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Super awesome to hear! I know Grey was worried about hardline vegans giving him shit for talking without acting but even just talking about this does a lot.

If you are cutting out meat from your diet its very important for you to start taking B12 supplements, without it your brain doesnt function correctly. The good news it that they are crazy cheap! It takes about a month before sypmtons of deprevation will set in (which is usually when new veggies start feeling sluggish). Iron, Omega and D3 supplements are also a good idea but none are as important as "Don't-mess-around-with-your-brain-B12".

Science Vs. the podcast recently did a rundown on strictly the health effects of going vegan (from a non vegan perspective) that was pretty fair.

There's a fascinating discussion of what happened to the record companies and artists during this period in Scott Timberg's book "Culture Crash."

It's true that the average consumer had no sympathy for the artists or the record companies, because they were perceived as inconceivably wealthy. The trouble is that most artists (musicians, or "content providers") were not on "Cribs." There used to be a vast middle class of moderately successful rockers, studio musicians, and an entire indie-label industry which never got rich but did manage to pay for a comfortable life by writing and playing music. They were responsible for the quality and diversity of popular music at the end of the 20th century. Napster ate everyone's lunch, indiscriminately. And then Apple stepped in, and then Google and Pandora and Spotify, and now nearly all the money that can still be made in music is either going to a tech company, or is being laid into the hands of the artists themselves on tour. And so they must tour forever lest the money dries up.

The record companies were a beheamouth by the mid-90s, it's true. But they also paid the artists to keep making music. Apple, Google, Spotify - they don't do that. They don't have to. The market has already demonstrated that the audience will never pay for music the way they did before, and the tech companies own the means of distribution, so everyone else is screwed. Including the artists.

Or, if you prefer, the "content providers."

YouTube is Google, now, obviously. But at least YouTube content providers have a direct relationship with YouTube. I think the question worth asking is - why does YouTube bother paying content providers at all? If we can answer that question, then maybe we'll know how YouTube can be incentivized to give a slit about freebooting and defend their content providers appropriately. Short of that, they have no motivation to do so - it will only cost them money to develop and implement the tools needed.

Here's a link to the book. If you're into sociology and/or enjoy being depressed about the future, I highly recommend it: http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Crash-Killing-Creative-Class/dp/0300195885

> You're getting swindled buying gimmicky cartridges anyway. Double edge safety razor master race. You can buy 100 blades for under $10 and get a better shave.

This. I switched many years ago now and havent looked back.


Edit: links for noobs.

This one is surprisingly good
And these guys have lots of good stuff

"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" if you liked guns, germs and steel and superintelligence. Like GGS it too constructs a hypotesis and goes on and on to support it. Also as the title suggests it tries to answer the question "where did consciousness came from? and how did it get so complex?"

I really like Dawkins' comment about this book: "It is one of those books that is either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between ..."

Check out, "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse" by Gregg Easterbrook

https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Paradox-Better-While-People/dp/0812973038

Lots of solid evidence that folks actually DID feel happier a generation or two ago, and yet just as much evidence that every measure of their material well being was better across the board.

Although I am extremely jealous of you and a little irritated that you would buy one without the ability to listen to it, I will stow away that irritation to help a fellow Tim. You can find some rather reliable, cheap turntables on Amazon. I personally had a Jensen All-In-One. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UVKE2I/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_VR6CybX9H31J6) There's the link if you're interested. They are good for their price point. I had mine for about 4 or 5 months before I upgraded. Or... You could just sell the vinyl episode to me, and I'd take real good care of it. xD

I was actually just kind of making a double inside joke.

1. since the Maryland flag is the best and worst flag
   
2. I received a pair of socks as well that was quite funny:
   https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Worst-Gift-Ever-Socks/dp/B011CQFG68

Before you buy any switches, I recommend you purchase a tester set or go to a PC store to try them out. Feeling it in person can be completely different from reading about them online and your keyboard can last ages so it's important to have switches you'll like.

I'm currently using a homemade felt iPhone wallet that has two card slots that fits pretty much everything I need. The only problem is that it is coming apart.

I've thought about going to a clip but I'm not entirely trusting that I won't lose cards during the process of putting it in and taking it out of my front pocket. Has anyone had experience with a card/bill clip? Like this (http://smile.amazon.com/SG-105-DeepPocket-Leather-Wallet-Cowhide/dp/B005GXRCSE/ref=sr_1_8?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1415158810&sr=1-8&keywords=bill+card+clip) but not as expensive.

On the USB C only Macbook Pro, here's a nice adapter that gives USB A ports, 1 SD card slot and 1 Micro SD Card Slot, here's a more expensive one.

And yes, the iMac Pro has an SD Card slot, you can check MKBHD's video

I would recommend getting some locking clasps if you plan on putting this on something that will be worn or used often. You can get a good bundle pack from Amazon for about $8

Yes! Source: "Region 2 encoding. (This DVD will not play on most DVD players sold in the US or Canada [Region 1]. This item requires a region specific or multi-region DVD player and compatible TV."

Can someone ELI5 why this is necessary?

Thank you!

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You might like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Age-Monsters-John-Lee-Schneider/dp/1925840956

I think you would like Greg Egan's Permutation City

it's not a smartwatch, it's a fitbit surge

E: It's less smart watchy than a normal smartwatch, doesn't have voice or anything, just notification for text/calls and activity monitoring

I am 90% sure it was this one.https://www.amazon.com/Sum-Tales-Afterlives-David-Eagleman/dp/1491503629

here it is on amazon