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Improve FriendFeed for your friends by recommending subscriptions - FriendFeed Blog - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
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"As a devoted FriendFeed user, I have tried to convince all of my friends and family to join the site, but a handful of them never quite got their accounts set up properly. With our new Recommend friends feature, I can fix their FriendFeed experience by recommending subscriptions to them." Try it out at http://friendfeed.com/friends...
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
Nice! Friends, please send me recommendations :)
- joey
Excellent feature, gooood idea!
- Susan Beebe
Very cool =)
- FFing Enigma
Cool stuff.
- Mike Bracco
gr8
- حاج مهدی ©
Uh, it tells me that Scoble, among others, could use the recommendations. WTF? Perhaps I have too few subscriptions for this to work.
- Fred Yankowski
more good stuff
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Finally a better recommendation
- directeur
I'd still love an "e-mail this item" feature, similar to Google Reader.
- Jesse Stay
great idea!
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Cool! Beats the heck out of #followfriday!!
- Larry Hawes
What am I supposed to get when I click the 'recommend friends' link on someone's pop-up? Currently, the popup just goes away and I don't get directed anywhere else.
- FFing Enigma
Fred: yah, unfortunately, you can only recommend people who you are subscribed you and who are also subscribed back to you.
- Bret Taylor
Mark, I didn't submit a bug report since what is supposed to happen wasn't actually spelled out on the blog post or here; this might be the intended functionality... I hope not, but it's possible.
- FFing Enigma
Tina: it is supposed to pop up a dialog. Sorry for the trouble - we will look into it.
- Bret Taylor
At first I did not understand this, but now that I am checking it out, it is brilliant and addresses much of what we have complained about. NOW what will we complain about?
- Liza + = ?
Just to confirm Bret, the first image in the blog post is what the pop up is supposed to look like, right? Because that's nothing like what the ff.com/recommend page looks like....
- FFing Enigma
I notice that new subscriptions are automatically added to one's home feed. I consider that kind of a bug.
- Meryn Stol
Tina: yes, that is correct. The http://friendfeed.com/friends... page is just a list of people that we think could use some friend recommendations since they have few subscriptions. If you click on any of the "Recommend" links on that page, you will see the same, standard "Recommend friends" dialog.
- Bret Taylor
User-driven...I like.
- Josh Haley
Where would we find recommendations that others suggest to us?
- Fred Yankowski
@Bret, who receive the recommandation see also who is the recommender?
- Roberto
Fred: You will receive an email as well as a notification on the top of your feed.
- Ross Miller
Roberto: yes, they see who recommended
- Bret Taylor
Bret, if I recommend friends to people who haven't signed in for a long time, will they get email? A lot of my bored friends are not active FF users I think. (quite logical)
- Meryn Stol
Not getting the pop-over when I click 'recommend' on the friendfeed.com/friends/recommend page either... FFox 3.0.12 if it's relevant.
- FFing Enigma
and can I see who has accepted my recommendation?
- Roberto
Roberto: You won't be notified if they accept/deny as the recommender.
- Ross Miller
Ross: Ah, it just appeared on my feed. Cool. (And thanks Meryn)
- Fred Yankowski
Meryn: yes, they will get an email with your recommendations
- Bret Taylor
from email
Bret, I accidently just received an email with previous recommendations. I had already viewed them through the web-interface. But indeed, it's there. Email looks good too, as I expected of course. :)
- Meryn Stol
hey Robert Scoble....I have a trade proposal....you send my name to all your friends...i send your name to all of my friends for the rest of my life....
- Bob DeMarco
I would like that deal, too, Scoble. I like this a lot.
- Ben Hanten
Bob: I charge $1 per friend. :-) just kidding, but the UI makes it so hard to send you to more than a few people.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Bret: You guys rock! This is so much better than FollowFriday, which I recommended just a while back. Now, I'm waiting for some recommendation emails! :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
If there’s something about friends and family not having their account set up properly, I’d prefer a way to recommend them the streams they forgot to add. For example, I could tell them “You forgot to add your Digg stream and your fourth and eight blog. Here’s the link.” Then he could just click the recommendation and had it set up easily.
- Natsuki Seika
Definitely better than #followfriday.
- Bernie Goldbach
As I have lots of subscriptions the pop-up window is *really* slow and always has been since the new UI (same thing for amending friends lists). :-( I like the feature though, so I could make a new friends list of my most recommended users and use that each time for each user?
- Kol Tregaskes
fatma küfür istiyor
- Joan Miro
There are some universal truths in our culture. Please list them in the comments below.
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Joan Jett loves rock and roll.
- John E. Bredehoft
Clifford is a big red dog.
- John E. Bredehoft
"You" ain't nothing but a hound dog?
- Mark Trapp
The rich get richer.
- Fred Yankowski
This, too, shall pass.
- DGentry
Leroy Brown is the baddest man in the whole damn town.
- FFing Enigma
It's less dangerous with the lights out.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
(for Los Angeles area readers) You're killing me Larry!
- John E. Bredehoft
Some people are asshats. If you let them get to you, they win.
- DGentry
You don't step on Superman's cape.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
There is a light that never goes out.
- Joe The Sausage
Every rose has Its thorn
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
The rhythm's gonna get you.
- Eric
Rick will never give you up.
- Josh Haley
There's a little black spot on the sun today.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my...
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- Tyler (Chacha)
All TV and no beer make Homer go crazy.
- Joe The Sausage
My brain hurts!
- John E. Bredehoft
I received three submissions via Twitter from @redstickrant (Clifford): ""Never get involved in a land war in Asia." "Why, yes, I do want fries with that..." "History is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark."
- John E. Bredehoft
No means no, and that means no.
- Joe The Sausage
No deposit no return.
- John E. Bredehoft
Crazy Gideon is in fact CRAZY! And if you wantacomputer he hasacomputer.
- Anika
"Crazy Eddie, his prices are IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE!" (I had to look that one up in Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... )
- John E. Bredehoft
If you need a car or truck, you must go see Cal.
- Anika
LL Cool J needs love.
- Anika
There ain't no place like a hole in the ground.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Cash rules everything around me.
- Derrick
Tomorrow is not only another day, but it's also when the sun will come out.
- Anika
It's always in the last place you look.
- suzanne
Video killed the radio star
- SteVe C
No matter where you go, there you are.
- Bill Bittner
It is easier said than done.
- Anika
Soy milk does NOT make a good White Russian.
- suzanne
Your luggage is almost heavier than you can carry, and most of it you don't need.
- Micah
The lines at Ikea are always longer than they appear.
- Anika
Anika, you mean you have to pay for that stuff?
- Micah
People want it cheap, then complain when the quality is poor or there are long-lasting adverse effects.
- Rick Cogley
Gmail will *always* be in Beta.
- Anika
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
- Glenn Slaven
People crave sugar, salt and lard.
- Robert Hafer
Universal truths are cultural assumptions :)
- Barbara
Change!
- John E. Bredehoft
Everything is in the details.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Most people dont want the truth
- Tony C (Unrated)
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose.
- Kenton
There ain't no mountain high enough.
- Anika
Aw shucks, Josh!
- Rick Cogley
In government errors are not punished; only their disclosure.
- Rick Cogley
The most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
- Rick Cogley
Failing projects have magical curative properties and future benefits.
- Rick Cogley
Soylent Green is People.
- Colette
Cadbury bunny poops eggs.
- Arlan K.
You can't always get what you want.
- Brent - Yes I am
String cheese should not be eaten like a stick of cheese but in strings.
- Mona Nomura
We might be vanilla but our labs are chocolate.
- Morgan
People who are always looking for an easy way out are the easiest ones to scam
- Rah-PM 2012
Farts smell like shit
- Rodfather
Farts have poo particles floating in them. GROSS
- Mona Nomura
The only things open after midnight are Waffle Houses, clubs/bars, and legs
- Rah-PM 2012
Hey, he who smelt it dealt it
- Rob H.
Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.
- Rob H.
++ Robert
- The Amber
Your actual talent in a specific area is not enough to make you a success in that area
- Rah-PM 2012
Walter don't roll on Shabbos.
- Rick Cogley
No one puts Baby in the corner.
- SteVe C
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man of good fortune must be in want of a wife.
- Trish Haley
Lol, Steve C, that's Dirty.
- Rick Cogley
People love babies. They taste like chicken. Everything tastes better with Ketchup.
- Rick Cogley
The truth hurts
- Bwana ☠
The heart of rock and roll *is* still beating.
- Anika
Projects with accurate budgets and timeframes never get approved.
- Rick Cogley
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- Joe The Sausage
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
- diego morelli
You can dance if you want to.
- Anika
All rights reserved.
- John E. Bredehoft
Your mileage may vary.
- Joe The Sausage
Nobody likes a whistler.
- Liza + = ?
Offer void where prohibited.
- Joe The Sausage
Some assembly required.
- John E. Bredehoft
UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Ron White was correct. You can't cure stupid.
- Joel Robert Perez
Everything counts in large amounts.
- suzanne
The sun always shines on TV.
- John E. Bredehoft
One thing leads to another (♫ ♪ ♫ ♪)
- Nick Humphries
People always ask for absolute truths on social websites.
- Tony C (Unrated)
from email
You can't always get what you want. But sometimes, you just might get what you need.
- Amy℠
You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.
- Amy℠
Dogs are better to hang out with than people, even when they poop on the floor.
- Bette Cooper
A project wrangler should not be an MS Project wrangler.
- Rick Cogley
The answer to the question of life is 42.
- Colette
Even when summer is ending, Joan Jett STILL loves rock and roll.
- John E. Bredehoft
Time heals all wounds
- Carlton Prest
I am. You are.
- jeff hammond
Choo choo Charlie was an engineer.
- John E. Bredehoft
Love is a battlefield.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
You blink and two years go by. Sneeze, and decades go poof. Then it's close your eyes for that final slumber.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
When you go to Disneyland, you're not the goofy one.
- John E. Bredehoft
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
- Liza + = ?
I was going to add "the sun always shines on TV," but I already did. Oh, what the heck, I'll do it again.
- John E. Bredehoft
All through Amsterdam straight to Italy you can feel the beat of a European thing. Always Europop. https://plus.google.com/#108631...
- John E. Bredehoft
Worst product name you've ever encountered that's real:
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Zashpay
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from YouFeed
Chevy Nova
- Carmen wBabby
Aciphex.
- Rochelle
cuchini http://www.cuchini.com/
- tiffany
actually, that may have been outdone by its sister product invisinips.
- tiffany
Lmao at some of these: http://www.smosh.com/PC...
- Carmen wBabby
Spermies
- chrisofspades
Ro - Aciphex gets me every single time I see/hear the commercials. The worst one I can think of right now is called "Colon Flow". The main reason I think it's such a bad product name (apart from the obvious) is that the name always reminds me of the old Phil Hartman fake ad on SNL for "Colon Blow" cereal.
- Curdy G
You probably meant English ones, but two Japanese drinks I love are Calpis and Pocari Sweat.
- Jaclyn Bedoya
Jason, I had a good, solid actual LOL over your Smell My Nuts find.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Nasalcrom
- Kevin Johnson
Plurk
- Morton Fox
Ford PROBE
- Spidra Webster
Cock flavored Soup Mix http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images...
- JCunwired
I actually miss Anusol. It was hemorrhoid creme/ointment, and it has the word right in there to tell you where to put it.
- Ladyepiphanybug
iPad
- Eric
@Spidra, at my alma mater, about a year after I graduated, the VP who was in charge of recruiting and awarding scholarship money was terminated for *cough* inappropriate relations with female students. The "company car" he'd chosen on promotion to VP was a Ford PROBE. I still giggle at this, 18 years later.
- Ladyepiphanybug
I'd like to second Cuchini and Nads.
- <3Heather<3
I'd totally forgotten about Nads. Those silly Aussies. :)
- Curdy G
Bawls (http://www.bawls.com/). Actually, the name is not that bad. If you say you can't wait to get some Bawls in your mouth, people look at you oddly.
- caj needs a haircut
Handerpants
- The original Kevin
EuroTramp (the brand name of a trampoline they had in a gymnastics gym we were in a few months ago)
- Curdy G
tie between yahoo and google
- Bruce Lewis
Aciphex always gets me. There is also a university called UTI that always trips me out.
- Rah-PM 2012
There's always the web site whorepresents.com
- Ladyepiphanybug
TrekStor iBeat Blaxx (http://friendfeed.com/biteme...)
- Stephen Mack
trojans; it/they were my jr high school mascot (took sex-ed to a truly different level in the 7th grade)
- chaz2b
@chaz where'd you go to jr. high?
- Jonas, Leper of FF
take your pick, seems it's a popular mascot throughout the land http://www.google.com/webhp...
- chaz2b
Wonder Boner. I swear. It's a tool for deboning fish.
- Mary Beth Sancomb Moran
Ford Pinto
- Brent - Yes I am
Chaz2b, my high school mascot was the Driller. I don't know, you mix yours with mine ...
- Brent - Yes I am
They were actually called "Ayds". And taken off the market shortly after the widespread emergence of HIV, yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Spidra Webster
Please explain how two to the power of zero can equal one.
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I agree that three twos equals six. I agree that two twos equals four. I agree that one two equals two. I do not agree that zero twos equals one!
- Skyler Call
No
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
This is one of those questions that I never asked in math class, probably because the answer is something akin to "that's just the way it is"
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
from YouFeed
I hate those kind of answers. This is exactly why I did not do well in High School.
- Skyler Call
2 to the power of 3 = 1 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 8. 2 to the power of 2 = 1 * 2 * 2. 2 to the power of 1 = 1 * 2. 2 to the power of 0 = 1.
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce, I can follow that but none of my math teachers have ever explained the rule that way. Is that really how it is supposed to work?
- Skyler Call
It's one-half, rounded up ;) [edit: er, down] [edit 2: I mean two to the power of 0.5]
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
That's the way I think of it. Another way is to look at the square root, then the cube root, and so on. As x gets closer and closer to zero, 2 to the x gets closer and closer to 1.
- Bruce Lewis
OMG, are you seriously talking about limits right now, Bruce? :)
- Rah-PM 2012
I was, but it was bedtime. A graph would explain it really well, wouldn't it?
- Bruce Lewis
The rules of exponents are such that (x**n)*(x**m) = x**(n+m). For example, 2**3 * 2**5 = 2**8. So then 2**0 * 2**m = 2**(0+m) = 2**m, for any m. For that to be true, 2**0 must equal 1. (The same holds for any base x).
- Fred Yankowski
As long as you ignore the case where the base x=0 ;)
- Victor Ganata
Do you know how to drive a manual/standard/stick shift?
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Yes (had several over the years)
- Tinfoil 2.0
Yep. In fact, I've owned 2 manual cars.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Yes.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
Yep. We have a Ford F150 pickup with manual tranny.
- Bubba Botts
Yes.
- Alan
Yes if my back still allowed it I'd still own one.
- SteVe C
Yes
- RAPatton
Yes. With both hands (having lived in the UK for five years).
- I like big Botts
No. Wouldn't mind learning, just so I know how.
- Hedgehog
Yes.
- Kevin L
That's what I learned on. I currently drive a manual. There was a time a few years ago when all the women in my family drove manuals and all the men drove automatics, which I found weirdly gratifying.
- FFing Enigma
Yes!
- Georgia
My parents made me learn to do that before I could get my permit.
- Josh Aaron Willis
I took my car in to have the brakes looked at and the guy at the shop didn't know how to drive it (a manual) over to to the lift. :(
- Derrick
yup
- DJF
Yeah, it's a standard requirement here in the UK.
- Slippy
yes - the first car I bought was a stick (the second one wasn't, though I still wish it was).
- ellbeecee
Yes, my first car was manual
- Morton Fox
No. :(
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
yes. miss it muchly
- Lnorigb
No.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Yes. I think it's a standard requirement in Norway as well. I don't know if we have a separate licence that just allows you to drive automatic or something?
- Eivind
Yes, I can drive a car.
- Betsy
Don't know if it's still true now but in the old country, manual transmission cars were a lot cheaper, both to buy and to maintain, than automatic transmission cars.
- Morton Fox
Yep. The Subaru I have now is the first automatic I've owned. If it weren't for Bay Area traffic, I'd have preferred to get my Baja with a manual transmission.
- vicster
I have driven automatics on occasion (not by choice) and I now understand how people can get distracted and multi-task while doing so. Automatics are boring. I felt like a passenger, not a driver.
- Betsy
I did it once, in an emergency, but it was in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere and I had someone telling me what to do and mostly doing the shifting for me. But could I drive a stick shift from my house to the grocery store and back? No way.
- Rochelle
HOWEVER: if I had the kind of commute that involved a lot of stop-and-start and clutches, I would get an automatic, but it wouldn't be my preference.
- Betsy
No. And unlikely to learn at this point.
- Walt Crawford
Yep, my dad made sure I learned on one. My first car was a manual.
- Jason P
yup
- Valley
Yup...my current car and the one before that are both stick shift. Love it so much
- Tamara
Yes, but can no longer drive them in stop and go due to an injury to my left knee.
- Neal Krummell
Nope. I do too much stop-and-go driving to consider it.
- The Amber
Nope, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a problem learning. Have to agree with others here, though. Too much stop-and-go bull around here to drive a manual. I'd go nuts.
- Rah-PM 2012
No.
- Michelle M
Heh. I managed to make do with 10 years of stick shift driving in Los Angeles. Traffic there is WONDERFUL.
- Derrick
I would have had to go to counseling from the trauma, D.
- The Amber
I've driven one a few times, but it's been a long time. I was fine once I got going, but going from stopped into first was usually a bit rough - never got the hang of that.
- Jandy
Yep and I am not fond of driving anything else.
- aden {Chickadee}
Yep.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
oh lord Derrick I would be having heart failure trying to get through those hills.
- aden {Chickadee}
Yep. I learned how to drive in my dad's truck which had a three-speed transmission with the shifter on the wheel.
- Akiva
Yes, that is how I learned how to drive. I prefer it.
- Shevonne
Yep.
- SAM
Yes
- Alex Scrivener
SURE!
- Zamms
Yes. My kid brother had a Camaro when we were teenagers, and I had to learn to drive it or look like a sissy in front of him and his friends.
- Alex Scrivener
Yes though I've never had to use one on a regular basis so I'm not as comfortable with it as I could be.
- peamageddon
Yes.
- Dario Gomez
No. Every one in my family learned to drive with a stick except me. My husband gave me the opportunity to learn, and I was doing fine with it, then his car got totalled (not by me). So, no more of that. :(
- Cristal Blue Persuasion
from FFHound(roid)!
Yes, but mainly just theoretically, I've only had a chance to drive them short distances(<1 mile), and that's only happened 2-3 times.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
yup, yup
- CarlC
No. (My secret shame.)
- Stephen Mack
No.
- LB shining
no.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Yep.
- Steven Perez
Yes.
- Mickey Schafer
Yes, my parents made me do it and I'm very glad they did.
- Kenton
yes
- Morgan
Enough to get from point A to point B, but not enough to avoid stalling and grinding gears.
- Mark Kille
Nope.
- Andrew C (✓)
Yes, and I prefer it for everything but stop-and-go traffic (which I seldom face).
- Fred Yankowski
yes. I don't know how to drive an automatic, tho.
- Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian
yes. that is all i have ever driven.
- edythe
yep, learned on a five ton flatbed when I was about 14
- Michael W. May
No -- but I want to learn. To the detriment of someone's poor and unsuspecting car :)
- LoisMarketing
yep, although its been a few years since I've driven one...worried my friend the last time she let me borrow hers when I was visiting cause I had forgotten somethings, but remembered after a bit
- Sir Shuping is just sir
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS I do. [SEE http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ]
- Micah
I earned my chops driving one in SF ;)
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
Yes.
- Mark H
Nope. I would like to learn, but no one would ever teach me.
- Anne Graham
No. My friend Malinda taught me some of the basics years ago, but I've only driven (and owned) cars with automatic transmissions since then, so I've probably forgotten them.
- Laura H.
Yes. My aunt taught me to drive on her (automatic) Cadillac STS, then as soon as I got my license, she said I would have to learn to drive my uncle's Toyota (the old school YO-style truck), because I wasn't going to be driving the Caddy around anymore :-D
- Jenthemum
Yes...and I prefer a manual.
- JA Castillo
The first car I owned was a 3 on the tree Chevy. It's like riding a bike -- once you learn how you never seem to lose the skill.
- Brian Sullivan
Yes
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
from Android
yep it's standard in Europe :)
- ovigia
Yes
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
from Android
No. My dad always said that's what I'd learn first. And then I broke my left kneecap when I was 15.
- Rachel Walden
Nope. but I need to learn before I get my hot Mustang. because driving a muscle car in automatic is just... no.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
no, but tried to learn on one years ago
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Yep. Heh reminded me of this scene in Buffalo '66. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Rodfather
Yup. I semi-learned when I was a teen. I had to learn for real in the midst of my first major depressive episode when my mom said she was too tired to drive. Fun!
- laura x
Yes. I actually prefer the added sense of control over 'shift points' that a manual transmission offers over an automatic, specifically when driving around places like Seattle and S.F. (which is counter-intuitive, perhaps, but true.) Until I gave away my pick-up a couple years ago, I'd been driving a 'stick' for most of my adult life (in one of our vehicles, at least.) I've taught each...
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- Mark J
Of course.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
I'd rather drive an automatic. I like to cruise. It was fun driving stick when I was younger, but it's a pain in the ass now.
- Rodfather
yes and a motorcycle too :)
- Anna Lynn M.
D, I want you to know, that I really tried to resist. But it just became to much for me #sorry: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- MoTO Bott
Yes.
- Carmen wBabby
Oh, Barry.
- Derrick
Yep. And I usually prefer them. Even when I lived in San Francisco...
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Yes, have always owned sticks and have only driven an automatic maybe 3-4 times ever - it's kind of disorienting driving an automatic!
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Yep, and taught a couple of people how to do it. But I got an automatic this time because I couldn't deal with carpal tunnel syndrome and aging hips and knees.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
No.
- John E. Bredehoft
Yep - had a truck with manual transmission in college.
- Nathan Chase
Yes, drove a stick for 20 years.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Word.
- Jenny R
Yes. I drive one every day.
- DGentry
Yes. But I try to avoid it.
- Shannon Jiménez
Yes, love to drive cars that way.
- Just Joe
yes Automatic now but I'd never be stranded buy a stick
- WarLord
no. tried once at 17 did not like it never tried again. that was 1966.
- just ZONED
nope, holden tried teaching me, but got frustrated haha.
- Marissa
Yes. That's what I learned to drive on. In fact, I have no idea how to drive an automatic car. Both of my parents and most of my extended family drive manuals. The only exception I think are my grandparents.
- Colette
Yep
- Aaron Hood
yep. my first car had a manual transmission.
- imabonehead
I do, though I'm not very good at it. I got an automatic licence for that very reason *sheepish grin*
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
but of course
- chrisofspades
Yep, it is what I learned on and when I finally got my own new car; it had a standard transmission. More control, faster, and way more fun.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Sure. Manual is by far the most common here in Europe.
- Brome
Yes
- Michelle Jones
Yes
- AJ Batac :)
The Teenager Audio Test - Can you hear this sound? - The Oatmeal - http://theoatmeal.com/quizzes...
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I am a bucket of fail.
- holly #ravingfangirl
from Bookmarklet
holy crap that hurt... if you suffer migraines, do not chance the test
- Michael W. May
thanks for the heads up, Michael.
- jbrotherlove
I can hear it -- I am very far from being a teenager.
- Brian Sullivan
that sound is almost as annoying as teenagers. almost.
- jambina
Really? You couldn't hear that?
- Bubba Botts
YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP AND GET OFF MY LAWN.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Kiss my ass, grandma! :P
- Bubba Botts
I can't hear a thing but my ears hurt. So I think y'all are just making it all up and I'm a susceptible ninny.
- peamageddon
49 years old and I can still hear it! Yay me!
- Friar Will (:^)
37, and I can hear it.
- Bren
Mercy, yes I can can hear it. Blergh.
- Derrick
I was the first person I know to wear earplugs to gigs. Yet I cannot hear the famous teenage mosquito sound. I can sense something, but not truly hear it. And that was the case when I tried this however many years ago it first became a story.
- Spidra Webster
i couldn't hear it on this computer cos of the shitty speakers, but i put it up on the DAW in the studio and the sound same through loud and clear. it matters what you play it through.
- Joe The Sausage
BTW, the frequency centre for this tone is somewhere in the vicinity of 16KHz. that's threshold of perception even for a teen!
- Joe The Sausage
I can hear it no problem - ouch! But my hearing has inevitably been damaged by loud gigs.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
31. Wearing good headphones - been able to hear things with these I haven't heard otherwise. Couldn't hear the sound. That said, I definitely have hearing loss. Confirmed by an audiologist last year when I saw an ENT for an unrelated issue. I can't really hear television shows or movies very well - I either wear headphones, or put on captions.
- Laura H.
That hurts. I can hear it ... even after years of shows that left my ears ringing for days. Finally got smart and started wearing earplugs, but I'm sure it was a little too late.
- Kristin
also, those of you who can hear it on the crappy speakers that are hooked up to most computers? your volume is turned up WAY TOO LOUD.
- Joe The Sausage
i performed in various bands at blistering levels between '85 and '06. didn't start using hearing protection until '92, either. i can still hear it.
- Joe The Sausage
From 2", yes. From 4", no.
- I like big Botts
from iPhone
that's interesting, Joe. I'll have to try to listen to it somewhere other than the laptop.
- holly #ravingfangirl
amplitude can make up for lack of frequency sensitivity. to a degree. assuming the transducers (the speakers and your tympanic membranes) can reproduce the frequency at all.
- Joe The Sausage
Okay, I was speaking based on the last time I did this test. If I have my computer volume up, I can hear it.
- Spidra Webster
just loaded the sound up in WaveLab and did a spectral analysis over the duration of the tone. it's actually centred @14.5KHz, so not quite as high as i'd thought.
- Joe The Sausage
nerdy, joe. very nerdy. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
guilty! it's my hobby and former job.
- Joe The Sausage
:)
- holly #ravingfangirl
For the people who can't hear it, make sure you try the mp3 version. My speakers weren't registering any tone, on the page itself, so I obviously couldn't hear it. Heard it on the MP3 link though.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Ah, it's quieter in the street now. I guess I'm not just young at heart. Go me.
- peamageddon
I could hear it. at first I couldnt and I was worried my ears were old haha
- Marissa
Yes; it sucks.
- Jenny R
Heard it with the volume turned up about halfway (which is about where I would listen to music if I was really jamming out) on my computer. It made my brain bleed, I think.
- Curdy G
Joe S: Glad you did that. I know I have significant hearing loss (and I'm 65), and I'm guessing a significant part of that tone is well under 14.5kHz, since with headphones and volume at halfway point I was hearing something...something I'd guess was around 7kHz. (Also, 14.5kHz is awfully low for "only heard by those under 25." Unless everybody's going deaf, which is quite possible.)
- Walt Crawford
I was concerned that I couldn't hear it - then I turned the volume up just a little and there it was.
- ellbeecee
as an update, I tried it again this morning through my work computer and I did hear it. i'm not so old after all! :P
- holly #ravingfangirl
I can hear it if I turn the speakers up way loud, but that kinda is beside the point. I don't think I've damaged my hearing, just normal loss at age 65.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
JEEZUS F. Yes I can hear it. And now I shall need Advil.
- Dan: Bibrarian
I could hear it when I turned the volume up. I had my hearing tested a few months ago and they said it was completely normal.
- Jason P
GOD that is painful. And I had the volume on just barely enough to hear a YouTube video earlier, no headphones.
- Jandy
I can. Akiva can't.
- Rochelle
HAHA AKIVA'S OLD.
- holly #ravingfangirl
32, I can hear it. I'm convinced that "only teenagers can hear it" has not been properly demonstrated - every time this comes up I see a ton of older people say they can hear it.
- Rachel Walden
Um, yes. I've been playing drums for over 15 years and I can still hear that. I can't usually hear my wife talking to me while babies are crying, the dishwasher running, and dinner cooking though.
- Nathan Chase
Whent his first came out, around 2002, I could hear it on some tests and barely on others. This one I can't hear. (I had a basic hearing test in my 30's, because I thought I was losing my hearing, but it came out normal. They said it was possible that I was right about losing hearing and that it had gone down to normal, maybe. I keep meaning to get it tested again.)
- Betsy
Heard. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- rochelle rochelle
I am glad Akiva can't hear it either. Now I feel less alone in my hearing deficiencies.
- Laura H.
yup. ouch.
- weelibrarian
56, and to my surprise I CAN hear it! I have tinnitus, so I figured it would be lost among the constant din going on in my ears, but that wasn't the case (for this tone, at least.)
- Mark J
Ouch! Apparently I can hear it.
- Kenton
Can hear it without doubt, from the speaker that's built into my monitor. Apparently I have old knees and young ears...
- FFing Enigma
Me, idolatrare and the dog can all hear it. The dog started making grumbling sounds immediately. All of us are far from teenager.
- Andy Bakun
I can just barely hear it using MP3, headphones, high volume. Dang these old ears. I may need to start wearing earplugs at the local dance hall -- they really crank up the volume when the younger crowd comes in.
- Fred Yankowski
I choose NOT to hear it.
- Akiva
It's actually similar to the sound I "hear" when I know someone has left a TV on in the house but on mute or low volume, except WAY more annoying.
- Rah-PM 2012
I hear that too Rahsheen, actually, I *feel* it more than hear it.
- Andy Bakun
my experience http://friendfeed.com/chaz2b...
- chaz2b
Perfect Persuasive Messages — PsyBlog - http://www.spring.org.uk/2010...
"Craft messages that change minds using these 20 principles of persuasion, all based on established psychological research."
- Fred Yankowski
At Home In Our Bodies | Tricycle - http://www.tricycle.com/-practi...
"You change your relationship to the pain by opening up to it and paying attention to it. You "put out the welcome mat." Not because you're masochistic, but because the pain is there. So you need to understand the nature of the experience and the possibilities for, as the doctors might put it, "learning to live with it," or, as the Buddhists might put it, "liberation from the suffering." If you distinguish between pain and suffering, change is possible. As the saying goes, "Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional." Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program; body scan.
- Fred Yankowski
The Economics of Happiness (Bernanke Commencement address) | The Big Picture - http://www.ritholtz.com/blog...
"Happy people tend to spend time with friends and family and put emphasis on social and community relationships. Another factor in happiness, perhaps less obvious, is based on the concept of “flow.” Happy people feel in control of their own lives. A sense of control can be obtained by actively setting goals that are both challenging and achievable. Ultimately, though, there are many things in our lives we cannot control. So it also is important to recognize what is and is not within our control, to cultivate the flexibility to accept unexpected change with equanimity, and to focus our efforts on achieving goals at the limit of, but still within, our reach. Devices like gratitude journals help people remain aware of the fortunate aspects of their lives, offsetting the natural human tendency to take those things for granted after a while."
- Fred Yankowski
Skillful Thinking | Dhamma Matters - http://dhammamatters.net/2010...
"letting go of the notion that somehow we own that which is in our life"
- Fred Yankowski
25 Even More – Sick Linux Commands - http://blog.urfix.com/25-%E2%...
Some interesting command line tricks for the bash shell and linux.
- Fred Yankowski
The Uncertainty Effect | Wired Science | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/wiredsc...
"This the curse of uncertainty: it makes everything feel unappealing."
- Fred Yankowski
How I filled two dumpsters and went paperless with the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 | Ryan Waggoner - http://ryanwaggoner.com/2010...
Example of using scan-to-PDF to get rid of archival paperwork. Does OCR and can be searched using spotlight on Mac.
- Fred Yankowski
Pushing the Limits: Desire & Imagination in the Buddhist Path - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib...
"This is how a mature and healthy mind works: conducting a dialogue not so much between reason and desire as between responsible desires and irresponsible ones."
- Fred Yankowski
Be an Optimist at All Times | Brian Tracy's Blog - http://www.briantracy.com/blog...
Excellent summary of an optimistic approach to life. "Look upon the inevitable setbacks that you face as being temporary, specific and external. View the negative situation as a single event that is not connected to other potential events and that is caused largely by external factors over which you can have little control. Simply refuse to see the event as being in any way permanent, pervasive or indicative of personal incompetence of inability."
- Fred Yankowski
An Introduction to Indoor and Studio Flash Photography - http://photo.tutsplus.com/article...
Nice overview of flash photography setups.
- Fred Yankowski
How to have more self-discipline | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist - http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009...
"My favorite piece of research from all the happiness research I’ve read is that self-discipline snowballs. That is, if you can work hard to have self-discipline in one, small area, you create self-discipline almost effortlessly in other areas. The most famous study about this phenomena is from Baumeister, who found that students who walked with a book on their head to fix their posture ended up eating better, studying harder, and sleeping more. Without even noticing they were making those changes. "
- Fred Yankowski
Balanced Arguments Are More Persuasive — PsyBlog - http://www.spring.org.uk/2010...
"if we bring up opposing arguments, then shoot them down, not only is the audience more likely to be swayed, we also see a boost in our credibility."
- Fred Yankowski
What's So Great About Now? | Tricycle - http://www.tricycle.com/dharma_...
"As paradoxical as it sounds, we can only find this genuine happiness by first understanding that the present moment of mind and body is unsatisfactory. By progressing through the stages of insight - experiencing fear, then weariness, then dispassion when noting phenomena—we can give up attachment, the real cause of distress. The more clearly we see the lack of worth in mental and physical sensations, the less desire we'll have for them until, thoroughly disenchanted, craving will be snuffed out automatically. As soon as that occurs, pure happiness will arise by itself."
- Fred Yankowski
Twenty-First Century Stoic -- From Zen to Zeno: How I Became a Stoic - Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/2010...
Outlines stoic thought and compares and contrasts with Zen Buddhism. Looks very good and useful.
- Fred Yankowski
ikea hacker: Effektiv Hallway Bench - http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2010...
Simple plan for making a shoerack and bench from Ikea units.
- Fred Yankowski
13 Tips for Dealing with a Really Lousy Day. - http://www.happiness-project.com/happine...
Resist "treats". Be nice for someone else. Distract yourself. Seek inner peace through outer order. Tell yourself, "Well, at least I...". Exercise. Stay in contact. Go to bed early and get up after enough sleep. Remind yourself of your other identities. Keep perspective. Write it down. Be grateful. Use the emergency mood toolkit (another link).
- Fred Yankowski
Git - Fast Version Control System - http://git-scm.com/course...
A list of key git commands and their SVN counterparts. Looks like a good quick-start and reference.
- Fred Yankowski
Procrastination « You Are Not So Smart - http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010...
"The now you may see the costs and rewards at stake when it comes time to choose studying for the test instead of going to the club, eating the salad instead of the cupcake, writing the article instead of playing the video game. The trick is to accept the now you will not be the person facing those choices, it will be the future you – a person who can’t be trusted. Future you will give in, and then you’ll go back to being now you and feel weak and ashamed. Now you must trick future you into doing what is right for both parties."
- Fred Yankowski
A successful Git branching model » nvie.com - http://nvie.com/posts...
An example branching model for development. This is for Git but it could work just as well in Mercurial, I think.
- Fred Yankowski
How to game the U.S. higher-education system || kuro5hin.org - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story...
"I propose another option: go to a cheap state school for a small amount of money, do very well, and pay full tuition at a fantastic graduate program. I believe that in most cases, these students would be better served by a bare-budget (but difficult) undergrad state-school education, and an expensive high-profile Master's degree."
- Fred Yankowski
The empathy deficit - The Boston Globe - http://www.boston.com/bostong...
"According to the findings, today’s students are generally less likely to describe themselves as “soft-hearted” or to have “tender, concerned feelings” for others. They are more likely, meanwhile, to admit that “other people’s misfortunes” usually don’t disturb them. In other words, they might be constantly aware of their friends’ whereabouts, but all that connectedness doesn’t seem to be translating to genuine concern for the world and one another."
- Fred Yankowski
Yield Thought, 10 Embarrassing Flaws That Made My 'Weekend' App Possible - http://yieldthought.com/post...
A guy describes how he developed a simple python application on Google App Engine, keeping it simple and getting something working ASAP.
- Fred Yankowski
Common Security Mistakes in Web Applications - Smashing Magazine - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010...
Excellent summary of common security flaws in web apps, and how to fix them. This has the best description of XSS (cross site scripting) that I've seen.
- Fred Yankowski
Work 2.0 – the interruptible programmer - http://www.stevestreeting.com/2010...
"my goal was to acclimatise myself to many shorter work chunks during the day instead of a few very large ones, while still maintaining productivity. The key to this was to learn how to get back ‘In The Zone’ in the shortest time possible" 1. Embrace interruptions 2. Maintain context outside of your head at all times. a. Maintain a running commentary on your current task. b. Ruthlessly ignore tangential issues. c. Always know what you're doing next. 3. Prioritize negatively ("what doesn't need to be done") 4. Recognize the benefit of breaks.
- Fred Yankowski
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