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It's only been a few years. Not everyone can churn out smash hits like clockwork, even if they are really talented. If he ever does create another big game, I'd expect it would be …

I'm using Firefox and it kept crashing on me on about half the songs I tried.

If you don't feel like reading the link above, what the author is basically saying is that if a tournament structure is so badly designed that it sometimes incentivizes losing on p…

I agree with your last sentence. The post has a vibe that I've noticed from some more socially awkward/not-totally-self-aware people, where they'll go to an event that pushes their…

Gotta disagree with your statement that extroverts all care about what people think of them. Just because someone is outgoing and energized by interpersonal interactions, it doesn'…

I could make a really strong case that I'm introverted deep down and I get nervous about public speaking. I think what this really speaks to is that we should talk about specific t…

I agree. I've been following Hacker News for a while, and I've noticed whenever one of these, "Introverts are actually misunderstood geniuses, Extroverts are really shallow and stu…

I live in Waterloo and also think it's a stretch to call it rural. Sure, it's not a metropolis, but there are about 500,000 people in the immediate region. Toronto, the country's l…

A site I read on social skills has a post explaining why it doesn't use the words Introvert and Extrovert. The main points it gives are: * There are no agreed upon definitions of t…

Yeah that's me. An insignificant monthly cost to watch movies from the comfort of my couch, all with a handy recommendation system to turn me on to things I never would have found …

For what it's worth, in the case of this article I found it very interesting, but since I only have a passing knowledge of the topics it's discussing, I don't feel there's anything…

"For their part, the British have what House calls the "etiquette of simulation". The British feign an interest in someone..." Or sometimes you're making small talk with someone be…

Another critique you can level against CBT comes from the thinking behind Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I've read books on ACT that argue that trying to rationally chall…

In my experience I haven't seen much link between gifted students being with their peers and their social awkwardness. I knew people in the program at my school, as well as several…

I'm not sure what you mean. Can you give an example of an expectation that someone would need to broadcast to others?

>I'd really love a guide for social situations that would >actually be of use. You may want to check out http://www.succeedsocially.com . It's helped me more than anything else wit…

I think what the article is saying is not that never correcting a mistake is bad, but that pointlessly correcting people about minor things in the wrong context can be annoying.

For me it's the comfort factor. I stream Netflix through my Wii, so when I watch movies that way I get to sit on my couch and watch my big screen TV. When I watch stuff on my compu…

I'm not a huge Facebook user, but I don't get what the big deal with the change is. They just made the news feed a little more prominent. The older design from a few weeks ago emph…

May as well link to the original source: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/brainwashing/

As far as I know, a three point IQ difference doesn't have any practical effect. It may be statistically significant, but it's hardly a huge advantage to score three points higher …