Shhhh.

Finally, we have all the answers in one place and this is just the thread it should be posted in:






I think us SMP'ers could come up with a better one but this will do for now. An upgrade will have to wait further research.

Wat? The point is to show that you can win without optimization.

there is no optimization whatsoever across the population, so I dunno with whom do you compare yourself with....

humor is a way to demonstrate you can quickly think of new solutions that other can't, no handicapping there

Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young

http://donottouch.org/

Pretty cool. Not sure if it was their connection or mine, but it froze for me whenever specific instructions were given.

Reminds me of this - inspired by?

Hey,

I have a dumb friend who is not religious but questions the reality of evolution. I try to explain it to him, but I don't think accepts me as a source.

Can anyone recommend a book which I might give to him that could dumb it down a little. Maybe one with pictures or something?

LDO, your competitors.

The theory itself is controversial.

You know how when you learn a new theory how you try to apply it to everything under the sun and see indications that it is universally true for everything from the behavior of ants to gravity? It is highly likely that some people writing about handicapping are just spouting about how their new idea seems to fit everything if they bend the data just right.

It is (supposedly) a demonstration of means. Humor is associated with cleverness (quickly think of new solutions that other can't), but it is at odds with gathering resources and working hard. The office clown is saying, "I am so smart that I don't have to work." That is what handicapping means.

I used to show up with a lit cigarette during more important racquetball tournaments and boxing matches that I participated in.* I didn't think of that way at the time, but it does make a certain amount of sense that it tells the world more about your upside potential if you play with one hand tied behind your back.

*similarly (but less douche-baggy*), I offer to pay for lunch nowadays. Leveling the playing field is good form.

**notice how I self-deprecate here (at the end). Handicapping at its finest.

This dumb?

http://www.bing.com/shopping/barney-...book&FORM=HURE

So, I sent the woman out shopping.*

She has been listening to me whining about how foie gras is illegal here and how I do feel a bit of a tug of shame for liking it far too much and my endless rants on how being stuffed to the gills can't be a bad thing if all you have to look forward to in life is either being a fat and full goose or a skinny and hungry goose.

She has also been listening to my endless ranting about how I would begrudgingly eat healthier if push came to shove.

She came home with:
Braunschweiger
Liverworst
Chicken livers
A case of decent beer
One tomato

I said "enabler!!!" in a joking manner and she correctly pointed out that I get to choose who to associate with.

I ate the ****ing tomato.

*what I mean here is that she took my debit card and went shopping.

Yeah, I mean, barney learns about evolution would be grand.

I was fond of thinking (and still are) that people that handicap themselves and not give their best are more often scared of losing so they need a escape rationalization if they don't win.

And as we are on the topic, what about the people that "loose" in life? Play racquetball - not so good, play football- meh, school stuff - to hard....

You don't need a book - it's a simple concept.

Living things copy themselves and die.

The copying process is imperfect and aberrations occur.

Some aberrations are better suited for copying that their originals.

Those eventually predominate, having copied themselves more often than the non-aberrational copies.

What it means to be "better suited for copying" varies with the surrounding environment, which itself changes over time.

Foie gras is fantastic, we do a great thing in making a creatures life so worthwhile.

If that doesn't shut them up I point out how much work I put into preparing my liver for whatever pan-dimensional creature is waiting for the feast. At no little personal cost i might add.

Clearly some truth in this but easily taken too far, perhaps by those deeply scared that there isn't anything to win.

and sometimes we take the piss just because it is there.

Belgium Says 31 Detained in $50m Diamond Heist

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...9#.UYosbivtj5s

meh, kind of routed for them although fencing diamonds is probably pretty hard I would immagine


science of robbery

The presence of firearms increased the rewards across all bank raids tho.

50 mil was a nice outlier...

random fact:

Forceful robberies and bank heist with threats of violence etc just have too high a risk to reward ratio along with the getting placed in the worst slammers. If you really want to rake in the dollars, I'm all for the glories and easy pickings of blackmail. It's the nuts. You don't have to threaten any violence, you can case and pick your target for optimal probability of pay off and with minimal risk of the authorities finding anything out and the money exchange can be handled in relative safety and with ease. And even stretched over a lengthy timeframe (but not too long). As a money getting scheme it ranks up there close to religion. And that is high praise.

wp, I somehow sometimes overlook the obvious

I haven't met one of those yet...

How about the people who spell "lose" wrong?

I lost my last two boxing matches badly. It was not for lack of effort. After careful reflection in the hospital after my last match, I concluded that I might not be an excellent boxer and no amount of effort would be sufficient to fix that small problem.

Chinese project probes the genetics of genius

http://www.nature.com/news/chinese-p...genius-1.12985

Never trust anyone under 5 feet tall.

Some people aren't smart enough to study such things. It is what it is though.*

*This, although old, has become my new catchphrase in real life. Embrace the helplessness.

Is a person, that kills another person, under a threat of death of their loved ones (f.e. kids) guilty of his crime and in what extent?

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedicti...+circumstances

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedicti...+circumstances

I'm not sure I can tell the difference.