@kingmob The right-wing conspiracy of convenience says that the data has been adjusted to heighten the urgency and panic and perpetuate their scientific fraud. This is a misunderstanding of flux adjustments that used to be made to climate models in the 90's and early in the 00's:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_circulation_model#Flux_buffering

Recent improvements in modelling equations mean that they no longer rely on flux adjustments, but hearing that they had to made adjustments at all sounds sketch.

Because the "hockey-stick" model was an overshoot based on the peak in 1998, deniers tend to either:

a) Argue that the "warming hiatus" between 1998 and 2013 disproves AGW theory. This fallacy disproved itself in the last 2+ years as global surface and ocean temperatures have exceeded the 1998 record year on year.
or:
b) Attempt to discredit scientists arguing that their own funding depends on the alarming data that they publish. Far-right conservatives continue to demonize scientists as a cabal of billionaires working in concert to sway public opinion. If that was true, then the whole hiatus period sure didn't help their cause, but the graph hasn't moved.

This is sound science, and denialism is collapsing under the weight of its own bullshit. At the time of posting, NOAA said that July 2016 also marked the 15th consecutive warmest month on record for the globe. That is the longest stretch of months in a row that a global temperature record has been set in their dataset.

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Oh god. Now we're all gonna get fired

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/how-dongle-jokes-got-two-people-fired-and-led-to-ddos-attacks/

I think my work's 15" MBP (Retina; early 2013) has that NVIDIA crash problem (e.g., a Kernel panic from last year but never saw them again], display freezes [think I can get out of it if I put it to sleep and wake it up, but need to retry it for the next crash to confirm], but it is SO rare that it crashes.

Another way in which it's a propaganda thing is that the publisher of Call of Duty pays licensing fees to arms manufacturers, who then get editorial control over the light in which the gun is portrayed.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-01-shooters-how-video-games-fund-arms-manufacturers

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Relating to the 170,000 years to get out of the center of the Sun...

http://www.askamathematician.com/2013/08/q-why-does-it-take-thousands-of-years-for-light-to-escape-the-sun/

I just discovered this and found it *quality

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I just fell into that stupid, first-world trap of now wanting one of these horribly as a pet. I'm presuming, as in most cases, that would be a disaster for the animal, but I am still looking into it!

EDIT: and this site seems to have some good, realistic information on the topic: https://capybaraworld.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/a-pet-capybara-should-i-have-one/

TL;DR - You can keep them as pets if you're prepared to be with them every day. Having a second one sounds mandatory as well. Evidently they're extremely tied to their 'herd' and experience far worse anxiety when separated from their familiar companions.

No capybara for me, but glad to know I could one day have one if my life allowed it!

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I just tossed out my Compaq Armada 1585DMT back in 2013. It was my college lappy. It was working well when I booted it up. I laughed at my Windows 95 OS2's animated ST LCAR startup and shut down screens, icons, custom multi-configs for DOS, etc.

"Kaiser Permanente Encourages Plant-Based Diets

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Kaiser Permanente Encourages Plant-Based Diets

By Melissa Nguyen | May 16, 2013
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The healthcare company’s peer-reviewed medical science journal tells physicians to promote plant-based diets to patients.To address the rising cost of healthcare and skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, medical publication The Permanente Journal recently released an article encouraging physicians to advise patients to reduce meat, dairy, and processed food consumption and implement a plant-based diet. It points to research showing that consuming whole foods can reduce the need for medication for chronic illnesses and decrease risk of fatal ischemic heart disease, all while offering the most cost-effective prevention and low-risk medical intervention. “Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet … Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients,” the article states."

thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2013/spring/5117-nutrition.html