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Bukkit Plugins by G_Ain Minecraft

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5-10 users

The major ones I run are Permissions, LWC, Wormhole Xtreme, Minecart Mania, and MultiInv. I can't wait for GroupManager to be up-to-date so I can drop-kick Permissions. Shouldn't have to SSH into my server just to grant some newb build permissions, thank you very much.

Whats your favorite d&d 4e Race/Class and why? by capadocianin rpg

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You get an insight check for the NPC's bluff. An evil/cranky DM can still ruin you, but even against a clever guard you should be able to get past anything they alone can throw at you.

Angry Birds: The SEX Training Game that is DESTROYING America! by bigbadbassin atheism

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Just for the slow and credulous, this is a parody site. They're pushing the boundary of Poe as hard as they can just to keep up with the zealots.

Reddit, what technological advances will we see in 500 years? by heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyin AskReddit

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The trend isn't really there for that. Battery tech is barely keeping up with the increase in power demand. A friend of mine was just recently bragging about his phone to me. Apparently, the device he uses for SMS and voice has a dual-core processor that's more powerful than my full-size desktop of several years ago.

My irresponsible contribution to Yahoo answers. by WhodidCainMarryin pics

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Such a subtle difference between trolling and being trolled these days.

What's going to happen to all the nuclear reactors after the collapse? by TMMin collapse

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Which is why I used for my comparison a nuclear power plant that actually exploded. If I'd been talking about nuclear bombs I would have used the fallout radius from Hiroshima or a larger nuclear test.

"I'm not gay, but" and other mysteries of straight behavior explained at last in a lengthy self-post by unclefreezein lgbt

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You'd get an upvote for "giggling minks" even if the rest of it wasn't worth reading.

What's going to happen to all the nuclear reactors after the collapse? by TMMin collapse

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Japan was nuked twice, and they still have plenty of livable land. Chernobyl itself is probably the ultimate worst case scenario, and it irradiated something like 150,000 km2. Most of that land is today livable with only a slight increase in cancer risk.

The habitable continents of the Earth have an area of 134,680,000 km2 . If every one of the 400+ reactors in the world exploded like Chernobyl, there was no overlap, and every bit of the radioactive clouds hit those continents, about 60 million km2 would be rendered uninhabitable for several decades. That's under 40% of the livable land area.

In the ultimate worst-case scenario, more than 50% of the planet's land area would be untouched.

Has anyone hooked an xbox 360 up to a computer monitor and sound system? by scarecrow217in gaming

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HDMI makes it easy. You need a DVI->HDMI cord that matches your monitor. Unless your monitor is just exactly bitchin' enough, you also need an audio line. The original cord should work, but you need an RCA->headphone jack adapter for most computer sound systems.

If you're not setup with HDMI hardware, seanspen0 has a link for the right sort of cable that will run with old-school monitors.

I invented a new word today while dealing with a customer at work: rootard by Ben_Grimmin funny

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Suddenly, I have a word to describe several acquaintances. You, sir or ma'am or genderless construct, are a gentlething and a scholar.

The "non panic pro nuclear" paid reddit trolls are actively downvoting factual informative posts about the radiation levels (just like the health insurance minions used to do). by georeddin environment

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Spam enough and you can guarantee somebody will downvote you, even if they agree with your point.

What's so good about getting old? by rmm45177in AskReddit

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Yeah, but I've got 30-40 years of medical advances before I get the achey joints. There's bound to be something to deal with it.

What's so good about getting old? by rmm45177in AskReddit

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I'm looking forward to being a crotchety old neighbor with a heart of gold who threatens kids with a cane for walking on his yard..and then goes back inside to the Playstation 9. Is that so wrong?

iPad 2 glass too fragile? by SheerazRazain ipad

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Most meta thing I've ever downvoted. A reddit link to a tweet to a url shortener to a blog that links to a different blog that reviews another company's products.

What can you tell about a redditor in their last 5 pages of comments? by [deleted]in AskReddit

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Good luck with mine, having looked all I can say about myself is that I'm a bit of an asshole.

Does anyone have a compressed backup solution that currently works? by snark_nerdin Minecraft

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Thanks for that. I've been manually doing backups when I restart our server every morning, and now I feel like an idiot.

Curious parallel between Minecraft and dating. by CrumbledFingersin Minecraft

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You should have more shame.

I know I'm not the only one who feels like this. (X-Post) by anagogein OkCupid

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You've forgot about the ones that sign up for the thing just for the quizzes, and also the ones just looking for friends (not lovers).

Statistically, a guy on a dating site is about like playing poker against a stacked deck.

Google copyright purge leaves Android developers exposed by grauenwolfin programming

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Worth reading.

Essentially, it seems that header files are not always fully copyrightable. Google obviously has lawyers to oversee major actions. I strongly suspect that they have run this past a copyright lawyer and gotten approval, but there's no way to know that for sure.

The broader point in the Register, that Android developers could see their code forcibly publicized, is thoroughly insane. There's an actual ecosystem of serious developers writing closed-source serious programs for Linux. If the real thing doesn't cause them that problem, a weak tea of header files is hardly going to.

Don't worry everyone, radiation's not that big of a deal by [deleted]in WTF

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I blame shoddy scientific reporting for this.

And of course, the alien that claims to be Ann Coulter gets blamed, but mostly the poor scientific reporting. Hormesis for radioactivity is poorly supported, and only hypothesizes value for slightly above background radiation. Once you get into nuclear meltdown levels of radiation, even the most zealous hormesis supporters accept that it's not healthy.

Stupid incompetent blowhard that she is, the mindless fools that support her will eat this up. Plus side: Maybe we'll be able to get some more reactors of our own installed.

What's going to happen to all the nuclear reactors after the collapse? by TMMin collapse

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Even if the ultimate worst-case scenario happens and every reactor in the world is turned into a massive dirty bomb, there will still be lots and lots of healthy land to live on. The planet is huge.

Why are the majority of posts on r/feminism trolling? by MadamePsychosis1in Feminism

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That's about the response I expected from you. I did you the courtesy of reading and responding to entire posts, it seems that's more than you deserve.

Lamborghini owner has his $289,123 car smashed up after company doesn't help him with maintenance issues one month after he bought the car. by catgotchain pics

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Twenty years of my current income destroyed over a trivial complaint. Are all the super rich such stupid and wasteful fools?

Why are the majority of posts on r/feminism trolling? by MadamePsychosis1in Feminism

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In that case, "stand on their merits" is completely meaningless, is it not? How may a--for the sake of argument a completely vile and wrong post claiming that men must be domesticated and kept like chickens--how may such an argument differentiate itself from a post calling for scrupulously equal treatment among the genders?

The vile post in this case stands just as much on its merits as does the non-vile post. Perhaps you would be willing to remove all moderation from the /r/MensRights subreddit so that arguments there may "stand on their own merits"? Or is that a problem for MRAs?

Why are the majority of posts on r/feminism trolling? by MadamePsychosis1in Feminism

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See, that's where you're saying posts here can't be arbitrarily deleted by a mod. There doesn't seem to be anybody challenging this assertion of fact, nor will I. This means that any argument, no matter how correct, inaccurate, moral, or vile, will be allowed to stand in its entirety. The only arbiter of content in that case is voting.

So what does it mean to "stand on their merits" in this case, when you have explicitly stated that voting is a "strawman"?

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