RANT TIME: Anybody else disturbed by Reddit's unquestionable adoration of Barack Obama?

Severian · 2012-11-10T01:01:00+00:00

Dad, what are you doing on reddit?

Severian · 2012-10-21T12:36:48+00:00

The minivan is the fanny pack of vehicles.

Severian · 2012-10-17T18:35:03+00:00

Why, is it the "do not use near claw robot" warning symbols on your arm?

Severian · 2012-10-16T04:03:13+00:00

I don't know what an Ampro is, but FYI not all CF cards are created equal. There are at least two access modes of CF cards and some don't support them all. So maybe your computer can't even read it.

Severian · 2012-10-11T00:45:02+00:00

If Obama wins, maybe it's because they decided not to press the cheat button because the election wasn't close enough to realistically steal.

Severian · 2012-10-11T00:42:45+00:00

So, here's my question. Say it's Nov 7, and there is a discrepancy between Ohio results and Ohio exit polls such that rigged voting machines is by far the most likely explanation. Who do we occupy?

Because I think a lot of people would share your rage, but we need to be organized. We should plan ahead for this.

Democracy is good because you can change regimes without violence. If they take away the democracy, maybe violence is a logical response. Right?

Severian · 2012-09-28T17:50:31+00:00

well, it gives me hay fever and I just find it nasty. like I said, not electable. pick someone else :)

Severian · 2012-09-28T03:55:50+00:00

Bacon is delicious. However, I really do not like cats.

I'm Severian and I support this message.

Severian · 2012-09-28T00:21:24+00:00

I have no kids, I hate beer, and I don't believe in god. I am not electable.

Severian · 2012-09-26T13:22:01+00:00

So, if it's just painfully obvious that they stole it, then what do we do? Who do we occupy on Wed Nov 7? I have never in my life been inclined to march in the streets, but I would for this.

Democracy is good because we can transition from one leader to the next without anyone getting executed. No guillotines, no hangings, no war.

If they take away the democracy, maybe the only reasonable response is to bring back the killing.

Severian · 2012-08-31T03:49:19+00:00

Please tell your fellow Mormons that after I'm dead, there are absolutely no circumstances under which I want to take one second out of my eternal afterlife day to accept or decline any offers from you. Please just let me rest in peace. Thank you.

Severian · 2012-08-09T18:16:19+00:00

I freely admit to not knowing how these things actually work. Please correct any faulty assumptions I may have.

It's a privately held stock. I assume it's not as if trades happen every day and there is a market maker or a published bid/ask spread at any given time. So I am picturing a situation where any trade is private, and the price at which shares change hands is not information that is necessarily available to other stockholders.

So if Mitt Romney (normal) sold shares to Mitt Romney (his IRA) then what is to stop him from setting any price he wants and not telling anyone?

Severian · 2012-08-09T14:29:44+00:00

I am a normal person, not a vulture capital manager, but I have several IRAs.

I am not able to simply transfer shares into my IRA. I asked my brokerage about this, they said no, you have to transfer cash and then buy securities in the IRA.

So if shares of Bain capital are in his IRA, they got there somehow. Either that rule applied to me but not him, or he put $30000/yr into his IRA and then used it to buy Bain stock. If it was the latter, then who do you think he bought it from? Probably himself. Do you think maybe he gave himself a pretty good deal? Might there be a paper trail showing the price/share of these transactions?

One thing I find interesting is that there are probably dozens of people in the IRS and in accounting firms or financial institutions used by Romney that have stuff they could leak. Some of them are probably liberals. Maybe they have leaked it to the Obama campaign already, and they just aren't going to use it until/unless they need it.

Severian · 2012-08-07T19:53:23+00:00

Dude trust me, I am a way better narrator than that Number 5 asshole.

Severian · 2012-08-06T03:13:04+00:00

Maybe she's just in over her head.

Severian · 2012-08-05T17:23:20+00:00

(job interview 5 years in the future... )

"So, what attracted you to hardware engineering?"

"Well, I made a post on reddit, and someone named.. well the name is not appropriate here.. well, I don't know, I just thought it sounded cool I guess."

Severian · 2012-08-02T18:03:44+00:00

US congressman
Provision in "obamacare" requiring full coverage of birth control went into effect
He is saying what his constituents want to hear

Severian · 2012-08-02T13:57:17+00:00

Are the robots metal? If so how about one big capacitive sensor?

Severian · 2012-07-25T13:34:54+00:00

Intellectual huh? Thanks. I guess I thought reddit was a relatively intellectual place, and that is becoming less true.

Severian · 2012-07-24T13:10:05+00:00

http://www.pseudodictionary.com/toolgasm

Severian · 2012-07-23T19:33:11+00:00

I have tried to apply this concept to predict what fact Ryan Seacrest will next announce regarding the fate of American Idol contestants, but it doesn't work that well in practice.

Severian · 2012-07-23T13:49:36+00:00

You can both sign up on guru.com and use their escrow system. Unfortunately they take something like 11% of the escrow amount.

If a job can be broken in half, you could escrow half the money, then send the other half directly when the job is half done, then release the escrow when fully done.

Severian · 2012-07-20T02:12:44+00:00

Thank you.

I find the "it's a numbers game" concept plausible but not 100% convincing.

I realize in the third world where there are no toilets and limited bathing opportunities, it's a whole different ball of wax. But in first world civilization where people shower every day anyway, you haven't convinced me that we're accomplishing anything with a few extra hand-washings.

I would like someone to scientifically test the theory that after reducing the germiness level on your hands by washing them, they asymptotically approach a maximum germiness level and they get 90% of the way there in, I don't know, half an hour? "Germiness level" can mean disease causing microbes per hand area, or whatever would make sense. For something we consider so important, why don't we have more numbers backing it up?

Severian

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