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  1. Gravel

    Weird interview/job offer experiences?

    I was trying to think of any weird ones I'd had recently, but then I read yours and...wow. That's definitely interesting. Last year I had applied to I think 142 positions between December and June. I got pretty good at interviews, but most were standard. My only ones that seemed odd were...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I'm just saying I think he's probably an asshole.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I kind of feel like he's the type of author that sees all the theories and will completely change his direction just so that none of the theories end up right. So while he may have originally intended Jon to be super awesome, now he'll probably just keep him dead as a fuck you to everyone.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    It sounds like you haven't been running as often, so it shouldn't be a surprise that your running has suffered. Heavy weightlifting and running are somewhat opposite. Putting on additional muscle mass makes you heavy and therefore you're trying to move more weight. Running impairs muscle...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Calorie restriction. Take in your maintenance or just below it. Guaranteed you won't gain weight.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Confirmation bias and margin of error. The margin of error on calipers is 3-6% (with some crazy numbers up to 15%). You could measure within seconds and get vastly different numbers. When I say it's retarded to give your body fat percentage to tenths of a percent, it's because calipers aren't...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Yes. I know math isn't your strong point, but I'll try anyways. I'll use round numbers to help. Let's say you weigh 180 pounds. Your current body fat is 15%. That means you've got 27 pounds of fat, and 153 pounds of lean body mass (muscle, bone, water, etc). In order to drop your body fat...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    "LOST is the worst show ever made!"
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    Serious career advice

    I'd say you just need to decide if you're comfortable with where you are. It sounds like you aren't, so start looking for something else. You have the advantage of not needing to take something, so you can just put some feelers out. If you don't get an offer you like, stick with where you're at...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    We've got a Weinerschnitzel right down the street and I've still never tried it. I'm in SoCal.
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    The PUSSY SHIT spoiler discussion thread

    Game of Thrones - Season 1 A Clash of Kings - Season 2 A Storm of Swords part 1 - Season 3 A Storm of Swords part 2 - Season 4 A Feast for Crows A Dance with Dragons Winds of Winter (not yet released) A Dream of Spring (not yet released) There's a lot of speculation that AFFC and ADWD...
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Fucking amazing game. Congrats to the Hawks.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Never seen so many NHL players just falling down untouched.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    I'm on the west cost and I'm about ready for this one to end.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Jesus, 98 shots on goal?
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    Fired for an availability change..

    I did 6 years in the Army doing IT work, 2 years corporate IT work, had an associate's in computer science and bachelor's in finance. I was accepted to officer candidate school to be a pilot (which is incredibly competitive), but had about 9 months between graduation from college and starting. I...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Seeing all those names on supporting actor/actress...does the show even technically have a lead? Seems kind of like they could've thrown a few of those names into a lead submission.
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    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    Anyone else up for a good stadium curse? Elevator Worker Dies During Construction of New San Francisco 49ers Stadium
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Well, in the show at least, Gilly says that Sam is a wizard.
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I don't remember what other supplements you're using, but if you're not already, I highly recommend finding a fish oil high in DHA/EPA. It's be far the best "supplement" I've started taking. A lot of the things I've taken (pre-workouts especially) I could chalk them up to a placebo effect, but...
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I'm pretty sure you could say the same thing about pretty much every straight man and any moderately attractive woman.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I can't imagine a dismissed Kingsguard would be the type of person they'd allow to hold a title again.
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    Smartphones

    Wait, you have unlimited texts on Verizon? I've got a grandfathered unlimited data, but the text plan is definitely not included nor is it unlimited. I think it's like $10 for 500 or 1000 a month. Granted, I mostly use Google Talk or WhatsApp for texting, but a lot of people (mostly my asshole...
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    That sounds great and all, but no one is going to do shit about it. We all live comfortable lives. We're not going to throw that shit away to start an uprising against the government. It's, once again, a situation where one person can't change shit. So why bother complaining about it? Just keep...
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Games 2 and 3 only on NBCSN? Seriously? Fucking NBC, you suck...
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    What a fucking nutjob. And yeah, he's totally screwed. Even if the government isn't out to get him, he's pretty much unemployable.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Don't listen to this. I started reading them after the first season and skipped book 1. I tried reading it later and found I just didn't care enough to rehash story I'd just recently seen. That said, I don't know that you can really pick up book 3 in the middle, only because GRRM bounces around...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    That's an interesting point. A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for McNuggets...something like 45 of them for $8, and my first thought was "Wow, that's really cheap!" My second thought though, was, "Wait a second, I can buy a few pounds of actual chicken breasts for that much. That's a...
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    Las Vegas

    Where in the fuck do you live that it's regularly in the low 50's? I've lived in Iraq and Kuwait, and even those places aren't that hot very often.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Kings looked like they were dragging ass in the 2nd OT. Couldn't get the puck into the Hawks zone with any sort of composure.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Sorry, but you're wrong. Five Guys is by far better, it's just pricey. In N Out is the best cheap burger you'll ever eat. So if you're looking to spend $5, you really can't do any better. If money is no object, Five Guys wins. Five Guys is a lot greasier too, so I suppose if you enjoy a...
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    Las Vegas

    I'm in CA, in the Mojave (so other side of Death Valley). It was 113 today. Fucking miserable. Dog couldn't even go outside to pee because she burnt her paws on thedirt.I remember it being this hot last year (my first here in the desert), but I don't remember it sucking so bad.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Haha. What a freak goal, with 9 seconds left.
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    Renal failure in pets: experience and advice with a side of amphibious bears

    I had to put our cat down about a year ago. She had to have teeth pulled about 2 years before that, all dry diet. And it was kidney problems that eventually led to us getting her euthanized. She started sleeping in her litter box because she couldn't control her bladder. Was fucking brutal being...
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    The Official Ultimate Mass Violence Thread

    Another: Santa Monica shooting: two dead, six transported to hospitals Not sure if this is getting that much national attention, but it's definitely getting it locally. The President was supposed to be in the area today too, I believe. Not sure if that's just a coincidence though.
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    World War Z

    Holy shit, this is worse than Walking Dead? That's pretty awful.
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    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    Speaking of the non-spoiler thread, I thought this was pretty hilarious:
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    Mad Men

    First, Joan is also a partner. So that doesn't really work. Second, that's what pretty much all employees do. We go to work to make the company money; in essence making the owner(s) money (whether they be a single person, group of people, or stockholders). That's capitalism for you.
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Somewhat related, but that reminded me of something. I don't remember which game it was, but they were talking about some old timer goalie and not wearing a facemask as a goalie. That's fucking insane. Guess the last (NHL) game without a goalie wearing one was 1974.
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    Pussification in America: Political Correctness is Gay

    If you're going to throw Christianity out there at the same time as Arabs, your statement makes even less sense. The United States is considered a heavily Christian society, so therefore...we hate ourselves? Arabs are materialistic as fuck. Just because a religion has some scripture that...