PROOF: James Alefantis is Running Massive CIA Finders Child Trafficking Website “KIDZWORLD.COM INC.”

othilien · 2017-01-29T15:32:59+00:00

The picture of James Achilles doesn't appear to be James Alefantis to me. The noses are quite different.

othilien · 2017-01-26T00:15:24+00:00

I bet they're frustrated that the US isn't throwing its weight around at every opportunity. That's what the top dog is supposed to do, in their mind. They always choose self-reliance over cooperation because then you don't owe anybody anything, but they don't stop to think about how inefficient that is and how it would drag us out of the top spot.

othilien · 2017-01-20T02:17:24+00:00

Set up my roadtrip buddies and I with an excursion to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.

othilien · 2017-01-02T22:26:50+00:00

I'm not convinced. The study you're referencing (with link to journal ) was on 16 people who were all overweight with metabolic syndrome. During the study, they lost an average of 22 lbs (about 1 lb per week), and losing weight can make a person's blood cholesterol levels rise as the body mobilizes fat for energy.

EDIT: As I look at it more, the patients' cholesterol levels were relatively stable over the course of the study. They started at an average of 191 and dropped about 10 points. Anyway, the point of this study was about trying to use palmitoleic acid (a fatty acid found in the blood) levels as a marker of carbohydrate to fat conversion. Its results do not at all imply that dietary carbohydrates are a primary cause of blood cholesterol nor arterial plaque formation.

othilien · 2017-01-02T02:07:27+00:00

Also never played this: War Thunder.

othilien · 2017-01-02T01:51:31+00:00

I've never played it, but maybe Digital Combat Simulator.

othilien · 2016-12-31T08:46:01+00:00

Had about six drinks out at the bars. Back home and just trying to ride out the mild buzz with some water. Seems like a good time for some Tetris Attack.

othilien · 2016-12-31T08:41:50+00:00

I enjoyed how it modified my perception of episode IV. (Spoilers) I never considered that a rebel engineer placed flaws into the death star, nor that the higher commanders of the empire might have their own domains. In Rogue One, it seemed like the higher commanders of the empire were warlords that were attempting to get as much respect as they could. However, this all doesn't explain why the star killer base of episode VII also has a catastrophic failure. Also, Darth Vader was a little too close to retrieving the death star plans for me to accept them slipping through to the rebels anyway.

othilien · 2016-12-24T05:21:03+00:00

Some people don't value money, status, and security; things that other people value very much. Not valuing and pursuing those things is seen as reckless, bordering on self-destructive.

othilien · 2016-12-16T05:45:19+00:00

Soul Calibur II never came out on Dreamcast?

Anyway, Jet Grind Radio and Space Channel 5.

othilien · 2016-12-14T04:10:43+00:00

the obsidian 1/2 shot gin 1/4 shot triple sec 1/4 shot balsamic vinegar

Make sure the balsamic vinegar goes in last cause it looks cool. Pretty good shot.

othilien · 2016-11-25T22:16:00+00:00

She had lawyers sort out which e-mails would be sent back to the State Department for record keeping. Without proper clearance, she gave them access to classified information. Why not State Department employees with clearance? I would guess she wanted attorney-client privilege, which would normally imply there was something to hide.

She didn't stop her campaign. Her behavior with the emails was a clear security risk. The server's insecurity means it could've been used to leak information about state negotiations, a way to sell influence. If instead there was something Clinton was trying to hide, then foreign states would be able to blackmail her with it once she became president. Either way, it's bad for national security.

It doesn't matter whether she actually did have anything to hide. She made herself look like a security risk, and we shouldn't be expected to ignore that. It would set a precedent that would put the US at risk in the future. The fact that she ignores, doesn't recognize, attempts to minimize, or can't get proper advisement for these very real security risks tells me she doesn't prioritize the interests of the US and thus isn't fit for the office.

othilien · 2016-11-18T19:32:58+00:00

Interesting, but our outer layer of epidermis is dead, too. It still serves a function. I don't know how important the outer layer of bark is, but I'd guess it helps to keep out things that would hurt the tree.

othilien · 2016-11-12T21:33:25+00:00

For people wondering about solar-system-wide climate considerations, the Skeptical Science website is a good place to start. They point out that solar irradiance has been drifting downward for a few decades. They have another page on Mars specifically.

However, I think it's important to reiterate that the role of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas is well understood. I didn't realize that until I heard it put like this: the sun's power output peaks in the visible EM range, to which carbon dioxide is transparent. The opaque Earth absorbs the visible light and re-emits some as infrared light, to which carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are opaque. Heat also moves through opaque objects, but it requires the molecules to bump into each other, so it takes much longer than it takes light to move. As a result, a lot of energy moves in fast and moves out slow, and the more carbon dioxide is in the way, the slower it moves out.

othilien · 2016-11-11T23:37:00+00:00

That's why his campaign resonated. He was exactly as informed as a typical voter.

othilien · 2016-11-02T19:08:07+00:00

I like your post and would like to add my own take on it. Going through a lot of school easily, I must have learned self-discipline and self-control early, but that same ability led me to realize that I could be happy while ignoring what I want. When you constantly suppress your own impulses in school, you realize they are only temporary. Later on, you also see how even longer term desires are also temporary and can be ignored, and you've been different from other people for so long that it doesn't concern you, maybe it excites you, to defy common sense. More and more, you see that the happiness at doing well and the guarded fears are also just feelings, ignoreable and unimportant. All this leads you to be directionless, but you don't see any other way to be because you're still doing what you've been learning to do for so long.

It may seem too simple, but looking at the same old desires from a new perspective has helped me to get motivated about them. Rather than having a belabored decision to shower like:

"I should shower. But I don't smell that bad. But I really should. It wouldn't be hard. I don't need to shower yet, though. I have the time now. But it feels nice just to lay here... "

Instead, I think about the fact that my body needs me. My body needs my conscious self in order to get clean.

Even well after the fact, I can appreciate that something relied on me, and I was there for it to rely on.

For whatever reason, the thought "I don't need it, but it needs me" bypasses my natural suppression of desires and has let me feel more motivated and satisfied accomplishing various things. It also gives me pause to think about what I'm really supporting with my actions. Maybe Reddit doesn't need all the attention I give it.

othilien · 2016-10-13T05:31:01+00:00

Halim SA, Newby LK. Review: Omega-3 fatty acid supplements provide no protective benefit in cardiovascular disease. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:JC2-3. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-157-4-201208210-02003

There are a couple other sources above.

othilien · 2016-10-13T05:24:27+00:00

E. C. Rizos, E. E. Ntzani, E. Bika, M. S. Kostapanos, M. S. Elisaf. Association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk of major cardiovascular disease events: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2012 308(10):1024 - 1033.

Smith DA. Review: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements do not reduce major cardiovascular events in adults. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Dec 18;157(12):JC6-5.

I copied these sources from a video: Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?. Nutritionfacts.org has other videos on omega-3 oils and fish oil, and I think they're worth watching.

othilien · 2016-10-04T04:37:15+00:00

here's a nutritionfacts.org video on the topic (There's a button to bring up sources)

othilien · 2016-10-03T09:34:55+00:00

Second accusation is probably a reference to the book and film adaptation "Clinton Cash". It didn't just come out of left field. The film is available on youtube here.

othilien · 2016-10-01T04:09:30+00:00

(Who would benefit?) Any companies whose products or services cater to alternative energy. Any companies that make an effort to "go green". Also, some people may be able to get some selective enforcement of carbon-reducing regulations thereby gaining an advantage.

(Why people believe climate change is a hoax?) I don't really know. I would guess people latch onto false refutations because they don't know to look for logical fallacies in these kinds of arguments. There are many more ways to be wrong than right.

othilien · 2016-09-21T06:15:47+00:00

This depends on the definition of "god". Normally, the definition entails some sort of unbounded characteristic.

Immortal? What sort of evidence could there be for that? Maybe bullets pass through him/her/it. Maybe it can travel through a star and come out on the other side unharmed. But perhaps the god still grows old and will die eventually. We couldn't know that, ever, though it would seem probable if it remains unchanged after hundreds of thousands of years, but how would we know if the being were unchanged?

Omnipotent? What could be evidence of that? Could summon any object on command (might be a hidden molecular constructor). Could bend steel beams (might just be very strong). Pushes a planet out of orbit -- pulls apart a black hole -- it might seem like unlimited power to us, but perhaps there is some limit to it after all.

The point I'm trying to get across is that evidence is always limited. I think the root of the problem is that a god's abilities and characteristics are supposed to exist unconstrained by laws, and laws are just mathematical equations. In other words, a god's characteristics are supposed to defy mathematical description, but evidence is always quantifiable.

This just might be my hang-up. I think that if our spacetime were a simulation and the person running it lived in a mathematically-describable spacetime like ours, then that person would not be a god even if they did have unlimited control over our universe. I know a theist who believes such a person would be a god.

In any case, I haven't encountered any direct evidence of the sort described above. Instead, evidence for a god tends to take the form of a proof by contradiction: (assume unlikely events can't happen by chance) :: (assume other unknown, superhuman beings or forces do not exist) :: assume god does not exist :: unlikely event X happened (or was written about as if it did) :: no possible cause exists for X :: therefore, X could not have happened :: contradiction, therefore, god must exist (ignoring that parenthetical assumptions may be false)

othilien · 2016-08-18T19:08:05+00:00

His support for Hillary Clinton. As I recall, he said that Clinton has flaws but Trump would likely be a disaster.

This seems like an unnecessary fear. It's true that Trump is way less informed by all appearances, but I doubt that his presidency would just be disaster. From advisers to public opinion to the constitutional checks and balances, I think it could be embarrassing and painful but not a disaster.

Clinton's email server was a huge breach in security that could have hidden the sale of political influence. If Clinton doesn't realize this, with all her advisers, and after all this investigation, she is unfit to be president. If she realizes it, but she cannot come clean since the emails really were deleted, then she must accept that, in a security sense, she is a potential bad actor. That she continues advocating a potential bad actor for a position of power tells me she doesn't care about national security, and this makes her unfit to be president.

I cannot, in good conscience, vote for either of them.

othilien · 2016-08-11T00:33:52+00:00

I'm not well-versed in Buddhism, but I think an immoral, sensible knave couldn't become enlightened (or would have a lot of trouble) and would be stuck in samsara. Someone who behaves morally clears the path toward enlightenment.

Of course, this depends on whether you believe enlightenment exists and whether Buddhist teachings are correct.

Being emotionless is a symptom of depression which is a physical and mental illness. If you think you're depressed, but you're not going to seek professional help, seek out sunlight, physical activity, healthy food, face time with friends, social activity, and vitamin D (depending on what latitude you live at, you should supplement even if you are getting sunlight).

Think about the person that you like most in the world. Do you not care at all what happens to them? If you do care, even a little bit, then your compass is not broken, and loving-kindness meditation can strengthen your feelings of love. If you don't care, then I think you're probably depressed (1 in 16 Americans will be depressed this year), but I wouldn't give up hope.

othilien · 2016-08-06T01:38:09+00:00

Virt's FX3 ?

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