Day 15: They still don't know I'm not a Pokemon...

You just reminded me of how freaking badly I wanted to become a Pokemon trainer. I would have been the very best...

Hey, don't sweat it.

Stop skinny shaming Pikachu.

"If you don't feel bad enough having to go out to eat on your own, here's a stuffed animal to sit across the table from you to really cement the fact that no one likes you and you're going to die alone."

Part of the issue is portability. If you can't view it offline it's not as portable.


I know the brain worm that's infected everyone with a smart phone who lives in a densely populated area is the idea that "everyone is always online all the time" now, but they're not.

Best scene in the film.

"Jay-Z is buying the Scandinavian music streaming company Aspiro—which currently runs to music services—for $56 million, in a bid to take on Spotify."

great article. Very well researched and obviously a lot of effort went into it.

And then there is this:

Sure, I guess. But that argument can be applied to literally every other object in the universe.

Put a pair between your thighs and I'm sure you'd get 10x more power.

Those two point are fairly related.

When a Poor French Peasant was only left with a tough stringy rooster well past it's prime, the Frenchman did not cook that bird like capon and producing an inedible mess, the Frenchman got creative and invented Coq au vin.

1. The ability to address and reverse transactions in bitcoin is computationally prohibitive, and most definitely would not be cost effective for the small transactions in question.

I guess life does imitate art!

My primary issue with Bitcoin is that it has no inherent value, and no existing institution with any incentive to ensure its future value.

1) chickens have never been genetically engineered (how the hell do you even begin to do that in the 70s-80s?)

You are absolutely right Patrick. I have "friends" who brag about the fact that they have free copies of eBooks, and it pisses me off. Whenever they offer them to me, I remind them that they are stealing, and that is a HORRIBLE way to payback someone who has put work and effort into doing something that gives them…