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For your second question: "nous" isn't presumptive at all -- it's just the first person plural. But presumption DOES comes into the equation with the distinction between "tu" and "vous" -- the question is phrased… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I paid $5 to join MetaFilter in part because I heard it was a well-moderated site, and I figure part of that service is having moderators that can look at a multi-flagged post or comment and discern what the problem is, even if the flags aren't… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over five years ago

As long as it kills the fish when I go fetch dinner, fine by me. Give a man an environmentally friendly bomb with which to kill fish without disrupting the surrounding ecosystem, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to build an… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

One of my best friends is an elementary school vice-principal, and his answers to your questions are: a) Yes, it is common for adults to get debilitated by things your kid brings home from school (or in his case, things kids bring to school). b)… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I guess there's no set answer, because what's worked for me has been focusing on the "eat to taste" rather than the "eat for calories" -- intellectually I know I don't NEED the food, so I must be craving the activity of eating,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The United States had a new menace, they said, one whose name started with "c" and whose first syllable rhymed with "bomb." That's just awful writing, right there. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I actually had Science Fair-style ribbons made (well, printed at home) and made little Science Fair project signs made for various things around the office kitchen. First prize went to "Can A Caffeinated Beverage Left For 48 Hours Untended… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

But I was just here!
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MetaTalk post - Over five years ago

Cabal? Oh! I thought mathowie was asking if I wanted to pay an extra $500 for cable and I was all like "I'm good, thanks." Can I have a do-over? [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over five years ago

My consistent 85 wpm has never seemed more pathetic. I hear you. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Mail-Order Mintsters
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

This is very tangential, but might fit your needs (if you're looking for a sample to introduce a cool/weird sound). In one of the Godzilla movies (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) there is a radio announcement along the lines of Attention… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Also on the Kona tip, I adore my Jake the Snake. Honestly, it was the incandescent orange colour that sold me for city riding -- I like visibility. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Another Language Log link, but more pertinent to the FPP: I think everyone would benefit from reading this amazing LL post: an examination of how neutral science gets turned into bad science gets turned into broad stupid stereotypes like the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

There's a lot to be wary of when it comes to "the emerging science of sex differences;" much of the "research" is flawed, anecdotal or invented. That link doesn't reference much of the FPP's material, but Language Log in general… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

There are thousands of movie reviewers out there, I don't understand why so many people care about one particular one. Well, he's intelligent, articulate, passionate and a solid writer all at the same time, which puts him above 99% of the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Naps: better late than never?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

I'm a mugger, and my biggest problem to date is trying to figure out where to store all these &?%$ coats. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

i wonder how those guys made out I think the words "swap meet" in the original post provide a valuable clue. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Off the top of my head (and without repeating the above-linked thread too much), you might like Zoviet:France and Dead Voices on Air (both Mark Spybey projects). Also spinning off Spybey, Download (a collaboration with ex-Skinny Puppy member… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Those of you interested in closing signups may want to spend some time browsing the Policy threads at Barbelith, particularly those that focus on the future of the site, an excellent web community that I am also a part of (I'm not an old-school… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over five years ago

Low-cost marketing ideas for an off-beat graphic novel
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Adding to notsnot point above, what you specifically need to be concerned about is the Affadavit of Support that SOMEBODY has to sign, and prove they have sufficient resources to ensure the "alien" does not become a fiscal burden on the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Also: Are the people who lack enough judgment to recognize overtly suspicious behaviour normally really the people you want "informing" on the citizens they deem suspicious now that you've goaded them into abject paranoia? [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Irfanview can't batch-process a folder from the Explorer view, but IIRC it's pretty easy to select all the files IN a folder for its internal batch-process dialogue. You add other commands to the batch process (where to put the processed files, what… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I think making you feel bad about killing the monsters was kind of the point. How many creatures have you killed in how many video games without even a twinge of guilt? Why did killing those make you feel so bad? I'm in the "dull, never… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Aw, man. There's going to be a really, really sad edition of Randy's Vinyl Tap coming up soon. . [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Canada, for example, places significant restrictions on its citizens' freedom of speech. I'm genuinely intrigued by this statement. I'm a Canadian, and if anything I'd characterize our public discourse and media as far less stifled than… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I can't wait for the touring exhibition to reach Boston. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I think what you're interested in is "file sharing;" searching that will probably be a lot more fruitful than "downloading," which goes back to Telnet days. Actually, you're interested in "Internet-based file sharing,"… [more]
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