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    Government Shutdown over DREAM?

    http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/358718-shutdown-threat-growing-over-immigration-fight It looks like the latest election results have emboldened democrats to do some obstructionism of their own. I think this might backfire though.. people are generally supportive of dreamers, but forcing a...
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    Muslim teen killed after leaving mosque - "road rage"?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-loudoun-police-searching-for-missing-17-year-old-reported-to-have-been-assaulted/2017/06/18/02e379ac-5466-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.7c9b9cfb191d Just a completely sad story. My blood boils at the thought of the fact that this...
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    BLM is now anti israel?

    http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.735760 “While we agree with many of the policy recommendations, we are extremely dismayed at the decision to refer to the Israeli occupation as genocide. We are committed to ending the occupation, which leads to daily human rights violations...
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    "It's time to stop telling fat people to become thin"

    http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/03/diets_do_not_work_the_thin_evidence_that_losing_weight_makes_you_healthier.html I'm conflicted on this article. As someone overweight, with stern warnings from my doctors about fitness and triglyceride levels and what...
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    Another victory in the War on Drugs

    http://www.mtv.com/news/2234060/zachary-hammond-police-shooting-white/ This is really sad. The independent autopsy is contradicting the official account, and the police department isn't releasing dash cam videos, or any videos for that matter. Equally sad that this is not causing national...
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    Jon Huntsman (and the like): can they ever win

    I was reading about this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,_Jr. To summarize, he's center right, fiscally conservative, socially liberal, intellectual and has foreign-relations savvy. On the surface, he's willing to work with the other side to get things done. It seems to me that...
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    Beginner workout program, with ongoing lower back rehab?

    I'm working with a physical therapist and a chiro for issues relating to my spine and lower back. It's going on pretty well, but right now I've been asked to avoid heavy squats/deadlifts. As a beginner to weight lifting, almost all the exercise routines out there are squat centric (SL 5x5...
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    Indian American gets into med school pretending to be african american

    Just saw this making the rounds: http://gawker.com/mindy-kalings-brother-is-a-cool-prankster-upsetting-the-1695820843 I don't know the raw details about what exactly he did but it's general lore that Med school admissions are harder for Indian Americans, especially the girls. This seems to...
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    ATOT effect, I summon thee! Vote for my friend's happiness app

    My friend and I volunteer a lot - the good karma helps, and it's a surefire way to reduce stress. We're also into yoga, meditation, and deep breathing - helps us keep our sanity. He recently worked on an app that helps track these activities - like a fitness tracker, expect for the mind. He...
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    MS in Engineering Management - anyone done this degree?

    Has anyone heard of this degree? Is it better than an MBA for engineers? Was planning to get an MS degree in STEM.. instead of a pure science degree, I was thinking of getting this and then maybe an MBA later. The STEM requirement is for reimbursement of the course work (I'm an engineer right...
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    Good news: $5 billion saved by cuts

    Who needs food anyway? That 5 billion could buy an extra set of drones or missiles to kill more people in North Pakistan in their place via indiscriminate bombing. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/us/as-cuts-to-food-stamps-take-effect-more-trims-to-benefits-are-expected.html?_r=0 This is...
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    handle silverfish with house centipedes?

    I have a lot of silverfish in my apartment. I keep killing them wherever I find them, but my apartment is big and they run around really fast, especially the little ones. They haven't done any damage, or cause any bites as far as I know. It is definitely annoying however. I was thinking of...
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    There's no pleasing the tea party

    Their irrational single minded hate toward Obamacare is making them eat their own. Psychologists will have to define a new set of mental diseases for explaining their behavior. What else can explain this combination of stupidity, inflexibility, ignorance and lack of empathy...
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    An Outrage we can all unite on

    There's been much shit flinging on this board over the last few days about the shutdown. Instead of fighting each other we can all unite on this shared atrocity. That poor dude Djokhar Tsarnaev, suspected Boston bomber, is being mistreated in custody. I'm sure your blood will boil to hear of...
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    Obama announces "reforms" to the spying program

    ... all the while still maintaining Snowden's is a traitor and a wanted felon. Really, Mr. President? So if not for Snowden, these "reforms" would have been done anyway? By announcing them, you are de-facto conceding his point, no matter how you try using your sleazy hardvard law school...
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    Please stop using the word "kids"

    Goats have kids. Humans have children. Please stop using "kids" to describe human young.
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    ebay: am I screwed?

    I got a fairly expensive bit of used computing from ebay. Seller's a registered company with a 14-day, no questions asked, return policy. After trying it, I found it to be a POS, but technically not DOA. So I asked for a return and the seller accepted. Shipped it fedex, and had it...
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    Had two large coffees today

    I'm not a usual coffee drinker so this has me positively hopping. 1. Productivity increased 150%. 2. movement speed up by nearly 200% 3. I'm energetic and enthusiastic, even in otherwise boring/inane meetings 4. multitasking like an i5 5. I scoff at the thought of sleep. 5. I feel like...
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    'Cannibal' Cop

    Apologies if this a repost, but I did a half-hearted search and didn't find anything about this. No pun intended. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2013/03/cannibal_cop_trial_will_a_jury_find_that_gilbert_valle_s_sexual_fantasies.single.html...
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    What is this universe?

    Religious types and Philosophers love spending time on this question. Well, now the scientists are on top of it. http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/192185/scientists-devise-a-test-to-see-if-the-universe-is-real-or-the-computer-simulation-of-future-people/...
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    Mobility exercises for knee/back pain

    After many, many weeks of inactivity, with a majority of my time seated watching various rectangles, I've decided to seriously hit the weights. So far, I've only been doing lame stuff like the elliptical and some swimming, and I wanted to get into a SS/SL style program. So started with body...
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    It's good to be man

    Inspired by the "things girls don't understand" thread below. - we rule the world. - no menstruation or pregnancy - fighting and using your body to break things is fun. - the trend in nature is that the male of the species is better looking than the female. eg. peacock, sparrow, etc...
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    I'm in a rut.

    Graduated college about five years ago, and have been working since then. Now bored with life, because: 1. No hobbies. 2. Barely any dating. 3. I'm becoming stupider. Started out as a dev and am now managing/paperwork/etc.. good fun, I get to learn technologies but I can't solve...
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    Best tablet-esque device for taking notes?

    I take notes on a dell tablet PC - and it's pretty amazing with OneNote and Windows Journal. The stylus is brilliant, and i can match my native handwriting on my paper. Tried it again with a kensington stylus and a HP touchpas running CM9 alpha. The problems are: 1. The handwriting apps I...
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    A question for the conservatives

    I watched snippets of the republican debate, and the overall impression I got is that the current stock consists mostly of a bunch of morons with insensible/impossible ideas. Completely cut the commerce, education and .. oh I don't know, some random third department. Pull all troops out of the...
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    Help me converge my devices

    I have a BB Bold 9700 for business use and a personal captivate, and I'm sick of carting around two phones. I even wrote up personal apps to forward calls and SMS from one phone to another based on time and location, but it's not helping. The trouble is, each device has its plus and minuses and...
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    Have you seen the new stronglifts site?

    I hadn't visited the site in a while and just checked it out. The last I remember, it had a casual, laid back, no-nonsense attitude. Mehdi (the founder) just seemed to be doing it as a hobby - the blog posts were straightforward and simple. But now looks like he's made this his primary...
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    Wrist sprain/strain.. what can I do?

    So I did a search on this forum and I found a bunch of posts with people having Wrist sprain/strain because of a bad day at the gym. Those threads never really ended with what exactly they did while their wrist was healing, so I thought to write this one up to figure out an optimal set of...
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    I no longer consider myself a lurker

    I feel like I've been carrying a 1000 bricks on my shoulders and now can relax to let them crush me to a pulp. I don't have anything interesting to post, nor am I foolish enough to think I ever will. But it feels like an orgasm. Now lets see how ATOT reacts to my updated status. That is all...
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    strength training + running?

    I'm planning to do a 5 mile charity run next year, by the end of may. I don't want to just complete it, but want to finish in around 30 minutes. I'm currently reasonably in shape; my body fat is around 23% at 180 pounds at 5'11. As far as weight training goes, I'm impressed by ss - practical...
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    How many phones/gadgets do you carry around?

    I carry around a phone used for both business and personal - the Samsung Captivate. Most likely, I'll be moving to a captivate/BB 9700 combo, as I feel the BB is just better for email and messaging in general. How many devices do you carry around (not just phones)?
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    Post your favorite political ad of this election season

    By favorite, I mean stupidly idiotic ads that make you want to lobotomize yourself so that you'd be spared of this absurdity forever. I'll go first. I heard this one being discussed on NPR recently. Taliban Dan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdyf9eSkqQ Cool facts: * The...
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    nixium's 5-day "fun" workout log

    Original thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2088647 As mentioned, I wanted to do a program that teaches new skills, focuses on all round development (strength, agility, balance, posture) and is most of all, fun. The original thread was supposed to be my journal, but...
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    Critique my beginner 5-day split routine!

    I bet that got you forum purists seeing red :) In fact, I'm almost sure sociallychallenged had a paragraph typed in even while the link was loading ... Anyway, I wasn't referring to a bodybuilding split routine. I discovered recently that I really like high intensity, cardio activities (like...
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    how many of you visit www.anandtech.com?

    I'm a long time lurker on these forums, and I came to the stunning realization that I don't visit www.anandtech.com anymore! How many of you are forums-only? Also, can one of the mods give us traffic stats between website hits and forum hits?
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    Benefits of a Getting a Graduate Degree (If you're already working)

    I started on a Grad Degree a couple of years ago, when I was working full time. I finished three courses, and then let it slide.. till now. I thought of restarting it, but many of my colleagues (who do have grad degrees) are of the opinion that it's a waste of time and cash. That I'll really...
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    Clint Eastwood: America run by a bunch of teenage twits

    Does anyone get GQ? If not, there's this rather interesting interview of Clint Eastwood. Among other things, you learn that he's into jazz piano - he plays - and meditates twice a day. What I found worthy of discussion were these comments: There are more comments later on: I'm liberal...
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    If you started a band...

    What would you name it, and what genre? eg. trip-hop, paradigm shift, a two-person project.
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    Stronglifts + running?

    I've been doing a 3x5 version of stronglifts. It's going well so far, but I ran into a couple of problems - * My work life is hectic, so I can't make all workouts * During the times I do a steady 3 workouts a week, I find recovery between workouts pretty hard. It's easier for me if I do it...
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    Obamarama affecting the muslim world?

    .. Or maybe it's the effect of the oft-mentioned "stigma" of having 'Hussein' as a middle name, which neo-cons love to bring up. In any case, Obama's popularity in the middle east seems to have shut up the pompous windbags of Al-Quaida's PR department (and soon hopefully, their US right wing...