I was a vim guy for a long time. I used it for everything from scripting, to full on applications, and even website development.
Then I bought my mac and discovered XCode. It blew my mind. If I ever go back to linux I will be finding myself a good IDE.
Speaking of which XCode + Interface Builder + applescript makes some of the most powerful graphical applications that any idiot could write. It's really quite amazing how easy stupid it can be. Of course real apps on a mac require ruby, python, or Obj-C.
Healthy food is always more expensive. Fruit, healthy cuts of meat, chicken breast, etc is more costly then ground beef, or fast food.
When I ate out at fast food for lunch I was spending about $2-4.00 a day for lunch. When I started brining my lunch I was spending $6-8.00 a day. However there were costs cuts in other areas. For example I stopped buying soda. That saved $7.00 a week. But when you start buying fruits and veggies, start buying good cuts of meat the costs go up. Then you have to take in your time to cook them. I value my free time. Spending my time going to workout and cook my own food means less time to spend on things I enjoy doing. That is what we call soft costs.
Does a fat guy need a pair of running shoes? Or workout clothes? Do they know how to properly doing the exercises without hurting themselves? It's not as simple as picking up a weight bar and pushing it up for a bit.
I know all about this. I wasn't a huge guy, but before I started taking my health seriously I was a 5'9" 210 pound guy. My doctor said I had high blood pressure and was borderline diabetic.
I'm still not perfect, I'm now 169 pounds. I hate dieting, I hate exercising, and I love sugar. I simply just decided to STOP. I stopped eating mcdonalods, I stopped eating fast food period. I started eating sandwiches and veggys. I stopped drinking soda every time I was thirsty and started drinking tea and water.
I stopped skipping meals and started eating 4 times a day. I stopped ordering desert. I started going to a gym, first doing something low impact like martial arts, then ramping that up into running and finally full on workouts like crossfit and combat sports training.
So I know how this is. I used to look in the mirror and never noticed I was fat. I thought I was fairly good looking. I of course would realize it when I thought about taking my shirt off at the beach. Which was the crutch of my comment. When I see the pictures of how I looked then with my double chin and huge pot belly I can't even comprehend how I could lie to myself.
But I feel you can go cold turkey. For example my food problem was simply fixed by cutting out a entire class of foods. That is foods that contain HFCS. I lost 5 pounds by cutting out mountain dew. Simply going to a martial art class 3 times a week cut another 5. And for a while that was the only changes I made in my diet and I was maintaining. I then cut out fast food, boxed dinners, and deserts. I then hit another large drop in weight. Finally I started (now that I was physically able) to truly work out and build muscle and cardio function. At that point I was able to add back some stuff I loved into my diet and learn about moderation (prior to that those foods had to be banned). So I could start eating a desert once a week or a candy bar. And if I knew that weekend I was going somewhere with lots of bad food I would run a few extra miles or hit an extra couple class of bjj.
Yes, I had problems, yes I fell off the wagon a few times. But having someone in authority tell me I was fat, having my wife tell me I was fat, and finally realizing why I was embarrassed to take my shirt off was enough to keep at it and break though.
But to be understood, i'm not saying eat now do more exercise later. I'm saying that doing exercise offsets your diet. So even without a diet change you can reduce weight or maintain weight simply by exercising the correct amount. My diet is not the greatest, yet with the level of physical activity I maintain I am not gaining weight.
Being grossly overweight must never be seen as ok. We need to make sure those "fat and beautiful" or people who claim it can be healthy realize they are as disgusting as a crack junky offering to suck you off for crack. Peer pressure is a powerful motivator. Just look at any high school for proof.
Plus, the above poster did not take into consideration physical activity. If you burn an extra 350-400 calories every other day at the gym then a few extra treats won't hurt you at all.
I can eat anything I want. I have the income. I choose to eat a healthy diet.
On top of that I'm spending MORE money to stay in shape. I have a gym membership, and a trainer to pay for. Plus, what food is more expensive. A nice healthy meal you buy and cook for yourself, or a nice processed food you get a mcdonalds? Hell, you can go to taco bell and eat about 10 pounds of beens, cheese, and meat for 5 bucks and wash it down with 1000 calories of soda.
Eating in a nutrious and healthy way is more expensive then eating in a bad way. But that is only one step in being healthy. Unless your job has physical labor, you are going to need to exercise. That means even more cost.
So in first world countries, healthy looking people are the rich.
Embarrassment is a powerful motivator. If you know a bunch of people are going to see your naked body everyday, you are going to think twice when you go to mcdonalds for lunch ordering a handful of cheeseburgers, 2 large frys, and a large chocolate shake.
You would be surprised how many fat people think clothes are keeping you from realizing it. I overheard a lady at work tell a coworker that she likes sweats because they hide her fat roll. She has to top 300 pounds, and her belly hangs over her pants.
Unless I'm mistaken, all human bodies are basically the same. Human minds on the other hand are totally different.
For example, right now I'm thinking how wonderful a orange infused whiskey would be. I'm all for privacy, but there is really nothing to hide on the human body.
The only thing I can come up with is if you had some kind of surgery or server medical problem you didn't want anyone to know about.
Beyond that, I've seen the screen shots of this tech and honestly, it doesn't show you nakid. It doesn't show anything I would consider any more revealing then wearing a spandex body suit. If this can make the lines go faster at the airports. I support it.
That happened to me. I have the PC version of oblivion and never played the expansion. However 2 days ago I picked up a used GOTY edition oblivion for the 360. I'm actually looking forward to another play though.
There hasn't been a single game thats sold a console this generation yet.
I bought a 360 to play dead rising, GTA 4 and Halo 3. I bought a ps3 to play MGS4 (yup that's it). I bought a wii to play zelda, metroid, and legit emulators.
Of course I have a lot more games now, but those got me started.
Yea, I struggled with this for a bit. But honestly, I did oblivion on the PC and found the mods just took away from my fun for the most part. It started off with horse saddle bags and ended with me using unofficial ninja weapons and a unlimited bag of holding.
I must confess the graphics upgrades the community released were VERY good.
I don't use linux anymore as my primary desktop. I have moved to mac. However, I find most of this articles arguments to be simply flawed.
While some areas have good points (audio does need work), others fall flat. Two major ones stick out to me.
Games - There ARE linux games, not as many as windows but they are there. I used to be a HUGE gamer. I have moved on. I perfer the xbox 360 for gaming and no longer bother with computer gaming. But there are many linux games, even some top titles.
Unified this or that - This is a flaw in the authors thinking. Linux does not need any of this. Each distro picks the tool they think works best. If you find a popular distro then you will find everything you need for installing software on it. As it gets pointed out so much, linux is not an operating system. We need to stop thinking it is.
Nitche applications - Sure, it sucks, but sometimes you really are locked into a vendor. That doesn't mean the rest of the world is. I don't like solaris, but I have to use it. But that doesn't mean everyone has to use solaris. I have to use crystal reports at work, but that doesn't mean my home machine has to be windows. There doesn't need to be a replacement for every single application I might use to make switching a good idea.
In that same joke I suggested that it would be impossible for AMD to ramp up production and intel could simply control the EU by refusing to sell CPU's to the EU.
I was told I was wrong and AMD could ramp up production no problem and intel would take huge losses.
I think you are simply naive. Bailouts, media and tech companies buying judges and politicians to pass laws that are in the total WORST interest of innovation, oil companies starting wars.
Do you really think the government can't be pushed around by big business? I just think that intel needs to learn how to play the game. Same with microsoft.
On the up side, The EU would lose all those fab jobs, and AMD would be unable to meet the demand and raise their prices. Making my product become all the more attractive.
Oh and I would still pay the fine, I would just do those other things as well. You are right you don't fight the government, you give them what they want. They don't like your business practices, so you don't practice business in their countries.
Do you think AMD could ramp up production fast enough to keep PC prices from going though the roof if Intel just said fuck it?
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I could totally see apple looking to lower it's prices. The last thing it wants to be known for is high prices.
I was a vim guy for a long time. I used it for everything from scripting, to full on applications, and even website development.
Then I bought my mac and discovered XCode. It blew my mind. If I ever go back to linux I will be finding myself a good IDE.
Speaking of which XCode + Interface Builder + applescript makes some of the most powerful graphical applications that any idiot could write. It's really quite amazing how easy stupid it can be. Of course real apps on a mac require ruby, python, or Obj-C.
Healthy food is always more expensive. Fruit, healthy cuts of meat, chicken breast, etc is more costly then ground beef, or fast food.
When I ate out at fast food for lunch I was spending about $2-4.00 a day for lunch. When I started brining my lunch I was spending $6-8.00 a day. However there were costs cuts in other areas. For example I stopped buying soda. That saved $7.00 a week. But when you start buying fruits and veggies, start buying good cuts of meat the costs go up. Then you have to take in your time to cook them. I value my free time. Spending my time going to workout and cook my own food means less time to spend on things I enjoy doing. That is what we call soft costs.
Does a fat guy need a pair of running shoes? Or workout clothes? Do they know how to properly doing the exercises without hurting themselves? It's not as simple as picking up a weight bar and pushing it up for a bit.
I know all about this. I wasn't a huge guy, but before I started taking my health seriously I was a 5'9" 210 pound guy. My doctor said I had high blood pressure and was borderline diabetic.
I'm still not perfect, I'm now 169 pounds. I hate dieting, I hate exercising, and I love sugar. I simply just decided to STOP. I stopped eating mcdonalods, I stopped eating fast food period. I started eating sandwiches and veggys. I stopped drinking soda every time I was thirsty and started drinking tea and water.
I stopped skipping meals and started eating 4 times a day. I stopped ordering desert. I started going to a gym, first doing something low impact like martial arts, then ramping that up into running and finally full on workouts like crossfit and combat sports training.
So I know how this is. I used to look in the mirror and never noticed I was fat. I thought I was fairly good looking. I of course would realize it when I thought about taking my shirt off at the beach. Which was the crutch of my comment. When I see the pictures of how I looked then with my double chin and huge pot belly I can't even comprehend how I could lie to myself.
But I feel you can go cold turkey. For example my food problem was simply fixed by cutting out a entire class of foods. That is foods that contain HFCS. I lost 5 pounds by cutting out mountain dew. Simply going to a martial art class 3 times a week cut another 5. And for a while that was the only changes I made in my diet and I was maintaining. I then cut out fast food, boxed dinners, and deserts. I then hit another large drop in weight. Finally I started (now that I was physically able) to truly work out and build muscle and cardio function. At that point I was able to add back some stuff I loved into my diet and learn about moderation (prior to that those foods had to be banned). So I could start eating a desert once a week or a candy bar. And if I knew that weekend I was going somewhere with lots of bad food I would run a few extra miles or hit an extra couple class of bjj.
Yes, I had problems, yes I fell off the wagon a few times. But having someone in authority tell me I was fat, having my wife tell me I was fat, and finally realizing why I was embarrassed to take my shirt off was enough to keep at it and break though.
But to be understood, i'm not saying eat now do more exercise later. I'm saying that doing exercise offsets your diet. So even without a diet change you can reduce weight or maintain weight simply by exercising the correct amount. My diet is not the greatest, yet with the level of physical activity I maintain I am not gaining weight.
Being grossly overweight must never be seen as ok. We need to make sure those "fat and beautiful" or people who claim it can be healthy realize they are as disgusting as a crack junky offering to suck you off for crack. Peer pressure is a powerful motivator. Just look at any high school for proof.
Plus, the above poster did not take into consideration physical activity. If you burn an extra 350-400 calories every other day at the gym then a few extra treats won't hurt you at all.
I can eat anything I want. I have the income. I choose to eat a healthy diet.
On top of that I'm spending MORE money to stay in shape. I have a gym membership, and a trainer to pay for. Plus, what food is more expensive. A nice healthy meal you buy and cook for yourself, or a nice processed food you get a mcdonalds? Hell, you can go to taco bell and eat about 10 pounds of beens, cheese, and meat for 5 bucks and wash it down with 1000 calories of soda.
Eating in a nutrious and healthy way is more expensive then eating in a bad way. But that is only one step in being healthy. Unless your job has physical labor, you are going to need to exercise. That means even more cost.
So in first world countries, healthy looking people are the rich.
Embarrassment is a powerful motivator. If you know a bunch of people are going to see your naked body everyday, you are going to think twice when you go to mcdonalds for lunch ordering a handful of cheeseburgers, 2 large frys, and a large chocolate shake.
Because unlike my penis, they might steal my idea.
You would be surprised how many fat people think clothes are keeping you from realizing it. I overheard a lady at work tell a coworker that she likes sweats because they hide her fat roll. She has to top 300 pounds, and her belly hangs over her pants.
Unless I'm mistaken, all human bodies are basically the same. Human minds on the other hand are totally different.
For example, right now I'm thinking how wonderful a orange infused whiskey would be. I'm all for privacy, but there is really nothing to hide on the human body.
The only thing I can come up with is if you had some kind of surgery or server medical problem you didn't want anyone to know about.
Beyond that, I've seen the screen shots of this tech and honestly, it doesn't show you nakid. It doesn't show anything I would consider any more revealing then wearing a spandex body suit. If this can make the lines go faster at the airports. I support it.
On the upside, if everyone could see what you looked like naked then just maybe we could gain some headway into stopping the obesity trend in America.
Can he pass a bill that will force doctors to develop accurate technology to check my prostate health without violating the sanctity of my asshole?
Seriously, why should I be violated in terms of privacy and ass virginity just to be protected?
I use noscript on firefox. But I would like this option in safari.
Really why should disabling javascript and java with a white list be a feature that requires a 3rd party addon.
That happened to me. I have the PC version of oblivion and never played the expansion. However 2 days ago I picked up a used GOTY edition oblivion for the 360. I'm actually looking forward to another play though.
There hasn't been a single game thats sold a console this generation yet.
I bought a 360 to play dead rising, GTA 4 and Halo 3. I bought a ps3 to play MGS4 (yup that's it). I bought a wii to play zelda, metroid, and legit emulators.
Of course I have a lot more games now, but those got me started.
Yea, I struggled with this for a bit. But honestly, I did oblivion on the PC and found the mods just took away from my fun for the most part. It started off with horse saddle bags and ended with me using unofficial ninja weapons and a unlimited bag of holding.
I must confess the graphics upgrades the community released were VERY good.
It would be nice if there was a way to disable it for all sites but blah.com
Is this the vault where all the clones go nuts and kill everyone or the one with the virus that makes all the super mutants?
I don't use linux anymore as my primary desktop. I have moved to mac. However, I find most of this articles arguments to be simply flawed.
While some areas have good points (audio does need work), others fall flat. Two major ones stick out to me.
Games - There ARE linux games, not as many as windows but they are there. I used to be a HUGE gamer. I have moved on. I perfer the xbox 360 for gaming and no longer bother with computer gaming. But there are many linux games, even some top titles.
Unified this or that - This is a flaw in the authors thinking. Linux does not need any of this. Each distro picks the tool they think works best. If you find a popular distro then you will find everything you need for installing software on it. As it gets pointed out so much, linux is not an operating system. We need to stop thinking it is.
Nitche applications - Sure, it sucks, but sometimes you really are locked into a vendor. That doesn't mean the rest of the world is. I don't like solaris, but I have to use it. But that doesn't mean everyone has to use solaris. I have to use crystal reports at work, but that doesn't mean my home machine has to be windows. There doesn't need to be a replacement for every single application I might use to make switching a good idea.
In that same joke I suggested that it would be impossible for AMD to ramp up production and intel could simply control the EU by refusing to sell CPU's to the EU.
I was told I was wrong and AMD could ramp up production no problem and intel would take huge losses.
I can't win either way.
I think you are simply naive. Bailouts, media and tech companies buying judges and politicians to pass laws that are in the total WORST interest of innovation, oil companies starting wars.
Do you really think the government can't be pushed around by big business? I just think that intel needs to learn how to play the game. Same with microsoft.
On the up side, The EU would lose all those fab jobs, and AMD would be unable to meet the demand and raise their prices. Making my product become all the more attractive.
Oh and I would still pay the fine, I would just do those other things as well. You are right you don't fight the government, you give them what they want. They don't like your business practices, so you don't practice business in their countries.
Do you think AMD could ramp up production fast enough to keep PC prices from going though the roof if Intel just said fuck it?
If there is one thing Intel doesn't need to be successful it's PC makers right?
So they have no bargaining power at all.
I was trying to make a joke. I guess I failed.
If i was running intel, I'd keep doing what they are doing.
The difference. I would only sell my cpu's out of a country with no laws preventing that behavior.
I mean pc manufactures can order then from that country and ship them from that country to anywhere they want (I would not export from my country).
When you are as big as intel you could get away with it. Especially if you were bribing companies like HP and Dell to go along with it.
Then the US and EU can't touch you because you are not doing buisness in their country. Instead Dell is just buying your products and importing them.
I fail at making jokes apparently :-(