ChrisMac

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by ChrisMac 12y ago
It's only been a few years. Not everyone can churn out smash hits like clockwork, even if they are really talented. If he ever does create another big game, I'd expect it would be many years down the road, after he's toyed w
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by ChrisMac 12y ago
I'm using Firefox and it kept crashing on me on about half the songs I tried.
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by ChrisMac 14y ago
If you don't feel like reading the link above, what the author is basically saying is that if a tournament structure is so badly designed that it sometimes incentivizes losing on purpose, then that's the fault of the organizers. The player
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I agree with your last sentence. The post has a vibe that I've noticed from some more socially awkward/not-totally-self-aware people, where they'll go to an event that pushes their comfort zone (usually a party or a club), talk to some str
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
Gotta disagree with your statement that extroverts all care about what people think of them. Just because someone is outgoing and energized by interpersonal interactions, it doesn't automatically mean they're a mindless slave to other peop
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I could make a really strong case that I'm introverted deep down and I get nervous about public speaking. I think what this really speaks to is that we should talk about specific traits one at a time, instead of trying to lump a million thi
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I agree. I've been following Hacker News for a while, and I've noticed whenever one of these, "Introverts are actually misunderstood geniuses, Extroverts are really shallow and stupid"-type articles appears in a magazine, it'll probably ap
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I live in Waterloo and also think it's a stretch to call it rural. Sure, it's not a metropolis, but there are about 500,000 people in the immediate region. Toronto, the country's largest city, is also only an hour-and-a-half drive away, al
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
A site I read on social skills has a post explaining why it doesn't use the words Introvert and Extrovert. The main points it gives are: * There are no agreed upon definitions of the terms * Just bringing up the terms can derail conversati
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
Yeah that's me. An insignificant monthly cost to watch movies from the comfort of my couch, all with a handy recommendation system to turn me on to things I never would have found otherwise vs. the comparative hassle of having to hunt arou
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
For what it's worth, in the case of this article I found it very interesting, but since I only have a passing knowledge of the topics it's discussing, I don't feel there's anything I can personally contribute to a conversation about it. It'
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
"For their part, the British have what House calls the "etiquette of simulation". The British feign an interest in someone..." Or sometimes you're making small talk with someone because you actually are interested in them, and just want t
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
Another critique you can level against CBT comes from the thinking behind Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I've read books on ACT that argue that trying to rationally challenge and control and manage your thoughts often has the par
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
In my experience I haven't seen much link between gifted students being with their peers and their social awkwardness. I knew people in the program at my school, as well as several kids who qualified for it but their parents kept them in th
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you give an example of an expectation that someone would need to broadcast to others?
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
>I'd really love a guide for social situations that would >actually be of use. You may want to check out http://www.succeedsocially.com . It's helped me more than anything else with my own awkwardness around people. It's free and
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
I think what the article is saying is not that never correcting a mistake is bad, but that pointlessly correcting people about minor things in the wrong context can be annoying.
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by ChrisMac 15y ago
For me it's the comfort factor. I stream Netflix through my Wii, so when I watch movies that way I get to sit on my couch and watch my big screen TV. When I watch stuff on my computer I have to sit in my uncomfortable desk chair and view m
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by ChrisMac 18y ago
I'm not a huge Facebook user, but I don't get what the big deal with the change is. They just made the news feed a little more prominent. The older design from a few weeks ago emphasized that already. Whenever I logged on, that was the ma
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by ChrisMac 18y ago
May as well link to the original source: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/brainwashing/
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by ChrisMac 18y ago
As far as I know, a three point IQ difference doesn't have any practical effect. It may be statistically significant, but it's hardly a huge advantage to score three points higher than someone else.