Percentages of Hitting a Given Number Using x Number of d6’s
My buddies and I are doing a Harn campaign right now and one of the mechanics involves accruing stat “checks” over time. Every five stat…
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Modern Science on Self-Control, and 4 Things You Can Do Immediately to Improve It
Image from scientificamerican.com Scientists are now discovering that self-control is a precious, finite resource that can be raised and lowered by a number of factors…
PayPal and Two-Factor Authentication: A “Weakest Link” Case in Point
I am an enthusiastic user of the Verisign PIP two-factor authentication service. It’s a system that allows you to add additional security to sites that support…
Why We Shouldn’t Call Ourselves Atheists
First, watch the talk. Believe me–it’s worth it. Now, I think the talk is brilliant, and I think he makes a strong point that would…
The Mexican Immigration Solution: Make U.S. Immigration Policy Match Mexico’s
So perhaps you’ve heard the story of evil America trying to enact a draconian immigration policy towards Mexico. It’s the policy that does things like:…
5X WordPress Speed Improvement with W3 Total Cache
[ NOTE: This is an older configuration, and my latest can be found here. ] If you are into blogging with WordPress you might have…
The Worst Mistake People Make in Political Arguments
The only way to have a real discussion is to realize that both parties think they are doing good, and that the question is one…
How to Tell if Someone is a True Libertarian
In short, if they’re against these things on moral grounds, and, importantly, want them to be illegal–they are outright fakes. The giveaway isn’t that they…
Mac vs. PC Security In One Sentence
If you follow Information Security at all or have been part of a PC vs. Mac discussion at any level, you’ve probably come across the…
A News Aggregator Idea: Filtering by Result Count
How about an aggregator technology that lets you filter the number of links you want by number? So instead of filtering by how recent of…
How To Decide Who To Friend on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
this is not a picture related to boobs What follows is my method of deciding who to friend on the three major social networks: Facebook,…
OS X: Manipulating the Clipboard via Command Line
So I somehow just found out that you can manipulate OS X’s clipboard via command line. The utility that does it is called pbcopy (and…