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anatomygeek  ·  2770 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rekindling the scifi club

I'd love to be part of this! Count me in

anatomygeek  ·  3588 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's the best food you've tasted?

Duck, rare. With warm vegetables. Somewhere in France. The meat melted away on my tongue after putting it in my mouth. I have never tasted anything like it again.

anatomygeek  ·  3605 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you turn to when you feel lonely?

Reading, writing, trying to focus on the bigger picture, as you are doing. Music too, dancing alone while making dinner. When none of the above work, i try sleeping, gaming or general avoidance until forced back into society.

anatomygeek  ·  3626 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are you currently working on Hubski?

Compiling and translating a nutrition manual for patients after gastric bypass surgery. Slowly progressing in Steven Eriksson's Malazan Book of the Fallen.

anatomygeek  ·  3678 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Russia no longer fears the West

The general tone of the article aside, the fact still remains that Putin holds the key to the valve of the fuel- pipes to a great deal of Western Countries, not to more than enough liquid and business assets/ agreements to destabilize the European economy if he is willing to play this hand. The current economic climate will ensure caution rather than wild- West rhetoric from neighboring countries. The US will have a hard time finding allies willing to burn themselves in a fight close to home.

anatomygeek  ·  3682 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: GCHQ and NSA intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide

That and perhaps a secondary goal that is way more sinister. By getting people to realize they are being watched all the time, perceived surveillance, their actions are going to change, complying more towards perceived 'normal' behavior. It will get to self- censorship at its worst.

anatomygeek  ·  3682 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: James Surowiecki: The Cult of Overwork

I personally experienced that working uninterrupted in short productive bursts is way more effective than spending hours idling behind a desk. The stress and the mental drain of long hours and forced social interaction while working results in burn- out, subquality work and too many lost hours.