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[Bauglir]

It's sometimes as if they think the diagnosis changed something about who you are, instead of simply pointing out something that was already true. Feh. Not all people react that way, but some do, so I suppose it depends on your estimates of the maturity of the people you know and whose opinions you care about (that's an important bit) on Facebook in terms of how they treat people.

[Vector]

Unless you're ready to have people tell you you're disgusting and just generally trash, I'd skip it.  It won't necessarily happen, but I've been treated that way enough over this for a lifetime.

[ChairmanPoo]

Trying to set Master of Magic and UFO Enemy Unknown to run in my tablet. Woot if it works

[Jay]

Hey, check this out.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thats pretty cool in my opinion . I'm going to have to build something like that sometime, wish I had thought of it.

Looks like someone took Minecraft-style construction to heart.

Spoiler: Challenge Accepted (click to show/hide)

[Rose]

noo... it's "Challenge Accepted."

[KaelGotDwarves]

I'm now contemplating "outing" my disorders on facebook and google+.

Personally, I'd say don't do it.  From what I've seen, people aren't forgiving when it comes to any disorder, they suddenly assume you must be INSANE and require heavy medication to function at all.  And treat you as such.

Hahahah, those poor people. They are misinformed. Either way I only care enough to inform those that care to learn that people as strange as I do manage to get by and life is way more interesting and beautiful than they have previously considered.

It's sometimes as if they think the diagnosis changed something about who you are, instead of simply pointing out something that was already true. Feh. Not all people react that way, but some do, so I suppose it depends on your estimates of the maturity of the people you know and whose opinions you care about (that's an important bit) on Facebook in terms of how they treat people.

Unless you're ready to have people tell you you're disgusting and just generally trash, I'd skip it.  It won't necessarily happen, but I've been treated that way enough over this for a lifetime.

More often than not, I've found that people, friends, loved ones disappear or "quit" when you need them most or open yourself up to be vulnerable.

Oh well what the hell, that's the best way to find out who your true friends are and how strong you are by yourself.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Hey, check this out.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Thats pretty cool in my opinion . I'm going to have to build something like that sometime, wish I had thought of it.

Looks like someone took Minecraft-style construction to heart.

Spoiler: Challenge Accepted (click to show/hide)

But will it blend?

[KaelGotDwarves]

On a happier note, this Cracked article. I, like Yossarian and my previous stint in the monkhood, don't wish to be part of "the game", but instead abide by our own rules.

Poker teaches you humility, emotional control and, most of all, patience. You realize that life in general is one big game of chance that you can kind of sort of control, but often is subject to just plain dumb luck, and that life is about how you react to that luck. To use an obnoxiously tired metaphor that's actually appropriate here, you learn that life will deal you a shitty hand every now and then (sometimes one after another for months on end). But when it does, you just have to toss the cards aside and wait for the next hand to come your way. The game goes on.

That's why gamblers tend to be a philosophical bunch.

When your car breaks down and you need a $700 emergency repair ... oh well, shit happens. When your credit card gets hacked and thousands get charged on it ... whatever, it's just a minor annoyance. When your girlfriend dumps you ... fuck it, you'll meet someone else. They've felt all of these ups and downs before, at the table. Poker takes the kind of dramatic ups and downs you'd normally experience over the course of a decade working in an office and plays them out in one night.
One day, you're hitting up Vegas nightclubs and plowing through four $500 bottles of Grey Goose at a VIP table. The next day, you're wondering if skipping breakfast will leave you enough money for dinner. That's life, and you learn to accept it.

Not that it's for everyone, either. One thing you don't pick up on when watching the glamorous pros is the fact that ...
#1. There Is Guilt

Sometimes when you have a shitty job, bonding with your coworkers is what gets you through the day. Well, in poker, you have no coworkers, because everyone else is the enemy. That's the thing about poker: it's not like a business, where a customer gives you money and in return you give the customer a car or a TV or a hamburger. Poker is a zero-sum game, which means that every dollar you win was lost to you by another person. So, if you're pulling in $100K a year, that means that people collectively lost $100K to you over that year.

This has led to professional poker players being compared to drug dealers, because sometimes your best source of income is the degenerate gambler who's so addicted to poker that he's willing to risk his entire life savings. As a poker pro, though, your job isn't to be the addict's conscience and cut him off. Your job is to feed his habit and give him the gambling high that he craves.

I still remember the moment I realized I could never be a poker pro long-term: I was playing at the Orleans in Las Vegas. Everyone at the table was friendly, and I was having a great time just chatting up my tablemates. Two seats to my right was a retired-looking old man who didn't say much, but always smiled whether he won or lost. After a few hours of play, he was down to his last $40 or so, which he committed to a hand I was in. I won that hand, and as the dealer pushed the pile of chips toward me, I looked up to see the old man slowly push his seat back and stand up. He even managed a sort of goodbye nod toward me, but his body language gave away his dejection as he plodded away from the table.

Now, I don't know if he was playing with retirement money or extra spending cash. I don't know if my busting him out meant that he would be short on money for the rest of the month. And, as I noted above, it wasn't my business to care. If someone is going to risk his money against me, I have a right to win it -- the players know the rules when they sit down.

Still, as I watched him walk away, this feeling of uneasiness crept over me. I had done what I was supposed to do -- win money -- so why did I feel so guilty? Right then and there, I knew I didn't want to play professionally for much longer.

[Gunner-Chan]

Well I just feel I might of finally gotten closure on something that's been haunting me for months. In some way.

I feel like a weight is off my shoulders, but in general I still feel a little sad... Maybe it was some of the hope that things could go back to the way they were. Or that they were just about to at any moment. But it's over now and well I can stop wondering.

I'm happy, but sad all the same. But I think this is ultimately going to make me happier. So... It goes in this thread.

I know you aren't going to read this, and if you are you know who you are. But in any case, goodbye, again. No hard feelings either. I guess it was just how things needed to be for both of us. And good luck to you too.

[Duke 2.0]

 Gentlemen and gentleladies, I am now running SP3, full sound and video drivers and fully operational peripherals.

 Let the great wave of small programs I need for daily function begin streaming in.

 It's also amazing how my video drivers just sorta kicked in halfway through installing .net framework 4, and I could instantly see the graphical quality of everything increase.

[Aklyon]

Huzzah for return of being up to date on your stuffs.

[Vector]

I have an appointment with my mentor on Thursday.  Thank goodness.  I can sort of see an oasis sitting right over there, in the distance.

[ein]

Russian friend is here~
Awesomes~
Also, I built a little shrine out of rocks up in the mountains~

[Blargityblarg]

Amazing band practice, song I've written is really taking off.

[Max White]

7km run home, made it without stopping or walking for a bit or feeling out of breath at the end. Guess I'm getting more fit!