonely when my boyfriend travels for work
- Help out a shelter kitty in need
- Help the shelter reduce its cat population
- Would help me manage stress and stay a happy individual as I potentially enter grad school
Cons:
- Money. It'd be $30 per month on top of a $200 (refundable) pet deposit to have a cat according to my landlady. Plus food, litter, at least yearly vet visit, etc.
- Cat hair. Everywhere.
- Going on vacation for long periods of time would be harder. But we also are almost never gone for more than four days (and that's rare), during which a cat can easily take care of itself if we leave proper amounts of food.
Basically, do you think having a cat is worth $360 per year in pet rent alone? Would it make sense to, for example, think of it as eating at a restaurant one less time per month in order to pay the fee or does it still seem too ridiculous? | AskReddit | jewish |
12vfs4 | aphexcoil | 1,352,404,611,000 | Edit: wear, not where. | AskReddit | jewish |
12vda1 | AssumeTheFetal | 1,352,402,373,000 | Lets use reddit for creating a bit of time for once instead of wasting time. Got any ideas or tricks?
Mines pretty simple, and you would think it would be straightforward.
Actually using the auto timer on your coffee pots saves you 15 mins or so. Just wake up, get ready, walk downstairs and your coffees already waiting on you. | AskReddit | jewish |
12vcv3 | quirkyfemme | 1,352,402,028,000 | What are some movies that either have an upcoming remake or have already been remade that will be/are total garbage compared to the original? | AskReddit | jewish |
12v89f | IamaTarsierAMA | 1,352,397,982,000 | While Obama supporters are gloating, and Romney supporters are sobbing, I am struck by just one thing - how close the popular vote was. 2%!! Everyone is fighting over just 2% of the population!! That's almost negligible! It could easily have been swayed by random chance! (A random natural disaster could have blocked some people from voting and you would get a different result)
I feel if I had made some scientific experiment, and the results were this close, I would pretty much say the experiment results were "inconclusive" (yes, I know, error bars, etc.). I would never define such a thing as a "win" or a "lose" to anyone. I am especially annoyed by statements such as "The people have spoken! They want X!"...
In a way, this tells me the democracy is actually functioning very well, because regardless who won, it would represent pretty much the same amount of the population. Which is pretty much as good as it gets...
(P.S. I am not from U.S.) | AskReddit | jewish |
12v7jl | TatM | 1,352,397,328,000 | Here are the rules.
Hard Rule
1) No talking about who's right and wrong.
Soft Rule
2) Try not to suggest things that are impossible, such as, all the Jews/Arabs should leave. End the Jewish state. Yada yada.
Edit: Grammar. | AskReddit | jewish |
12v5e0 | MiddleEastern | 1,352,395,359,000 | I Want to make the most out of my 20's and want some wisdom of good way to start it. | AskReddit | jewish |
12v3ml | ShamSlam | 1,352,393,694,000 | I wanna play a free co-op game with my friend. Preferably on Steam. I don't want any FPS, I want something like Skyrim. Open world and shit. | AskReddit | jewish |
12uye4 | 401vs401 | 1,352,388,481,000 | I run a small blog and FB page for it. I wanted to know what would be a good giveaway format (share photo + like page kinda thing) to drive as many people/traffic to the page and blog without being too annoying for the followers? Thanks! | AskReddit | jewish |
12usf9 | WhiteRastaJ | 1,352,380,573,000 | A beautiful Arab woman I know watched 'Lawrence of Arabia' then called me and said, "It's not very accurate historically, but you really remind me of Lawrence in that movie."
The second best: every woman I've ever curled up with has told me how safe and loved she feels in my arms. I take that as a high compliment as well.
So, Redditors, what's the best compliment you've ever been given? | AskReddit | jewish |
12uijx | Earthtone_Coalition | 1,352,359,365,000 | In case you didn't know, ["The March of Time"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_of_Time) was a newsreel that informed (and propagandized) Americans about what was happening around the world in the middle of the 20th century. It's exactly as cheesy, cloying, and retrospectively amusing as you think it is. It's also quite interesting.
In 2010, [Turner Classic Movies in conjunction with HBO broadcast a 4-hour marathon of these newsreels](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/08/05/hbo-archives-to-celebrate-75th-anniversary-of-the-march-of-time-documentary-series/59263/). I only saw the last half-hour, but it was wildly more entertaining than I expected and I'd love to see the whole thing or something like it. You can watch [individual snippets of short newsreels within small playlists of newsreels on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaa1GY_JbKI&feature=BFa&list=PLR9tNbgvNr6EwyTOBKtRhiTNLj7OPAckW), but I can't find *anywhere* to purchase the marathon showed on TCM in 2010, nor anywhere to purchase a digital version of "The March of Time" in serial or episodic format.
HBO has [a veritable menu of catalogued archival footage](https://www.hboarchives.com/apps/searchlibrary/ctl/marchoftime) available for licensing.
Amazon has *almost* exactly what I'm looking for--[a series of "March of Time" collections](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_format_browse-bi_1?rh=n%3A2625373011%2Ck%3A%22the+march+of+time%22&bbn=2625373011&keywords=%22the+march+of+time%22&ie=UTF8&qid=1352358209) with titles like "Post War Problems," "On the Homefront," and "War Breaks Out"--but sadly, these are **ALL** only available on VCR tape. I haven't even *seen* a VCR in over a decade.
So help me out, Reddit. Does anyone know where I can watch or purchase something like what's on offer at Amazon, but in a format that I can watch on my computer? | AskReddit | jewish |
12ue9w | jturkish | 1,352,353,289,000 | I'm assuming it differs by sub Reddit but the common factor between all seems to be that being an asshole is cool.
Am i right? If not, what makes one cool on Reddit | AskReddit | jewish |
12u8ro | alsorobots | 1,352,347,317,000 | For me, it was I first heard Stone Temple Pilots on a classic rock radio station. However, when "Sesame Street Classic" popped up on Netflix, it really cemented it for me. Now, Jim Henson is gone and STP is old news...
What's changed for you? When did you realize that if you don't start swimming, you'll sink like a stone?
| AskReddit | jewish |
12u46n | LordLior | 1,352,342,940,000 | In a month, me and a friend will enter an apartment at a town near by. I will probably won't need movers as all my belongings fit in my car, but we will need to find\buy furniture and everything in life I used to have there for me. What you wished you prepared early before moving out?
**Edit** Thanks! these are great tips.
**Edit 2** Oh no, I will be thinking about money being wasted every time I got to the toilet. | AskReddit | jewish |
12u42x | DavidFree | 1,352,342,838,000 | I'm 27 and moving, and I have a bunch of old t-shirts from college and recently afterwards, that're all from some college club or event or fundraiser or whatever.
On one hand, it's sort of a chronicle of what I did at that point in my life.
On the other hand, it's not a current part of my life. And also I have to pack and this crap can add up.
So, Reddit, what's your oldest t-shirt, why do you have it, and why have you kept it and not the others? | AskReddit | jewish |
12u3oq | Clayburn | 1,352,342,476,000 | A generation ship is a spaceship that would be able to sustain generations of humans so that travelling great distances would be possible. The first generation would really have no shot at reaching any destination, but their descendants could end up colonizing some planet outside our solar system one day.
It's like Wall-E, but probably wouldn't be as glamorous.
So would you do it? If you would, why and what would you hope the conditions and mission would be? | AskReddit | jewish |
12u081 | titofrito | 1,352,339,307,000 | I found myself staring at the [question](http://imgur.com/) for over an hour, weighting pros and cons, i'd like to know your points of view | AskReddit | jewish |
12tzml | vault2281 | 1,352,338,756,000 | A couple of examples
* [First one](http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/12suds/poll_israel_viewed_negatively_around_the_world/)
* [Second one](http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kinqe/the_end_of_israel_as_we_know_it_israel_now_finds/)
* [Third one](http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/9qmtn/israel_is_full_of_it/)
This are a few examples but they are countless other posts that simply hate jews/arabs and Israel
| AskReddit | jewish |
12tzlk | alsorobots | 1,352,338,732,000 | With Big Bird being brought up recently in a Presidential debate and I just noticed that Netflix has Classic Sesame Street on Instant Streaming, so, re-watching these made me wonder...
How influential was Sesame Street? Did it teach a generation how to read and write? Was it smaller than that? I tend to think that Henson redefined entertainment in general, but that's just my opinion.
edit: I also heard Howard Dean today on NPR say (I'm paraphrasing) "The era of seeking votes by getting people angry at others has come to an end with this generation."...I can't help think the same thing, because I don't get angry at any of my neighbors and I tend to think of my neighborhood as the same sort of spirit as the neighborhood in Sesame Street. Other than Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, or Electric Company, has Sesame Street really stood out that much?
Reddit, what do you think? | AskReddit | jewish |
12tvlm | phi_is_all | 1,352,335,084,000 | Example
Roosevelt - National Parks
Roosevelt - Social Security
Nixon - First president to go to China
Kennedy - NASA/the moon landing | AskReddit | jewish |
12tty4 | alsorobots | 1,352,333,606,000 | The bigger the ideas, the better, and if you want to be absurd, have at it.
I just heard that President's can't do a tremendous amount to help the economy. I wonder if you have some different ideas.
Plus I'm worried about the "fiscal cliff". | AskReddit | jewish |
12xuxb | reaganpiper | 1,352,505,329,000 | **Background:** My parents had an extremely messy divorce when I was 10 and custody of me and my brother went to my dad. Since then, my mom has been extremely angry and bitter towards my dad because she only got to have me every Thursday night and every other weekend. When I was younger I wanted to live with my mom because she was the fun parent and she favored me much more than my brother (sad, but true). But as I got older, I couldn't even handle spending one night a week with her and I learned why she didn't get custody: my mother suffers from an extremely severe case of Transparent Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). My mom's BPD is essentially a combination of bipolar disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and histrionic disorder. Even though I didn't like spending time with my mom, I had to because of the custody decree and because I felt like I couldn't abandon her. She's my mom, and I don't want her to hate me and I don't want her to be alone. She just makes it so difficult to be around her. When I'm with her, I have to devote every millisecond to her. I couldn't text a friend without her saying "You see them every single day at school and you never see me. Are you really going to put them before your own mother? You're so selfish. I bet you don't text when you're with your dad. You just respect the shit out of him" and she goes on and on. Right before I graduated form high school, she begged me to live with her for the summer before I went to college. She made the saddest case for herself and I gave in because, well, she's my mom. And honestly, I was scared of what she might do if I said no. I spent my last summer before college an hour away from all of my friends, my boyfriend, and the rest of my family. She rarely let me drove home to see my boyfriend, and when I did go home, it would only be for a day or two at a time max and she didn't allow me to see my family (though that gave me an excuse to sleep at my boyfriend's house.) Even on Father's Day she threw an absolute tantrum when I told her I wanted to spend that weekend with my dad. She threatened to kill herself if I went, saying "How could you leave me alone to go spend time with asshole dad who doesn't even love you when I don't have anyone to celebrate father's day with because my dad is *DEAD*. You're a selfish little cunt." I only got to spend two hours with my dad on Father's day.
Now that I'm 18, I have to choose what to do for holiday breaks. My Thanksgiving break is five days long. My original idea was to spend the first three days (Wednesday, Thanksgiving day, and Black Friday) with her and the weekend with my dad. I told my dad my plan and he is on board. I have not told my mom yet because I am scared of what she will say/do. We are buying my plane tickets back home this weekend, so I have to tell her that I want to spend some time with my dad and boyfriend. In the past I have tried to explain to her that it's not because I love my dad more than her, and that's the truth, but she doesn't get it. I want to go spend time with my dad because *he's my dad.* I am lucky to have two parents who are alive and in my life and I am not going to do something to fuck that up. He has been nothing but good to me, pays for my college, respects and even really likes my boyfriend (unlike my mom who is a complete cunt to him), and makes my life easier. There's never drama with my dad. I don't love him more than her, I'm just more comfortable with him than I am with her. I don't want to not see my dad and him be angry with me because he is the one paying for my very expensive college and my education is the only thing that keeps me sane these days. But I don't want to not see my mom and then her become suicidal.
I don't want to have to talk her down from a ledge every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and birthday for the rest of my life. I don't even like holidays. I just participate because I'm a good daughter. I just want to be a good daughter to *both* of my parents. What should I do?
TL;DR My mom is the devil, my dad is god, and I am the earth.
**Edit:** I go to college out of state (University of Notre Dame! Go Irish!), so I can't just not see either of them and stay here over break. And since I'm from Texas, if I wanted to stay with anyone else in my family or friends from home, I'd have to pay for my own plane ticket home and I don't have the money for that roundtrip. | AskReddit | jewish |
12xp25 | fuzzyshorts | 1,352,499,252,000 | I see them holding anti-obama vigils in a mississippi college. I hear talk of revolution in red states. I see companies firing people because Romney lost. They hated the idea of a black president and hate it even more that he got a second term. Will progress be thrown out of the window as right wing extremists and conservative zealots amp themselves up to levels of violence and hatred towards anyone considered "other"? | AskReddit | jewish |
12xkdi | DjangoHands | 1,352,494,827,000 | I recently found out I have dyslexia. I was surprised to find out that dyslexia is a very complex disease, and that it's not only problems with reading and writing (which I don't have).
I'm interested in learning to program, and was wondering what it's like to be dyslexic and write codes. I have problems remembering formulas, so I can only imagine what it would be like to try and remember code. | AskReddit | jewish |
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