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Food / Re: Dairy Punch

« on: May 11, 2016, 02:09:50 AM »

Once or twice I drank ginger ale.

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Food / Re: YBARRA olives with 3 different flavors

« on: May 11, 2016, 01:57:51 AM »

Very good olives!

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Food / Re: Fried Apple Pies

« on: May 10, 2016, 12:36:47 PM »

Good. I think it'll be tasty with pears as well.

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Food / Re: Sweet Chicken Curry For Two

« on: May 10, 2016, 04:55:25 AM »

Very, very good, Mojo!

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Другое / Современный мир лицемерен

« on: May 10, 2016, 03:47:03 AM »

Современный мир лицемерен...

Современный мир лицемерен. Почти во всех своих проявлениях. Немного пофилосовствуем на эту тему.

Автор считает нужным уведомить: под катом читатель, вероятно, обнаружит точку зрения, которая может кардинальным образом не соответствовать его собственной. И ещё, любителям чистоты и священности русского языка под кат тоже заглядывать не стоит.

Всё начинается с детства, когда отец или мать, затягиваясь очередной раковой палочкой, говорят тебе в лицо о том, что курить – это плохо, и выдувают дым в сторону вверх, нарочито подчеркнуто, «огораживая» чадо от запретного плода.

Продолжение следует в детском саду. Воспитательница учит тебя вести себя правильно: как правильно держать приборы, как правильно сидеть за столом, как правильно разговаривать с окружающими, как правильно сморкаться в носовой платок. Что слово «блядь» – плохое слово. И врать – тоже не очень хорошо. А во время тихого часа рассказывает кому-то по телефону о том, как её «достали, бля, эти сопливо-визгливые огрызки».

Школа, колледж, университет. Что-то из этого для большинства людей современности обязательно становится апофеозом лицемерности. Чопорные на уроках учителя, ведущие себя на выпускном, как стадо пьяных бабуинов? Преподаватели сложных для понимания предметов, проводящие пары за простым зачитыванием толстенного учебника, которые с трудом отвечают на осмысленные вопросы по теме? Профессора, читающие лекции о морали в обществе, после занятий уезжающие в ночной клуб на представительском Лексусе с парой студенток? С большой толикой вероятности каждого из нас в какой-то момент обливает ведром ледяной воды.

Далее, обычно, всё проходит по одному сценарию. Открытое внезапно лицемерие переосмысливается. Некоторое время переваривается внутри мыслителя, а через некоторый промежуток времени перестаёт он быть мыслителем и становится подражателем. Таким образом система получает ещё одного потребителя. Одного из тех 95%.

Те немногие, кто не поддаётся порыву провести жизнь просто, как живут все «нормальные» люди, кто смотрит на окружающий мир с некоторым равнодушием, кто постоянно ищет себя, прогибаясь только там, где это жизненно необходимо, и даже в таких случаях с трудом находят себе оправдания, все эти немногие чаще всего становятся циниками.

Это защитный механизм, своего рода, который позволяет человеку оставаться собой и бороться с системой так, как ему самому хочется. Хотя бы внутри себя. Хотя бы пассивно.

http://ego-blog.ru/19/#more-128

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Electronics / Re: New KFC Restaurant Run Entirely by Robots

« on: May 10, 2016, 02:43:36 AM »

When a company (an employer) can save money (and avoid responsibilities/duties like insurances and so on) automating a position, they most probably will.
 Robotisation is good for the owner and bad for the employment rate (Employment-to-population ratio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment-to-population_ratio). Only in a communist society, where everything is a common property, the robotisation is not a problem, because all the restaurants, stores, etc. are common and if people work less (because of the robotisation), it's good, because everything is common, everything is free and they don't need salaries (money).

An illustration (capitalism, communism): ^{http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/capitalism-or-communism.jpg}

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Electronics / New KFC Restaurant Run Entirely by Robots

« on: May 10, 2016, 12:48:55 AM »

There is a new KFC restaurant run entirely by robots

http://theantimedia.org/kfc-run-by-robots/ ("New KFC Restaurant Run Entirely by Robots")

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Internet / What is renrenche

« on: May 08, 2016, 01:59:29 AM »

About renrenche

Do you know what's renrenche? It's a Chinese domain name -- renrenche.com. Renrenche comes from the Chinese "人人车".

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Food / Re: Fajitas

« on: May 07, 2016, 11:55:30 PM »

Thank you for the good explanation! I will add 2 photos for these, who need more visual materials here.

A mixed platter of beef and chicken fajitas with onions and rice as served at a T.G.I. Friday's in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela: ^{By Elisa Arteaga from Caracas, Venezuela - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2207963}.

Beef fajita in San Jose, Costa Rica: ^{By Eric T Gunther - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18705381}.

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-------FREE ADS------- / Re: Black cumin for Health and Beauty

« on: May 07, 2016, 09:44:20 PM »

No, I keep your link. I only moved the topic here.

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-------FREE ADS------- / Re: Black cumin for Health and Beauty

« on: May 07, 2016, 09:19:20 PM »

Good to know about the black cumin, but because of the link, I should move it (your post) to the 'Free Ads' sub-board.

Moved.

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Alexa (www.alexa.com) / Re: Interesting Alexa rank stats

« on: May 05, 2016, 01:03:07 AM »

You didn't say which is your website. So, a general advice is: more and more visitors (users).

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: May 03, 2016, 02:20:53 AM »

I think there is no question/no debate. Because... is really some sane person, who thinks that religion isn't a 'stop' for the science-tech progress everywhere around the world?

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Other topics / Re: The Natchez Trace

« on: April 29, 2016, 03:29:26 AM »

Thanks for the explanation, dear Mojo! Now I see.

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Stars / About Bruce Lee from his daughter Shannon Lee

« on: April 29, 2016, 03:27:11 AM »

We may learn about Bruce Lee from the answers of his daughter Shannon Lee. Here is what I learned today:

1. Bruce Lee was very success oriented.

2. He was actually an extremely accomplished fighter and for his size he was extremely strong and extremely fast.

3. He practiced several hours everyday and never let up on his training.

4. He sparred as often as he could and was challenged many times throughout his lifetime. He sparred with the top fighters of the day as well.

5. He was truly dedicated to martial arts more than anything and he studied the science of fighting (including the laws of physics and biomechanics).

6. He was a prolific writer.

7. Shannon's mom's favorite film is "Way of the Dragon", because she feels it really represents Bruce Lee as a person.

8. Bruce Lee was very much into body building, however he believed in training for function rather than size. When he first started lifting he got too bulky and found that it affected his flexibility and speed, so he changed his methods, and experimented with isometric training and other types to better serve his martial needs.

9. Bruce Lee's main motivation in life was self-cultivation. He wanted to "peel the onion" as it were. He wanted to expose his true essence and then express it out into the world. He was quintessentially himself.

10. He was quick to anger. He wanted things a certain way and he had high standards and sometimes he could lose it. The good thing about him was that he was self-aware. He knew when he had had a blow up and he would recover and reset, and apologize, and work on doing better next time. That was thing with him -- he was always in process and always self-improving, and being the observer of his own behavior and trying to affect change. He was pretty awesome that way.

11. He was terrible at: cooking, singing, and handyman type work.

12. "Way of the Dragon" is a film of Bruce Lee. Bruce wrote it, starred in it, produced it, directed it and choreographed it. It really shows his style and sense of humor.

13. Bruce Lee loved Chinese food most of all; oyster sauce beef, but he loved his wife's spaghetti too. He also liked to have an occasional root beer.

14. Shannon thinks that a lot of people think he (Bruce Lee) as arrogant. But he was just confident and self-assured and (by the way) extremely knowledgeable and accomplished. He was also extremely caring -- he liked to help people out as much as he could. Shannon also thinks that people don't realize the depth of who he was as a writer, creator, thinker, and innovator. He was an amazing man.