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eb  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX will try another rocket launch on Tuesday
O_o You mean 13 hours to go. :P
eb  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX will try another rocket launch on Tuesday
This might help if interested. A stream is ofered from the webpage of SpaceX.
Yep, I was fascinated too when I saw the BBC Documentary "Plastic How It Works" where the new form of carbon called Graphene was discussed.
eb  ·  4362 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paris - 360°
The view is taken right from above the Eiffel Tower. :) If you push the down arrow you can check by yourself.
eb  ·  4363 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Will Google+ ever take the dominant share of the social media market?
:) I too thought G+ was going to be bigger than Facebook. The main difference is that the friends I have on facebook are not in G+ (but i thought that, that was the point, if I wanted the same friends I would still use Facebook). My G+ stream is full of links, discussions and funny things though, I use circles, one is from the Hacker News community (the main theme are investing and startup articles...) the other is the reddit one (funny gifs, interesting articles... cats...) etc.
eb  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I Drink At Home
I was asking myself why was it tagged as #humor, then the last part made me :).
eb  ·  4376 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: What are some goals you've set for yourself in 2012 -- How's it going?
Hey everybody, my New Year Resolution was to quit smoking.

I smoked one (half?) in february (if I remember correctly) since then I haven't smoked anymore (sometimes I think about it but that's it...)

I began gaining weight so I have started running. (protip: If you are considering to quit smoking you will gain weight and might want to go running, since probably you didn't go before, be careful to not start in long distances immediately because you can get stress-fractures causing pain and you might need surgery after)

I noticed too that now I don't go anymore clubbing like I used to, a lot of my friends smoke (I find it difficult having smokers around still).

My sense of smell is better now.

Now your clothes don't smell like cigarette all the time...

eb  ·  4376 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Share Your New Year's Resolutions
:) hey thanks for asking thenewgreen, I'm doing good, I haven't smoked anymore (sometimes I think about it but that's it...)

I began gaining weight so I have started runing too... :D

I noticed that now I don't go anymore clubbing like I used to, a lot of my friends smoke (I find it difficult having smokers around still). My sense of smell is better now, lol. Working on weekends and studing for some exams in June/July and that's it...

eb  ·  4378 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do human beings have free will?
cgod it wasn't b_b who posted it, I was.
eb  ·  4378 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Meetup Live Hub
Thanks thenewgreen, I should have figured it out from the comment above.

Maybe the lady was a hubskier in disguise...

eb  ·  4379 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Meetup Live Hub
Thanks thenewgreen :) Ahem.. who is who in the pics above and what did you guys talk about?
eb  ·  4380 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Meetup Live Hub
Hello from Europe, Italy, guys! :D (here it's 2:21 AM)

Have fun.

eb  ·  4380 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: HUBSKI GATHERING at Fullsteam Brewery -Durham NC Tomorrow night
:) Nice... have fun guys!
eb  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Video: Tupac plays Coachella...um...live.
eb  ·  4385 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Moral Dilemma--Free Speech vs. Racism
b_b, I think what this professor is doing is something wrong, and it should be shown to the Dean. However if you decide to show it, I think you should do it in an anonymous way (anonymous email or letter).

I know it sounds like a cowardly way to do it but in my opinion it's not a good idea to attract attention to yourself.

eb  ·  4388 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Secret Life of Plankton
Neither do I.

This is the link I see when I edit the post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IT&v=xFQ_fO2D7f0

Maybe mk is working under the hood?

eb  ·  4388 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: AskHubski: What are your favorite RSS Feeds?
Startups & code:

For feeds from hackernews I have settled with this newsletter.

News:

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Wonkblog - Ezra Klein

The Dish - Andrew Sullivan

Software (I sometimes discover new things):

usethis

Good Reads (when I have time):

The Queue

LongReads

TheFeature

Interesting Stuff:

looks like memepool is back (I discovered this site by a discussion on hacker news, looks like it's one of the earliest of it's kind)

Ps: I'm finding new stuff here, thank's guys, keep them coming! :)

eb  ·  4389 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Camorra Never Sleeps
The remaining list of the mos wanted fugitives is not that big. Acording to wikipedia looks like there are 9 Mafia bosses missing.

However, as the article says

    the Italian police had no idea that Paolo Di Lauro was one of Naples’s most powerful crime bosses
I would not trust the above list at all.

Ps: Can't we make a tag for this kind of articles like "goodreads", "longreads", "foodforthought" any suggestions?

eb  ·  4392 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: You've got mail!
No mail.

Okay.jpg :P

Ps: looks nice, hope it will work ok. If someone spams is there an option to ignore any further messages from him?

eb  ·  4394 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Need computer help from you gurus
for programing he might give a try to: http://www.codecademy.com/

for interesting stuff he might like: http://thekidshouldseethis.com/

eb  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson OOC
Looks like it has already been posted with a different youtube url.

http://hubski.com/pub?id=10548

eb  ·  4395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Need computer help from you gurus
To be more safe I would suggest installing Ubuntu, since he uses it only for internet it will not be difficult to use.

If he prefers Windows you can look the apps here too (look down) beside the advice given by b_b, especially adblock plus... MyWot helps too! I don't think Norton is the best choice for an antivirus I use Kaspersky in Windows...

eb  ·  4397 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses
..and here we go with the parody! :D
eb  ·  4401 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Privacy and Facebook Culture  ·  
While I can understand and agree with what you said. I don't think that the point of privacy, and the ones who advocate it, is the one you are making...

It is not about beeing harassed because you are not a 6'2", and, meanwhile you do, the others don't know how to handle themselves... I think It's all about the masses being used. It is about the ability to record everything you do and connect it with your persona. If you are not careful online they will know who and what are you talking to/about, what your income is (so they can estimate what your potential ability to buy is) what kind of fashion do you follow the clothes you wear (so they can select what to offer/put in front of your eyes), what do you usually buy, the places you frequent and spend your money to drink to eat...

You might remember the buzz created some months ago by the phrase:

If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold..

which, funny enough, in it's original form was:

The member of facebook is not a customer, they are the product. The advertisers are the customers.

As per the label part I will quote Neil deGrasse Tyson. I think what he said applies everywhere:

Labels are mentally lazy ways by which people assert they know you without knowing you.

So since computers are becoming an everyday part of our lives, people should be more educated, more computer literate and privacy is very important!

eb  ·  4403 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bike Thief
Now this is beyond absurd though...
eb  ·  4404 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Atheism and Oppression
I don't think Atheists are a minority.

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/religion...

    Does religion lash out against those who don't share their beliefs? Yes, of course there are going to be those people. In areas that are disproportionate amountts of those people. In those areas, iti s hard to be an atheist. But to use those examples as proof that atheism is an oppressed minority, that our civil liberties are being trampled upon on a day to day basis by a monolithic monstrosity known only vaguely as "Religion" is as ridiculous as it is misguided.

I have yet to hear for hate crimes from atheists against religious people... I would not say the same for the inverted roles.

eb  ·  4410 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Quiet for a bit.
Congratulations mk and gq! :) I am happy for you guys. Have you chosen names yet?
eb  ·  4414 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Writing and Speaking
I actually enjoyed watching his talk. Yes I noticed the humming part but to be honest it didn't bother me that much. Maybe it was because I already knew who he was, already had read many of his essays, knew what he had accomplished. Maybe if it was another person who I didn't know, giving the same talk, I wouldn't have finished it though...
eb  ·  4416 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Your Top 3 Albums Off the Top Of Your Head..... GO!
Let me know after you hear them... :)
eb  ·  4416 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Your Top 3 Albums Off the Top Of Your Head..... GO!
I listen to everything (I like to think, good music), anyway, lately I have been listening more to these albums:

Soror Dolorosa - Blind Scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u8uja7jvTM

Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTM9x-fEMwo

and

Blouse's S/T LP

http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/sets/blouses-s-t-lp