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Who else has it? Has been playing it? Likes it? Here are my thoughts, having played it for approximately 20+ hours straight on Ironman over the weekend. Incredibly addicting in a way that only xcom and civilization manages to be for me. I can't think of many games where I start in the...

Revenge solves everything. **** awesome. Discuss.

Does anyone here use mind mapping and if so, any thoughts or considerations?

http://www.topcoder.com/blog/2012/03/big-data-mobile-sensors-visualization-gamification-quantified-self/ Really fascinating concepts explored here, and well illustrated. Definitely promising for those seeking self-improvement.

I miss Bread :(

I'm a bit too upset right now to put out a coherent phrase. I just got terminated without warning from my job, this is after I have had completely perfect months and I was slated for benefits. I swear, it feels like they just backstabbed me right as they knew I was going to try to go for a lot...

I just came in to work today to find an email indicating that I have been promoted :D I've been waiting for it for awhile, but seeing it in print is amazing. **** hell yes. FINALLY.

A thought that has been musing to me - how do people feel about stepchildren with partners not their own? Does it change if they have children of their own, versus not having any children of their own? I have this image that while people attempt to be genial to be socially acceptable...

http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution.html Generally cool for anyone interested in robots, or design, really. I particularly appreciate his essential summation of the beauty of simple systems, even with extremely limited or no guidance, can navigate exceptionally...

Is Algebra Necessary? Math is hard, so we shouldn't make students study it! And then they wonder why the US's education lags behind internationally, along with its stock of the technically and scientifically capable. The hilarity does not end, I do swear.

I got 26 hours of overtime and my boss mentioned something in a call to me that made me particularly happy - he complimented me for my honor, saying that its extremely rare to find anyone who even understands what it means, let alone makes a life around being honorable. Its...nice to be understood.

[video=youtube] Besides the rebel scum being glorified in this video, Planetside 2 looks extremely promising. The chaos and organization of being in a battlefield with hundreds of other players, many of them organized into squads and outfits, seems very promising as is the idea of having an...

Since I don't see a thread on it on the first page...still one of my favorite games insofar as its mix of popularity, competitiveness, and strategy. Apparently its made enough pop culture to be on several webcomics, which I do approve of, even if it in some ways is a surprisingly simple...

生命有限, 学海无涯 The Chinese proverb above means, on a basic level, "life is limited, [but] learning is endless." This fascinates me, not only because I ascribe my life significantly by this adage, but also the construction of the overall meaning by the symbols used. In a language that is as much...

Our beloved pet had a prolonged struggle with cancer and died suddenly last night. Its been a sad ordeal and I cannot help but feel some guilt over it, that things could have been different had I had more money and given it better care, if I had done more, or observed more, or prioritized it...

Details of lab-made bird flu not to be released to public, after asked by federal official; which is eminently understandable. The fact that the scientists essentially managed to increase the lethality of the virus and found it was easier than they thought is in itself surprising, and more...

British women top obsesity charts in Europe. Evidently, eating pure oil soaked into high carby crust isn't the best thing ever.

Contested 'faster than light' experiment yields same results Hardly final, yet controversial, but extremely interesting.

EndNwMBEiVU Not quite, but impressive.

The Hubble/Lemaitre's Controversy is Over Hubble -- after whom the US Hubble Space Telescope is named -- died in 1953, leaving behind a reputation for languid brilliance. His early passion was for sport, including amateur boxing; he trained initially as a lawyer but got bored and switched to...