Dracula

I find the topic extremely interesting, from the psychological point of view. Forgetting for a moment our 'ego' (and by the way is that not who we are?) is a great way to discover the great world of human interaction. Where does that place us …

> genuinely don’t understand your comment that “It's like self-proclaimed experts decide they are THE experts.” It feels to me as if you have a problem with the people I’ve invited on panels. Is the issue that you weren’t invited to a specific …

I often visit a lake & walk around the dam area, it's quite refreshing and the view is open, from a hill top. Near home, the walking trail passes by a pond (with a dam) and I enjoy seeing the evolution of local resident fowl. Some folks feed them …

It's a pity you believe such thing. And I would like to point out that you are wrong, in that I have no "issue" per se, just an observation which I hoped to be constructive, an open minded candid conversation. I have been just stating my perception …

It's like self-proclaimed experts decide they are THE experts. Hahahaha... no offense to anyone hopefully. I mean this in the lightest, most constructive and conversational way. I think this spins an entirely new light on the principle and perhaps …

I have to admit, after all this time, am not quite getting the panels thing. I mean I can definitely see where they're useful and agree with that principle, but on others am not getting the context why some of them truly needed to be panels. It …

@rtwPaul , just in case you missed these beautiful butterflies: https://www.cake.co/conversations/THH1RNG/butterfly-magic

Without a zoom lens I had hard time but was able to eventually capture some OK pictures.. posted in this thread: https://www.cake.co/conversations/zqjmJt6/my-wild-pet But really, the professionals have some amazing skills and dedicated tools they …

> my brother is Scandinavian and he loves that stuff! Wow, I didn't know that! And so it is, with some foods it's really an acquired taste and I would not turn it down unless I kind of tried a tiny slice, at least once. Of course the smell, or …

I'm curious if anyone tried SURSTRÖMMING.. I believe there can't be anything worse?! https://youtu.be/wmu7bHj81WI

> Near the end of the week you realize good worms and crickets are delicious. Yum! Please do not keep the recipe's secret! Where they served alive, or killed first? Steamed, fried or boiled?

It really depends on a person's background and upbringing, but all the foods you mentioned are likely a valid source of protein. Whether someone considers them delicacies, it's a different story. I'd call myself pretty adventurous in terms of food, …

@Chris if you wait a while, the model name may be undergoing a kind of popular nick name change.. to incorporate something else instead of 'cyber' prefix, or so I hear elsewhere.. after the recent law suit outcome...

I don't think 'off the grid' requires home of 500 or less sq ft, but it certainly helps. What exactly does 'off the grid mean' I ask myself? Lack of utilities? Sure, it could be done. But lack of social services like police, hospitals or internet? …

Nice device, seems a convenient way to add ad hoc navigation display to a cycle. I wonder how it does when navigating urban intersections such as this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusion_Corner#/media/File:Confusion_Corner.jpg I mean, if …

I recently watched this series and really enjoyed it. It's not fiction, and am not sure if the suspense & drama is your thing, but I was intrigued to see the actor in a role other than comedy. Didn't …

You know what I find fascinating is when people in real life are so defensive of arguing logically and rationally, it's like they consciously like to pull a veil of blindness over their minds. And block everything that does not suit their view …

This probably indicates there are allot of people who like to be incited to become passionate, by someone or something that ought to be extreme one way or another, to be divisive and form competing 'tribes'.. It's the mentality of "winning", there …

> Using the Internet to pull people together rather than split them apart requires designing an environment very different from the usual online forums for political debate, such as Twitter or Facebook. Amazing.. all this with no ads?

Learning to swim was for me the biggest challenge, by and large because it takes faith to trust that the water will 'hold you'. But it does.

In the past, ham radio operators required a license, they still do, everywhere in the world, to transmit and establish usually one on one conversations. But of course no restrictions are imposed on listening, under usual conditions. Before …

I would echo the opinion about youtube being best in terms of offering adaptive suggestions that hit the right spot with me by either being interesting pieces I haven't listened to in a long time, or unknown to me, and I generally like or even love …

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-dX8m4ZM/0/d6049e66/X4/i-dX8m4ZM-X4.jpg .

> the ther good thing about standalone grips is i fin they stay softer longer, and if they do wear out you can replace them and not ruin the heaters. Really agree there, but if it were me, and everything was glued together, am not sure how easy I …

> Maybe we should have done an Android version instead. .. what do you mean... "maybe" 😥