grantbachman

Yes! Many people think they shouldn't exercise their back because it already hurts and they don't want to upset it any further. In reality, a lot of back pain comes from having a weak back. Squats help tremendously with this.

I highly recommend watching Mark Rippetoe's videos on getting stronger, and learning how to squat, bench, deadlift, and press in a safe way.

Continue mapping Escape to Caps Lock like we always do :)

As someone who does a fair amount of scraping at his job, I'd like to hear what you have to say regarding both questions :)

There's also Logbar, which I hear is absolutely horrible.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761670738/ring-shortcu...

Tutorials that actually validate whether they currently work.

One use case would be tutorials on deploying to IAAS/PAAS providers. Deploying always seems to be the hard part after I build something; I don't like using the same language and IAAS/PAAS twice for learning purposes. It's complicated even more so as many tutorials don't reference when they were written or which code versions they used. The site would require this information, and then use it to periodically attempt to deploy that sample to AWS/Digital Ocean/etc (whichever the tutorial is covering), and prominently display whether the tutorial currently works.

This. Plus, those couple meters between the deck and the support equipment can mean a lot when you're doing a hoverslam.

What is the cost/technical feasibility of SpaceX being able to broadcast this landing live? The barge will be miles out to sea where there are no cell towers, so how difficult would it be and how much would it cost to stream a video from the middle of the Atlantic?

Because 2/3 of our GDP is made up of consumer spending. By making your cash worth less tomorrow than it's worth today it incentivizes us to spend. If we don't spend our money the economy grinds to a halt in a hurry.

Because all the Fed can do is issue/buy back treasuries (and MBS since Bernanke), as well as act as a lender of last resort. Banks are the ones who hold the vast majority of treasuries so they're the ones who are getting the cash for them. How else do you expect it to work?

This is amazing. It's hard to believe someone is capable of being that dedicated to something they've never really done before. I could understand how an amateur golfer who is in love with the game might set this lofty goal, but it seems Dan really had no feelings toward the game either way. More or less, he's doing it just to see if he can do it. And he's willing to dedicate 5 years of his life to this!

Am I the only person who thinks most grammatical rules are complete crap? Everyone has their own writing style, which is what makes reading works by different authors so enjoyable. The one rule I especially dislike is the 'never end sentences with a preposition' rule, which if always abided by, will dramatically overcomplicate many sentences.

A quicker way to do this would be to take a container full of 1024 coins and dump them onto the ground so they're spread out. Put all the coins that landed heads up back into the jar and continue this process 10 times. However many coins you have left are the number of coins that landed heads up 10 times in a row.

Pennies do have their place though. As much as I dislike carrying them around, imagine not being able to divide up money past the 5 cent barrier. Every store would have to change their prices to the exact point at which the price of the item + sales tax equaled a multiple of 5 cents. Or they would keep the item prices the same, at which point customers might not like they are being charged, at the maximum, 4 cents more than they should. Those pennies add up.

If the operation was cheap enough, I'm betting the younger generation will use it as an alternative to condoms, then get it reversed when they're ready. I'd get it done as soon as it came to the US, and I'm only 22. One less thing to worry about.

I think for most people it's about pregnancy prevention and not STD prevention. Ask any college kid why he wears a condom, he'll tell you it's because he doesn't want kids right now, not because he's afraid of getting STD's. Although I agree STD prevention is a great ancillary benefit, and it's why I'd still wear one even after an operation like this. But tell a 20 something college kid he won't have to worry about unwanted pregnancies if he get's this operation, the first thing out of his mouth will be an exuberant declaration of how he won't have to worry about buying condoms anymore.

No, I'm not suggesting that at all, merely stating an observation. As long as people know the operation doesn't protect you from contracting STD's, that's good enough for me. It's their choice whether to still use a condom or not. In my opinion it can't get to market fast enough! Even if it doesn't end up being 100% effective, it's another layer of protection.

I would sign up for this procedure in a heartbeat, but it still doesn't get around the (albeit not perfect) STD protection condoms can provide. If this takes off, people probably won't wear condoms most of the time, and the number of people being diagnosed with STD's will skyrocket.

My mistake, the fact that they have the ability to jump over distances is even cooler. Nice touch.

I think it's pretty cool, but might I suggest loading a fully built track as the default?

I find this interesting because the consensus among the economic community is that markets are highly efficient, that is, information is reflected immediately in stock market prices. This suggests information exists which is not being reflected. That's why I'm skeptical.

Most of my student loans were issued by them, if only the logic bomb had executed and destroyed my loan data...

I'm guessing it's just a matter of probability. Many people only use the web for email, porn and Facebook, and on top of that, Facebook is one of the most frequented sites on the net. If people are visiting porn sites, the odds are they were either at Google or Facebook immediately prior.

The problem with deflation though is that it encourages people to save them and not spend them. Why would you create a currency which is meant to deflate? In most cases, deflation is worse than inflation.

What kind of system do you use to send the sms messages?

Wow, this really makes me want to start leaving briefcases and bags around the areas with these PSAs broadcasting. I'll also make sure to leave either a note or a copy of 1984 in the cases.

Screw it, just create a whole new general transportation system. Outfit some capsules with oxygen systems and transport people (who are shorter that 6 1/2 feet). It'd be a hell of a ride.

I've always been interested in robotics, but I've never actually built one, so an Arduino, servos, and some sensors are at the top of my list. I really want to build an autonomous quadcopter.

Yeah, it's at least 4 years old, I remember this from high school.

For some reason I found these videos extremely compelling and I can't wait to go to class tomorrow.

I don't know, it seems like a lot of applications are requesting to post to my wall. It freaks me out as well. I wonder how many people decline the Facebook Connect login when they see applications requesting that permission.