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+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00000", "text": "I am currently living at my University, I am 19, a female, and with out a car. My boyfriend of 2.5 years is a high school senior, lives with his parents (about 1.5 hours away), and generally has availability to one of the two family cars. Situation: His parents do not like me, long story short - bad first impression (about 2 years ago) but his mother holds grudges. Also, I am too poor to attend the better schools I was accepted to, and so had to settle for a state school (it is decent and did rank though) His mother finds this to be unacceptable - her son should be dating a woman from an ivy. (Let it be known that both my LSAT and GPA credentials are high enough to put me in the competitive market for ivy Law schools, says my pre-law adviser. Also, I'll be graduating a year early. So, she is implicitly incorrect, and not only my BF knows that.) His parents do not allow him to visit me, and are quite good at picking up when he is lying about where he is going (esp. when it is over night) What would be a good excuse he could use on his parents?? We haven't seen each other in a month, and miss each other terribly. We are running out of ideas!! Sorry about the rushed manner of this post, I'll edit later for grammar and what not (doing copious hw atm.) thanks Reddit", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00001", "text": "There has to be better Italian food in Pittsburgh -- I don't know why anyone would come here.\\n\\nI had an overnight field trip with my students to Pittsburgh & the tour company took us here for a murder mystery dinner show. They had us sectioned off which was great for privacy & also since the students were loud.\\n\\nTheir service is a hot mess!!!! They only had 2 waiters serving our 50 person group & it was not organized at all. Just getting our drinks out was confusing. The waiters just came out with any drink & then asked -- anyone order this?? This is why my table sat drinkless, breadless, & saladless for the longest time.\\n\\nFor our dinner, we were given a salad, entree, & tiramisu. The salad was definitely straight out of the bag & doused with some cheap dressing. It didn't taste fresh at all. There was a list of 8 or so entrees we could choose from. They came out quite haphazardly. I unfortunately ordered the fettuccine alfredo -- worst ever. I could make better alfredo using the sauce from a supermarket jar. I tried to douse it with pepper & cheese but alas it did nothing to help it. Some of the others said the chicken parm was alright but some said theirs was undercooked. The tiramisu also was gross. It definitely was made & cut awhile ago & just kept cold in their fridge.\\n\\nThe redeeming parts of this dinner was the decor & old fashioned coin operated games AND the mystery show. I've never been to one & was really excited. They started after we ate our entrees & intermissioned during dessert. The actors were super funny & interactive -- my students loved them which of course makes me happy. Seriously though, their food is so bad.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00002", "text": "This place is pretty poor and really needs to get it's act together because it's a disgraceful place to watch football, especially given the accessibility of technology these days. First off, it is desperately in need of some updates. There are old crappy projector screens and a few big rear projection TVs, but not an HDTV in sight. There are TVs aplenty, but they just feel dinghy and outdated and the reception on every TV is snowy.\\n\\nThe biggest issue, however, is that apparently they're only able to show 6 games at any 1 time throughout the huge bar area. There are several main bar islands, booths, and pub tables all over with individual TV screens at each booth. Sounds good, but what good are all these seats if you can only show 6 games? That is absurd when you consider how huge Sports Rock is, especially during college football. I went to watch a game that was on regular old ESPN, and they weren't showing the game. You mean I could go to my hotel to watch the game but am unable to watch it at a \\\"sports bar\\\"?? Give me a break.\\n\\nFood is also generally terrible. Nachos are no better than what you can get at 7-11 and sandwiches have no flavor. And service is piss poor and understaffed. I'm not sure if they recently changed ownership or what, but something was very very off here and they were obviously unprepared for the start of the football season.\\n\\nI feel bad because the people were very nice and apologetic, but that does not take away from the fact that even if they were showing my game, I think I'd still rather watch it in my hotel room.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 350, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00003", "text": "WTF is with all the posts about this? The magic formula to losing weight has been know for a long, long time. It's simple. If your caloric intake exceeds your consumption, you get fat. If \"I\" is your calorie input, and \"C\" is your consumption, then it's a simple equation: C must be greater than I. REDUCING I: Eat fewer calories, but maintain your nutrition. Also, don't do this casuist crap of adding up calories at the end of the day. Eat small meals throughout the day, or else you'll be like my aunt Sharon, who eats half a cake and drinks 4 glasses of wine before bed, then brags about how she only ate 700 calories all day, and complains all day about how fucking hungry she is. You're hungry because you starve all day and eat all your shit right before you lie down to sleep. INCREASING C: Burn more calories, and burn them when the burning is good. You burn fat, as opposed to glycogen stores, when your stomach is empty in the morning or after some lifting, when your muscles use up the glycogen. So, go lift for 15 minutes after work, then do whatever you need to do to get your heart rate up and keep it there for 20 minutes. Or do cardio in the morning. On weekends, get out of the house and be active. AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING. If you're American, then the probability of you being an ignorant eater is about .99999999999. Think about actual ingredients in food, not descriptions (like low-fat), or names (like grilled) or anything else. Chipotle burritos, grilled right before your eyes, can have 1200 calories. Cottage cheese on an average restaurant's \"healthy\" menu can have 3.3% animal fat, and a cup or two of that as a mere side dish is moronic. Look at the god-damn ingredients.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 410, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00004", "text": "** As requested from another thread in r/cooking about rooting basil cuttings. Ok, pic one is a Rubbermaid tub with two holes cut into the lid (with a boxcutter or hole saw if you have one) to fit the two 'netpots' that are filled with hydroton brand clay rocks, or marbles, aquarium stones, gravel, etc. PIC1. PIC 2]( shows that I have hooked up a cheap aquarium air pump with a line leading into the bottom of the rubbermaid tub. I drilled a hole in the side slightly smaller than the air line and used a bit of silicone to make sure it didn't leak. The end of the air line is taped to the bottom of the tub with muffler (aluminum) tape. Bubbles rise to aerate the water and plant roots [a closer pic of that Take some cuttings (clones) of your favorite plants, in this case chocolate habaneros, and place in the netpot pic of habanero cuts. Cuttings in pots without rocks Add the rocks, marbles or gravel and let them root, which they should do in a week or so and they will soon look like this There will be some questions, edits and clarifications of course but for now, here's some pics of habaneros I'm growing in my backroom with this method: chocolate habs 1]( and [chocolate habs in larger buckets I'll be back.... : ) Edit1: You'll need to visit a hydroponics shop for some decent nutrients, the netpots and the Hydroton clay pebbles. You can order most of this stuff online. The airpumps I get at Petsmart or Walmart. $20 airpump will do two of those tubs.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 365, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00005", "text": "I didn't realize it was so ghetto until I moved away and realized how boring other places can be. Everyone was poor, there were cops with guns in several areas of the school as well as security guards with pepper spray, metal detectors, drug and gunpowder dogs, and everyone had to wear an ID all the time. The classroom doors locked when the bell rang if you were late to class you got escorted to a designated area to sit for 90 minutes. There were no bathroom breaks or being in the hallway for any reason after the bells rang. Even with all the security, there were fights, guns, gangs and drug incidences nearly every day. Plenty of people came to school just to sell drugs, and people lied and faked there way into school everyday for free food just to hang out, etc. From K-12 there was a 50% dropout rate, and less than 50% of the people that made through 12th grade got a Diploma, my starting class was around 700 and less than 30 people got a College Prep diploma. Also it was 20% special education so a lot of actually mentally handicapped (retarded) kids doing extremely insane things all the times. Here's a picture for some basic proof a scan from my yearbook. It doesn't really capture the craziness, it all had to go through a teacher editor, but its probably crazier than most yearbooks. Picture one, I am working on scanning more. Pic 2 - having fun 24/7 Pic 3 - Where's the Party Pic 4 - We work hard....... Pic 5 - some senior wills Pic 6 - After School First Page of Seniors class of 06 next page in 06 ** Eleven New Scans ** what do you wish the lunchroom would serve Technical Difficulties We Still Bucking Like Duece Double o Tre Caught in the act Actually caught in the act Juniors Juniors Next page Sophomores - Striving for the best Sophomores Next Page -Aiight First Page of Juniors First Page of Sophomores First Page of Freshmen If your interested ask me stuff.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 438, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00006", "text": "My computer started to sound like this a while back, almost a year ago. So i simply took off all of the chords and pulled my monitor, keyboard, and mouse off my desk and filled the space with my laptop. This worked for a while but i want to be able to use my laptop in other places, as is i treat like a desktop, which it obviously is not. So today i decided to open up the my computer, on its side. Worked fine, left it on for an hour or two, came back, nothing. I was stoked. Then when i popped it up on it's side, it did it again. So with the side off i looked around and came to the conclusion that it is the fan on the power supply that is making the noise. For a while it would speed up then hit something or something and stop, then repeat. But now it's constant. When i layed it down on its side it stopped, but not anymore. Right now i'm running the computer with it's side off facing away from my desk so it won't heat up. Which, is working nicely, except for the noise. Reddit what should i do? Replace the power supply or fix the fan? I tried to pull the power supply out. I unscrewed it, but it wouldn't come out, who knew there could be so many damn chords coming from this box >.<. Is it possible to replace just the fan? that could be cheaper, right? TL;DR: the fan in my computer's power supply is off balance or something and sounds like a lawnmower, please help.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00007", "text": "Hi, Australian redditors... I was very impressed today, watching the beginning of this question and answer session between university students and the prime minister, Kevin Rudd. The character and intelligence of the young people is really impressive. And the discussion is really quite reasoned compared to similar discussions which would occur in the Usa. I'm studying to be an elementary school teacher in the Usa... and I have a few criticisms of how our school system is doing with kids. I've been observing a middle school classroom recently (year 7 - kids who are about 12 years of age) and today something the teacher said there just really stunned me. This science teacher said to the kids very frankly. *\"Your brains are not big enough to understand this, yet; but when you get to be fourteen years old, then you will start to see what I've been talking about.\"* I for one, saw that he didn't explain the project they were to do, very well. I didn't understand what he was doing until halfway through the second time I saw the lesson. He didn't bother to give an overview of the task, for example. But his conception of the children's minds is a very common frame of reference in the Usa. Adults - even those working with children - don't believe that kids can reason. And they have an incredibly condescending attitude towards them, because of this belief. I think this is a very key reason why American kids grow up to be dumb adults. Because when they're treated that way all through their childhood, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. So my question to you Australians is \"what are some of the common ideas about child development in your country?\" If there are any teachers reading this, I want to know what you learned at the university about how children's minds develop. I also want to know how your schools operate - what kinds of principles govern the way the curriculum is put together?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 389, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00008", "text": "So the last time I went to a water park was probably when I was in elementary school and didn't really know how to swim (... I still kinda don't. lol). Anyway, it was in California at Raging Rivers and it was a traumatizing experience. Screaming & being tossed around in the pool that pushes periodic waves at the sound of a loud horn and ending up with scraped knees and feet. Not fun.\\n\\nSo to say the least, I was a bit nervous coming to this water park afraid to have another episode of feeling I was being drowned. Luckily that did not happen.\\n\\nI seriously had SO MUCH fun here! I honestly was only expecting to go on the Lazy River pool all day but with my bf, we hit up so many rides... tandem AND single rides! I feel like such a big girl now! Definitely lean back while you're on those single donuts on the water rides, or else you feel like you're going to flip over while swishing down the tubes. The new dragon ride they just opened up was okay. I was expecting it to be so much more fun, but literally you just slide down a dark tube into a circular room where you just slowly swirl your way down the middle hole and that was it. \\n\\nThere was this one ride where you slide down the tubes for a few seconds, then you land into a pool where a worker pushes you into another tube and this continues about 3 times. It was weird. Kinda awkward with the worker having to grab you and push you through. Although it was still fun. The last dude threw me in backwards! Scared the crap out of me but it was fun :)\\n\\nThe food here is surprisingly pretty affordable. Plus, who wants to eat a huge meal while in your swim suit. Me don't want no pot belly. \\n\\nOverall I had such a fun time here. It definitely made me rethink my fear of water parks. By the way, we went on a Saturday in early June and it wasn't as packed as I thought it would be! So the lines weren't long at all. Also, go to Giant Eagle to purchase your discounted tickets. You save a few bucks versus buying them at the water park. Oh and don't forget to bring sandals while walking around. Your feet will literally feel like they're burning from the ground. Now go off and have some fun! :)", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 492, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00009", "text": "Yesterday I was at a LAN party playing a game some friends invented called Boatcraft, which is a game of Starcraft punctuated by Boat Races (AKA Flip Cup). I was kind of drunk by 8:00 PM, and by 2:00 AM I was pretty hung over. When I got home I put my computer and all the peripherals on my computer chair, which at the time was right next to the head of my bed, facing it. This is an abnormal place for my computer chair to be. This morning sometime around 4:00 or 5:00, while it was still dark, I kind of \"woke up\" and saw my computer chair right next to me. In my hung-over/mostly-asleep/possibly-still-dreaming state I thought that the stuff on my chair was a woman, presumably at the time I thought I knew which one. Confused, I said to the woman, \"What are you doing? Come back to bed.\" After a minute or two of waiting I got annoyed, \"Get into bed.\" After another couple minutes of silence I sat up and pulled back the covers invitingly, \"Please come back to bed.\" Still no response, she's being stubborn. I reached out to grab her hand. I hit the cold metal of my computer case and realized my mistake. I layed back down and fell asleep almost immediately. Around 10:30 when I woke up I looked over at the computer on the chair and thought, \"Did I invite my computer to sleep with me last night? Yes, yes I did.\" (fake edit: If anyone is interested I can give you the rules to Boatcraft as we've set them up. It's the best game ever and probably deserves it's own submission. I stopped going to LANs several years ago, and don't really play video games anymore, but Boatcraft is something else entirely and is fun for nerds and non-nerds alike) (real edit: Rules to boatcraft below)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 412, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00010", "text": "also worked on ways to make it more convenient for customers to shop online, or on their phones. The Sears at Woodfield Mall, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, is huge. There are clothes, fitness equipment and aisles of gleaming appliances. Carla and Jeremy Lang push their twin 18-month-old sons in a stroller while looking at ovens and stoves. Carla Lang says they've heard about the store's financial troubles. \"We've read stuff online that they may be closing stores and what not, but we still come here,\" she says. \"It's close by, and like I said we've had success with purchasing things.\" There are others though, loyal past shoppers, who haven't been in a Sears for years. Susan Mullen has fond memories of the store, but says she's not sure Sears' efforts to transform itself will work. \"It fits no niche. It's not a discount place. It's not high end,\" Mullen says. \"It has no identity anymore. I guess it tried to be everything to everybody and it was very successful at that. But now it's nothing to nobody, which is sad.\" But Munjal says that as a company with more than $20 billion in sales, Sears is still important to many and she invites former customers to give the company another chance while it implements changes. It's all part of the effort to counter the predictions of a slow death for Sears, while bolstering the reputation of a company that's been in business for more than a century.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00011", "text": "Here's a protip for all those who wish they could kick their internet addiction, to anybody who has ever typed \"bored.com\" into the URL because they've read every site they frequent and don't know where to go next. This is for all those who are watching their youth zip by them and to any of you that spend upwards of 4 hours online a day and battle symptoms of depression. PROTIP: Unplug your damn laptop & never use it when it's plugged in. Charging your computer while you use it gives you no incentive to get up and leave the computer screen. But if you only used your laptop on battery power, you'll eventually have to get up when the battery dies and let it recharge. This method forces you to take a break every 1-3 hours (depending on your battery life) and in time I hope you can learn to be productive in your break from the internet - go for a jog, take your dog to the park, talk to a girl, build a model airplane, or whatever. Secondary benefits include, but are not limited to: * Regular cyclic charging of your battery keeps it in good working condition * Won't need to sit next to a power socket, so go sit on that armchair! * The dog will like you more Good luck, Reddit. I've committed myself to this plan and if this post can help even one person, I'll consider my job done. Inspired by this comment]( from [this post.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 302, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00012", "text": "This is a bizarre CVS, the kind you would only want to go to in a pinch, and maybe not even then.\\n\\nI went to this one with my husband a couple of times to pick up prescriptions, and the vibe from start to finish is so weird. Let's start with parking, which is in a lot behind the store. There's not a lot of visibility to the lot since it is on the back side of the CVS. Being that it is a pharmacy, there wouldn't be a back door or windows, so the lot has a feeling of dangerous seclusion.\\n\\nInside the store, everything I saw told me that \\\"this is a pharmacy that is in a rough neighborhood\\\": shelves are only about 4'6\\\" tall (presumably so workers can see what people are doing in the aisles); bizarre things are locked in cabinets with clear covers (regular brands of shampoo?!); beauty items regularly updated, weren't (I, er, have a nail polish problem; some of the products were about 4 seasons behind and quite a few polishes were separated); it feels like there isn't enough room for the products, which are disorganized and crammed onto shelves (reference the odd shelf height limitation).\\n\\nIf you can spare the gas and time, there is another a CVS on Center Ave within a mile or so or a Walgreen's (Penn Circ S+Trade St.) and a Rite Aid (Baum+Negley) within 1/2 mile.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00013", "text": "I had lunch here yesterday before the Pirates game with a few friends. I have also been here a few times upstairs. I really liked the fact that we had no problem getting a seat at the bar or a table. I usually go to the bars on the North Shore prior to Pirates game, but this was a lot less crowded and good for the group I was with. In fact, truth be told the place was only about 1/2 full (on Bucs opening day!?). The food was okay. I tried these nachos which were good and interesting because it had a decent quality sausage as the meat and not just ground beef. I also really liked the sweet potato fries. They were delicious and you usually can't get these at too many places. I ordered the lobster roll. It was a ton of lobster, however some of the lobster was a little overcooked and it was ice cold. I can understand serving cool even though Id prefer warm, but ice cold really wasn't that good when they put warm butter on it. I also tried the tortilla soup, which was really rich and had a good spicy flavor. The only thing missing in the tortilla soup was the tortilla chips. A minor oversight I imagine. Overall, a pretty decent place when you are looking to just have a few beers with friends. I've also tried the upstairs bar which is the more upscale section. The bar is huge which is good plenty of room, and their is plenty of seating including leather couches. The happy hour is okay, but it's pretty much a ghosttown after 8 PM. Overall a decent place for quiet drinks without the crowds and a little better than average food.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 342, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00014", "text": "I don't really mind dive places because there are times that they have really good food. The place is dated and could use updating.\\n\\nThe waitress was good. I think she knew we weren't all that pleased with our food even though we told her it was good.\\n\\nThe food....my daughter-in-law had the shrimp scampi. We are pros at making our own at home, but when it was served, I told her that there are variations to it. Her first bite she made a sour face. My son and I then tasted it...understood the face after that. Way too much lemon juice in it, soaked in oil and not quite sure what the seasoning was, but seemed like pesto. The pasta was overcooked and the shrimp just sort of were there. \\n\\nMy son and I had the fried seafood platter. Aside from overcooked breading and soaked in grease, the oysters were raw, and the battered fish had no flavor. The breaded shrimp tasted weird too. Needless to say, none of us finished our food. Underneath the food, the plate had a puddle of grease. \\n\\nOn the upside, the coleslaw, bread, and crab cake was good. The make and cheese was edible, but seemed to comparable to Stauffer's.\\n\\nThis was our first, and more than likely, our last, visit. For a $65 dollar meal, it wasn't worth $10. .", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 302, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00015", "text": "My expectations for Whole Foods Market had been established as was growing up in the DMV (D.C., MD, VA) area. Thus, very fresh produce, high-quality meats, diverse cheeses, expansive bulk section, novel food items, exceptional food bars, and excellent customer service were essentially a given. On the other hand, I also expected parking difficulties, even at stores with multi-story garages.\\n\\nThe Whole Foods Market in Pittsburgh is not much different from those in the DMV area. However, the parking is horrendous! Really, a medium-size private parking lot for the only Whole Foods Market in the Pittsburgh area right along a congested major road? Let me say that Whole Foods Markets in D.C. are also close to major roads, but they at least have underground or aboveground garages and fairly decent road infrastructure to accommodate for the influx and outflux of shoppers. I would love if the Pittsburgh store can build a garage of some sort (I'm not counting the garage next to the Starbucks and Walgreens) with smooth entry and exit so as to prevent a mini-gridlock along Centre Avenue.\\n\\nParking situation aside, the Pittsburgh store does live up to my expectations established from the DMV stores. You will rarely find a bad apple (no pun intended), and the store usually keeps shelves stocked (except when there is a major sale or promotion going on). Now, if only its prices and my budget could meet halfway so I could frequent this store more--via bike or my own two feet.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00016", "text": "In Germany this year, the Protestant church is celebrating 500 years since Martin Luther brought about the Reformation. Today, as the number of churchgoers dwindles, the clergy is turning to new media to appeal to those with little time to attend worship in person. In the eastern city of Magdeburg, the monotone peal of a single church bell calls a modest flock of parishioners to evening prayers at the Walloon Reformed Church of St. Augustine. As the faithful file into a High Gothic church where Martin Luther once delivered a sermon, most fumble around in handbags and pockets, looking for their cellphones. But instead of dutifully switching off their phones and putting them away on this Friday evening, these 40 or so churchgoers take a pew and bow their heads over their lit-up devices as if they were prayer books. This is a Twitter service, where the congregation is encouraged to tweet about the liturgy and share their prayers online. Pastor Ralf Peter Reimann says it's an experiment. He believes that social media can help the Protestant church retain and even gain followers, even in today's increasingly secular society. \"There are lots of people who live online,\" he says. \"We want to include these people and offer them to participate in a way that's comfortable to them.\" While Reimann preaches from behind the lectern, a chorus of young parishioners perching in the choir stalls tweets about his sermon. Above them, a large screen displays a hash-tagged feed which, in real time, shows tweets coming from both within the church and from around Germany. \"Luther talked about the priesthood of all believers,\" Reimann says. \"So if you use social media, it's not only the pastor communicating on behalf of the church, but Christians communicating among each other.\" Although such Twitter services are yet to catch on, embracing the latest media trend is nothing new for Protestants. Five-hundred years ago, when Martin Luther first protested against corruption in the Catholic Church, it was the then relatively new printing press that helped his challenge to papal authority to \"go viral.\" Luther's supporters printed his radical ideas in pamphlets. Cheap to produce and easy to distribute, these pamphlets fostered public debate. Ulrike Zitzlsperger, a professor of German studies at the University of Exeter in England, says the 16th century pamphlet was the social media of Luther's day", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00017", "text": "Alright, so I will recall, to my best ability, the creepiest dream I have had in my life. So I'm standing at my bus stop, waiting for the damned bus to take me to hell, when I look down the street, and see what I at first believe to be Slenderman. Unaffected, I keep watching, and notice it's not Slenderman. It is, however, the same height. The difference is the guy I was seeing was holding an umbrella, and was on fire. Now, as he casually slinked his way down the street, he kept disintegrating and reforming again. Now, for some reason, this scared the shit outta me. After he was on his way out, my bus arrived, went past us, and off to hit the \"Burning Man\". I could hear chatter on its radio, and heard the driver going \"We have a problem.\" Some people ran inside, and called for some sort of help, while me and 2 others were waiting. The bus came back, but was extremely small afterwards. Upon arrival, for some reason, I drew some connection in my dream between Burning Man and a band, something along the lines of \"Someting and the store-bought saviors\", with some song called \"Ignite\". So I purchased said CD on iTunes, and was listening to it in my dream, unable to recall the song title or lines. So at some point I found it, but then was sitting inside a classroom while the Teacher talked about Marble Hornets (Maybe the Slenderman connection *was* there.) and how it was the best series ever. While some girl behind me asked if we would ever need this, I responded \"Just wait, you will.\", and woke up. My only question is, what the christ is going on in my head?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 378, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00018", "text": "Sorry for the throwaway. I've been posting on Reddit a lot for relationship advice, but I always feel like someone will read it and somehow know it's me. So the story... How do you choose between someone who loves you more than anything in the world, but hurt you once and now wants you back and someone who doesn't love you (new relationship) but makes you feel amazing whenever you're around them. The old relationship (late 20s) never really worked, but he's \"an amazing catch\" and is incredibly romantic. I didn't always feel wanted around him the first time and didn't feel great about myself while I was with him, but he insists he now knows I'm the one, that he wants to spend the rest of his life with me, that he wants to grow old with me. He says that he's willing to change everything and anything about himself to make it work. I was happy with him, but gave up much of myself to be so. He broke up with me two months ago due to a need for variety and general unhappiness with me. The new relationship was easy from the get go. He makes me feel amazing about myself and we work incredibly well together. It's still early so there's no love, no real 'relationship'. I'm happy when I'm with him. But don't I owe my ex a chance? I still love him, but I don't miss him. I used to be able to see a future with him in it. He wasn't sure. Now he's sure...and I am not. What should I do, Reddit?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 329, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00019", "text": "Many great memories and great experience at Benihana BUT last night WAS NOT! Horrible service! Took 15 mins to even take a drink order...then when I had a question about a speciality wine the waiter says he didn't know so ok no big deal, could he go find.. NO! Told me to go the bar and ask the bartender. Really?!? Then the chef came out and was pretty good although cooked everything separate starting with only onions and zucchini, where's the veggies?? From start to finish it was about half an hour! If we ate the dinner as a whole it would've been cold.. So we ate as we went. Also drink refills were a tough task too.. the chef had to keep asking other servers to assist. few and far between!! We had 3 birthdays at our table.. Not one song , which I didn't care, not one complimentary picture, no dessert was offered until another customer said something. Then the bill.. Oh the bill... That took another 15 mins!! At this point I told my family to go ahead home and I will wait considering this overall experience was almost a 2 hour ordeal. I was double charged on two items. At this point I was DONE dealing with this incompetent and appethetic waiter!!! Went to settle my bill with the manager who was nice and accommodating. Rectified the errors. And was generous with a $20 refund! I told him about the experience and all he said was \\\"I can take picture now for you\\\" UM... I was by myself!!! No thanks! One last thing, the male greeter needs some drug intervention.. He was high as a kite and made my daughter & I feel very uncomfortable to the point of invading our personal space and staring with those glazed over eyes as he staggered to and from his post. WOW & BOO!!! And sad : (", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 381, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00020", "text": "Programmers, I am one of you. I live and breathe code; it's what puts food on my table. However, in a former life I was a DBA. During those few years, I learned a tremendous amount about relational databases. I learned how to properly design them and why doing so is critically important. I am absolutely sick of seeing 90% of the programmers I encounter using SQL databases as if they were nothing more than bit buckets. And your fancy new ORMs only compound the problem by further abstracting you away from your choices in schema design. So, please, at a bear minimum, please spend the next 30 minutes learning these few things. You'll become a better programmer because of it. - Understand the \"relational\" part of relational databases. This means that various columns between tables are interlinked using foreign keys]( Doing this will help keep your data consistent by preventing the data in two tables from getting out of sync, so to speak. If you use MySQL this also means you need to stop using the default MyISAM engine and switch to [InnoDB. - Just like your favorite programming language, your database also uses various datatypes. The next programmer who defines a column like this \"is_active VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT 'T'\" is going to get cock punched. For those of you who think you're too smart for this tip, let me ask you this: Are you storing IP addresses as VARCHARs? Why? It's just 32-bit integer written in dotted quad notation. You save yourself almost 4x the storage space by using an INT column. - Understand normalization. Nailing this down will make it easier to figure out in your head how to represent the data you intend to store. Normalizing your data will help reduce redundancy and enhance data consistency. However, sometimes normalizing it to the extreme will affect performance and be a bitch to write code for. - Read up on check constraints. You stick these simple little logic checks on your column definitions and they work wonders at preventing bad data from getting into your DB. I know that you write your code to prevent bad data from getting in, but simple little things like this act as a last line of defense. And when your code is rewritten, refactored, or just plain hosed up by a dumbshit coworker, that last line might be your only line. Thank you. That is all.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 488, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00021", "text": "and men's teacher at BDA since 2008, explains how introducing works from Western choreographers has broadened the overall abilities of Chinese ballet dancers. \"When we started to teach new works at BDA in 2011, students struggled to move freely or adapt to new movement,\" he says. \"But learning these styles over time has opened dancers' eyes to new possibilities.\" Life After Graduation BDA students enter professional life somewhat older than in the West, with graduates ranging from 20 to 22 years old. Only the most promising students receive company contracts, but others accept teaching and other dance-related posts at BDA and surrounding dance schools and institutions. Although many have won awards at international competitions, the school does not actively focus on competing. \"To prepare competitors, so much attention must be placed on individual students, whereas performances encourage the entire student body,\" says Zou. Even so, competitions have given these students international exposure, though only a small percentage of graduates accept jobs abroad. BDA alumni in American companies include San Francisco Ballet soloists Wei Wang and Wanting Zhao and ABT corps members Zhiyao Zhang and Xuelan Lu. With graduation in sight, Pei Yu shares the same dream as many of her classmates: a spot with the National Ballet of China. P A men's classical Chinese dance class. Photo by Lucy Van Cleef. Beijing's Bournonville Connection Exposure to the Danish Bournonville style is a special component of the diverse ballet education that BDA offers. Former Royal Danish Ballet artistic director Frank Andersen has been a guest teacher at the school since 2002, and was awarded a professorship in 2012. So far, BDA students have performed in Bournonville ballets including Napoli's Act III, La Ventana and Conservatory, and some danced in the National Ballet of China's 2015 production of La Sylphide. Thanks to almost 23 years of Andersen's work in Beijing, Bournonville has found a second home in China. Though there are Bournonville technique classes when time allows, Andersen imparts those lessons through the repertoire and Danish mime. \"The most important part is making the mime believable,\" Andersen explains. \"Young dancers often have the urge to overact. If I can't describe what I want with words, I have to show them.\" He holds his hands towards his chest, indicating the sign for \"I.\" \"Showing can be", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00022", "text": "I was raised by a Christian family in New England, where I still live today. My grandmother was, while raising my mother, a strict Catholic and I would consider her to be today as well. My mother identifies as a christian, but her understanding of what Christianity is, is rather ambiguous and undefined. My mother, I guess technically raised me as a Catholic- I was baptized, went to Sunday school, received communion etc. I met my ex-gf in class a few years back, she was from a small town east of Dallas, TX. She was when I met her, and still is a very devout christian who professes her faith has saved her life. Growing up as a child, her home was far below the bible belt and when I went down to visit two summers ago, you could tell. Seldom could I enter a fast food chain, without being bathed in religious pamphlets rested on stands or posted on walls. I remember going to a neat little water park and realizing all the water slides had a bible theme attached to them, complete with passages from some testament. I remember going to a church service, out of respect for her, and seeing people huddled together with arms crossed over each other's shoulders, praying out loud. She once demonstrated for me, herself speaking in tongues. In my exposure, I've noted no doubt that the majority of god-fearing people genuinely believe whatever it is they may believe. Despite not personally understanding it, every brick that laid the foundation for my ability to perceive, perceived genuinity when I saw those hands held in the air in the name of Jesus Christ, down in Texas. I've been undefined since middle school, I'm 23 today. I don't personally find any comfort or validity in a deity spread from the word of man. However, noting the undeniable and positive effects on the individual, does it matter whether or not the belief itself is ignorant and untrue? If there is an afterlife, great. Kudos for calling it. But if there is not, and the faith you've subscribed to your entire life is in fact wrong, who's there to tell you? You're dead.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 437, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00023", "text": "I been following the news about toyota cars and their acceleration problems, however, I really haven't care much for it, since I drive a 2010 Prius, and figured it really does not affect me, but little did I know. Today I was driving down my road heading out, now my road leads to a very busy main road, which is located in a industrial area, as a result, there are a lot more big rigs on that road than the average road. Due to the way I drive my car--thank goodness--I always try to drive with the least amount of gas usage, so as I was approaching the intersection, which I have a stop sign, I applied my brakes. At the time I was probably going 15 MPH. I started slowing down to a halt, when all the sudden, the car fucking started accelerated forward! I am telling you my heart skipped a beat, and I thought that I was going to get killed by one of these trucks doing 45-50MPH. The acceleration lasted only for a fraction of a second, and then disappeared and the car came to a halt with my nose just barely over into the intersection. I want to point out, I know for a fact that I did not hit the accelerated, because my foot never changed positions, just in case some one might suggest that. Also one more thing I think might have saved my life, is my driving style, If I was one of those drivers that waits till the last second to push their break, and that same thing would have happened, I am sure the results would have been tragically worse. I plan on calling my dealer tomorrow, and tell them what happened, is there anything else I should do? Also in the mean while, if you do drive a Prius, please be careful when approaching intersections!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00024", "text": "It's something that I have never told anyone. It wasn't molestation in the \"Mom and Dad left, now do what I want or I'll hurt you\" kind of thing. It was very benign and I don't remember it being a very regular occurrence. I remember playing along because I liked the attention and, as a very curious person even then, it was something different. At the time I knew it was wrong and it made me uncomfortable, but again I looked up to my brother so much that I went along with it. He told me to give him hand jobs and once told me to give him a blow job (which I didn't know what that was, nor did I know what the male orgasm was. I refused to give him a blow job because I thought the idea was gross). He tried vaginal penetration twice and it hurt so I didn't let him do it. He would turn it into a game of pretend, where we would be \"married\" and so on. Anyway. This is all very fucked up and I'm kind of afraid of doing this but I thought it might help me to figure it out a little if I'm asked questions. I've never written any of this down. It took me about half an hour to figure out what to say. AMA. **Edit** Totally overwhelmed by the response. Thanks to all of you, I really appreciate it. Going to bed now, will be back in the morning. (~2:20am EST 2/9)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00025", "text": "I'm 23 years old and have private insurance that is offered from my employer. I made a choice a year ago to either continue banqueting for a corporate hotel that paid well in tips, or work for my current employer who paid less, but offered health insurance. I chose the latter. On the subject of universal healthcare I'm really torn. I don't wish for anyone to be unhealthy nor would I want children to go without a pediatrician. But it's important to understand, as I'm sure most of you already do, that nothing is costless. The funds used to implement such a system, would have to be derived from taxation. Besides small business, I don't know many employers in my area, a small city by national means, that don't offer insurance. On the subject of small business however, I do believe reform is necessary to reward the efforts of local business. How this reform is achieved, I'm unsure. But the American Dream should not be dissuaded, as in it's current state it cost an exponential amount for small business owners to insure their employees. However, there is a dilemma for me to help insure those who choose *not* to work, of which there seem to be many. I have seen, and in regular contact due to the field I work in, many people who are comfortable contributing nothing to the 'system' while taking all they can. Supporting those who don't support themselves rewards me less for my time spent employed and is a state-sponsored slap in the face. By no stretch of the imagination am I rich, I'm not even comfortable, but I'm working. Every penny deducted from my time spent working, is a penny I could use to support my own family.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 351, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00026", "text": "I've been a redditor for a year, obvious throw away account. (Incidentally, my real reddit account is usually hammered by downvotes - my view of the world is not very popular with the mainstream reddit crowd, so it's been a funny thing to get so many upvotes on this throwaway acct.) My question for reddit: what would you do if you had $20M in the bank? I'm seriously asking, because normally, this is not the kind of thing that is polite to ask to people, and I'm never quite sure if I've been \"doing it right.\" **edit** Just to clarify, I'm not looking for basic investment advice, this is easily obtained. I'm more interested in 'life' decisions, etc. **edit** Thanks for the replies, ideas, jokes and discussion! Since the overall thread is getting long, and there are a lot of FAQs showing up, here you go: * No, I don't actually have all $20M in a single account at a single bank! ;-) * Yes, I'm a very happy person, but I was that way before I had money. * One of the biggest differences in my life is that when I see the price of things, I remove two 0's from the price when considering if I can afford it. eg. $524.24 becomes $5.24 and I think \"oh, that's like the price of a meal at Wendy's, sure I can afford that.\" * I spent 1/3 of my time working with refugees, 1/3 of my time working with startups/investments and 1/3 of my time on my hobbies. * Founders at Work is the only \"business\" book I ever recommend to people. Oh, since the thread is a monster, and reddit isn't really setup for AMA threads, it may be easier to read through my user account comments, if you are interested: Generic advice that has helped me: \"If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own.\" **One** more thing - I'm sorry to say that all the vouchers for free money for redditors have been used up - they were on a first come, first served basis, so could you guys *please* stop asking me for money? kthx.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 476, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00027", "text": "Just looking for some diverse opinions on a situation that my friend is in right now. It's been awhile since I did the whole dating thing, and I don't know if this is par for the course and I'm overreacting. A friend of ours (me and my fiance's) is an adorable 25-year-old girl. She's super-cute, funny and quirky, simply adorable. She goes out a lot, and met this guy that she's pretty smitten with. The thing is, he's kind of distant as far as any actual commitment goes. They'll hang out, then she won't hear from him for days, etc. So as she was telling us about the situation, she mentioned that she sent him some sexy topless photo of herself, and he showed a bunch of his friends. My fiance, who is very big-brotherly protective of her, immediately told her to drop him. She giggled and then went on to say that she didn't care, because she looked hot in the picture. She was excited, because this meant that she talked about her to his friends, and saw this as a good thing. I kept my mouth shut on the topic, since I didn't really feel like it was my place to tell her how to feel. I don't know if I'm just un-hip to the dating scene now, but it really bugged me that she wasn't bothered by this. I mean, even if you're confident in how you look, isn't it kind of a violation of trust to show something like that around? What does that say about what kind of guy this kid is? Would you guys care if you were her?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 344, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00028", "text": "Why do religious groups find it necessary to try and find scientific facts that purportedly support any number of religious claims? As I understand it, religion is a faith based practice. Faith is a belief and complete trust in something that isn't tangible. Faith is not something based on the logical infrastructure developed by modern science. Furthermore, as I see it, religion doesn't have to be consistent with what any branch of science has revealed to us through years of experimentation. The natural extension of this is that a truly religious person could almost completely reject the world (including science itself!) that has been described by science, and insist that only God knows the truth behind everything (I'm not suggesting that you should do this, but it seems to be a natural extension). How can you accept the validity of antibiotics and space travel, but not something like stem cells? Sure, they argue that we're \"playing God\" and killing babies, but all of the assumptions behind that argument are grounded firmly in science. For all a religious person knows, some kind of magic could happen between pregnancy and a baby being born. Gestation could be a ruse, a plot by the devil to tricking you into believing the evils of modern science. Again, I'm not suggesting that this is true, and I'm not trying to make fun. What I'm trying to say is that one could argue that for a religious person, the world is only defined by what is taught in the Bible, and that all other things can't be trusted. How do you find a middle ground between believing only what the Bible teaches and what science teaches?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 324, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00029", "text": "After getting married I noticed a change in my wife. She started to hold sex hostage. Makes sex a chore by forcing me though hours of seduction with no way for me to foresee the outcome and it's just not reasonable to put up with. First thing I did when I noticed her personality change was to get a vasectomy; I did not want to get tied down to her with kids, she is not the same woman I married any longer. She does not know about it as I got it done while she was on a weekend excursion on her job. So now I've just stopped trying at all and recently she's become very nervous. She tells me she loves me and then there's an awkward silence before I say \"Sure honey, I love you too\". She's been trying to be really nice and even tries to get something every now and then, but I just tell her I'm tired. Well to the point: It feels great to make her feel like I've felt for a long time. I just wonder is there any point in staying in this relationship anymore? I feel I could do so much better, I don't deserve being with a woman that holds sex hostage. She'll find some other guy she can try to mess around with like this, but I don't feel like taking this shit one more time. Well basically I've almost decided to leave her, but should I tell her why or should I just give her the standard \"This just isn't working out, I'm sorry\"?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00030", "text": "This is my favorite Big Burrito restaurant and definitely one of my favorite restaurants in the country. \\n\\nGotta be honest, though. Just about every time I'd been here, it's with colleagues, which means lots and lots of boozing!! Therefore, consequently, as a result, in sum, I don't have a crystal clear memory of what I had for appetizer, entree, dessert, etc. \\n\\nWhat I can tell you is that I had never been disappointed with anything I've ordered here. And believe you me, if the food is not that good, I will remember it no matter how drunk I am. Sure, it's not exactly a \\\"Mediterranean\\\" restaurant, but who cares? The food is great, it's in a super cute hood, the atmosphere is cozy and comfy, and the service is always spot on. \\n\\nI do recall that the very last time I ate here was with a dear friend and two of her British colleagues, and we had ourselves a grand ol' time. I had the arugula --one of my favorite words. It's lovely, no? Say it with me. A -ru-gu-la! Fun, right?!! And so flavorful!! --salad and cioppino, which was outstanding with super freshy fresh ingredients. What about dessert, you ask? Sorry, kids. By that time I really was drunk, and I can't remember. It was super tasty, though! I remember everyone liking mine the best. Sure do, sugar!\\n\\nSo pay no mind to others' taxonomy quip and give this place a whirl. It's a great date or small group place. Oh, and super fantastic wine list, too!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 358, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00031", "text": "Mine: FoxyRing. It runs in the background using NO battery life and polls your microphone every 6 minutes and adjusts your ring volume based on the ambient noise around you. e.g. when I'm lying in bed reading, it turns the volume down so when my phone goes off it doesn't scare the shit out of me. When I'm at work and there's forklifts moving around me, it turns the volume up so I don't miss the ring due to the noise. I think this app is invaluable and I've never seen a lot of attention given to it. I've been using it for a couple weeks now and it really doesn't suck any battery life at all and hasn't given me any problems. (It also has location-based volume control if you want to use that, and a night-time ringer-off feature with 'emergency contacts' override that I don't use either. I had a lot of performance issues on my G1 back when I used to use Locale so I tend to avoid location-based control apps.) It also has a \"Timed Silence\" Widget. You press it, select how long you want it to be silent for (e.g. 2 hours for a movie or a class) and then it automatically un-silents your phone after that set amount of time. Feel free to post multiples... I really just have the one. Games, too, if there is something out there you think is really cool that hasn't got any attention. **EDIT**: I think I'm going to compile a blog post with all these recommendations once the thread peters out. I'll update this post with a link to it eventually. A lot of them are really good and I wouldn't have discovered them without it. Keep 'em coming guys! Hypothetical bonus points for people who recommend apps that aren't available or possible on the iPhone... :) **EDIT 2** here's the thread on my website composed of apps from this thread", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 402, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00032", "text": "my website is called *yellow red green blue* ( and if somebody could design a logo for me i would greatly appreciate it. it should have a colorful, splashy look (but not overly-complicated) similar to the following images: * * (this one is a bit too 'messy' looking, but you get the idea.) * (best example of splatter, if you ignore everything else.) the colors i use on my website (and the four colors you should use for the splashes in the logo) are: * Yellow #ffff00 * Red(ish) #ff4040 * Green(ish)#adff2f * Blue(ish) #73c2fb feel free to be creative and play around with the colors. if you don't want to add text (aka: yrgb, or yellow red green blue), i can do that. just so long as i have the colors. dimensions are 400x155 and the background should be white (#ffffff) or transparent. colors should not touch the sides. am i asking too much? if i use your design, i will gladly give you credit (or a link, if preferred) in the footer of my website, and a firm handshake (if gentleman) or a rigorous bout of intercourse (if lady). thank you. **edit:** if you do add text, it should be white and look similar to AOL's new logo ( but like i said, i can do this. **edit #2:** thanks to everybody who designed a logo, i never expected such an enthusiastic response. this is the one i will probably use, created by katringa: i also love the one made by dannisbet, too, so if i ever use it for anything i will be sure to give you credit. again, thanks to everybody. i've gotten so many ideas by looking at your designs. /r/favors is awesome.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 389, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00033", "text": "Guy: Well you see those were laws for harsh times and- Me: Are you fucking serious? You're telling me God was like, \"Oh my me, look at all these Barbaric people, they need me to make Barbaric laws for their Barbaric times.\" Guy: Well- Me: You do realize these barbaric ass people can make their own damn barbaric laws and their own damn barbaric gods right? Guy: Well Jesus came about- Me: And everyone said he did miracles and he was awesome-sauce and slice bread before it's time and the lot. Funny enough, no one else valid enough outside of the first Christians verified Jesus' powers. Sounds like he was nice guy. But who really knows. CULT - yes Christianity WAS a cult - leaders are usually said to have awesome powers and do super nice things. Guy: Jesus was not a cult leader! Me: *takes a while and shows him definition* Guy: Oh well whatever. You can't disagree that they didn't need harsh laws. Me: Sorry, they totally needed them, ignoring the fact that God is supposedly pure pwnage and couldn't made it clear that these niggas need to be more civil. But maybe it's just that Barbaric people make barbaric laws and gods to satisfy, clarify and rationalize their barbaric ideals. The civil people pretty much do the same thing but rationalize barbaric ideals to suit a more civil outlook. Guy: But how did Jesus pop up out of a bunch of Barbaric people? Me: Same way all cult leaders do. Charisma and stupid people. Guy: ಠ_ಠ Me: :D One of the rare times I had a one-on-one and not a one-on-fifty. I did pretty good?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 362, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00034", "text": "Regardless of political affiliation, isn't it important that our representatives read the legislation that they are enacting prior to voting it into law? I mean there could be some serious caveats within the law that no one knows except the drafters, because some legislation is so lengthy that no one wants to spend the time to read it. I know in the private sector I'd never sign a contract without reading it in full. I sort of equate legislation with a contract, as they are binding documents into law and many congressmen (and women) don't bother to even read what they are agreeing to or disagreeing with. I find it abhorrent that congress would vote things into law without reading it. This is sheer laziness in my opinion. As a side note, if reading all legislation prior to voting on it was a requirement, it might also help shorten legislation with a hope that everyone would read it. This would help the common man understand legislation a little better as well. Thoughts? EDIT: The vast majority believe according to the input would indicate that they want their congressmen/women to read proposed legislation or that they would like it if it were feasible. My thought is that it is feasible, but it would require condensation of the law and an understanding that this is a requirement of a senator or representative going into office. That's just my opinion. Great topic to discuss though. I didn't realize so many people thought that our representatives did read the legislation prior to voting on it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 302, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00035", "text": "০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9 ্ = See example (Hasant/Viram) ় = * (Nukta) ʼ ='(Urdhacomma) ঽ = & (Avagrah) ৺ = ~ (Isshar) ৹ = a~ (Bengali ana sign) ৲ = Rs~ (Bengali Rupee sign) ৳ = T~ (Taka sign) । = | (Devanagari danda) ॥ = || (Devanagari double danda) ₹ = Rs (Indian Rupee sign) 卐 = +~ (Swastika sign) Zero Width Joiner = ^ Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^ These symbols will type Bengali characters first but if \"~\" will be followed, it will remove previously typed Bengali character and then type the symbol. Symbols & ~ * : ^ |'have special meaning. You can type this way & = &~ ~ = ~~ * = *~ : = :~ ^ = ^~ | = |~'= '~ The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ;., \"?! % \\ _ $ @ # translate into the same symbols. Example নমস্কার can be written by typing \"namaskaar\" As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature. A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character. Example প্রশ্ন = prashn প্রশ্‍ন = prash^n A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character. Example প্রশ্ন = prashn প্রশ্‌ন = prash^^n If two english characters are making one Bengali Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then ZWJ character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not add ZWJ character but", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 496, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00036", "text": "I'm often told by self-proclaimed font fanatics, that they hate Comic Sans. However, when *pressed* they can give me no good reason Please don't]( [link]( [me]( [somewhere]( [you]( [don't]( [know]( [where]( [ive]( [been]( [Lou! Some of these people had good points, like that the spacing/kerning is off. The point that it is overused doesn't jive well with the stats for web. For instance, this self-selected and thus invalid but still informative survey ranks Comic Sans all the way down at 10th. How about you show me some places on the top trafficked websites where Comic Sans is used extensively, cause yeah I'm not seeing it. My interaction with a designer (I'm a developer for the most part), Me: \"What do you think of Comic Sans?\" Them: \"I hate it\" Me: \"Could you be more specific\" Them: \"I don't like it.\" Me: \"Ok but why?\" Them: \"Just don't be one of those people we pick on for using Comic Sans ok?\" All this for wanting to use Comic Sans in one place where the client requested a unique looking font for a header. The client was happy with it, but the designer wasn't. I can guarantee the vast majority of my users don't give a hoot what the font is as long as they can read it. So what are your actual reasons for hating it? Eh and since has gotten so long I will post this to my blog as well but not linking cause this isn't blogspam just a genuine question.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00037", "text": "Last night we were all sitting in the living room waiting on my roommate to get off so we could go out to the woods, he wound up spending an entire hour after his shift at our friends apartment smoking when he was only supposed to pick her up. While we waited we decided to smoke and play some Nazi Zombies, and as I load the first bowl of the evening, what do we hear? KNOCKNOCKNOCKNOCK!!!! \"PLEASE GOD OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!!! HE'S GOING TO FUCKING KILL ME!!!\" So before i even get to the door. This girl comes inside, covered head to toe in her own blood, crying her eyes out, and then she locks the door, which has two deadbolt locks, one with a key and one that only locks from the inside. so she tries to tell us what happened, me and my roommate had just played Nazi Zombies and upon seeing this shit thought the reality of an actual zombie attack could have been actually be on the horizon. Me and my roommate had no idea what to do so he went to grab his shotgun and told me to call the cops, to which i responded \"man…we got weed…\" we felt guilty.......for like the next five seconds and then she starts locking the door on my roommate, who had just arrived, thinking it was her \"attacker.\" me and the roommates go outside to see whats happening, turns out she did all that shit to herself. She got into a drunken argument with someone at a party next door, things escalated horribly when she broke a giant zong-bong and cut herself on one of her fingers and on her chest, and then she ran next door to her our place, drunk off her ass, covered in blood, scaring the shit out of us, my roommate almost thought he was gonna have to shoot someone, next thing you know were all outside and she starts beating the crap out of her boyfriend, my neighbor, after their screaming argument that took place in front of my apartment @ midnight. So what did we do after all this? We grabbed my pipe, some weed, went out to the woods, made a fire and stayed there until almost 3:30 in the morning. Helluva night!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 458, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00038", "text": "cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident.\" \"Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona,\" Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted on Monday. \"We're thinking of the victim's family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened.\" This is the first known pedestrian fatality from a self-driving car. However, autonomous vehicles have been involved in a number of other accidents, including backing into a delivery truck in Las Vegas and getting hit by another car whose human driver did not yield in Tempe, both in 2017. In May 2016, a Tesla driver was killed in an accident while the car was operating in its semi-autonomous Autopilot mode. A US Department of Transportation investigation did not identify any defects in design or performance of the Autopilot system. The pedestrian fatality could have immediate implications for the rollout of self-driving taxis and delivery vehicles, which are predicted by many to be the first widespread applications of self-driving technology. It could mean that progress is slowed until more regulations are in place. The accident could also impact discussions around how autonomous vehicles will change auto insurance. KPMG estimates that the technology will lead to an 80% drop in accident frequency by 2040, and that providers will need to shift from covering the car itself to the software of the car. It remains to be seen how coverage of accidents like this may change. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Tech News You Can Use newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00039", "text": "I4 and use the variable, as follows: Function ReturnFeeFast() Dim intFee As Integer intFee = Range(\"I4\").Value Select Case intFee Case 1 ReturnFee = intFee * 10 Case 2 ReturnFee = intFee * 20 Case 3 ReturnFee = intFee * 30 Case 4 ReturnFee = intFee * 40 Case 5 ReturnFee = intFee * 50 End Select MsgBox ReturnFee, vbOKOnly End Function Faster is better Please forgive the obnoxiously contrived examples, but the concept is the point, not the code's purpose. Specifically, built-in updating features and explicit references to the sheet or a range will slow down your code. Admittedly, with today's fast systems, simple macros won't always need optimization. However, if you're working with a complex custom application, these easy-to-implement changes should improve efficiency. Get more great Office tips and tricks delivered to your inbox. Sign up for TechRepublic's Microsoft Weekly newsletter. Subscribe Send me your question about Office I answer readers' questions when I can, but there's no guarantee. Don't send files unless requested; initial requests for help that arrive with attached files will be deleted unread. You can send screenshots of your data to help clarify your question. When contacting me, be as specific as possible. For example, \"Please troubleshoot my workbook and fix what's wrong\" probably won't get a response, but \"Can you tell me why this formula isn't returning the expected results?\" might. Please mention the app and version that you're using. I'm not reimbursed by TechRepublic for my time or expertise when helping readers, nor do I ask for a fee from readers I help. You can contact me at susansalesharkins@gmail.com. Also read...", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00040", "text": "I really don't know how this place got any good reviews. One big problem is that the place is dirty, the carpets, the lighting above the tables and the furniture. I have tried this place 5 times in the past 2 years and this is how it went. The 1st time I had a burger which tasted funny and I didn't finish it. I got food poisoning and was so sick. This I thought might have been a stomach flu so I did try this place again. The 2nd time I was with some friends from the neighborhood and 3/5 of us had the spaghetti and meatballs and we got food poisoning.Now I'm thinking that they have a hygiene problem with the ground meat. I was going to stay away from the place but a friend from Troy hill liked to stop there because it was close to her home. No problem,next time I got french fries with gravy. How could this be a problem?.When they got to the table they had put cold canned gravy on my fries.When I told the waitress about it she took it back to the kitchen and microwaved it till it was the heat of lava. Needless to say I refused to pay for them. The 4th time my friend dragged me there, I had a salad. I didn't get sick but it wasn't anything special with bagged salad mix and a couple of under ripe tomato pieces and cucumber. The last time I only got a slice of pie and this was good. I no longer have to go to Billy's, my dear friend has passed away and I refuse to go anywhere near the place. To the owner-Please sell the restaurant, you obviously don't care for the place or know how to handle food safely.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 353, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00041", "text": "top campaign issue was increasing school funding. Both candidates raised and spent more than $25,000 on their campaigns, according to reports filed with the state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Most of their spending went to mail sent to voters' homes. AN UNUSUAL ELECTION Tuesday's election came about because of an unusual situation. Just two months before the November 2016 general election, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that incumbent Rep. Bob Barrett didn't live in the district and was ineligible to run. Because the decision came so close to the election, there wasn't enough time under state law to replace Barrett on the ballot. Instead, the Supreme Court ruled that the November election wouldn't count for District 32B. The seat would remain vacant until February. District 32B has been comfortably Republican in recent elections. Barrett beat Warner by 10 points in 2014. In both 2014 and 2016, other Republican candidates up and down the ballot won by similar margins. But it's not impossible for Democrats to win there in a favorable environment: In 2012, Barrett squeaked out a victory by fewer than 2 percentage points, and DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar won in a landslide. TURNOUT LOW, BUT BETTER Tuesday's special election saw about 25 percent of the district's registered voters vote — much lower than the November election, when about 70 percent of registered voters in the district cast ballots. That lower turnout is normal for special elections, since they take place at unusual times of the year and don't coincide with higher-profile state and national races. This can make special elections less predictable than normal races. But Tuesday's race wasn't a normal special election. Because it was technically a continuation of the November election, people who voted early or absentee in November were automatically sent ballots for Tuesday. So 25 percent of District 32B voters was actually much higher than the turnout in a pair of special elections last February, when between 10 percent and 20 percent of voters cast ballots.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 413, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00042", "text": "tl;dr - If you don't take bad apples out of the bunch, then they all eventually rot. I was just thinking of this while reading a response to another comment and thought someone here might enjoy it. People often respond to criticism of the police system with, \"Not all cops are bad.\" to which my response has come to be one of apathy. I don't care if a cop is good or bad. In my opinion they are all corrupt in at least one sense. Some police are corrupted by active abuse of the authority they are given. These abuses are virtually always covered up by other police or responded to with punishments that are inappropriately lenient. This makes the police system corrupt because the superiors are either inadequate in their oversight or compliant with the abuses. I've met police that I have been very polite, professional and everything that I would like in a law enforcing, civil servant. As much as I would like to think otherwise, I know that these people are almost inevitably on their way to one of two situations. They are either going to have their seemingly respectable ethics compromised to ever increasing degrees or they are going to be out of a job. There is the remote possibility that they rise to a point where they have the authority to make significant changes in the accountability of abusive police while still having the credibility to enforce them, but I don't know of this ever happening. This has led to my current rule of treating cops like bears. They aren't all going to kill you, but they all have the potential.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00043", "text": "I don't frequent Bar Louie, and I really don't plan to change that any time soon. I've eaten here and stopped in for drinks a couple times over the years and I just haven't been super impressed by the place.\\n\\nThe food has been decent - a few years back I splurged on an enormous fried chicken sandwich and definitely enjoyed it, glutton that I am - but their meals and appetizers alike have admittedly never \\\"wowed\\\" me. And while I enjoy their cocktails and would consider stopping in just for drinks more often, the problem is that things are way overpriced here. Even during the happy hour drinks are pretty costly, not to mention that I think most of the drinks I personally like don't qualify for the happy hour discount, which is disappointing. Once I stopped in with friends after a movie and one drink cost me $10 here. Not even a large one, either! Sorry, but I find that to be kind of ridiculous, especially since there's cheaper places to get drinks in the area.\\n\\nStill, the food and drinks are definitely a-ok albeit overpriced, so this place would be rated 3 stars in my mind IF I could hear myself think when I eat here. But good Lord, they're just so loud! I always leave with a sore throat from yelling to make myself heard. Not cool, Bar Louie. Not cool.\\n\\nSo while the food and drinks are fine enough the loud venue and prices mean that this is definitely not one of my favorite places - and given the other options we have at the Waterfront I don't expect to be back in any time soon.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00044", "text": "I was pretty disappointed by this experience. And I usually avoid hotel restaurants for this very reason, but I was tired and I was staying at the Westin, so here I am at the Original Fish Market...\\n\\nI sat at the bar and ordered dinner. The bartender was very friendly and made sure she was taking care of me. So props to her! I got a menu and a sushi menu. OK, I'm pretty sure Pittsburg isn't the most awesome place for sushi, but let's give it a shot! I started with the gumbo, which came out warm and kind of bland. It wasn't good at all. And then I had a roll, which was decent. And a spicy scallop roll. Now, everyone has their own take on spicy scallop, but this was by far the furthest from what I could imagine a spicy scallop roll could be. \\n\\nIt was a small roll cut into 6 pieces (maki). It had a very small amount of raw scallops, which didn't taste super fresh. Then the roll was topped with the \\\"spicy\\\". I can't identify exactly the spices that were on top, but I've had this type of spice combination on other Japanese dishes. So I know it's an off the shelf thing. Basically, this was the worst roll I could imagine.\\n\\nSo all-in-all, the food was sub-par at best. And the entire menu was overpriced. I would definitely eat somewhere else if I had any energy at all. I'm sure the room service would have been better.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00045", "text": "I'm 30, married to a wife that is 30. We got married at 27, waited a while to start trying to have kids. Some good trying, but no luck. It turns out my wife has pcos. We've tried two different fertility drugs to no avail. We're going to give those a couple of more months, but I don't have a lot of hope left for them. (We've done both Femara and Clomid). At this point, we're looking at either adoption or the more hard fertility treatments. They're both incredibly expensive options. I know there are some procedures short of in virtro we can try, but I sort of feel like we're moving down one of two very expensive paths. So...I'm interested in what over redditors have to say. What has adoption been like for you? That process looks intimidating. I was in a mental institution for a short time 5 years ago or so. I'm worried that will hurt me. I also home brew my own beer...and yes, I drink it. I'm worried I'm going to be immediately labeled an alchoholic and rejected. Is it that strict? I make a fairly good wage, although I am not excited about the up to $40,000 number that I've seen. I know this sounds crappy...but if we adopt we do want a baby. I know somebody is going to try to convince me otherwise. I don't care much about the baby's race, but we do want a baby. With fertility it seems like we could spend a lot of money and still get nowhere. Or, if you're 40+ and have never had kids, then tell me how great life can be without them. If you're younger you don't count. I didn't want to have kids either.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 373, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00046", "text": "terrible... terrible terrible terrible... funny, the food there reminded me of the end of Goodfellas where the guy ordered pasta in a restaurant and got watery noodles and ketchup... yeah, not too far off the mark here. \\n\\nlet me back up a bit first.... My stepson and I were on our own for dinner so made sense to go out for the evening. So I picked this place knowing it was a kid friendly joint and not chili's or fuddruckers etc. The building itself is great. I loved the feeling of going into this renovated looking warehouse. He thought it was cool as well. The best part was inside. the decor is fantastic, and really the only reason to go. Loads of vintage signs and things and smack in the middle of the one dining room - a real vintage trolly car - completely renovated... of course I asked for us to be seated inside there... that was really neat. \\n\\nThen the food came... I had spaghetti and Meatballs and a Caesar salad. Now, the salad was really flavorful and fresh. Normally I hate salads in places like this. the lettuce tastes old and rubbery... not in this case. it was excellent. The spaghetti on the other hand - wow, watery, slightly overcooked noodles and sauce I bet was straight out of a Hunt's Spaghetti sauce can. the meatballs were frozen and reheated - i hate that off taste frozen meat takes on. so the salad got an A and spaghetti was a bit loser. \\n\\nMy stepson ordered the Italian wedding soup - he loved it - I did not try it... he also got the same watery noodles with the mushroom red sauce. Those mushrooms must have come straight from a can. they were button and the one I tasted had that tinned flavor.... so essentially this restaurant depends completely on frozen, processed, canned ingredients rather than fresh and flavorful. \\n\\nBottom line... have kids with you? they will love it... just the adults? find something... anything else... it is going to disappoint.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 424, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00047", "text": "between your wearable and other devices, potentially making you more efficient. Apps can offer new ways to boost productivity. Mindfulness features are also helpful, especially in high-stress jobs or industries. A sleep tracker can help understand if you're sleeping long or well enough. Finally, looks aren't everything, but some wearables can stand out when worn with business attire. More wearables are adopting the look of traditional watches, with leather bands and sleek faces. A wearable won't do much if you don't wear it because of its look. How to choose a wearable for fitness First, you should consider if you want one device to carry from work to the gym, or if you want separate options. Some popular devices, like the Apple Watch, can work for both environments due to the amount of features and connectivity options. Much like with business wearables, you need to consider what exactly the fitness tracker needs to do. Most will offer the same baseline metrics, but others offer more analytics. How much insight do you want into your workouts? Some only need simple step tracking, but someone training for a marathon may need more detail. In what physical environment are you going to use the device? Whatever the answer, the tracker should be ready. For example, if you're a swimmer, you obviously need a water-resistant device. Runners may want a device with a built-in GPS so they can track their runs. You should also consider the tracker's connected app, if it has one. What analysis and insights can you get on the app? Does it have features to track food and water intake? Like with business wearables, integrations may also be important, so review the offerings. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Tech News You Can Use newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 360, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00048", "text": "Ok! Let me tell you about my bad experience first. I went to D&B last night for a post wedding party - which, side note, is a great idea!\\n\\nIt was around midnight and the bar wasn't really populated. There were three bartenders and only one was actually making rounds to see if anyone needed anything. The two other bartenders were chatting on the far side of the bar that no one was sitting at. Kind of counter productive if you ask me. \\n\\nI stood there for about 5 minutes, which for a busy bar is fine but when I am the only one with my card out then, it just seems a little ridiculous. I made eye contact with the one girl twice and gave her a smile and she literally turned away. I finally had to walk to them to get their attention. I was standing right in front of them smiling and they didn't ask if i need anything. I finally said, \\\"Are you working?\\\" and they gave each other a weird look. I felt like i was the crazy one. I asked for a beer/got the beer.\\n\\nIn between that time, the other bartender brought food over and set it down. She took a fry from the plate (right in front of me) and then served it to someone on the other side of the bar. What the hell! I felt like i was in some grimy bar in out in the sticks - not an established D&B. \\n\\nI was just really turned off from that experience. \\n\\nThe good is that D&B provides a different type of entertainment when you want to mix things up. I remember going here with my grandparents when I was a kid and it was the best treat ever! We would eat at the restaurant and then spend hours playing games. This place holds some really good memories for me. \\n\\nIt's a shame that my experience last night has spoiled the high standards I held for it.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 399, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00049", "text": "Hello! I'm going to start bike-commuting again in a week or so. I'm a spandex kinda guy, on a road frame (Klein Quantum Race) without any special trunk threads. It's going to be 12 miles each way. I used to do 11.5 with a Chrome bag, but that was back when I was gainfully employed, and only needed to carry some clothing (left the shoes at the office). Now that I'm a poor graduate student, I'll be needing to bring shoes, clothes, textbooks, notes, lunch... the list goes on. So sidebags are practically necessary. I picked up some sweet Ortlieb Back Roller panniers, and I dug up a rack at Performance. Trouble is, since I don't have trunk threads, I'm stuck -- as best I can tell -- with a rack that attaches to the seatpost and nowhere else. This isn't a big deal in and of itself, but the weight limit is only 25lbs. So some questions for those who may know: * If I want to bring books, notes, food, etc. with me, is a 25lb limit okay? Realistically, it'll probably do 35, but I don't want to hit a pothole and [not] see all my shit disappear. * Are there sturdier pannier racks that don't require those special holes on the seat stays? I haven't found anything yet that, say, attaches only to the seatpost and over the skewer. Know of anything? Thanks! **Edit:** I've discovered that by \"trunk theads\", I mean brazed-on eyelets.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 344, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00050", "text": "are always so fulfilling. Can you think of a favorite moment with the company? After almost 20 years there are countless things. In general I would say the time that I've had onstage with some of my friends and dancing partners has been so special. It's one thing to be a friend with someone and another to also share the stage with them. There's just an amazing sense of trust and spontaneity; I feel so connected when I'm out there. That's something I'll never forget. What's the main way that your experience in the company has changed over the years? As I was getting older the company all of a sudden started to seem younger and younger. When I became a soloist and especially a principal my relationship with the corps de ballet dancers shifted. I wanted to be someone that the young dancers could look up to; I wanted to reach out and connect to them more, and to offer support and advice. Krohn and Amara Ramasar in Balanchine's \"Movements for Piano and Orchestra.\" Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB. Did you always know that you wanted to stay on with the company? It had been in the back of my mind for a number of years, but I didn't really address it formally until a year ago. I spoke to Peter (Martins), just to kind of let him know what I had been thinking. I wanted to hear how he felt about it, which was actually a little nerve-wracking, but he thought it was a great idea. What are you most looking forward to in your new role? I'd like to nurture them and their talents; I'm always amazed to see how talented everyone is. The ballets that we have in our repertoire are so amazing—it's a great honor to be able to carry them on with the new dancers for the future. Krohn with Robert Fairchild in Justin Peck's Everywhere We Go. Video Courtesy NYCB. Is there someone who's teaching style or mentorship style you'd most like to emulate? There are a couple of ballet masters that I've connected to. I'm very close to Karin von Aroldingen. Her undying passion for these pieces is incredibly inspiring. Susan Hendl has also been an inspiration. She has a wonderful talent of drawing out everyone's unique qualities and femininity. What parts of your life outside of ballet do you most look forward to cultivating now that you'll have more time on your", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00051", "text": "You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi! You: Would you like to play a game? Stranger: wuz that You: A game. Stranger: what game is it You: It is a story where you choose events You: almost like an rps You: rpg- Stranger: sounds interesting Stranger: so uh,what to do? You: Just tell me your actions and I tell you what happens. You: Ill start Stranger: action?for wxample? Stranger: OK,go ahead You: You can interact with the game world in any way, and I simulate it You: You find yourself in what seems to be a drewwing room at the store You: dressing* You: It is eerily quiet Stranger: then? You: You tell me You: You can leave, stay, kill yourself You: whatever Stranger: well, Stranger: I'll stay there You: You are content to stay in your dressing room and admire the mirror You: There are several piles of clothes on the bench but they dont look like yours You: And a jacket is hanging from a hook You: You start hearing a beping sound from far a way Stranger: then? You: (When I pause, that means you say what to do) You: OR you can interrupt me whatever Stranger: OK,I'll kill anyone who opens the door You: You sit down on the bench, getting ready to kill the next person through that door Stranger: yup You: You wait for what seems an eternity, but you stay vigilant Stranger: yup,and exciting You: If you want excitement, create it Stranger: how? You: Leave for one.. You: Nothing exciting happenns in a dresing room Stranger: No,killing makes Excitement Stranger: or wait for killing You: Do you want to find somebody to kill? Stranger: no,I've already find one You: Who? You: You are all alone Stranger: My boss You: You have a sudden urge to kill your boss You: Do you find him? Stranger: no,maybe he's sleeping home with a foolish face You: Do you want to go looking for him? Stranger: yup You: Alright, assuming that it is night and he is sleeping, you leave the department store. Stranger: I think I should go now,kill that pig barehanded.bye Your conversational partner has disconnected.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 486, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00052", "text": "First of all I'm 19, and I've known him since 5th grade. I haven't spoken to him in 2 weeks but before that we texted daily or talked on the phone. Anyways, I'm not sure if he \"broke it up\" between us, but I can see why he would. I almost never leave my house unless I'm going to school, and I haven't hung out with him in months. Today Ive been trying to get a hold of him, texting him, and I even resorted to messaging him on facebook as he's almost always on. I keep having horrible thoughts like, what if he got in a terrible accident and his family doesn't know how to contact me. Or what if he just doesn't like me anymore and just broke up with me but decided not to tell me, so that I could figure it out on my own. Today I called his cellphone and some old man answered, I hung up and reassured myself that he had lost his phone, so I hang up, but then they call back and apparently I misdialed my uncle. I was reassured that he had lost his phone, but then suddenly proven wrong. So, I dial the right phone number and it goes straight to his leave me a message recording.. Can anyone please reassure me/ cheer me up? **EDIT: I've decided if we have a confrontation, and he tells me that we shouldn't be friends anymore. I'm gonna make one last joke, it's kind of an inside joke, but you see, in high school we used to hang out with a bunch of Mexican girls, and I decided one day that the group should have a name, so I came up with W.O.M.B (women of Mexican bitches).. Yeah the name isn't supposed to be super creative, but I couldn't think of a similar word for 'group'.. Anyways, if we stop being friends I'm gonna as for my 50 stock share that I invested into W.O.M.B...**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 415, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00053", "text": "90 minutes for two cold pizzas.....sorry at this point even a two star review is generous.\\n\\nWhile in town with friends, we wanted an easy meal after running the half marathon earlier in the day. Consulting Yelp, I saw that this place had good reviews, they delivered and since we were less than a mile from them, we figured we'd have the food fairly fast (there were two hungry toddlers and five hungry adults, and we needed food, stat!)\\n\\nUpon calling, we first asked if they delivered to hotels just to be sure. If they didn't, that would be fine we'd call someplace else. So we ordered our two pizzas and gave them the name and address of the hotel. It is a newish hotel, so I told my buddy to tell them \\\"It's right by the Consol Energy Center, where the Penguins play\\\". I figured that even if they didn't know the hotel or the address, most people in Pittsburgh would know where the Penguins play. We were concerned when we had to say the name of the hotel four times and as it turned out, we were right to be concerned.\\n\\nAfter an hour with no pizzas, we call and they guy says \\\"Oh, the delivery guy is on your street right now. Should be 2 minutes\\\". 20 minutes later the delivery guy calls and says he's on his way. We ask if he knows where he's going and he says yes. 10 minutes later he calls again and asks where we are. When we finally got the pizza, it was not hot. The cheese had congealed everywhere and it looked like it had been cut by a toddler. There were so big slices, some little slices...just not the usual uniform slices.\\n\\nI felt bad for the guy because he said his GPS had been stolen that morning, but we tried everything to make sure that the place new we were at the hotel right beside the arena and it still failed. \\n\\nBetter luck next time.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 410, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00054", "text": "Hey there, Reddit. I'm a casual user of the site and have been for several years, but because this issue is sensitive to me, I've decided to post this with an anonymous account. For some background, I was a skinny kid until midway through grade school when I had a bout of clinical depression and weekly hospital visits during which I put on a ton of weight rapidly, taking me from the average flat-stomached eight year old to categorically obese in a few months. After about six years, early in high school, I lost 50 pounds straight without any exercise which left me with an unalterable amount of excess skin. (And hey, if I'd known that I'd end up with this problem, I would have lost it steadily the right way.) Now, I'm in my early twenties, and I've been eating healthily for several years, my weight remains stable, and I've lifted weights from three to five days a week for over a year. It's my lifestyle. Despite the strength gains, excellent health, and increased tone, I still suffer from visible, albeit somewhat mild, gynecomastia, love handles and pouch. This sort of excess skin is visible through any cloth, so I am way too self-conscious to even wear t-shirts that would otherwise look great on me. Lastly, it deals a direct toll on my confidence, and I stray away from prolonged social contact with persons I'm sexually or romantically interested in because of my fear of my body. I've lived this way for all of high school and now most of college. I'm a bit fed up of feeling left out of life. Foremost, I'd like to know what entails surgery for excess skin removal or liposuction. I'm also looking for any advice regarding the potential for surgery, or anything you feel that should be said. From people who have had surgery for excess skin or similar problems, doctors, health enthusiasts... even people suffering from the same problem now. Any advice helps. Lastly, regarding finances, I'm an American, and I do not expect my health insurance to cover this or to help me. I'm paying for this with all the money I am saving from work and internships. My sincere thanks to all of you in advance.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 461, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00055", "text": "Hello one and hello all, and welcome to the Reddit Writing Group Prompt Contest, Episode One. Initially conceived in this post, we are going to start a little friendly competition. The rules are simple: **I will post a prompt (a word, phrase, or interesting rule). Those involved must write a short story anywhere between 100 words and 1000 words. The writer who receives universal acclaim among the other redditors chooses the next prompt, and the cycle continues.** All writers are alloted one week for every contest, where they can refine and eventually post their story in the comments. Good luck to all! The first prompt is this: **Write a story that includes a murder, killing, or suicide with a pair of simple scissors.** EDIT: **OFFICIAL SIGN UPS: REPLY TO THIS POST TO BE OFFICIALLY ENTERED IN THIS CONTEST. ** **DEADLINES: SIGN UP CLOSED (IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS TILL NOW AND WANT IN, PM ME).** **STORIES DUE SATURDAY FEB 20th. ** **TO SUBMIT:** Use Google docs]( Copy-paste your story into a new document. Click the share button in the upper right hand corner, and post the link to the shareable document as a comment. [Like this! **OFFICIAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS!** ArmageddonAardvark ENTRY 53th ENTRY theocarina ENTRY PunchLifeInTheFace Kepedo Treblezen ENTRY carpalfingers jdglover ENTRY Innitinnuitinnit slurpme ENTRY", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 323, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00056", "text": "Judson Hill — who has the backing of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who once represented parts of the district, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who won this district in the GOP presidential primary. After knocking on door after door, Ledford and Ross were getting a lot of people not home or who didn't want to talk about the race — a common theme both sides are hearing in the closing days, with voters simply fed up with incessant calls and door knocks. They recalled how Democrats have boasted about turning Georgia blue before and have put up top-flight candidates in recent elections — Jason Carter, the grandson of former president Jimmy Carter, ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014, while Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn, lost to Perdue the same year. \"Republicans always get behind their candidate, we get out to vote, and that's something the other side struggles with a lot,\" said Ross. But as they were crossing the streets in a neighborhood in Alpharetta, they spied some Ossoff canvassers nearby — underscoring the massive presence the Democratic frontrunner has been able to build in the district with his army of volunteers and paid staff. Special elections — imperfect predictors? In some recent political cycles, special elections have been harbingers of things to come, and that's what Democrats hope Tuesday ends up being. In January 2010, Republican Scott Brown campaigned against the health care bill and ended up winning the Massachusetts special Senate election to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy — foreshadowing major losses for Democrats that fall. But they're not always perfect predictors, either. Democrat Mark Critz won a special election in Pennsylvania in May 2010, giving his party hope going into the midterms. Democrats, however, would lose 63 House seats that cycle. But what special elections can be are snapshots in time to gauge how an issue is playing with the electorate. And for Democrats, the Georgia race is an important test of whether their months of marches and protests can translate into real votes at the ballot box. If Ossoff does win — either on Tuesday or in two months — he'll have a major target on his back from Republicans in 2018. But a victory would still fire up the Democratic grassroots and send a warning shot to already worried Republicans about the midterms, when the president's party typically loses an average of 29 seats. Democrats need 24 seats to take", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00057", "text": "dhessi suggested I post my story here, hopefully I can find help. It first started with sexual encounters (Not actual sex, BJ's and stuff) with a close friend. About a week later we kind of quickly jumped into anal. We're both 18. I asked him, he said yes so we did it. Through the entire time I kept asking him if he wanted to stop, or slow down. He said no. Afterwords though I kind of like freaked horrible out for no real reason, I still don't know why I did that. I told him I was leaving, and just left. I texted another close friend, who knew of our mutual sex and said some things that made me look like the victim which I was still in a state of shock. The friend I had sex with talked to my other close friend about it and now they're both angry at me, which they should be. I fucked up, I tried to apologize multiple times to the friend, he at least I think accepted it, but said that even though he did consent to it, he felt used and only did that with me to make me feel happy. (When in fact I only continued because he said yes, the whole experience was a bit to nerve racking for me..Not to mention we didn't use a condom because he got too frustrated trying to do me with one, I ended up doing him but he had no condoms my size. Now he's been around, that sounds mean but it's true, he rarely used condoms too. Which made me very nervous even though we both were clean I guess that's why I was so shocked afterwords but he feels so now horribly used and I feel like theres nothing I can do to help correct that, or offer my support. I mean they both mean so much to my life, and I'm not just saying that, I mean it. They're closer than anyone in my life. I just wish I've never started with the sexual encounters in the first place. I just hope things can go back to the way they were. Note: I may have missed a few details, I'm a very very emotional person and writing this was horribly hard for me, I'm not completely in a straight mindset right now. I've also sent a copy of this post to one of my friends in hope that any additional details I've missed will maybe clear some things up..Hopefully.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 493, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00058", "text": "users enjoy a wider range of protections, with G Suite admins able to screen connected OAuth apps to limit the data access that individual users are able to grant. Google ceased scanning consumer Gmail messages to personalize ads to users in June last year, a point that Frey stressed in her post yesterday. \"We do not process email content to serve ads, and we are not compensated by developers for API access. Gmail's primary business model is to sell our paid email service to organizations as a part of G Suite.\" Public awareness of privacy issues has been heightened recently, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the data firm was accused of using the personal information of millions of Facebook users to try to change election results. Despite Google's assurances, David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, says the WSJ's findings show how important it is for individuals and businesses to pay close attention to the permissions they give third-party apps. \"We have a right to privacy - but we need to be aware of what terms and conditions we are agreeing to when signing up for free email and social-media accounts, especially regarding the rights we are waiving or the access to data that we are giving away,\" he said. \"We should also think twice before allowing third-party apps to connect to our accounts.\" The big takeaways for tech leaders: G Suite admins can screen connected OAuth apps to limit the data access that individual users are able to grant. Those concerned about third-party access to their Gmail account can visit myaccount.google.com and select the Apps with account access page, from which they can revoke any previously-granted permissions. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Tech News You Can Use newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00059", "text": "When the bookends of your meal are the only strong points then you aren't going to score strongly in my book. The salad was very good as were the breadsticks and bread with sea salt on the top. \\n\\nAs for the main entrees that my girlfriend and I had...let's just say they left a little to be desired. The pasta trio sounded good until I heard that almost everyone had mushrooms in it. Lidia's is definitely that italian restaurant that is trying too hard to be cutting edge. Why not go with some standard italian dishes? Their menu doesn't include really any. My girlfriend tried to play it safe with the lasagna bolognese and they should have just called that a mountain of over-salted meat. There couldn't have been more than two sheets of pasta and two tablespoons of sauce in that dish. There is nothing worse than dry lasagna and if my girlfriend wanted to eat just meat she would have ordered just meat. Lasagna does in fact call for pasta. \\n\\nI ordered the halibut with polenta. I'll start with the polenta. Basically I should have just eaten my napkin because that had more flavor than the polenta. The dish came with San Marzano Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers over top of it and water passed off as sauce. Nothing annoys me more than when someone tries to go crazy with a fish dish. Let the fish do the talking. There were so many onions and capers on it that I needed to really dig for the fish. The halibut was good but it's a shame that the piece was incredibly small because the rest of the dish was subpar.\\n\\nThe desserts were very good however. We went with the Tiramisu and \\nSemifreddo di Cioccolato e Caramello (Milk Chocolate and carmel ice creams, chocolate cake, toasted meringue, crushed toffee). \\n\\nThe decor was definitely cool inside too. Maybe those light fixtures would have tasted better than the lasagna?\\n\\nLidia's, the trying too hard, portion controlled spot in Pittsburgh.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 438, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00060", "text": "that person who was safe to carry a gun when they were 21, or 31 or 41 still be totally completely together when they're 91?\" she asked. \"We have a serious issue with our aging population that is well-armed.\" Cornish dismissed concerns from Protect Minnesota, whom he called \"gun-haters.\" A former police officer who chairs the House Public Safety and Security Committee, Cornish said the initial training and background check would sufficiently vet applicants the first time. The lifetime permits holders, he said, could lose their permit if convicted of crimes that would bar them from carrying a handgun. Cornish's bill also aims to lower the cost of legally carrying a firearm by reducing the maximum permit fee counties can charge from $100 to $50. Applicants currently pay permit fees to counties in addition to the cost for permit to carry classes, which range from about $90 to $150. Although Protect Minnesota estimates the permit fees generate nearly $1 million for the state, Cornish said the process has become unduly expensive for applicants. \"There's a number of counties who've gotten more money in their pocket from that than they need,\" he said. \"It's not that expensive to do background checks and issue these cards any more.\" From the other side of the aisle, two bills to be reintroduced by Sen. Ron Latz, D-St. Louis Park, and Rep. Dave Pinto, D-St. Paul, next week have gained support from Protect Minnesota. One bill would require background checks for any gun purchases made by private sellers in Minnesota. Only licensed retailers now are required to conduct background checks. The second Latz-Pinto bill would establish \"red flag laws\" allowing families and law enforcement officers to petition courts to have guns temporarily confiscated from people at risk of hurting themselves or other people. The third bill to receive support from Protect Minnesota would allocate state funding into gun violence prevention programs. Sen. Jeff Hayden, D-Minneapolis, will introduce the bill in memory of his sister, who was killed in the crossfire of an Atlanta shooting last summer. Other Gun bills • Permitless carry bills proposed in both the House and Senate would allow any citizen to carry \"any firearm or self-defense device\" without a permit. A carry permit would would be optional, but not required to carry a handgun. Under this bill, any public official who \"interferes with the right to carry a pistol\" would be subject to misdemeanor charges. • A second set", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00061", "text": "**Reddit Roulette is now HeyReddit!** You can access HeyReddit! at Please use this for all your linking needs!. The official HeyReddit! subreddit is located at (Thanks for the suggestion NOTtheMessiah) ------------------------------------------------------ Following Cascadors suggestion, I made us a reddit roulette. Its a bit rough around the edges, and I'm sure there are plenty of bugs, but its up and functional for your use - ad free of course :D Please feel free to message me any bugs! I'll make sure to buy a decent domain name - suggestions are welcome! **ISSUE**: There are issues with certain types of routers. I know how to overcome this, but it is too expensive for me to implement at the current time (extensive bandwidth costs via TURN proxying). I will look at addressing it when I get paid this week. **ISSUE**: There are a few issues with the handshake for sessions which have expired. If you experience sticking on the \"Found a chat buddy - now connecting...\" please click the Play button again. I am working on a fix for this, but it is non-trivial. *4:20am GMT - I have put in a change that should partially assist with the handshakes. Still more to be done!* **ISSUE**: If you are experiencing issues with cameras on your Apple Mac, could you please post the model of them. It seems that I need to program workarounds for most of these devices, as the default device tends to be the DV/firewire port. I don't have a recent mac to test myself so assistance would be appreciated!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00062", "text": "Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden....... 'Hey Jose, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon I is sure of eet.' 'Si, Luis eet smells like bacon to meee.' So, with renewed strength, they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon. There's raw bacon, dripping with moisture, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon... Every imaginable kind of cured pig meat. 'Jose, Jose, we is saved. 'Eees a bacon tree.' 'Luis, are you sure ees not a meerage? We ees in the Desert don't forget..' 'Jose when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon.... Ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree'. And with that... Luis Races towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Jose following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up,and Luis is cut down in his tracks. It is clear he is mortally wounded but, a true friend that he is, he manages to warn Jose with his dying breath. 'Jose... Go back man,you was right ees not a bacon tree.' 'Luis Luis mi amigo... What ees it? 'Jose... Ees not a bacon tree... Ees Ees Ees Eees a Ham Bush.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 316, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00063", "text": "What I haven't heard from either side, and which I find dismaying, is the acknowledgement and praise of the stellar work of the remarkable women who serve in the Office of the President at UND. The event coordinator is one of these women. President Mark Kennedy chose not to name her in his letter, and I will respect her privacy and do the same. But she deserves to be acknowledged and respected for her dedication to UND. There are few on campus who have given as much to this institution with little to no public recognition. If you have ever attended an official UND event that involved the administration or visiting dignitaries, you have seen her. Events on campus run smoothly not by luck, but by the hard work she puts in before, during and after each event. The staff and faculty understand her worth very well. A brief note about these \"events\": They are not simply fundraisers, welcome receptions or retirement receptions. They include visits by acclaimed authors, artists, scientists, and teachers; meetings of the state board; athletic events; alumni events; legislative forums; conferences; media interviews; and the list goes on. To reduce the impressive multi-tasking that the event coordinator must do to just one of the more trivial duties in the job description is a disservice to her valuable work and presence at UND. UND's official motto is Lux et Lex — Light and Law. The event coordinator is the embodiment of Lux, allowing students, staff and faculty to be more and achieve more by lighting the path for us. She deserves our praise, respect and profound thanks. Michelle Bowles Grand Forks The writer is the institutional review board coordinator in the Division of Research and Economic Development at UND. The views she expresses are her own and are not meant to be a reflection of the views of the division or university.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00064", "text": "Ugh... I got a plate with seisage, tofu scramble, and sundried tomato toast. My whole plate was entirely dry, chewy, and unpalatable. I had high hopes for the tofu scramble, especially after seeing positive reviews about it. But honestly... It tasted like nothing. I thought it'd be moister with a creamy consistency that might come from silken tofu, but it was hard, dry, and chewy. Hubby got a country burrito that was much better in comparison to my plate... But that might have been due to the fact that his whole plate was doused in gravy. Anything will taste better drenched in gravy. We think the gravy tastes like the powdered packet kind where you just add water. On top of all this service wasn't the greatest. I had to fish around for my own ketchup and they didn't even bother to ask me what kind of toast (3 options on the menu)I wanted when I ordered the toast option for my meal. Then they didn't bother to ask hubby if he wanted anything to drink after he had picked one of the $12 entrees that come with coffee or juice. We had to tell someone else to get it for us. Also they don't really wash their cups. There are 2 sink basins at the front where they just dunk the cups in one soapy basin then dunk the cups in a second water basin and then stack them next to the sink. It made me not want to drink my water even though I was thirsty. Good idea, but poorly executed food. I've had good vegan and vegetarian food before that's consisted of a lot of fresh greens, avocados, and more. For a vegetarian place, there was nothing green on our plates. This experience sadly fell enormously short of our expectations... Could've eaten at kaya or meat and potatoes for the same price.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 383, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00065", "text": "Hey reddit, So I've lived in this place for about 2.5 years, and it's not very nice, but it's also insanely inexpensive, which is great. However, the landlord is a scumbag and has hassled us in the past, and now he's back. Background info: The building is very old with old/bad electric, heating, insulation, asbestos, etc. A real charming place. Back around Christmas, there was a small electrical fire in our basement. I'm pretty glad to have not died. So we lost all power in our building for about a day and a half. Fire and electrical inspectors were in our house, and making phone calls to slumlord telling him that he could condemn the whole building and that nothing was up to code. Before this fire, we had a fuse box from the 1950s. The slumlord opted for a quick fix to restore power, but in doing so, all the electricity in our building (not just my apt) has been shoddy at best. We lose power on average 3 times a day. Also, when they \"fixed\" the electricity, they somehow messed up our heater. Ever since then, he has not sent anyone back to actually fix the problem, no matter how much we call him. Needless to say, it has not been a fun Boston winter. We paid rent for December, but the check was never cashed. Since all this happened, there's been conversations between my roommates to the effect of withholding rent until the situation is actually fixed and we have electricity and heat in a building that is up to code. Today we were all served with a Notice To Quit for Nonpayment of Rent, which essentially says we have 2 weeks to pay rent for December(check delivered but not cashed), January, and February. Our lease is up at the end of August, and I do not plan on staying after that, as I'm quite tired of dealing with this guy, but I really do not have time or resources to find a new place within two weeks. What should be my course of action? Should I contact some housing authority? What are my options here?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 444, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00066", "text": "Hi guys, This is my first time posting anything on reddit but I figured I try it out . Here is my situation. I am married and we have a 2 year old. For a few years I have known that I am bi- sexual ( he knew when we got married). We have been married for about 4 years now. My hubby is ok if I kiss other girls as long as he knows them and he knows there is no \"real feeling\" involved. Recently, I was thinking how I would feel if he'd do anything with other guys and I am pretty sure, I would not have a problem with that. As long as it is not another girls. He is, however, not \"swinging\" that way at all. So it is not an option. I asked him how he wold feel about me doing anything more than kissing with another girl. He seemed to get a little uneasy. Understandable. Although, he did say as long as there are no feelings he would probably not mind. We sort of dropped the topic. I am missing a few things (sexually) that he is just not willing to do(like going down on me, etc). If I were to do anything like that it would certainly be only sexual but I am wondering. Would that destroy the trust in our relationship? The last thing i want is to jeopardize our marriage over that. So i am basically asking if anybody is/was in a similar situation or has any advice on that? edit: To be fair: before we married I was not into oral sex. For several reasons.... Anyways, recently, I came off antidepressants and my libido went up by quite a bit. I also discovered more about what I like (in sex)-I really had no clue before. He is trying hard to make me happy, don't get me wrong...but something is missing. edit: Let's assume it is really just a longing for the oral sex. How do you get a guy to do it, if he doesn't like it at all??? edit again : thanks so much for the advice! I'll talk to him again.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 435, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00067", "text": "I met a great girl, asked her out, and we had an amazing first date. Super fun, lots of laughing, and I felt like we made a great connection. I mean it was one of the best first dates I had ever had. Now I think I must have totally misread the situation... (or blown it somehow, even though I haven't seen her since). The problem is communication. Since that date she has barely responded to any of my attempts to talk to her. That doesn't seem like the behavior of someone who is interested in me. I don't think I have been over the top in my attempts either. I waited a couple days, tried calling her, no answer, tried emailing her, no answer, etc. I ended up texting her as a last resort, saying something along the lines of \"I want to see you again, but I can't seem to get ahold of you.\" So finally she texts back saying she has been busy but we should get together again on the weekend. I reply and ask what she is up to on Sat night. She says she might have plans and she will let me know. Then she never even bothers to let me know. WTF! That's just rude. So what's the verdict? Lost cause or worth pursuing? I can never make sense of these games... and I don't know if I'm better off asking her what the deal is or just waiting for her to contact me. Obviously I like her or I wouldn't even care I guess.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00068", "text": "Many of you probably have noticed a slowdown in activity on this sub, the irc, the wiki, everything. This is good and natural, in my opinion. Now the true believers can bunker down and create that infrastructure we so desperately need without blaring criticism around every corner. **Council:** this is your time to shine. Create those committees and get busy. Remember you are not philosophers, you are kickers of ass and takers of names. Us loyalists are with you to blazing glory or bitter end. --- What's next on the agenda for us? Awareness, importance, legitimacy and future. We shouldn't be posting anything or doing any work that doesn't lend itself to one of these four ideas. Awareness: Easy. Get our name out there. Lets divide and conquer. Can be as simple as a facebook campaign or as big as organized canvassing/protests (not teabagger style, obviously) Importance: Right now we are insignificant in many respects. The LA chapter has already recommended throwing official support behind existing candidates. We need ways to make ourselves significant as a group. Legitimacy: It's one thing to be a well known group, it's another to be an important well known group, but it's yet another to be a important well known group who commands respect. I feel both Dems and Repubs fall short on this scale. With every post, talk, pamphlet and suggestion, dignity and respect are paramount to earning people's trust and loyalty. Future: While right now we should be focusing on things we can do tomorrow, lets not forget about the future. We need room to grow at a respectable speed, and be willing to follow new ideas and leadership as history demands. TL;DR: Third paragraph.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00069", "text": "Hi Reddit, I need some legal advice on displaying work in my portfolio. My previous employer which lasted 8 months is strong arming me and not allowing me to display the work I created for his company and his clients during my employment. I have only asked to display the branding and website I did for his site not the clients but he won't allow me to do this. On taking the job I signed a contract to say the IP was his on anything I created under employment. I also renegotiated my job and signed a new contract which I had to honour the second I signed but he didn't pay me the new wage for 1 month after it was signed. When I decided to leave he also forced me to sign a contract so I can claim my last two pay checks saying I can't display any work on my portfolio website unless I have his permission. I've left it 2 months and just emailed him to see if I can get his permission, and he has said I can't display nothing at all. I haven't spoken to any lawyers or anything, but have been doing some research into it. Can I display the work under \"proof of job experience\" or \"evidence of work done\" as the courts will see my portfolio as a CV? If I try to go for a job now, I can't show nothing I've done the last 8 months, Its like I've lived under a rock. Thanks for all your help Reddit. Edit 1: Lukey pointed out Moral Rights. Would this cover me in displaying the work I produced? \"Moral rights were introduced into UK law by the 1988 Act. They come from the alien civil law system, not from the common law tradition. The 1988 Act introduced moral rights for authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and the directors of films. The moral rights include the right to be identified as the author or director of a work as appropriate, the right to object to the derogatory treatment of a work and the right to object to false attribution of a work. The rights to object to derogatory treatment and not to be falsely attributed as author operate automatically. However, the right to be identified as the author or director of a work must be asserted. Works of joint authorship have separate moral rights for each author. Each author or director must separately assert the right to be identified as the author or director of a work.\" as seen at wiki", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 495, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00070", "text": "*Deep breath... I'm 25 and have been married for 2 years. My husband is a couple years older than I am. I am currently in grad school and it won't be ending for 3 more years. I find myself in a horrible situation. My husband is lovely. He is caring, understanding, patient and all of the things that I have wanted in a husband. But it is becoming boring. I don't feel special to him anymore and I can't help thinking, \"Am I missing out on something?\" \"Did we get married to young?\" Lately I have been feeling completely restrained and tied down. Mostly I have a problem with being financially dependent on my husband but also feeling like I have lost a sense of independence that I once cherished. I seem to be rather rebellious and I just want to break away and be self-sufficient. I want to struggle my way through school on my own terms. I don't want to answer to anyone or feel obligated. My husband and I were together when I was finishing my undergraduate degree, but I was very self-sustaining at that time. I felt like I owned my successes. I succeeded AND failed on my own terms. I don't feel that way anymore and I long for it. I miss being spontaneous and reckless. I miss the days when I didn't have to answer to anyone about anything that I did. I have been thinking that I might like to leave for a month or two. I'd like to be in a different city, live alone, be solitary and finish my dissertation. I'm hoping to gain perspective, clarity and remember why I wanted to get married in the first place. I want to remember why he is the most beautiful man in the world to me. We're lacking our spark. I myself feel like I've lost pieces of myself that I cherished. I've told my husband how I feel. Neither of us really know what to do. Is time away going to help me? How do we get back to where we were?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 413, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00071", "text": "So, as is most likely evident from my question, I am a young lady who likes sports. Really likes sports. I can speak fairly confidently in a sports bar/ room full of guys scenario about football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf and some international footie. So in essence, not to toot my own horn, but I have got some game in this department. I was wondering, due to my experiences of mostly acquiring interest from men who are less interested in sports than I am, if men really do think a lady who can chat NBA trade rumors is a catch, or if it challenges male machismo in some way? I have oft times come across the stereotype in media that if you find a cute girl who is happy to watch football all day, you should marry her, is that even a little bit true? The sheer number of girls being patronized during the superbowl by their boyfriends/husbands while they \"explain\" the rules seems to tell me otherwise. * I would also just like to clarify that my interests are not limited to sports, I am a fairly adept conversationalist with a wide variety of topics I am able to engage. Essentially, I am wary of portraying myself as one-dimensional. Update: This is my first ever Reddit post, and I would like to thank you for the excellent feedback. Also, point taken about turning to Reddit for advice from men who enjoy sports, that's like having Steve Nash do a jump-ball with Dwight Howard, comes up just a little bit short.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00072", "text": "If I could give this place less than one star, I would. I have no idea who gave this place high reviews but they must either own the place or be time travelers from back in the day when this place might not have sucked. The decor is tired and grimy, the place reeked of smoke, and the bartender/server was surly, to put it mildly. We went there on a Saturday night with a mind to try the Irish food. Apparently, we were out of luck. I've always thought that the secrets of restaurant success is to actually stock food for people to eat. He told us before we ordered that they had no \\\"pies\\\". No chicken pot pie, no shepherds pie, etc. So, we gamely tried to order other things. We placed our order. My wife, for example, ordered the Irish stew and he came back 5 min later telling us they were out of that and even more things for several people in our party. At that point my wife picked out a third option, ham and cabbage, only to be told again that \\\"they were out\\\". At that point, realizing that the only food to be had in the place was what was crusted on the menus, we asked to pay for our drinks and left. They actually then gave us flack for not having enough to put it on a debit card. In short, unless you like your dinner with a side of disappointment and depression, I'd probably avoid this place like the plague. Speaking of the plague, I suppose we should thank Mr. Surly for inspiring us to walk out. I only have two bathrooms at my house and would've been hard pressed to accommodate several violently ill people at once.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 350, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00073", "text": "Made a reservation on opentable for Friday at 6pm. It wasn't packed at all but the hostess decided to sit us outside without asking where we'd prefer to sit. It was really hot that day so it was pretty uncomfortable. \\n\\nI immediately noticed that a lot of CMU undergrads worked there. While I was dining there I saw 3 CMU classmates. \\n\\nI started off with the gazpacho and it was very tasty. We were also given some bread with a lavender goat cheese spread. The spread was ok. \\n\\nFor the entrees I got the roasted pepper cavereccia that had crab in it and ricotta cavatelli with sausage.\\n\\nFor the cavereccia I thought there was going to be big chunks of crab but I was disappointed to see that the crab was shredded into small pieces. The pasta was a little undercooked and the sauce was ok.\\n\\nThe cavatelli was extremely oily. The more you ate it the more you saw the pool of oil it was swimming in. I had to wipe some of the oil off the pasta. \\n\\nLastly I had the dark chocolate raspberry bread pudding. It was pretty good but I wish there were more raspberries in it. \\n\\nService was pretty good and the decor outside was nice, although, it got really stuffy in the outdoor tent. \\n\\nThis place is pretty expensive and based on the food I wouldn't go back for that price.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00074", "text": "I am quite tired of seeing people post that they are [10]'s when they are obviously not. You don't have to try to impress us by posting a [10], it doesn't make you cooler. But because it's the internet, you do it do try and be cooler. Like what a lot of other people say that would agree with me, if you are a [10] you would be WAAAYYYYYYYY to high to even function a computer. To be honest this whole high rating system is kind of bogus the more I think about it. There should really only be 4 highs on this \"Scale\".....[0] 'sober', [1] 'buzzed', [2] 'pretty high', and [3] 'baked outta your mind' Like seriously, how do you know what number you are, you are either high, or you are really high. There is no other way to put it other than that IMHO. But that is my honest opinion, take it as you will. But I'm seriously fed up with people thinking that they are [10]'s, or better yet, posting that they are a [10] to try and win some *stoner cool points*, just stop. [2] **On my own scale** EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of the scale, and I definitely love the pictures of the scale. But I just think that its a little bit overwhelming and a lot a bit confusing to some, at least to me it is. Like when i posted my \"Highness\" in the past, I picked a random number that was up 'high' on the scale. Don't think I am a liar, because even though I was really high, I just didn't know which number to pick because its confusing. I'm sorry for for *dissing* the scale, but I just don't care for it all that much, that is all.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 401, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00075", "text": "Does anyone else get emails from recruiters and head hunters that follow this basic format: Dear you, You don't know me but I've obviously found your resume from some number of years ago and our pedestrian matching algorithm suggested that I send you this job listing. Our philosophy here at, say, BlueWolf, is to throw shit against the wall and see what sticks. We're hoping it sticks with you. If you're in any way qualified for this job, please write back. Otherwise, expect more poo-flinging in the future. Signed, Incompetent Well, I get a few of those a week lately. I took the time to write back recently hoping that I could encourage the recruiting industry to alter their practices. I've worked with recruiters both as an employer and as a candidate; in both cases, it's important to feel like the recruiting agency actually cares. In reality, they do best when candidates last just long enough to earn their commissions but not so long as to actually remain employed. When I responded, I pointed out that having over 10 year of experience in my field and having spent the past 6 years in senior roles and management; I wasn't interested in their entry-level position some 2,000 miles away from where I live. I suggested that both employers and candidates prefer that recruiters put at least a modicum of effort in their jobs rather than relying on only the most superficial matching algorithm and then asking the candidates if they're qualified. As a hiring manager, nothing infuriated me more than wasting my time in an interview with a candidate who's obviously unqualified. Why am I paying recruiters, anyway? Well, fortunately for me, the manager of the recruiter (who I CCed on my response) wrote back. He suggested that if I'm employed, perhaps I should get back to work and let me know that he was far too busy to read my \"page-long\" email. Obviously reading isn't something they're big on over at BlueWolf -- the mistake was clearly mine. tl;dr: It's fun to ridicule people who don't read things.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 422, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00076", "text": "I don't really get the feeling I can use it like a forum, so if there's a better place to be asking these questions please guide me there. As with most questions regarding web development and design one turns into many pretty quickly. This is the sort of stuff I need to know lately 1. I need a dead simple CMS for a website I built a while ago. I just need editors to log into their section and change headings and paragraphs. Preferably like cushyCMS but I want to host it. Alternatives I've found are pretty overkill or I'm getting stuck on some points like - 2. What's the deal with databases, I understand how they work because I've spent ages using MS access(shudder) in school. However I'm using xampp here and I don't get how i could make a sit using any kind of DB and just move that to my host when ready. There's no config file I can see or db file. 3. How am I supposed to actually talk to the server to edit things like access permissions for folders and not just poke around in an admin panel like phpmyadmin, it's not like I just WinKey+R 4. finally(for now), How would I go about restricting a folder on my server so users have to log in to access it but it does not require ANY extra code on these pages. I never need to ask about specific code really, there's already so many posts/blogs about anything I could need. It's more like asking for best approaches to doing stuff.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00077", "text": "I use the word \"hacked\" very loosely here. I'm no computer whiz. Getting access to the two accounts mostly just required knowing personal information about my close friend and her ex. To start, my friend gave me access to her university account, because I am taking an online class for her in return for a favour or two. So there I was sitting home bored out of my mind this morning reading coursework for her class when I remembered that from her university page, I can access her Gmail. So I did. It was at this point that I realized what I was doing was wrong. Anyways, just for the hell of it, I did a quick search on her account for the name of her ex. And I found a risque picture. So what did I do next? I checked the sender address, saw that it was a Yahoo account and headed over to Yahoo. I entered in the ex's Yahoo ID, clicked the \"Forgot my password\" link and was presented with a few questions. I found all the information I needed about my friend's ex from his Facebook and his current girlfriend. So I entered it in. Success! His email was mine! Unfortunately, he hadn't used it for over four months, so all his emails had been deleted. Not so much of a success. So I went back to her account and saw that she'd recently requested a new password from Yahoo. Now, I don't have a Yahoo account, so I don't know how their password changing system works, but I assume it sends an email and then has you change the actual password on their site. For some reason, she'd tried to reply to the Yahoo email with her new password. So now I had her password, but not her account name. Fortunately, Yahoo will email you your account name if you have another email associated with her account. So I did. And I gained access to said nudie pics. But the whole thing made me feel sick afterwards. Anyways, ask away Reddit. **Edit: No. I will not share pics.**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 419, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00078", "text": "Spend more than an hour in a meeting with any major software company and you're bound to hear the buzzword \"hyperconverged infrastructure,\" but what is it, and why should you care? Industry analyst Zeus Kerravala explained it for us in a question-and-answer session. We played the role of skeptic. SEE: Virtualization policy (Tech Pro Research) TechRepublic: We think we understand what hyperconverged infrastructure means, but how would you explain it? Zeus Kerravala: \"It's kind of a weird term. There was already a converged infrastructure market [lacking the software aspect] when this technology came around. Hyperconverged platforms are turnkey products that include all the hardware and software one needs to run a contained little data center in a box.... When you look at running data center infrastructure there's a lot of different choices for buyers. If you use Cisco networking, EMC storage, and Dell computing, which is a pretty standard thing, there's over 800 configurations. [In HCI] the vendor's done all the heavy lifting. They're not plug-and-play... it's data center technology, nothing's ever going to be plug-and-play. But customers have told me the deployment time for these is days vs. months if you're trying to cobble it all together yourself.\" SEE: The cloud v. data center decision (ZDNet special report) | Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic) TechRepublic: Do you think most corporate sysadmins and CIOs understand this? Zeus Kerravala: \"I'm not sure the CIO does. I think technology has been somewhat niche. It's been used primarily for virtual desktop deployments. Those are workloads that tend to be demanding... unified communications are a likely next thing. I don't really understand where the 'hyper' came from, to be honest with you.\" TechRepublic: Most good ideas in information technology are cyclical. How much of this is truly novel and how much is just a new name? Zeus Kerravala: \"We used to have converged platforms a long time ago, and we called them mainframes. The reason the hyperconverged market exists is to simplify the deployment of all the stuff we need to run data centers.\" TechRepublic: Why is this happening now? Zeus Kerravala: \"I talk to CIOs. More and more, CIOs are less concerned about the technical aspects of running stuff.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00079", "text": "come see it and I realized that it was all about movement, and that this animator was basically a choreographer himself, a choreographer of space and time. There was all this material to work with and he'd made a number of iconic dance films, so it seemed like a no brainer. So I started my research and kept finding out more surprising fun facts about McLaren's passion for dance, like that he met Guy Glover, the man that he was in a relationship with for 50 years or so, in the audience at Covent Garden while watching a ballet. Guy was a curator of a dance festival in Canada. Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté in rehearsal for \"Frame By Frame.\" Photo by Elias Djemil-Matassov, Courtesy NBoC. What was the research process like? Robert had just finished his documentary and has a really deep understanding of this kind of Canadian culture. He'd already gotten incredible footage from the National Film Board of Canada of McLaren behind-the-scenes. I watched a tremendous amount of film, and I read a lot about him and his collaborators, and even met a few who are still alive. The research was truly enriching, because I realized how wonderful of a person he was as well, which dictates how we share his personal life onstage. What was the timeline of the project? We had our first workshop four years ago. Since then we've been doing five-day workshops once a year in Robert's studio, Ex Machina, where he has a multi media team. They would put together projections and props for us to experiment with. Robert would give me some homework, and I'd take it on myself to create some impressionist sections. Sometimes we decided that they were great, and sometimes we decided that they weren't. It was this really collaborative way of getting things started because I was able to present dance first, and then we were able to add technology to it, as opposed to the technology taking over and stealing from the dance. Artists of the Ballet in rehearsal for \"Frame by Frame.\" Photo by David Leclerc, Courtesy NBoC. How does the piece balance a narrative retelling of McLaren's life with reproductions of his works? I would say that the vignettes of his life are one third, and then the technologies that he pioneered and making abstract dance interpretations based on those technologies like stop motion or body painting and body projection are the second third. And then the last third is basically just direct quotes", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00080", "text": "Whether it's the infamous \"Veterans For Standing Rock\" with their missing $1.1 million, or another organization in the litany of Standing Rock-based pages on the website, rough estimates for the amount raised on these pages have been reported to be around $11 million. Just as a point of reference, the state of North Dakota already has spent more than $30 million managing the crisis these donations were meant to fund. All of this begs the question of whether GoFundMe shoulders any of the blame for providing a platform to fundraise for illegal protest activities—activities that include repeated violent attacks against our North Dakota law enforcement officers, using everything from Molotov cocktails and other improvised explosive devices to actual guns. Do the site's owners care that they are actively enabling professional protesters to come into our community and disrupt the lives and livelihoods of both the residents of Morton County and members of the Standing Rock tribe alike? When you take a deeper look at GoFundMe, it becomes clear that the answer is no. GoFundMe is a business. And their business is fundraising for \"causes\" like these protesters. In 2015, Forbes magazine published an article outlining how GoFundMe earns \"profits off of controversy.\" As the company outlines in its \"Common Questions\" page, GoFundMe takes a 5 percent fee from every contribution made over the site, along with an additional 3 percent processing fee. Meaning the company has made roughly $880,000 off of these DAPL protests without having to do a thing beyond maintaining the website. Pretty good haul for just shy of six months. While the website has no official ideological loyalty, all you have to do is look at members of the company's senior leadership to get an idea of where they fall on the political spectrum. The company's chairman and CEO, Rob Solomon, gave the maximum amount in contributions allowed by law to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. President and Chief Product Officer David Hahn is a former staffer for ultra-liberal California Senator Diane Feinstein. And GoFundMe's vice president for communications and policy is none other than Dan Pfeiffer, former senior advisor, White House communications director and long-time confidant of President Obama. Shockingly, there are no former Republican political staff members serving as executives for GoFundMe. So the truth is, despite the violent and illegal behavior these GoFundMe pages are supporting, the company probably doesn't care. They are probably indifferent to the close to", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00081", "text": "I've never been to a psychologist/psychiatrist/psychotherapist/etc., mainly because I'm uncomfortable with having my mental health records checked during background checks (mainly as it concerns to applying to government jobs, and the bar association). Even so, I'm fairly certain, from reading and talking to people who are afflicted with ADD, that I have that mental disorder. I have habitual problems concentrating on anything for a long period of time. Whenever I need to concentrate, I normally self-medicate with caffeine until I'm able to do so freely. This has caused problems throughout my life with getting projects completed: I also have problems talking about a single subject during a conversation, sitting still, falling asleep, constantly knocking things over, dropping objects, and taking tests. Despite my concentration issues, I've managed to get through 3 years of law school, but I feel like I'd be able to do so much more if I could only concentrate. My fears are as follows, which is why I want advice from reddit: 1. I'm extremely uncomfortable with the fact that my psychologist records would be subject to subpoena if I applied for a federal government job, and that they would also have to be revealed for my background check with the American Bar Association. 2. I'm uncomfortable with taking medication. It sounds unnatural in general, and I worry about side-effects. 3. I'm worried about losing my creativity. I feel that the way my mind works makes me who I am, and I don't want to be someone I'm not. 4. Expense. I have medical insurance, but not prescription drug coverage.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 331, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00082", "text": "I'm not much of a gamer when it comes to FPS games. I own BioShock, Gears of War, L4D/L4D-2, COD4 and a few others. The only three games I have ever finished are COD4, Portal and Fable II. I have decided I'm not so much a fan of your typical FPS but I do get very into RPGs. I loved Fable II and was absolutely addicted to it till I had nothing else to do but some minor achievements. I then, instead of starting over, decided to try Oblivion. I gave up a few times starting out because of the combat - I sucked balls but eventually got a little better. I started to really get the hang of it and then I got pulled into WoW (my wife and a couple of my friends all play with me so it's much more social). I feel guilty for ditching Oblivion but, and here's the key, I was playing it on the 360. I have absolutely decided that I am NOT a fan of console gaming. Having a keyboard and mouse is just so much better - I know WoW would suck (and be almost impossible) on a console. I'm going to assume that Oblivion would be better on a PC, as would Fallout 3 (which I also have on the 360). For anyone who has played Oblivion/Fallout 3 on a 360 and a PC, how do the experiences compare? Is it worth the cost?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00083", "text": "Hello Ladies. First and foremost: Thanks for your support and kind words. Here is a follow up. First post Second post So I went to the Second Opinion Doctor. She was awesome. She took me to her office and we discussed everything very throughly. She told me that the hormone replacement therapy was a little agressive and perhaps more of a 'old school' solution- but not out of the ordinary. They can't test your hormone levels *while* you are on BC- you'll get skewed results. (Maybe this should have been obvious to me in the beginning?) We discussed my options and we think that taking me off BC and installing?/inserting? a copper IUD is the way to go. Sweet. I am offically off the pill now. How exciting. I can't wait to see what changes occur in my body (dropping weight, less mood swings, etc) for the better. I feel like it could really change my life having removed the synthetic hormones from my body. Oddly enough, my S.O. and I have not decided if an IUD is the right thing for us yet. (I have a month to decide before I schedule the procedure.) The doctor said the minimum time to leave it in (to make the money spent on it and the pain of insertion worthwhile) is roughly 2 years. We are still discussing when to make babies. When we feel we will be 'ready'. But I think we have both come to the conclusion that 2 years probably won't make us feel any more ready than we do now. How the hell do you ever feel 'ready' to have kids? ____________________ I was on BC for ten years. Have any of you ladies went off of it after such a long time? Did you notice any changes (bad or good)? Also to those with children (or not)- was there ever a time that it felt like you were 'ready' for children? Or is it almost always a happy accident? This is an exciting period of change for me! Any stories, advice? Thanks for being here for me to blather on to.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 431, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00084", "text": "Hello reddit. I'm a long time redditor and I'm sort of in a dilemma, I am hoping you can give me some advice... I work freelance usually doing small contracts and couple of weeks ago one client turned out to be a scammer. I found out he was a scammer very late in the whole process. I usually am more vigilant, but being recently discharged from the hospital and awaiting a large medical bill without any health insurance of my own, I second guessed myself. I gave the scammer more optimism than he or she deserved. However, I wasn't scammed. I caught on to the scheme at the very end, due to several of the scammer's inconsistencies. I haven't confronted the scammer or anything and I still haven't filed a reported to the FTC, the latter of which is on my list of things to do. So, just because the scammer and I exchanged a few emails in Gmail, Google Buzz automatically added the scammer to my Buzz list. Now this scammer seems to be exposed to my friends and family. Keep in mind he also has my CV which includes several bits of informatio, home phone, cell phone, my work history, and along with my address. I'm not a security expert but with this much information and a little social engineering, I think I could be at risk here? I wouldn't fret as much if it was only my information he had, now that my friend &amp; family might be exposed I am a little worried. What do you guys think? **Edit:** *tl;dr version*: Work freelance, prospect client was a scammer who Google Buzz added to my Buzz list, thereby exposing my friends and family to the scammer. Worried scammer might have too much information.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 360, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00085", "text": "First of all, thanks to the guys at CNET and Reddit. Without you, I probably would still be stuck with the Buzz. At first when I saw that new Buzz ad page, I thought that clicking the ***Naw, get me to my inbox*** button meant that they would kinda figure out that I wasn't interested, at least right then. But, as I soon found out, that was not so. It turns out (as I'm sure you all know by now) that they still signed me up for it. Now the really annoying part is that it signed me up with a person to whom I have not spoken with in over 2 years and whom we no longer like each other. This person was automatically chosen to follow me, and so suddenly this person (We'll call her \"Mary\") suddenly sees whom I am e-mailing and who is e-mailing me... What? Well, once I found that out (I never really looked until a redditor pointed this out to me) I went to this page on CNET. And, lo and behold! As soon as I tried to access my Google Buzz page on my Google Account with this page open, ***it didn't work!*** Now, this *could* have been a coincidence... but I prefer to listen to my paranoid side in these cases and think it was a trick to stop people from removing the Buzz from their lives. Anyway, so I had to install another browser to then log into Gmail and only then did I manage to access the page. Then I had to click and start unfollowing and blocking everyone. But oddly enough, even though I managed to finally block most everyone, there were still 8 people that just were not leaving my screen. There was this big \"Okay\" button asking me to okay that they were following me, even though I had blocked them. Well, I had no choice really, and fortunately, they were just stuck there and were not really following me anymore, since I had blocked them. Now, Buzz is off. Anyone else have problems getting rid of Buzz?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 424, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00086", "text": "I'm looking for ideas to solve a problem we are facing at our shop. I work within a group of six programmers, lead by our Fearless Leader who controls what goes into our trunk. Our Fearless Leader is both a developer and a manager, and therefore is quite busy, yet he is the gateway for all code to enter the trunk of our repository. In order for our new code to be included, a patch is created and emailed to everyone. Someone is assigned to be the reviewer, an email thread goes back and forth until the reviewer is happy, and then when the Fearless Leader gets around to it, he makes any modifications and finally applies it. This bottleneck has created a many month long backlog of patches that aren't pressing enough to warrant inspection by our Fearless Leader. Old patches suffer severe bit rot due to the trunk changing since they were created. We are at a point where it is clear a change needs to happen, so I though I'd poll the rest of /r/programming to see how you guys address the problem. Fundamental problems in our approach from my point of view: * The trunk should be for development and branches should be for stable code. Not the other way around. * A single code-review bottleneck impedes check-in progress, but can enforce quality. Maybe full testing coverage could replace the need for an eyeball on each line. * code-review by email is possibly not the most efficient/educational approach. So how do you manage what new code is introduced? Does it work?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00087", "text": "I realize that there are some mods out there for the PC GTA games to allow multiple players raising hell at once--and of course the new GTA games have multiplayer options--but we've all dreamed of a true MMO version. I guess the concern would be that the city would be a clusterfuck (a beautiful one) 24/7. My stab at a solution: More cops--the natural GTA enemy. I get that you'd have gangs and thugs of all sorts running everywhere, so who'd want to play a cop? Answer: Everyone who doesn't want to pay. They'll get standardized weapons and vehicles, etc. And they get the chance to ruin the paying players day. Has something like this ever been done? Is it a shitty idea? Edit 1: \"free to play\" should be read as free as in money free--you don't have to pay as a cop, while the (normal?) criminal players DO pay. I didn't mean you COULD be the cops, but a simple reworking of the tiered pay or no-pay system. Edit 2: I don't work for Rockstar games, and don't develop video games professionally. Edit 3: I suppose I should have been clearer in the original post. I was attempting to create a unique playing model by finding a way to compensate for ALL the havoc a GTA player could wreak without having to instance off the action--this would allow GTA cities to have 100's of players in it as once--by having many cops that could supplement the bots to keep a lid on things. In GTA world, this would add incentive to drive like a normal person to avoid the eyes of the law, and not kill everything in sight, (well, sometimes). Regardless of the specific game format, the ability to play a limited, tertiary role in the game FOR FREE while allowing people to try the game that way, providing a fun, unique model for everyone I thought was an original idea. My original post did not make this clear--for that I apologize.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 414, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00088", "text": "we would have had three years ago when I was at The Washington Post in talking about technologies built there. So that is somewhat exciting because I don't believe that we are dead set on one blockchain for anything. SEE: Blockchain: An insider's guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Po.et's ambitions and the partnerships that we have and others that are building on top of the work that we're doing, are kind of opening up the same opportunity. Look, Po.et is build a protocol that is helping build reputation on the web. And if you want to help leverage that, to help build reputation within your applications, then you should build on Po.et. There's a company called Encrypt that's building on top of Po.et, which is really looking to circumvent censorship when it comes to information delivery. So if you are posting an article or have a website, and you are concerned that your IP could be blocked, how can you leverage Encrypt to make sure that that information is then spread out in a bunch of different devices and not just one central server? To then be able to come back and have that information delivered, and that's something that's being built on top of Po.et. There's other conversations of people in media that are looking for certain solutions that want to build on top of what we're doing, as well. So we leverage Bitcoin blockchain just because it's an easy marketing example to say, \"Look. If you value your money and you trust Bitcoin blockchain because money is the most important thing to you at this moment, well, your ideas are equally important, right? And if your ideas are important, you want them to be as secure as your money.\" But there are opportunities for us to port to either. There's opportunities for us to mimic or build our own. I think it's still early days, but the biggest thing that we're looking to do now is influence a space that could benefit from new thinking, right, the business of media really trying to figure out how to strengthen media companies, how to allow them to evolve, how can get we give power back to creators, right? How do we give velocity to independent thought and a platform, where people could drive revenue and earn what they should earn, based off their ideas? An analogy... Or, sorry. I hate sports analogies, but an analogy- Patterson: I love sports analogies- Dicker: And hopefully, the audience does, as well. But the way", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00089", "text": "**Final edit:** Here's a link to the modest little blog. It will be worked on for the next few days. I'm going to control+w reddit now. Seriously. Not even kidding. I know there are some licenses (such as a CPR or bartender's license) that you can just take a short class for and be certified. I thought I'd go and get certified for as many random things as I could. What are some licenses that I can get in the U. S. of A.? EDIT: I can't swim. EDIT2: Here's the list so far. I have yet to calculate the combined cost of all the lessons/tests, so it's very preliminary. General Radiotelephone Operator's License w/radar endorsement. Scuba certification Radio operator Motorcycle License Auctioneer Pilot Heavy equipment operator Bartender CPR Well Driller Pump Installer Phlebotomy Technician AED operation license Security Notary Weapons License Reverend Traffic control flagger Contractor's license ESL Certification Merchant mariner's document (z-card) Brewmaster's certificate Locksmith license Pyrotechnics license Hack license Federal Firearms License (FFL) EMT-B: Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Wilderness First Aid Commercial Driver License Pharmacy Technician Substitute Teacher HAZWOPER Certified Pet Groomer Private Investigator Street Performer Permit Limo Driver Edit3: Alright I'm off to finish some homework now. Breaking the reddit addiction for the night! I will most likely keep a blog about this personal project, so check back later for a link if you want updates. The next step will be researching each and every one of these suggestions and seeing if they're available in my area (NYC). Then I can weed out the possible ones and get to calculating the costs :)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 353, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00090", "text": "New York City Ballet principal dancer Rebecca Krohn will take her final bow with the company this Saturday night. Krohn joined NYCB as an apprentice in the fall of 1998 and slowly rose through the ranks, becoming a principal in 2012. Though Krohn is best known for her flawless execution of classic Balanchine leotard ballets, her repertoire is vast, spanning Jerome Robbins to Justin Peck. After dancing Stravinsky Violin Concerto with Amar Ramasar on Saturday, Krohn will return to the NYCB studios on Monday in a new role: ballet master. We had the chance to talk to the thoughtful and eloquent dancer about her time with the company and goals for the future. Was New York City Ballet always your dream company? As soon as I knew I wanted to be a professional dancer, I knew that I wanted to be in New York City Ballet. I moved to New York when I was 14 to train at the School of American Ballet, and I got my apprenticeship with the company when I was 17, so it was really a dream come true. Krohn and Adrian Danchig-Waring in Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Video Courtesy NYCB. What have been your favorite ballets or roles to dance? Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, which I'll dance for my final show, has always been a favorite, as well as Balanchine's Movements for Piano and Orchestra and Agon. Also Robbins' Dances at a Gathering... there are so many, it's hard to choose! I've always really loved the Balanchine black and white ballets, and there are some Robbins ballets that are always so fulfilling. Can you think of a favorite moment with the company? After almost 20 years there are countless things. In general I would say the time that I've had onstage with some of my friends and dancing partners has been so special. It's one thing to be a friend with someone and another to also share the stage with them. There's just an amazing sense of trust and spontaneity; I feel so connected when I'm out there. That's something I'll never forget. What's the main way that your experience in the company has changed over the years? As I was getting older the company all of a sudden started to seem younger and younger. When I became a soloist and especially a principal my relationship with", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00091", "text": "Some background. We met in high school and lost touch afterwards, before meeting up again a few years ago. We instantly fell for each other, and began seeing each other within a couple of weeks. We've been together for 2 years now, are living together and we are engaged, but lately I have been feeling (she must as well) that we're losing touch with each other. Around the 1 year mark, we realised we had a lot of stuff that we didn't agree on. This created an unusual amount of conflict, but we loved one another too much and continued with our relationship ignoring these things. At some point, she discovered I watched porn (which I had hidden from her), and this destroyed her. I lied about it multiple times, and since then we have not been the same. This was about 8 months ago, she still doesn't trust me, and she still gets sad about it. So, a month or two ago, I started realising that I am extremely unhappy. We've stopped having sex, we don't do much together, but I love her too much to just let her go. I feel repressed, especially sexually, but if I were to bring this up to her I'm pretty sure the porn issue would reappear and I would be horribly beaten (not really, but you get the idea). So what do I do reddit? Sorry if there's not much info here, it's writted hastily as this is one of the few moments in the day I have to myself. Ask any questions you need to.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00092", "text": "Pretty much my first serious foray into the business world that hasn't been a solo endeavour. In a nutshell, the guy who I partnered up with turned out to be a total bastard, and there's a 99% chance the money I have invested will be totally irretrievable. Things I have learned from this experience (all depressingly obvious, but still): 1. Don't go into business with someone unless you trust them implicitly and/or they are geographically close enough to you to be able to threaten them with a lead pipe if they try to screw you. 2. Follow your instincts. If you have a bad feeling about someone, even in passing, do not push your concerns aside and assume that everything will just 'work out'. 3. Make sure you have a lawyer look over anything you sign. Even if a contract 'seems' fair to you, chances are you are being screwed or disadvantaged in some way without knowing it. 4. Don't assume that the legal system is going to protect you or help you if you get into a bind. 5. Aside from the trust factor, don't go into partnership with someone unless they can actually bring, at a minimum, as much to the table as you can. I'm not just talking about money here. If the person you partner up with is not at least as talented as you are, you're doing yourself a disservice by going into business with them. 6. If someone talks badly about other people behind their backs, chances are they are doing the same thing to you. 7. Try to keep your business and personal spheres seperate. Even though in the grand scheme of things this whole affair is woefully insignificant (and due to the experience I've gained will probably even wind up being a net benefit to me), I've found myself thinking about it constantly over the past few weeks. It has interfered with my sleeping, my productivity, and I have been snapping at people who only want the best for me (i.e. friends and family). It's better not to let emotions get the better of you, but if you're like me and have to be angry, make sure that anger is directed at the right person. Fire away with any questions, I will give as much information as I can without compromising my anonimity. Oh and any methods you can think of for me to get revenge without opening myself up to legal attack would be most welcome too!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 498, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00093", "text": "After the local computer shows got snow-cancelled, my sister-in-law asked me to suggest a computer configuration for her. She needs a desktop for class that can run Adobe CS4. This is what I've selected for her: 1. CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor 2. mobo: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard 3. GPU: SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1G 4. RAM: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) 5. PSU: Sunbeam PSU-BKS580-US 580W ATX Power Supply Plus the boring stuff like case, HD, etc. I know it would be better with more RAM, but she already has 32-bit WinXP that she wants to use. I also suggested using an SSD for her OS install but my brother dissuaded her from that. My main questions: 1. I'm suggested a quad-core because it seems that CS4 will actually take advantage of it. Is this true? Is a quad-core worth it? 2. Is the video card good for this purpose? I suggested it because it's what I bought for my new computer and I've loved it thus far, but I do more games than graphic design. 3. Is the PSU not crap? It seems too cheap to be good, but it got decent reviews on newegg. 4. Is only 4gb of ram going to be debilitating for graphic design? Should I press her on the 64-bit OS? Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 378, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00094", "text": "Congratulations on a successful Valentine's Night match. Commendations and awards abound. Specifically, Sp33d: Winner of the prestigious Abandoning an Actual Girlfriend to Play TF2 Award. Gorilla: Winner of the prestigious Claiming Canadian Girlfriend Decided not to Make the Trek; Instead, Opting for Boxing Day Tryst Award. Farkas: Winner of the Not Attending Because He Pretends to Be Gay. So Gay, In Fact, That His Also Gay Boyfriend Took Him Out to Dinner Award. Blotner: Winner of the Abandoned by His Date Because He Drunk Dialed Her Too Much and Now Has No One With Whom to Go to White Castle Award. Trade: Winner of the One of His Voices Banged the Shit Out of His Other Voices and He Needed the Rest Award. Melmo: Winner of the Dated Waffles, Omniwaffle, and Waffley Simultaneously and They Just Found Out, Cutting Him Off Entirely award. Reseph: Winner of the Smells Like Spinach, Can Only Date Carnies Award. Thank you all for coming. There will be more awards next year. In real news, Thursday Night is our last match before the league-wide double elimination tournament. **@8:00 Cuil v. Bozarking @9:00 Look of Disapproval v. Orangered @10:00 Bacon v. Narwhal** Server is 67.205.67.76:26016 and password is r3ddit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00095", "text": "I'm a student of mechanical engineering, and I've been using linux in my studies since I began. To me, I think \"best\" in this case would refer to the distro that plays the nicest with the most science/engineering software, overall. To others, this may mean something different--and if it does, I'd love to hear about it! But, in the meantime, this is along the lines of what I'm asking about. To give you an idea of what kinda software I use: At home, I use LaTeX for most reports, though OO.o and abiword definitely come in handy. For spreadsheets, I usually use gnumeric (unless I'm copy-pasting into oowriter). I have gimp, inkscape, dia, LaTeXDraw and a few other programs for graphics. For math I use a combination of octave/gnuplot and python/scipy/matplotlib. I also have wxmaxima for when I find the need to start doing symbolic algebra. At work (I'm a research assistant), things are a little different. I've been doing a lot of matlab/comsol modeling lately (the supercomputing center here has both on Sun workstations), and my more recent project involves GIS data (shapefiles and such). I've also done a little with weather data files (netCFD/grib). I use ubuntu at home, and the linux boxes here roll with Fedora and other RH-based distros. It seems to me that Fedora might have a better selection of software than Ubuntu, but it's hard to tell, especially since I haven't looked for GIS stuff at home, or CAD stuff at work. So, how 'bout it, /r/linux?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 350, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00096", "text": "Preface: I am a 21 year old man, attending Uni at home. The road away from my Catholic upbringing was now slow, but also not immediate. I went from Catholic, to non denominational, to deist, to Atheist (thought I was agnostic, until I learned what that word actually means.) I had, some months before this occasion (but long after my personal realization that I was an atheist) broken up with my girlfriend and was still taking it sort of hard. My mother (Catholic, Leads the Choir at church, non-fundie) had actually been a great help to me, so one day - out of the blue - I wanted to thank her for it. She was in the living room and we were talking about something else when I just began talking. \"Mom, you've really helped me through some tough times and I want to know how much it meant to me. When ---- and I split, you were there to coach me through it. When my car got totaled, you drove out to make sure I wouldn't be alone on the side of the highway. And when I told you I was an atheist....\" The Words hung there for a second as my blood chilled. Her eyes perked up a bit. \"You...never....told me that one, Alex.\" \"Well, mom, you have a few hours to spare?\" Since then, she's gone through the normal stages of grieving: She didn't believe me, got very angry, even tried to bargain with me (asking if my hypothetical kids would one day be baptised). She never outrightly said anything against me (the worst things she ever said was that I would \"be bacK\" because this was a \"Natural Phase\", and one anger-fueled argument where she vaguely claimed that she could \"make me go to church if she had to\", which she even didn't understand.) So, there it is. My Awkwardness wins out. My mother has come to terms and is even find with my lack of belief now. My sister, on the other hand, has retreated further and further into Fundamentalism as a reaction to my outspoken skepticism... which frightens me. But, we shall endure. Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 457, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00097", "text": "What's better than fresh, homemade free cookies?!\\n\\nWell, a gluten free cookie, but whatever, I can still enjoy myself in sharing free food with other people. \\n\\nMax & Erma's is like the place to get everything. If I'd ever been to an Eat N' Park I imagine it'd be like that except classier. Well, I don't know about classier, again I've never been to Eat N' Park. But back to Max & Erma's...\\n\\nThe location we went to always has a crowded parking lot. I don't know why it's so busy but there's hardly any parking there. Allot a few more minutes for parking. You'll need it.\\n\\nOnce you're in though it's super fun. Build your burger, eat greasy appetizers, and taste some delicious milkshakes. I've had the lunch special - soup or salad or half sandwich for pretty cheap. It's just enough food to not leave you in a food coma after lunch. The only thing I wish (and yes this took away a star) is that there were more sandwich options. So sometimes I get the soup & salad and I'm still hungry. That's a no bueno.\\n\\nThen there's dinner. Their burgers are kind of fantastic. I'm still not over the whole eating a rare cooked burger so everywhere in PA gets added bonus points for that. So overall it's a good burger, but it's certainly not the best burger I've ever eaten and there's nothing really creative about their burgers to make them stand apart from other place's burgers. \\n\\nThe atmosphere is something between a TGIFridays or Chili's but very Pittsburgh-centric. I found it somewhere between comforting and annoying. I don't really like chain restaurants but this one had some nice personal stuff to keep it from venturing into the Fridays realm.\\n\\nAlso, if you're a craft beer & burger sort a gal, you'll notice this place is not for you. There's more than Bud, but not a lot. \\n\\nP.S. Free cookie night is Wednesday.\\n\\nP.P.S. Get the white chocolate macadamia nut.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 451, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00098", "text": "Medium and large enterprises are set to double their usage of machine learning by the end of 2018, according to a new report from professional services firm Deloitte. The number of machine learning pilots and implementations will double by the end of 2018, and then will double from that number by the end of 2020, Deloitte's report predicts. Businesses spent $17 billion on the technology in 2017, and that is expected to increase to $57.6 billion by 2021. Deloitte identified five factors that have held back machine learning growth: Too few practitioners, high costs, tools are too young, confusing models, and business regulations. SEE: Quick glossary: Artificial intelligence (Tech Pro Research) The estimated growth shows how as the technology evolves, buy-in from businesses may increase, whether they're using it to improve workflows or create new products. If businesses opt to not adopt the technology, they may risk falling behind others. The report looked at other emerging technologies, including augmented reality (AR). One billion smartphones will create AR content at least once in 2018, the report found, with 300 million using AR at least monthly. In what used to just mean an animated face filter on Snapchat or Instagram, AR will expand to other uses for mobile devices. Last week, Apple named AR as one of its breakout app trends of 2017. Deloitte predicts direct revenues from AR on smartphones will hit $1 billion by 2020, growing tenfold from 2018. With the trend continuing to grow, developers and brands may need to find ways to integrate AR into an app to stay up-to-date and entertain users. While Deloitte expects less than $100 million in discrete app revenues for AR content globally in 2018, it could drive sales in other ways. The ability to simply host AR content may be a key difference to consumers looking to switch or upgrade devices. In good news for business travelers, the Deloitte report also found in-flight connectivity (IFC) will be up 20% in 2018. One-quarter of all airline passengers will fly on a plane with access to the internet. Business travelers will have a higher chance they will be able to connect in the air, enabling them to get more work done in transit. The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers Businesses will double their usage of machine learning by the end of 2018, a new Deloitte report", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00099", "text": "I feel that we have a lot to offer each other in terms of the best ways to go about doing business with certain establishments. I will start us off: I work in an Ice Cream Store, believe it or not, there are ways to order ice cream that makes it much easier on us, as well as you. 1. Know what you want before you actually have to order, especially is it's summer, nothing is more annoying than having a long line and some idiot at the front who wants to \"look over the flavors\" 2. place your order like this, \"I would like X scoops of Y ice cream in Z container with Z' topping\" ordering in terms of scoops is best, because in certain places \"small\" or \"kids size\" can mean different things, and lead to confusion. Also, the order is important too, we almost have to work backwards when someone says \"Id like, in a dish with chocolate sprinkles, a small vanilla\" 3. order multiples of the same thing at once. This sounds like common sense but you have no idea how many times I've had to make somebody a sundae, only to finish and have them say \"and one more of those please.\" It will only save us time, and piss us off less, please. 4. we don't expect a tip from everybody, but there are certain items where you should leave something, a sundae, a thick milkshake, anything with more than 3 scoops, and any bulk ice cream that we actually pack out on the spot for you. Just as you would a waiter who put in extra effort at your table, take our service into account. 5. The most important rule of all, Do not ask for samples. Just don't. you don't have to. It annoys us, and everybody in line behind you to no end. If you are unsure you will like a certain flavor, just order one scoop of it along with one of your favorites, chances are you'll like it anyway. Worst case scenario is you wont like it, and you'll be 2 dollars poorer. Also, anybody who asks for more than 4 samples immediately gets cursed for all of eternity to nothing but pain and misery by the whole staff. Everybody share yours!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 468, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00100", "text": "If you're a hardcore fan of authentic Mexican food, this is probably not the place for you. The enchiladas remind me more of chilaquiles - definitely more layered than rolled. The burritos are huge but it really drives me crazy how segmented they are. One bite will be all rice, the next will be all meat. The tofu tacos are okay, but the bean sprouts seem like a weird addition.\\n\\nI know, you're probably thinking \\\"What DOES this girl like about Mad Mex?\\\" If you can let go of any previous Mexican food experiences (or if you've never had Mexican food before, as I hadn't when I first went to Mad Mex), some things are ok. The tofu tacos minus the bean sprouts. The California grilled salad. The chickpea chili and black bean soup, the potato taquitos. Nachos, chips & salsa, and guacamole are all decent. Their sides are ridiculously huge and the desserts are all ok (except the sopapillas). Basically, stick to the least authentic stuff and you should be fine.\\n\\nAdditionally, some of their entrees are available with your choice of either chicken, steak, shrimp, portobello mushrooms or tofu. They have tons of vegetarian options. They have good happy hour deals and good late night margarita deals. They have raspberry, strawberry, mango, and kiwi margaritas year round, with one or two seasonal flavors per month, plus a full bar, a bunch of tequilas and a huge, varied beer list that tends to focus on local beers.\\n\\nSo basically: the less you know about Mexican food, the less disappointed you will be. If you're a fan of authentic Mexican food, either stick to something more basic like a salad, or pick a different restaurant.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00101", "text": "UPDATE: July 2013\\n\\nWent back for a visit to the alma mater and decided to stop in at D's before heading out. I have updates on the gluten-free beer situation and the nacho situation.\\n\\nGF Beer: MUCH improved from what I remember. They had at least three varieties of the \\\"deglutenized\\\" beers - Estrella Damm Daura and both the Amber and Blonde Brunehaut (from Belgium!). They MAY have had Omission as well. \\nThey also have at least three varieties of New Planet, and at least two of Greens. Dogfish Head T'weasonale. Possibly New Grist and Tread Lightly? I was in a haze of deliciously non-gluteny beer at this point. \\n\\nNachos: Maybe I'm recalling incorrectly, but I think when I've had these in the past they are made with real cheese - you know, shredded and melted. This time they were served with that nasty-ass liquid cheese goop, like you get at a ballpark. Blegh. \\n\\nStill four stars overall! Avoid the nachos though.\\n\\n---\\n\\nThe only food I've ever had here is nachos, so I can't speak to that. I WILL speak to the beer selection, though! I've managed to collect quite an assortment of beer snob friends, who love spending hours (literally) in the Cave o' Beer. I have to eat gluten free, so most ordinary beers are off-limits for me, BUT, they have an enormous selection of hard cider! Many many different kinds, including my favorite cider in the whole world, JK Scrumpy. Totally reasonable prices, too.\\n\\nNow the bad:\\n1. They close at midnight! After the downstairs closes you can take your drink upstairs to a little bar, but it's super loud, has no seating, and you don't have access to the magical treasure trove of beer. Boooo.\\n2. This is totally a niche thing, but I wish they had a better selection of gluten-free beers. There are lots of tasty ones out there, but they often only have Bards and Redbridge.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 450, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00102", "text": "Why does FOX consistently thrash its competitors in the ratings: it is more entertaining. However you spin it, news in and of itself is boring. So what does FOX do: add batshit commentators who don't care about journalistic integrity but are great entertainers (for their targeted audience), add element of sleaze/sex, make politics a team sport. Use the liberal entertainment machine that is Hollywood to beat them at their own game. Can CNN and MSNBC beat fox without giving up journalistic integrity... Sort of 1. Get commentators who get overly passionate (pissed off) about any particular topic in an entertaining take no prisoners way. They must be willing to confront the enemy and not take just softball interviews (Olbermann never does adversarial interviews). They should look not into journalism students, but drama majors (actors/celebrities). 2. Add blatant element of sex. Would you watch the straight news if the commentators were hot bikini clad models who sounded like they knew what they were spewing about and did it with personality? Let's call it \"News from the Beach\". Reprehensible, yes, effective, yes. 3. Humor. Model parts of your program after the Daily Show which is effective in that it is a painless delivery method for straight news. People are entertained while being informed. News is best delivered by those with a quick wit. 4. Expose fucking idiocy. Get kooks from the tea party who are blatantly racist/ignorant and pwn their asses on a regular basis that it becomes a bloodbath. Get kooks from extreme leftist vegan meat hating whatever and eat meat in front of them and kill chickens and drink their blood. 5. No more salaried commentators who come from schools of journalism to reinforce what you want them to say. Get real people who will say unpredictable shit. 6. Make politicians pay. If someone does something stupid, give the public an easy way to call them on it (display their phone number tell viewers to leave a message/email, where to mail a letter). In other words, not really news, but sort of. Get them hooked first, then feed them news, not the other way around. Which is what FOX does so brilliantly, minus the \"news\" part. The political spectrum is irrelevant. If people are entertained they will watch.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 479, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00103", "text": "This update is for Casbah's brunch.\\n\\nAlright, Casbah. You got me, you got me good. Dinner as I mentioned before was decent, but the brunch, amazing. Compared to dinner, brunch at Casbah is definitely the better meal and deal. I don't advocate playing favorites when it comes to siblings in the same family, but sometimes you can't help it. Brother Brunch gets the nod here.\\n\\nBrunch is basically a fixed set. For $28, you choose an adult beverage (or non-alcoholic), an appetizer, and an entree. They start you off with some pistachio scones, buttermilk biscuits, and cornbread. Perfect, I like to stretch before I get my grub on. For my Prix-Fixe (fixed set), I went with the mimosa, smoked salmon, and sea scallop fry. \\n\\nSMOKED SALMON: If you like smoked salmon, then you would enjoy this appetizer. It's what you would expect but also a larger size than I thought it would be! \\\"Oh no, there's too much of something I like,\\\" said nobody ever. Upon seeing the smoked salmon display fanned out on its plate with bits of egg, red onion, and aioli garnished over top, my salivary glands couldn't control themselves! \\n\\nSEA SCALLOP FRY: You know I love me some scallops. The dish came with two scallops, a small croissant, small bits of fennel sausage, a side of white corn grits, and a little bit of butternut squash and caramelized onions. I was tempted to go with the classic eggs/toast/waffle as an entree, but I am so glad I put on my big boy foodie stretchy pants and took a chance. It's not your typical brunch dish and it's one I would definitely recommend. \\n\\nAll in all, fantastic brunch experience. Definitely felt comfortably full, but not in a self-hatred, \\\"I-regret-this-decision-immediately\\\" kind of way. Service was professional; our waitress kept the waters filled and came in to check on us a little after each dish was served.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 459, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00104", "text": "She and I have been together for 3 years. It started slowly - exclusivity was \"fallen into\" after 4 months of dating, the L word was said at about 9 months into it, and we now have lived together for 9 months total. We have plenty of good things: we enjoy doing many of the same things, we love each other, we very rarely fight, and we tolerate each others' quirks and give each other the appropriate amount of space. However, I'm just not ecstatically happy in this relationship. I feel like I could do better in the personality department. She's not very sexy or flirtatious, and tends to get very anxious or be very competitive/aggressive. She doesn't act very feminine. The sex is ok, but not great - I get hella turned on by passionate noises, and she is too embarrassed to make any. We don't have many long or deep conversations. I don't know, after 3 years, whether she's the girl for me. But I don't know how to break it off, since I've never told her any of the things I don't like. Yeah, I guess I have my own issues. I mean, I ask her to make noise when we're having sex, and I ask her to flirt more, but she never does. It's like it's a choice between settling for something decent, and pursuing greatness. I guess I just need some advice here.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 300, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00105", "text": "My mom has been subletting an apartment from these two guys for about a month to be separated from my dad. One of the guys is a Mexican who babysits, because he has tons of children's books that are in Spanish, and the other is a rasta-freak. Posters of Bob Marley and other reggae musicians everywhere (my mom took the six foot poster of Bob Marley down from above the couch because it was tacky). We are sure that they smoke, we have found several stems underneath furniture around the house. Yesterday was my mom's birthday and my dad made her a cake by hand. He used olive oil that my mom said was suspicious, because it smelled weird. It turned out that our Rastafarian friends had been infusing their wonderful herbs with the oil so they could make brownies and get high or some shit. My mom discovered this when she came home after work today and scarfed a huge slice down. She got really high, but it wasn't a good high, it felt gross (she did smoke pot a lot, so yes she probably knows what a good high is). She wanted to bring the cake to work, too. I told her she should do it. Unfortunately, I was feeling full and sick when she blew out her candles, so I didn't get any of it. Now I want to try some but she is limiting me to two forkfuls :P She'd probably be suspicious if she found me in the morning blazed with a huge piece of cake missing from the pan. (also, she made me post this on an alt-account for some reason)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 332, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00106", "text": "So, the girl i'm dating's birthday present is coming up in about a month. She's 21 and i'm 19, and she's pretty awesome. She's the fifth girl i've ever dated and by far my favorite already. She's shy, awkward, pretty, quirky, funny and cute. Now I'm a staunch believer in not telling a person that I love them till I actually do love them. She's leaving on her birthday (just for a few days, going back home) sometime around noon. I like to plan ahead because I'm in college, in a hard major and I'd rather have these things in my head now then plan it out later. I don't know however what dating etiquette constitutes as a proper birthday present since all the girls I've dated have never had their birthdays fall in the time I've dated them. Here's what I have planned and I don't know if it's a little too much, or if I can add something. It's pretty simple. 1. Birthday breakfast at this awesome restaurant nearby 2. Cupcake with a candle :). 3. **THIS IS THE IMPORTANT ONE** We're really into poetry so a book of poetry (not love poems, just a really good one) with my own poem written on the page that is her birthday. Again, I don't know if it's too much or too little and I'd just like some feedback. So help me out :(. TL;DR: Read 1, 2 and 3 and tell me if it's too much as a birthday present or too little", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00107", "text": "Listen Reddit. I am an undergrad at a University not known for its theoretical physics department or even higher chemistry. However I have recently become extremely interested in just these subjects. Now this is not to say I can't recieve a degree in any of these fields Chemistry/Physics where I am but I am currently a Biology Major I love Biology, the beauty of nature and complexity of life and blah blah. But I have a definite growing love for the physics behind life and the cosmos. The main flaw in my plan is I have a very low level of math under my belt, Calc 1, and would need to obviously be more well versed. But a man can think without mathematics, but this might make me ignorant... ANYWAY REDDIT. I pose to you my quazi baked theory on finding the exact postion of an electron. I pose that through understanding higher dimensions, one can fully determine the position and velocity of an electron (previously thought to be impossible and demonstrated by the Heisenburg Uncertainty principle) My limited understanding of quantum mechanics and higher dimensions leads leads me to thinking that the electron could possibly be phasing in between the third and (4th?) dimension. And through completely understanding the math behind the fourth dimension (I believe a lot of it was calulated by Dirac?) and reviewing it with schrodingers wave equation, we can determine very precisely the position and velocity of an electron (this would still lend itself to probability). I am stuck reddit.. Were do I even begin to prove this? What classes do I need to take? What books should I read? Is this a fucking retarded theory? TL;DR - stupid undergrad with stupid theory, how do I shot unifying theory of everything?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00108", "text": "long time reader first time poster... So my roommate payed me a sum of 1100 to take two classes for him last semester. i attended class, sat for exams, etc for him the entire semester in each of the two classes. At the end I/he came out with a B in one class and a D the other. At my uni a D is not a passing grade so he was upset, as would be expected, and I honestly felt bad for the guy (though not too bad he was a prick about it the entire time). So at the beginning of this semester, upon his demand, I payed him back some of the money for the class I got the D in (all total, including my \"services\", the class cost him ~1000$ and I payed him back 300$). That's the backstory. Now suddenly (a month after having settled the entire thing) he wants all of his money back because I didn't get an A in the other class and got the D in the first. More importantly he's threatening me with bodily harm (\"i'll kill you\" while making a slicing motion across his neck with a steak knife) . So I don't know what to do. I'm not going to pay him (it would be difficult to reason why it's just not to pay him in a situation when we've essentially both a committed a crime but I feel I don't feel like I can go to the police because eventually it will incriminate me and I'll be expelled from the University. I've put a lock on my door and intend to essentially call his bluff. What say you reddit? Pre-emptive edit: I know some people are going to say I'm risking my life and some people will say I should just go to the cops but I'm not. I've lived with this guy for 4 months and he couldn't confront me in person (he text messaged me his ultimatum) let alone kill me. Also some people will say I should just move and I am considering that even though I'm on a lease. edit: thank you righteous redditors. i'm glad i at least didn't post which uni i go to or knowing the kind of people you are ( the righteous ones ) i would already be expelled.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 467, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00109", "text": "I've gotten a bit sick of the limitations of my point and shoot (ixus 860) and really want something that will let me take nice photos of far away things, or in the dark neither of which is something my ixus can do well. Something that will maybe even take pictures of far away things in the dark. At the moment I'm looking at Canon as I've used them since I've had digital cameras. The 550D (T2i) which is coming out soon looks really good, but from what I've read here, people recommend the 50D as a better camera. Since I'm unlikely to start shooting video with it I think the 50D might be a better option. As per the title, I'm not much of a photographer, so feel free to throw whatever advice at me you think might help. If you think there is a better camera, please let me know. Any books you think might help? Tell me, please! Sorry if I'm a bit clueless, but I'm keen to get into things and start taking some photos. Edit: Thought I'd just add: complexity is not a huge issue as I'm happy to take my time to understand it all and as a programmer have not problem with complex features on electronics. Also price isn't a huge deal, so anywhere around 500 or 600 GBP would be fine. However I'd ideally like some decent lenses too, so lenses and camera under 1000 would be ideal. Any advice on lenses would also help a lot. Edit2: Just thought I'd highlight the books point. I'd ideally like to become a competant photographer and to that end, any literature on the subject would be great. While I love the interwebs, there's nothing like a book for sitting down and learning something.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 370, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00110", "text": "agnostic and an apolitical organization,\" he said. \"The high volume of Republican primary candidates this cycle allowed us to enter a competitive market.\" Cambridge Analytica famously states its database contains over 5,000 data points on nearly every American consumer. The company is hardly the only big data company to make grand assertions about the power of analytics. Nearly every firm that TechRepublic spoke with while reporting this story agreed that big data is undeniably powerful and expressed concern that \"magical\" claims undermine the true value of analytics. WATCH: Documentary shows information revolution of big data (CBS News) \"Faulty products that exaggerate results can mismanage client expectations,\" said a person familiar with the political technology industry. \"Innovation only really succeeds if the product works. In any [business] sector, if one company exaggerates it harms the entire ecosystem. It erodes trust in the market.\" Cambridge Analytica refuted the allegations and clarified its role on the campaign in mid-February during a 30-minute phone conversation. Portions of the audio interview, however, were off record so we asked Cambridge Analytica's head of product, Matthew Oczkowski, to respond to the allegations and clarify how their technology works. Can you contextualize the controversy regarding the tweets from Lansing and Coby? At CA, we break up our data into three buckets: political, commercial, and 1st party. We work with several of the main voter file providers, depending on the preference of our clients, to access vote history and voter profiles. We also access many of the top commercial data providers on a licensing basis; this data includes things like general demographics, geographics, purchase history, interests, etc. Finally, we collect data internally from R&D projects like internal surveys and research, exclusive data relationships, and data collection through direct response projects. Can you articulate what Cambridge Analytica's technology is, how it works, and how you applied your tech for the Trump campaign? At our core, we are a data and behavioral science company. Simply put, we help organizations figure out who to talk to and what to say to them. We believe that demographic-based marketing has become relatively obsolete and that understanding the underlying motivations of an individual are a far more effective way to communicate with someone. We deploy this research through both digital and television, which serve as the vehicles to reach these individuals. For the Trump campaign, we served as the data agency of record, but our role quickly evolved as the", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00111", "text": "Ok Reddit, this is gonna be long: I posed a question to Reddit a few months ago about my douchebag neighbor. Here's the TL;DR version of that post: \"My neighbor is a douchebag. He's very verbally abusive and tries to intimidate me to the best of his ability. He's confronted my boyfriend and I a number of times and I fear it's only so long before his apparent hatred manifests itself physically. I just found out that his condo (below mine) is being foreclosed on. What can I do?\" Most of the advice I got was \"do nothing, he'll be gone soon enough.\" Which, I agreed with, and have had as little contact with him as possible since our last confrontation. Well, his house was not sold at auction, so apparently they worked something out with the bank. As I said, I've had almost no contact with him for 3 months or so. Last night around 9:30pm, I had a piano delivered. Having a 3rd floor condo, it took a little time and some work for the movers to get it up the stairs. Well, my neighbor came home right as they were moving the piano in the front door. I was holding the door for the movers and he slowly entered the door, all the while trying to stare me down. Even the movers called him a douchebag after he was in his unit. I didn't say anything to him, he didn't say anything to me. This morning, I went out to my car to go to work and there were 3 huge loogies on my passenger side window. I'm 99% sure it was him since he had parked next to me. I'm at a loss here, Reddit. There hasn't really been any physical confrontation (nor do I want it to escalate to that point, even though that could make my life a lot easier), but I'm getting sick of him spitting on my car and making both my roommate's and my life a bitch. What kind of recourse do I have? I'm very close to filing a complaint with the homeowner's association, but I fear that would escalate the situation too... TL;DR: I have a super douchey neighbor who started spitting on my car. What do I do?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 468, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00112", "text": "Okay, I am trying to be very patient with Grub 2, but here is the deal. I have googled how to edit it, and these searches turn up results like this]( and [this. I do not understand these because I am an idiot. They make my brain hurt which makes me angry. In Grub 1 you type: &gt;sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst and it shows you the menu and you take out what you don't want. Here is the thing... I do not want to learn a new programming language to have to do shit like editing the boot menu. This program should come with a GUI that has tick boxes beside each entry, and you untick the ones you don't want. It is ridiculous that the solution is not any simpler than that. I don't care about all the shiny extra features that Grub 2 has that you can access through code, and here's why; it's my fucking boot menu. I want it to give me a list of stuff I can boot, then I'll choose one, then it goes away. The end. Sigh. Anyway, my point is, if there is a way that is as simple as the /boot/grub/menu.lst way of doing it, I would be very appreciative if somebody could tell me. And to restate: In this context, I am retarded. If any proffered solutions are even mildly more complicated than the one stated above, I will fail to perform them. I also expect to be downvoted to the depths of Hades because that's what has happened to everyone else who's said that Grub 2 is needlessly complicated and/or not finished yet. Which it is. Thank you.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00113", "text": "Hey trees! so tonight was awesome. My friend, spicyindiancurr, had just gotten some good stuff and wanted me to help him smoke it. I haven't had anything in a while because I'm broke. So we go out to our favorite spot on campus. It's snowed a lot this week, and it was really cold out, so it took us a bit while to get back through the garden. Anyway, we get there, and spicyindiancurr is like \"oh shit. i forgot my lighter.\" i'm like \"mine is in my car\" which was kind of close to my spot. so we walk to the back of the HUGE parking lot on campus and get to my car. and my lighter wasn't there!!!!!!!! so we walk back to the dorm in the cold, and decided that we would just have fun with our other friends on the floor when we were sober cause it was cold and i didn't want to go back out. but then, as we were walking past the detour to our spot, we saw a couple bros, and i had a brilliant idea. \"Hey, do either of you guys have a light?\" AND ONE OF THEM DID! so I lit a cigarette, and thanked him, and we walked back to the spot, and used the cigarette to smoke a couple of great bowls. THen as we walked out, we saw a few other guys step into another bench in the garden where we smoke. So we went and hung out while they smoked blunts and drank a little bit. then we all walked back because they live on the floor above me and i didn't know it! What a sweet night!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 339, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00114", "text": "When a young African-American woman headed out solo along the Appalachian Trail, she learned a lot about the politics of race in the great outdoors. Every year, the Appalachian Trail calls a new crop of hikers, drawn to its grand sweep – 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine. If that’s you this year, you know it’s go time if you want to finish before winter. Rahawa Haile heard the call and followed it all the way, end to end. And she did it alone as a young African-American woman. That is unusual. People of color are under-represented in America’s great outdoors. Rahawa Haile’s got stories. This hour On Point, hiking while black on the Appalachian Trail. — Tom Ashbrook Guests Rahawa Haile, essayist and short story writer. She through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2016. (@RahawaHaile) Carolyn Finney, professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. Author of “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans To The Great Outdoors.” (@cfinney4) From Tom’s Reading List Outside: Going It Alone — “It will be several months before I realize that most AT hikers in 2016 are unaware of the clear division that exists between what hikers of color experience on the trail (generally positive) and in town (not so much). While fellow through-hikers and trail angels are some of the kindest and most generous people I’ll ever encounter, many trail towns have no idea what to make of people who look like me. They say they don’t see much of ‘my kind’ around here and leave the rest hanging in the air.” Atlas Obscura: Exit Interview: I Was a Black, Female Thru-Hiker on the Appalachian Trail — “Last year, Rahawa Haile, a writer now based in Oakland, California, became one of the very few black women to attempt to hike the entire trail. (She was able to find exactly one other attempting the feat in 2016.) In March, she began in Georgia, the more popular end of the trail to start on, and by the middle of October had hiked its entire length. She carried along with her, too, a series of books by black authors, which she left in trail shelters along the way.” BuzzFeed: How Black Books Lit My Way Along The Appalachian Trail — “Everyone had something out here. The", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00115", "text": "I'm a 23 year old female college student that works 30-40 hours a week at 2 jobs and goes to school full time in a fairly technical program of study. I have issues with ADD (undiagnosed) and anxiety (diagnosed) so over-focusing on my schoolwork is essential to keeping my GPA up. My boyfriend is a couple of years younger than me and has never carried a full college course load and he works 25 hours a week at a pretty chill job (I know because I work there too and got it for him). We've been together about 5 months. When the semester is in session and I'm working and worrying about school all the time I don't really feel like socializing outside of my very immediate group of friends and even then not often because I'm usually overwhelmed by the amount of things that I need to get done. Bluntly, I just don't have the energy. However, my boyfriend is extremely social and wants to go out with his friends all the time, which is completely fine. If I want to stay home that's my choice, but I'm not bothered at all if he wants to spend time with his friends it's just that he gets mad when I don't want to go out with him. When I try to explain how much I have on my plate or that I just don't feel like it, but that he can go ahead I almost inevitably get a guilt trip. Mostly, this just pisses me off and makes me want to go out with them even less. I could understand if I was the kind of girl who didn't like him going out and partying with his buddies, but I don't care so why is it so necessary that I participate? Why is he acting this way RA? What can I do to make him understand that I'm just tired and overwhelmed? EDIT: To clarify we are only apart maybe 2 days a week, so we do spend A LOT of time together. I just don't always feel like going out to socialize.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00116", "text": "Okay here is the deal. I met this girl online. For sake of privacy let's name her Kenzie, okay? Kenzie and I face to face four weeks ago. Kenzie and i had been talking a a week online before we met each other. When we first met, Kenzie referred to our meeting as a date. So far we have had four meetings, the most recent was a double date. (Between the third meeting and the double date I started calling our meetings dates) I even told her that we are going on a date tomorrow and she said okay. Now, a bit about us. She is fine with me holding her and cuddling under a blanket (Nothing to wrong. I am trying to go a bit slow). I kissed her a few times and when I dropped her off she kissed me. So I know she wants to be with me. My question is when do I call it a relationship? I think it is time to consider me in a relationship. But I don't at the same time because I want to know her more to see her negative qualities to see if I can live with them. Also if popular vote says I should consider myself in a relationship, should I talk to her about it? If I do what should I say? Also, off topic, but reddit has been nice to me, no one has flamed me, and that makes me happy. So keep up the good work peoples of reddit I would like to bring my problems and comments back again for more fun. Anyway, you sir or ma'am, who ever is reading this, I hope you are having a good day. Now I must head to bed for school tomorrow.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 341, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00117", "text": "Here's my story. I was walking over to a friend's place in the college apartments we lived in. I could see a group of them from a distance, around one of my friend's Jeep. I see them all move away from the Jeep covering their mouth/nose. I'm about 50 feet away, and ask \"what's the ... oh my god\". It hits me. A gallon of milk had been sitting in the cooler in the Jeep for weeks. It was so putrid, it was hard to stand within several feet of the Jeep. **Edit:** WTF was I thinking when I asked this question? These stories are horrible, yet I keep reading. Thanks for the most disgusting orangered envelopes to date. Here's another story: A group of friends and I had cooked out before an XFL game (yes some people went to them). We had some leftover beef from the burgers that we put back in the cooler, and then the trunk of the car. We watch the game, drive home, and I forget the cooler in my friend's car. I asked him for it frequently for about 2 weeks, and he kept forgetting it. Finally, there was this stench in his car that was so foul, he thought someone had put shit in his air intake as a prank. Turns out the meat was still in the cooler in the trunk. it had mixed with the ice (now water) in the cooler and made a nice hot, rotten soup. This was in the heat of Florida 80-90 degrees outside, not to mention probably 10 degrees more in the trunk of the car, for two weeks. I still remember the milk stench more though.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 342, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00118", "text": "Went several nights in a row: Thursday, Saturday & Sunday. I cannot say enough how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place!!! Every night was different: African night, Latin Dance, Brass Band (that was amazing). The Ownership is way friendly & open to chatting which I love. The bartenders are open, friendly & genuine...anyone who remembers my name & my drink is a winner in my book! It shows they are listening when they actually ask you a question! The ownership was willing to allow us to order & set on fire a Flaming Dr. Pepper.....had to bring a little Southern treasure North! ;)\\n\\nI love the diverse, yet open and friendly crowd each night. I felt right at home.\\n\\nNow for the real surprise....THE FOOD!!!\\n\\nWe ordered the~\\n\\nTortas 7.00...we got one Chicken & one Steak..both were perfect!\\n\\nSandwiches with your choice of tofu or breaded chicken. Served on toasted bread or multi-grain wrap with melted mozzarella cheese, fried bean spread, avocados, tomatoes, and onions. Topped with a chipotle sauce\\n\\nCheese Steak Torta 9.00\\n\\nGrilled steak served on toasted bread or multi-grain wrap with onions, peppers, mozzarella cheese, fried bean spread, topped with guacamole and chipotle sauce\\n\\nI was shocked & amazed at how wonderful this \\\"bar food\\\" was. The tortas were great & the guacamole homemade. \\n\\nI will be back every time I am in Pittsburgh!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 331, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00119", "text": "cracker. The ethereal twinkling sound in the Sugar Plum Fairy's solo comes from the celesta, a rare instrument Tchaikovsky heard in France. \"He had one sent to him essentially in secret,\" says Fullington. Balanchine was given a budget of $40,000 for his 1954 premiere and, according to Aloff, he spent $25,000 on the Christmas tree alone. When asked if he could do without the tree Balanchine responded, \"[The ballet] is the tree.\" Today, New York City Ballet's tree weighs one ton and can reach a full height of 41 feet. 1892 \"Nutcracker\" costume sketch by Ivan Vsevolozhsky of the Sugar Plum Fairy's retinue. Courtesy Peter Koppers. Choreographic notations suggest that the Cavalier's variation was originally danced by a retinue of eight female fairies representing things like fruit, flowers and dreams. According to Fullington, Pavel Gerdt, the dancer who created the role, was likely too old to dance the variation himself. NYCB's Brittany Pollack and Chase Finlay in the grand pas de deux toe slide. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy New York City Ballet. In Balanchine's grand pas de deux, the lead ballerina holds an arabesque while gliding across the stage on pointe, pulled by her gallant prince. According to Fullington, Balanchine took this slide from Ivanov's original choreography. The Sugar Plum Fairy's prince's original name was \"Prince Coqueluche.\" Meaning \"whooping cough\" in French, it likely referred to a lozenge candy. NYCB's Unity Phelan and Silas Farley in Karinska's Hot Chocolate costumes. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy New York City Ballet.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 373, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00120", "text": "So I'll try to keep it short. Basically, you see companies get too big and they fall apart because too many people are making too many decisions. What happens usually is there are smaller companies (disruptive companies/technology) that come in and debase the old, big companies because they're more efficient. But then they usually become large as well, and the cycle continues. I relate this to Britain/America in the early days. Britain had their monarchy and wasn't about to change any time soon. With the advent of America, a small colony that was able to make progress quickly, we see that democracy (or a democratic republic, whatever we are today) or some semblance of it has quickly spread throughout the modern world. As of today, I think the idea of democracy is too old, and that we're seeing many of its problems. I think the solution to this would be a type of \"disruptive government\": that we could take a bunch of people, move them somewhere else with all the knowledge we have, and try to make a new society off it. If it works, I'm sure the rest of the world would want to follow. The only problem is that there's no more land to create a new government on Earth (which is why I'm for space travel and such... but that's beyond the point). However, my question is, do you think that \"disruptive government\" (or even economic policy) would be a good answer to the problems of today?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00121", "text": "Dear Reddit, I love you. It's true. I can't get around that fact--it's nearly a tautology. You've provided me with greater amounts of knowledge, intellectual insight, incredible porn, and humor than I could have ever imagined. Don't worry, as this is not your fault, but I must be leaving. You see, twice now I've stayed up so late reading your posts and endless comments that I've slept through my two hardest classes. They're 8am and then 9:30 classes, required by my major. I can't afford to miss them. So while our love is evident to all my friends, it needs to be over--for me. I need to do this for me. I hope you understand. Here's how our relationship is going to change. I will be deleting your free application from my iPod. The university has wireless in all the classes, and it's too damn tempting and easy to check if there are any new posts, thereby missing what the professor said about the Shrödinger equation. You will no longer be my home page. I still haven't decided on about:blank or google. I will be getting one of my friends to put a password of their choosing on your page. Sure, this may sound excessive, but if I don't do this, I won't be able to move on. I love you, Reddit, but this is my final good-bye. You've become too big a part of my life, and I need to make room for that which is more important--school. If I could, I'd give away my link karma, even though it's a mere 1237. Bye... *walks away* *looks back* *waves* *walks away*", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 362, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00122", "text": "year. Here are the three main ways it's changing the game: 1. The impact of Next Gen Stats on NFL teams One week of NFL games now creates 3TB of data, NFL CIO Michelle McKenna-Doyle said in her presentation at Amazon's re:Invent conference last November. After each game, the league now exports a trove of data to each team to help them evaluate their overall performance and their players. The league provides some basic tools to help the teams evaluate the data along with a few basic insights. Some teams have their own data scientists or analytics partners to take it further. The teams are using the data to help inform their training, fitness, and game preparation. But there's one big caveat that's keeping them from using the data to plan game strategies and draw up plays. \"Right now clubs are getting just their side of the ball, and so that's a decision point that's coming up,\" said the NFL's Swensson. \"We want to be able to ultimately get to a place where both sides of the ball are available to clubs, so they can do a lot more interesting analysis.\" In other words, teams don't get their opponents' in-depth data or the patterns that machine learning can see. That's a big topic for the NFL in the upcoming off-season, and it's an issue that's up for consideration by the NFL Competition Committee. Image: NFL 2. The impact of Next Gen Stats on NFL broadcasts The place where Next Gen Stats has made its most visible impact is on the television broadcasts of NFL games by CBS Sports (both TechRepublic and CBS Sports are owned by CBS). AWS has brought the data visualizations of Next Gen Stats into CBS broadcasts and given CBS analysts data points to explain some of the most important plays in the game. AWS is also working with the NFL's other broadcast partners to bring similar capabilities next season. Some of the Next Gen Stats that analysts now have access to include, for example: Real-time location data on all of the players Player speed and acceleration Total running distance for each player for the entire game The amount of separation that receivers get from their defenders The pressure rate that defenses have on quarterbacks Percentage of quarterback throws into tight windows Announcers such as former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo—a new color commentator at CBS this season—have embraced the data and used it to help give viewers an inside look at why some of the plays on the field succeed and others don't.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00123", "text": "I've often come across a game theme or idea for a BOARD GAME that would benefit from semi-anonymous action, so if we can get this nailed, I'm taking you all out to dinner. So I have a game where players are encouraged to rat on each other and at the same time there are great social pressures that mean they should probably think very carefully about doing so. If Player A rats on Player B, I need the following possible outcomes: 1) It remains undiscovered and the originator (the rat) is never known 2) It is discovered and the originator is never known 3) It is discovered and the originator is also known Of these three outcomes, (2) needs to happen more often than not. I have just one solution at the moment and it's rather inelegant. It requires having a set time or period in the game for 'ratting'. This would be a moment where the object of the rat is fixed (ie. if Player B does x then the 'rat phase' is triggered) and all other players (whether they intend to rat or bluff) are required to take part. They register their rat or bluff by means of a token or card that all look identical when face down, but reveal the true intention face up. The object of the rat (Player B) then rolls a die that tells him one of two things: a) reveal a rat token/card of your choice b) mix all the tokens/cards together and reveal the topmost The weighting of this throw would be heavily skewed to (b). In the event of (b) it would hopefully not be obvious who had ratted you out (especially as it could be more than one player and you don't get to see the other tokens). In the event of (a) you might want to avoid the player who you think would rat you out and go safe, or funnily enough, you may want to expose the rat even though it lands you in trouble. This part of my solution is the only bit I like because counter-intuitive behaviours rock my boat. But I'm sure you clever people can do better. TLDR: I need a board game mechanic that allows players to act with the possibility of their actions not being attributable to them (but always allowing the possibility for this to happen)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 470, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00124", "text": "I have noticed some...disgruntlement about how much business is done over IRC. Some of you might not be aware what IRC even is, or how to access it. Internet Relay Chat, however, does not exclude anyone. It is easily accessible, and always anyone to talk, and be heard, and in real time. There is now a tab on the official site that brings you to an page with an embedded IRC chat. It does not involve any installation, and the only thing you need to access it is an Internet connection and javascript. This page is here: Simply choose a nick (a unique one, that no one else on the freenode network is using or has registerred), and connect. To join other channels type in the command \"/join #channelnamehere\", without the quotation marks. A slash at the beginning will never get sent to the channel, because the client reads it as a command. To change your screen name, do \"/nick newnamehere\". To do \"actions\" type in \"/me doessomething\" Here are the other channels of interest, for the committees (which anyone is free to join): \\#theamericanpirateparty-webdev , for the web-development committee \\#app-meeting , where the official membership, usually weekly meetings are held. \\#app-op , operations. General planning. \\#app-pr , Public relations committee channel. \\#app-constitution , to help draft the constitution. \\#app-localorg \\#app-partyplatform , to help draft the official party platform \\#app-vote , to help ensure that all votes are fair and balanced. (there are probably other ones, but I'm not sure what they are). ALL CHANNELS ARE BEING LOGGED AND POSTED TO THE INTERNET. This is where they are being logged to: If you need any help, private message me (\"/query sje46 Help, sje, I need halp!\"), sje46, on IRC. Happy IRCing!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 407, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00125", "text": "Primanti Brothers is definitely a Pittsburgh institution. If you are traveling through, you definitely have stop here, at least for the novelty factor. Overall, food is good for a... well, for a sandwich shop... But in the end, I didn't leave with a sense that I really had to come back. \\n\\nThe real novelty at Primanti Brothers is that all of there sandwiches include french fries and cole slaw inside that sandwich. And to that I say... \\\"who cares\\\". I personally didn't care for the fries and slaw inside my sandwich, but I am also not a huge french fry or cole slaw fan. (I like the good ones, but I can easily pass on average,) I will say that their cole slaw, which was vinegar rather than mayonnaise based, was quite good. And there fries were above average, but not as good as somewhere like say, Five Guys. \\n\\nThe ingredients in the sandwich were all pretty good. I had the Pastrami and my friend had the Angus steak. The bread, meat, cheese, etc., were all good quality and were distinct when tasted individually. The sandwiches also seemed to work OK as a package, but for some reason for me--aside from the novelty factor--they didn't stand out. I think that maybe with the fries and slaw in there, there is just too much going on and those two tend to dominate the whole sandwich. It really takes over and you hardly taste the quality of the other ingredients. \\n\\nOn the plus side, the sandwiches average about $7 each, and for that price, your get a pretty decent sandwich. In the end, Primanti Brothers is a definite must try if you are passing through, but I don't see myself craving these babies any time soon.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 369, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00126", "text": "When the Others are at the Temple, or wandering the jungle, they are basically in sackcloth, which Biblically is supposed to represent mourning, repentance, and/or be the way that the prophets appear. (I don't know why they would wear regular clothes when they lived like hermit crabs in Dharmaville.) Sure, the sackcloth is a great stylistic device too, but on LOST everything seems to have either a meaning, or is a reference to something, or both. (Characters' names are often the same as philosophers, etc.) Just something to consider. **Sackcloth and Ashes** &gt;Although the modern-day idea of \"wearing sackcloth\" is often that of someone dressed in a burlap grain bag with head and arm holes cut in it, during Bible History its appearance was quite different. Sackcloth was most often made of coarse, black goat's hair. As its name indicates, it was used for sacks, but **was also customarily worn by mourners** (in some countries, the ancient custom is still faintly seen today when mourners wear black arm bands at funerals), or as a sign of **deep repentance and humility**. &gt; &gt;**Ashes** were often included as a further symbol of **personal abhorrence and chagrin**. Also, sackcloth was, and will be (in some contemporary form), in the case of the two witnesses, worn by some Prophets. &gt;\"Then Jacob [...] put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.\" &gt;\"Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.\" More at the link above, or you can just Google it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 388, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00127", "text": "I went to Pino's to celebrate a friends birthday on a Thursday night. I hadn't been in Pino's since they renovated, but I have to say that they made the interior beautiful. We made reservations, but I don't think we would have needed them since there was just a few other parties seated when we came in. \\n\\nMy two girlfriends and I always have a tough time deciding what to order...so naturally we order one of everything that looks good. We started with the Charcuterie platter, which was a mix of absolutely delicious prosciutto, capicola, and soppressata with a bit of veggies and mozzarella. This was an impressive way to start out the meal. We all wanted to try the seasonal ravioli, which was pumpkin (too tempting for three certified pumpkin fanatics), so we got an order to share as an appetizer. This was unlike other pumpkin ravioli I've had...very pumpkiny. The ravioli was good, although we all agreed that we wouldn't have been able to eat a whole order. It was very sweetly spiced and I was missing a little bit of savory with the dish. \\n\\nI ordered the grilled sausage pizza for my entree, and was pleased with it. I admittedly never get too excited about pizza, and this was good, but nothing that I was dreaming about later that night. Overall, the food was a 3-4 for me. \\n\\nThe service was outstanding. Our waiter was very welcoming and knowledgable. My friends got dessert, and when the chef (I assume Chef Pino?) came over to ask how it was, my friend jokingly said that it was delicious, but would be perfect with a bit of sauce. Before she could take another bite, he whisked both of the desserts away and added fresh strawberries and sauce, saying that he would be serving the dish that way for now on. Talk about service! The whole experience was fantastic, service gets a 5. \\n\\nAdded bonus: Awesome beer selection, some brews I haven't seen. Only place I've been that had East End Homewood Reserve on tap for me to try (exciting for a beer dork like me, and it is tasty, by the way).", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 471, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00128", "text": "In one of 60 spacious dance studios at the Beijing Dance Academy, Pei Yu Meng practices a tricky step from Jorma Elo's Over Glow. She's standing among other students, but they all work alone, with the help of teachers calling out corrections from the front of the room. On top of her strong classical foundation and clean balletic lines, Pei Yu's slithery coordination and laser-sharp focus give her dancing a polished gleam. Once she's mastered the pirouette she's been struggling with, she repeats the step over and over until the clock reaches 12 pm for lunch. Here, every moment is a chance to approach perfection. Pei Yu came to the school at age 10 from Hebei, a province near Beijing. Now 20, and in her third year of BDA's professional program, she is an example of a new kind of Chinese ballet student. Founded in 1954 by the country's communist government, BDA is a fully state-funded professional training school with close to 3,000 students and 275 full-time teachers over four departments (ballet, classical Chinese dance, social dance and musical theater). It offers degrees in performance, choreography and more. BDA's ballet program has long been known for fostering pristine Russian-style talent. But since 2011, the school has made major efforts to broaden ballet students' knowledge of Chinese dance traditions and the works of Western contemporary ballet choreographers. Pointe went inside this prestigious academy to see how BDA trains its dancers. Getting In BDA's admission process is extremely competitive, despite the school's large numbers. The ballet program is made up of a lower division, lasting seven years, and a four-year professional bachelor program. The professional division's admission procedure is extensive. Every year, hundreds of students ages 16 to 18 audition in Beijing over the course of two days, presenting classical and contemporary variations and improvisational work, and taking an academic exam. \"We are looking to produce artists with the technical skills to excel in professional companies and the knowledge to work in all jobs in the field of dance,\" says the ballet department's executive and artistic director and former National Ballet of China principal Zhirui (Regina) Zou. Nearly 100 are currently enrolled in the professional ballet program. Though the school does admit foreign applicants, it does not host international students very often because the academic entrance exam measures Chinese language proficiency (most classes are taught in Chinese", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00129", "text": "I tried usenet out a few months ago thinking \"Hey, this will be a lot safer than torrents and I can apparantly get ANYTHING off of it!\" The resulting experience was... disheartening to say the least. I found it extremely difficult to find anything, and when i did, the files I recieved (such as songs) were corrupted and had chuncks missing out of them. When trying to get programs I would recieve only one file that wouldn't work. At one point I downloaded a file that I was unable to delete and my computer would freeze if I tried to view it. When loading newsgroups I was met with an overwhelming number of porn newsgroups. However when going into various ones with humerous descriptions (come on, who can avoid porn.extreme.bacon?) I found very little there except for repeated advertisments and notes that seemed to be in every newsgroup as spam. I keep hearing how secure Usenet is and how fast Usenet is, but I failed miserably at using this golden vault of the internet. I'd definatly be willing to give it another shot if someone could easily explain how to work the damn thing to me. Any advice reddit? EDIT: When I did have it, i tried searching for some tutorials on google but the ones I found were vague/didn't help solve my problems. EDIT2: I've also seen a lot of talk about UseNEXT? Is that any better or is it basically a scam? TL;DR: Tried Usenet, couldn't figure out how to use it/got corrupted files. Wanting advice on how to use it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 336, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00130", "text": "Visually the app is mostly the same. One addition is that there is now the ability to turn on more detailed inbox notifications. The notifications will show both mail and comment replies. Will only show when the app is full sized (not mini layout). Preview: Here's the changelist, titles of bugfixes indicate the bug not the fix. * BUGFIX: Graph data inflates halfway then deflates back to 0 data points. * BUGFIX: Orphaned window detection is triggered by minimizing. * BUGFIX: Orphaned window detection didn't work in some cases. * BUGFIX: Minimizing causes the interface to glitch. * BUGFIX: Application can be maximized... despite not having an interface for that. * BUGFIX: Disabling the donate nag not preserved across sessions. * BUGFIX: Mini-layout can get stuck on, with an incomplete context menu. * BUGFIX: Changing the number of graph data points doesn't immediately take effect. * BUGFIX: Karma numbers don't link to associated webpages in mini-layout * CHANGE: System tray icon is now small alien head instead of generic line graph icon. * CHANGE: \"Optional\" mask on password input field * FEATURE: When using the mini-layout the application will not show up on the taskbar. * FEATURE: \"Italian Plumber\" sound pack. * FEATURE: Tooltip on tray icon that shows karma numbers * FEATURE: Mail/Comment excerpts * FEATURE: Volume setting. * FEATURE: Sound notifications can be disabled independently. (ex: only want sound for mail notifications) * FEATURE: Remember relevant graph data between sessions. (ex: if you restart RAL the graph data will still be there, except for the missing area from when the app was closed. Still limited to 600 data points.) Plus, everything else I changed but forgot to make myself a ticket. :x", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00131", "text": "I am somewhat of a conspiracy sympathist. A lot of my friends are as well, and nearly all of my close friends are NTs with way more than my fair share of NTPs. Some things are straight forward with a bit of research, should fluoride be in the water? Absolutely not, in my not so humble opinion. Is the official 9/11 story true? Absolutely not in my opinion. Etc. I have wondered for a long time why I am able to go from being completely pro fluoridation, having never considered it, to doing 20 minutes of research on the internet and completely changing my mind, while other people who have seen the same evidence as I have can't get over the fact that the American Dental Association supports it and it must therefore be all happiness and butterflies. I don't want this to turn into a debate about fluoride or 9/11 or aliens or anything, but it has started to seem to me that an iNtuition preference combined with Thinking allows one to approach any particular topic with an open mind, or more open of a mind than an SF in particular who being an S has already 'evaluated all the evidence' and therefore doesn't need to reevaluate their position. I would be really curious to a) know if as an INTP you find yourself mroe likely than most to entertain fringe political/metaphysical outlooks and b) you agree or disagree that the NT combination is some how directly related to open mindedness.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00132", "text": "The Symphony of the Hills has its first concert of the new year this Saturday night. If you don't know them, the Symphony of the Hills is situated in Kerrville, but people come from all around to hear symphonic music they won't otherwise hear. Gene Dowdy is its conductor. \"We're very proud that people come from all over: Junction, Hunt, Harper, Fredericksburg, Comfort, Boerne. People drive from San Antonio; I've got friends who come up, watch the shows.\" As the Symphony normally does, this first concert of the year is thematic. Its theme: The Best of Broadway. \"We're going to kick off the night with Phantom of the Opera, so those big, thundering chords...bum-bum-bum! But we're also going to do both new and old, so A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlisch's great book. Fiddler on the Roof. We're doing a beautiful orchestral setting, and this is really cool, arranged by the great film composer John Williams.\" Dowdy continued with his rundown. \"And then My Fair Lady--Lerner and Lowe, just a wonderful duo--I Could've Danced All Night. Second half we're going to kick off with something newer--the music from Wicked. Very wonderful Steven Schwartz music. Cabaret--Fabulous musical. And it is interesting how these musicals tend to jump to Hollywood. Here's one that went the other way: The Lion King. Started as this wonderful animated special. Music by Elton John, Hans Zimmer, great collaborators, but then jumped to Broadway. And then we're going to end the concert with Oklahoma...Rodgers and Hammerstein, the great orchestrator, Robert Russell Bennett. Oh What a Beautiful Morning.\" For those thinking of going it all happens 7:30 this Saturday at Kerrville's Kathleen Cailloux Theater. \"This music is timeless. We're looking forward to welcoming everybody for a new year and a new season.\" Find more on the Symphony of the Hills here.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00133", "text": "Neu beat DFL candidate Laurie Warner by 6 percentage points in the Valentine's Day election, carrying 53 percent of the vote to Warner's 47 percent. It was the first Republican-held seat up for election since Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration. Ordinarily, Neu would have been heavily favored to win — Trump took about 60 percent of the district's vote in November. But with special elections often unpredictable, Republicans didn't take anything for granted. \"I'm grateful to Chisago County residents for their support and trust to be their new voice in the legislature,\" Neu said in an emailed statement. \"I'm eager to roll up my sleeves and get to work with my House colleagues working to make health care more affordable, cut taxes for families, and build a budget that respects Minnesota taxpayers.\" Neu's victory gives Republicans a 20-seat majority in the Minnesota House, their second-largest in the modern era. THE WINNER Neu's victory marks a step out into the limelight for a woman who has long worked behind the scenes on political campaigns. \"I never really saw myself on this side of an election,\" said Neu, a Republican activist and campaign worker. \"When this opportunity came... I thought, it's time. It's time for me to do this in a different way, to step up and try to be an advocate for the people of Chisago County and for conservative values.\" She says she'll focus on cutting taxes and trying to improve Minnesota's individual health insurance market, where premiums have soared in recent years. By winning, Neu beat Warner in her second bid for the District 32B seat. A former Duluth City Council member before moving to North Branch a decade ago, Warner's top campaign issue was increasing school funding. Both candidates raised and spent more than $25,000 on their campaigns, according to reports filed with the state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Most of their spending went to mail sent to voters' homes. AN UNUSUAL ELECTION Tuesday's election came about because of an unusual situation. Just two months before the November 2016 general election, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that incumbent Rep. Bob Barrett didn't live in the district and was ineligible to run. Because the decision came so close to the election, there wasn't enough time under state law to replace Barrett on the ballot. Instead, the Supreme Court ruled that the November election wouldn't count for District 32B. The seat would remain", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00134", "text": "meet some of Portugal's remaining drug users. The hillside is littered with needles, and bursting with wildflowers. The sky rumbles with airliners landing at the international airport nearby. There's a philosophy book on a cement stoop next to a middle-aged man who's smoking crack cocaine. He gives his name as Rui, and says the stigma against addicts has eased since decriminalization. \"Now, not so much. It's less, because the methadone is coming, and people are treating this problem,\" he says. \"They see the drugs with another perspective.\" Every day, a government van pulls up and gives him a dose of methadone, an opioid that helps wean people off of heroin. It's a step toward harm-reduction. He still does cocaine, but no longer shoots up. Drug-related HIV infections in Portugal have dropped 95 percent. Drug workers hand out packets with clean needles and condoms, and listen to another addict, Antonio, describe his anxiety. \"If the drugs hurt too much my body, I escape a little, and then I come back again,\" he says. \"But it's a world I cannot escape! If I turn there, it's there — it's everywhere. I cannot escape.\" For every person in Portugal who cannot escape addiction, there's daily methadone, counseling and free treatment. A generation ago, these addicts were put in jail. Now they're on the street. But polls show the Portuguese — having lived through the ravages of a heroin epidemic — overwhelmingly support this policy.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 317, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00135", "text": "In town on business and I always try to find places like this. Wow, a martini bar not named the Blue Martini? OK, I'm in!\\n\\nSo I strolled over and walked in. First impression was it was a cool, cozy, and trendy joint. Liked the exposed brick walls, lighting, etc. Only problem is, I don't go to a restaurant or a bar to eat and drink the atmosphere!\\n\\nSo I grab a table in the bar. It was about 5pm and there might have been 15 people in the whole place. Two bartenders made eye contact with me so I figured they would be waiting on me. I figured wrong. I sat there for a good ten minutes and was getting ready to get up and leave when the younger tender came over and said with a \\\"deer in the headlights look\\\", do you want a drink or something???? Well hell, what was your first guess? I refrained from quoting Foxworthy and saying \\\"here's your sign\\\"!\\n\\nSo OK we were off to a bumpy start. I didn't have a martini, however there was a few options on the drink menu. I was just here for a bite, so my review is based on that.\\n\\nA few minutes later the other bartender comes back with my water and gives me a menu. I ordered some turkey wrap with a fruit salad for a side. I say \\\"some\\\" turkey wrap because it was really that unimpressive! \\n\\nIt seemed to take forever for it to arrive. Given the fact that it wasn't busy, it did take a long time to arrive. When it did, it looked OK. The fruit salad looked as if it was ready for the trash, so I bypassed that. The wrap just had zero flavor and was loaded with lettuce........way to much. The only flavor that presented itself was blandness! It was very disappointing.\\n\\nAll in all, I think this is probably a way better bar to have a drink in then a restaurant. I will return to try a martini, but I will pass on the food.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 436, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00136", "text": "American authorities have not yet determined exactly how Kim Jong Nam was killed, according to two sources, who did not provide specific evidence to support the U.S. government's view. A South Korean government source also had said that Kim Jong Nam had been murdered in Malaysia. He did not provide further details. South Korea's foreign ministry said it could not confirm the reports, and the country's intelligence agency could not immediately be reached for comment. In Washington, there was no immediate response to a request for comment from the Trump administration, which faces a stiff challenge from a defiant North Korea over its nuclear arms program and the test of a ballistic missile last weekend. Kim Jong Nam was known to spend a significant amount of his time outside North Korea and had spoken out publicly against his family's dynastic control of the isolated state. If confirmed as an assassination, it would the latest in a string of killings over the decades at home and abroad meant to silence those perceived by North Korea's leaders as threats to their authority, one of the U.S. sources said on condition of anonymity. In a statement, Malaysian police said the dead man, 46, held a passport under the name Kim Chol. Kim Jong Nam has been caught in the past using forged travel documents. Malaysian police official Fadzil Ahmat said the cause of Kim's death was not yet known, and that a post mortem would be carried out. \"So far there are no suspects, but we have started investigations and are looking at a few possibilities to get leads,\" Fadzil told Reuters. According to Fadzil, Kim had been planning to travel to Macau on Monday when he fell ill at the low-cost terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. \"The deceased... felt like someone grabbed or held his face from behind,\" Fadzil said. \"He felt dizzy, so he asked for help at the... counter of KLIA.\" Kim was taken to an airport clinic where he still felt unwell, and it was decided to take him to hospital. He died in the ambulance on the way to Putrajaya Hospital, Fadzil added. The U.S. government sources said it was possible that Kim Jong Nam had been poisoned. They said it could not be ruled out that assassins used some kind of \"poison pen\" device. South Korea's TV Chosun, a cable-TV network, reported that Kim had been poisoned with a needle by two women believed to be North", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00137", "text": "What do you guys think separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom? What can humans do that other animals cannot? I took a \"Theory of Human Uniqueness\" class at my university. The theory states that the most unique human ability is our elite throwing skill. No other animal can throw an object as well as a human. Our big brains, our ability to cooperate with the non-kin, our ability to afford to take years to bring up our young are all the outcome of our elite ability to throw. The name of my professor was Paul M. Bingham and this is his theory: #Human_evolutionary_biology \"He has developed the theory further in a self-published book, Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe (BookSurge, 2009). This work builds on W.D. Hamilton’s theory of kin selection (Benefit x Relatedness &gt; Cost) and posits that the Homo genus evolved when an ancestral organism developed the ability to effectively manage non-kin conflicts of interests by lowering the cost of coercion between non-kin individuals (Benefit &gt; Cost of Coercion + Cost of Cooperation). ... According to his theory, the cost of coercing a cheating individual in a cooperative effort, otherwise known as the free-rider problem, was lowered when a precursor species to modern humans developed a way to threaten adult con-specifics from a distance by evolving the ability to throw. This diffused the risk to the predator formulated by Lanchester's Square Law. It proposes that we evolved the ability to repel predators and scavenge their kills in the African savannah. This was later adapted as threat projection towards free-riding con-specifics in non kin cooperative groups.\" I can't really summarize a semester's worth of information in this post. He gave a lot of examples from all areas of science to back up his claims. Feel free to debate over this and give your own views on what makes us different from other species.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 407, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00138", "text": "I've been here twice. The first time was at least two years ago and I can't remember anything in particular about it.\\n\\nThe second time, though, was tonight, Valentine's Day. A group of friends and I chose this restaurant after the place we wanted to go was closed--for good. Roland's was it, then. It wasn't very crowded, so we were seated right away. The first thing that caught my attention was how the waitresses/waiters were dressed. They weren't dressed how I would have expected them to be. They were in jeans and baggy tshirts. But, our waitress was helpful, and our food came out pretty quickly. it wasn't a memorable meal or experience. I wanted a caesar salad with my dinner, but they were out of romaine lettuce (and it wasn't late in the evening--maybe 6:30pm at the latest). The bleu cheese dressing, though, tasted pretty good. I ordered a ravioli dish for my entree, but when I asked if I could get a different sauce, the waitress said it's already mixed together, meh. I'm not a fan of that. When my friends went to order their pasta dishes, they had a choice between penne and linguini, but the restaurant was out of penne, too.\\n\\nOh well, the prices aren't terrible, and the good came out pretty quickly, and hot. It's not the best restaurant, but it's not a stink hole, either.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00139", "text": "First, a disclaimer of sorts. I agree with the vast majority of what Richard Dawkins writes and says. This is true not only of his points of religion and creationism, but also the broader topics of education, metaphysics, and natural philosophy. I also am well aware that he makes his coin by being outspoken -- that this is part of who he is. Yet (you knew that was coming!) he is rapidly turning into the Rush Limbaugh of atheists. Lemme explain. He doesn't have to convince people like me he's right, that would be preaching to the choir (so to speak). He will never convince hardcore fundamentalists he's right, so why bother? I get that as well. This leaves a large cross-section of people who haven't thought about these issues, or are in the process of rethinking them. What do they hear of Atheism through Dawkins? Well, they hear him call religious people's thoughts \"spectacularly stupid.\" Maybe so, but if someone walked up to you and said your ideals were spectacularly stupid, would you listen to what else he had to say. If you say \"yes\", forgive me for suspecting you're lying. He says people who disagree with him are \"not very good at thinking.\" If a religious person said that to you, what would you think of her? The point is, Dawkins isn't just outspoken, he is bordering on obnoxious. Is he helping people understand the Atheist PoV? No. Is he allowing room for people to think things through in their own manner? No. (That would be stupid thinking.) He is merely trolling religious thinkers. Yes, he is more clever than most (and far more clever than I!) but as fun as trolling is, very few people are enlightened by it. Just a thought.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00140", "text": "Clearly should have read a few reviews before going here. Whenever I go to these types of iconic regional dining establishments, I order the house specialty to best judge the place on its supposed merits. Since it was 11 in the morning, I chose not to order Primanti's #1 best seller, which the waitress told me was beer, but perhaps that would have made my experience better. As it was, I ordered the #2 best seller, the cheese steak. It was heinous. \\n\\nThink a grimy, mechanically separated Salisbury-style steak with a meager slice of provolone on sliced Italian bread served signature Primanti-style: with coleslaw, tomatoes, and fries.\\n\\nFirst, the steak was disgusting: terrible flavor (smelled and tasted like hippie armpit, which I'm not necessarily opposed to as long as it's not involved in something I'm trying to eat) with a gross, processed meat texture. Secondly, the fries easily overwhelmed the sandwich, with their old fryer grease taste. Additionally, the sandwich was unwieldy and threatening to fall apart at every turn--a trait I don't hold against decent-tasting sandwiches, but this lack of structural integrity just added insult to injury. \\n\\nMy dining partners were equally disgusted by their choices: corned beef and ham & cheese sandwiches, respectively. Easily the best part of the meal was the Smallman Street Fries, and those were equally lack-luster. The \\\"bacon\\\" was simply bacon bits (oh, the humanity!), the chili was uninspired, and the cheese sauce and sour cream did little but soggy the fries. (Did I mention they tasted like old fryer grease?) \\n\\nI will never go back and I will immediately disregard the culinary opinions of anyone who thinks Primanti Bros. produces decent food.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 375, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00141", "text": "I am not being hyperbolic when I say that my last experience here was the worst food experience I have ever had.\\n\\n I have eaten at Bado's before and have had pizza that was pretty tasty. So when my roomate wanted to go there, I was pretty excited. There were 4 of us. Two of us had burgers while the other two ordered wedding soup and shared potato skins. My burger was delicious. It was juicy and smothered in bleu cheese. \\n\\nWhile my food was really good, there were some issues with the other items ordered. Two of my guests cited that the wedding soup had a metalic taste to it while my other friend with the burger found a hair. Being a hairdresser and understanding that it does happen sometimes, she disregarded it and continued to eat her burger. Unfortunately, the hair did not stop there. Another guest found several hairs in their meal as well. We decided that we should let our waitress know. I stopped the waitress and explained how there was hair in two people's food. The waitress got upset and was very rude (it's not like we accused her of planting the hair herself). On top of this, she mistakenly took my burger and walked away with it, leaving the sullied food on the table. When she came back I told her that my burger was not one of the items with food on it and she instantly became defensive. At this point we asked for a manager (who never came) and insisted our meal get comped. Considering she threw out the only good food that we ordered, we didn't feel like that was asking too much. Luckily the waitress did not put up too much of a fight. \\n\\nI will never eat at Bado's again. A good cheese burger and a decent pie isn't enough when the staff can't even accept their own (human) mistakes. I have been places where there have been food issues before and I have also worked in a restaurant. I completely understand that mistakes happen. However, the reaction that we received was unacceptable.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 423, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00142", "text": "Ugh - so I went here this morning and while there was nothing wrong with the food (just got apple cinnamon oatmeal - review on that later) the cashier was bothering me. I mean it's freaking 7:45 AM in the morning - just let me pay for my damn oatmeal and get to work! \\n\\nThere was NO ONE else in line, therefore no one in front of me and I'm standing in front of the cashier waiting to pay...now get this...I'm standing there, debit card in hand, while she's completing a text message. And it's not like she just needs to press \\\"send\\\" oh no - there's is content getting written before my eyes as I wait there, and I'm thinking to myself is this really happening, who the hell could she be texting this early, and why the hell is she making me wait while she completes the content of a text message. \\n\\nNow, I realize that ABP (Au Bon Pain) isn't some uber-professional establishment, but I'm thinking this should be in customer service 101 - stop texting while a customer is waiting to pay for item, you may resume texting after customer(s) are gone. \\n\\nThe oatmeal was tasty - and I like that they have a self-serve topping area (containers filled with nuts, cranberries, raisins, brown sugar, granola). They had a choice between plain and apple cinnamon oatmeal - I went for the apps cinn mush - good stuff. If only they could train their employees better.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00143", "text": "I must be a glutton for punishment, because I keep finding myself hungrily returning to the Quiet Storm. The menu has slightly changed, and they are no longer cash only... This time it was the \\\"8th Ward\\\" that inflicted extreme disappointment. Not sure what 8th Ward is supposed to mean, but I will forever associate it with a dry boring place. And I thought we were getting a party platter! This appetizer sampler included THE WORST hummus evaar; I am near positive that they forgot to add garlic, lemon, salt and tahini to this chickpea paste that which was described as \\\"garlicky\\\" on the menu. Sooo wrong. \\\"The Butter,\\\" another WTF of a name, was also very dry and bland. The salsa was good! And there were plenty of dipping accessories, too many really, given the smallness of the unappetizing dip portions.\\n\\nAt this point, I've tried most of the vegan options QS has to offer and the only luck I've had has been with the B.Y.O.B. Go figure. \\n\\nI wouldn't care so much about how much of a tease this place is if I didn't REALLY desire a comfortable neighborhood place to eat comfortable food with a comfortable view of a cute waitress who writes fiction. And it frustrates me that few others seem to recognize the culinary (I shutter at even calling it that) mediocrity of \\\"the best\\\" vegetarian restaurant Pittsburgh has to offer.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 306, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00144", "text": "The letter, dated Monday and addressed to a White House ethics official, asked President Donald Trump's administration to investigate the incident and gave it two weeks to provide its findings and detail any disciplinary steps taken. Conway, Trump's presidential campaign manager and now a senior counselor, said on Fox News last week that Americans should \"go buy Ivanka's stuff.\" She spoke after retailer Nordstrom announced it was dropping the branded line of Ivanka Trump, the president's older daughter. Federal ethics rules prohibit executive branch employees from using their positions to endorse products. \"There is strong reason to believe that Ms. Conway has violated the Standards of Conduct and that disciplinary action is warranted,\" Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub wrote in the letter. Stefan Passantino, the White House ethics official named in the letter, declined to comment. A White House spokesman did not reply to a request for comment. The ethics office has little enforcement power. It can formally recommend disciplinary action if the White House does not act, Shaub said in a separate letter to two U.S. lawmakers who sought a review of Conway's remarks. Following video from Feb. 10 That recommendation would not be binding, and the process would take until late April or early May, Shaub said. If the ethics office does formally recommend discipline, it would be up to the White House to decide any steps against Conway. Norman Eisen, who was ethics chief under President Barack Obama, said Congress also could call hearings or subpoena documents if the White House did not act. Trump himself earlier attacked Nordstrom for dropping his daughter's brand. The ethics rules that bar endorsements do not apply to the president, though critics said his comments were inappropriate. Nordstrom said it made the decision because sales had steadily declined, especially in the last half of 2016, to where carrying the line \"didn't make good business sense.\" In his letter to the White House, Shaub wrote that his office's regulatory guidelines include an example violation in which a hypothetical presidential appointee promotes a product in a television commercial. He said Conway's remarks closely mirrored that example of what not to do. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Thursday that Conway had been \"counseled,\" but Shaub wrote that the Office of Government Ethics had not been informed of any corrective steps.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 460, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00145", "text": "I've been to Buffalo Blues a few times at Happy Hour, and met my daughter there last night for Happy Hour specials as advertised on the web site. First clue: no Happy Hour promos mentioned in the bar except for the Yeungs and Wings (which was not what we were looking for). We came close to leaving as my beer was off the draft list, but we decided to stay and were disappointed that my daughter's choice was already gone although still ilsted. The food was awful, the service worse. Maybe a busser should clean the table after removing the dirty dishes--our table was a sticky mess. The service: one beer to the table at a time. Next round I saw two beers go to a three-top, removed and sent to the bar, poured out and the glasses refilled and brought to us. Someone else's food was brought to our table, our fries came out --lukewarm---but our wing order never went in. So we got our garlic parm wings which tasted like old overcooked chicken and was way too crispy and greasy for my taste. We ate two each, then told the server we didn't want them. She offered to take them off, but we told her that wasn't necessary, so they took off 1/2 the price as a Customer service gesture. Still, we had a Happy Hour bill for 1/2 eaten fries, barely touched wings, and 6 drafts total of $45 at a dirty table. At least the place was quiet--there were empty tables everywhere. I think we're done here.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00146", "text": "I brought my husband and my parents all to Papa J's last time my husband and I were in Pittsburgh. My parents are really picky about their italian food, usually they drive places in east bumf*@ (tarentum, ligonier...) to get their capital I-talian.\\n\\nMy pop is kinda grumbly, and getting him to try something new is like pulling teeth. The only reason I got him here was becuase they were on their way to drop us at the airport.\\n\\nWell, my dad goes back now regularly and that says a lot, considering he lives in Murrysville. \\n\\nThe first good sign Dad was happy was that he seemed impressed when it was open- it was noon a few days after Christmas. Second good sign was that Dad ordered wine, at it was only 1 pm. Dad, while not a teetotaler, rarely has a drink before 5 pm so I know he was anticipating a good meal. The kicker was that he was so happy he left our waitress a $20 tip on a $50 meal. \\n\\nCan I say, I live in Texas now and I still relive this afternoon back in December? I had chicken picatta...it was perfect. My dad had eggplant rollatini, my mom had a pizza, and my hubby had basic pasta and marinara. It all was amazing, delicous, and inexpensive. In Austin, you can't get a decent italian meal, much less a decent italian meal for under $50 for four people.\\n\\nI know there are so many good Italian places in Pittsburgh but I just think back so fondly on this day...when me Dad liked someplace I took him :)", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 354, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00147", "text": "Pinball Number Count - I don't understand what's going on in this song at around 0:04 to 0:10 and it's frustrating me. I don't know how many listens this should take for me to get it. I have this assumption that an experienced musician should be able to hear a piece once or twice and be able to break it down, no matter what it is. I can't do that with this piece, and I've been able to figure out the rhythms in Tool songs... which makes this even more mind-boggling. What's tripping me up is pausing and the deceptive rhythm changes. They destroy my ability to count along with the song. This is embarrassing to an aspiring musician who is trying to train his ears. But then again, I'm not accustomed to picking out odd meters... I don't know how someone can just listen to a piece of music and go \"Oh! That's definitely in 13/8 time\" 1.) Am I doing this wrong by trying to count out different meter to the rhythm until it fits? How do experienced musicians transcribe songs like this? I'm thinking that you would learn how to hear the notes independent of any meter, which would allow you to break the song into any meter you pleased after you put the notes down. 2.) What does it take to be able to arbitrarily understand the rhythms you hear and notate them as easily as you'd notate speech? When I say arbitrary, I mean it... even if it's in the weirdest goddamn meter ever or 64th notes at 200+bpm. My goal in aural training is gaining a better sense of rhythm (especially complex poly-rhythms) and dynamics. I am exclusively concerned with the level of experience and practice I'd need to be able transcribe songs like this and even more complex (glitch?). Weeks? Months? Years? Any tips? I'd appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on how realistic my goals are. I'd like to know if this is a troublesome piece for others as well.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 425, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00148", "text": "The relevant article excerpt: Ebert is dying in increments, and he is aware of it. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear, he writes in a journal entry titled \"Go Gently into That Good Night.\" I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris. There has been no death-row conversion. He has not found God. He has been beaten in some ways. But his other senses have picked up since he lost his sense of taste. He has tuned better into life. Some things aren't as important as they once were; some things are more important than ever. He has built for himself a new kind of universe. Roger Ebert is no mystic, but he knows things we don't know. I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. Ebert takes joy from the world in nearly all the ways he once did. He has had to find a new way to laugh — by closing his eyes and slapping both hands on his knees — but he still laughs. He and Chaz continue to travel. (They spent Thanksgiving in Barbados.) And he still finds joy in books, and in art, and in movies — a greater joy than he ever has. He gives more movies more stars.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 462, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00149", "text": "Honestly, I read a lot of your comments and I'm always impressed by the amount of knowledge some reddit users have. Wherever your beliefs lay religiously, politically, socially, economically, anything else and everything in between, there is a LOT of volunteer work out there that some of us could be doing. Even if you can give only 4 hours a week, it would be awesome and we, as a society, really need it. Check craigslist for volunteer positions, or if you're a college student check the nonprofit sectors (if you need some cash and the cause is something you believe in). If you love animals go to your city's animal shelter and see what its condition is. The people running it could need some help. If you like kids there a TON of programs to get involved with some kids. What's causing me to write this is my visit to an animal shelter in LA. What I saw was disgusting and heart-breaking. Animals hit a soft spot for me, and dogs especially, so to see dogs that have dirt and shit on their faces (literally shit), really kills me. I went to the office to sign up and volunteer, but I found out I could only be considered if I planned on being here for the next 9 months. It put the situation in perspective though, as soon as I move in the summer, I need to put my money where my mouth is. It's one thing to be conscious and active in debate among people, but it really is something else to exert physical energy towards something that you believe is a good cause. I'm sorry I can't provide links for good companies to volunteer for. I'm currently looking into it and I'll post back here later. If anyone has any ideas on this, I would greatly appreciate it too. :)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 365, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00150", "text": "In the last few years I have given up downloading movies, music, and video games for a few reasons: * Services like Netflix/Steam provide great services at great prices. * I graduated college and I have a job that gives me more than enough money to make these purchases. * My career as a software engineer gave me perspective of the work that goes into making a product. With the recent news of Ubisoft's new highly restrictive DRM, I question the ethical stance I have taken in recent years against pirating video games. I feel that I should not be punished for buying a game. I am not sure if this means I will just stop buying any video game with restrictive DRM or if I will start pirating these games after I purchase them to ensure I can enjoy the experience until the publisher releases a patch to remove said DRM. What do you think Reddit? Where do you stand on the issue? Edit: I highly doubt I will actually pirate any games, I am just frustrated with the hoops I have had to jump through to play games I have purchased. When I pirated games, I just had to copy over a cracked executable file, whereas with games I buy I have to have Punkbuster, GFWL, Securom, and a dozen other utilities running on my system just to play a game. Edit 2: It seems the vast majority of you believe it is ethically wrong to pirate a game you did not pay for, but what about if I purchased the game and chose to pirate a DRM-free version? Or if I purchased the game and remove the DRM myself? The first situation is illegal and the 2nd depends on the EULA or ToS of the product.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 343, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00151", "text": "I'll preface this by reminding anyone who reads my reviews that 3 stars is a good review for me--it means it's good, but I'm not going to go out of my way for it. \\n\\nEnrico's Tazza D'oro Cafe is definitely very good--I love the location in Highland Park, and the early morning crowd seemed pretty nice and very eclectic. We even ran in to a friend while we were there and had a nice chat. \\n\\nMy girlfriend and I ordered lattes which were excellent--the space was overall very nice inside and while the selection of pastries was a bit thin I would say the ones they had looked good. I do wish they had more outdoor seating, though. It's tough to make the \\\"I'm a fan\\\" list for coffee houses. I'll try it again and may change my review in the future. \\n\\nWhile I\\\"m on the note of Highland Park, I want to join the chorus of people who are dismayed by the recent hit and run involving the two bikers in Highland Park. Accidents (no matter how horrible) do happen, and as such I'm not as angry about the actual accident; but to just drive away and leave people severely injured by the side of the road is pretty wretched behavior. At this point, i only hope that if you are the person who did this, you will at least dedicate the rest of your life to doing good to balance your to-date lousy behavior.\\n\\nIt's never too late.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 317, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00152", "text": "just got off the phone with a lady from construction junction. normally, i have had the best experiences there. . . all have been very cooperative and helpful. but, i guess they are so successful that they are becoming arrogant. here's the rub: my hubby sent me a picture of a chandelier they had; i did not see the picture until 30 minutes later; by then he had left the store. i called to BUY the chandelier over the phone. this has been done before (we WERE construction junction junkies). the lady adamantly refused to help me. she adamantly refuesed to even listen to a description of the fixture! she gave the following excuses:\\\" well, if you have been here in the last 12 years, you know how this place works\\\"; \\\"I can't go back there and try to find out what you want\\\"; \\\"i am the only one on the floor\\\"; \\\"this is first come, first serve\\\"; \\\"if your husband comes in and it is still here, then we'll sell it to him\\\" \\\"how will i know which one it is - we have so many back there...\\\" .... i could hear the smirk in her voice as she enjoyed blowing me off. . . i even offered to send her the picture my husband sent me via email - she refused. keep in mind, i wanted to pay for the item. my husband cannot go back to construction junction today. . . most likely the item will be gone. . . it would have been nice had this sales agent been more helpful - especially when it was clear how badly i wanted to buy the fixture. she did not express any concern whatsoever for my requests: (like, so sorry, i can't help you at the moment, please call back and i'll try to accomodate; give me a brief description and i'll try to find it... etc.). sometimes, even if you can't accomodate someone, it's how you say it that makes all the difference. construction junction will implode if it begins to treat its customers indifferently.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 425, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00153", "text": "I feel like people always bring it up but it never follows through. The last thread almost seemed like it was gonna happen but it seems that's fallen through. I know there was that recent thread on snowboarding, but I have a feeling I'm not the only soCal redditor who doesn't snowboard. Every time a socal meetup is brought up, people tend to suggest downtown Fullerton. I haven't checked out the bar scene there myself, but it's always seemed like fun. Then the underage redditors come in (get off my lawn!) and make us all sad because they can't join in on dtf bar hopping. My idea? I prefer Dave &amp; Busters myself. It's got booze, it's got games, and underage people can come in if they're with someone over 25 (and I think there are enough redditors over 25). I know there's a D&amp;B at the Block and at the Spectrum, but I don't know what would be better for redditors. I'd like to note that I'm horrible at organizing social events. I just wanted to bring this up to provide an open forum to see if people are still game for a socal meetup, and if there is anyone out there who is awesome at organizing events. But if this takes off, I'm more than willing to organize! Just letting you know I suck at organizing and it'd be great if someone could help me put the word out and put this thing together. **edit1:** Protophobic suggests just throwing a date and time out there, so let's try it the Boston way. For those lurkers who might be eyeing this with doubt, I'm setting a random date/time/place that's open for discussion, but at least that way it's a little more tangible. This will happen! So random tentative date/time/place: **Saturday, February 27 at 8pm at D&amp;B at the Spectrum.** Let's make this happen!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 408, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00154", "text": "(Please read protocol before responding) I teach at a middle school for gifted and talented students (mostly born of Dominican parents). Before I even met my first class I knew that I would make independent reading the cornerstone of my teaching philosophy. Last year, when I taught sixth graders, I thought all was going well. My students all seemed to be happily engaged during silent reading time. As assessments started to come back I noticed that one girl in particular, Lesly, consistently scored low in reading comprehension and being able to draw inferences. I began to watch her during silent reading and soon realized that she had many strategies for avoiding reading: she would request permission to go to the bathroom; she would secretly work on homework for other classes; she would stare at the first page of the same book for 20 minutes or longer. When I confronted Lesly with this, she responded that she could never find a book that she liked. I asked her what the last book she enjoyed and she couldn’t think of one. I asked her what she liked to do and she said, “Shop.” I suggested The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but she said she had tried it and didn’t like it. I made other suggestions which all met with resistance. I suggested some graphic novels that were popular with other girls, but Lesly was not interested. I eventually ended up doing one-on-one work with her, using illustrated storybooks. I never did find the intersection of her reading level and reading interest.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00155", "text": "Hi! As the title says, I am a programmer who worked on an e-voting platform. I'm a long time IAmA lurker and never thought I had something to contribute, until this popped up. Not the most interesting thing in the world, but I thought it's better than nothing. It was a small-ish company (~100 employees in different areas, ~20 in software development), not for-profit and we were not in for the money. We were competing against Diebold and another big company I rather not name because it would narrow us (and me) down quite easily, and I value my privacy. There were no NDA stuff or anything like that, as we were very open about the whole thing and planned to open source it anyways (which we never got around to do but it's another story). It was Linux-based, booted off an USB pendrive, and was designed to run on almost readily-available computers (i.e. a hardware check was expected but nothing fancy). I designed or co-designed most of the security stuff, wrote most of the security and low-level code, built the linux distribution and final images, and probably other things I'm forgetting. About 50k people used it to vote across different elections, all non-binding as they were mostly pilot programs. It had special provisions for the visually impaired and illiterate people, which was quite nice and got a *lot* of positive feedback from both camps. The project was dropped for internal company reasons that had nothing to do with the project in itself, which was quite successful. It was by far the most interesting project I worked in, although not the most technically challenging (but challenging nonetheless). Ask me almost anything. I rather not disclose my personal information or things that can narrow me down a lot. If you feel a very powerful urge to find out who I am, I can provide some interesting puzzles to solve instead ;) Besides that, there were a lot of interesting issues that were involved, starting from the social ones, technical stuff, the political process to get it used in a real election, which I hope you find interesting enough to ask about it. Have fun! *edit: I'm off to bed, I'll keep answering in the morning, thanks for the interesting questions. I sincerely hope to find more in the morning, this is more fun that I thought. **edit: I'm back.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 484, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00156", "text": "Reddit, I dearly need your help; as I cannot afford the $300 fine for this, and I was honestly not guilty here. I was clocked going 59 on a Texas freeway, while making an exit on the exit ramp. The exit ramp one of those yellow \"advisory\" speed signs at 40mph such as this. Cop claimed I was speeding on the offramp. Highway speed = 60, Offramp speed = 40, **I was traveling 59 MPH** therefore speeding on the offramp. The cost to pay will be $300. He said those yellow signs ARE THE LAW. ===== The Texas Administrative Code]( states in regards to **advisory speed signs [like this.**: (2) Exit ramps. The Exit Speed or Ramp Speed signs (W13-2 and W13-3) are intended for use where engineering investigations of roadway, geometric, or operating conditions show the necessity of **advising** drivers of the maximum **recommended speed** on a ramp.* I read ADVISORY SIGN, SUGGESTED, RECOMMENDED SPEED as to be a helpful hint for safe driving, and not a legal obligation. I was taught only white signs are regulatory by law in drivers ed. ------------------------- ==== * How can I prepare for the court process in Texas? * Any good guides to handling this? Most are e-books online for $70 saying \"GET OUT OF THIS TICKET; EVEN IF YOU'RE GUILTY!!!\" and look sketchy. * Lawyers are quoting me around $500. I don't trust a lawyer, once I hired one for $70 on something similar and they just got me defensive driving and still costed me a ton I've got major bills and will be financially ruined by this. I really need your advise guys. ==== DETAILS: I live in Lewisville, TX I was stopped in the Town of Hickory Creek, a small town.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 395, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00157", "text": "Hi netsec, First, sorry for the novelty account. Basically I have graduated with a computer science diploma and received my first job. At this company we there is no previous network administrator as it was done through consulting since I received this position. During my few months with this position I have been asked multiple questions from employees on what I can and cannot see web filtering wise.I play the completely dumb card (security by obscurity). And trying out my newly gained social engineering I was given the information that employees are dodging the web filtering in place (DNS redirection) through a service called Vtunnel (they wanted to know if I could see anything when they used it). The employee (who is very cocky) proclaimed that he has a friend in IT who is 10 billion times smarter than I am and even if I block it he will find a way around it. To be perfectly honest the more I talk to this employee, the more I think he is doing something illegal or it could be just a security hazard such as pr0n sites with all that fun malware. Some information that I can give out is. We have remote offices so VPN services arent blocked at the firewall level. The employees do not have administrative rights. There is no stand alone web filtering device on the network. Reading this subreddit for a few months I have learned of the mass amount of intelligence being passed around (some of it over my head.. but in time) and decided it was time to post for help. I appreciate all the help!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00158", "text": "I've streaked 500 times in the last 365 days. Some of my streaks are longer distances, others are pretty short. The short distance streaks were doing things like walking out to the curbside mailbox naked, which I usually do late at night, but have done this at other times during the day also. The longest distance I have streaked in the last year was a little over 3 miles. For that streak, I got a large envelope, addressed it to myself and went for a walk. When I finally decided it was time to turn around and streak back home, I took off my shorts and tshirt, stuffed them in the envelope and dropped it into a mailbox. At that point, there was no turning back, I was miles from home and had nothing on but my shoes and a housekey on a chain around my neck. I love the excitement of being naked on the streets. Sometimes I may go streaking and the distance isn't that great, but I'll stay outside naked for a long time, sometimes for a couple of hours. My wife knows I go streaking a lot, but not exactly how much I really do. A few times, I've even talked her into doing it with me, but most of those times were when we were dating. Not so much now that we actually got married. but she does come with my frequently to take pics of me jerking off in public, on street corners, in the middle of parking lots, in some strangers front yard etc...She has several hundred pics of me naked in various places around town. I wish I could say I'm a nudist and embracing the nudist lifestyle, but that's not it. I get aroused being naked in public. I've been seen several dozen times, sometimes intentionally, but never caught by the police or anything, which scares the crap out of me thinking about, because I know I'll end up on the sex offender registry if I ever do get busted. but in over 20 years of streaking, I haven't been busted yet, which is a strange miracle. I don't know why i enjoy streaking so much, but I think i'm addicted to it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 447, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00159", "text": "I've been working for an SAT prep company for awhile now, and I sometimes wonder if what I'm doing is slightly immoral. First of all, many of my students come from wealthy families and attend private schools. Nearly all of them are weaker students, and thus really do benefit from the course. So what of the slower students who don't have the kind of money to enroll in my classes? For instance, let's take the famous twin paradox but change it slightly. Say I have Twin A and Twin B, and for reasons unknown they grow up separately but are equally intelligent. Twins A and B would both receive 1500 on the SAT unaided, but because Twin A's adoptive family is wealthier, Twin A takes a class and receives a 1600. The Twins apply to the same school, and Twin A gets in while Twin B does not. The only difference here is a three-month course and some expendable cash. Second of all, am I really helping these students in the long run? If colleges operate on the assumption that standardized testing is really standardized, then am I helping students enter institutions that have workloads they can't handle? Am I helping them go to colleges that will only leave them confused and exasperated? I believe this is pretty different from a licensed educator choosing a rich neighborhood to teach in, since the purpose of SAT prep is to give students a leg-up on the competition, and not really teach them anything new or impart knowledge on them. In this sense I find SAT \"teaching\" to be intrinsically educationally vacuous. I realize that this is not a black-and-white problem, and that the economic inequality question can be applied to poor and rich neighborhoods everywhere, not just SAT prep. But I can't help but feel that I am guilty of perpetuating an economic opportunity gap. I'm not looking for validation or anything, but I am genuinely curious if any other instructors out there have pondered the same moral dilemma, and if there are any other viewpoints, arguments, or interpretations that I haven't considered. Thanks.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 422, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00160", "text": "Ok so this is from last week. It snowed in Atlanta. I wanted to make a time lapse vid showing how quick the snow fell and stuck to the ground. I started at 2pm and my battery died at 5pm. A total of 1048 medium jpegs shot on my 5DmkII. One every 10 seconds controlled by the Canon tc80n3. I also submitted a far lesser quality video to ireport.com and they called me and asked if they could air it. I never saw if they did or not. It is weird getting a phone call from CNN. Also, the local Fox affiliate used it. They aired it at 6 &amp; 10pm one night last week. Guy screwed up my name for both showings. If anyone can give me suggestions on how to get footage of fox talking about it from my dvr to my computer, I would really appreciate it. The iphone sucks for recording this shit.... * here is the original timelapse * here is fox atlanta news talking about it They aired it within the first 10 minutes of the broadcast. So I have a question. When fox called me asking me details of the video and if I was interested in them airing it, should I have asked for money? I was afraid that if I had asked for money they wouldn't air it. How much should I have asked for? certainly they have a budget set up for this kind of thing, but I just didn't know.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00161", "text": "okay, so it's not as fun as kennywood but i guess it's still cool... \\n\\ni planned ahead a day to go for me & bobby (his first time) it was supposed to be nice day, but the weather changed in 2 weeks.. \\n\\nwe picked a nice time.. since it was literally supposed to rain all day, there werent any long lines/ we literally rode every water slide in one hour. then we went to head to the lazy river--- & it was closed! they said it was closed due to not enough attendence, but i mean come on. we still paid $70 for 2 people to come in this park where i just rode everything in one hour.. keep the lazy river open so i can kill an hour! aah. the cliff hanger was also closed- like always. \\n\\nso we just went and rode everything again. the Dragon's Den is sweet and the blue tubaluba is as well. bobby had a blast on the speed slides. i have to admit though, i do miss the regular body slide. \\n\\nanother reason i chose august 3rd to go to sandcastle was that the park was open until 7pm rather than 5 or 6 like regular days. well actually at 4:45 we recieved a \\\"15 minute warning\\\" that the park was closing at 5 due to rain. ugh, a little more time would've been helpful. \\n\\ni couldnt hear the warning and asked an employee who said they were closing in ten minutes due to the weather and being under-staffed to stay open until 7. it started to rain at 5 and literally at 5:20 the rain was over . the park could've just shut down the rides until the rain cloud passed, but due to being under-staffed would rather hand out rain checks.. which is fine because we get an another entire day, but i mean it would be a terrible inconvience from someone out of town who planned a family day. \\n\\noverall, the smile on my boyfriend's face was priceless, but i truly wish we could've enjoyed the lazy river and the park until 7. hopefully next time things go as planned....", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 464, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00162", "text": "For awhile now, I've been more conscious about what's going into my body. It has less to do with political outrage and more to do with the fact that I'm getting older; I need to do whatever I can to keep myself healthy and intact. I barely eat fast food - I have someone pick me up a cheeseburger once or twice a month if I'm hungry, but I stopped drinking soda and I try not to eat out often, if at all. I'm not perfect, but I suspect that if we're honest, neither are any of us. So the question isn't so much what can I do to change my dietary intake on a grand level; I can shop at our local co-op and farmer's market, I can buy more organic products, I can avoid HFCS (which I've made great strides to do), etc. The question is, how do I make these changes translate into my personal life? I'm not a terribly good cook, but I'm trying to improve; my kitchen is not well stocked, but I'm fixing that. I have cookbooks scattered about, but none of this is translating very well into the changes I want to see. How does one begin the transition to, if you will, getting off the grid? Is there a foundation of simple recipes, is there a good web resource or two? Does anyone have a good seasonal buying guide? I don't even know what I need to know. What I'm asking, maybe suggesting, is that we start a resource to help more of your average Joe Sixpack (which I am) to start getting further from the Food Machine. I want less high-minded idealism and more kitchen-based realism. The floor is yours.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 349, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00163", "text": "I've been back to Quiet Storm many times. I can accept the hit or miss service since it's pretty cheap and casual. That's not really an excuse for bad service, it only somehow softens the blow, but why be mediocre? \\n\\nThe environment is comfortable (unless you sense the servers don't want you there). The music ranges and is appropriate for the environment. It's never too loud or aggressive. Free wi-fi helps and the milkshakes are slammin! The food is inconsistent, but often good. The Black-a-dilla is my favorite. \\n\\nI really want to like Quiet Storm, but it only merits 2 stars. Their food, service, and hours are inconsistent. It seems they often close early. \\n\\nOwners, please stick to your business hours. It's not like you're open that late to begin with! Perhaps everybody wants to go home, I don't blame them for that, and you may have run out of a few things, but try to imagine the disappointment of trekking out there to enjoy your favorite shake or snack and then being turned away. \\n\\nOR, If you believe this is an acceptable business practice, it would be less infuriating if you simply changed your hours to '9am - until we feel like it.' This way there are no set expectations and we can't really begrudge you for it. \\n\\n...My vote is to just stick with the hours you created.\\n\\nThanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00164", "text": "**TL;DR:** My \"best\" friend is someone who pretends to be disabled and leeches off tax payer dollars. AMA. **Story**: Throw away account. My friend knows I am a redditor. I am \"best\" friends with someone who leeches off of US taxpayer dollars by pretending to be physically/mentally disabled. Their official claim is they are severely overweight with a touch(?) of depression. They are aware their claim is bogus and they admit they are fully capable of working in an office environment. My friend is in their late 20's and has only had one temp job that lasted 2 - 3 months. This job was 25 hours a week, which they claimed left \"no time to relax.\" My friend dropped out of high school after failing their freshman year because they failed to meet mandatory attendance requirements. They received a GED shortly afterward. They have been unemployed ever since, save for aforementioned temp job. They repeatedly applied for disability and two years ago received it. They live *entirely* off of the government's dime. AMA. My question: I had a family member who was genuinely and severely disabled who fought for years to receive disability because they were genuinely unable to function in working society. It makes me furious to know that my friend is one of the reasons why my family members had to fight tooth and nail to prove they really were disabled, because people attempt to abuse the system so much. We have had numerous drawn out fights were I've voiced my complaints about their unethical abuse. I've also expressed my worry that they are literally sabotaging their life, that every day their resume is blank makes it harder and harder to employ them. I bust my ass to bring home a paycheck every week and I've never been unemployed since starting work at 16. My complaints and worry are either outright ignored or I'm told to \"give up\" because it is \"a lost cause.\" They reason they are contributing to society because the money they are given is immediately spent, so it somehow \"makes its way back into the system\". I care about my friend. I want them to contribute to society and be happy. But I feel this is so incredibly wrong, especially considering they are knowingly abusing the system. Should I report my friend to a state or federal agency? If so, where? If no, why not? Does anyone have any advice to get their ass moving?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 492, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00165", "text": "Illegal Aryan,\" who wrote on the white supremacist site Daily Stormer last month, \"See you in Charlottesville!\" \"Illegal Aryan,\" real name Mark Daniel Reardon, was identified by an antifascist group this spring and confirmed on Daily Stormer that he lost his job as a result. Another identified marcher, who has repeatedly tweeted holocaust denials and says he is a member of the Proud Boys, said on Twitter he was at Charlottesville. After he was identified, he said he's received death threats. Of course, there's a long and not entirely noble tradition of online humiliation for perceived moral trespasses. Jon Ronson, who literally wrote the book on the phenomenon (it's called So You've Been Publicly Shamed), chimed in on Twitter to give his take on the public identification of the white supremacists, white nationalists and neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville. \"They were undisguised in a massively contentious rally surrounded by the media,\" he said, noting also that there's \"a big difference\" between making a thoughtless or offensive comment online and marching in the name of white power. That said, Twitter is \"a terrible information swapping service,\" he said, and some innocent people would inevitably get caught up in the process. Indeed, the \"Yes You're Racist\" account has made, and acknowledged, some mistakes. One of the photos it examined was from a previous Trump rally, not the Charlottesville march or rally. (That image featured a man wearing a Nazi armband. He said on Youtube he wore it as a \"social experiment\" to prove that \"not all Trump supporters are Nazis. I went to the Trump rally as a Nazi and they kicked me out and disavowed me... I dressed up as a Nazi to prove a point, not to spread a message of hate.\") Another photo was misidentified as the white supremacist Billy Roper. Roper, who has called for non-white races to be \"eliminated\" or \"become extinct,\" did not actually attend the Charlottesville event. Roper, who is vehemently anti-Semitic, objected to the fact that one of the speakers at the event works with a Jewish fundraiser. Roper wrote on his blog that he actively contributed to the confusion over the identity of the \"Arkansas Engineering\" marcher: \"Early on in the game, I decided to troll them by alternately confirming then denying that I was the person in the picture, in order to", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00166", "text": "We bitch and moan a lot; but with 7500 people here, we should be able to convince at least one legislator to introduce some legislation. We can start by identifying an issue + state..... then in a week or so create another thread identifying the people we need to contact and clearly identifying what we want them to do.... personally I think targeting feminist leaning legislators would be ideal. They aren't ALL the enemy; they are already concerned about gender rights, which might make them more sympathetic. (Find their contact information and email the fuck out of their offices / make a few phone calls, have a local MRA meet them in person if they are willing to do so...) If we have even a 10% response rate a legislator won't likely ignore 750 emails. They all can't at least; I'm hopeful some will. So I think we will be most effective if we contact multiple legislators. If we are focused in our efforts I think we will be more effective. Thats why I say start with a single state and issue. I think we will have the best results if we pick a relatively simple, well supported and fairly mainstream issue. Like keeping minors who have sex with other minors off the sex offender registry or introducing legislation to ensure that it is possible to be removed from the registry if the conviction is overturned or pardoned..... or another fairly simple issue addressed. If we start simple we will be more effective I would imagine. So lets get something done instead of just sitting around bitching about stuff on the internet. Whats the worst that could happen?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00167", "text": "Simply the best thrift store I've ever been to. Well worth the 3 1/2 hour drive from my hometown.\\n\\nFirst, and foremost, EVERYTHING IS 1/2 off all of the time!\\n\\nSecondly, bring cash. They DO NOT accept credit cards.\\n\\nThe store is full of wonderful pieces of clothing, all arranged by color and type (not by size, which is unfortunate). I found a wide selection of everything from casual pieces to high-end business attire to super-trendy teen clothing... what surprised me most about this store was the QUALITY of the clothing. Almost all of the pieces were flawless, a few were worn or faded in some way and the price reflected that. Brand names were bountiful; Banana Republic, Ralph Lauren, Chico's, Jones New York, Ann Taylor, American Eagle, H&M. There were also some wonderful vintage pieces from the 80s, bright colors and crazy shoulder pads that would have made a more adventurous fashionista very happy indeed!\\n\\nThe clothing smells wonderful, not musty or dirty as in some thrift stores, and there was even a large selection of plus-sized clothing carefully culled out in a special section.\\n\\nI went to Red White & Blue to find some business attire for my new job, and came home with two gorgeous, flawless statement blazers from Ann Taylor Loft and Banana Republic... for a total of $7!\\n\\nCome to this thrift store; it'll make all other shopping obsolete!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 310, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00168", "text": "Five years ago, I was at a reasonable weight. Not skinny, not fat. Then I went on medication for anxiety. Over the ensuing years, I gained seventy pounds and became obese. I had to deal with doctors (doctors, who should KNOW better, because they should know the meds I was on would affect my weight) dismissing anything and everything as due to my weight and needing more exercise when I was getting exercise and doing whatever I could to lose weight... and still gaining it. Three weeks ago I saw a sleep specialist for my chronic insomnia. It had never occurred to me that my insomnia might also be linked to the same meds. My psychiatrist was too busy telling me to get more exercise to bother thinking of it, either. Sample conversation with now-fired psychiatrist: Me: My insomnia is getting a lot worse. Him: You should get some exercise. Me: I *have* been. I've been exercising regularly five days a week. Him: Even just a ten-minute walk. Me: (Stares at him in disbelief) The sleep specialist put me on another med to counteract the first med's side effects, and had me use sleep restriction therapy (very restricted and specific sleep hours, starting at four hours a night for four days, working my way gradually up from there). Now I sleep just fine. I've also lost four pounds in three weeks without even really trying, whereas before I had to struggle like mad just to avoid gaining weight. So yes, some fat people are lazy. But next time you see someone who's overweight, try to remember that believing they're lazy might just be a really stupid assumption on your part. There's a very wide variety of medical problems and medication side effects that can cause tremendous weight gain. As for me, I'm giddy. I can concentrate again. I have energy. And dammit, now that I'm capable of losing weight again, I'm going to have fun doing so!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 395, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00169", "text": "pane. Enter the appropriate Tags (Figure F). Click Save. Figure F Enter your Tags. Now when you run the same search, Tags: plant sale, File Explorer returns the first two files and the.jpg, as shown in Figure G. Figure G This time, the search found three tagged files. Using File Explorer, you can sort and group a folder's contents using Tags. Simply click the View tab and choose Tags from the Sort By or Group By dropdown. Or right-click the background and choose Tags from the Sort By or Group By options. In addition, you can filter for Tags. As Figure H shows, you can filter for specific Tags if you're using the Details view. This is great when you know all your files are in the same folder. Figure H You can also filter by Tags. Using File Explorer, you can add Tags to several files at the same time. Hold down the Ctrl key while selecting files to create a multi-file selection. Then, add Tags as you normally would. If you add a file to the selection that doesn't allow tagging, the Tags control won't be accessible for any of the files, so be careful. Only as good... Tags, or keywords, are only as good as the people adding them. If you work alone, this is easy. If you're trying to corral files for an organization, it's much harder. Everyone may not be on the same page, so searches will be incomplete at best. That might be one reason they're not more popular. Even using File Explorer, you can't add Tags to every file type. For instance, you can't tag a.txt file. In addition, you can use any of the properties via the Details pane in the same way. For instance, for Content status, you might enter Incomplete and Complete. To search, you'd use the string Contentstatus: Complete. You can also use wildcards. To see all tagged files, you'd enter Tags: -[]. That means that where Tags isn't null. As you can see, there's a lot to explore! Get more great Office tips and tricks delivered to your inbox. Sign up for TechRepublic's Microsoft Weekly newsletter. Subscribe Send me your question about Office I answer readers' questions when I can, but there's no guarantee. Don't send files unless requested; initial requests for help that arrive with attached files will be deleted unread. You can send screenshots of your data to help clarify your question", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 498, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00170", "text": "Evening, /r/evedreddit. If you don't know me, in game I am Brassface, dreddit's Economic Director. The past few days have been pretty hectic. We're just about to pass the 600 member mark as I write this. You guys have been crazy great. Seeing such a response is so wild, and I know I can speak for Fletcher and the rest of the directors when I say, the sudden amount of support and interest in dreddit is just staggering and way, way, *way* exciting. We know many of you are just trying EVE for the first time, and therefore I want to apologize to everyone for the slowness in accepting applications, but in particular, to those brand new players who've been waiting patiently in their NPC corporations to come to dreddit. Hopefully you haven't been too bored and have been doing all the tutorials and introductory missions. I'm pleased to announce that at this time, we are at a point where we can accept new members pretty much as they come in. For the last few days, we've been buried under a pile of applications and other corp business. With the weekend comes some much needed free time that's allowed us to tackle the whole process. Starting today, most of you can expect to be accepted within 24 hours, usually less. If you haven't already, we'd love for you to submit an application. We gotten quite a few over the last few days that were missing key information or were otherwise done incorrectly. This is our fault. We weren't very clear on what we needed from you guys, but that's all laid out now on the wiki. If your application was missing some information, we're going to mass reject them. *Please* re-apply after reading those guidelines. You'll be getting an EVE mail as well to this effect. We really want you guys! With that, I just want to say to the new recruits, welcome to dreddit! To everyone: lets get out there and make a name for B0RT! **tl;dr Reddit is awesome. We had a bunch of apps, there was a back-up, we're accepting them much faster now. If yours was incomplete, we rejected it. That doesn't mean we don't &lt;3 you. Please reapply after reading this stuff over here. Live long and dreddit.** Regards, Brassface", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 487, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00171", "text": "I have a G7 mouse, barely over a year old and the batteries started dieing on me. It takes ages for them to charge so my mouse is constantly dead unless I leave the battery plugged in for 24+ hours. On January 5, I alerted Logitech. The first reply was: \"No problem, replacement batteries are on the way.\" I thought: \"Wow, their service really does rule!\" Fast forward to 3 days later and my mouse is really starting to die, even though the battery is apparently almost fully charged after leaving it in to charge for something like 24 hours, the mouse stops working; every single minute it just freezes randomly for anywhere between 5 and 20 seconds. As someone that makes their living with a computer, this got ridiculously annoying really fast. I did everything from using their recommended tools to reinstalling drivers, but the problem persisted. I sent Logitech another inquiry and after a few back and forths, they agreed to have me send the mouse in to have a look themselves. Queue 4 weeks later, not only did I never receive my replacement batteries, I also never received the pre paid package to send the mouse back to them. All my subsequent inquiries have been ignored. 5 days ago I sent a final inquiry to let them know about the situation and the problem has been apparently escalated, but not a single reply explaining anything. It's just sitting there and continuous updates on my part are left unanswered. Logitech support is nothing special and my experience with their mice has been horrible. I had an MX revolution that lasted 5 days in the past and I had to take it back because it was faulty. The store (not Logitech) were sold out of the MX, so they gave me a G7 and the difference in cash back. The G7 lasted barely a year. Just letting everyone hear a different point of view about Logitech, they are not better than any other company and do not deserve the extra praise because one other guy got lucky.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 409, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00172", "text": "So yeah, Warrior, level 80, all that good stuff. Also I was lucky enough to have logged out in my PvP gear. **Edit: Not logged out in PvP gear anymore but you can still see my spec/glyphs.** I hit like a complete pussy. Or at least I feel like I do, anyway. I might be using a mace/shield in that Armory link above but usually I go Arms, and my weapon is an Edge of Agony. I don't care for Sword spec but the burstiness is pretty nice, and at my bracket the bads actually hold still long enough that you can Slam 'em. Even with that though, my hits are piddly. My Execute is approximately ~4200, Overpower is ~3700, and Mortal Strike barely breaks 3k. These are with crits, of course. My partner is a Holy Paladin. She has very little problem keeping me up, but she says we'd probably do a little better if I hit them a lot harder. She's also been working on a Retribution PvP set, thinking maybe if she was straight damage and I used PvP gear with a Prot. spec we could truly kick some ass. Is there any advice you guys have that could improve my game? I'm open to any suggestion. Please feel free to post a 2v2 comp. you use, or how you like to run your offense/defense, glyphs, gems, talents, anything. **2/19/2010: Yay, got a Citadel Enforcer's Claymore and somehow ended up with more Ar. P than I had before!**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00173", "text": "I went to Pino's with my three other friends for Restaurant Week and was underwhelmed and completely disappointed. We chose an option for each course of the very limited Restaurant Week menu. I selected the baked eggplant caprese appetizer, Lazy Man lasagna Florentine and then the panna cotta for dessert. \\n\\nBaked eggplant caprese: the breaded eggplant was a soggy mess. \\nLazy Man Lasagna Florentine: it was essentially two huge lasagna noodles sandwiching huge clumps of spinach (I'm talking like a 3-inch high pile of clumped spinach) with a few mushrooms peppered in. The spinach ratio was out of control and I honestly ate a few bites and couldn't even continue. \\nPanna cotta: this was the most decent of the items we ordered.\\n\\nMy friend ordered off the regular menu, which she advised not to do since her food would come out at a different time?? Why? \\nWe tried my friend's appetizer of the Italian Fries, which are described on the menu as sounding very similar to the amazing fries at Point Brugge...but it was just a bowl of regular French fries, which were lackluster and misleading. She also got the house soup with chickpeas and it looked like Spaghetti-o's and tasted even worse.\\n\\nI don't know where all the positive reviews are coming from. There was not one thing we ate that was impressive in any way. All of it was overpriced and below mediocre. I wasted my money, and I will never, ever go back there.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00174", "text": "Okay RA'ers, I have a dilemma. I am in my early 20's and my partner is in his early 30's. Our relationship is headed towards marriage. He is ready for it and I am willing, but would like to wait a bit longer since I am still quite young... Despite a history of extreme depression and crippling anxiety, I maintain a very positive, upbeat, happy, trusting, caring, empathetic nature towards everyone nearly all of the time. I break down a lot, but I always get back up and return to my sunshine-y self. I am someone who gives into sadness, weakness and utter despair fairly easily, but I've learned over the years how to bounce back and keep trying. My partner has no history of depression, he is stable, extremely capable, loyal to a fault, a survivor, a problem solver, a leader, a provider, self-reliant, practical etc. He is really an amazingly strong person who rarely, if ever, meets an obstacle he cannot find a way around. I KNOW he will ALWAYS take care of me. Unfortunately, he maintains a generally negative, untrusting, skeptical, suspicious, accusive attitude towards almost everyone outside his immediate group of friends. No one ever screws him over, (while I tend to get taken advantage of,) so I often see his outlook as \"smarter\" and more practical than mine, but MAN, it brings me DOWN! I get so worn out hearing about \"ulterior motives\" of our housemates, store clerks, and even family members constantly. (Yes, these people have done a few crappy things to us, but come on, everyone makes mistakes and has problems of their own-- give them a break and relax!) I just want him to fucking brighten up and enjoy things! I feel safe and taken care of by him, but sometimes I feel like I can't stay in the relationship because I am simply much, much more positive than he will ever be, which makes me so sad. TL;DR: I am a friend to anyone and assume everyone is a good person until they prove themselves undeserving of my trust and friendliness. My partner is cautious and generally has something negative to say about every stranger. This makes me feel suffocated, despite an otherwise fantastic relationship. What should I do?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 473, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00175", "text": "So here's the story. I am 21 and a senior in college. Due to certain circumstances I have never been in a relationship or experienced any of the benefits that come along with a relationship. This is not to say that I have not tried, it just hasn't happened yet. There is a girl that I am interested in and I want to ask her out. I am afraid that if I do it I will make a complete fool of myself. How can I ask her out and what could I ask her out to do that would be appropriate? (I have to run to work, I'll edit this post with a few more things in just a minute.) EDIT 1: The \"circumstances\": I grew up homeschooled. Truly homeschooled, not in a group, so there was no chance to meet women in school. Then I went to a crazy fundamentalist christian high school where dating was forbidden, so there goes the chances in high school. In college I got shot down once and gave up for a few months. Fast forward to last year and I had a sort of long distance thing going on with a girl but that didn't work out. So I may have worded that wrong, I'm not trying to ask her out on a date as much as figure out what to do to get to know her more. I don't see her very often and we don't hang out with the same groups of friends. I met her through my sister my early on in my sophomore year in college and then didn't talk to her at all until she spontaneously started sending me messages this past summer and we've talked here and there. Is it important to ask her in person or is it acceptable to message her over facebook if I only see her in person rarely?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 362, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00176", "text": "From Jan 2007 to Dec 2007 I stupidly endured the physical and emotional abuse from my boyfriend. This inevitably caused me to drop out of college and ruined my future. Im currently enrolled in night school and working full time as i watch all of my friends graduate from great universities. I hate myself, but am getting my life back on track. He has hurt me in so many ways. He was on all sorts of anti-psychotic drugs but refused to believe he was mentally messed up. I was in the doctors office the day she sat him down and tried to explain that he did indeed have these disorders. She gave me his prescription, as if i was his mother. In essence, i was. He was my little son i had to take care of, because he was unable to care for himself. He has never put me in the hospital but i almost went to jail a couple times because he would do illegal things and blame them on me. He would hit me, throw me, drag me to my balcony and threaten to throw me off, laugh at me when i would cry and scream in fear. If he had a bad day, he would hurt me to relieve his stress. Then he bought me a kitten.... he broke its little ribs because he loved to squeeze her body until she gurgled... which made me sick to my stomach and die even more inside. He was sick. He was awful. He has hurt me in so many ways. AMA.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 300, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00177", "text": "I recently sent my mother an email about the ways in which I would like to raise my future children, in the far future. To sum it up, I told her I wished to raise them without religion. I wish them to be freethinkers, and choose their own future. This was her response below......... This maybe all good and great (name) but I do think you are forgetting when your child is all mucked up and unable to grasp the notion of Love, faith (maybe in another person or life) - Hope or Wonder. and also unable to move forward because there is no faith... When he gets cancer and can see no hope you will be able to thank yourself for not giving hime the faith that there are alot of unexplained things that leave room for God and a miracle. When your child reaches out and self servingly hurts another person then what will you say : It is not dog eat dog world ??? I do hope Your child will have the opportunity to observe beauty and Wonder through the eyes of a child. Through viewing a snow flake and knowing they are all different such as ourselves. \"Faith of child is Wisdom\" The ability to believe in that which we cannot see and do not know. - and there is alot of that! Good luck Son, I do send you all my Love but you are biting off alot of problems! If you do not like how you turned out I am sorry. Unfortunately I think alot of this stems from the hurt that you received in High school - You lost your faith.Please don't push that onto someone else... I am refering to all that I do not know and can not see - and that is alot - I do leave room for God. As you go out and feel low and dig a bigger whole within yourself with depression you may want to think that maybe you would feel better to have hope... Where does your hope come from? Look deep (name), we love you unconditionally and we do know where that comes from : We have Hope and Faith I love you, Mom", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 415, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00178", "text": "My college graduation is just around the corner and I’m lucky enough to have a really good job all lined up for me at the end of August. So, my plan is to take a trip up to Europe over the summer for 3-4 weeks for the very first time to experience it before I have to start work. I haven’t been outside of the US (besides a number of Mexico vacations) so I’m looking forward to this being a really cool experience. My general expectation is that I will have a list of finalized places I want to visit as well as an order (formed mainly on common travel sense) but other than that have no plan. I'll just be backpacking, staying at hostels, and deciding how long to stay in each town as I go (feel free to chime in if you thing this is a bad idea such as not being a fan of hostels or whatever). My question to reddit is: **What cities do I absolutely have to visit?** I know a lot of you are actually over in Europe so give me your honest suggestions. While I definitely would like to do some of the touristy things I also want a balance of fun nightlife and interesting people. I'm probly looking forward to meeting people and hitting up some fun pubs/clubs the most. Here is a list of what I was thinking so far: - Amsterdam - Barcelona - Venice - London - Paris Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. I’m really looking forward to the trip! Map of destinations so far PS: Suggestions on the best way to travel would be very useful too. From my understanding there is no longer one standard rail pass correct?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00179", "text": "Hi Reddit, I have been a redditor for over 2 years and this is an obvious throwaway account. So I signed up for eharmony last week and it just so happened, that it was their free communication weekend. So instead of paying up, I figured let me see what happens. I first got matched with a girl who shared a lot of interests with me. We went through the eharmony process, were finally able to exchange emails and as soon as I got her email , I googled her. Found her myspace page, realized she was 5 feet, 300 pounds so I did not pursue it any further. Then I got matched with a 2nd girl, and it's crazy how compatible we are. We share a lot of common interests, have the same taste in music/movies etc and seems like a perfect match. Again, once I got her email, I googled her but this time no luck ( I tried pipl.com but nothing showed up) So I have now asked her out and we have a date set for Friday night. However, I am really scared if she turns out to be another 300 pound woman. Reddit, what should I do? Should I ask her to send me a pic or would that be too assholish ? I don't have a problem against slightly big woman but at 300 pounds, you are really pushing it. I must also clarify that she has not seen a picture of me either. So we are kinda both in the same boat here. So I am hoping the wisdom of Reddit will help me take my next step. Thanks! **EDIT:** After going through all the responses, I finally decided to send her an email with my pic. If she does not get repulsed by it, I am hoping she'll send me one of hers! I guess I'll find out later tonight.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 382, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00180", "text": "Image: Jack Wallen Ah the ubiquitous web browser. What would we do without one? Not much, that's for sure. No matter if you're seated at your desk or roaming about with mobile in hand, you depend upon a web browser. But which browser? That's the key. There are browsers for every type of user, especially in the mobile landscape. Most users, however, simply live with the default. On Android, that's Chrome. What would you say if I told you there were better options? There's Firefox, Opera, Puffin, Dolphin, Naked Browser, Orfox, Ghostery, and so many more. But one particular mobile browser tends to fall through the cracks. That browser is Via Browser, and it is certainly worth your time. Via Browser is a lightweight, fast, customizable, mini browser that doesn't feel like a \"mini\" browser at all. In fact, outside of the fast speeds, Via contains enough features to make it feel like its full-blown brothers and sisters. Via is also really stable, with a developer that actively works to fix bugs and add new features. Let's install Via Browser on Android and see if it might make you want to switch from your default. Installation The installation of Via Browser is quite simple. Here are the necessary steps: Open the Google Play Store on your Android device Search for Via Browser Locate and tap the entry by Lakor Tap Install Allow the installation to complete That's all there is to the installation. At this point, you should see an icon for Via on the home screen or the App Drawer (or both). Tap to launch the browser. Permissions Out of the gate, you'll be warned about the necessary permissions. The developer has done a great job of explaining these permissions (so users won't grow paranoid that the browser is spying on them in any way - Figure A). Figure A Dismiss this warning and then okay the necessary permissions (Storage and Location). Usage Using Via Browser is incredibly intuitive. From the homepage (Figure B) tap the search bar and either type a search string or a URL. If you type a search string, the results will appear in a Google search. If you type a URL, guess what? The site in question will appear. Simple. Figure B If you don't want Google as your search provider, you can tap the Menu button (three horizontal bar icon in the bottom right of the Via homepage) and tap Settings. Tap General and scroll down", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00181", "text": "Trump went on the counter-offensive as his administration reeled from the abrupt dismissal of Michael Flynn as national security adviser on Monday. The New York Times reported late on Tuesday that phone call records and intercepted calls showed members of Trump's presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the Nov. 8 election. Trump dismissed the report, firing back in a series of early morning tweets on Wednesday. \"This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton's losing campaign,\" the Republican president tweeted, citing his former Democratic rival in the 2016 presidential contest. In another tweet, Trump said: \"Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia,\" adding that the situation was \"very serious.\" \"The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by \"intelligence\" like candy. Very un-American!\" Trump wrote. He did not give evidence to back his charge that intelligence officials were supplying information to the news media. He did not say if he had ordered any investigation into leaks. Reuters could not immediately confirm the Times report, which the Kremlin dismissed on Wednesday. CNN also reported that Trump advisers were in constant contact with Russian officials during the campaign. The Times, citing current and former U.S. officials, said U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they discovered Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee. The officials had seen no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election, the Times said, but they were still alarmed by the intercepted communications. Flynn was forced out over conversations he had with the Russian ambassador before Trump took office on Jan. 20, and his misrepresentations to Vice President Mike Pence over what he had discussed. The Times said the intercepted calls in its report were different from the wiretapped conversations between Flynn and the ambassador, Sergei Kislyak. U.S. lawmakers, including some leading Republicans, called on Tuesday for a deeper inquiry into not just Flynn's actions but broader White House ties to Russia. Trump has long said that he would like improved relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Flynn's conversations with the Russian ambassador took place around the time that then-President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions on Russia on Dec. 29, charging that", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00182", "text": "I've been playing with and using Linux going back to the Red Hat 5.x days. I'm a fan of Linux, but have to be realistic in what non-techie people can do. Non-techies really have to use a GUI and never use a CLI. I don't use Linux daily myself and the CLI is a pain in the ass. I have to say at this point that Linux looks ready for non-techies. How I learned this - My daughter's new laptop runs Windows 7 and she really likes it more than her previous Apple. The problem is the hard drive started to fail. So, time to boot a live Linux distro, mount the Windows partition and copy off the data to a network share. I managed to salvage almost all of her data files; all of them that were truly important. I booted Ubuntu and ran it live. I mounted the Windows partition with a couple of clicks. It took me a bit to set up a share and map a drive, mostly because I was being a dumbass. It was quite easy to map a Windows share in Linux after I figured out how to do it. I copied off the files with ease. A handful of files would not copy off due to the drive deterioration, but Ubuntu allowed me to skip them with ease to get the rest. The most interesting part is if my daughter was running Ubuntu instead of Windows 7, she would have KNEW there was a hard drive problem instead of an application problem. It took a failure of Windows 7 to boot before she realized something was wrong. There is a very nice icon in the system tray on Ubuntu with a warning on it. Drilling into that reveals the Palimpsest Disk Utility where I can further drill into to reveal a TON of SMART data from the disk telling me the exact problem with the disk. Extremely powerful. I was also able to connect to my Cisco wireless AP without any trouble at all and I'm running AES with WPA2. This used to be next to impossible from the CLI. So, MOST IMPRESSED!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 419, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00183", "text": "I play RPGs mostly.. but I don't seem to \"beat\" or level cap any... ever... Rather than list my games, here is my desktop. This is about 1 year worth of games... and it doesn't inlcude the 8 more RPG's in my Steam Client and a few I was able to convince myself to delete. I feel like I'm a hoarder of games. I play most of these every now and then.. usually the newest (Allods right now) being the one I play the most. (LOTRO only during free weekends right now) .. I generally just start new characters when I play one I haven't played in a while... It seems once I get to level 15-20 depending on the game, I lose interest. I think my problem is that if I don't feel like I am making significant progress at a good rate, I don't enjoy it as much. I read other posts here about people just 'falling out of love' with gaming. Am I just grasping at something I've done for so long? Will there be a game to capture me again in the future like Morrowind? I keep thinking that new games like Guild Wars 2 or Diablo 3 or Torchlight MMO will be that, but as each game is released and I play it.. I find I love the first experience, but just get tired of it after several hours. Dragon Age.. played 3 diff characters for about 2-6 hours each.. nowhere close to completed.. Fallout 3 purchased on release.. started 3 different characters.. still never made it out of the first city. Has anyone else been in a funk like this? What did you do. (Yes, I realize \"go outside\" or \"get a girlfriend\" will be #1 voted response) ... but any other thoughts are welcome.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 380, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00184", "text": "I ate at this restaurant last night with three dining companions. We decided to sit in the bar area at a high table which had views of the ample number of TV's. The beer list that they had was nice with about 20 different beers on tap and a nice selection of bottles. I ended up having the Philly Shackamaximum with my waitress telling me that she preferred the Long Trails Porter. It was served in a chilled glass and tasted pretty good to me.\\n\\nFor dinner we attempted to start off by ordering the Blues BBQ Pork Nachos. We were told that they did not have any pork and so we were not able to order it. At this point we were also told that they did not have any veggie burgers as well. So we started out with the Chicken Chili Nachos. They were pretty good and were covered with real cheese as opposed to nacho cheese which was to my liking. For dinner I decided on having the Lovely Lisa's Salad since I love both blue cheese and granny smith apples. Upon receiving the salad I dug in. The chicken was cooked nicely, moist and tender, and there was a nice coating of blue cheese on the salad. However there was a problem since there were no granny smith apples on the salad. Whenever the waitress came back to check on us I asked about the missing apples. She went to the kitchen and came back and told us that they were out of them and promptly left. I am not normally one to complain but I feel like something could have been substituted in for the apples, or that I should have been told before ordering or they could have discounted the salad but none of that occurred. It is sad that it happened too because the rest of my salad was pretty good but that left the proverbial bitter taste in my mouth.\\n\\nThe bottom line is that I have been here before and the food is generally good. However, leaving a major part off an item and being told that the kitchen is out without any rectification will make me think twice before returning here again. It is a shame because Buffalo Blues does have potential.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 422, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00185", "text": "It first started with sexual encounters (Not actual sex, BJ's and stuff) with a close friend. About a week later we kind of quickly jumped into anal. I asked him, he said yes so we did it. Through the entire time I kept asking him if he wanted to stop, or slow down. He said no. Afterwords though I kind of like freaked horrible out for no real reason, I still don't know why I did that. I told him I was leaving, and just left. I texted another close friend, who knew of our mutual sex and said some things that made me look like the victim which I was still in a state of shock. The friend I had sex with talked to my other close friend about it and now they're both angry at me, which they should be. I fucked up, I tried to apologize multiple times to the friend, he at least I think accepted it, but said that even though he did consent to it, he felt used and only did that with me to make me feel happy. (When in fact I only continued because he said yes, the whole experience was a bit to nerve racking for me..Not to mention we didn't use a condom because he got too frustrated trying to do me with one, I ended up doing him but he had no condoms my size. Now he's been around, that sounds mean but it's true, he rarely used condoms too. Which made me very nervous even though we both were clean I guess that's why I was so shocked afterwords but he feels so now horribly used and I feel like theres nothing I can do to help correct that, or offer my support. I mean they both mean so much to my life, and I'm not just saying that, I mean it. They're closer than anyone in my life. I just wish I've never started with the sexual encounters in the first place. I just hope things can go back to the way they were. Note: I may have missed a few details, I'm a very very emotional person and writing this was horribly hard for me, I'm not completely in a straight mindset right now. I've also sent a copy of this post to one of my friends in hope that any additional details I've missed will maybe clear some things up..Hopefully.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 471, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00186", "text": "First of all, long time user/contributer/poster/reader, and I apologize for the throwaway account but I'd like to retain some form of anonymity here with this. Long story short, I'd like to stop gambling. It's not so much the financial part of it -- although that is a contributing factor. I just don't think it's healthy to go blow $1,200 (or around there) a couple/few times a month. I'd give 100% financial control to my wife, but I do need some control of it or bills will get forgotten -- and I'll still find a way to get the money if I want to. I enjoy the social aspect of sitting at a Blackjack or Ultimate Texas Hold'em, and playing. Talking with the dealer and other players, and just making bets. I play right, I'm not reckless with my gambling or anything -- I just seem to always hit bad cards. I play Blackjack by a specific set of rules and have done very well in years past -- it just seems that within the last year I've hit some of the worst runs of cards I've ever seen. I bet anywhere from $3-50/hand depending on my bankroll and how the night is going/how I'm feeling. I'd like to find some ways to NOT gamble so much or even at all. I've tried distracting myself, but I generally still get that urge and think \"Well, maybe I can make it worth the trip!\" but usually end up leaving empty pocketed. My wife knows and doesn't seem to care too much. We do okay with money and as long as we can pay the bills and eat she seems fine. I'm embarrassed by what appears to my addiction to gambling, and I have too much damned pride for gambler's anonymous. Any methods that have worked for other gamblers? When I get the urge, I try to remember what it feels like to lose so much, but then I remember what it's like to cash out $24,000 after an insane run as well. I enjoy gambling, but I know it's not healthy and the money could be better used. Advice?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 440, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00187", "text": "Why does it seem everyone sweeps rocks after contact even when it's the same teams rock and it's moving OUT of the house? Example I just saw the US team knock out a Swedish rock and the US rock was moving out of the house... the US team was sweeping their own rock away from the house... why would you do that? Wouldn't they want to NOT encourage their rock to keep going? EDIT Since the details seem to count, I believe it was something like this- note I don't recall the details exactly so this could all be off but it's as close as I can figure it: US behind 6 to 5 8th or 9th end with the hammer. Swed puts one about 11 oclock biting the 12 foot, US puts on about 5 oclock on the 12 foot, sweed puts one around 3 oclock on the 8 foot. US is up, hits the Swedes second rock knocking it almost straight out the back and the US rock richoest towards 4 oclock heading mostly sideways. It seems it will settle pretty much on the 12 foot ring. The US sweeper (skip?) comes along and starts sweepging towards 4 oclock... result is the rock bites about 4 oclock. Why would you want to do this? The remaining rocks are Swedes biting at 11 and the US biting at 4. If the goal was to remove the rock entirely, it seems odd since you are in the bottom half of the house and it's not like something is going to sneak in behind you and hide. It's quite possible through some stroke of luck, you end up pushing all the Swedes rocks out to the edge and this rock might become a point if it lasts! If the goal was just to bring it further out and not actually get it out of the house, why? Best I can recall it anyway, possibly entirely off but I think represents what I am wondering about. And this is just a general question too... it seems like almost every rock gets a sweeper working on it in the back... I understand when trying to help your opponents rock travel deeper than he would like but I see sweepers working their own teams rock pretty regularly sometimes it seems to their detriment. It's almost like force of habbit to sweep a rock just kicks in.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 479, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00188", "text": "I'm somewhat of a recluse when it comes to people in general and have never been in a relationship. I'm told that I am good looking and have a charming personality, but I always tend to fly under the radar and underplay myself. Also, I'm really picky when it comes to friends. Recently I was put in close proximity with this rather interesting girl, lets call her Summer. We both hit it off very quickly. We went out for lunch and dinner several times. Usually, at this point I'm terrified that things are going so well, I make some excuse and back off. This didn't happen with Summer. She had always been giving mixed signals. I had hinted several times, but she either didnt get it or just played dumb. So one day I decide to ask her straight up if we can ever be anything more than just friends. She says \"I dont feel that way about you\". I played the rejection off as a joke, but in truth my hopes are dashed, and my the world has crashed, what do I do now? I regularly go to the gym, play sports, pursue other hobbies and have a good social circle. Its just that in all these years I've never connected to someone like that. Although she wants to, I cant be friends anymore with her. Also, whenever I bring up this subject she avoids it and talks about something else. We are both 23. The logical part of my brain says there are other fish in the sea, but the heart is depressed as hell. I think its more because of the rejection than the girl herself. tl;dr: girl who used to flirt with me all the time rejected(without giving a reason) me when i asked for a relationship, how to proceed?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 357, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00189", "text": "Guy speaking. A few years back, I used to go to nightclubs a lot. Sometimes, I would start making out with a girl and ending up in her or my bed a few hours later. However, more often than not, she would resist sex just when I was making the move (even if she was completely naked, and we were in bed after hours of making out). The first time this happened I read about it on the web, found out it was called \"last minute resistance\", and that patience and reassurances would make it go away. This seemed reasonable to me, and it turned out to be a fact. The girls never seemed offended in any way when I adhered to this. I never met any one of them twice, but there are many plausible reasons for that. Just a week ago, I was sitting on the subway thinking about these encounters. A thought crossed my mind: What is the point of the \"no means no\" slogan if it doesn't cover my situation? Were these girls secretly feeling raped? I was extremely alarmed at my realization and I got a burning sensation in my stomach. If you Google the term \"last minute resistance\", you'll find that this \"girl behavior\" a common experience. Of course, most guys agree that a clear no should heeded, but the ways these girls were saying no wasn't really convincing. In at least one case, she simply pulled my hands away (I don't remember many details as this was years ago). But if the girl was really shy, would she be even able to express \"no\" any clearer? Speak your mind.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 327, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00190", "text": "I missed out this year (my freshman year) partially because I didn't know about all the mandatory rush dates and partially because I was averse to the idea of joining a sorority— they all seemed to be typical pretty girls who wore North Face and carried Vera Bradleys. This aversion was heightened after a couple friends of mine in different sororities were forced to get drunk at weird times (like 10 AM) and do other things involving getting too drunk which I took to be a form of hazing. I like drinking, but I feel that it should be done to have a good time with friends, not for its own sake. However, these were just two sororities. I talked to my friend at CMU who is in A-Chi-O and she had a very positive experience. There's also a sorority here (Phi Mu) which I know a few members of, and they're nerdy girls I can see myself getting along with. I was also concerned because you don't really see Indian girls in sororities (or girls who aren't white or black, for that matter) but my friend at CMU is Indian and I saw some Indian chick here wearing the letters of A-Chi-O. Also my school is like 7% Asian which might be a factor, haha. I'm considering rushing this fall—apparently a lot of people rush when they're sophomores—just for the experience, and if I get a bid from a sorority I turn out to like, I'll probably join. I would like to have a tightly-knit group of friends, and I need more girl friends anyway. I like the idea of a sorority; it's just some of the ones I've seen in practice, like the ones who haze pledges, that are discouraging. I'm asking you, the members of TwoX, as *fellow nerdy girls,* what do you think of sororities? Are any of you in one? Are any of your friends in one? Tell all!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 420, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00191", "text": "Dear /r/EVE/, I have been playing EVE for about 2-3 months combined. I consider myself an utter noob in the game, but so far I have done some basic missioning (I never finished the first Epic Arc, but I made some progress in it) which I did on the first few days of my trial. Then I started ninja salvaging because I heard it was good money in the game. It was basically the reason why I started playing the game; Ninja salvaging looked \"ridiculously complex\" for such a simple task as finding ship wrecks and looting them. Although today I no longer see challenges in ninja salvaging, it doesn't make me exactly make me adept at the game. When steam were selling 30-days for 5€, I picked it up again and then I started playing a bit more serious. I wanted to do some pirating when I immediately started, because the concept of flying with your pirate mates looking for victims really appealed to me. But I ended playing with the Red Vs. Blue corps. Basically it's what it sounds like: Red corp is against Blue corp (I was on the blue side) - in short, organized PvP fighting (although we did get to search for our enemies throughout the different systems). But after a while, other stuff took over and I had little time to continue EVE. I had accumulated many items through the corp, which mostly were gifts to me to motivate me into the battlefield and of course I had trained skills for Rifter build. But in the end, when I eventually had time to play again, I couldn't see a reason to do so. I failed to find a purpose in the game. Should I go back to do missions? How do I do that? These thoughts were mostly sparked by the fact that I think I skipped most of the \"usual\" approach to the game, like learning how to do this and that, developing skills structurally. Is there such way to play EVE or is it just illusion? _this can serve as a tl;dr:_ Few days ago I saw the \"Butterfly Effect\", EVE trailer and it made me want to go back. But where should I pick up again once I start? Do you guys have any advice to where I should get started again?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 469, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00192", "text": "So late during the winter break we had a paranoid episode where she missed a period. We never had sex, but this didn't stop us from freaking out over it. So now I'm really really anxious after this. I just can't seem to shake the idea that something might go wrong, even with the fact that we never do anything past fingering. I mentioned this to her, and she set out to \"prove\" it to me once and for all by taking a pregnancy test, which of course was negative. But I didn't want proof, because rationally I know that there's nothing to be afraid of, there's this niggling suspicion that I just want her to be aware of and to accept and maybe even offer some sort of support. But when I brought this up, she was completely unhelpful, in that she demonstrated that nothing was wrong, and expected me to get over it instantly. If anything, while it made me relax about what happened before she took the test, I just began worrying about what we did that night, which of course didn't go anywhere. She said she was willing to go on the pill, but that it would be really awkward to tell her parents about anything to get their permission for the sake of insurance. And she doesn't want to take plan B because she compares it to nuking her hormonal balance for a good few months, making even the indicator of having a period unreliable. I know I need to chill the fuck out, but I just can't. It's just that the time when we had our little breakdown has stuck with me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00193", "text": "In a letter sent on Dec. 28 but released by the Vatican only on Monday, Jan. 2, Francis said: \"I would like us to renew our complete commitment to ensuring that these atrocities will no longer take place in our midst.\" Since his election in 2013, Francis has taken some steps to root out sexual abuse in the Church and to put in place practices to protect children. But victims' groups say he has not done enough, particularly to hold to account bishops who tolerated sexual abuse or covered it up. \"(The Church) recognises the sins of some of her members: the sufferings, the experiences and the pain of minors who were abused sexually by priests. It is a sin that shames us,\" Francis wrote in the letter. \"I would like us to renew our complete commitment to ensuring that these atrocities will no longer take place in our midst. Let us find the courage needed to take all necessary measures and to protect in every way the lives of our children, so that such crimes may never be repeated. In this area, let us adhere, clearly and faithfully, to 'zero tolerance',\" he said. The comments, included in a letter about the plight of vulnerable children in general, were some of his most comprehensive on abuse. Anne Barrett-Doyle, founder of the U.S.-based research and monitoring group BishopAccountablity.org, said in an email that the pope's words were little more than rhetoric. \"This pope keeps proclaiming zero tolerance but doesn't enact it. He knows full well that Church law contains no zero tolerance provision. Zero tolerance is mere rhetoric. The sad fact is that the Church still has not changed its system to make zero tolerance a binding reality,\" she said. She said that while it existed in the United States, it is \"still optional in the global Catholic Church\". Francis, who has met victims of sexual abuse several times, both in the Vatican and on some of his foreign trips, said: \"We join in the pain of the victims and weep for this sin - the sin of what happened, the sin of failing to help, the sin of covering up and denial, the sin of the abuse of power.\" In 2015, Francis ordered the trial and defrocking of a Polish archbishop accused of paying for sex with minors in the Dominican Republic. The year before, he set up a Vatican commission, including some victims, to advise local Churches on how to prevent abuse. But some", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00194", "text": "Slavery was an abomination. Lincoln may have been a tyrant but he was not an evil man. He did what was necessary to end one of the greatest evils in this world. Slavery is a blight that exists to this day. His actions did create the federal system that is now in place, and while I feel it is no longer needed, I do believe that it is the only thing that was capable of ending slavery. I see comments such as \"Lincoln wasn't an emancipator. He was an equalizer: he made everyone slaves.\" You are not held against your will, or bought and sold like chattel. You are not property. You are not beaten.You are not raped by your employer. You have a choice. And if you would like to leave your employment you can do so with no backlash (literally). To equate income tax to slavery is as bad a comparison as there can possibly be. Yes, I feel that the federal system is broken. Yes, I feel that income tax is unconstitutional. Yes, Lincoln was a tyrant. But what he did was necessary at that time and regretfully that system has been abused and we should vote for those who we feel can fix the system that is the point of democracy. In a polyglot political system such as we have there are indeed a great many injustices that occur on a day to day basis. Sadly, some of you seem to have lost scope and an unfair comparison to a despicable practice is an injustice to us all. You should be ashamed.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 316, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00195", "text": "I want to develop my social skills, make friends, and maybe eventually meet a girlfriend. None of those things will ever happen without finding ways to meet new people. So, suppose you moved to a new city where you know nobody, how would you go about building a social circle? That's where I need to start. I'm looking for specifics. Not specific: join a club. More specific: what kind of club, how can that give me a chance to socialize? I used to do martial arts, and it's a lot of fun, but I never met anyone through it. The nature of the activity just didn't lend itself to socializing. My social skills, fun-ness, or whatever, are definitely way below average, so I need to meet a ton of people to get over that. I'm usually really nervous with people I don't know, and since I don't really have any friends, you could say I'm nervous with everybody. Theoretically, you could make friends in the grocery store, but I wouldn't say, damn, I'm looking for an adventure, let's go to the grocery store and meet someone. Meeting people at work is not possible. I don't really drink, and don't feel comfortable in bars or clubs. I'm not the boisterous, fun guy who everybody loves either, so that sucks. I'm looking really to develop social skills and become comfortable in social situations, getting a girlfriend is, sadly, a loong way off for me. Most of you are probably thinking that I should do my hobbies and meet people through that. Besides programming and martial arts, I don't have any hobbies, though I'm always looking to develop new ones. A lot of you guys are into geeky pursuits, or are musically or artistically talented, or are smart and successful, and I'm not any of those things. Any ideas? Thanks for reading and replying! I can discuss more specifics if anyone asks. **tl;dr**: Don't know anybody, how to meet people and develop social skills?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 422, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00196", "text": "Two years ago I built a ballpit for my boyfriend's birthday. Thought I'd post some pictures and tips. With a little effort, this can be built very cheaply! **Materials:** PVC Pipe, PVC Cutter, PVC 3-way elbow Joints (the hardest piece to obtain locally; apparently not a major plumbing component), Mesh Netting, Epoxy, Screws, Duct Tape, Balls. **Pictures:** My *very* detailed plans. I recommend making yours slightly more detailed, as I had to re-cut several times. Measure twice, cut once! Cutting the PVC. Resulted in many blisters. Constructing the Frame. Checking the frame to make sure it fit. Epoxy Time! I epoxied the joints along the sides; this was actually a fix we did later, as in our first go through, we kept bursting all the joints. Taping on the mesh. Frames, and the picture that started it all. Piecing the frames together. The (mostly)finished product. Update: The Ball Pit Today. - A friend of ours who is a seamstress made us this zip-up cover. It never needs to be fixed like the mesh did, but it does have more give, so the balls push out more. Zipper close-up. Screw close-up. We ended up screwing the corner joints together, since even after epoxying the sides, the corners kept popping out. With screws, the entire thing maintains some degree or portability. **Tips:** First, the calculator. Anyway, enjoy... and get ready for endless Ball-jokes! **Edit 1:** formatting **Edit 2:** I did include the comic in one of the pictures, and it is also present in the link to the calculator, but just in case it was still unclear: This idea came from the XKCD webcomic \"Grownups\". We have a signed, framed copy hanging next to the ball pit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 396, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00197", "text": "I've only been in school for a month and I'm already feeling overwhelmed. The workload isn't even that heavy! I'm 30 years old and am taking 4 classes per week (12 credits) at a local community college. I dropped out of high school and have good blue collar job. I've always considered myself intelligent and am an avid reader. I just can't get myself to focus on homework - and when I do, I become distracted or discouraged easily. I have an exam tomorrow and I've put very little effort into studying. There is a narrative essay (very easy - only 3 pages) that is due at the end of this week and I'm still looking at a blank Word document. I have the day off work and have been procrastinating doing school work since 10:00am this morning (it's after 4:00 now). These are all 100 level classes too. What am I going to do next semester with at a more difficult level. In class, I try to concentrate but my mind wanders easily. I take good notes but don't think I'm retaining much of what the teacher instructs us. Last week, we wrote essay in English class and revised them with the students next to us. After reading his essay, I had nothing to offer him. I thought it was punctuated and composed perfectly (while he had more than a few corrections and suggestions for mine). I'm not even doing anything productive with all this time I'm wasting. Today I reorganized my music library, spent about 3 hours browsing the internet (reddit, facebook, the onion, stumbleupon, wash, rinse, repeat) and eating. I've made myself a \"to do\" list but haven't even opened it. School is my priority right now. I'm unhappy with my choices in life and have made very clear goals for myself. I was so enthusiastic leading up to the start of this semester, but now I'm not so optimistic about my educational future. Am I lazy? Can anyone offer some advice on focusing all of my mental energy on completing quality school work? **Edit** Reddit, you're amazing! Thank you everyone for the replies, I have a lot to go through and read. **AmbitionOfPhilipJFry created a google document with all of the best advice from this thread. ** **You can find that here**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 484, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00198", "text": "I'm still giving this Y five stars because I like the other patrons and the atmosphere so much; I just want to re-evaluate the place now that I've gotten way better at various activities.\\n\\nThe cardio room is still really, really good. I've never had to wait for a machine, and the machines are quite nice and new still. \\n\\nThe weightlifting room is also totally adequate, with pretty much a full complement of machines (older, but still serviceable), and a good assortment of free weights and related paraphernalia, including a Smith machine and a regular good ol' power cage. There isn't any platform for Olympic lifts, and I haven't seen anyone in here perform them (there isn't a lot of room, so I'm not really sure how one would even go about powerlifting safely in this gym.) However, there is a bucket of chalk in one corner. Go figure.\\n\\nThe pool is fine if you aren't really hardcore into swimming. If swimming is a major form of exercise for you, however, it might not be the best pool for your needs. It's a four-lane pool, I think 25 yards long. It is heavily chlorinated, and it tends to be QUITE warm, especially on Monday mornings (this is because kids with sickle-cell anemia use the pool on Sundays, and the water needs to be especially warm for them -- it hasn't cooled down yet by Monday.) Since I am at Pitt, I have access to the pool at Trees Hall, which is superior by any metric, so I use that instead.\\n\\nI like this Y quite a lot and wouldn't consider switching, even though there are newer/fancier Y's in the area.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00199", "text": "So I'd like to make a request in the interest of keeping our sub-reddit healthy. After having had a post voted off the page in the first 30 mins, I went hunting for it in \"controversial\" and realized that several posts had been hidden/lost this way. Since we are a small, low-volume subreddit, at the moment we need all the relevant posts we receive even at the expense of having a few that some don't care about. For this reason I would like to request that people refrain from down-voting a post if it's score is at 1. Down-voting to 0 automatically makes the post fall off the page, which means the other readers do not get a chance to read them unless they go hunting on \"controversial\". *Edit: Forbichoff commented that the \"hide\" feature is great for getting rid of posts you dont care about if you'd rather not see them (as an alternative to down-voting)* I'd also like to request the people honor the global reddiquette point: * *\"Consider posting constructive criticism / an explanation when you downvote something.\"* Since we are small but hopefully growing community, getting feedback on down-votes helps us grow in that it allows us to post things that other Pittsburgh redditors care about, and also relieves the frustration that comes with being down-voted without knowing why. We certainly don't want to be discouraging people from posting. Also side note: We have also lost posts via that spam filter. If your post doesn't make it to the front page for what ever reason, please pm me so that I can check the spam bucket or so that I can vote it back up to 1 if it was knocked off. **tl;dr:** * *Please don't down-vote subreddit posts to 0* * *If you down-vote otherwise, please consider offering feedback as to why.* * *Pm me if your post doesn't make the front page it might be in the spam box* Anyone have any thoughts on this?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 420, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00200", "text": "Title says it all, but here's some details... I'm 25. She's 21. Her brother is my age, and now I play poker with her dad. She's bounced around, guy to guy. I've had a few longer-term relationships. Months ago she started confiding (I thought) in me, and basically bitching about her current boyfriend. We hung out awhile, and of course things turned physical, and I became that breakup-rebound guy. Lasted a couple of weeks, sneaking around and me feeling guilty about it. But I didn't like it, so I left. In the last month, she's broke up with him, and moved into her own spot. Recently, for the first time in awhile, she called me up and invited me over. I hung out for about an hour, we talked, she showed me around, nothing happened. SERIOUSLY. Then for whatever reason, she completely wigs and makes up a load of rumors about me stalking her. Said I called her parents, asked for directions, came over unannounced when she was in a towel, bugged her to chat, and she had to 'throw' me out. ALL UNTRUE. Couple more days go by, and in this small town, in the only supermarket where she and many of my friends and acquaintances work, she tells everyone I am stalking her and saying first she will, and as of today HAS got a restraining order against me. Reddit...help! I have no knowledge of this type of thing. No record. I'm a nice dude that's never been creepy or abusive. Will someone (the courts?) contact me if in fact she files something? Is there anything I can do to dispute this? Should I be calling a lawyer? She's already ruined my most recent relationship with this bullshit. I'm not sure how vengeful she will be.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 387, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00201", "text": "I was thinking outside today about my \"perfect game\" and my ADD brain imported a piece of randomness that I totally approved of. As someone who defines a game by its level of immersion, I'm often let down by the attempts of new-gen games in capturing my attention. I'm absolutely sure I'm not alone in this, and I think it would be fun to design a game in which the object was to alter the world around you to be more consistent with what the player decides is acceptably immersive. I'm imagining a game that starts out with several incongruous art styles, battle systems, enemies, goals, etc... and lets the player use whatever method he feels most comfortable in to sort out the game world and customize it to his liking. Don't like take-cover-to-heal? Strengthen your skill in medpacks to give yourself an advantage in that area. Annoyed by NPC's that act \"unrealistically\"? Forge a campaign to eliminate them through diplomacy or force. The ability to alter the world around you in a game is something that's often hinted at and rarely applied. I think it'd be incredible to base an entire game around utilizing game mechanics to shape the workings and population of a game. Randomly-generated quests could make an \"endgame\" of sorts possible long after the player has eliminated that which does not suit his tastes. I see the whole thing as slightly unfeasible, but I take inspiration from the mentality of the devteam behind SS2. The \"we didn't know we couldn't do it, so we did it\" attitude appeals to me greatly. Anyone else interested in this sort of thing? Anyone want to chat about it? The networking possibilities inherent in Reddit's structure completely blow my mind and I'd really like to meet some like-minded people.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 367, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00202", "text": "...by a woman I've been with for nearly four years... through an email. She ended it with \"I will not contact you.\" Gee, thanks. But you know what? I'm fine. Hurt and lonely, and of course a little depressed... but still breathing, still browsing Reddit, and still enjoying the purr of my little kitten right beside me on my desk. I'm going to be okay. And so are you. I don't mean to stereotype, but I have no doubt that many of our users are single... I just hope not too many others joined the bachelor/ bachelorette ranks today the way I did. Either way, it's of no matter... I love all of you. Not in the bottled-up-and-labeled, commercialized, cinematic sense of the word... but in the way that matters. I love you just the way you are, because we're all tied to the same wheel as it goes round and round. Because of this little site and a little white alien, we've been able to claim a spoke of that wheel as our own, a place where we can share pains and triumphs, advice and experiences, knowledge and humor. We have the unique ability to claim membership in not just a community of our own, but in a community which proves on a weekly and daily basis to be the most giving, loving Internet community going. I don't know about you, but I'm proud of that. So, consider this your valentine, Reddit... from a man who's managing to smile despite having a woman he loves leave him on the worst day imaginable, in very nearly the most cold and heartless manner imaginable. I've got Billie Holiday on the stereo, a beer in my hand, and a cute kitten who doesn't even know how to send email. Best of all, though, I've got you, Reddit... and you've got me. Right now, that's enough. Happy Valentine's day. EDIT: By popular demand... kitty pictures! - Pixel asleep on my bed about a month ago. - Picture I snapped about 2 minutes after Pixel woke me up at 5 a.m. by giving me \"nose loves\" around 2 weeks ago. - Pixel sleeping right beside me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 460, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00203", "text": "of it, is now there's a proliferation of SaaS vendors out there, when in the early days it was the big boys like the Workdays, and Salesforce and the likes. There's not a SaaS application for everything, for every business function, for every industry, no matter how large or small, and so as a result there's really this thirst or appetite for the business to get in and self-serve, even if IT's not willing to be a part of that journey. Patterson: Can you give us a profile of some of the IT and business technology decision makers who are now involved in the process of adopting SaaS solutions for the enterprise? SEE: Vendor Relationship Policy (Tech Pro Research) Duguid: Certainly, it's the typical players, so it's everything from the CIO down to the VP's and directors of IT within an organization, but more importantly now what we're starting to see is a lot of decisions being made by what we call line of business IT. Essentially, very smart technology-focused individuals within a particular department. So, for example, in the sales department, you'll typically find a Salesforce administrator whose responsible for the deployment, the management, the feeding and nurturing of their Salesforce CRM, and so you're starting to see a lot more of that type of role turn up within an organization, whether they're responsible for Salesforce's CRM, your human capital management systems or the likes, but it's more of a de-centralized type of IT and larger organizations. Patterson: Ryan, I wonder if you could leave us with a forecast, perhaps the next 6, 12, 18, months in the growth of not just SaaS, but the cloud, the multi-cloud and post-GDPR? Duguid: Ha ha, post-GDPR. You know, I guess GDPR and other associated compliance requirements are sort of the stick that people wave to try and slow this down, but at the end of the day, the prediction I'd give is there's no stopping this, right? This is how technology is delivered to the business now. It meets the needs of the business, the pace, it helps people tackle digital transformation, get ahead of disruptive competitors in the marketplace, and so I think you're just going to see more and more, and from our perspective at Nintex what we're really fascinated by is the concept of IT and the business working together, where IT is empowering the business to get", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00204", "text": "I'm in my fourth year at a Canadian University taking a bComm in Finance (I've done freelance web development and did a lot of IT stuff at my other internship). Somehow I managed to land two different 16 month internships at IBM which I'm absolutely ecstatic about. Job 1: Information Developer (Technical Writing). Actually there's not much 'technical writing' per-se, only around 10% of my time I'll be doing writing. Most of it is a more systems analyst type role where I'm the middle-man between clients and developers. A bit of Q/A thrown in there too. Job 2: Software Developer. Mostly working with various CMS. HTML, CSS, PHP, PERL, RDMS, Java. Truth is I'm not really that great of a programmer (like I said, i'm a finance major), so I'm kinda intimidated by this job. I am able to pick up technology pretty fast but almost all my co-workers will be engineers and CS grads so when they start talking data structures or whatever I'll be lost. I haven't touched Java in two years and I know a BIT about Javascript. I wouldn't really say I have a passion for programming too.. and I know to really excel as a developer you gotta love what you do. I'm not sure I have that passion. Looking for some advice from some of you experienced IT professionals about what job has better future prospects / better looking on resume. If it helps, my career goals are kinda mixed... I'm still fairly young so I'm not sure what I want to do but I love technology and the capital markets. All advice appreciate, thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00205", "text": "Here is the deal. I live in Scandinavia. We are not allowed to carry: guns, maze/pepper spray, clubs or even a knife. Some people tried to get around this by carrying a screw driver. You can imagine using that as a stabbing weapon - so naturally that has also been made illegal. Carry one outside work hours and go to jail... I know what your might be thinking, \"How can you defend yourself, when attacked by Muslim gangs that roam the streets freely and remain unchallenged?\" - Well you cant really can you? I mean, when attacked by 6-8 Muslims (they only attack when outnumbering you by 6-800%), your best defense is to lie down and cover your head... A person I know carry a full 1½ liter soda bottle, but you cant carry one all the time... So what are the options? Any suggests would be welcome, I never attacked anyone in my life, but I would like to have some means of defending myself, without going to jail. **EDIT: Most tempting options so far:** Flashlights for blinding and/or badgering with \"attack crowns\": surefire defender]( - [Aurora AK-P7-5]( - [Fenix TK1 MAGLITES 4D and larger for plain badgering: Maglite overview Hard core totenschlager coin purse as seen here: A steel pen for plain stabbing: e.g. - several models were suggested that are made for the purpose, but the one shown here is the: \"I just used my office pen for selv defense officer\". Also, the odd suggestion of carrying a very large dildo (with very large batteries).", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00206", "text": "Service was excellent. The menu offerings were spotty.\\n\\nA group 16 of us attended the Saints-Steelers game in November. We attend most of the away games and have an opportunity to eat at some very good restaurants. \\n\\nLidia's was a place I was looking forward to because I am aware of her by reputation. We had several appetizers including the bruschetta, which was really only to my liking. The balsamic was excellent - syrupy and sweet - and clearly a nicely aged one. But it was incongruous with the rest of the dish, and so not many enjoyed it. \\n\\nThe bread served at the table was really very good and we devoured baskets of it. \\n\\nComments from some of the other diners:\\n\\n- Baked shrimp appetizer was pretty good, the calamari was very good. \\n- Rucola salad was (in my opinion) excellent\\n- Beet salad was interesting and overall very good\\n- Butternut squash soup was enjoyed by several of us\\n- Scampi alla Felidia was ordered by several guests with mixed opinions\\n- Lasagna bolognese? so so at best\\n\\nGnocchi and duck ragu was what I ordered. I was very disappointed. The duck was shredded and cooked into a sort of red congealed, thick mass with little texture. The gnocchi were so underdone as to be a sort of glutinous paste sitting under the duck. The texture was completely unappealing but I do have to say that the flavor of the duck ragu (ragout?) was pretty good. \\n\\nStill, the gnocchi - one of my favorite things and something I make myself probably once a month - were a disappointment. I didn't send it back because it didn't seem appropriate in the setting of a very large group to monopolize the wait staff. \\n\\nI'd still give it a try again when I'm there in June, but it seems that some of their efforts are focused more on being creative, which is good, but falling somewhat short.\\n\\nBy the way, if you like a more traditional Italian and happen to be in St. Louis, Charlie Gitto's on the Hill is a great place. Similar in ambiance and quality to Lidia's, the service there can't be beat and the food is quite good as well.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 496, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00207", "text": "So Friday night my parents left for the weekend and told me to watch the dogs. What she forgot to tell me is that she also told my sister-in-laws' sister to feed the dogs. I'm upstairs sleeping at 9:30 at night and the two dogs start barking and growling. I come down the stairs and hear a man's voice and run back upstairs and grab Big Bertha. I come down and unlock the door, gun at my side, and say \"Hello?\" I hear her and recognize the voice (and her boyfriend (the male voice) and relax. I say \"Oh, it's you\" and run back up stairs to drop off the gun and walk back down stairs to talk to her (mostly, what the hell are you doing here at 9 at night). Well, she saw it and called my parents that I \"Pulled my gun on her\". So, the next day, after an argument, I packed up my Mosin and Big Bertha, and took them to my friends house (only friend I could trust with them) 2 hours away. Christ, this sucks. Who shows up at 9:30 at night, only calling my Cell which was off, doesn't ring the door bell, doesn't call the home phone, sees my car in the driveway, then starts on the door? And I'm to blame? Sure, I live in an upperclass neighbor hood, and if I was awake I may have questioned more before I got the home defense tool, but the only thing running in my mind was \"Confirm who this is, take action if necessary\". /rant off", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00208", "text": "Hey Reddit, I was wondering if you could help me out with this one. So, here's the story so far: I'm friends with a girl (she is a good friend of my girlfriend) who, from my point of view, is a bit in a rough spot right now. She is 28, came out of a rather long, serious relationship (that lasted for about 8 years) a couple of years ago and hasn't had anything serious going for her ever since (apart from the occasional fuck). So, about three weeks ago, she met this guy, who seemed like a regular bloke at first. They are both in their late 20s. So as things go, they started seeing each other quite often. She would sleep over at his place and he, in turns, would sleep over at hers. There is just one problem though: no fucking. You might say that this is not a problem as such, but you see, things are a bit weird. My friend has tried her best to initiate any kind of affectionate interaction. The closest was her grabbing his dick. He just laughed in return, said that he is a little bit tired and then they proceeded to hug each other and fall asleep (oh yeah they did make out once but did not proceed to sexual intercourse, since this bloke used the same excuse to \"get out of it\") So, despite them seeing each other every day, despite clear initiatives coming from her side, nothing has happened yet. Weirder yet, my friend has totally fallen for this guy. The bloke doesn't seem to show clear signs of affection. But why would he then continue to see her every other day? Am I just over-analyzing stuff? Its weird, it seems to me that this guy is actually afraid of sex or something of that sort... Tl;DR: Friend is seeing a guy who absolutely (nonverbally) refuses to fuck her, despite clear initiative coming from the girls side. They continue seeing each other and the seems to be really falling for this guy... Your thoughts? P.S. Sorry if this post looks like an incomprehensible mess... I'm a bit tipsy...", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 446, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00209", "text": "With the advent of the red5 platform a few years back, i constructed and built a site like chatroulette. It didn't take long, maybe a few days work. A friend did the graphics. It looked nice. We launched the site, and it became popular quite quickly, we averaged around 200 concurrent visitors throughout the day. This was enough to saturate our port (100Mbps). My bill after one week was over $1500 - for bandwidth alone. It was self funded, and advertising (which was a lot more prevalent than chatroulettes) brought in a tiny fraction of that. Basically, I couldn't afford to run it - chalked it up to experience, and shut down the site. Now, I was paying around 20c/GB. Naturally, you can get cheaper bandwidth by going direct to a carrier. To sustain 20k concurrent users, chat roulette would probably be looking at around 6gbps connection. The 17yr old developer actually quoted 7gbps in a recent news article. With cogent, one of the cheapest carriers, this would cost around $25k a month. My question is this: How on earth do individuals sustain this kind of expense. He mentions its entirely self funded, and that he had to scrape together money for hardware from his family (which is negligible compared to the bandwidth costs). I'm sure I must be missing a trick, and its driving me insane! edit: I am aware that flash 10 supports p2p communication, but this is not the architecture that chatroulette uses.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00210", "text": "Hey Reddit, I come to you with a grand question about a game I used to play on the pc, about 9, maybe 10 years ago. - It was a ship/naval simulation. had beautiful 2D graphics - Timed in, I guess 1700, or sometime near that age. (no steam powered engines) - You could chose to start either in England or in Spain - You started with a small ship (4-8 cannons i guess) and after completing missions you could advance to get a Manowar. - After a few missions you could chose to become pirate and hunt whales in the northern sea - You had the whole globe available to sail (north&amp;south America. even Australia). no fast sailing. - You could chose the way you fired your cannons: all at once, alternating, in succession. You could also chose what kind of canon ball s to use: grape shot, something to destroy the sails, etc - You had to buy rations for your crew. rations that ranged from dry biscuits to meat and/or fruit. - I remember playing the game under Windows 98 - I think it came on two cds, but my memory might be fuzzy. That's about all i can remember about it now. So, anyone know the name of that game? It's been a loong time and I'd really want to replay it. edit1: bad spelling. edit2: So 8 years later and... ; Tides of War", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00211", "text": "ivers) The site also includes charts for quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers to see their patterns from their last game. In addition, the NFL publishes photo essays with specific insights from Next Gen Stats from the previous week's games, as well as videos that explain the differences and similarities between players, teams, and games based on the data. \"There's some very complicated parts of football that can be really fascinating to die hard fans,\" said Swensson. \"A lot of times you watch a game and maybe you don't realize some of the decisions and why they are made, or even some of the intricacies of the game such as why players line up a certain way. My hope is that [Next Gen Stats] continues to educate fans and help them understand more and more of our game.\" SEE: Turning Big Data into Business Insights (ZDNet special report) | Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic) This stuff is obviously great source material for fantasy football junkies, but it can also fuel die-hard fans in their search to better understand the performance of their team and their favorite players—which can also create greater customer loyalty for the NFL. The good news for fans is that the program is just getting off the ground. \"The stuff you see on the site now is just based off the tracking data and the splits we've been able to do based on location data, but not much pattern recognition,\" said Swensson. \"A lot of the machine learning stuff we've done, we haven't put up yet. Our plan is to launch that for next season.\" Of course, there's one more big game left this season. For the fans watching Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, here are a pair of Next Gen Stats videos that break down what's likely to be the game's key matchup: Image: NFL What other businesses can learn \"The typical conversation that we're having with customers around machine learning is that it is one of the top priorities,\" said Kelman. \"But, there is a huge gap in most of these companies between what they want to do and the skills of their people. It's kind of as simple as we have all this data, what should we do with machine learning? What problems should we point it at, and what kind of predictions should we make? The more examples that we can give our customers of what other people are doing, the better.\" Subscribe to TechRepublic's Big Data", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00212", "text": "win on Tuesday is certainly within reach, and special elections are always unpredictable,\" Ossoff said. \"If we don't clear 50, we'll be able to fight and win in a runoff.\" Democrats are trying to capitalize on Trump's unpopularity, and this is one of the first chances for them to take out their frustrations with his presidency. Giving Democrats hope is that even though this is a right-leaning district, it isn't exactly Trump country. While Price was easily re-elected with more than 60 percent of the vote, Trump won the district by less than 2 points. It's indicative of the kind of place Trump struggled throughout the country — rapidly growing, diverse and well-educated suburbs, where Republicans usually do well. The president himself underscored the importance of the race — and the possible blowback a loss could have for his own political capital. He recorded a last-minute robocall against Ossoff and poked Democrats with at least four tweets in the last 24 hours about the race: The election comes on the heels of a better-than-expected finish for a Democrat in a special election in a very Republican district in Kansas last week — something Democrats hope portends well in this more moderate district. That result may have also helped to wake up Republicans, who hope that late attacks on Ossoff — tying him to the national party and pointing out the bulk of the $8.3 million he's raised has come from out of state — have at least stunted his rise in the polls. That may be why even rank-and-file Republicans here were on message, toeing the party line, in the final hours. Boyle, for example, described Ossoff, as \"the man who's being bankrolled by the West Coast. When people out of state start throwing in $6 million to $8 million, I get worried. I don't like outsiders dictating what we do in Georgia.\" Ossoff is one of five Democrats on the ballot Tuesday, but the national party lined up quickly behind him, in large part due to the strong support he had from the district's neighboring congressmen, Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson. Ossoff himself actually lives just outside the district (though he grew up in it). Republicans have hammered him on that fact and claimed he's tried to inflate his resume and the national-security work he did as an aide for Johnson. They've tried to highlight his age,too. Ossoff", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00213", "text": "Kedves Kollégák! Március elején hivatalos Ethical Hacking képzés indul a BME-n az Automatizálási és Alkalmazott Informatikai Tanszék és az EC-Council hazai képviselője, a NetAcademia Oktatóközpont közös szervezésében. Hamarosan lesz egy bemutató a képzésből – gyere el! Ha érdekel az informatikai biztonság egyik legizgalmasabb ága, az etikus hekkelés, gyere el Te is a képzésbemutatóra! Hekkelésekkel fogjuk demonstrálni, miért fontos/érdemes ezzel a területtel foglalkozni, milyen előnyöket jelent a CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) minősítés megszerzése, illetve megtudhatsz minden részletet a képzés elvégzésével kapcsolatban. A bemutató helyszíne és időpontja: 2010. február 9. kedd. 17:15 I.B.028. terem Amit a NetAcademiáról tudni érdemes: ők csinálták az Ördöglakat nevű hekkeres játékot, rendezik minden évben az Ethical Hacking konferenciát, az oktatás területén pedig olyan cégeknek tartanak biztonsági képzéseket, többek között Ethical Hacking képzést is, mint például a NATO. Elindult az Ethical Hacking csoport a Facebookon ( Ott már most fel lehet iratkozni a bemutatóra! Csatlakozz! Üdvözlettel: Balássy György BME AAIT", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 445, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00214", "text": "*To start off, let me just say that I wasn't sure which subreddit this should go in. /r/python made sense at first since the language used is Python, but after reading the descriptions, /r/coding seems to be more accurate. If this is a problem, please let me know (and perhaps give some direction on where this should go).* **TL;DR:** let me know if this is in the wrong place. Recently I have decided to try out MIT's OpenCourseWare]( More specifically, [Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. I will spare you the personal details of why I have decided to learn to program since I'm assuming that if you are reading this, you already understand the reasons one might have the desire to write code. As for choosing OCW, I have always wanted to go to college but have always been too poor and I refuse to take out a student loan. Anyways, after going through a couple of the video lectures and completing the respective homework assignments, something occurred to me. Yea, I can figure out the assignment and write up something that will accomplish what was requested, but it probably isn't the neatest or most efficient solution. I can't ask the teacher (one of the perks of actually going to college), and I don't even have any classmates that I can talk to. So how do I go about getting input on the things I create, even if from just one or two people slightly more knowledgeable than myself? Well, that's what I am going for here. With each assignment, I will make a new post with respective links so that others may post solutions and give feedback. I have already done the first three, but I'll just leave this one up for a bit so I can see how this goes over. Once again, let me know where this should go if here is not the correct place. **TL;DR:** For those of us too poor to afford the luxury of a teacher/classmates, maybe the internet can help? Without further ado, * 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming * Lecture 1: Goals of the course; what is computation; introduction to data types, operators, and variables * Problem Set 0: A very simple program: entering and printing your name ____________________________________________________________________ **EDIT:** I have created a new subreddit (/r/MITocw600/]( specifically for this course. I have also submitted this to /r/learnprogramming ([link.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00215", "text": "Most of the home depots i've seen are the same and that includes this one. aisles full of hardware supplies, tools, bathroom accessories and even a small nursery for gardening. \\n\\nMy favorite section is the tool section seeing that I'm a DIY-er. (Do it yourself) if you didn't already know that. I enjoy building, maintaining and fixing things in my own home as opposed to hiring a contractor and paying a boat load. I'm best known at the Home Depot in monroeville. I come in there so often a lot of the employees know me just by my dog. Yes my dog, who i have brought into this store several times. They allow pets i'm assuming because i've never been asked to leave and I've seen others with their pets as well. \\n\\nThat's the best part about the store is the animal policy and the fact that they offer enough supplies for you to practically build a house. Some things are cost efficient while others are kinda breaking the bank. There not as modern as lowes but they have alot of the same products. I recently built my own in home bar. t's 8 by 2, a long bar that i (a girl) built by hand. I'm very proud of the work i did. I installed lights and polished it and it has a resin top with ceramic tiles beneath it. It's a real beauty and i got all the supplies at home depot. Cost me about $600 to make but i put it together in 2 months so that's a plus. \\n\\nBut yea if your in need of some nice plants to go in the kitchen or patio OR you just want to spruce up a few things around the house, then this Mega home repair store is where you ought to be. Between this and lowes its not like you have a choice.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00216", "text": "R&D projects like internal surveys and research, exclusive data relationships, and data collection through direct response projects. Can you articulate what Cambridge Analytica's technology is, how it works, and how you applied your tech for the Trump campaign? At our core, we are a data and behavioral science company. Simply put, we help organizations figure out who to talk to and what to say to them. We believe that demographic-based marketing has become relatively obsolete and that understanding the underlying motivations of an individual are a far more effective way to communicate with someone. We deploy this research through both digital and television, which serve as the vehicles to reach these individuals. For the Trump campaign, we served as the data agency of record, but our role quickly evolved as the cycle progressed. Our three core pillars of execution were data science and analytics, digital marketing (mostly persuasion and GOTV), and polling/research. Having a large amount of control and input into each of these three areas allowed us to be extremely efficient and reactive. It also allowed us to easily integrate with the staff at Giles-Parscale and the RNC. Our approach allows our clients, like the Trump campaign, to more efficiently spend their resources and better persuade and mobilize their advocates. Since data is the underpinning of every actionable insight that an organization would want to make, the applications of what we do are endless. With the Trump campaign, we assisted with everything from resource allocation for media buys, calculating the most efficient candidate travel stops, influencing the content in surrogate speeches, and personalizing messaging to the individual voter. SEE: Hiring kit: Data architect (Tech Pro Research) We learned that no two campaigns are alike and that there is no 'playbook' for the standard way to run a data, digital, or technology program on a campaign. Developing a custom program five months out from election day proved to have its unique challenges. Also, the style of President Trump as a candidate was far different from what we have seen with other candidates. This required us to changes some of our approaches to more quickly measure the attitudes of the electorate. Hindsight is always 20/20, but going back and doing it all over again I would have traded money for time. I say this on most campaigns that I work on, but a bit more maturity in a few of the programs we set up may have yielded even better results. Given the outcome of the election, we are more than happy with the result. At the end of the", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00217", "text": "If you are a DM water expert, I'd very grateful if you can help me out. I work in a pigments plant in upstate NY and we have our own DM water plant. We use ALUM as our flocculant and a Calgon polymer as the settling agent for the DM water plant. Last week, we encountered some random crap floating in the clearwell (after the flocculant and the settling agent have been added). I am having trouble figuring out what this random crap is. One of the analytical lab guys here tested the crap under a microscope and found that this thing is NOT alive as it doesnt have any cells and it did not grow over a period of time. Also, he observed random strands of (may be) polymer or some other substance connected together. So the general theory right now is that, may be the amount of polymer added to the city water was too much and it combined with itself and produced this solid stuff. From our records though, it seems like the amount of polymer added in the past few weeks has not differed from the amount that has always been added. Therefore, we cannot be sure whether it is the polymer or not. To give you an idea about the environmental conditions, the temperature at this time of the year ranges from 10 to 40F. This crap has never been seen before, so my guess is that the ambient temperature might not have much to do with it as the temperature is about the same every year at this time. Also, we use some other agents as caustic and hcl for de-ionization processes. The pictures are posted below. the first image gives the best representation i think. Ill be very grateful If you can give me any idea about what this crap is. I know it looks like bacon, but i can assure you that it isnt. unfortunately, i can only reward you with karma. I know that is not enough, but thats the best i can do. Thanks", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 396, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00218", "text": "A new malware campaign is making its way into businesses through a malicious PowerPoint email attachment, Trend Micro research has found. According to blog post, CVE-2017-0199 traditionally utilizes RTF documents, and this is the first time it has been seen to abuse PowerPoint Slide Show in the wild. The malware comes in an email that appears to be from a company that manufactures cables. The email tells the recipient to see the order and asks for them to quote cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) and free on board (FOB) prices as well. Due to the targeted nature of the email, as the criminals are typically going after electronics companies, the post said, the email is being considered a spear phishing attack. In the sample email provided by Trend Micro, the attachment is titled PO-483848.ppsx. In that case, PO could be short for purchase order, in an effort to increase the perceived legitimacy of the PowerPoint file. SEE: 10 ways to minimize fileless malware infections If the victim opens the attached file, there will be no purchase order, not even any fake text attempting to be one. It simply reads: CVE-2017-8570. That's the name of another Microsoft vulnerability, the post said, but not the one that this particular malware is targeting. PowerPoint then initializes a script moniker and runs the malicious payload, the post said. If successful, it will download an XML file from the internet. Some JavaScript code in that XML file runs a PowerShell command that downloads and executes a remote access tool. At this point, the attackers will be able to run remote commands on the victim's machine. \"The tool's capabilities are quite comprehensive, and includes a download & execute command, a keylogger, a screen logger, and recorders for both webcam and microphone,\" the post said. The biggest issue for this given attack is the fact that it comes by way of a PowerPoint file. Most current detection methods focus on the RTF delivery method, so that means attackers utilizing the PPSX files could have an easier time avoiding antivirus detection, the post said. To protect against attacks like this one, businesses should make sure that their systems are properly patched and updated to account for any known vulnerabilities. Also, users should be regularly educated on proper security hygiene and email etiquette. The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers A new spear phishing campaign is using PowerPoint files to exploit the CVE-2017-0199 and deliver", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00219", "text": "(I'm 6'5\", and not fat, but in general a big guy.) Nothing makes my blood boil more flying than when I get to the airport extra early in the hopes of moving my assigned seat to an exit row/bulkhead seat, only to find that there are none available. Upon boarding I see nothing but short, little fuckers sitting all comfortable, while I'm squished against a window. I'm even have decent mile status with one airline in particular, but I still am never even given the chance of selecting an exit row upon purchase, yet, somehow, they are all assigned. WTF? I have asked countless times if folks would be willing to switch with me, and 95% of the time they say no, even though they clearly would still be \"relatively comfortable.\" Is my dream of a universal \"tall people database\" unrealistic? Am I doomed to fly cramped as fuck for the rest of my life (assuming we dont find alternate modes of transport, or I become rich enough to fly first class)? EDIT: So a theme has appeared which I find most disconcerting. That since I'm tall, \"kindly fuck off because short people make less money, have uglier wives, blah blah blah.\" Really? Spare me. Something I cannot control is causing me to have a shitty flying experience. I have only asked for a seat assignment with the largest legroom in coach. How and Why is that such an evil thing? I'm finding out here that my fellow short man, is a jaded and jealous little asshole, that thinks Im responsible for their height.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00220", "text": "Hello relationship advice ….this is a throw away account (for reasons)…. Let me introduce my stats really quick here: * 24 year old male * Very fun to be around * Not very social (*yet*) So, I have conquered many aspects of my life, but now I want to move onto the **“love”** part of life. This is the area where I am very inexperienced (in fact, I have not even received my first *kiss!*). I have kind of written out a plan (in my mind, and wrote it on paper too), and I want to post it here to see if you guys think I should change my plan around. Oh yeah, the main goal of the plan is to get a girlfriend as soon as possible! So tell me what you guys think of this plan (I already am longing for a girl in one of my college courses, from afar): So here it goes. There is a girl in my college class that I have completely fallen for (I really have never felt this way about anybody before) and I want to have her as my first gf. Anyway, I heard to tell if somebody likes you is to try to get their attention by kind of smiling at them (and if they smile back, you’re good!). Unfortunately, she never really looks in my direction, but I spend a good deal of time staring at her (not in a creepy way, I’m just trying to get her attention). I’m waiting till we do some “across the room” flirting before I actually get up to go talk to her, then after we talk a bunch in class I’ll ask her out (I have to figure out a way to get her attention though…this is my biggest challenge so far). Now, I plan on going on 8 dates with her before we kiss, but do you think it’s fine to go for it after 5? 8 seems like a lot, but I will do it if that’s the most respectful (this is why I’m coming here to ask!). From there, I’m sure everything will come naturally. What do you think I should change about my scenario (minor things, of course) to make sure everything works out alright for both of us? I know that I have a lot to offer her, so I really don’t have any doubts of this working out. She seems just like my kind of girl! :) Thanks for reading this long post!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 497, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00221", "text": "I was expecting a high quality hotel from the Westin brand. What I found was a room that smelled of B.O., an outdated bathroom and an annoying emphasis on recycling and environmentalism. If this was a rating of 1 to 5 on a scale of just Westin hotels it would probably be a 1 no problem. But even a bad Westin is better than a Super8. \\n\\nThe lobby looks nice and inviting and the staff were all helpful. Parking wasn't too hard and the price wasn't shocking. \\n\\nThe B.O. smell hit me as soon as we walked into the room. There were placards and signs everywhere saying how much Westin was trying to save the world by turning off your lights when you leave the room and not washing your sheets. I get it...if you dont change the sheets you save on water, detergent, labor, $, $, $, $$$$$......\\n\\nI'm not an idiot. I know all this 'environmental' garbage is a bunch of moneymaking ideas dreamt up by some suits. Some are laudable like requiring a keycard to turn the lights on, but get real...they're offering people $5 off their next visit if they don't have their bed remade between nights. This is a hotel....why not suggest saving me $5 if you padlock the bathroom door? About as logical. Hotels = Bed with fresh sheets every night. By the way, they obviously discontinued the minibar fridge because the power goes out when you leave the room. So why not take the fridges out of the room? Very amateurish to leave them sitting in rooms.\\n\\nThe hot tub/pool facilities are the kind where you have to sign in, show your key, and walk all the way through the locker rooms before you can enter the pool area that looks like it's a Mexican hotel in the 80's. Not the greatest. I don't care to look at old man ass on my way to the hot tub.\\n\\nThe location is good for catching a game downtown or for a night on the town. But for business or a romantic trip, there are better quality hotels around I'm sure.\\n\\nOh, and the beds were extremely comfortable.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 464, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00222", "text": "The story goes, my father went to a Catholic school in Littletown, IL. One day he was messing around in class and the teacher(the nun) pulled him out of the room. Outside, she pushed him against the wall and started yelling at him like only a nun can do. Needless to say, he didn't like that. Mind you, this was decades ago when corporal punishment happened frequently. After the shock wore off he sucker punched her, checked his work, and proceeded to the Principal's office. Asked to use the phone, called his father, and told him to pick him up at school. When asked why, he told his father, \"you'll find out when you get here\" and hung up. Sat on the bench outside the office until my grandfather showed up. Encore: A couple years ago the whole family went to visit my brother and his new family in Hawaii. He complained his knee hurt while at my brother's apartment. When asked, he told this story, in a calm-as-you-like voice. An hour ago he went down the block to pick up beer. On the way back, less than a block away, he gets hit in the back of the knee by some college-age hippy who was trying to take the beer. He never dropped the beer. Turning on the hipster(hobo?) he pulled his pocket knife from his boot. The guy turns and runs and my father walks into the apartment without saying a word along with a slight limp. To be fair, he was almost 50 at the time. Hand to God, every word true. If I'm ever half the man he is, I'd die happy.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 339, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00223", "text": "So I saw this movie and even though it was predictable what it was about I was hoping for some sort of twist at the end. Pissed me off the ending did... here is how it went... *ATTENTION SPOILER ALERT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW DON'T READ ANY FURTHER, you have been warned* Okay so its in an apocalyptic world, I don't remember any explanation as to what caused the war but since they said people burned all the bibles I can only guess it was a religious war. Okay so you've got Eli, a loner traveling \"west\" who has the last fucking bible in the world(assumption) and it seems to make him a bad ass motherfucking soldier of god who seems immune to bullets almost. That alone is enough to piss me off, way to go asshole keep one of the most fucked up, hypocritical, terrifyingly nonsensical books alive to promote future delusion and bigotry. My friend stated that wasn't his intention that he wanted to do the opposite to keep its memory alive so that people can see the danger of such beliefs, but no its obvious that wasn't the message of the movie because the guy who memorized the fucking bible is the strongest, the most righteous person in the world. whats further annoying is the scene where Mila Kunis(damn shes hot but it was a bit of a turnoff seeing her in this character) so he teaches her about prayer and god a little bit, and her life seems to have more depth and meaning since. The antagonist who actually sees the bible for what it is, a tool of enslavement, I'm guessing hes the evil and stupid atheist aye. Oh and Eli turns out to be blind, dies at the museum where the fucker preserves the damn thing, and Solara I'm guessing is leaving to spread the message that or to my best guess to go save her mom. This concludes my rant. Probably stupid but hey just felt bored and wanted to post something.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 413, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00224", "text": "Subversive - rightcoast Their best stat may be homes run and heads batted in but I'm a hated by the state, bin laden mu-ja-ha-din a rock in shoes stops a camera that IDs your stride an IR LED clipped to a cap will make your face hide get yourself 8 infrared L.E.D's poke eight holes into your hat and push em through with ease to complete this subversive mad hattery wire the light leads to a single 9 volt battery Put the hat on, fugazi icey diamond rocked out everywhere you go security camera gettin' washed out stick around we'll give the man a colonoscopy listen close and learn to bump a lock with me take a key and file down the gaps between the bumps make it all in line with where the indent rises from the side hump take the key and put it in a matching brand of lock pull out one click- turn to the right- and hit it with a rock now your in and don't know how to safe crack we'll need to bring a brand new angle of attack Beforehand scrape some rust off of some rusty metal or steel wool mixed with bleach and vinegar that's settled find some fine aluminum flake inside an etch-a-sketch or for mixing into car paint three parts flake eight parts rust or oxide measured by weight then put it in a plastic bottle, wrap it up with tape. For a fuse ... use magnesium strip poke a hole through the bottle with a paper clip this thermite bomb will burn right through that cash box any locks, or engine blocks Knowledge useful sure for robbin' banks or maybe useful one day stoppin' tanks", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00225", "text": "does come out in the interview process.\" IBM performs skills assessments for job candidates, regardless of their background. For example, when interviewing for a software development role, interviewers give candidates a coding exercise, examine their GitHub repository, and talk to them about the code they wrote. SEE: How CXOs can develop a diverse workforce (Tech Pro Research) The interview process for all job candidates includes behavioral questions about what a candidate has done previously, such as \"Tell me about a situation where you had to evaluate competing priorities.\" It also includes situational questions, which tend to work well for candidates with minimal experience, Jordan said. These are questions such as, \"Walk me through how you might handle an upset client.\" \"That's going to help you to understand that candidate's thought process and their potential future behaviors, and together, they help you build a really good picture,\" Jordan said. It's key to listen for a nontraditional candidate's intent, Jordan said. This person may have some great examples of how they have handled a situation in the past, but they may have applied that knowledge in a different way or setting. \"Focus on the skill and the application of what they've done versus where they did it,\" she added. Making interview accommodations To attract more diverse candidates, Microsoft undertook a number of inclusivity measures in recent years, including reworking job descriptions and training managers on interviewing nontraditional candidates, according to Neil Barnett, the company's director of inclusive hiring. About two and a half years ago, Microsoft created an autism hiring program. Some 50 employees have been hired through the program, Barnett said. About half of those employees had applied to jobs at Microsoft previously, he added. But now, \"we train managers and teams ahead of time on neurodiversity and disability etiquette,\" Barnett said. \"We believe that by demystifying and breaking down the stereotypes of disabilities, we can help eliminate any unconscious biases that recruiters, hiring managers and teams might have before they interview a candidate.\" Microsoft also trains hiring managers to offer job candidates the opportunity to ask and receive customizations for the interview. This might include performing a technical interview on their own familiar device, spacing more time between multiple interviews, or lengthening the time of each interview—which might allow someone with ADHD or a cognitive disability adequate time to think and respond to questions. \"Managers found that offering customizations have made all interviews more successful,\" Barnett said. \"Asking candidates what they need to have the", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00226", "text": "Chinese dance focuses on circular upper-body movements, a unique coordination that complements ballet technique.\" Rehearsals and classes can end as late as 9 pm. Students live on campus in dormitories; with little free time and all focus placed on their futures, they consider BDA home until graduation. BDA's ballet department in a performance of \"La Bayadère.\" Photo Courtesy BDA. Stage Time Performance is the most important aspect of BDA students' professional development, with annual productions featuring classical ballets, contemporary works and student choreography. Since dancers don't usually audition internationally, these performances are their chance to be discovered—directors from surrounding Chinese companies, including the National Ballet of China, attend in order to scout new talent. As a result, preparation is intense. In a studio rehearsal for La Bayadère, Act II, no understudies are present, and any imperfection is pointed out by one of four coaches at the front of the room. All lines, heads, arms and feet are perfectly placed. Although Pei Yu sparkles in her variation, the other dancers are similarly strong and dedicated. Students run the piece twice for stamina. Between run-throughs, each fastidiously practices difficult sections, never satisfied with the results. Dancers approach more contemporary movement with a mature coordination mirroring many professional dancers. Recent performances have included works by Paul Taylor, Jorma Elo and Christopher Wheeldon; students often get to work with the choreographers directly. Pei Yu learned Over Glow from Elo himself. \"He showed us how to handle rhythm with the whole body,\" she says. \"Ballet has so many rules, but contemporary ballet makes me feel excited and free.\" Sun Jie, a coach and men's teacher at BDA since 2008, explains how introducing works from Western choreographers has broadened the overall abilities of Chinese ballet dancers. \"When we started to teach new works at BDA in 2011, students struggled to move freely or adapt to new movement,\" he says. \"But learning these styles over time has opened dancers' eyes to new possibilities.\" Life After Graduation BDA students enter professional life somewhat older than in the West, with graduates ranging from 20 to 22 years old. Only the most promising students receive company contracts, but others accept teaching and other dance-related posts at BDA and surrounding dance schools and institutions. Although many have won awards at international competitions, the school does not actively focus on", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00227", "text": "Hey Reddit, I posed a similar topic to this one last week, but at the time I was planning to use the 8051 for this project. I have since decided to go with the Arduino instead, but I still have some questions in regards to how I'd go about implementing it. As I explained in my other post, this it what I need to do: My computer should read from an XML file or a database which contains information on when to turn on which LED and for how long. It then sends this information to the Arduino, which is connected to an array of about 50 LEDs. My main problem is no longer the lack of appropriate reading material, but rather the absolute abundance of it. With this in mind, I would like to know if any of you hardware-wiz redditors could be as kind as to recommend me a single book or tutorial that covers all or most of what I need to know in order to get this working. I realize I may sound a little lazy for wanting to tackle this with a single book or tutorial, but for the record, I do not plan on making a career out of this nor am I particularly interested in learning all in-depth details of it apart from the absolute necessary. I just **have** to do this because it's part of the school curriculum, so I would be happy to get it over with in the quickest way possible. Thanks! EDIT - I'm a complete begginner. I have never worked with any hardware programming or interfacing, except for running a few basic assembly commands on an 8051 simulator. EDIT - If anyone has any suggestions on a good Arduino community or forum where I would be able to get better help with this question apart from the Arduino main site, it would be great to know.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 360, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00228", "text": "Yeah, not impressed. We ordered the fried zucchini to start. It's great that it's freshly hand battered, but they seem to have forgotten something -- the FLAVOR. This stuff had no seasoning on it at all, so we have to pour on a generous helping of salt to get it to taste like anything. And for $8 that's disappointing.\\n\\nWe each ordered burgers. At $10 a pop I was expecting a nice juicy burger. What I got was dry and totally tasteless. The whole burger just tasted like nothing. Perhaps their salt shaker fell on the floor and rolled under the fridge or something tonight. It was accompanied by some typical frozen steak fries. Again NO SALT OR SEASONING. For a $40 night out I really shouldn't have to dump salt all over everything I order. \\n\\nThe service...meh. Our server was so meek I could barely hear her. Serving takes a bit of personality, no? When we asked what the happy hour specials were, she said \\\"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....it depends on the drink.\\\" What? What does that mean? Basically it means you get a random discount on whatever you order, maybe, perhaps. There is no list, no standard \\\"$5.00 well drinks\\\" or anything normal like that. It's basically \\\"order something and hope it's on our happy hour specials.\\\"\\n\\nRather disappointed. They need to either lower their prices or kick it up a notch on the food and service.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00229", "text": "A little back story first. My girlfriend of 3 months broke up with me last night/this morning. Since we started dating we were both really in to each other, and everything was going brilliantly, but recently things started to change. She was worried that I wasn't as commited as she was, which is true. She had told me that she thought i was 'the one for her' etc and that she would love me forever, but I could never say it back because at the minute, after our short time together, I don't feel the same. I guess I just want to know if anyone has any experience with this. Does the desire to be with someone grow as a relationship continues, or is this the sort of thing you know immediately? I loved the time we spent together and I'm pretty sure I could salvage the relationship if I think that I could feel this in the future. By the way we're both 25 and have had a few majorish relationships in the past (1 yr long or so), although it's probably worth a mention that she got married at 21 and her husband cheated on her multiple times. I can see how this would have an affect on how she sees this sort of situation. (Apologies if the above doesn't read too well, am just trying to get everything down) **tl;dr**: SO broke up with me this morn because she wants to be with me forever and i'm not sure...any advice would be greatly welcomed.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00230", "text": "We are nothing more than a point in time. Our existence in this moment is to live the present, absorb our culture, and live how we need to live. Man has lived for thousands of years, we are connected to our ancestors. We all originate from a central source, and because of this, we are all connected. There is something special about us, where we are single entities. We are not a body, we are nota person, but yet we are a soul. We are a self-single entity which lives beyond itself. And to think in a perspective of time, our originator is even older beyond that. Because we are connected, we are part of a greater understanding. Everything about our species, and our existence, and our lineage of legacy's, we are all part of something even before what we knew to happen at the beginning. Life is a repeating cycle. As the electrons fly around the neutron faster than we can comprehend, that is as how our cycle works. Faster than the speed of 1,000 days, our cycle is gone and done. Time is another dimension. It is another exponent to apply. The present seems slow, while the past seems fast. This is a time pulse which control severything that we experience. We are so special and unique. Imagine just how our life started, that is asa single experience within ourselves. We are us. Us is one. One is to know, to learn, to experience, to live. Just as the the universe comes from origins, and our existence comes from the beginning of the cycle of birth, so does plants, animals, and other species experience. It is their life style, they branches from their same ancestors the contain their own culture, and their own lifestyle. Humans may be the only animals that think and store information, we are not the only ones experiencing pure life. Don't be afraid of death, for our ending is pure. We came into the world experiencing nothing, that is how we go out. Live life, love life, be life. edit: i love how it says \"584 milliseconds\" right after i post it", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 430, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00231", "text": "I've been feeling pretty down for a few weeks now. I haven't really wanted to talk about it with friends, but I've had a hard time with a variety of personal issues. I'm a college student and I work 15 hr/week at an office job here on campus. Today I was at work 9-4:30, doing somewhat menial tasks, thinking about the homework I have to do by tomorrow and not really looking forward to these next few days. I was in a terrible mood by the time I left the office. When I left work I went to the post office - there was a package waiting for me, from Soapier. \"That's funny,\" I thought. \"I didn't order any soap.\" I eagerly opened the box and found four beautiful bars of Reddit alien soap. I'd been thinking about buying some for a while, but had never gotten around to it. Who would send me this? How did s/he know that I really needed something like this to happen today? A few weeks ago I became pen pals with eclipsegum after he requested people ship him books to Malawi. Although he might think mailing me soap was simply a nice gesture, in fact it was so much more than that - he made me really happy after a stretch of bad days. I can't really explain how much this gift means to me coming today. Since I can't guarantee that there is such a thing as \"real-world karma\", is there any chance that I could ask you to wander over to his post history and upvote it? I promise you that we're two different people (determined souls can comb our post histories and figure that out), I just think it would be a nice gesture. It's night-time where he is now, and I'd like to thank him somehow for making my day. EDIT: as per karmanaut's and soundthegong's advice, if you feel so inclined feel free to upvote [this post of his.] Thank you. Sometimes people really are great. p.s. for potential naysayers who might say \"go to /r/circlejerk!\": I would but I didn't start my post with \"Hey Reddit\", so it wouldn't fit there.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 457, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00232", "text": "* Point the First : Demos of games come out either a scant amount of time before the actual game, or after the actual game. Part of the justification (for some) of pirating a game is to see if they like it before buying it. But of course why would anyone then buy it when they already have it. (unless it's MP) Releasing a well polished demo well in advance of the actual game serves to increase interest and give people a taste of what the game is like. * Point the Second : Demos never have DRM. \"Why put DRM on a Demo? They're free already!\" you ask? Because if everyone got a good preview of some of the draconian DRM methods that are being used, *before* having to fork over $60, sales might actually be affected. ***** Face it, the feedback loop in gaming is somewhat incomplete. When you go buy a game, you pay your money up front. If that game is crap, or uses DRM you don't like, then what? Sell it to a GameStop for half price? Heck, you already spent $60, might as well play it. Even if it sucks, and you tell your friends not to buy it, they may have either already bought it, or are unconvinced by your recommendation because of the huge hype surrounding it. (\\*cough\\* MW2) There's currently no way to tell the publisher their game sucked so bad that you want a refund. Asking a publisher for a refund is laughable. But that kind of feedback is a key component in almost any other service or goods based business. This was the best alternative I could come up with.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 341, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00233", "text": "My first time going to Barb's Country Junction and I really wanted to like this place, I really did...however, I didn't.\\n\\nThe food was decent, some was above average and some below but it was overall decent. I got pancakes, bacon and eggs. The pancakes were really good and fluffy, the home fries were simply okay and the eggs were not cooked well. My son had a burger and it was good. The coffee at this place was brewed to perfection which a appreciate. I would give the food 3/5.\\n\\nThe service was subpar for sure. While our waitress was a really nice girl, she wasn't on top of anything at all. Had to ask for coffee refills, had to ask for silverware, for napkins...etc. She got the order messed up and so on. I give the service 2/5.\\n\\nThe inside of the place had some country charm as you'd expect but want particularly cleanly. It also had a leaky roof in several places which had buckets collecting the water. A customer even tripped over the buckets and fell. I give the interior 2/5.\\n\\nThe prices were decent. I fed my whole family breakfast (3 of us) for $23. I give the prices 3/5.\\n\\nSo in summary, you can get okay food here for a rather cheap price but it is not a great place to dine in by any means. There are better diners in the area that I will patronize in the future rather than Barb's.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00234", "text": "A friend from Singapore recently asked me to give him a crash course in American football for a Super Bowl party he's attending, as well as whom to root for in the Super Bowl. I've included my response below in hopes that someone out there in the Interwebs might find it beneficial. American football, as I understand it, is roughly 11 minutes of action spread out over three hours, so the sport is predominately about getting together with friends, eating excessive amounts of unhealthy food and screaming a lot. There's a ball involved in the game, and teams march the ball up and down a field by running and passing in hopes of crossing a boundary line to score points, while the opposing team tries to prevent them from crossing the boundary line. Beyond that, the rules get somewhat arcane so just yell when everyone else yells and you'll be fine. If you'd like to blend in a bit more, occasionally making reference to how the offensive line needs to protect the quarterback and/or expressing delight over a particularly hard hit via a loud \"OOOOOOOOOH MAN that dude just got CRUSHED!!!\" will do the trick. You'll know when to make these comments because the telecast will replay the moments four or five times from four or five angles. Inevitably there will be someone at the party who will offer in-depth analysis on every aspect of the game; keep the conversations short and just agree with whatever he says. It's best that way. Because I am not sure who will be playing in the Super Bowl this year, and i can't be bothered to look it up, I made a Pascal's Square to help you decide whom to root for. Good luck, and enjoy your party!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00235", "text": "based on that transparency and reputation. Even if you're going to eat something, right. Truth could be subjective, information could be subjective. Like the same way that you would look at maybe the back of a carton of milk and say, \"Okay, there's a lot of fat, but I'm cool with it.\" Or, you may say, \"No, like I don't want all that fat.\" But when it comes to information and transparency, that doesn't really exist. So I think this idea of building reputation for creators, not just to say, \"That this creator tells the truth and this creator doesn't tell the truth.\" But just give transparency as to the way that they navigate it- Patterson: Yeah, ownership and the attribution- Dicker: Exactly. Patterson: Yeah. Dicker: Exactly, and be able to see, has it been fact checked? Right, who has seen it? Has this person published before? They've taken this picture in Sri Lanka, are they actually in Sri Lanka? Right, or are they in New Jersey? So I think that sort of information really is applicable, especially nowadays, when it comes to deep fakes and people putting information out there, to really just get more exposure and transparency to the end consumer, so that they can make decisions on their own based on what they're consuming. Patterson: Yeah, so the obvious use cases could be say, iStock photo and allowing creators to control the assets that are there. But also social media, as well as news content, or almost any piece of content where an exchange of trust has to happen. And really what you're talking about with transparency, is the exchange of trust equity. And being able to say, \"This is the process by which a particular asset exists in an ecosystem, and you can vet and verify it using the blockchain.\" So you use the Ethereum blockchain. Dicker: We use the ERC-20. Patterson: Yeah, so explain to me how that applies to Po.et, not just in terms of content, but you are building a content library. Why did you elect to use Ethereum? What are some of the advantages of that? And, is this the next emerging hot blockchain? Dicker: So I want to back up and just make it clear. We stamp on the Bitcoin blockchain because it's the most secure blockchain. We leverage Ethereum for ERC-20 tokens because Po.et is a token dynamic-type model. In that,", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00236", "text": "Since most won't click on the link: What of practical application? Applied behavior analysis is now widely used in the shaping of verbal behavior in children with autism or with developmental delays. All such work is rooted in behavioral principles, and some of it is even explicitly guided by Skinner's interpretation of verbal behavior. (Whether that guidance confers an advantage relative to other behavioral approaches is uncertain, pending programmatic research; Carr &amp; Firth, 2005.) I am aware of no one who appeals to Chomsky's analysis of grammar in this context. It appears, then, that the utility of a behavioral approach in the domain of verbal behavior is not “precisely zero,” as Chomsky asserted (p. 248). Perhaps Chomsky would take refuge in the claim that autistic children are atypical, that normal children do not require the careful arrangement of contingencies of reinforcement to learn, and that this only underscores his argument that language simply “unfolds” in the child, triggered by exposure to critical examples, irrespective of reinforcement contingencies. But reinforcement contingencies are ubiquitous, and all children profit when they are favorably arranged. One behaviorally designed Internet-based reading program can teach most children to read in under 30 hr of instruction (Layng, Twyman, &amp; Strikeleather, 2003) and has been used even in inner city schools with promising results. The potential of well-designed instructional technology to effect positive social change is enormous. The relevance of this example in the present context is that the construction of this program was explicitly guided, in part, by Skinner's analysis of language. One of its designers remarked, “Without Verbal Behavior, there would be no program” (T. V. Joe Layng, personal communication, October 3, 2005).", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00237", "text": "Repost from AskReddit which pointed me here, so hopefully this is the right subreddit :) But basically i FINALLY got a great job after like 7 months of unemployment, and my first purchase is to get a new computer (been living on a 3.5 year old laptop that's falling apart). Problem is that i haven't bought a computer in 3.5 years, and haven't built one myself in 6, so i know next to nothing about the current hardware out there, so i'm kinda scared that i'm picking products that don't go together. So after some research on tomshardware (was the shit back when i WAS building computers, maybe it's old news now), this is what i came up with: **CPU**: Core i5 I5-750 **Motherboard**: Asus P7P55D **RAM**: 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 **GPU:** ASUS EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5 **HDD:** Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB **Case:** Arctic Cooling Silentium T3 Pro **DVD:** LiteOn iHAS324 **OS:** Windows 7 Home premium So most importantly, does everything go together? (as in i'm not buying a graphic card that the motherboard doesn't have a slot for etc). Second, am i missing something? And thirdly, anything you'd suggest i do different? I got a pretty cushy job so i can go up in price a bit, but from what i read if i wanted a significant performance boost from that CPU/GPU i had to pay a pretty hefty sum.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 329, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00238", "text": "I am trying to run a finite element program in \"batch mode\" whereby I can list the files in a .bat file and run this file to execute the commands, (run the models), consecutively. However when I execute the batch file, the program executes the commands simultaneously, causing as many instances of the program to execute as I have specified commands. What I want it to do is to wait for the program to complete running before executing the next command. Here is the batch file contents: \" call C:\\adina86\\bin\\adina.exe -b -s -mm 4000mb -t 4 c:\\batch\\1mpa.dat call C:\\adina86\\bin\\adina.exe -b -s -mm 4000mb -t 4 c:\\batch\\5mpa.dat call C:\\adina86\\bin\\adina.exe -b -s -mm 4000mb -t 4 c:\\batch\\10mpa.dat call C:\\adina86\\bin\\adina.exe -b -s -mm 4000mb -t 4 c:\\batch\\15mpa.dat \" I want adina.exe to complete running before the second command is used. I am running windows 7 and have tried putting \"start /wait\" before each command, (which is SUPPOSED to work), but I am having no luck. Any advice you could provide would be very much appreciated.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 300, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00239", "text": "You might think that the key to creating a successful website is creating interesting, high quality content. The typical “build it and they will come” attitude. Well, I’m sorry to tell you that, when it comes to the internet, that’s bullshit. People don’t browse the internet looking for quality, they do it because they want to be entertained by stupid things, like cats and people getting hurt. Unfortunately for you, the market for such things is already saturated, with sites like youtube and the countless “send us stupid stuff so we can post it and make lots of ad money” blogs. However, fear not, for there is something else that the denizens of the internet love to do, and that is prove other people wrong. This activity allows them to inflate their own perceived self-worth and intelligence (aka e-penis), as they envision their keystrokes to be damning blows in their righteous fight against ignorance. So, how can you take advantage of this? The answer is to post content that is slightly (or in some cases, entirely) wrong. Use common misconceptions in your arguments, refer to urban legends from as complete fact, misspell and misuse complicated words. This will drive traffic to your site, and compel hundreds to comment on your posts, chortling at your foolishness. The more egregious errors will be circulated around the web, screencapped and posted on social news and networking sites, and you will be basking in the glory that is higher visitor counts. From my shitty blog", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00240", "text": "This was our second visit to Olive or Twist. We came over this past summer for food and cocktails, but this last visit was just for the booze to have a celebratory drink with Laura M on her Birthday after seeing a great Ballet at the Benedum. \\nI don't mind O&T layout. It's a bit chopped up but very Pittsburghese reminiscent of most establishments. There is the upstairs where you can sit by the roaring fire on the 72\\\" flat screen or lounge on many of the couches or loveseats they have available. There is also the downstairs that seems to have similar offerings, however at least in our experiences was a lot busier than upstairs. I pick less busy almost every time. This time around we found three bar seats available upstairs and settled down for a couple drinks. \\nI started with a Southern Tier XXX IPA, solid start to the evening. I know they specialize in Martinis but I specialize in craft beer. After that I decided to try a martini, I went with an Espresso Manhattan Martini. This was defreakinlishious... I love coffee and I love manhattans so the two went together like peas and carrots. Our service was mixed. Some bartenders seemed more helpful and interested in waiting on us than others. This was also my experience from last time. This time we didn't order food though we were pretty hungry and went elsewhere to eat. Our last meal here was not worth duplicating. We both had an Olive or Twist Burger, and I chose sweet potato fries and requested a med rare cook. We used the Yelp deal so it wasn't as expensive as it could have been, but the burger sells for $13.00. I rarely complain about cost especially if it is good, however it really was not. The meat was way overcooked and dry. Surprisingly the fries were the best thing on the plate. To spend that on a burger I do expect a better quality. So lesson learned, we had some tasty drinks here last weekend, but ate at a neighboring facility afterwards. I'm sure we will be back for drinks again.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 430, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00241", "text": "EDIT: I finished the problem, so the offer is no longer available. That was disappointing. A few comment telling me I'm an idiot, but no help. Would more money have enticed anyone? ------------ Hi /r/physics. I'm a physics grad student who's bad at math. While wasting my time on a math problem I needed to solve for my research (*not* a class assignment) it dawned on me that it would be much more efficient to pay someone else who had a comparative advantage when it came to mathematical physics. So here's my first attempt at outsourcing my work. Problem: Consider an arbitrary infinitesimal unitary acting on a pure state of a joint QM system (say, a system *S* and an environment *E*). To first order in *e*, where *U* = I + *i e H*, find an expression for the new eigenvectors of the *reduced* density matrix of the system in terms of the old eigenvectors. Hint: It's probably best to express the generator *H* as a sum of the generators in the Schmidt basis associated with the state. That is, the final expression can have explicit dependence on the state. Bounty: A complete answer (as determined by me) gets __$10__* and a grateful acknowledgment in any future publication. Will this work? Who knows. This could end up being a trivial math problem for someone who's not an idiot, but I'd happily take a simple answer. Pointing me toward a paper which answers the question also earns the reward. *Payable by check anywhere in the US or paypal anywhere in the world", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00242", "text": "I recently realized that I had only given Casbah four stars after my first visit here for New Year's Eve 2012... What a terrible judgment call that was on my part. So I'm back to proclaim that over a year later - having dined here again in 2013 - with a year of dining experiences across the country - I still regularly dream of this restaurant. Do I dare say it's my favorite restaurant? I'm not sure, but if it's not my favorite, it's certainly close.\\n\\nWe returned after NYE last year to celebrate my birthday in March, making sure to bring along the oh-so-coveted Big Burrito birthday coupon. I ordered the Orecchiette with Chicken, Cranberries, Goat Cheese & Sage Cream. Oh. My. Goodness. Don't order this if you're on a diet... but order this if you love delicious food and living life to the fullest. It was ridiculously creamy, and the cranberries packed the perfect fruity balance to the rich dish. My husband ordered the Double-Cut Pork Chop with Kale & Butternut Squash Risotto. While recently dining at a highly rated restaurant in NYC, he said, \\\"My double-cut pork chop at Casbah was better than this double-cut pork chop.\\\" That's when I knew that I needed to update my review of Casbah.\\n\\nFinally, my delicious birthday dinner ended with the Dark Chocolate-Raspberry Bread Pudding. I love ordering bread pudding at restaurants, and I think this is the best of them all. I would confidently enter this dessert in a bread pudding competition, knowing that I would be walking away with the blue ribbon.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 341, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00243", "text": "A few days ago, I made a post saying that my game was fucked. I ended up reinstalling TF2, and it fixed the problem... Until now.. It's back. So, I go to join a game. For some reason, I can't see my stats during the loading screen, the box is completely gone. The game sticks on the last square of \"Retrieving Server Info\" for a few minutes, then it goes to the first square of \"Sending Client Info\" and freezes. Once TF2 crashes, many of my other programs start to act up as well. Pretty much anything with sound will crash. Youtube/flash will crash my internet browser (FF/IE), Winamp will crash when I try to play music. I cannot open \"Playback Devices\" on my volume control, or Sound under Control Panel. This problem started when I unplugged my computer to move it to my TV. TF2 worked on my TV, but when I plugged it back into my monitor, I started having problems. I went from ethernet to wifi back to ethernet during this switch, I don't know if that's important but I have a feeling that it is. This was a few days ago, I reinstalled TF2 and the problem went away. But it started happening again and a reinstall didn't fix it this time. Here's what I've tried, none of it was successful: * Verified game cache * Defragged game files. * Reinstalled TF2 * Reinstalled Steam * System Restore I've run out of ideas... Help?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00244", "text": "I am a very up-front and blunt person and I hate hiding things from people. I also happen to be bipolar, but I'm on medication and stable for the most part. When I do find myself going a bit crazy, it's always an inward issue and never does much to affect those around me. I haven't been in a relationship sense going on my medication, and I tend to not bring the bipolar bit up not because I'm ashamed of it, but I know it has terrible stigma. Now I'm wondering, when should I tell someone? I've started dating again, and I hate hiding the fact that I am (mainly when in conversations that it would fit to say), but I also know that people tend to think 'zomg run' when they are faced with being in a relationship with a crazy girl. Edit: I also would like to point out the close friends I have told have been surprised to hear I am bipolar. I never acted out when I had my episodes and no one knew they were going on until I told them well after the fact. My main issue is the fact that I cannot stay up all night and I have to take medication at night that makes me fall asleep. I refuse to go without taking my medication, because I don't want to be destabilized. It's little things like that which I believe at some point in a relationship need to be brought up. I don't want to offend the guy telling him I can't stay up with him all night and I don't want to be popping my medications in front of him early on.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 322, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00245", "text": "Yes, yes, We did pre-exist even the capitalist mode of production and the industrial revolution. This guy said so. But seriously, people old and new to the concept of anarchism, if you're going to try and refute or dismiss the whole theory behind it, please do try and understand what it's opposed to and what it's for. People here, as eager to explain as they are, can tear down only *so* many strawmen before they give up in frustration. There are things that have been brought up again and again by statist/liberal critics and this is why we ended up requiring things like the AFAQ which goes to the appropriate length to counter common arguments. Please, do yourself and the people in /r/anarchism a favour and see if your question has been answered before you criticize with it. Some sample things * (Most) Anarchists are not against all forms of democracy. They're against contemporary \"democracy\". * Anarchists are not opposed to people owning stuff. Only against private property. * Anarchists are not against rules. They're against rulers. * (Most) Anarchists are not violent. But they (mostly) are not pacifist either. * There's many types of Anarchism but they're all anti-capitalist. Some things may not make immediate sense to you. If that's the case, ask for clarification. We'll be only too happy to explain. But please don't try to assume that you've found a fatal flaw in the theory when you've been introduced to it for a few days at best. We are a \"500 year\" movement after all... :P", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00246", "text": "Hello. I have recently realized how important my personal fitness is, and started taking steps to improve it. Besides, what better time to start then now? Thing is, I have had very little experience with regards to weight and fitness training. There are so many factors to consider that I am a little overwhelmed right now (what exercises to do, when to do them, what to eat, what to drink, which muscle groups to concentrate on, the amount of resistance to use, etc.) and have come to you for help. ***** ### Background Info **Gender:** Male **Weight:** 140 lbs, (63.5 kg) **Height:** About 5' 9'' (~175 cm) Currently, I own: * A Bowflex XTL * A treadmill * 2x 5 pound, 10 pound, and 15 pound free weights I would consider myself to have a semi-average body. Not overweight, but not toned either. My goal is to build up some muscle and definition, as well as increase my cardio abilities. (Some) other information can be supplied if required. ******* ### Specific Questions 1. Generally, should I be using the Bowflex, or free weights more? 2. How do I determine what weight I should be lifting? 3. How should I warm up? 4. How much cardio should I do? 5. How should I structure my fitness schedule? 6. What dangers should I look out for? 7. What exercises should I do? ANY other tips, tricks, resources and the like are welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance! **EDIT**: Wow! Thanks for all the interest and responses /r/fitness!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 345, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00247", "text": "the shooting. School was already out by that time but some students still were in the building for extracurricular activities. More than 20 squad cars converged at the scene within minutes of the first 911 call, with many officers searching backyards, alleys and woods with their guns drawn. Several dogs also were used to search for a suspect outside the home. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol and Minnesota State Patrol also were at the scene. Residents interviewed during the incident said the neighborhood has mostly avoided serious violence. \"I've lived here since 1958 and we've never had anything like this before. We've had some car break-ins, but no shooting before,\" said Ken Cusick, who lives just down the block and across the street from the house where the shooting took place. Klay Longstreet said he's lived on 11th Street for nearly 20 years. \"We have a lot of rentals on this block, so there are parties, the usual college stuff, but nothing serious,\" he said. Theresa Wanless said she lives just two blocks from the shooting. She said she still trusts law enforcement to find the guilty parties and keep control of the city's streets. \"But it's just two blocks from the school. And there have been lots of shootings. It's very scary,\" she said. Wanless said she's not convinced that the shootings are unrelated or that city officials are correct saying it's not part of a larger problem. \"Now, after this, being so close to my home, I'm not so sure,\" she said, lamenting the lack of information released after each shooting. \"It's unfortunate we only get short answers\" from police, she said. The case would mark the first homicide in Duluth since October, when 47-year-old Eric Wayne Burns was fatally shot outside a Lincoln Park bar. Aaron Demetrius Humphreys, 42, has been charged with intentional second-degree murder in that case. It's also the second shooting death in the Twin Ports this year. Kyle Androsky, 21, was killed outside a Superior bar on the morning of Jan. 1, with his brother also suffering a gunshot wound. Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Jamar Maurice Smith, who remains in custody in Minnesota, but have not charged him or anyone else with the actual shooting. Tuesday's shooting is the sixth in Duluth in less than four weeks. Victims have", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00248", "text": "I'll try to summarize what happened, I was at a great club with friends yesterday. Drinks were insanely expensive ($10 for a gin tonic!!!!!) and we decided to order a bottle. The bottle was $270. We each paid $60 and handed it to the guy, feeling happy about it and leaving a $30 tip. After all, all he had done was taking a bottle and bringing it to our table. That's it. I gave him the money, told me it was \"okay\" and went back to talking. I thought it was a great tipe. But he did not move. He said to me in a VERY rude tone \"Hey, you only gave me $30, you know you're supposed to tip 15% or more in clubs?\" I was shocked, did not know what to do. He had humiliated me in front of my friends, making me look like a cheapass even though I gave him $30 to open a damn bottle. I thought quickly; I apologized and told him to give me two $20 bill back and that I would give a fifty. I took the bills he handed me and gave him a ten (making the total at $270). Then I said \"Great now you can go away. You get nothing. Go away.\" I was seriously mad. All my friends seemed to think it was funny and that I had done the right thing. Oh noes, not a $30 he can put in his pockets for 10 seconds of work! Then, the waiter started to insult me. He said I was an idiot who had no idea how clubs worked and had no place here. He called me a cheapass, a moron and brought the famous \"If you can't afford it, don't come here.\" He said he would go talk to a bouncer (we were asked for ID at the entrance) and that he would sue me. He left, presumably to talk to a bouncer, but never actually did came back. Overall he had already ruined my night. And now I am afraid, afraid of getting sued, arrested, whatever. He could invent something, pretend I defrauded him or whatever and call the cops. What can I do Reddit? Or am I simply, like some of my friends said, overreacting? Any advice appreciated.Thanks.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 475, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00249", "text": "So I'm writing a quicksort in C for an assignment in my algorithms class. We're comparing different sorting algorithms, but my professor feels that rather than comparing runtime, which can vary across different conditions, we should be comparing array accesses. So, while I've written my quicksort (with a fallback to insertionsort when the list fragment is smaller than a threshold) to return an integer representing the number of array accesses. However, when sorting a 500-element list overflowed an unsigned int, I knew I had a bug. The bug causing the overflow turned out to be something different (a += instead of an =, causing my count to be _really_ off), but while fixing that, I came across a different bug. my insertionsort method had the signature: unsigned int insertionsort(int * arr, int left, int right, int accessCount); unfortunately, I forgot to include a return statement in the sort. Yet, this caused NO compile error (or warning, although I did not compile wiht -Wall). In addition, I was not ignoring the return value. In the calling code I was updating the access count (ie accCount = insertionsort(arr, left, right, accCount). This was getting a nonzero value that was always different, and usually a 2-digit number. Does anyone have any idea what was going on? I have a guess, but I'm no guru. Could anyone tell me what was going on? I'd really appreciate it. btw, for those interested, my guess is twofold. First, C will allow you to omit return statements in functions returning int. It must, since I write int main(void) or int main(char argc char * argv[]) all the time without return statements (I know, shame on me). Plus, I can only assume that the value it's \"returning\" in that case is just some random garbage left over on the stack. Does this sound about right?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 400, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00250", "text": "We have been together for two years and everything is perfect, except for when it comes to sex. She was raped by her last boyfriend, and it has apparently left her very traumatized. She can accept passionate kisses and hugs, but not too much or too long. I can hold her when we sleep, but only properly, and she gets very nervous if I imply a more physical interest. It is very difficult for her to even talk about what she feels. I love this girl with all my heart, and I would wait until the end of time to have sex with her If I had to, but I also don't want her too feel this way about it. I feel sorry for her, and I also feel like I'm not really helping when I feel like wanting to squeeze her to pieces because she's so damn cute. I know that all of this will improve over time, and that she'll hopefully feel safe enough with me some day, but I still want to know if there is anything that I could do in a more active way? I'd like to hear some advice from the perspective of other girls who's had bad experiences. What has helped you to feel alright about physical contact again? When do you feel the most vulnerable and the most confident about yourselves? How do I talk to her about sex without making her feel like I'm expecting something from her? She doesn't come to me about it, so I feel that maybe it's up to me, but I don't want to come off as stressing. Are there some good questions that I could ask her about what she is going through, that could give me a better understanding of her, without making her feel like she's giving away too much of herself? Also, I don't want her to be afraid of making me aroused, and I don't want to feel guilty when I do. I'd really like your thoughts on this, because I'm struggling with a trial and error situation here, and could really use some sound advice and guidance, if possible.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 410, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00251", "text": "I ate here at around 8:00 on a Saturday night. Reading the other reviews, it makes me wonder if people were a the same restaurant I was. Sure, it isn't a world class dining establishment, but it is decent considering it is a chain. You should know that going into any chain, really. It was basically exactly what I expected in terms of food quality and price.\\n\\nWe were greeted immediately upon entering, and while the hostess went to grab menus, another server asked us if we were taken care of. Service at our table was very attentive and water and other beverages were promptly refilled. I ordered soup and two appetizers instead of an entree or pizza and the server made sure to ask me about the order in which I would prefer receiving my food. \\n\\nMy fiance ordered a deep dish pizza and we know they take longer to make than other food items. It was quicker than we thought it would be and he really enjoyed it. I had the potato skin appetizer. It reminds me of a \\\"baked potato pizza\\\" that I used to enjoy at a local place back in Buffalo. It was delicious, especially with the addition of a little bit of hot sauce.\\n\\nOverall, it doesn't even come close to visiting an Uno's in Chicago, but then again, when does a copy every live up to the original? It won't be a regular location in our dining rotation, but it is good to know that when we have a craving for deep dish, Uno will do the trick and cost a lot less than a trip to Chicago.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 324, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00252", "text": "given CBS analysts data points to explain some of the most important plays in the game. AWS is also working with the NFL's other broadcast partners to bring similar capabilities next season. Some of the Next Gen Stats that analysts now have access to include, for example: Real-time location data on all of the players Player speed and acceleration Total running distance for each player for the entire game The amount of separation that receivers get from their defenders The pressure rate that defenses have on quarterbacks Percentage of quarterback throws into tight windows Announcers such as former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo—a new color commentator at CBS this season—have embraced the data and used it to help give viewers an inside look at why some of the plays on the field succeed and others don't. \"We're working with the guys in production at CBS Sports to try and evolve it to really make the fan experience better. It's early days. What we've learned from baseball is the way to present this data,\" said Amazon's Kelman. \"We're looking forward to taking it to the next level next season.\" 3. The impact of Next Gen Stats on NFL fans For fans, the NFL has launched nextgenstats.nfl.com as a portal to view these new insights and data points. There are all kinds of new statistics that you've never seen on the back of a trading, such as: Average Time to Throw (quarterbacks) Average Completed Air Yards (quarterbacks) Aggressiveness Percentage (quarterbacks) Efficiency (running backs) 8+ Defenders in the Box (running backs) Average Time Behind Line of Scrimmage (running backs) Average Cushion (receivers) Average Separation (receivers) Average Targeted Air Yards (receivers) The site also includes charts for quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers to see their patterns from their last game. In addition, the NFL publishes photo essays with specific insights from Next Gen Stats from the previous week's games, as well as videos that explain the differences and similarities between players, teams, and games based on the data. \"There's some very complicated parts of football that can be really fascinating to die hard fans,\" said Swensson. \"A lot of times you watch a game and maybe you don't realize some of the decisions and why they are made, or even some of the intricacies of the game such as why players line up a certain way. My hope is that [Next Gen Stats] continues to educate fans", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00253", "text": "For some reason, the title is not linking to the article; here's the link: Some gems from the article: * &gt;A female combat soldier needs to prove more…**a female soldier who beats up others is a serious fighter**…when I arrived there was another female there with me, she was there before me…**everyone spoke of how impressive she is because she humiliates Arabs without any problem.** That was the indicator. You have to see her, the way she humiliates, the way she slaps them, wow, she really slapped that guy. * &gt;Golan noted that female soldiers were not more sensitive to the Palestinians than their male comrades. **\"We discovered that the girls try to be even more violent and brutal than the boys, just to become one of the guys,\"** she said. * &gt;There was a procedure in which before you release a Palestinian back into the Strip – you take him inside the tent and beat him. * &gt;**We caught a five-year-old**…can't remember what he did…we were taking him back to the territories or something, and the officers just picked him up, **slapped him around** and put him in the jeep. The kid was crying and the officer next to me said 'don't cry' and started laughing at him. Finally the kid cracked a smile – and **suddenly the officer gave him a punch in the stomach.** Why? 'Don't laugh in my face' he said.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 310, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00254", "text": "RPG reddit, I'm about to run a super-hero game (using Hero/Champions). I'm the GM. The way we do things is this: the players make normal humans. I make the power sets for the characters but I don't tell them what their powers will be. The point of the campaign is to be able to play out their origin story. They like playing out the exploration of their powers and what their limits are, kinda like in the first Spider-Man movie. However, in order that the players get something in their powers they like, I let them pick one power they want to be sure to get. So, one of my players wants Teleportation. Now, I already had about 15 power sets already made (from the last time I ran this scenario with different players) and I have about 10 new ones I was going to make, but I realized that almost none of these power sets have Teleportation in them except for a lightning themed powerset and a darkness themed powerset. A few ideas come to mind, but I'm feeling un-inspired, so I was hoping for suggestions. Some obvious powerset options would be: * A powerset based entirely around teleportation * Lightning powers, where teleportation = personal transformation into lightning * Darkness powers allowing the player to step into a dark dimension to teleport * Magic/sorcery But you know, I'm not feeling any of those. I'm looking for something different. Can you help me think of a few concepts that would include teleportation, while not being based around it entirely? Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00255", "text": "First of all, let me preface this by venting for a second: Mochahost.com is the most awful hosting provider I have ever worked with. STAY AWAY from these guys. Terrible, terrible support, sites are taken down without warning \"by accident\", cPanel access URLs expire/change without notification, simple requests require weeks of correspondence and in one very annoying instance a server transfer during which files were not copied over properly. But I digress. I've finally had enough shenanigans and I'm transferring hosting companies. After 3 weeks of back and forth, I've finally gotten them to unlock both of my domains for transfer, but so far they have only sent me an auth key for one of them. You need both an unlock and an auth key to do a transfer. eNom, the 3rd party registrar says they can't help me because the WHOIS for my domain points to Mochahost as the owner. eNom is ICANN accredited but I believe ICANN does not resolve disputes. So it seems to me like I'm stuck. What should I do here, aside from my daily ritual of sending repetitive emails to Mochahost's support desk? Should I go the BBB route? Any other ideas? Anyone been through this before? So frustrating. EDIT: I forgot to mention, the final straw here was when mochahost deactivated my account because of a directory that contained \"illegal mp3s\" (to quote a support email). The mp3s were recordings of my band, no copyrights/DRM whatsoever. Our fully-owned content that we used on our band's site. Guess we picked the wrong file extension.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 342, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00256", "text": "Writing bug-free software is practically impossible, due to the impracticality of predicting every way in which code might be executed. But even if developers go above and beyond to avoid flaws that can be exploited by hackers, attackers can often still take advantage of vulnerabilities in the design of the underlying programming language. At the recent Black Hat Europe conference, IOActive security services revealed it had identified flaws in five major, interpreted programming languages that could be used by hackers in crafting an attack. \"With regards to the interpreted programming languages vulnerabilities, software developers may unknowingly include code in an application that can be used in a way that the designer did not foresee,\" it writes. SEE: Hiring kit: Python developer (Tech Pro Research) \"Some of these behaviors pose a security risk to applications that were securely developed according to guidelines.\" These are the five programming languages and the flaws that were identified: 1. Python Currently enjoying a surge in usage, Python is regularly used by web and desktop developers, sysadmin/devops, and more recently by data scientists and machine-learning engineers. The IOActive paper found that Python contains undocumented methods and local environment variables that can be used to execute operating-system commands. Both Python's mimetools and pydoc libraries have undocumented methods that can be exploited in this way, which IOActive used to run Linux's id command. 2. Perl Popular for web server scripting, sysadmin jobs, network programming and automating various tasks, Perl has been in use since the late 1980s. IOActive highlights the fact that Perl contains a function that will attempt to execute one of the arguments passed to it as Perl code. It describes the practice as a \"hidden feature\" within a default Perl function for handling typemaps. 3. NodeJS NodeJS provides a server-side environment for executing JavaScript, the language commonly used for scripting in web browsers. IOActive found that NodeJS' built-in error messages for its require function could be exploited to determine whether a file name existed on the machine and to leak the first line of files on a system—potentially useful information for an attacker. 4. JRuby The Java implementation of the Ruby programming language was found to allow remote code execution in a way that isn't possible in Ruby as a base language. By calling executable Ruby code using a specific function in JRuby, IOActive was able to get the function to execute an operating system command, the Linux command id, by loading a file on a remote server", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00257", "text": "First off the speaker started by saying that they want change but they don't know how to go about it... *opinion: If you can't help, just shut up, basically you're building your party around shouting and yelling with no real progress. Just do yourselves a favor and go away* They then said that Sara Palin was their makeshift representative, that she had taken it upon herself to support the movement. *opinion: This has to be bad press. I'm often wondering why she is still around. She's bashed left and right and everyone thinks she's stupid but there are \"still those who like her\" * \"At the national convention, I said to the crowd (over 600 people), 'How many of y'all have never been involved in politics?' around 98% raised their hands\" *opinon: First off, where the hell did you get that figure? From a visual reference of people raising their hands? Secondly, that's horrible. You're saying that you are a group of people who don't know what they are talking about and have no experience politically and want to attempt to shout for no purpose other than making a change but have no plan... Wow. Why are you being interviewed more than once on NPR? * EDIT: Here is the link to audio for the show EDIT2: Just remembered another section \"people were concerned because they had to pay to go to the convention\" *opinon: These are people who are so ignorant about the world around them that they've never been to a convention before? I thought every convention had required payment.*", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 324, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00258", "text": "Will I come here again? Yes absolutely for drinks, they knocked the Ketel One extra dirty blue cheese olive martini outta the park. The ambiance is very nice. Of the 4 types of reviews I give (awesome, OK, bad where they get slammed and bad where I hope they improve) here I am giving the heartfelt \\\"bad where I hope they improve.\\\" Our waitress was very friendly and did a good job. I mentioned the gritty redskins of the mashed potato. We went with appetizers she recommended. Not good. \\n\\nSeared ahi tuna: horrible flavors mixed with the rub, the prep, the tuna wasn't cool inside, the chips were not good, there was no soy sauce but there was wasabi. NOT good. With heartfelt advice, compare this against Outback's ahi tuna appetizer and it's no contest. The chef should do so. (He's a nice guy like me I hope.) \\n\\nBBQ shrimp: go try Redstone's (Philly) buffalo shrimp appetizer. It is chilled, very delicious. This appetizer was recommended and was garbage. The barbecue sauce was horrible, overwhelmed and left an unsavory aftertaste in both my and my clients' palate. Gordon Food Service or Sysco BBQ sauce. A real \\\"must-miss\\\". \\n\\nCod entree was OK. The skillet beans were too firm, too mature, they need petite green beans. Potato skin had grit in the mashed. Why 1 star? The price was close to Capital Grille, but far from the cuisine. I hope they spruce it up. The place is nice.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 338, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00259", "text": "We went to this location, on Cochran Road, a couple nights ago around 10pm. We ordered the wedge salad, an appetizer trio, and the wings (which I ordered extra crispy). The salad came first and was pretty good but seemed to not have any toppings except for the salad dressing. The appetizer trio came out next and was a bit of a disappointment. The potato skins weren't that good- mushy and no seasoning (salt/spice). Also, the bacon was soft and mushy. The nachos were edible but nothing to write home about- again a little mushy once you got below the ones on the top and the guacamole was pretty bland. The buffalo chicken planks were a little under-cooked for my taste but were otherwise good. The buffalo wings came out last and I was happy with them- they were done (crispy) the way I like them. The wings were what I was craving when I walked into the place- the void was filled. \\n\\nThe service was a little slow. We sat at the bar and there were only 2 other people at the bar and only 1 table with 4 people elsewhere in the place. They seemed to be starting to close up at that time. It took about 10 minutes to get our drinks because the bartender dropped a wine bottle- so we had to wait for him to clean it up and hear his amazing account of the accident before being served. \\n\\nI would go back again the next time I crave wings (because decent wings are really hard to find in the South Hills). Maybe during the day the service will be faster. I will definitely order the wedge salad again and the wings but will be more careful when ordering the appetizer.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 358, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00260", "text": "OK, I'm a little annoyed because I'm witnessing the reddit downvote mentality at work without anyone bothering to think for themselves. Someone asked yesterday why some people take photos of landscapes with a small aperture (say f/11) and everything's sharp and in focus, yet other people use very wide apertures such as f/2.8 and everything's still in focus. I replied stating that one must take sensor size into account. Smaller sensors (such as the tiny ones in your mobile phones or compact camera) tend to give you a large depth of field even at wide apertures. Larger sensors, such as the ones found in DSLRs (particularly full-frame DSLRs) give a much shallower depth of field, therefore one must step the lenses down. For this I was downvoted. Yet I'm right, and I'm going to prove I'm right. I replied to a few people stating that sensor size **does** affect depth of field and provided a link. I'm guessing nobody bothered to visit the link because I was again downvoted. Can I remind everyone that the Rediquette is quite clear that you should not downvote someone because you disagree with them - instead, reply to that person stating *why* you disagree with them. Save your downvotes for the spammers and the trolls. Here are some examples which prove what I'm saying: We'll take 2 cameras, each with different sensor sizes, and take photos of the same image using the same aperture: The cameras and sensor sizes are: Canon Digital Rebel (300D) (sensor size 22.7mm x 15.1 mm, **27.3mm diagonal**) Kodak DC4800 (sensor size called \"1/1.8in\", actually **8.88mm diagonal**) Here's a shot from the 300d at f/4: And now the compact camera at f/4: And finally the 300d at f/13: There's an article explaining this in more detail here: Reddit, I love you to pieces, but the downvoting really pisses me off sometimes.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 434, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00261", "text": "Might be the best restaurant I have been to in Pittsburgh! Made reservations on a Friday evening at 9:00PM for two.\\n\\nApps: The service was great, the server knew all menu items in detail by heart. We started with 2 appetizers my fiance wanted the Calamari and Shrimp that was in a garlic, herb lemon sauce...best shrimp I have ever had, they were colossal! I ordered the Meatball stuffed with bufala mozzarella smothered in a plum tomato sauce, it was unbelievable! \\nThe salads course was great and I'm not a salad guy. We were both almost full at this point and we still had the pasta and entree course ahead.\\n\\nThe Pasta Course: The owner wheels out a cart to our table with a whole wheel of Locatelli Pecorino Romano, in which he will use to make our Cacio e Pepe, table side. He pours 2 portions of linguini on top of the cheese wheel, adding the heavy cream, EVOO and pepper, he mixes and digs into the top layer of the cheese wheel and serves it into our bowls.\\n\\nEntrees: I ordered the Veal Chop Milanese, I was so full at this point I took 2 bites out of my Veal and couldn't go anymore, but this was the best veal chop I have ever had, had to take the rest home. My Fianc\\u00e9, she ordered the Chilean Sea Bass, but was equally as full, the fish was perfectly prepared and melted in your mouth, she took all, but 2 bites home also. Unbelievable experience!!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 343, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00262", "text": "I am totally disillusioned with life. Nothing has any particular meaning. I feel like a robot, just going through the motions. Cant see much point to doing anything. Even when I am doing something I enjoy it seems worthless. The mask I wear feels pretty well drawn. I have a husband and 2 children who really love me, but in all honesty I dont really know what love is....is it duty and obligation or do you actually feel something? I suppose its the age old quaestion about the meaning of life...I dont think there is one. So yeah I should go out and do what the hell I like eh? Well in doing that I still see the pointlessness of it all. No I am not depressed just sort of resigned. Why do we get told these lies when we are kids about hard work and persistance getting you to a place of happiness and freedom, whereever that miight be - its a crock of shit. Have I depressed you enough, be my guest to tell me liike it is and give me some ideas if you feel like it. EDIT: I do realise that in comparison to many people in this world I am lucky. I am not pretending that there aren't deeper and more serious problems. I contribute in many ways to makes things better for others who arent as lucky. The main purpose of the post is perhaps to gain more understanding about how to love the good life I have. Its not about gratitude - I have plenty of gratitude for my life, I just want to feel joy again. EDIT2: Taking my youngest for a haircut...see you later", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00263", "text": "(Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: Noe Zavaleta knows the risks journalists face as well as anyone. His predecessor at investigative magazine Proceso was strangled to death in her home. And a photojournalist he often worked with was killed after fleeing to Mexico City. ZAVALETA: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: \"We journalists face real threats,\" says Zavaleta. \"Organized crime, that's obvious. Another is the state that tries to oppress our voices. And the third are corrupt media outlets that work with the first two to try to smear journalists who become victims.\" Murdered journalists have become so common as to harden Zavaleta's reaction to another death. ZAVALETA: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: \"When I hear of another murder, I just think who's next? It sounds crude to say but it's the way I have to think about it now.\" Now with this climate of fear and intimidation all over Mexico, the most important stories often can't be covered. Cuahtemoc Morgan says some of the reporters in his state want to get off the crime beat after Max's murder. MORGAN: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: \"My wife and I are reflecting on what to do,\" he says, \"but right now, we don't plan to stop reporting this type of news.\" For NPR News, I'm James Fredrick in Mexico City. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00264", "text": "I'm a 24-year-old transgirl who doesn't want to undergo surgery or hormones, but has been slowly and steadily feminizing her appearance. Most people probably see me as Androgynous and if I tried really hard I could (hopefully? probably? Who knows?) pass as exclusive-female; however reality sneaks in and I know I have a hell of a lot invested in my life as a male (previous jobs, references, resumes, etc ...). I'm out to most of my friends and they're okay with it and it's not ever brought up (which kinda sucks - as stupid as this might sound, I'd like the validation that talking about it would bring). Bottom line, I want and need to come out to my family. I've come out to my sister and my cousin; we're extremely close and I felt I could tell them. I was right. I feel as though my other sister knows but she's too young to process it (She's 14, I didn't understand what transgender meant until I was 19 ... yet she asks me for fashion advice and looks up to me) ... my grandmother is a lesbian and I haven't told her yet. I know I could, but somehow I'm still scared. I know I shouldn't be afraid to come out to (most of) my family, but I am. I've come up with a strategy and I'm close to implementing it. I guess I just would like to hear some coming out stories, good and bad. Or advice. tl;dr: It's not that long, f'king read it. &lt;3", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 332, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00265", "text": "Back in high school between the ages of about 16-19 I got sucked into the white supremacist ideology. It was a relatively short phase of my life, but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. To start off with: No, I never hurt anybody, I was not a member of any racist group (unless you count my friends). My \"activism\" was limited to anonymously leaving copies of racist rock music albums around school bathrooms. I never supported violence, only the idea that racially segregated countries were inherently better and more peaceful. I got started in it when a friend gave me a copy of a Skrewdriver and started listening to it ironically, but eventually it started to make sense. Edit: I also openly and honestly believed that the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated. Another thing I forgot to mention was that I drank heavily during that period. I was taking care of my dying grandfather who'd had a stroke, and wiping someone's ass and feeding them their food can make you pretty sad, so you could definitely have called me a teenage alcoholic. I drank probably 3-4 nights a week during that time (heavily - about a half gallon of vodka a week), and when you drink that much you develop a lot of undirected anger inside. I stopped drinking altogether for about 8 or 9 months and it was during that time that I came to my senses. Also, I realize this may not be the most interesting AMA because I was only in it for a short time and never really did anything about it - this AMA was mainly supposed to be for anyone who had questions about the mindset. **Edit** 3:15AM - Going to bed, I'll answer more questions in the morning if there are any. Edit: 12:45 - Gotta go to work, I'll try to answer some more questions if I find any tonight. I've tried to get to all of them so far.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 392, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00266", "text": "I sometimes feel like I'm the only person that feels this way. Whenever I bring it up, everyone always tells me that I'm wrong. One show that always immediately comes to mind for me: **Whose line is it anyways?** I simply do not believe that this show was not partially, or even fully, scripted. When Drew Carey called out for ideas from the audience, it seemed *painfully* obvious to me that he disregarded everything they shouted and just went ahead with a scripted answer. This is probably because he is the worst actor in the known universe. Also, sometimes Wayne Brady would get a \"random\" audience member to come on the stage, then sing a supposedly improv song on the spot regarding a \"random\" topic... and the song would be perfectly rhymed and always hilariously witty, and always incorporating that random person's name. To me, this is the worst violation of all... but people just tell me that Wayne Brady is just really funny. I say *bullshit*. And lastly, people will point out that they sometimes screw up scenes or appear lost for words... but this is something that is very easy to fake. It's also easy to fake the scenes where they are laughing at each other's antics... or it could even be genuine laughter, but that doesn't mean it's not scripted. I'm noticing the exact same things now when I watch episodes of Nick Cannon's Wild n' Out. Songs that are too well-written to be made up on the spot. Host that seems to disregard audience suggestions completely. I can't be the only person that sees through the lies, Reddit!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 332, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00267", "text": "We ordered from here because Uncle Chen, our go-to takeout place down the road, was closed. \\n\\nI ordered the General Tso tofu, a favorite dish of mine, and hubby ordered the beef Mei Fun noodles. We always grab some egg rolls too. The lady on the phone wasn't rude, per se, but she wasn't exactly helpful or answering any of my questions, either (hubby wanted to see about getting a different sauce on his noodles, and I had to ask a few times before she finally answered my question about how large the tofu dish was). I was in a good mood though, so the attitude over the phone didn't bother me. Price was good, typical takeout rates. The good news is that they will allow you to pay with credit cards over the phone, so if you're like me and never carry cash, you can still get delivery. She told me 45 minutes for the food.\\n\\nThe food arrived in about 20 minutes (we live half a mile away), it was hot and smelled great. Hubby's Mei Fun looked typical, but he was saddened to see that they didn't exchange the white sauce for brown sauce. The beef was pretty mushy, and didn't taste all that great. The veggies were fresh, and pretty crispy even after soaking in sauce. Noodles were alright, nothing to write home about. My General Tso tofu was delicious, and tasted exactly like the dish I was craving. Fried to perfection, perfect-sized pieces of tofu, and a fantastic sauce. The broccoli was fresh and tasted good. This particular dish only came in one size: Enormous. I think hubby and I just ended up sharing my meal, paired with some mediocre egg rolls.\\n\\nSo, long story short, lady on the phone was a bit irritating, delivery was fast, food was fresh, and, depending on what you order, the food quality ranges from so-so to great. If you're looking for a quick fix to your Chinese food craving, this is a good place to order from, although I'll be going back to Uncle Chen before I try China Sea again.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 437, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00268", "text": "How many distinct numbers between [0,1] can be represented by a single precision (32bit) floating point number? I've read some of the specifications and tried to make sense of it. After some thought, the answer seemed to be very simple, and I'm wondering if it is wrong. The reasoning: 1.0 represented by the float (shown in hex): 3f80 0000 The numbers between 0.0 and 1.0 are in the range: 0000 0000 &lt;-&gt; 3f80 0000 In other words 0x3f800000 = 1065353216_10 possible distinct numbers between and including [0,1]. Roughly 1.054*10^9. Now... I'm thinking that the distance between each distinct number changes depending on the exponent. That is, higher accuracy for the numbers closer to 0, and lower accuracy for those closer to 1. Is this also correct? Perhaps one way of determining what the accuracy for each exponent, is through incrementing the exponent from 0x0000 to 0x3f80, and taking the difference from the significand set at 0x8000 and 0x8001. Though more easily, this could probably be done by going by the formula.... so each increment would be 2^-23 * 2^k, where k = [-127, -126, ... , -1, 0] simplified: 2^(k-23) Graph showing above function If any of you has the time to share your wisdom and tell me if I'm right about this, I would apreciate it very much! It's in part out of curiosity, and in part relevant to my thesis.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 366, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00269", "text": "I've got tons, but I'll share one to start: Prom night, I'm getting ready. I don't have the tux on yet. It's laying on my bed. I leave my bedroom and go to the bathroom to do whatever. I return, planning on getting in my tux now. Except the Tux is gone. I yell to Mom, \"Mom, did you take my tux? It's gone from my bed!\" She says no and we start looking. Mind you that Prom starts soon and entrance is excluded if you are late so I MUST FIND MY TUX. Me and my mom tear apart the room, destroying my nice clean room. We rip the sheets, blankets, and even the entire mattress off the bed to check to see if it somehow got wedged between the boxspring and mattress. It's gone. Completely gone. We pile the sheets and blankets back onto the bed in a mess and leave the room to look else where because it's clearly no longer in my room. Of course, we end up returning to the room and my tux is laid on top of the pile of sheets/blankets now, perfectly neat. I'll add some more later if this sucker takes off. **Edit:** I forgot about the cufflinks. They didn't re-appear until the next morning when we were getting ready to return the tux, laid out on my bed in the little plastic bags. We thought we were going to get charged for losing them. Mind you, I slept in my bed that night, they were not there when I went to bed.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00270", "text": "SO my little sister has a friend who i have time and time again tried to convince her that she is a low life back stabbing piece of shit who isn't worthy of her friendship. Recently my family (Mom, Dad, Sister, Friend(call her Kim) took a plane from Canada here to a city in the states. My family agreed to pay her air fare, food, booze, clothes, sun glasses, ect... Basically an all expense paid vacation for 5 days to get out of the winter here. When she got back my sister was upset about how Kim treated her poorly, making fun of her to other friends, being a bitch ect... Then just today she found and showed me a correspondence between Kim and one of Kim's friends who is just as much of a dirt bag as she is talking about how my sis is a spoiled brat who doesn't deserve her rich family and how her rich family is all money and no class and stupid for letting her take her friends for free on these trips. But the REAL clincher is when she talked about how she had hidden drugs in my sisters bag before they went through customs. And how its a good thing that she hid them there because she (Kim) could have been caught and really fucked up her life. Obviously not giving one damn about my sister. Well they didn't get caught, and my parents are completely in the dark about the whole situation. My sis doesn't want me to get involved because she hates conflict and instantly breaks down into tears at the slightest sign of her friend begin angry at her. Even though they constantly use her, abuse her and treat her like scum. And here i am literally seeing red, holding my metal baseball bat ready to go break some FUCKING backs BECAUSE YOU DON'T FUCK WITH MY FAMILY ESPECIALLY MY LITTLE SISTER. MOTHER FUCKING ESPECIALLY GOING SO FAR AFTER THE FACT TO INSULT US BEHIND OUR BACKS AFTER OUR OBVIOUS GENEROSITY. So i pose to you, Reddit, The finest community on the internet, the only website i have actually seen a community feel inside, one that cares about people and gives good answers. Do i have any way to get this girl arrested and thrown in a dank prison cell where she belongs? Becasue i really don't need an assault charge. EDIT: i should mention that i have a very good lawyer, and the original correspondence from FB messaging as evidence but nothing else.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00271", "text": "Let freedom ring, in the nooks and crannies of the administrative state: One day a year—Lemonade Day—children in Austin, Texas, can sell the stuff without spending $460 on various fees, licenses and permits. Twelve-year olds in a Tampa middle school, learning about \"how much privilege\" they have, were asked if they were \"Cisgendered,\" \"Transgendered\" or \"Genderqueer.\" Two years after Emma was the most common name given to baby American girls, the trend was toward supposedly gender-neutral baby names (e.g., Lincoln, Max, Arlo) lest the child feel enslaved to stereotypes. A New Jersey mother says a police officer interrogated her 9-year-old son after he was suspected of a racial slur when he talked about brownies, the baked good. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pondered whether a worker committed racial harassment by wearing a cap emblazoned with the Gadsden flag (depicting a coiled rattlesnake, with the words \"Don't Tread on Me\"). A University of Iowa professor complained that the Hawkeyes' mascot Herky, a fierce bird, is \"conveying an invitation to aggressivity and even violence\" that is discordant with the \"all accepting, nondiscriminatory messages we are trying to convey.\" As President's Day approached, San Diego advised city workers to use \"bias-free language\" by avoiding the phrase \"Founding Fathers.\" A National Park Service employee giving guided tours to Independence Hall in Philadelphia told tourists that the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were produced by \"class elites who were just out to protect their privileged status.\" The employee praised herself for her \"bravery.\" The NBA, which plays preseason games in China, home of forced abortions and organ harvests, moved its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina's law stipulating that transgender individuals should use bathrooms appropriate to their physiology. The New York Times reported the downside of humanity's mastery of fire: \"Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit.\" Facing a budget shortfall in 2010, New York's Legislature raised the cigarette tax $1.60 to $4.35 per pack, expecting, illogically, that it would discourage smoking and raise $290 million annually. By 2016, cigarette revenues had fallen 25 percent, and smuggled", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00272", "text": "So, since my neighboor isn't cooperative and doesn't know shit about computers, i hope reddit could help me sort this thing out without too much assle. I did talk about giving them 5 bucks a month to get their wifi, but after they gave me their password and i've been trying it on both my macbook (in aluminium, so wifi was poor) and on my other's roomate laptop (to check if it worked, it did, but poorly, since it was quite a old laptop). My roomate is away for a while, so it may continued to use it without me knowing, wich i don't really care, actually. He's a good friend of mine and i can advance him the money to pay his due while he's away. But just for fun, what are my actual option? What can they have against us? What info can they have by their service provider? URLs visited? Bandwith exceed? our IP? I mean, i don't really care about the money, but the neighbors are a bunch of bitchy girls that i got trouble with: name calling (the walls are thin and they screamed insults at us just for laughs thinking werdidn't know where it was from (yeah...)), the classic music at the max at 3 am, so i really don't have any morals for them. I will pay if there's nothing to do, but hey, it's worth giving a try; how can i work this out, reddit? Ps: sorry for my english, it's my second language and i know i can disfigure it in long texts like this.. Pps: No moral responses, please. I dont mind getting dirty on this if i can. edit: if they've been away for 2 weeks, could it have shown on their bill internet was still used? Or could it be because they have more bandwith fees and i supose these girls don't do much on internet other than facebooking?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 402, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00273", "text": "A little backstory: I'm in the military training to be a Pashtun interpretor (one of the languages of Afghanistan as well as the Taliban) and was listening to some news last night from Afghanistan. Well, it turns out that The United States and the Taliban and the recognized Afghan government are considering to talk to each other for a better tomorrow. Then it occurred to me that I haven't heard about this from any english language news sources and that it was likely that no one else had heard about it either. Obviously some people won't be happy with this new development, saying that it signifies that the US has lost the war, or that we're giving up, or something. And others will be happy that we're accomplishing the goal of getting Afghanistan back on their feet and self-sufficient, and that working with the Taliban is the only way for any government to be successful. My Opinion? well, I have one but, in my train of thought, its not my place as an active member of the military that is directly involved to say what it is in regards to this issue. So here you go. If you're interested, theres a whole plethora of links below so you can inform yourself on this. Oh, and I wasn't sure if Politics was the best subreddit to post this in, but it fits, so here it is. English News Sources: Free Speech Radio UN Dispatch Financial Times Pashto News Sources: VOA Pashto VOA Pashto BBC Pashto edit: an article that explores why negotiations are a bad idea. It was posted in the comments by BackHanded]( [terraplexi.org]( and since its down, [googlecache edit2: clarified that Pashto is one of the official language of Afghanistan, and there are people who are not Taliban that speak it as well.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 374, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00274", "text": "When I first tried it, I was really disappointed with the alien's slow movement speed and weak jumping distance. As it turns out, there's a way to fix that! The \"Sprint\" key (default: Q) is incredibly powerful for the Alien. You get a burst of immense speed, with a very short cooldown. Likewise, holding the \"Focus\" key (default: left shift) gives you a jumping crosshair wherever you're looking. Press jump (Space) to jump to that point! You can jump huge distances this way. These commands also work for the Predator, incidentally, though they're both less powerful. Other unobvious features: For the Alien, the right mouse button is a tail attack. This has a surprisingly long range, and if it hits, you get a momentary chance to grab your opponent and do a cutscene-kill... but it's a trap! Don't do it. The tail attack does so much damage anyway, you can finish them off with one claw attack. (Against Marines, at least.) Pressing the left and right mouse button at the same time is a \"block\" move. I haven't managed to work out when's a good time to do it - seems like you're almost always better off just attacking. The predator's weapons are lying around the level, just like the marine's, but you can't see them until you're right next to them. Look for little red icons. Open questions: I've occasionally seen predators block a grab move, and counterattack. Anyone know how that's done? Hope to see you all in-game...!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00275", "text": "So i know this isn't a totally uncommon problem, but i thought i'd see if there were any solutions. For me it's not so much that it kills the mood or interrupts anything, but i feel that, too often, the 20 seconds or so without stimulation makes me lose my erection or weaken it. When I was in a relationship this wasn't really a problem becuase we would go from foreplay right to penetration without a condom on. she was on the pill, so I wouldn't wrap up until things were well underway and we wanted to change positions or something. with girls i've just met or recently started a sexual relationship with, im not as comfortable starting sex without a condom on. so i end up having to kind of ask for some \"help\" before i put the condom on and begin. it's usually not a problem unless the girl doesn't want to use her mouth, in which case im likely not going to get an erection strong enough to last. also, some girls will kind of just get it up and then want me to start after like 30 seconds of head. again, that isn't always enough to give me a strong enough erection to last through putting on the condom and starting penetration. is this my own problem? to what extent should i expect girls to do the work to get me ready and how much \"work\" is it appropriate to expect? i never really considered that i had ED becuase it never really stopped me from enjoying sex. especially within my relationship, it wasn't even an issue; she new my body and she new exactly when i was warmed up enough to start (and i knew the same of her). thoughts?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 342, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00276", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: Individuals can get access to all of their data from a given firm, including their employer, by filing a subject access request. The GDPR will eliminate the cost for subject access requests and shorten the required response time from 40 days to 30. The May 25 deadline for the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is fast-approaching, and the coming changes will greatly shift the ability of companies to interact with customer data. Many people know the GDPR for its hard-line regulation around the \"right to be forgotten,\" where an individual can request a company to erase the personal data it holds on them. However, it also contains the right to access any information that may be held by a company, including your employer. The process for data access under GDPR will be mostly the same as it was under the Data Protection Act of 1998, but with a few slight differences. For starters, a person will need to file a subject access request (SAR) that, as noted by the Guardian, is simply \"an email, fax or letter asking for their personal data.\" SEE: EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) policy (Tech Pro Research) For clear guidelines on submitting an SAR, see the Subject access code of practice from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). There is no particular format required, as long as the request is made in writing. There are two key differences between SAR requests made under the Data Privacy Act and those made under GDPR: The cost and time frame. Before GDPR, the maximum fee that could be charged for access to your data was £10, or about $14. Under GDPR, however, that fee is being removed for standard requests. Although, the ICO also notes that a firm may charge a \"reasonable fee\" when \"a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly if it is repetitive.\" According to SAR guidelines from the ICO, an individual should have the personal data held on them described, be told whether their personal data is being processes, be told why it's being processed, be told if that data is being sent anywhere else, and be given a copy the data and details of its sourcing. The other detail that will change with personal data access under GDPR is how long companies have to respond to your request. Under the Data Privacy Act, companies had 40 calendar days to respond once they received a request. Now, however", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00277", "text": "I ate here this past Sunday morning for breakfast with my girlfriend. I have been by this place many times and was excited to finally make it inside. We were lucky that we went fairly early as a line developed shortly after we were seated at our table. The Rusty Nail is prepared for this in a pretty cool way though as they have a list outside of the restaurant that you can sign into as well as some coffee to partake of while you wait.\\n\\nFor my entree I decided to go with one of the specials for the day which was the Rusty Nail omelet while my girlfriend decided on another special which was the a mushroom, spinach and feta junior omelet. Her omelet is self explanatory while mine had in it some salami, cheese and three pieces of sliced pepperoni on top of it. It was readily apparent that the pepperoni was not the cheap kind that you get on most pizzas as it had more flavoring and tasted much better. Both omelets came with sides of home fries and toast for which we both ordered deli rye. The junior omelet tasted good as the sourness of the feta played nicely with earthy mushrooms while the spinach made it feel like I was eating healthy. My omelet was just as good if not better than the junior omelet as the cheese and meats combined to make it seem like I was almost eating a pizza. Some of my hash browns were slightly overcooked and they had too many onions for my taste but we still decent enough to be a side to the main show.\\n\\nThe bottom line for me is that I would definitely head back here in the future. Everything that I tasted was good and I would not hesitate to take any of my friends here for a breakfast.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 364, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00278", "text": "An order written by presiding Ramsey County District Judge William Leary addresses everything from what people may wear to what time they may arrive and leave the court proceedings in the case pending against Jeronimo Yanez. Anyone who arrives at the courtroom after a hearing starts, for example, will be ordered to leave, the order says. And no one will be allowed to walk out of a hearing until the judge calls for a recess. Another rule restricts wearing any clothes or buttons or carrying signs that in any way \"refer to or call attention to (the case), the defendant, parties or witnesses,\" the order says. Spectators who can't find a seat in the courtroom will be asked to leave, and no congregating will be allowed in the hallway outside it. Further, \"blocking of or loitering in walkways, doorways, staircases, or near elevator access... in any part of the (St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse),\" during proceedings will be prohibited. Enhanced regulations also will be enforced on cellphone use and other recording devices. The unusually strict set of rules was issued in the name of providing a \"fair and open process that recognizes the responsibility of the state, the rights of the Defendant and the public interest,\" the order states. Leary did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for further explanation, nor did Ramsey County Chief Judge John Guthmann. Yanez was charged in November with one count of second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm for firing several bullets into Castile's car during a routine traffic stop this past July, killing the 32-year-old black man. Yanez has said through his attorneys that he shot out of fear for his life after Castile reached for the gun he was carrying in his pocket, despite Yanez's commands what he was not to move. Prosecutors say that Yanez recklessly shot Castile, a licensed gun owner, after Castile handed over his insurance card and \"calmly and in a nonthreatening manner\" told the four-year police officer he was carrying a firearm, according to the criminal complaint filed against Yanez. When first announcing the decision to file charges in the case, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said it was the state's belief that Castile \"never removed nor tried to remove his handgun,\" at any point during the incident. The shooting drew national attention and stirred protests around the Twin Cities and the country about accusations of", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00279", "text": "A little background: In November I was hired into a non-management position at a salary about 5k less than I had been making at the job I got laid off from in September. The plan was for me to work with the current manager for 2 or 3 months after which she would leave the position to go back to school and I would be promoted to manager. I've actually got several years more experience than her so this seemed fine. I took the job. One day after I was hired she announced she would be leaving the company in 2 weeks. Instead of 3 months to train I had 2 weeks during the busiest time of the year for the company. The transition was a little rough but over the past month I've slowly been bringing some order to a system that was completely chaotic. Very few employees had been trained properly, equipment was all out of calibration, documents had errors in them, etc. I haven't been given any negative feedback on my job so far. In fact, on Friday they assigned 2 additional employees to work for me (so now I'm managing 9 people.) Furthermore we haven't had any major disasters that could be considered my fault. Today I discover a job posting advertising my exact title at my current company. It's a small company entering our slowest time of the year, business-wise and there's no room for two managers with my title. I conclude that they're going to try to replace me with someone with more experience who will work for the same non-competitive wage (20k under the industry average for the position.) The owner is kind of a prick and this is PRECISELY the kind of thing I would expect him to do. He finds excuses to fire pregnant women so he doesn't have to pay their health insurance during their leave. The company's main production location has so many OHSA violations that it would be a 6-figure fine if it ever got inspected. I can't decide if I should just flat-out ask the owner of the company why the position was posted or if I should just wait it out and see what they do.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 429, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00280", "text": "The Daily Stormer, a Neo-Nazi website that promoted the \"Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville, Va., will no longer be hosted by GoDaddy, after the service received calls to ban the site over its hate-filled stories. The Daily Stormer is now seen as trying to spin the threat of being taken down, with the site posting a story that claims to be written by hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous. That story includes a threat to delete the site within 24 hours. But a main source of news about Anonymous says the group doesn't seem to be involved. The dispute over the website comes after a violent weekend in Charlottesville culminated in the killing of Heather Heyer, 32, an anti-white nationalist protester. Police say James Alex Fields Jr., 20, killed Heyer when he drove his car into a crowd of people. The Daily Stormer then published a story mocking Heyer and making light of the events in Virginia, prompting calls for GoDaddy, which hosts the site, to be taken down. Posting a link to the offending story, women's rights advocate Amy Siskind‏ wrote via Twitter, \"@GoDaddy you host The Daily Stormer - they posted this on their site. Please retweet if you think this hate should be taken down & banned.\" More than 6,500 people retweeted that message, and the web service replied late Sunday night, \"We informed The Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service.\" In the story on the Daily Stormer, the purported hackers say they'll delete the site by the same deadline set by GoDaddy. But in a break with notable hacking takeovers, the story doesn't appear as a message plastered on the front of the site; instead, it's published alongside other pieces, including the one about Heyer. The Daily Stormer is published by Andrew Anglin, who also writes much of its most high-profile content; the site is supported by reader donations rather than by advertising. The alleged hackers' message included the hashtag #TANGODOWN — a term that was quickly used by opponents of the site's views to celebrate its seeming demise. News organizations around the world ran stories about the apparent takeover, which had included the explanation, \"this evil cannot be allowed to stand.\" But a Twitter account that often relays news about Anonymous states, \"We have no confirmation that", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00281", "text": "I'm employed at a small company where I basically do all the IT. Fortunately there's not much to it since we write code and deliver it via our in-house webserver. Being the unscrupulous man that I am, I keep all sorts of personal data on company hardware. Like DeCSS'ed DVD images. I'm upping my DSL connection at home to a nice hefty pipe as a result of Qwest bringing fiber to my neighborhood. So I'm looking at doing something a little more sophisticated than ssh with -R/-L. I want to build a basic VPN tunnel between the home network and the office, and I've been looking at a few solutions. The most ideal is one that exposes no ports on either firewall. So something like ppp over nat-traverse is pretty appealing. However, I'm strongly skeptical of the encryption capabilities of pppd from what I'm seeing in the man page. The heftiest encryption is 128-bit unless I'm missing something. OpenVPN seems like a strong contender for the security-minded, but that appears to require UDP forwarding at the firewall. I've run it over TCP in the past but the performance of the connection degrades pretty quickly with heavy traffic. It also seems to be rather complex in configuration, with certificates and such, but this may be par for the course. I'm also looking at L2TP but again this seems to require exposed UDP. I will admit I know nothing about it. What am I missing? The solutions all seem to be either lacking in security or expensive in complexity. Is there a really-common solution to this that everyone assumes everyone else knows about?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00282", "text": "I cringed when I saw that their BBQ buffet price went up to $24/person, considering that I can go to a seafood buffet 10 minutes away for much less. Sushi Kim is a clean and bright place with seats on all two floors. The Korean BBQ buffet is on the second floor and only available on Friday and Saturday evenings starting at 5pm. \\n\\nThe service was wonderful and the servers really helpful. The Korean BBQ is buffet style, so you help yourself to the raw proteins and vegetables at the buffet bars and then cook them on your hot plate at your table. It's a really fun and interactive eating experience. There weren't that many choices for proteins, but the choices that were available were all delicious. Protein choices ranged from mussels and shrimps to pork, chicken and beef. My favorite was the bulgogi beef. \\n\\nThere were a few things I disliked about the Korean BBQ at Sushi Kim though. First off, they offered no butter or oil for the BBQ. I understand that they are trying to keep things healthy and all, but without any grease, the food was easily burnt. Butter or oil should always be an available option. Secondly, I did not like the design of their hot plates--the interior cooking area was way too tiny so it took forever to cook the food. And finally, they need to add a DESSERT BAR. After eating all that grilled food, I craved something sweet and refreshing. But, Sushi Kim left me hanging. Sushi Kim is already charging a whopping $24 per person--it would be nice if they throw in a dessert bar to sweeten up the deal (pun intended). \\n\\nOverall, I'm very thankful there is a Korean BBQ place in Pittsburgh. For being the only Korean BBQ buffet place in the area, it deserves a standing ovation. I had a great time at Sushi Kim and would gladly recommend the Korean BBQ buffet special. Buffet price was a bit high though, so crack open that piggy bank!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 415, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00283", "text": "Came across this place after checking out a Thai restaurant across the street. The name intrigued my family and I, and it looked like adorable from the outside. \\n\\nI fell in love instantly. And came back several times after first discovering this hidden gem. You walk in and the wonderful smells just overwhelm you in just an amazing way. The ambiance is that of an old style kitchen- personally, it reminds me of one of my aunts kitchens, which gives it that homey feel that is so comforting. They have seating- which I never saw in any bakeries prior to this one. They also serve coffee and encourage you to take a seat and enjoy your sweet treat. \\n\\nThey offer such a unique array of sweets. Definitely not your typical bakery. Pies, tortes, mooses and cookies.. And when they do have cinnamon rolls, grab them! They are a hot commodity! My personal favorite is their key lime pie. Oh my goodness. It's amazing. They have had it every time that I came, thank goodness. Their key lime cake is phenomenal as well. Their fruit tarts are incredible, the chocolate moose is amazing- they have a lot of items with fresh fruit which I love! \\n\\nMy only critiques- the hours: they are closed on Mondays and Sundays :/, not ideal for someone whose only day off is typically Sunday. And also, they write all the items thy have in the case on a small chalkboard posted on the wall to the right of the case. Every time I go, I find myself asking the employees what everything is, which I find to be a little annoying. Regardless- it's worth it. It's such a hidden gem and going there and experiencing their sweets is a real treat.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 359, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00284", "text": "Linksys WRTP54G Router, WEP encryption. Router itself is a hand-me-down from a relative, works perfectly well. Currently wireless works for the laptop, one computer is hard-wired. The problem comes in with the third computer, no onboard wireless card so I've tried a pair of Linksys USB Network Adapters, current one is WUSB54GC. Both this and the older model were able to find the network, but when connected would claim limited or no connectivity. At first I chalked this up to distance, the router was as far as is possible from the computer, but after having moved the computer so close as to be a mere wall away, the problem persists. At this point I will soon be stringing a wire through the wall, but I'm making one last stand before giving up on this. Any advice/suggestions? Laptop is running XP, devil computer is Vista, hard-wired is Vista. Changing firmware is not an option due to VOIP. I have a few links mentioning MAC address settings, but anything helps. To my knowledge, this router has never had more than one wireless device connected at once. Please reddit, let my rage have meant something. edit: I had tested previously without any encryption, but had failed. Tested right now without encryption and with a changed SSID and it worked perfectly. I'm not sure if I should be happy or more enraged. As for the WEP encryption, all I needed was the appearance of security, but considering the consensus, I'll be using WPA/WPA2 depending on whats supported. I'm kinda bummed that it rolled over so easily, but thanks for your help everyone. Will report back if WPA encryption causes another breakdown. Have a great day.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00285", "text": "I posted this in the athiesm subreddit, but I do not expect their responses to be very constructive. So I wanted to hear what the users on /r/Science thought about my views. For a few years now I've been in an agnostic rut. I had faith that there was a higher power, but I could not rationalize this faith. Everything taught to me about biology, chemistry, and physics seemed to contradict the Bible. However, I recently reread The Book and I've noticed a few very very strange coincidences. Firstly, right off the back the bible seems to predict the relationship between light and time. God made light at the beginning of time. Millions of years later, Einstein predicted the intimate relationship between light and time. I find this fascinating, even if it is a coincidence. Another thing that makes me think is the Shroud of Turin. However, evidence has been found since then that suggest that the test results are not accurate. A certain Bible verse, in Corinthians, seems to suggest that our sun is a star, and each other star is unique. The bible also talks about dinosaurs (Job), says the earth is round (Isaiah), and never says the earth is flat or the center of the universe. If you haven't read the Bible, I would suggest you should. Of course these are my views and no-one else's, I only post to provide a perspective that is hopefully fresh. NOTE: I do not believe that God created Adam, and then created Eve from his rib. I accept evolution as a means for the diversity in today's world. However, I do believe that God guided the millions of specific mutations that had to arise for humans to be where they are today.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00286", "text": "Backstory: My Dad and Step-Mum recently found a mirror with powder residue and a rolled up supermarket receipt (classy) in my brother's bedroom when looking for a suitcase in his cupboard. It was just left on his bed-side table and he was out. They have two little kids (My half-sisters, 4 and 6yrs old) who are constantly going in his room as they adore his girlfriend and are generally nosy kids. He alone was confronted with this find, to which he denied it was the obvious (coke) and shortly after offered that it was nothing to do with him but his g/f, and that it was not coke but something too embarrassing to talk about. My step-mum especially is going batshit insane (drugs in the house with two small kids...understandable) but hasn't spoken to my brother since they found out the below... Current Situation: They bought a testing swab and confirmed it was cocaine, have told me, but not confronted him. We both live here but he's been making sure he only comes back here to go to sleep. The situation is causing problems between my dad and step-mum. She was on the verge of walking out last week with my little sisters. My brother is more miserable than i've ever seen him as his g/f has some stability issues, he has money problems and doesn't need this situation to have occurred, but nobody seems to have a viable way to solve this situation with the minimum shitstorm. His g/f hasn't been back here since this discovery and by all accounts is not welcome. This situation needs resolving before he tries to bring her here again. I need to talk to my brother and tell him that they know what it was, and to convince and help him sort this situation out, but he'll react badly to the news that they know it was coke and they didn't (rightly) believe his story that it was something else and i'm worried he'll just bail and do something stupid. Any ideas, anyone? FML :( Edit: His g/f has been known to use coke, she's told me herself. My brother not so much. Consensus is that it's her.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 449, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00287", "text": "So, some backstory: 17/17. I've been dating the \"perfect\" girl for about two months now. Can't complain. She's becoming a great friend, a great companion, and she knows everything about me. I know everything about her. She tells me all the time she loves me. I'm certain I do love her too. Sort of a love-at-first-sight sort of thing going on here. I'd like to make it clear that I'm still a, by literary sense, a virgin. I've done about everything except sticking my dick in, over past relationships (I don't expect much, I'm 17). She's been with two guys, first guy they fucked all the time, second guy was just once. I can't help but be afraid for obvious reasons. She doesn't know / assume I'm a virgin, based on my track record with past girls who are known for being sluts. I bring up sex, and so does she, every once in awhile. We talk about how we have dreams about having sex with eachother, and how we'd both like to. We're both not prude, but she says that \"it'll happen, but I just want it to be the perfect moment\". We've gotten intimate (use your imagination. I've seen her body.), just not full-out like I'd like it to. What does this mean? How much longer will I have to stick around before getting the more physical needs of my relationship met?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 306, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00288", "text": "I know the general rule, no cash no stash. I follow this rule. Recently I was broke, my gf finished the last of the smoke we had and asked me to have me friend float us a bag. I told her no, I don't like asking people to float, it's just not what you do. We should just deal for a couple days til we had the cash, she goes off about how she will have money in two days and how she just paid a parking ticket for me ad how much I don't care if I make her next few days miserable for her (she just started a new job and was stressed). So I went ahead and asked my freind and he did, he said he wanted the money on Friday. So she gets here check Thursday night, has to work all day Friday, bank closes at five, she won't make it. My bank stays open til six so I asked her if when she gets off work if we could go to my bank, have her sign the check over to me and cash it so I can pay my friend on time. That's pisses her off, \"why can't he just wait another day\"... Anyway. I think it was ridiculos of her on many counts to even ask me to do it then to act like paying on time shouldn't even matter. Am I wrong to be upset? What are your polocies on floating sacks? Sorry I kinda went off on this a bit but anyway, thoughts? Advice? Comments?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00289", "text": "Like the title says, someone in the bio dept of my school laid out a table full of free books in the hall to clean house. Being an ecology major with an interest in botany I grabbed two ecology books and one on plants. The fact that they're pretty old though struck me on the second page when I read: &gt;\"The heterotrophic mode of life is followed not only by animals but by certain groups of plants, the most important being the *fungi*. These plants lack the green pigment *chlorophyll*, which is otherwise ubiquitous in the vegetable world and plays a central roll in photosynthesis.\" How much else has changed in the realm of botany and ecology since these books were published and they were printed in the 70's? Enough that it would be a waste of my time to read these or that I'd be reading many now incorrect statements like that? I'm only a sophomore so I have yet to actually take an ecology or botany class, but I figured these would be good to get a head start with and make my classes a little easier on myself down the road. In other words, I'm just trying to get a basic idea (and refresher from freshman bio on plant structure) - would these books still have enough relevent facts to make them worth my time and effort? The books are: Odium, Eugene P. \"Ecology\". Second Edition. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1975. Ray, Peter Martin. \"The Living Plant\". Second Edition. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1972. Turk, Amos, Jonathan Turk, and Janet T. Wittes. \"Ecology Pollution Environment\". W.B. Saunders Company, 1972.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 353, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00290", "text": "Reddit, this is an actually facebook message I received from a girl that I was talking to when me and my girlfriend were broken up. Then shortly after I went back to my girlfriend. Ive literally have known this girl for a week and a half and she sends me this message with the subject title \"hey asshole\" \"are you fucking kidding me. you're sorry i got dragged into it?! I DID NOT GET DRAGGED INTO IT. YOU FUCKING DRAGGED ME INTO IT. let me quote one of your texts, \"yeah. but i wish u could believe me that nothing will get in the way. and that i won't hurt u again...\" REALLY?! DO YOU WISH THAT?! you piece of shit. why couldn't you just leave me alone. was it really necessary to bring me into it even more and make me feel like you were really serious about liking me?! i'm a person. as a person, i have these things called FEELINGS. and you can't just FUCK AROUND WITH THEM. i didn't realize it was possible to be such an asshole. but hey i guess you learn something new everyday. i'd prefer it if i never really talked to you again, but it was nice knowing you. oh WAIT NO IT WASN'T. you're quite possibly the biggest jerk i've ever met and that's saying something considering i'm going to mizzou. OH....and you really should be concerned about your height. i mean that's just embarrassing. maybe try some platform shoes?? or perhaps start aiming your love interests towards the midget race. FUCK YOU MOTHER FUCKER.\" Edit: Spelling error", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00291", "text": "We have been coming here since it opened, but will not go back after our three last visits. It has gone downhill badly. Three visits ago we were seated in the trolley and then completely ignored for 30 minutes. There was a waitress, but apparently she was new and only had the front half. I finally went out front and demanded the manager who finally assigned a waitress for us and comp'ed our meals. The lasagna was very disappointing with hard noodles and definitely not oven baked and barely warm.\\nTwo visits ago to use the gift cards we intended to use on the previous visit, service was poor and food was fair.\\nThe last visit last night was the third strike and SW is OUT! Very poor service and food. The drinks were all ice and refills were not timely. The server past our table many times, but she flew by each time like we were not there. The zucchini appetizer was good. We only got one loaf of bread which was barely done and came with almost no butter. No ranch dressing...really! This is the Strip District after all with many stores for crying out loud. The food was very poor. The spaghetti and meatballs had about a tablespoon of sauce. The fetticini alfredo was almost devoid of sauce, as well. My Wild Mushroom and Chicken was not warm but tasted okay. We will NOT be going back. Olive Garden and Bravos in the North Hills will be getting our business from now on.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 301, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00292", "text": "Fine Italian dining at a reasonable price and by reasonable, I mean, it's less expensive than a Michelin starred French restaurant. The atmosphere is pretty fancy...high ceilings, white table clothes, snooty looking hosts and waiters, however, looks are deceiving. This is a family-style restaurant, disguised as a fine dining. \\n\\nWe went here with 6 adults and 2 young children...arriving a little too early for dinner, they let us wait inside. I was hoping they'd give us some free appetizers, but no such luck =(. They seated us right at 5p and seats started filling up fast, so it was probably a good idea we got there early. We ordered 5 of the pasta trios and I ordered the Zuppe di Pesce (seafood stew). The pasta was good...I wouldn't say it was amazing, but definitely worth the price...$20 for just the pasta, but yo u can add a ceasar salad and desert for I think $7. For people that don't know, everyday, there are 3 different pasta dishes the chef makes for this pasta trio. They have servers for each of the individual pastas (pretty neat IMO). They give you a sampling of the 3 at first, which, quite honestly was plenty. Then you can pick one, two or even all three for the subsequent rounds. I don't know if it's all you can eat, but even the big eaters were done after their 3rd plate. There is a child's menu, but our kids eat like birds, so we asked if they could have a little of the pasta. The servers were very accomodating...bringing everyone plates to share. My wife ordered the pasta trio with a salad and desert. The ceasar was perfect (she shared it with me) and she had tiramisu that was probably the best we've ever had. The Zuppe di pesce (my entree) was AMAZING...I'm a seafood lover though. Overall, I'd say this is an upgraded version of Olive Garden...which is NOT a bad thing.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 435, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00293", "text": "I think a little materialist analysis on the current state of US politics is in order. I propose a discusion thread here, in order to get different viewpoints. During the 2004 presidential race the Revolutionary Communist Party had an interesting analysis. Basically it predicted that the Republicans would be successful in the theft of the election because hte Democrats would refuse to activate and call out their base into the streets election night. Generally this came true, Ohio was stolen, the Democrats, for fear of their base, and not wanting to begin a \"arms race\" of activist from both parties, as well as a fear of losing control of the base, they refused to call out their people. Jump to the Obama election and there, they truly called their people out in every major city in the US. 250,000 in Chicago, 40k in DC, 50k in NYC, etc. THe Republicans had no hope of pulling off a theft of the election, major riots and a coup may have occurred. Thus the green light for calling out the most wild lunatics you can imagine was given. The right called them out. Groups like the OathKeepers (which many on the left seem to identify with, they are a group of active military that swear to uphold the constitution, in reality they decide the constitutionality of what they decide.) the TEA Partiers, and many others, the rise of rhetoric and populism has taken hold, mixed with conspircism and demogogary the proletariate have been bombarded with. Does this constitute the possibility for a truly fascist takeover, either by the military in the US, or through continued legislation? Will that make it easier to activate and bring forward people to a communist world of liberation and the end of oppression? Thoughts", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 361, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00294", "text": "Throwaway account because the girl in question is kind of geeky... never know who's lurking here. Anyway, I moved from Fort Worth to Austin for school in January, where this girl I had met a couple months prior lives. When we met, we really hit it off, though nothing physical happened, as we were both in relationships at the time. When I moved to Austin, she texted me and we went out. I found out she just had gotten out of her relationship. (I ended mine pretty much right after meting this girl, she made me realize there was much more a girl could offer than what I was getting.) We got along well again, but again nothing physical. A couple days later we went out again, and really clicked. But at the end of the night I blew it and didnt kiss her. She's like a 10 out of 10 and I guess I just got scared. We did, however, make plans to hang out again a week later. I texted her the day before to confirm, and it took her about 10 hours to respond. Though when she did, she was nice and apologetic, and made it seem like we were still on. I responded when I woke up the next day and asked \"what time?\" She never wrote back. It's been a week and I still havent heard. I must've blown it by not kissing her right? I didn't want her to think of me as a rebound, so I thought taking it slow was a smart move. What do you think? Am I done? Should I move on? Thanks people.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00295", "text": "So my girlfriend (semi-new to reddit) has heard about 4chan from me in the past, but never was interested in investigating the site. I used to look around (Regrets? No. Do I regret having the desensitization of a comatose sloth?) here and having been referred (ironically) by reddit long ago, myself. Anyway, she finally experienced the same thing: a reddit-4chan \"meet up\" imgur link. So she says, \"hey, I think I want to look at 4chan. What's on 4chan?\". I say, \"well.. don't go to 4chan. Just don't.\" \"Why not?\" she asks. \"Trust me.\" 3 minutes later... \"I think I want to go. I just want to see once.\" \"Okay,\" I responded, \"but as the saying goes...'what has been seen cannot be unseen'.\" She visits 4chan.com. I redirrect her to 4chan.org. I say \"okay, now click where it says 'random'.\" The notice with \"I agree\" shows up. She asks \"does it take me there when I click the button?\" \"Yes. Once you click, there's no turning back\". She clicks 'I agree\" and goes to /b/. Officially. Lucky for us, the blocked ads take up the screen, so nothing is revealed at first. \"What do I do? Is this it?\" \"Scroll down...and it begins.\" She slowly scrolls. The first image features Stan's father from Southpark, sitting in a chair, covered in semen. She looks at it quizzically. I don't think she understands what she is seeing. She scrolls a little further down (two similar, semen covered fathers with slight motivational poster / subtitle additions. Scrolling continues. Second image: two womens heads sucking two giant cocks, forming some kind of 'X' as a part of a website's name. \"I think I'm done here\", she remarks with a short laugh. She presses the back button. She puts down her computer, pickes up the pipe and takes another hit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 446, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00296", "text": "Ok, to start out with I've already done it and it worked out great. I drank the first couple glasses slowly and spread out to be careful, and felt fine. Then a couple days later I drank a lot, didn't feel so fine, but that was a whole different problem. Backing up: I was doing a large brewing operation about a month ago (moving a couple batches to kegs, moving three to secondary, starting two more). About an hour in I realized I didn't have enough sanitizer (dumb, I know) and was far enough along that there was no way for me to stop without losing a couple batches. It was Saturday so my LHBS was closed and I didn't want to use bleach on my kegs. So, I ran down to the farm store and grabbed a gallon of teat dip figuring \"eh, taking a shot is better than just giving up on 10 gallons of beer\". The stuff is 5000 ppm Iodophor, which I'm familiar with, but the parts that made me kindof nervous are 4.5% Glycerine and .06% Lanolin. I know Glycerine is pretty common in foods so I would think it's fine. Lanolin is what is somewhat concerning with some health issues in large doses. After diluting to .0003% I wouldn't think there's enough to be very concerned but I'm not sure. So, anything that I should know that would prevent me from using this stuff up? At $8 per gallon, which is good for roughly 200 gallons of sanitizer, wouldn't mind continuing to use it in the future, either. I think I'll keep rinsing the carboys/kegs/bottles out afterwards just to be safe.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 361, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00297", "text": "I have a serious crush on someone on Facebook. I met the guy a few years back on a plane and since then. he has occupied a special little place on my heart. I thought this would pass and time would fix things,, but somehow thing moved on on facebook and I asked him out. So asked him out, paid for all the drinks and went to his place to see a film and cuddle. Fell asleep- Got up for work the next morning , he didnt really wake up cause I did not have the heart to shake im up. Forgot a few things around his place, so when I went to get them he asked me to come around at a certain time, when I went he said he was in the middle of doing his laundry and he does not even own a washing machine. Anyway, got quite drunk to calm myself down. couldnt get him out of my head, went to an artshow where I made a sculpture, which I took around to his place rather quite drunk,saying that I would love to stay friends with him etc... (gawd) After that I found out he has been dating a friend of mine and she had not an awful lot of good to say about him. So I kind of backed off a bit. Now it has been two weeks and he does not answer my messages in any way whatsoever. Answered the phone a few days back, but I was just being silly drunk and cut the call short. Now , if this guy is not interested, why is he still online visible to me on the facebook chat if he does not anwer ANYTHING. Why cant he just say he is not interested or something? Have i messe up all my chances? How do I forget him?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00298", "text": "The only reason anyone goes to this restaurant is to sit on the deck and drink. I want to like this place so badly I keep coming back and hoping that it'll be awesome and it just never is. Like dating someone who is very very hot but also very very stupid, it's amazing how much patience one can have if there's a really good atmosphere.\\n\\nOne year I took my father here for his birthday. I don't usually call people names but our waitress was just a complete idiot to the point we felt bad for her and that was the ONLY reason we didn't freak out on her completely. She forgot my dad's food order. She brought out mine, but then neglected to notice that my dad was sitting there with nothing. The manager came out and took our drinks off hte tab, btu that didn't help very much bc we'd only been able to order one round in an hour of waiting bc the waitress had only come to our table twice. Then when they brought my dad's steak out, the waitress dropped it (I felt bad for her), and apparently that was their last steak. I just paid the bill and we left and went to Eat n Park.\\n\\nThe second time I came back the service was equally as terrible, but also it was late summer and our table was literally attacked by wasps. Seriously, attacked by wasps. My friend got stung.\\n\\nAnother time I'd made a reservation for my friends 30th bday and they said htey didn't do reservations but could put tables together. When we showed up, it was like I'd never called.\\n\\nThe last time I was there it was ok, but after being attacked by wasps my friend and I opted for the patio and only ordered burgers.\\n\\nThe service here SUCKS. Getting attacked by bees and then having to wait for your server to bring you ice sucks (holding a cold beer bottle against the sting helps). It just sucks here.\\n\\nBut the atmosphere is fantastic! When your waitress comes ot hte table, just order a whole bunch of bottled beers nad you should be ok.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 437, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00299", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: An unpatchable flaw in Nvidia Tegra X1 SoCs makes it possible for an attacker to gain control over a device to run arbitrary code. The flaw applies to all Tegra X1 SoCs and can't be fixed—Tegra X1 bootROMs can't be patched once they leave the factory. A vulnerability in Nvidia Tegra X1 system on a chip (SoC) processors allows an attacker total control over the device at the bootROM level, and there's nothing Nvidia or Tegra X1 hardware manufacturers can do about it. The exploit, called Fusée Gelée by its discoverers Kate Temkin and ReSwitch, has already been used to install a custom ROM on a Nintendo Switch. Nintendo's tablet-like Switch runs on a Tegra X1, as do other Android tablets, making this vulnerability concerning to any manufacturer who builds systems on the X1, and even those building on other Tegra chips, Temkin said. The nature of the attack makes a software patch impossible, and Temkin recommends anyone with an affected device should move on to a new one when possible. Why Fusée Gelée is unpatchable The Fusée Gelée vulnerability requires gaining access to the Tegra X1's USB recovery mode, which has an inherent flaw that allows an improperly coded USB control request to overflow the bootROM's direct memory access (DMA) buffer. Several requests that can be sent to the bootROM are improperly coded: A proper request would only return the amount of bytes the handler has available, but some return however many bytes a host requests. That coding error allows a host to request up to 65,535 bytes, more than enough to overflow the DMA buffer. Once overflowed, an attacker can copy data into the protected application stack and execute any code they desire. The most obvious solution to Fusée Gelée would be to issue a software patch to fix the bootROM, but here's where a problem arises: bootROM patches on Tegra X1 chips are impossible once a chip leaves the factory. Ipatches, which are patches released at the factory during chip production, would be able to fix the flaw on X1 devices that haven't left the assembly line yet, but anyone who has a current Tegra X1 device is vulnerable to a Fusée Gelée exploit. An important warning about hardware and firmware security There are several lessons to be taken away", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00300", "text": "Yes, I know. I'm probably one of the few people that has rated this place with two stars.\\n\\nBut let me explain. My friends and I wanted to try this place out and had high hopes. I haven't heard of many vegetarian/vegan places in Pittsburgh so I expected to have some awesome vegetarian food. However, from the get go, our host was absolutely terrible. He did not look us in the eye and was just overall awkward. There was obviously room in the restaurant for the four of us but he had to \\\"look in the back\\\" to see if there was room. One of the other servers eventually sat us in a clearly empty table that we could have picked out for ourselves. Our first host came back, reiterated the same thing the server told us, but never gave us menus. I had to go out of my way to ask for menus about five or ten minutes after we had been seated.\\n\\nTo be fair, our assigned server was very nice. She was friendly and approachable. But of course, our food came and mine was cold. The potatoes in the hash I ordered was stale, old and cold and had such a small accompanying serving of bread. Also, our utensils weren't given to us until after our food was served. I know I may be sounding like a little bit of a snob but utensils should be expected before the food arrives. Not to be completely biased, the rest my party had decent food. It just wasn't anything special. Definitely not worth $12 for brunch.\\n\\nNeedless to say, I will not be coming back to this place.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 332, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00301", "text": "I made an appointment 3 weeks in advance when I was texted after I left\\nA voicemail. It took a couple days to schedule as the woman, Retta, forgot her appointment book one of the days. \\n\\nWhen I showed up to my surprise it is looks like it would be a closet...right beside the elevator, no window, an office right next door that looks to take up most of the right side of the building. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and tried to open the door to go in...locked. Okay I think it's just one lady named, Retta. So I waited since my appointment was at 5 and it was 4:45. Around 4:55 I lightly knocked, nothing. I gave her a call and she didn't pick up. At this point I really had to use the restroom. I waited until 5 and knocked normally so that it would be heard. I sent her a text touching base and asking for the bathroom code. Around 5:05 I knocked again. 5:12 I called again and left her a voicemail letting her know I'd been waiting and would wait another 3 minutes before leaving and contacting Amazon local for a refund. I asked a few people if they'd ever been there and go the responses were all no. A few people I'd run into on my way knew where it was as they pointed it out to me. Around 5:15 the same men came back around and one knocked very loudly for me and they found me the bathroom code, thank god! So I come back at 5:20 and knock one last time. I left and have not heard from Retta and it is now 5:40. I'll be reaching out to Amazon Local for sure.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 366, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00302", "text": "I currently get my juices pumping by riding motorcycles. I have a dirt bike and a street bike. **Motorcycles** Street bike KBB retail $12k-$14k Insurance: $130/month | $1,500/year Fuel Economy: 45mpg Miles ridden last year: 7,000 Cost of operation: Fuel cost: 7000miles / 45mpg = 155.555 gallons of fuel. 155.555 gallons * $3.65/gallon = $567.777 Maintenance: oil change: $70 * 2 (change the oil every 3000 miles) $140. Total Cost of Operation: $1500+$570+$140=$2210. Dirt bike KBB retail $1850 I haven't kept meticulous records of what it costs to operate this toy. I am an adrenaline junkie, and the motorcycles provide me the \"high\" I need in a relatively inexpensive, somewhat safe, and mostly legal manner. My motorcycles are both paid for, in full. I could probably get about $13k-$15k if I sold both of them. But, the cost for these toys is sunk. I've already spent it. If I'm going to be able to attain my fix after selling them, I'm going to have to spend money on something else, whether it's going to an MMA school, or skydiving, or freebasing in a bus station stall. This is where you come in /r/Frugal, how can I save money, and still get my fix? **EDIT** fixing links", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 322, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00303", "text": "My boyfriend took me to Casbah for my birthday this March. This is one of our twice-a-year splurges and I have been wanted to go to this restaurant for ages.\\nWe were seated outside, in the covered, heated patio. We were far enough away from the heaters that we didn't get too hot, and far enough from the doors that we didn't get too cold. The menu has changed slightly since we dined there, but some of the things have stayed the same.\\nWe started with the sheep's milk gnudi, which is like ravioli without the pasta. I have a gluten allergy and I have missed ravioli quite a bit, so I was happy to eat this. The flavor of the sheep's milk is quite strong and unique, which I like. \\nFor entree, I had the double-cut pork chop. This was absolutely great - the flavors and textures of the pork, butternut squash risotto, braised kale, garlic cream, and sage jus went really well together. It was an enormous portion, as well - I took some home and ate it the next day!\\nMy boyfriend had the seared rare tuna. He was less thrilled with his dish, and when I tasted it, I agreed. I normally LOVE seared tuna but this was not the best treatment of it. It tasted a little too \\\"fishy\\\" and I didn't think the other flavors complimented the tuna. \\nInstead of dessert, we sampled two dessert wines recommended to us by the server. I do think that $10 is a little much to charge for such a small glass of wine, but I guess that's what you have to expect when you dine at this level.\\nWe are great fans of the Big Burrito restaurants, and I think we preferred our experience at Soba to Casbah. While our food was really good, the prices were a little unreasonably high. And I wouldn't recommend the seared tuna!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 405, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00304", "text": "I know Reddit's no substitute for a doctor, but I've seen more doctors than you can shake a stick at and I'm at my wit's end trying to figure out what's going on. I am perpetually and chronically exhausted. I haven't always been this way. It started about 3 years ago (I'm 25 now). It's so bad that it affects everything in my life: my job performance, my social life, my libido, everything. At any given point on any given day in any given location, I could put my head down and be asleep before I knew it. I don't read books anymore because I doze off within fifteen minutes of starting them. I've missed so many opportunities in life because I was just too tired to participate in them. It messes with my memory, too - I'm extremely forgetful, even when it comes to significant things like birthdays and important tasks that need to be done. All I can think about most of the time is how exhausted I am. As far as anyone can tell me, I'm perfectly healthy. I sleep 7-8 hours a night with a regular 9-5 work schedule. I work out heavily 3-5 times a week, but it doesn't do anything more than exhaust me so that I'm sure I'll be able to fall asleep. I'm very careful about eating healthy. My activity levels and eating habits haven't changed since this all started, yet I've put on about 35 pounds of excess weight. I'm pretty depressed and I've been on and off medication for it, but I can't help but feel that the depression is a direct result of the fatigue and not vice versa - I get down in the dumps because I'm too tired to do anything worthwhile. I've had a sleep study done, and I don't have apnea. My blood sugar is fine, my thyroid's fine. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, while it describes my symptoms pretty well, sounds like a bunch of pseudo-scientific bull. The doctors have pretty much given up on me and implied that it's all in my head and that I should just get more exercise and eat better. But I already do. I'm at the end of my rope, Reddit. I'm posting this on the off chance someone else has battled with this problem and has some out-of-left-field solution.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 484, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00305", "text": "Needs a huge makeover!\\n\\nWe were greeted very warmly by one of the ice cream technicians. Although we did determine that she was a bit over the top by the end of our experience.\\n\\nThe parlor looked nothing like the pictures on this website. The technician was telling us how it was closed and had just reopened. It had the old time feel of a parlor back in the day but was very empty inside. The character of the place was great but could use a little TLC.\\n\\nThe menu was very small and hard to read and understand. It was only posted above the counter and the ice cream technician told us to take a seat. Good thing I am far sighted! \\n\\nThe ice cream technician could only take one order at a time. She made my guest their ice cream first. I ordered mine, chocolate, and cried vanilla. She didn't listen at all. I didn't return it because we had already been there for about 30 minutes and were running late at this point.\\n\\nI gave them a 2 star instead of 1 because the actual flavor of the ice cream was pretty good, vanilla or chocolate. I adde strawberries to mine and received the typical strawberry topping. I figured palace like this would have made their own strawberry topping.\\n\\nThe price was outrageous by my standards. 2 sundaes were $12.\\n\\nWe would probably try this place again if we were around but not making any special trips.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 302, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00306", "text": "service providers (ISPs) that it is economically feasible to bring 1 gigabit internet to consumers, Antlitz said. Since Google Fiber led a connectivity renaissance in 2011 when it launched in its first city, Kansas City, KS, top telecom providers have been in an arms race to upgrade their broadband pipes to accommodate 1 gigabit, Antlitz said. Google Fiber's presence in the market has caused competition that has forced other fiber providers like Verizon and AT&T Fiber to offer cheaper, faster service. Adding a second provider to a market can reduce prices by around one-third, according to a study by the Fiber to the Home Council. SEE: Google Fiber 2.0 targets the city where it will stage its comeback, as AT&T Fiber prepares to go nuclear AT&T has been particularly competitive, analysts say. They've been expanding in current and prospective Google Fiber cities, including adding new neighborhoods in San Antonio months before Google Fiber arrived. In Louisville, AT&T sued the Louisville Metro Government over its \"One Touch Make Ready\" ordinance, which allows Google to use existing poles to install its technology without permission from the telecom company that owned the poles. The lawsuit was dismissed in August, and AT&T said it wouldn't appeal the dismissal in October. A TechRepublic investigation found that AT&T has talked a big game about its buildout in Louisville, but has dragged its feet in rolling out gigabit internet to customers and has signed up very few households. It's this kind of activity that has gotten AT&T's gigabit strategy labeled \"fiber-to-the-press-release.\" It's unclear what Google Fiber's 2018 will look like. The company's map of Fiber cities doesn't yet list an upcoming city where Fiber will be heading next. Six potential cities—Portland, OR, San Jose, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Tampa, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Phoenix, AZ—are listed as places the company is exploring. SEE: Louisville and the Future of the Smart City (a ZDNet/TechRepublic special report) William Hahn, an analyst at Gartner, said going to even one-third of those cities next year would be impressive for Google Fiber. However, he said he doesn't foresee a shift in the market in the next two years. The next big gamechanger? The rollout of 5G, which will give providers more wireless to potentially play with in cities and hard-to-re", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00307", "text": "Hey Reddit. I was having a talk with my dad about not believing in God, and he asked why I suddenly stopped being a Catholic (explaining to me that the vast majority of people know what the Church is saying is true, but they're too lazy/immoral/whatever to follow what it commands). I said that it was a variety of factors, but the main turning point was the realization that I was Catholic only because my parents are. I never converted - it was completely arbitrary. Had they been Muslims, I would have been a Muslim. Had they been Zoroastrians, I would have been a Zoroastrian. And I would have been just as convinced of that religion as I was of Catholicism. Catholicism sounds just as strange to a young Muslim boy as Islam was to me. He replied that that was a silly reason. If I was going down that road, I might as well go lie and steal and murder - after all, my parents were the ones who told me that was wrong. I told him that morality is different from religion (which turned into a short scuffle on the side), that everyone, barring certain disorders, has empathy, and intrinsically knows that lying and stealing is wrong. Everyone has at least a basic set of morals - and not lying, stealing, or killing is pretty fundamental. He then started to lecture me about how humans have a soul and are called to a higher power, I've been created to make a choice between god and the devil, etc. So, my question to you guys is, how can I explain to him that my reasons are valid, and that they couldn't be applied to morality? **tl;dr**: I told my dad I didn't believe in Catholicism because the only reason is that he told me to, just like Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny - that's not a good enough reason for me. He replied that I was being silly. Please help me explain.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 399, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00308", "text": "In the new jobs bill just released. SEC. 645. EXTENSION OF INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY SUNSETS. (a) USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note, 50 U.S.C. 1861 note, and 50 U.S.C. 1862 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. (b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intel ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3742; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. Section 645 on page 125 The bill does not have a number yet, it is still a draft that is circulating on the Hill. Some changes may have been made to the specific portions since this draft was released yesterday. edited to add in a link to it and story from Politico. 2nd edit to include information on why no bill number Any thoughts?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00309", "text": "1. I have an incurable disease that slowly forces my brain to cannibalize itself. It won't kill me. That would be a kindness. It manifests itself in little ways: I can't organize a room. It's difficult for me to meet your eyes, even for a little bit. It will take me hours to write this post, and the language will still sound unnatural. Real life conversations come more naturally...but are difficult for me emotionally...I'm too afraid of making the mistake that will end them too early. 2. All my closest friends online, male or female, either used me for sexual release, or were in love with me. I've been unable to make a friend online for any other reason. I'm skilled at cybersex...I approach it as an artform. I'm told I'm skilled at phone sex... I've always been the one asked to do all this...I never once needed to ask someone else... Too bad I'm terrified of sex. My phobia means nobody feels any guilt about helping me out...so long as we never meet in real life. In real life, a man who is scared of sex is useless, and quickly discarded. Don't tell me it's not true. Nobody will even touch me once they find out. 3. My other talent is therapy. I've stopped suicides, helped people through psychotic episodes...I've even written a local advice column. I know every single reason someone should live... I just don't see how they apply to me. My problems won't go away, they aren't short term. As I age, it is likely they will worsen, making me desperate to experience that life has to offer while I still can. You ever notice how desperation drives people away? I feel like I'm already dying alone...it's just more prolonged than anyone else will experience. Please tell me what to do? Just don't tell me I need therapy...they only listen...and they only tell me how wonderful I am... No matter how ugly I become... Should I just become an hero? If so...just tell me how? How do you give up hope things will be better? How do you stop thinking of your friends and family? How do you give up wanting to know how everything ends?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 467, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00310", "text": "We ran into here after trying to find this sandwich shop called Sammies. Yelp said it was on smithfield near 4th but It must have closed because all we found was a 7/11 and subway. We found Zorba's on the corner and considering how cold it was neither of us felt like walking to search for food. \\n\\nWe stumbled in here after reading the outdoor menu mentioning specials. The hubby ordered the buffalo chicken salad which is the special on Wednesdays. I went with the gyro salad which came with a side of pita bread. The hubby's salad was huge, topped with fries and plenty of chicken, not to mention lettuce. He choose balsamic dressing which I thought was weird but he enjoyed it. The fries were great, nice and hot while the chicken was mildly spicy but a little bit dry.\\n\\nMy salad was just as big but it was mostly lettuce. At first I thought they were a little scant on the lamb meat but almost like the loaves of bread that Jesus fed to the hungry, it just kept showing up. I was a little disappointed at the quality of lettuce. I hate those big crunchy chunks that you find close the root, they are so bitter no matter how much dressing you use. \\n\\nSo the reason I give this place only 3 stars is because of my salad. Crunchy bitter lettuce, gyro meat was a luke warm instead of hot which after 5 minutes made it cold because of the chilled dressing. Not to mention the dressing was rather bland and they didn't add enough to my huge salad so i ended up ordering more which cost 75 cents. The fact that I had to order more dressing even though it had little to no flavor was disappointing. \\n\\nThere is enough seating in here but just some simple tables and chairs spread out, nothing fancy or worth taking pictures for. It's almost like a cheap cafeteria which I don't mind if the foods good but I wasn't impressed with my gyro meat or with the chicken on the salad. Sometimes places have an off day so I won't count this place out just yet. \\n\\nP.S bring cash only!!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 443, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00311", "text": "A rally to save the Confederate monument in Travis Park was met by counterprotesters in support of removing the memorial last Saturday. The mostly peaceful events in San Antonio coincided with violent demonstrations the same day in Charlottesville, Virginia stemming from a similar debate about the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Part of downtown's Travis Park since its dedication in 1899, the 40-foot-tall memorial to Confederate soldiers withstood resistance during initial construction as well as calls for removal in 2015. The recent rally and local interest is spurred by the submission of a council consideration request by District 1 representative Roberto Treviño and District 2 representative William \"Cruz\" Shaw to relocate the monument. \"Going forward, community involvement will be critical to developing a thoughtful and appropriate relocation plan,\" Treviño said in a statement. \"Please continue to bring forth your opinions and ideas. We are listening.” What is the history behind Confederate monuments in San Antonio? Can a compromise be found for the statue in Travis Park? How do disputes over similar issues nationwide affect the future of identity in the United States? Guests: This is a community conversation and we want to hear from you. Leave a voicemail with your questions and comments in advance by calling 210-615-8982. During the live show (12 - 1 p.m.), call 210-614-8980, email thesource@tpr.org or tweet at @TPRSource. *Audio for this segment will be available by 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00312", "text": "Linux. And if you're wondering whether it's possible to hack the Classic Edition and load more games? That answer is also yes. There's plenty of information on the internet that will show you how to update the system's software and install additional games. But be warned: There's always a chance that modifying your system could cause irreparable damage. More importantly, downloading and using games for which you don't already own a license for is usually illegal. Yesterday's games running on today's tech The NES Classic Edition is pure retro gaming fun. It's a much easier way to play old NES games than hunting through flea markets or online auctions for original hardware. And, it's less complicated (and more legal) than running emulator software with downloaded games on a PC. Unfortunately, after selling over 2 million Classic Editions, Nintendo unexpectedly discontinued the console in April 2017. If you didn't manage to scoop one up then, you may still be able to buy one online, albeit at a likely inflated price. It's also being released again on June 29. We shelled out $200 for the one I cracked open, which is way more than the $60, £50 or AU$100 retail price. Perhaps what stood out the most to me after cracking open the NES Classic Edition was just how much technology has improved in the past three decades. The hardware inside the Classic Edition is tiny compared with the original system, yet it's so much more powerful. I can't wait to see how far technology advances in the next 30 years. Also see: Update, May 29 at 5:55 p.m. PT: Added information about the NES Classic Edition returning to stores in June 2018.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 348, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00313", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: Google has announced Partner Interconnect, which allows SMBs to establish a semi-dedicated connection of partial circuits between 50Mbps and 10Gbps. At launch, 23 connection partners globally are participating in the Google Partner Interconnect cloud service. Google has announced Google Cloud Partner Interconnect, a flexible means of establishing a direct connection between an on-premises data center and Google's platform for hybrid cloud deployments. Partner Interconnect allows organizations to connect to Google Cloud through 23 partners around the globe, according to a Google press release. While Google's Dedicated Interconnect offering—which reached general availability last October—is only available in 10Gbps full circuits, Partner Interconnect allows users to select partial circuits from 50Mbps to 10Gbps to meet the requirements of SMBs, the release said. Participating partners include AT&T, Cologix, Internet2, and Verizon in North America; AT TOKYO, KDDI, NRI, NTT, and Softbank in Japan; BT, Orange, Telemares, and Telia Carrier in EMEA; and Macquarie and Megaport in Australia, as well as Colt, DE-CIX, Digital Realty, Equinix, IXReach, Level3, Tata Communications, and Zayo globally. Google Cloud product manager John Veizades noted in the release that establishing a Partner Interconnect connection is easy, as \"our partners have already set up and certified the infrastructure with Google Cloud. This provides a turnkey solution that minimizes the effort needed to bring up network connectivity from your data center to GCP.\" SEE: Quick glossary: Hybrid cloud (Tech Pro Research) This announcement is part of Google's renewed interest in catering to businesses relying on hybrid cloud installations. With these new connection solutions, businesses deploying hybrid cloud can use Google Cloud services without having their data pushed through the public internet, while also providing greater control over how data is routed across the network, the release noted. This greatly reduces access time and latency in comparison to pure public cloud deployments. However, data transmitted over these connections is not encrypted by default, requiring users to use application-level encryption. For organizations hesitant to commence hybrid cloud deployments due to data security concerns stemming from allowing any outside traffic, the added control over the flow of data across a Partner Interconnect connection may be adequate to ease concerns. In addition to Partner and Dedicated Interconnect", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00314", "text": "Struxure, at the top of that stack, it starts with those connected devices and then edge control, really is where we build a lot of our software. So we build software for control, for analytics, of where we're starting to build out some of the AI and machine learning, and where we store a lot of that data of course, in the cloud, so that we start to do more sophisticated views of what's going on in those manufacturing sites, or petrochemical sties, or whatever they happen to be. And so that's, I would say at the crux of it, that's what EcoStruxure is. It's an architecture that allows all three of those layers to interoperate, and it's really designed to be completely open and interoperable, because while we think our customers should only buy Schneider Electric stuff, that is probably not realistic and so, we need to be very open in the way we work with other vendors as well. Patterson: I'm glad about the nuclear power plants, there are all types of industrial facilities that are adopting Internet of Things, but generally when I talk to people, even in business technology, they tend to think of IoT as a smart fridge or your Alexa. Can you give us an example of a device that might be IoT and deployed at large scale? Bennett: Yeah, for sure. I think, think about just a breaker. Just your electrical infrastructure, and really the most important thing, because it's pretty hard to run a manufacturing process or a plant without power. And so today, because of really our heritage and our legacy with power, and delivering clean reliable energy, everything starts with that electrical infrastructure. So at plants today we have customers that are connecting those assets. They want to know about their energy consumption. They of course want to reduce energy consumption 'cause that's good to the bottom line. It's also good from a sustainability perspective. So if you think about all that electrical infrastructure, then you can start to kind of work your way up the stack in terms of whether it's a motor that's running a conveyor belt, or part of your process. Whether it's a pump. These are all devices that historically were not all connected, right. They didn't historically see the need to necessarily connect those. Over time, more and more of those devices became connected, primarily so that those companies could control. So when we talk about OT, as juxtaposed to IT for a second", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00315", "text": ". Former Mariinsky ballet master Nikolas Sergeyev was tasked with staging Petipa's story ballets on the Vic-Wells Ballet (today The Royal Ballet) from the original notation. The notes were incomplete and difficult to read, yet Sergeyev persisted, and The Nutcracker made it to the stage. Dancers from ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in \"The Nutcracker\" pas de deux. Photo Courtesy Dance Magazine Archives. An American Premiere The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo brought an abridged version of The Nutcracker to the U.S. in 1940. Over the next decade, the company toured the ballet extensively, exposing it to audiences nationwide. Willam Christensen (center) with his brothers Lew and Harold. Photo Courtesy San Francisco Ballet. Across the Country… In 1944, San Francisco Ballet founding artistic director Willam Christensen choreographed the U.S.'s first full-length Nutcracker. Christensen later founded Ballet West, which continues to perform his version of The Nutcracker each year. Balanchine rehearsing the snow scene with NYCB. Photo by Frederick Melton, Courtesy Dance Magazine Archives. A Christmas Staple Though the ballet's popularity was already growing, some historians suggest that George Balanchine was the first to irretrievably link the work to the holidays. As dance critic Robert Greskovic puts it, Balanchine was \"responsible for making the ballet a fixture of the Christmas season and of a ballet company's repertory.\" New York City Ballet first presented Balanchine's Nutcracker in February of 1954 but quickly recognized its holiday appeal and moved the ballet to December for the following year. Nutcracker All Over As regional ballet companies sprouted around the country, The Nutcracker became a staple.Today it's a holiday tradition that keeps families coming back year after year; its mass appeal keeps ballet in mainstream culture. Many companies attract audiences by infusing the classic with their own regional heritage: Christopher Wheeldon's Nutcracker for the Joffrey Ballet is set at Chicago's 1893 world's fair and The Washington Ballet serves a dose of American history with characters such as George Washington and King George III. George Washington in The Washington Ballet's Nutcracker.\" Photo by Carol Pratt, Courtesy The Washington Ballet. The Nutcracker also serves as the financial backbone of companies nationwide. Last year San Francisco Ballet sold a total of 87,926 tickets to the holiday", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00316", "text": "I used to live about four blocks from the Quiet Storm, and for a period breakfast here was an every day affair. Those two facts have nothing to do with each other--the period in question was close to the end of the first semester of my (super-)senior year, when my friends and I would stay in our studios all night working, haul ass out to Quiet Storm for ambrosia-caliber restorative tofu scramble and coffee, and go back to school bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for another day of class. And then usually I'd take a three-hour nap after the first class. But I'm sorry, what is it I'm reviewing here?\\n\\nThe Quiet Storm has absolutely the best tofu scramble I've ever had. I'm an accomplished vegan eater (I get stuff in my mouth first try nine times out of ten), I've had the best scrambles New York and San Francisco have to offer. Believe you me, Quiet Storm tops them all. I wish I knew their secret recipe, but the part I do know--baking the tofu rather than just sauteeing it--makes a tremendous difference. Come in on a lazy Sunday morning, get the Nothin' Fancy, and you will see for yourself just how good tofu can be. On top of that, they are as vegan-friendly as can be, with earth balance for the toast; soy, rice, and almond milks; and a selection of specifically vegan mixed drinks and milkshakes. Plus, sandwiches! Get the spicy spinach and peanut butter wrap, ask for added tofu (planks not crumble), and be astonished yet again.\\n\\nAND AND, as a delicious cherry on top, they have theme brunches, fantastic theme brunches that show off the creativity and chops of the cooks here in a way that the regular menu can only hint at. Check out their website and see when the next theme brunch is, and make a point of going. Get there early.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 401, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00317", "text": "Gibson stopped all 37 shots he faced as Minnesota peppered the Ducks net in all three periods, but was shut out at home for just the second time this season. Joseph Cramarossa had the lone goal for the Ducks (30-18-10), while Gibson recorded his fourth shutout of the season. The Wild (37-13-6) had won their previous two meetings of the season vs. Anaheim, but fell behind early and were frustrated by Gibson throughout. Minnesota failed to score on five power plays in the game, coming within an inch of scoring when a long-range slap shot by defenseman Christian Folin hit the inside of the right post, sailed through the crease and to the side boards. Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk had 22 saves in the loss. The Ducks took a lead less than five minutes into the game when Cramarossa went hard to the net and was rewarded. Streaking down the right side, Corey Perry took a sharp angle shot that Dubnyk stopped, but produced a rebound he couldn't control. Cramarossa, who'd gotten to the top of the crease, slapped the loose puck home before the goalie could react. It was Cramarossa's first goal in more than a month. Minnesota had the first two power plays of the game and out-shot Anaheim 13-8 in the opening period, but could not solve Gibson. The Wild got two more power plays in the second period, and were thoroughly dominant throughout, out-shooting the Ducks 16-4. But Gibson repeatedly thwarted the Minnesota scoring chances. It was the first shutout in more than a month for Gibson, who blanked Dallas on Jan. 10, and the win allowed Anaheim to close its six-game road trip with a 2-3-1 mark. Anaheim lost top-line left winger Antoine Vermette with 12:27 to play in the third period after he was ejected for slashing linesman Shandor Alphonso. NOTES: The Wild assigned F Tyler Graovac to Iowa of the American Hockey League after he cleared waivers. In 45 games with the NHL club this season, he has six goals. With his 6-foot-5 frame, there was some thought that he might be claimed by another team this close to the trade deadline but instead headed back to the minors.... Ducks RW Jared Boll was a healthy scratch for the fourth time in Anaheim's last", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00318", "text": "Inattentive staff. Dirty tables, I agree with the other reviews here. I think the \\\"Manager\\\" only hires other smokers, and they spend 90% of their time sitting outside smoking, instead of being prepared to serve customers. \\n\\nI go there because sometimes it's convenient, b/c of the location, but last week they left their A/C broken for over a week (in 80+ degree weather). No additional fans, nothing.\\n\\nThen when it was fixed, I went in, ordered coffee and an order of hummus/carrot/celery (prepackaged). Not only was the hummus watery from sitting in that container for several days, but the celery was rotting at the ends, yes brown and rotting. I showed the kid working there, who was probably jonesing to have his next cigarette, and I asked for another one. Without opening it I could see at least 2-3 of the other servings of hummus were also all watery and had celery that was starting to rot, just like the one I was given. I asked for my money back. You know what was the worst thing, though? The kid (he knows nothing about customer service let alone food service) put the containers with the watery, rotting celery back in the case, to serve to other unsuspecting customers! Hello, Allegheny County Health Department?....\\n\\nThen the ultimate insult: 2 kids came in selling candy bars. I've seen this there before, but this time, I said to them: \\\"You know, this is a business, you shouldn't be here.\\\" Well, the older of the 2 girls (probably 11-12 at most - where is her mother?) put her hands on her hips and said in a smart-ass tone: \\\"We asked da owner, we is allowed ta be here.\\\"\\n\\nWell, that coffee I spent $2 on? That is the last money I will spend in that place. Disgusting.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 416, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00319", "text": "They didn't wear hoods as they chanted \"Jews will not replace us.\" They weren't hiding their faces as they waved Confederate flags, racist signs and swastikas. They looked straight at a sea of cameras as they made the Nazi salute. As Matt Thompson wrote for The Atlantic, the white supremacist march and rally this past weekend wasn't a KKK rally: \"It was a pride march.\" The bare-faced shamelessness was the point. But it was also an opening. On the Internet, some people are crowd-sourcing efforts to identify and shame the people participating in the rally. Most prominently, on Twitter, the account called \"Yes, You're Racist\" has been soliciting help and posting IDs. \"I'll make them famous,\" the account pledged. So far, at least one protester is no longer employed after being publicly named and shamed. Cole White, who used to work at a hot dog restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., \"voluntarily resigned\" on Saturday after his employer confronted him about his participation in the event, according to the Berkeleyside news site. @YesYoureRacist is not a new Twitter account. Since 2012, the account has been calling out \"casual racism on Twitter,\" according to the user's fundraising page. It would post screenshots of deleted racist tweets, highlight offensive comments by elected officials and retweet everyday users who would say \"I'm not racist but...\" followed by something, well, racist. But after the rally in Charlottesville, Yes You're Racist pivoted from highlighting online remarks to identifying real-world marchers. Many of the people it named had publicly declared their plans to go to Charlottesville. The account identified one man as \"Illegal Aryan,\" who wrote on the white supremacist site Daily Stormer last month, \"See you in Charlottesville!\" \"Illegal Aryan,\" real name Mark Daniel Reardon, was identified by an antifascist group this spring and confirmed on Daily Stormer that he lost his job as a result. Another identified marcher, who has repeatedly tweeted holocaust denials and says he is a member of the Proud Boys, said on Twitter he was at Charlottesville. After he was identified, he said he's received death threats. Of course, there's a long and not entirely noble tradition of online humiliation for perceived moral trespasses. Jon Ronson, who literally wrote the book on the phenomenon (it's called So You've Been Publicly Sh", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00320", "text": "As said in the title: I was pondering the economic troubles of New York and remembered something briefly mentioned in my 7th grade history class about states having currencies of their own in the early days of the union. We were never told if they were eventually rendered illegal or not, simply that it was decided a national currency would be better. My thought, however, was that if they were legal, state currencies could be used as a way to ease the economic crisis we're in without the need to inflate the greenback. For example: New York decides to introduce its own denomination of currency The \"Empire\", it sets an exchange rate of Emp to USD of 3:1. All state employees and State contracted firms are now paid in Empires. Farmers and other companies located in New York would develop an in-state advantage due to the fact that they would not have to charge more in order to make up for the unfavorable exchange of Empire to Dollar when selling their goods and services within the state, thus encouraging the growth of strong in-state businesses. Obviously, the Dollar remains legal tender and the private companies in the state are still able to operate with it, and in fact could stand to save money by paying their employees in Empires while dealing in USD. This could entice more businesses to come to NY thereby creating more jobs. There are obvious problems with this, such as the fact that a NYS teacher paid 100,000emp per year would only be making about $33,000 or so which would make it difficult to vacation to a neighboring state as it would cost 3X as much. Still-it would be a way to cut a large portion of the state's budget by a third while hopefully not lowering anybody's quality of life too much if local merchants started to stock \"Made in New York\" goods. In addition, as long as the state's economy improved, so too could the Empire's exchange rate with the Dollar- thus providing New York with an in-house alternative not tied to the same inflation rate's as the dollar. I'm no economist-so please be gentle.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 423, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00321", "text": "Recently I booked a rather large ad campaign with a reputable online advertising company (which for now I choose not to name). The campaign was supposed to run for 5 days and deliver a few hundred thousand visitors. It was not a cheap campaign, and was infact only slightly cheaper than Google AdWords. After the first day, I started analyzing the Google Analytics data. At first it seemed normal. Decent pageviews/visitor, bounce rate etc. But then I started looking at the content the users from the campaign were hitting. Every page linked from our homepage received an almost identical amount of hits, except pages that are linked twice from the homepage which got double the amount of hits. The forgot your password page was hit as much as the most popular content on our website, and these were new visitors hitting it. The visitors all came from different IPs in many different cities. From this I could draw only one conclusion. One or more of the publishers signed up with this ad company is using a botnet that randomly clicks ads on their websites and then clicks through random links on the target website. I did get a full refund from the ad company, but they didn't seem bothered at all and I didn't get the impression that they are going to do anything about it. The referring sites which sent the bot traffic are still displaying ads from this network. The fraud didn't stop with me. These botnet phantom visitors clicked on ads on our site which means that our sponsored were defrauded as well. I'm pretty obsessed with numbers and analytics but most webmasters and corporations I know would never have caught on to this sort of fraud. The frustrating part is that it seems to me like it would be very easy for these ad networks to create a couple of honeypot websites with nonsensical links and content that normal users would never click and catch these botnet users automatically with no overhead. I guess they are either lack the technical folks to do that or that their business actually relies on these botnet operators and without them they won't be able to make any money.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00322", "text": "Like many others before me I came to the Dor-Stop with high expectations and let me tell you, my expectations were exceeded.\\n\\nMy girlfriend and I have been looking for a new breakfast spot for a while and the Dor-Stop has always been high on my list to try.\\n\\nThe place is classic, still has a bar counter, kitschy items adorn the walls and the a feeling that you are dining in your grandmother's restaurant. The place is always packed but we were quickly seated and like many have stated before my coffee cup never fell below 3/4 full before it was refilled.\\n\\nNow lets get to the nitty gritty: the food.\\n\\nI got the pancake breakfast, usually a very simple and easy breakfast but when the breakfast came I was so impressed. The hotcakes are so different, some would even say magical. They are so fluffy and moist and complimented their super crispy bacon. I almost wanted to fold the entire breakfast up and eat a giant pancake eggarito. My mouth is watering thinking about it.\\n\\nMy girlfriend got the breakfast sandwich which was very well done. Their ham is so succulent and tender. They cut it off the bone at the Dor-Stop and is shows. The sandwich is a work of art and is the classiest breakfast sandwich I have ever seen. \\n\\nI recommend this place to anyone and will definitely come back to try some other types of pancakes. They are the best in the city.\\n\\nOh and try the potato pancakes, they will rock your world.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00323", "text": ". 2. Review and refine Review the search results to see if you wish to keep email found with a simple search. If no, move on to step no. 3. If you see emails that you wish to keep among the results, you'll need to refine your search. You can combine multiple search terms. For example, search for both an email address and a date: from:andy@pa311.com older_than:1y This would find items older than one year from the current day. Or, add a subject as well, to narrow the results further: from:andy@pa311.com older_than:1y subject:\"Weekly meeting\" You may use the - character to exclude a search term (or terms). For example: to:andy@pa311.com older_than:1y -subject:\"Quarterly review\" This would find items older than a year sent to a specific email address, but would exclude any emails with the subject \"Quarterly review.\" If more than one screen of results is indicated, select the arrow in the upper right area to review additional screens of email search results. Refine and review the results until you're confident that all the email found by your search is email you wish to delete. 3. Select / Select All Select the box at the top of the column above your email search results to select all of the email displayed. If your search returns more email than is displayed on the current screen, you'll see a message above the list of email that gives you the option to \"Select all conversations that match this search.\" Click the words to select all conversations that match your search terms. 4. Move to Trash Select the trashcan icon to delete the selected email. Repeat for various terms Repeat your search to find, select, and delete as many sets of email as you wish. When I help people get control of their email we often search for things such as: Old promotional emails, newsletters, and updates Email no longer needed from specific clients, vendors, or colleagues System status notices (e.g., update notifications and system down/up notifications) Outdated social media or account sign-in notifications Email related to prior jobs (including paid and volunteer roles) Tip: Use a label to exclude a set from a search Often, I find it helpful to label a set of email so that I can always exclude that set of email when I work through the email deletion process. For example, you might want to keep all email from a", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00324", "text": "I'll start off by saying that my boss and I don't get along. Maybe it's a personality clash but who knows. I just can't stand the bitch. But it's not just me, the whole store except for her higher ups can't stand her. Yesterday I signed up a customer for the company credit card and told my boss about it so I could get my store credit coupons (those are our rewards.) She walks over to me with her hand straight out holding a piece of paper so I take it thinking it's my coupons. It turns out to be a religious tract from her church asking if I know Jesus and how I can turn to him. Reddit, at first I was just confused, but now I'm offended and outraged. I don't know if I should do anything about this, and if so, what?! Edit: I did get my coupons later on that day. Edit #2: I've decided to let it slide. My boss and I have never actually had a conversation outside of me working on my sales goal and getting her credit card applications. She doesn't know anything about me except that I'm an average saleswoman. I don't love my job enough to want to stay there through the hassle and I feel like if I make a big deal out of it, I'll only get fired. They'll find a reason to fire me. If this happens again, or if she says anything about it, I'll be looking for a different job or at least move to a different department that she doesn't supervise.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00325", "text": "in our repertoire are so amazing—it's a great honor to be able to carry them on with the new dancers for the future. Krohn with Robert Fairchild in Justin Peck's Everywhere We Go. Video Courtesy NYCB. Is there someone who's teaching style or mentorship style you'd most like to emulate? There are a couple of ballet masters that I've connected to. I'm very close to Karin von Aroldingen. Her undying passion for these pieces is incredibly inspiring. Susan Hendl has also been an inspiration. She has a wonderful talent of drawing out everyone's unique qualities and femininity. What parts of your life outside of ballet do you most look forward to cultivating now that you'll have more time on your hands? I'm looking forward to having more time to enjoy museums in the city. While I was dancing I didn't want to be up on my legs all day on my days off. I won't have to worry about that so much now, and I can spend my day off roaming around and being inspired. I also love to cook, so I'll get to cook a lot more and hopefully host more dinner parties. Krohn and Company in Balanchine's \"Serenade.\" Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB. Do you have a piece of advice for young dancers who are just starting out? What's so special about ballet is the discipline that it instills. It's important for young dancers to really understand that that is what's taught to you in ballet class every day. It's an invaluable quality for a person to have, whether they continue to dance or end up doing other things. My other piece of advice is that you have to treat each day as a new start. Some days you might not feel good about yourself, or things in your body might not be working well—every day is different. But you have to start fresh, be positive and move forward.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 392, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00326", "text": "This just happened to me: I live in Gothenburg, Sweden, and it's really cold and snowy here right now. When I waited for the tram outside my uni at 8:30 PM I saw a dark figure lying in the snow. Naturally, I walked over to see how he was doing. The elderly man had a large gash across his face and wasn't able to get up by himself. I suspected he had a concusion. Anyways, I did the proper thing and called an ambulance and so on. The usual stuff happened. But here's the twist! As we sat there in the snow, waiting for the ambulance, he asked me if I worked at the uni. I told him: No, I study here. Then he asked what I study. Physics, I said Now, there are two answers that usually occur when people are confronted with a physics student. The \"Oh, that's interesting\" followed by a lengthy silence, and the \"Isn't that really hard?\" and me excusing myself for trying to \"be all I can be\". Needless to say, I got none of the responses above. He wondered what courses I was studying at the momemt. I answered: Fourier analysis and optics. He said: Oh, I remember Fourier analysis. That ones a bitch! I do not envy you! I was completely gobsmacked. There he was, sitting in the freezing snow, his face bleeding and his leg aching and **he** felt bad for **me**?!? FML!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00327", "text": "are taking a wait and see approach.\" Some of the bigger players like Facebook, Google, and Amazon are going to be the canaries in the coal mine, Rickard said. \"I think that they'll have actions taken on them first, and people are going to wait and see if the actual GDPR penalties play out the way that they've been published.\" Companies that fail to comply with GDPR will face a penalty of either 4% of their global revenue or €20 million, whichever is greater. Here are five types of policies that companies must ensure they have in place and have trained employees on in the age of GDPR, according to Rickard. 1. Encryption policies Most companies lack policies around data encryption, Rickard said. \"Most people who are data owners are unaware of whether their data is encrypted at rest or not,\" he added. \"GDPR is big on encryption at rest.\" SEE: Encryption policy (Tech Pro Research) 2. Acceptable use policies An acceptable use policy should covers things like what applications are allowed, what web searching and social media habits are appropriate for the business, and the potential threats to brand reputation, Rickard said. 3. Password policies Passwords remain a common digital entry point into an organization for hackers. Even if, in the best case scenario, employees use complex passwords that are changed often and not shared, human error and carelessness can still put a business at risk. \"One of the easiest ways to breach a company is to put somebody on the janitorial staff and go looking at desks,\" Rickard said. \"People often have Post-it notes on monitors with passwords on them.\" 4. Email policies IT should have an email policy in place that hardens systems and can detect spam and viruses, Rickard said. \"The kind of information that can be disclosed via email should be spelled out very clearly,\" he added. 5. Data processing policies Companies need to do data process flow mapping to see what data is being collected, how it's being processed, and who is receiving processed copies, Rickard said. \"GDPR closes all those gaps,\" he added. Employee training is paramount for ensuring these policies are enforced, Rickard said. Raising awareness of the threat landscape and common vulnerabilities can help counteract human error. \"Security awareness and training is the cornerstone of any security program,\" he added. For tips on how to best train employees on cybersecurity practices, click here. Stay up to date on all", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00328", "text": "First, I would like to say, that despite that I have now reformed and am not involved in any piracy, I do not want to reveal any details about the sites I ran. However, if a moderator would like proof that I am who I say I am, I'll happily provide it. I ran a huge piracy network for games. This was before the days of Rapidshare or the mainstream availability of torrents. The sites effectively were simply a front for a worldwide distribution network of donated server space. At the time, piracy of games (particularly older games) was of dubious legality. No one had actually ever been prosecuted for either distributing them or downloading them that my team knew of, so we thought it was fine and accepted by the industry. Similarly, the term 'piracy' was effectively unheard of. The sites themselves were for a period of about 2 years the biggest distribution network of ROMs for Nintendo consoles ranging from the NES through to the Gameboy. The sites were all shut down due to the threat of legal action. I made no money during the operation of the sites, but I did make a small sum of money following them being shut down, by selling PHP scripts to early anti-piracy companies for analysis. The scripts themselves restricted download speed, gave false addresses for the download location, restricted download amount, and restricted access by IP range. I also attempted to alleviate my conscience by working on and off with a loss prevention department (no dedicated piracy department in those days) of a large games publisher. Ask me (almost) anything about piracy, about the warez scene, about early adopters of PHP, about the platform, the distribution network, about online anonymity or anything else that will not give away who I am.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 353, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00329", "text": "So they came up with a situation on which they just had to search my room on the night I called to say I was sleeping over at some friend's house. Just now we had The Talk. I had my facts straight; I just reviewed the norml.org website and wikipedia for some medical marijuana references. I explained what is a bud, how it is non-toxic and non-addictive. I mentioned Phelps and Feynman in my calm and reasoned debate. Went in through the left ear, came right out through the right one. My father huffed and puffed, said weed is for \"bohemians and artists\", that he was alive during the 70's and that he conducted a research in prison that said that prisoners were allowed weed because it \"soothes\" them. My mom said that I was addicted because I have been smoking for 10 years which clearly means that I need it. And that it is such a burden and shame to hear that her son is on marijuana. Ultra conservatives immune to science, and they just don't respect me enough as to believe me. Tears fell, some innocent boxes got punched and I'm a junkie. ... I have about a month to find a job and a place to live. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **UPDATE:** I took into consideration what you all said and I apologized for disrespecting their house and their beliefs. Thanked them for keeping me alive all these years and promised not to keep nor smoke weed in their house. I'm still looking for a job and moving out. At least there's peace in the house and no amount of weed is worth last night's shit-storm ; when I'll be at my place I'll still be right but also I'll be free to smoke.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 355, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00330", "text": "Pros:\\n- At least there's a climbing gym in this area\\n- Walls get reset often\\n\\nCons:\\n- I've been coming here a couple times a week for the past few months now, and I have felt like some of the walls really need some padding besides the not-so-great spring board they have. The walls are pretty high and the height + lack of mats retract me from climbing certain routes, which is really disappointing because it ruins my climbing experience. \\n- I brought up the aforementioned lack of mats to the woman who works here, and she snapped at me: \\\"Mats are only supposed to be under walls that are sloped.\\\" I told her the wall I was talking about was sloped, and she replied curtly \\\"If you don't feel comfortable climbing those walls without a mat, then you shouldn't even be climbing them.\\\" I was in shock. Is this a way you should be addressing your climbers' legitimate concerns? Even if it isn't possible to have mats, she could have at least told me in a nicer way instead of talking to me as if I knew nothing. \\n- The gym closes at 11PM on Fridays. I usually go at night until they close, but the staff passive aggressively starts turning off the gym lights around 10:50PM. I get it, it's a Friday night and you want to get outta here. But the business hours are until 11PM, so let me enjoy my last ten minutes of climbing because I am paying for my climbing membership and I want to get as much climbing as I can get out of my sessions at the gym. \\n- The holds are old and covered in rubber from the shoes. It would be nice if they could at least pressure wash them every once in a while. \\n- The fees are unreasonable for the customer experience we get here.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 382, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00331", "text": "Okay, so a while back, I came across an artist that I really, really like. As a matter of fact, that artist inspired me to begin writing and producing my own music on my computer, in a similar style. This artist is, at least here, pretty underground. Not many people I know of know this artist. But, one day, (and I now regret this) I decided to share it with a friend. He really liked it, and it's now on his iPod. I'm afraid he's now going to show a whole bunch of people in my school at an upcoming event, and a whole bunch of people will be into it. I can picture it being really popular here. I really don't like this picture - I like just having it to myself, especially because I have such a personal connection to it - it inspired me to produce music, and gave me the dream of becoming a musician (as a job). Is this reasonable? Or should I be less possessive - I do not enjoy this fear one bit. Thank you, Reddit. I think part of the appeal is that it's so underground here. I don't want to lose that appeal and possibly lose inspiration. One thing I'm afraid of is if this music becomes popular around my peers, I might lose some inspiration/motivation just by seeing everyone else liking it and enjoying it. Look at what I mean! I won't even mention the artist. And I made a throwaway! Might as well say it: Basshunter. I know, I know.. really mainstream.. but I like it. One thing I'm afraid of is if this music becomes popular around my peers, I might lose some inspiration/motivation just by seeing everyone else liking it and enjoying it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 358, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00332", "text": "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who gives a shit, amirite? You are. I nonetheless figured that I should make my exit with exactly the same kind of self-referential recursive insanity that Reddit has become; it seems fitting. A day ago, after deleting my main account, lurking for a few hours with a new one, and eventually deleting that one, I've decided that Reddit is a time-sink, and not even a good one. I might check out some of the sub-reddits, now and then, but this site has devolved into a handful of boring memes. It's absolutely devoid of cleverness or anything interesting. I don't care if you're good at grammar. I don't care about your kids or your pets. I don't care if you edited your post for grammar. I don't care if you've jumped on a meme bandwagon. I don't care if you go to /b/. I don't care about whether or not you think something is epic, win or fail. I hate it, and I hate you. Suck it. I don't care about your looks of disapproval. I used to shrug off posts like this in the past. Now I realize that they were on to something. The last straw for me was \"ambalamps.\" There was a time when Reddit would have been able to see that video as two idiots getting into a fight. Instead, it's become about a white knight standing up to savage niggery. Fuck that shit, and fuck you.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00333", "text": "setting their connection to 'Metered', which can have unwanted side effects due to Windows no longer downloading most Windows updates or Windows Store app updates. Microsoft should just relent and give the Home edition the same level of control over updates as is available to Pro users. 3. Allow users to opt out of feature updates altogether Not everyone appreciates Microsoft's twice-yearly feature updates messing with their desktop, and, for some, the smattering of new features are, at best, unnecessary. Microsoft should give all users the option to completely opt out of feature updates—the most recent being the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update— and instead only receive essential patches and fixes. As it is, users of Pro and Enterprise can defer feature updates for more than a year, so why not go one step further and let everyone opt out altogether. Does it really make sense for people who don't have the slightest interest in virtual reality to suddenly find their computer has a Mixed Reality Portal? There's even already precedent for the change, with Microsoft recently revealing that PCs with unsupported Intel Atom CPUs would not receive any feature updates post last summer's Anniversary Update. 4. Stop trying to force Bing and the Edge browser on users While makes sense for Microsoft to build an ecosystem of linked services, from both a practical and commercial point of view, it would be nice if Microsoft let users choose their sniearch engine when using Windows built-in search feature. Microsoft says that locking the Search function to Bing and its Edge browser is necessary to ensure the best possible experience for Windows 10 users. But given the relatively limited market share of Bing and Edge, it's clear that many users prefer competing products and services, so again it would be good if Microsoft would allow users to use their search engine or browser of choice. 5. Stop pushing the Microsoft Store so hard until it's better stocked Microsoft is determined to get more people to use the Microsoft Store, whether by locking Windows 10 S to using Store apps, or by releasing Store exclusives. However, despite launching in 2012, the Store's selection of apps is still fairly lacklustre, especially compared to the unfettered selection of software available for the Window desktop. Microsoft faces a classic chicken and egg problem: without the userbase, it won't get the apps, but without the apps, you can't attract the userbase. Trying to forcibly create an audience by creating an OS locked to the store isn't the answer, however, all", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00334", "text": "Often, individuals begin their management careers by being thrust into management roles after they demonstrate outstanding operational performance. Unfortunately, few companies prepare these new managers for management responsibilities. Worse yet, a crisis in leadership can become a personal trauma. \"I hate my job,\" said a manager-colleague last week as we were having coffee. \"All I ever wanted to do was develop software, and now my company's asking me to manage it.\" There are many individual like this in tech. Entrepreneurs innovate new products and then just as zealously set out to find a CEO or COO to run their companies. In other cases, individuals who are managing really do want to become the great managers that their companies expect them to be—but they are afraid of failing. SEE: How to manage job stress: An IT leader's guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) If you're operating in a management capacity, but find yourself needing coaching and mentoring, you may want to consider engaging a personal coach. Here are a few tips for doing so: Know what you are looking for One of the reasons managers pursue career and personal coaching is that they feel something is missing from their management styles and techniques, but they don't know what. A personal management coach can help you identify shortcomings in your management style and how to address them—but it's still good to have some idea of what your shortfalls might be before you engage an outside coach to help you. Having an idea of what you think the problems are is a great way to starting the conversation. Seek measurable and results-oriented coaching Manager coaching shouldn't be used just to make you feel better about your job — it should be intended to actually improve your performance and effectiveness. If your coach doesn't have a results-oriented methodology for coaching you, you will want look at other options. One of the more established management coaching methods is goals-reality-options-will, or GROW. GROW was first developed in the UK in the 1980s. In the process, the person being coached develops goals that they would like to attain, and identifies the obstacles that have prevented attainment. In step two, the person and coach look at the realities of the situation. In step three, the person works with a coach to discover options, such as what would happen if the obstacles didn't exist, or what else they could do, and in step four a specific goal attainment plan with timelines is developed. Pursue your coaching in a trusted environment I once worked alongside", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00335", "text": "So I've been an avid cod fan for a long time, I played bc1 on the 360 (playing 2 on the ps3) and didn't find it all that enjoyable. However, I am terribly impressed with bc2 thus far. Graphics are pretty good; sound is top notch. I really like the destructible environments and the ability to drive vehicles, etc. Also: matchmaking has been flawless for me. As of late I've spent more time frustrated due to matchmaking in mw2 than I've spent having fun. (The constant lag, host migration is a joke, LONG matchmaking queue times - etc) BC2 has been a breath of fresh air to say the least. Now that I'm done gushing over how great this game is I have a couple of questions. First, how the heck do I fire the minigun when manning the uav? I can't figure it out for the life of me. I know it has one as enemies mow me down with it. Second, I get that the concept of rush is to defend / attack the mcom stations, but what are the values represented on your minimap indicative of? (E.g attackers: 54, defenders:0) They must be points but I haven't got a clue as to what they mean, how they're earned / lost. Finally, any pro tips for a bc n00b? I've been playing mostly recon and seem to be holding my own but would appreciate any pointers. EDIT: also, what is the purpose of squads?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00336", "text": "**Description:** Believing that ex post facto laws are violations of both the rule of law and the right of persons to fair treatment by the criminal justice system; Asserting that one should not be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law; Further, asserting that there can be no crime committed, and punishment must not be meted out, without a violation of the law as it existed at the time; The World Assembly hereby: Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, an ex post facto law as a criminal or penal law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. This includes laws that criminalize acts which were legal when committed and laws which retroactively increase sentences for crimes already committed; Declares that: (I) No person may be charged with or convicted of a criminal offence because of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted a criminal offence under the law of the jurisdiction in which the charge is brought or under international law. (II) No nation or governmental subdivision thereof shall enact any criminal or penal law with ex post facto provisions that criminalize an act or omission, or that increase sentencing or punishment. Any such ex post facto provisions in existing criminal laws shall be rendered null and void. (III) Any persons under sentence as a result of ex post facto laws shall have their sentence for any ex post facto offences nullified and their criminal record expunged of these ex post facto offenses.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00337", "text": "Oh boy I can't believe I'm posting this but I need some advice. I'm sure I'll get roasted for being honest and called a scum of a person and told to leave my marriage, but until you walk in another's shoes, please don't judge too harshly. I used to claim I would never cheat yet here I am. My spouse is away on vacation and while that person has been gone, I've had trouble containing my very high sex drive. I've been masterbating a lot each day (way more than normal) and have thought about finding someone to meet my need while the spouse is away. Though it may not seem like it, I do love my spouse very much. My thoughts of cheating are purely to meet a sexual need that my spouse usually meets when here. There's no desire to be in any other relationship. I cheated on my spouse twice before we were married - was very drunk both times. I admitted them both times upfront. Maybe that was foolish, maybe not but I was quite fortunate to be given another chance each of those times and swore it wouldn't happen again. That was three years ago. Since then I have regulated my drinking level a lot more though I have slipped while the spouse has been away because I miss that person very much. While the spouse has been gone on vacation I have contacted others on boards looking for casual sex and the urge was so bad I even considered gay sex to fill the need. I feel quite ashamed to admit that. I keep going back and forth in my head justifying and unjustifying this. Please, reddit - do you have any advice on controlling the urges? I feel like an addict.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 340, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00338", "text": "is to log into the online version of SharePoint, navigate to the folder you want to sync, and then click the sync button. If you are not using the latest OneDrive software, the system will prompt you for permission to upgrade. But before you do, be sure to synchronize all your documents so that what is online is up to date and what you want propagated across devices. After that, uninstall whatever OneDrive you have installed on your devices. This is your best chance for a clean install of the software. If you don't, you could end up like me—inadvertently running two versions of OneDrive. SEE: 30 things you should never do in Microsoft Office (free TechRepublic PDF) Exorcising the ghost of OneDrive's Past If you do find your device is running two versions of OneDrive, you may find that clicking the inviting Uninstall button in the Start Menu (Figure B) just doesn't work. In my case, that link just took me to the application list, where the only OneDrive application that could be removed was the new version—there was no separate entry for OneDrive for Business. Figure B My assumption was that there were remnants of entries buried deep inside the Windows Registry that were continuing to call upon the old application. I tried changing the name of the old OneDrive app, but that just caused errors. My internet research suggested using a third-party app like CCleaner, but I was not sure which entries to delete and which to leave alone. Obviously, something else had to be done. I decided to use the Group Policy Editor to try to reestablish the correct OneDrive parameters. Here are the steps to take. First, right-click on the Windows 10 Start Menu and click the Command Prompt (Admin) menu entry. Type this application name at the prompt and press Enter: gpedit.msc That will open the Group Editor. Next, navigate to this entry: Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | OneDrive You should see a screen similar to Figure C. Figure C Double-click Prevent The Usage Of OneDrive For File Storage to reach the dialog box shown in Figure D. Figure D Click the Enabled button, click OK, and reboot your device. When that reboot is complete, there should be no OneDrive application running and no icon in the system tray. Now repeat the process but change the dialog box setting shown in Figure D back to Not Configured and reboot again. This little trick fixed my ghost in", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00339", "text": "Simply put, I grew up in a moderate (perhaps even liberal) Christian household. Both parents registered Republicans by practice, but more libertarian by belief. Basically, I was taught most of the Bible stories, but they were never presented as fact. My father, a college professor, got me interested in fossils, DNA, and evolution as early as preschool (nothing complicated, of course, just rudimentary descriptions meant to provoke wonder). My mother told me that these stories were tall tales, meant to only to \"teach truth.\" I lived in an academic neighborhood and had friends of every faith, from Jewish to Sikh. I never really though about atheists, but I knew many people around me didn't bother to go to church. When I prayed I was more just bitching to God about things that had annoyed me that day and thanked him for not letting anything too terrible happen. In 6th grade, I learned that outside my bubble people actually believed what the Bible said. They believed that Jonah was swallowed by a whale, despite my father telling me in kindergarten that I would be tragically digested should such a misfortune befall me. When I realized what a Christian actually was, I decided that I could not possibly be mistaken for that. In 8th grade I decided \"deist\" was a better label after studying Thomas Paine, but this would soon dissipate into agnosticism and, finally, atheism as my education furthered. tl;dr - learned that Christians believed the bible, decided I wasn't one afterall Has anyone else had a similar experience? I've heard a lot of stories from conservative Christian families but I haven't yet found another like my own, although I assume the kind of realization I had can't be uncommon.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00340", "text": "1. Light can only go the speed of light. It always appears to be traveling at (c) from whatever reference point you use. Is this primarily because space and time are altered in a manner than maintains the consistency of the speed when viewed by an observer? 2. Can (c) be thought of as being either held up, from slowing down, or held back, from speeding up? Well, it can't speed up because there is only so much energy to move through the first four dimensions, correct? Motion through the first three dimensions diverts energy from moving through time, if you transfer as much as you can you're moving through space at (c). But is there any clue as to why that overall, you only have this much energy to move through these dimensions and that is all you get, limit is there? I'm not sure if I'm missing a big piece or if I'm just trying to complicate it. What is the name for the sum total of movement through the first four dimensions? 3. The 'what would a light beam look like if frozen' question doesn't have an answer because it's irrelevant to ask the question due to the laws of physics, correct? 4. I'm not sure how to phrase this but I get the feeling like the universe has it written in so that from anythings point of view, everything looks allright, but behind the scenes there can be some trickery, so long as certain things remain equal. Is this some what of a correct way to approach it?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00341", "text": "Hello Reddit. Long time reader, first time caller. My situation is as follows, I'm currently in the preliminary stages of developing a promising start-up. So far, the concept has received a lot of good feedback and I'm moving on to a prototype stage. It also appears that once I get a working prototype going, there's a good chance I could generate revenues pretty quickly and also get some outside funding. Yes, this sounds nice, but it's tons of work. I'm doing it for the love. My problem is that development is definitely going to take a little longer than anticipated and I'm starting to bleed money. I need to find a way to stop the bleeding a little, but remain flexible enough to finish this start up and get it off the ground. I'm pretty educated and have already obtained a master's degree. I'm pretty tech savvy, but can't code. I have experience doing non-linear video editing, teaching, and government consulting. I used to be a freelance researcher. I also speak Japanese. So, I definitely have skills I can use, but I'm looking for something that will be extremely flexible. I could just go back to consulting, but to really be a good consultant you need to put your client's needs first. I think this will make it difficult to focus on the start up. Thanks in advance. Any ideas? I would even consider going and getting a part time job somewhere if they were flexible about scheduling. Unfortunately, my experience has been that most places want part-timers to be flexible instead.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00342", "text": "Hey climbers, I started climbing at a local rock climbing gym a couple of months ago, and since I started, my hands have been deteriorating. I think I may be allergic to chalk--can't think of what else it might be. It started with itching on the palms of my hands, then escalated to itching and peeling on my fingertips. Now the top layer of skin on my fingertips seems to have peeled off, which gets pretty painful on natural stone holds or anything too crimpy, and I have extremely itchy palms--sometimes little red bumps are visible under the skin, like this: It's driving me nuts! The itching wakes me up in the middle of the night. I have pretty much stopped chalking up, and I wash my hands thoroughly at the end of each climbing session to try and get rid of any residue from the grips. I moisturize compulsively and have been using both Sarna anti-itch cream and cortisone cream. I was wondering if anyone has encountered this problem, and if you have any ideas for anything else I can do to try and get rid of the rash and the infernal itching, without giving up the climbing? Are there chalk alternatives I can use to keep my hands dry? My boyfriend said, \"why don't you just wear gloves?\" I realized I never see anyone climbing with gloves in the gym, is there a reason for this? Would it even help or would it just trap sweat against my skin and make things worse? any advice appreciated--thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00343", "text": "I own and live in 1/2 of a duplex with my wife. The other half is rented out. The current tenant has two daughters aged approximately 16 and 23. One or both of them likes to play rap music on their computer / stereo. I believe it is only the 16 year old. The bass easily travels through walls and I can hear it very well in my home. If I'm tucked away in my office, furthest from the shared wall, I usally can't hear it. I can hear it in pretty much every other space in my home. It bugs the shit out of me. She used to be louder, but I went over there a while ago and told her that the noise is distracting and asked her to turn it down. I'm at the point where I very much want to sell my place and move to a real house. One that doesn't share a wall with someone else. Problem is, though, I'm afraid that when people are over here checking out my place, that they'll hear music and won't buy my place. I have one idea of going over there and trying to make a deal with her. I ask her to not play any rap music on her stereo, like ever, and I buy her an iPod touch, or expensive pair of headphones or something. I might be able to talk to her dad and explain the situation. Like most people, I don't like confrontation, but I need to address this issue. Anyone got any encouraging words or advice?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00344", "text": "Growing up, I moved quite often. I always had new sets of friends, new bullies.. a new group of a-holes to suck up to. I found myself with new interests as the years went by, basically interests my friends already had and I would take them on as my own. One prime example - I had this friend in middle school, and she really loved Mariah Carey. I know, I know... anyway, I decided to start listening and decided I liked her too. So, one day this girl told me she had a crush on a guy, and I told the guy. She got so livid that she wrote me a 4 page letter describing how I just copied her and I am an idiot and not even her friend. This note really got me thinking... even at 13! (She's still single, btw). Now that I am pushing 30, I realize that I still do this. I don't have any particular hobbies besides working and hanging out with my friends and whatnot. When I am around certain groups of people, I find myself chiming in on discussion with interest, i.e. local bands, politics, etc. I personally couldn't care less about most of these things. It's like I am just this being who goes around talking to people like I know WTF I am talking about, that I have an interest in crap people like. All I really want is to be like all my high school class and get married and have a couple of kids, but until then I just suck it up and BS about stupid things, and work my butt off as I wait for that future. I guess what I am saying, Reddit, are there any of you that aren't really passionate about much of anything, but go along with the mindless chitchat of life just to get by each passing day?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 376, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00345", "text": "I went to pick up my wife's bridesmaid dress (she was the maid of honor) on a very boring Wednesday afternoon around 12:30. From the outside the place looks like a bomb shelter with dresses in the window.\\n\\nThe show room is upstairs, but you would never know it from the drab, basement-like entrance. As I walked up the stairs I notices ZERO customers in the store, however; two employees were working on the sales floor. I stood there like a jerk for a bit while both employees (one was the owner) kept to themselves. The owner did not respond to me for, at least, 10 minutes even though the store was empty and another employee was just walking around \\\"dusting\\\" (the store smalls like the inside of a mascot costume).\\n\\nWhen the owner, finally, saw me she made a little annoying noise like \\\"What the hell are YOU doing here!!\\\". She walked over slowly, like a zombie looking for fresh brains and giving a crap why I was there. She asked me to follow her as she took me downstairs to an absolutely empty storeroom (by that I mean: what was she doing that was was so important that she couldn't wait on a customer) and took her sweet-ass time to get the dress which, by the way, was a second alteration. You see, they screwed up the first time they altered the dress (even after my wife tried it on there and markings or whatever were made!). So everyone is entitled to a mistake even a business that claims perfection; it's important to give them a chance to redeem themselves. But, to my surprise, she handed me a bill for the second alteration!!!!!! Are you kidding me?!!!\\n\\nI argued a bit, but then gave in; what was I supposed to do? We were leaving to go 200 miles away the next day for the wedding. So I paid. Do not go here ladies!\\n\\nOh, if you think I'm exaggerating, feel free to Google this company and read the many reviews that make mine look like a compliment. If you have ever needed a dress for a wedding or YOUR wedding, these reviews will scare you!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 449, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00346", "text": "This might gross a lot of you out but an easily raised food source is the maggot of the black solider fly. If you live in an are that's in there natural range and you have a compost pile you've undoubtedly seen those huge 1 inch maggots in your compost pile. Good chance that's a black soldier fly maggot. Black soldier flies do all their eating as maggots. In their adult stage they dont eat which keeps them from being a nasty disease vector like the blow fly. Since they do all their eating as maggots they need to gather all the nutrients they need to go through metamorphosis, fly around as an adult, mate and find a suitable location to lay it's eggs. They're packed with calcium, which could be in short supply in a collapse situation. You can start your own black soldier fly compost bin where almost anything you throw in there will be devoured by these voracious little eaters. They will eat just about anything. Once the soldier fly maggot has gotten it's fill it crawls off someplace to spend the winter and waits for the spring to do it all again. Yes! You can feed them just about anything and then they preserve themselves and will probably stay alive (ie preserved) for months and months. Yeah.. there's just the part about getting over your fear of eating maggots. Lots of people do it around the world everyday. No, I havent eaten any yet.. Im squimish also. I am about to get revenge on the snails plaguing my friends garden though by eating them all! Common garden snails are most likely escargot. For more info about raising black soldier flies check out the biopod and then build your own. I raise thousands and thousands of these guys every summer to feed the fish in my aquaponics system.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 373, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00347", "text": "So my story: I'm guy in my mid twenties, with a degree from a great engineering school, and currently work at a large and successful software company. I've also never been laid, never had a girlfriend, and can count the number of girls I've kissed on one hand. I'm not the most outgoing person, but I'm not completely socially inept either.. I have a lot of friends, go out to bars, go to parties, generally do everything other young people do, yet I'm the only one who has never met someone. I even tried a dating site a while back and got 3 responses to messages. 3 responses in 6 months. Of those I only went out with 1 more than once. At this point I just don't know why I should care anymore... I don't just want someone to fuck, and I don't want to get married tomorrow. I just want to meet someone who is interested in me and I can spend time with, I don't think that's too much to ask. I guess the point is I don't want to hear any more flaccid reassurances that I'm a \"good catch\" and \"someone will come along\", I want to know if anyone out there feels as hopeless as I do at this point. (Also venting my frustrations feels good, don't really have any friends who I could say this sort of thing to without being called \"emo\" and getting laughed at) Thanks for listening random people of Reddit. [Edit: Thanks for all the words of encouragement and suggestions everyone, I've started to think about some things differently after reading your replies and I hope the first step to enjoying life more is just going about it from a new angle. I'm glad to have found others in a similar situation and hope some of these suggestions help you as well.]", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 375, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00348", "text": ", Yahiya Osman helps Syrians register for ID cards and health care. He's a Syrian refugee himself, and has worked here for four years — even though he only got a work permit two weeks ago. \"It makes me eligible for private health insurance, a pension and worker's compensation,\" says Osman, 33. \"You've got to think ahead. We're not sure what's going to happen in Syria. We might have to stay here in Turkey forever.\" But Turkish government statistics show out of the 3 million Syrians here, fewer than 14,000 had work permits by January — a year into the program. \"It's a very exhausting procedure,\" says Sule Akarsu, who manages a charity that teaches Syrian refugees how to do bricklaying and other construction work. Her work is dedicated to helping Syrian refugees. Yet even she has not applied for work permits for her Syrian staff. \"It takes nearly three months to get permission for the Syrians,\" she says. \"It's also difficult for Turkish industry, doing all these procedures.\" Only companies can apply for these permits, not employees, and they must pay monthly social security for each worker — even if it's a Syrian who doesn't plan to stay in Turkey long-term. Some employers say it's not worth the hassle and expense. There are questions about how much Turkey's government really wants to implement this policy. It has threatened to fine companies that hire Syrians without permits. But the fines are rarely enforced. At an Istanbul cafe, Adnan Hadad, another Syrian, says it's not just the bureaucracy that slows things down. He's dragged his feet too. When he arrived four years ago, he thought he'd be in Turkey \"a couple of years,\" he says. \"But the Syrian war, and how it eventually evolved, made me realize I'll be here a lot longer,\" Hadad says. He still dreams of growing old back home in Syria. But for now, he's starting in on some Turkish paperwork.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 406, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00349", "text": "to a full-time coaching role with the Gulf Coast League Twins after serving in a part-time capacity last season. The younger Gardenhire spent the past five seasons as head baseball coach at Wisconsin-Stout. “That’s bad news,” Twins closer Glen Perkins said of Ron Gardenhire’s cancer diagnosis. “I’ve known him for a long time. I guess you just pray for him and hope that they catch it early and they’ll be able to get him fixed up. He’s got a good sense of humor. He’s got a great attitude about everything. Hopefully, he’ll continue that.” Perkins lost a grandfather to bone cancer that started out as prostate cancer. He was close with former Gophers pitching coach Todd Oakes, who died last spring after a long battle with leukemia, and was part of a contingent of Twins employees that recently visited former Twins bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek, who is 68 and battling pancreatitis. “It’s not fun watching people go through cancer,” Perkins said. “I’ve had too much experience with that lately. Cancer sucks.” Gardenhire said many friends have reached out to him since his diagnosis was revealed, including Diamondbacks team owner Ken Kendrick and team president Derrick Hall, both of whom overcame prostate cancer. “There’s a lot of people reaching out to me that have been through it, including some good close friends of mine there in the Twin Cities,” Gardenhire said. “Like a lot of people in this country and all over, I’m joining a fight personally against this thing — cancer. We’re going to attack it. (Wife) Carol and I and my kids, we understand it and we’re going to go through it and we’re going to keep our heads high and push on.” The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a media partner with Forum News Service", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 369, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00350", "text": "I love everything that Whole Foods offers, but I can't stand the experience of going there. The parking lot is a mess of aggressive drivers acting like the extra 50 feet of walking will negatively affect the environment more than their driving around the parking lot until a better space opens up. Once you get a space and finally get inside, the experience mirrors that of the parking lot. Everyone is in each others' way and trying to be the first one to find the best organic orange or grab the last package vegan general tso's in the store.\\n\\nTo be fair, though, the experience is still 100 times better than going to the Market District a few blocks down the same street. Similar in-store and in-lot experience, but with a better and higher-quality selection. The staff is always really nice and super helpful, and their trays of fruit and veggies are excellent. We've ordered them countless times for parties and have never been let down. Pricey, but excellent quality. The prepared foods are delicious, and their prepackaged prepared foods are also really good...but like nearly everything else in Whole Foods, a little pricey. For example, their yummy tomato bisque is $7. Hardly cheap enough for a quick lunch, but it is yummy. Their baked goods are delicious as well. We're constantly picking up bread from there (and the occasional doughnut), and we're never disappointed.\\n\\nTheir meats and seafoods departments are also excellent. They have a great variety and are always helpful in answering any questions that I've had (although we still opt for our meats from DJ's). Of course, if you're at Whole Foods your'e likely there for the organic options, and as to be expected, you're not going to find a better selection anywhere else. More unique, perhaps, but their inventory just won't be matched any time soon for those foods. Surprisingly, third-party & prepackaged pricing is actually on-par with Giant Eagle, so whenever we're looking for those types of items (milk/eggs/pastas, etc.), we always opt for Whole Foods.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 430, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00351", "text": "I worked at a metal hospital in 2007-2008, and will never forget these moments. I am a security agent. There are many stories I could name. A couple of pranksters who ended up getting force-drugged. A man who was so crazy he was trying to dig crap in his ass to eat it. He painted the walls with it, he had to wear a super-heavy costume that prevented him from moving completely. We had to unlock him twice per week for bath and it was a disaster each time, the nurses who had to feed him hated it and had to be under a security guard's supervision at all time, just in time he tried to spit the food back at them. I had another man who was 180lbs and was so strong it took seven security guard to restrain him long enough for a nurse to drug him. He was insanely strong, none of us could believe it. We had a criminal who tried to avoid jail by pleading insanity. We had another so crazy the nurse gave him something that makes him sleep for *one week!!* One injection, one week unconscious. We had a girl that cut her wrists so often it wouldn't heal anymore. And she would still do it. We had... Oh my god, so much. I don't want to type all this right now because I am not sure many people will be interested, but will if you are! AMA! EDIT: back and answering questions! Oh yeah, **did you know electrocution is still used as a way to cure certain mental illness?** They put strobes on your head and zap you! Yes, it still happen, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest style!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00352", "text": "I'm still not convinced that this is a vegetarian restaurant. It just has to be a parody of a vegetarian restaurant. Like, every time I start reading the menu I think Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out and tell me I've been Punk'd.\\n\\nA small disclaimer: I am not vegan or vegetarian and I never will be. I love meat. But I also love vegetables and fruits and pretty much the entire food pyramid. And these things can be combined to make tasty vegan food. But \\\"Texturized vegetable protein hydrated with seasonings\\\" is not food to me. Yep, that description of their \\\"chorizo\\\" comes directly off their menu. Eating vegetarian does NOT mean you need to subject yourself to these highly processed \\\"foods.\\\"\\n\\nLess processed substitutes like tofu, tempeh, and seitan are used as well, but they are mostly treated as a stand-in for meat. I guess if you are a vegetarian that misses eating meat, this may satisfy you. However, as an omnivore, why would I eat a faux-BLT when I can eat a real one? How about instead of trying to imitate the flavor and texture of meat, we actually come up with creative combinations of vegetables, fruits, and legumes that are delicious in their own right. What a concept! Have you ever eaten a vegetarian dish and thought, \\\"Whoa, I can't believe I actually like this better than meat\\\"? I have! But don't expect that feeling here. It will be more like: \\\"Umm...I guess tofu mixed with nutritional yeast is kinda reminiscent of scrambled eggs?\\\"\\n\\nTwo stars because I really like the drinks here. The ones I remember trying were the ginger lemonade, the Mexican hot chocolate, and the root beer with a shot of espresso. They have some really wonderful sounding tea options that I wish I could try, but I generally avoid this place because of the food.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 395, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00353", "text": "Hey Reddit, I've searched the net and couldn't find much on what I want to do. I have a 3\" x 1\" x 1\" glass block (It's actually about 25 glass microscope slides). I want to make a silicone case for it, similar to how a cell phone case is (completely encased in tight-fitting silicon, the faces cut out, leaving only edges and corners) I want this case to fit, and hold together this block, very tightly. Now, I don't know how to go about it, but can I assume I can just make a box that is 1/8\" bigger all around, suspend the glass block in the center and fill it with silicone (RTV Silicone sealant? I heard you could use that for small projects like this), then just cut out the faces with an exact knife? My guess would be that this will work, but how do I know what silicone to use? All the sites I read online are for making silicone molds, not objects made out of silicone. Also, how can I ensure that this case will fit around my glass block super tight? Should I make the 3\" x 1\" x 1\" block inside the mold a tiny bit smaller? How thick should the case be to ensure it won't tear? Any suggestions would be great. I've never worked with silicone but I am quite crafty and handy and really want to pull this off. Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 301, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00354", "text": "Okay, here's my problem. I've been planning on getting a new desktop for a few years. Finally luck has smiled upon me and I don't have to buy a hot water heater, or an air conditioner etc. In December I bought a laptop for my wife. At the time I felt she'd have the laptop and I'd eventually have my desktop and we'd be a happy family. But since my replacement/temporary computer is so slow, I've begun to use her laptop by default. And I've gotten used to it. Her laptop isn't anything special: duo core, 3g of ram, 250g of hd. But there's something to be said for being able to use it while laying next to your sleeping wife, or taking it wherever the kids are and being able to be there and still mess around on the computer. I kind of like it, actually I love it. So, my budget is about $1k. I was going to try and get a refurbed desktop (1tb, 8g+ram, i7 processor, 512mb vid card). Could I get something close to that for a laptop at that price? Or am I going to be kicking myself in a few years? I want this to last me a while. But I know I'll need to upgrade it to extend it's life. I can't be dropping a thousand bucks every year for a new computer. Backstory: I've never really had a state of the art computer, so I'm used to waiting a few years to play games on the PC anyway. Plus if there's a game I REALLY want to play and it's on multiple platforms I can play it on my 360 (I know all ports aren't the same etc etc). Or, should I get my desktop, and use my wife's laptop when she's not on it? I would probably have to uninstall steam and all my games when I get my own. What would you guys who have most likely been through this do? My gut says get the desktop but I've kinda gotten used to being able to playing medieval II in bed :D. tl;dr Need help deciding between laptop and desktop. Can spend $1k.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 452, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00355", "text": "This one throws me for a loop. Backstory: I've been semi-seeing this shy guy for about 6 months now, meaning we've been sleeping in the same bed about once a week during this time (only recently having sex) and hanging out at other random points throughout the weeks. He's a caring, intelligent, funny guy and our friend is a good person too. Last night we went to a concert w/ our friend (who is his house mate &amp; best friend and a mutual friend from before we knew each other). The three of us got a hotel room for afterwards and I jokingly said \"So, you guys get that bed and I'm taking this one for myself, right?\" with a shit eating grin, knowing they'd get the joke. They both sort of chuckled. We went to the concert and after, when the two of us were alone and we were all getting ready for bed, I mention something to him about how I really was joking earlier and he should sleep in my bed. A little while later, we're all officially settling in for the night and our friend asks me which bed I'm taking - I claim one and they both climb into the other! I wound up saying something like \"Well, enjoy cuddling together boys\" - I said it a little snotty but they both know I am a laid back person who busts their balls frequently, so I don't think they took offense and I hope they both would understand why I felt a little miffed. What just happened? Why did he just choose to sleep with his male friend over me (a female)? I'm contemplating just straight up asking him what is up with this .. He's a very non-confrontational person though and I want to get a feeling for what might be going through a guy's head. **TLDR:** This guy whose slept in my my bed for a couple of months now decided to sleep in the same bed as our mutual friend (male) instead of me last night while the three of us were sharing a hotel room - wondering why a guy would do that?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 427, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00356", "text": "I began weight training around July of last year weighting 158lbs at 5'10. After 4 months of working out, I was still at the same weight, but I had developed a lot of muscle in my upper body, including a chest I never had (I had never in my life trained for strength so I was rather weak at first and my body started changing immediately). After that period of four months, I decided I wanted to gain weight, and so I did, got up to 173 by late December. I was looking bigger and stronger than ever, but here came the one problem that makes me not want to be big: The fat belly. Don't get me wrong, its not like a full out beer belly, but it is a very round and out there mass of fat, the only noticeable fat in my entire body. And so I got tired of seeing it there, and started to change my diet towards losing it. I have pretty strong abs, I can keep up with my workout partner who has sculpted abs no problem, yet I am not able to see mine due to the amount of fat on my stomach. Now Im losing weight, im in the low 160's, and I miss the size I had at 170, yet it seems I have to lose more weight to burn that belly fat off. So my questions are... Anybody dealing with this kind of issue? any advice to what I could do to continue at my desired weight of 170lbs and still lose that mass of fat on my stomach?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00357", "text": "problem exists. Using the sheet Each pay period, the user will open the template file and rename it to reflect the current pay period. It's not the only way, of course, but it's the easiest way. Employees can submit a printed copy or the electronic file. Figure M shows hours accrued for the work week beginning March 25, 2018. Harkins worked a total of 44 hours; 31 in fixed categories and 13 on specific projects. As you can see, there's a problem on Thursday because Harkins is claiming 2 hours of overtime and 2 hours of sick time. The only way to resolve this error is to remove either the overtime or the sick time. Figure M Using the sheet. There's one limitation worth noting: If you work 10 hours on a single project in the same day, you can't identify two of those hours as overtime. Enter 10 in the project row and let payroll staff work out the overtime when applying rates. Normally you'd protect the sheet before distributing the workbook, but you can't easily protect a sheet with an expanding Table object. For better or worse, you'll have to trust users to be somewhat competent with this timesheet. They always have the template to start fresh, if the worst happens. Get more great Office tips and tricks delivered to your inbox. Sign up for TechRepublic's Microsoft Weekly newsletter. Subscribe Send me your question about Office I answer readers' questions when I can, but there's no guarantee. Don't send files unless requested; initial requests for help that arrive with attached files will be deleted unread. You can send screenshots of your data to help clarify your question. When contacting me, be as specific as possible. For example, \"Please troubleshoot my workbook and fix what's wrong\" probably won't get a response, but \"Can you tell me why this formula isn't returning the expected results?\" might. Please mention the app and version that you're using. I'm not reimbursed by TechRepublic for my time or expertise when helping readers, nor do I ask for a fee from readers I help. You can contact me at susansalesharkins@gmail.com. Also see:", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 446, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00358", "text": "So obvious this is a throwaway account. I'm willing to answer pretty much anything which cannot be construed as identifying information. I will be the judge of what can be construed as identifying information. Several of my friends are avid redditors, so I'll probably ignore questions which could ID me. If your seemingly legitimate question is ignored this is probably why. Try and keep everything general. This is relatively new to me. I've been doing it for a few months on and off and I can count the individual sessions on one hand (although that hand's getting pretty full). I try to avoid it as much as possible. This is how it usually goes down: My roommate goes home pretty much every weekend. I usually get drunk alone (with no intention of doing anything harmful to myself, besides getting drunk alone that is) and once I'm drunk I feel the urge to cut myself. I usually distract myself by texting friends from home but I inevitably stay up and interested in the conversation longer than they do. I feel like they are becoming less and less interested in having the same conversation over and over with me every friday/saturday night and many of them have drifted away. Sometimes I go to bed before anything bad happens, sometimes I don't. I've managed to avoid it for long enough that the scars are beginning to fade, but I've been drinking alone tonight and I can feel myself gravitation towards that path again. This IAmA will not become popular soon enough to prevent anything from happening (if it becomes popular at all), but just writing it out and editing it is taking up time and maybe I'll decide to go to sleep instead of hurting myself by the time I'm done with it. I don't know why I do it, and I'm obviously not happy that I am doing it. I don't think it's healthy, funny, or cool. I'm more or less normal, other than this. I'm a sophomore living at college. Unfortunately, I don't have many friends at school to distract myself with, and definitely no one I would trust with something like this, so it's pretty much me alone trying to deal with it. If this IAmA gets big I can provide verification to a moderator, but until then I'd rather not have pictures on hand. So please, ask me almost anything. EDIT - Going to bed now. I'll check back on this tomorrow when I get some time with no one looking over my shoulder.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 498, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00359", "text": "We are all part of the birth of a new social movement, a new grassroots organization, and a new political party. In the past few days, because our party’s age can still be measured in days, leaders have emerged and disappeared. **They will continue to do so, as the burden of leadership becomes increasingly complex and time-consuming as we continue to evolve.** We experienced a huge surge in numbers, thanks in part to levmyshkin’s inspiring first post and the novel appeal of our name. Our party has struggled to find it’s identity amid the chaos of many voices, most of them helpful. This has been disheartening to many, especially those who felt their individual demands were not being met, or those who did not accept the limits tools we have to work with. We are new. We are building something from the ground up, and before us is a difficult road. There is much to be done, and many leaders are rising up to fill the gaps. Do not worry yourself overmuch about a lack of clear leadership, **leaders and solutions will emerge.** Those with particular skills (or the desire to develop them) are already spearheading important movements for change within the party. *Feel like your voice isn’t being heard? Join an already existing group or start a group on the website.* It is my understanding that formal committees are soon to be created. This sounds like an ideal way to address many of the questions and concerns I’ve heard. I urge you, if you feel something is unfair, start a petition or group to address it. Because we are acting on good faith, **I believe every voice can, and will be heard.** Amongst other things, we should all be encouraged by the several “real life” meetings that have already taken place, in particular, LA’s recent meet-up. Important work still needs to be done. Difficult transitions must be made. If you’re discouraged, read up on the early history of any grassroots organization. Experience will show that **these challenges are normal – and if we get past them, our hope to make significant change can be realized.** *I put my faith in you*, fellow party members, to take us to the next step, however difficult it may be. Now that the excitement has worn off, now that real work has begun, those who are dedicated can keep moving us forward.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 481, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00360", "text": "Jarrod Dicker, CEO of Po.et, talked with Dan Patterson about how his company uses the blockchain to document media assets. Watch the video, or read the full transcript of their conversation below: Patterson: The decentralized media economy is here. What the heck is a decentralized media economy? Well, surprise, surprise, it runs on the blockchain.... You have worked at The Washington Post, as well as RebelMouse and other media companies. First, why a startup? Why a blockchain startup? And, why Po.et? Dicker: Three of the most frequent questions I get. So why a startup? I think my past three years at The Washington Post have been somewhat startup in a legacy media news organization, and the fact that we were run by Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post. It was an amazing time for news, right, and all news media. There was a lot of momentum and excitement behind all the work that we were doing. Especially when we took it to the tech side. And one thing that I've always focused on throughout my career was how do we build a better model for the business of media, which is what I found extremely hard to do. It's also extremely hard to do within just one media company. So over the past few years, I've been building something at The Washington Post called RED, Research Experimentation Development, where we were building new technologies and systems to use on the Post, off the Post, licensed white label to really help build a better media economy. Then I started really understanding not just the technologies behind blockchain, but the philosophies behind them. The idea of consensus and decentralization. Coincidentally, Po.et approached me in terms of going there, becoming the chief executive officer, and building the team. We could get into how that all went down, but that's how I ended up here now. Patterson: So the blockchain, this is possibly one of the most hyped technologies in recent memory. But it really is useful when you have to stamp a piece of asset, whatever that asset is. No matter whether it's gold and diamonds, or housing and real estate, or in this case, content. So a lot of us in media on the backend, we have content management systems and you can see a log of activity that is not necessarily for the public, but you can see what happens to a particular asset over time. Why is a blockchain good for public pieces of media? And when I say", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00361", "text": ", ready to knock on doors even though she was heavily pregnant and due in three weeks. \"We're having our first baby, a daughter, and, you know, it's just been on the back of our minds — what kind of world is she going to live in? And I don't want it to be the world that I think that President Trump is creating,\" Prince-Miller said. Can Republicans divided become united? Republicans vying to take on Ossoff here are reflecting the broader national divide among the GOP. They've been hampered by splits within their own base, which is choosing between 11 GOP candidates. It's become something of a circular firing squad among the Republican hopefuls. But many of them aren't exactly running away from the president, despite the middling results he got here last November. Former Johns Creek City Councilman Bob Gray, one of the leading GOP contenders, has pictures of Trump plastered across his main field office, along with the president's signs that read \"Make America Great Again\" and \"America First.\" In an interview Friday night after a canvass kick-off, Gray praised the president for being a \"disrupter\" in Washington, and said he wanted to go to D.C. to be his ally. \"He needs willing partners in Congress to be there with him to try and affect that agenda, and I intend to do so,\" Gray said. He's been endorsed by the anti-tax Club for Growth, who's attacking his chief rival, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel as a career politician — the same moniker Trump was able to successfully apply to some of his own GOP primary rivals. In fact, on the GOP side, it's almost a similar scenario that played out during the 2016 presidential race happening — many different Republican candidates occupying different part of the GOP ideological spectrum fighting amongst themselves. There have been shots lobbed among the top Republican contenders during the campaign at each other as much as at Ossoff. Nevertheless, Republicans maintain they'll eventually come together. \"If you don't have a muddy, bloody fight in a Republican primary, you haven't had a Republican primary in this state. But we always get back together,\" said Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, a former Georgia GOP chairman who was campaigning Monday morning with Handel at the Egg Harbor Cafe. Still, he said he'll support whoever ends up against Ossoff. Handel, who has high name ID from several unsuccessful statewide", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00362", "text": "I have been considering a view of mine and whether there is interest in it lately. I'm mostly using this post to gauge how interested people are to decide whether or not to expand and write more. I feel as if general thought and progression is strongly based on ideas and inventions from previous generations. Human intelligence has been a slow progression from base concepts. I feel as if people are no more intelligent now than they were thousands of years ago, but that they have more information to base their lives on. All of our thoughts are based on previous ideas from others. Almost all of our base ideas have already been thought of before. Our society values broad knowledge and using the knowledge of a group of people. Math and science seem to me to be a great example of this. The solution to Thurston's geometrization conjecture, which in turn solved the Poincaré conjecture, was produced by Grigori Perelman. Perelman was obviously a product of a strong mathematical education, and had many educational influences. However, his proof came out of nowhere. He wasn't working in some large group with the goal of solving this problem. He refused afterwards to accept the Fields medal . People seemed to want to claim him for the mathematical community. I feel like he gained some awe but lost some respect because he refused to work with others and be part of the greater collective that is academic mathematics. People are pushed to work as a part in the machine that produces greater knowledge. I definitely believe that research like this is respectable and extremely useful in modern society, but I also have to consider that thought outside of and separate from the mold is important. I hope I've been clear in expressing what I've been thinking about. Maybe there is relevant writing that has a similar theme. Let me know how you feel about this line of thought, Reddit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 371, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00363", "text": "First and foremost, I apologize for the throwaway account - I have several friends in real life on reddit and based on my predicament would rather not have them see this. In terms of some background, I am a 27 year-old male. I've been married once before, and the marriage ended due to the infidelity of my ex-wife. I took some time off from the dating world before I met my current girlfriend. She had/has a great personality, we get along very well, have a ton in common, get along with one another's family and friends, and genuinely care for each other. The only hiccup is that she's not necessarily the type I would go for physically. At the time I was so worried I would never find another woman I didn't even consider this a problem, thinking that perhaps change was good all-around and didn't want to exclude any possibilities. The relationship itself has proven to be very good, but the longer we are together, I realize that I am actually less attracted to her than I am to other women. This scares me because I've never had this happen with previous girlfriends. I'm wondering if this is just me getting cold feet and looking for a way out since marriage discussions have started and I'm afraid to get hurt again, or if it is a legitimate concern I should look into. I obviously can't bring this up to her in discussion like I would any other potential relationship problem, and can't necessarily talk to friends either. Has anybody else experienced anything similar? Am I being a shallow asshole? Should I really be concerned that this is running through my head?! Please reddit...I'm in need of a bit of advice. TL;DR - my girlfriend is very loving and caring, and I am incredibly happy with the relationship itself, but she's not *my type* and I am becoming less physically attracted to her.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 381, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00364", "text": "Lourd broke her silence on the news on Monday, Jan. 2, sharing an old photo of herself, Fisher, and Reynolds on Instagram. With it, she wrote, \"Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist. There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my own and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me.\" Fisher's death was confirmed last Tuesday morning by way of the family's spokesperson, saying: \"It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning. She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly.\" A photo posted by Billie Lourd (@praisethelourd) on Jan 2, 2017 at 10:09am PST Other than that statement, Lourd remained silent on social media and had not commented on the heartbreaking deaths of her mother, Fisher, and grandmother, Reynolds, up until now. Fisher died Tuesday morning after suffering a what was described as a massive heart attack on Friday while in flight to Los Angeles from London, where she was filming the series \"Catastrophe\" on which she had a recurring role. She was rushed from LAX airport to the UCLA Medical Center Friday afternoon when the plane landed. Just one day later, Reynolds, 84, was rushed to Cedar-Sinai in L.A. for a reported stroke. She died just hours after she was transported to the hospital. Her son, Todd Fisher, told Variety, \"She wanted to be with Carrie.\" Lourd—who is the daughter of Fisher and CAA veteran Bryan Lourd, who was with the \"Star Wars\" actress from 1991 to 1994—stars on Fox's \"Scream Queens.\" In the series, her character wears fuzzy earmuffs, which she told Variety were a tribute to her mother's iconic Princess Leia buns. In the past days since Fisher's death, Lourd's \"Scream Queens\" co-stars have shown their support with various social media messages, including those from Lea Michele, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Grande, Taylor Lautner and John Stamos. Lourd, her mother and grandmother were last seen together at a public event in 2015 at the SAG Awards where Reynolds was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00365", "text": "Let me just say that this used to be a place I loved.\\n\\nRemember when you'd go somewhere and have good food, great service and a general pleasant experience and then a few months you'd go back and have it all again? Well one day you decide to go back and you realized everything has changed in a way that you can't describe and the place is no longer familiar. To me, that is Bar Louie\\n\\nI can't say the food is bad. I had an order of the pretzel sticks for an appetizer and the cinnamon sauce tasted like water and the pretzels were stale. I will say I still ate them so shame on me. My sandwich (the Mario) as always was very good.\\n\\nNow here comes the bad:\\n\\n1. There were fruit flies EVERYWHERE. I felt like we were eating on top of a garbage dump. At one point I had to get a new drink because one flew in my beer. I understand that the establishment is an indoor/outdoor place but there is no reason for 15 fruit flies to hover over my table.\\n\\n2. The place is enormous and they had one, very nice, but over worked server. The girl looked like she was about to have a heart attack because she never stopped moving.\\n\\n3. Because of number two our service in general was not good. I can't totally blame the girl she did the best we could. I mean. I've played Diner Dash on my iPad, I know what happens when a place fills up too quickly when you are the only one working.\\n\\nIt's sad when a place you love turns into a place you never want to go again. I think I'm being very generous by giving it two stars but because I used to love it so much I can't rate it that low. Part of me hopes it gets better, but like an absentee father it'll just let me down again.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 398, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00366", "text": "Pro Research) This announcement is part of Google's renewed interest in catering to businesses relying on hybrid cloud installations. With these new connection solutions, businesses deploying hybrid cloud can use Google Cloud services without having their data pushed through the public internet, while also providing greater control over how data is routed across the network, the release noted. This greatly reduces access time and latency in comparison to pure public cloud deployments. However, data transmitted over these connections is not encrypted by default, requiring users to use application-level encryption. For organizations hesitant to commence hybrid cloud deployments due to data security concerns stemming from allowing any outside traffic, the added control over the flow of data across a Partner Interconnect connection may be adequate to ease concerns. In addition to Partner and Dedicated Interconnect options, Google has announced a number of collaborations over the last year in an attempt to entice organizations looking to deploy hybrid cloud. In October, Google and Cisco announced a new integration allowing applications to be deployed across on-premises and Google Cloud, as a counter to the similar partnership between AWS and VMWare. Similarly, Google and Nutanix announced a deal last June to allow on-premises and cloud deployments to be managed as a unified service. General availability for Partner Interconnect is expected in the coming weeks, according to the release. For disambiguation, the Google Cloud product originally called Interconnect was renamed to \"Carrier Peering\" last year, following the release of Direct Interconnect. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Cloud Insights newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00367", "text": "I borrowed this book from the local library(Southport Public Library) approximately 10 to 14 years ago. It was in the back of the fiction section(author's last name is near the end of the alphabet), and it showed significant wear and tear when I checked it out. I don't remember what the overall story of the book was, but I do remember most of the beginning of the book. The main protagonist of the book is a young male, who after meeting a local water nymph leaves home in the company of two friends(also young males). These three young men then acquire magic swords somehow. The main characters sword can talk to him, and possible was imprisoned in the sword. One of the other swords \"knows how to fight\" (this may be an exact quote from the book) meaning that whoever wields it inherently knows how to fight with a sword. I'm unsure on this point, but I believe these swords are capable of killing a God and were stolen by the protagonist from a God. The main antagonist is a soul stealer, and among other souls consumes the soul of the river nymph from the beginning. Eating/holding these extra souls gives him powers that include a bone carapace and maybe breathing underwater. The more powerful characters in this book have one or multiple heart-strings(I'm unsure of the exact wording for this, it could be life-string, soul-thread, or some other similarly themed combination) that extend the life of said characters. I don't remember much beyond this, I seem to remember some sort of specialized assassin and a princess near the end of the book, and something about a River God. I have done extensive searching on Google, and read hundreds of book previews from Google and other sites trying to find this book. I even revisited the library where I checked it out in the hope of triggering more memories of the book. Please help me find this book, or point me to someone that could help me find this book. Edit: I have a post up on Whats That Book too. Edit: I have found it! The Waterborn by J Gregory Keyes and a big thanks to allreaders.com!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 438, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00368", "text": "After graduating with a CS degree, I discovered a couple of things. 1, I don't like office jobs. 2, I'm not really that good at what I majored in. 3, I'm really, really bad with people. I work in technical support at a software company and though most of my customers are intelligent people, they are also lawyers. So, I was thinking about my essential nature, my personality. All of my life I've been an outsider, even in traditionally \"outsider\" groups. I've come to the conclusion over the last couple of years that I'd fit better in a job where I spend a lot of time away from people. Isolation isn't a worry, I thrive alone. I'm not in a relationship right now and probably won't be for a long time. Family is not a concern. NOTE: I know some of you will recommend I stay within the field I majored in. But the problem is, I'm not really that great at coding, and I only know about 3-4 languages. Working at home coding for a living probably won't work. I'd rather be drawing than coding anyway, and lack of desire to do work in my field hasn't helped me improve my coding abilities/range. Unfortunately, I've only had one or two ideas about what to do. One idea is: Long haul trucker. See the country, make not-bad money, spend lots of time alone. Staying up all hours isn't a problem either. I used to move semis and box trucks regularly at my security job I had in college. I'd probably have to get my CDL and try to overcome the handicap of being female, trucking being a macho, manly job. But I don't know how I'd break into that field. Any thoughts? Anything else that would fit would be great too. Non-traditional jobs are encouraged. Thanks, reddit! EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I'll be back in a couple of hours.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 417, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00369", "text": "So after an evening of enjoying a comedy show at the Waterfront, we headed to Rock Bottom for some late night grub. The place was pretty busy, we had to walk around the bar area for several minutes until a nice couple told us they were about to leave and we could have their bar table. As nice as this was of them it was awkward standing over them as they finished their drinks paid their bill and left. \\n\\nSo finally seated I look over the drinks and being the huge IPA lover that I am I went with that and it was indeed a good choice. The hubby had the Red Ale which was also rather good.\\n\\nThe service was OK, not the best not the worst. But moving on to more important thing, the food. Talk about missing the mark hugely! I ordered the mini street fish tacos. You get four mini tacos with a marinated in lime piece of fish, and tomatillo salsa. They were just strokes away from inedible. I love fish tacos, I mean it is such a simple concept so why do people have such a hard time executing this dish? The shells were hard and literally split at the bottom when I picked them up. The sour cream sprayed all over the plate only made them messy and the poor fish was just so overcooked. If I wasn't so hungry I wouldn't have eaten them at all! Lesson learn on that.\\n\\nThe husband had the BBQ Chicken Pizza. It had beans and corn with roasted red pepper on it along with some sour cream. My husband is usually the type that will order these lovely specialty pizza's and ask for them to remove all the wonderful unique toppings! For instance, he would usually just say, Chicken BBQ and cheese, nothing else! I refused to let him do that this time, because I was really intrigued in the combination of ingredients on this pie. And boy was I jealous when it came out. It blew my crappy tacos out of the water! Should have stuck with something simple. \\n\\nFurthermore I could care less if I come back to this location. The beers were good but hell you can get a decent IPA just about anywhere anymore. And the underwhelming food sealed the deal. I know this is a chain, but it still doesn't have to stink...", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 464, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00370", "text": "Two months ago, I started going to school again and because my new apartment is not very big, I left my desktop PC at my parents' place and bought a Laptop (MSI CR600). I'd been using Arch Linux for about 6 months at home at that point, but I installed Ubuntu on the laptop because I figured I would have less problems with exotic hardware since Ubuntu is currently the most popular distribution. As soon as the installation was finished, I was getting weird ata messages at the console every 10 seconds. Since I was always in X and that it didn't seem to affect the rest of the system, I just ignored it. I then tried to configure my wireless card, a Ralink RT3090. The driver is available only in Linux 2.6.32; Karmic ships with 2.6.31. Doh! Fortunately, I found a PPA repository with the driver. The installation worked flawlessly and I was quickly able to connect to my network with wicd. Fast forward a month and a half, I perform an `apt-get upgrade` and I see that the rt3090-dkms package has been updated. I reboot my laptop and as soon as wicd tries to connect to my network, kernel panic. (wicd wasn't updated.) I tried reverting to the old package version, but it wouldn't install because the module couldn't be built against the kernel (which had a couple of packaging updates). I talked with the developers of wicd and with the maintainer of the rt3090-dkms package and neither party knew why this happened or how I could fix it. Being fed up with not being to use my wireless card, I installed Arch this weekend. The kernel that was installed was 2.6.32 and my wireless card was (almost) instantly usable. I installed wicd and in 3 seconds I was connected and my kernel was still humming happily. Bonus points, I don't have the ata errors anymore either. One big pacman command later and my laptop was fully functional with all my software and configurations. Moral of the story: what the hell was I thinking not installing Arch in the first place?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 452, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00371", "text": "For those of you who don't know, Damon Lindelof has two twitter pages @TheRealDamon]( and [@DamonLindelof. So Damon has been playing with us for a while. In a really underhanded way he hinted at what season 6 was going to be like. Here's how: On January 1st TheRealDamon and DamonLindelof tweeted: \"IT BEGINS TODAY\" Then on January 2nd TheRealDamon tweeted: \"Had a weird dream last night. Been shaking it off all day. Everything feels a little... Sepia.\" Which is pretty much what the Losties in the flash-sideways have been feeling. Over the next few weeks there have been similar tweets from TheRealDamon such as \"This doesn't feel right.\" Also the two twitter accounts often held opposing views. Such as: \"I said it and I don't regret it.\" (TheRealDamon) and \"Sometimes one should keep one's mouth shut.\" (DamonLindelof). This continued until the night before the premiere when TheRealDamon tweeted \"Sleeping like a baby.\" and DamonLindelof tweeted \"Not sleeping. Shocker.\" Then just today \"TheRealDamon\" tweeted \"I seriously don't know what this whole \"Lost\" thing everybody keeps tweeting me about is. Weird.\" Confirming that TheRealDamon is a Damon from another universe where Lost doesn't exist. Thank you for the meta humor Damon.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00372", "text": "Owned a small tech business for long time, did really well on the technology, but lost my biggest client (a dream blue label one) ... a client I had absolutely worked my ass off, for many many years and had a done so at a low cost. It occurred during a company management change. They told me the technology was fine, even great but that they were basically too dependent on it and that they \"had to eliminate the risk in the relationship\" and \"they just don't want to deal with you anymore.\" I tend to communicate a lot in e-mail and I tend to be very honest and very rational about things. Business people have told me they would invest in me on another project and my background but only if I get a CEO/business partner. These experiences have sort of shattered me. Friends have been awesome, but the only thing I've ever been is perfectly honest and rational with people and it gets so misunderstood and people take things personally when there is nothing personal about it. I sort of feel lost and doomed here. I am a good entrepreneur, I'm amazing at handling customer complexity and doing really well for them in the process. But I'm still some sort of a failure. Should I: - Learn not to use e-mail, only use the phone and start another venture? - Or just give up on being an entrepreneur and go get a job knowing that I'm not really wired right for the 9-5. Are there actually tech/developer jobs out there where high-energy entrepreneur tech-types who are highly rational can be happy? Completely successful project on the technical front, heavy discount so I basically just threw away a huge chunk of my life and I feel like a total failure. :(", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 345, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00373", "text": "though still possible — that Charlottesville will \"keep it there.\" In February, the city council voted 3-2 to sell the statue, ignoring the recommendation of a commission that suggested moving it. A group called Virginia's Sons of Confederate Veterans sued the city, alleging it did not have the right to remove the statute since it was a war memorial. A related group, and others, filed a lawsuit in New Orleans to block the removal of a Gen. Lee statue as well as one of Jefferson Davis. A federal appeals court said that city could remove its Confederate monuments. City Councilor Bob Fenwick, who cast a tie-breaking vote in Charlottesville in April (that vote allowed the city to sell the statue), hoped the city council's action would put to bed more than a year of heated debate in his city. \"For now, it is now time for our city to rest,\" he said, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. But that didn't happen. The movement against removal of the statue grew — there is a Facebook group to Save the Robert E. Lee Statue and call for donations to \"fund litigation to preserve our monuments.\" The backlash to the planned removal culminated in a white nationalist rally last weekend, which used the planned removal as a rallying cause. It is important to note, however, that the group behind hte lawsuit, SVC, condemned the Charlottesville rallies. Chaplain-in-chief Ray Parker wrote on Facebook over the weekend: \"I condemn in the strongest possible way the actions, words, and beliefs of the KKK and other white supremacist groups.\" The statue has also been tagged with graffiti several times in the past few years, including with \"black lives matter\" and \"native land.\" In May, a judge granted a temporary injunction, which meant the statue could not be removed for next six months. So, for now, the statue is still standing in what used to be Lee Park. Only the city council also voted earlier this year to rename the park, an action that was upheld by a judge. Gen. Lee now, rather ironically, sits in Emancipation Park.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 423, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00374", "text": "I was a chubby kid growing up and later blossomed into a voluptuous teenager and now adult. (5'2, 40D, 30W, 45H [black girl booty]) I am very active and enjoy hiking, going to the gym, partying, etc. I met this guy, who is not my type physically ( 6'3 [I like tall], 300+lbs, his stomach is HUGE!!!!). However, he has blown me away with his charm, wit, humor, eagerness and willingness to please me. I just turned 30 and my sex drive has gone through the roof. I want and need it all of the time. Although he keeps up with me and foreplay is fantastic. . . when it comes to actual penetration his stomach blocks me from getting all of \"him\". His weight is his business and I don't want him to think I am not attracted to him, but the sex would be soooooo much more incredible if he got rid of that stomach. My questions are: 1) How do I suggest he lose some weight? 2) Is weight a sensitive issue for men, as much as it is for women? 3) Am I being a douche for wanting him to lose weight and not just accepting him as he is? I want this to work out and aside from his stomach everything is great. I offer to cook us dinner, I have suggested he cut back on beer and I don't want to offend him AT ALL. Please help me, what do I do? [EDIT: Spelling Nazis. . . I fixed it. . . happy? Thanks! My goal is to have better sex with him. I don't care how much he weighs, I just want all of him. His belly is making that not possible. I think I will hurt his feelings if I tell him this and that is why I would like to know what you all think. I don't care if you think I am fat as well, if you think I am a complete moron for using the wrong word, etc. Please help me tell someone I care for that I want to improve our intimacy and that requires him trimming the belly.]", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 449, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00375", "text": ". He didn't know at the time how important the work would become. Murders have recently spiked in his state as a feud broke out between drug cartels. January of this year set a record for the most murders there ever. A week before his death, Max posted this Facebook Live video which got 15,000 views. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MAXIMINO RODRIGUEZ: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: He's running up to a crime scene outside a local prison. A man had been shot and would turn out to be a plainclothes police officer. But this type of reporting put Max at risk for exposing crimes and sometimes the criminals behind them. MORGAN: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: \"Our outlet promotes freedom of expression,\" says Morgan. \"Our comments sections are open, so it's become routine for us to receive threats there.\" Last week, Max wrote about a string of murdered police officers and named the head of a local gang as the mastermind. There are five comments on the story. One ominously reads you're lighting the candles for your own funeral, Max. Three days later, Rodriguez were shot to death as he pulled up in front of a supermarket. It was the exact kind of crime he would have run to cover, camera phone in hand. On Sunday night, the state government said that the same weapon was used in the murder of Max and the police officer Max had reported on the week before, meaning he was likely targeted for his work. Max's death on Friday is the latest in a long list of murdered reporters throughout Mexico. Three others were murdered in March alone. NOE ZAVALETA: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: Noe Zavaleta knows the risks journalists face as well as anyone. His predecessor at investigative magazine Proceso was strangled to death in her home. And a photojournalist he often worked with was killed after fleeing to Mexico City. ZAVALETA: (Speaking Spanish). FREDRICK: \"We journalists face real threats,\" says Zavaleta. \"Organized crime, that's obvious. Another is the state that tries to oppress our voices. And the third are corrupt media outlets that work with the first two to try to smear journalists who become victims.\" Murdered journalists have become so common as to harden Zavaleta's reaction to another death. ZAVALETA:", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00376", "text": "I don't have a lot of years of experience in this world of work, and I don't have a whole lot of skills that you can really put to paper. I'm definitely better then what I look like on paper, but how do you explain to HR that \"i'm pretty smart and i'm good at figuring stuff out\"? So after a little scheming, I have come up with a few ideas for making myself look better on paper. Of course it's no substitute for real work, but this is just more things to tack on to what I'm already doing! Some suggestion to legally fake my way past the \"5 years of industry experience\" that just about everyone seems to require would be great too. 1. Get a job somewhere. Keep as few hours as possible, just to remain employed at the place. Stay there for a REALLY LONG TIME. so when HR calls for a reference, all they will ever know is that I worked there for X months/years. It looks really good! with little effort. 2. Start my own business. A single person business, and do odd jobs for people, except it's in my own company name. Wow, a self starter right there! Hire that person immediately! 3. Transfer existing credits from existing college degrees I already have, to get more degrees! An associate in Arts shares a lot of credits with an associate in Science. And I'm sure it shares credits with other degrees too. Wow that's a lot of degrees! they must be super well educated. 4. Easy tech certifications. I'm sure there are some out there, and I'm great with computers. I'll get the A+ certification, and whatever else out there is easy to get. 5. Get a family member to act as a reference to me, to say that i worked for them for however long. It's not like I'm lying! they did plenty of making me do XYZ chore when I was a teenager. So there it is! I'm getting pretty pessimistic after being told I'm not good enough on paper for whatever job I want. I'm doing #2 already!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 436, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00377", "text": "A white guy on a bus starts a fight by demanding a black guy shine his shoes. Someone films it. The black guy is neither articulate nor smart about it, and gets pissed off. The white guy keeps at it, even after moving to another seat. The black guy gets up and attacks the white guy, white guy is bigger and throws better punches, so the black guy gets a busted lip and bloody nose. The black guy then mispronounces the word ambulance and the white guy leaves the bus but forgets his bag. Story gets upvoted to the front page of Reddit and is spun as the tale of the Everyman standing up to uncivilized Thugs. The black guy is made fun of for mispronouncing a word; he is seen as part of thug culture even though the white guy has a shirt that says \"I am a motherfucker\" and started the whole thing with race baiting (and called the black guy \"boy\" several times in the video). Reddit hopes the white guy gets his bag back. If the black guy was wearing a suit and was articulate, I'm guessing Reddit would have responded differently - that is to say, dress a black man up in a suit and Reddit has his back against a white guy in an \"I am a motherfucker\" t-shirt, but take away that suit and he is just a part of thug culture. But make the white guy as thuggish and ignorant as the guy in the video, and Reddit still has his back. This is a problem. EDIT: Ok trolls, you win. Have fun with Reddit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 327, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00378", "text": "Trailer: Red Band Trailer (NSFW): You know those movies where the trailer makes the movie look great, then you go to see it only to leave the theater asking why you fell for it again? This is definitely not one of those movies. The film actually manages to surpass the hilarity of the trailer. I hate hyperbole, and this is honestly the funniest movie I have seen in a long ass time. Literally laugh-a-minute. There are so many layers to the comedy: meta, line delivery, the outlandish situations, the fighting etc. It's less of a spoof and more of a love letter imo. And Michael Jai White fucking kills in this role and really flexes his acting muscles by delivering a pretty perfect performance. For this kind of movie to work, there is a fine line between hilarious and stupid, and it surprisingly never crosses into the latter. The shitty thing is that this movie did not do that well in the box office, and only had a limited release for a short while, so not a lot of people got to see it. Everyone I talked to that has seen it fucking loves it though and we couldn't stop quoting it. I hope it can pull an Austin Powers and blow up when it hits DVD and get the recognition it truly deserves. I mean, where else are you going to see Spawn, Batman and Captain Kangaroo in the same movie? So if you haven't seen it, check it out online, and if you like it, buy it when it comes out on DVD, because the director said they want to make a second one, but need the numbers to justify it. Don't commit Kung Fu treachery by not watching this film. And if you have seen the film, please back me up. Don't you want to want to see Black Dynamite go to Africa or something?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00379", "text": "There's an unplanned experiment going on in the northern Rocky Mountains. What's happening is that spring is arriving earlier, and it's generally warmer and drier than usual. And that's messing with some of the fish that live there. The fish is the iconic cutthroat trout. It's a native North American fish that thrives in cold, small streams. Explorer Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame was among the first European-Americans to catch this spangly, spotted fish. He used deer spleen as bait. It's relative rarity now makes it a favorite for catch-and-release anglers. But biologists have now found that it's in danger. The much more common rainbow trout is invading cutthroat streams and mating with the native fish. Ecologist Clint Muhlfeld says that creates hybrids. \"It jumbles up the genes that are linked to the locally adapted traits that these fish have evolved with,\" says Muhlfeld, who's with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station. Those traits have allowed cutthroats to survive through millennia in cold northern streams. And cold streams were thought to protect them from rainbows, which prefer warmer water. But climate change is warming many high-altitude streams, and they frequently have less water, another change that favors rainbows. So they're moving in. Muhlfeld says that when rainbows and cutthroats breed, the resulting hybrids are feeble — \"less fit,\" in biological terms. \"They don't survive as well as the native fish,\" he says. And hybrids that do survive continue to make more hybrids; there's no going back to making cutthroats again. Writing in the journal Global Change Biology, Muhlfeld and a team of scientists from several research institutions studied fish in hundreds of locations in the northern Rockies. Hybridization was widespread. It was most common in places where fish and game departments have introduced rainbow trout, a practice that goes back to the 19th century. Some states are trying to solve the problem by getting rid of rainbow trout. That might not please some anglers, but Muhlfeld says the cutthroat species could disappear otherwise. \"There are so many places around the world where you can go catch a rainbow trout,\" he says; it's been introduced all over the world. \"There's very few places where you can actually go and catch a native fish that's been around for", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00380", "text": "About 4 months ago I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and panic disorder. However, I have had depression and anxiety since I was about 11. I just never told anyone. Since being diagnosed I have quit my job (I was really unable to work because of the panic attacks, which I was previously self medicating to get by), started medication and begun seeing a psychologist. I feel like since all that I feel so much worse than I have ever felt. And I should feel at the very least hopeful.. I mean, before I was just getting by and pretending to be fine. But now, Im sort of on the right track to actually maybe being okay one day. Maybe its the medication or maybe its just the depression getting worse but Ive been thinking more and more about suicide. And I talked to my doctor about that and he said its normal, but that I should definitely talk to someone if I ever start making plans for suicide. And well, Ive begun making plans. And that scares me so much. But I just feel so terrible putting that on the people around me. I feel enough like a dissapointment and a burden on them already, just revealing my depression and all the anxiety and attacks that go with it. I dont want to force them into worrying about me being suicidal as well. I recently got some sleeping pills from my doctor, temazapan. And while reading about the side effects and things (which I always do for medication), I noticed that overdose, combined with alcohol can almost guarantee death. Which has been in the back of my mind for awhile now. I always thought if I ever did do it, I would do it. I wouldnt try and end up even worse than before with permanent brain damage or anything terrible like that. I would do it and I would die and it would be over. And I guess, I really want to do it. But Im not stupid. I know that things change. And that in 6 months time I might be okay. Im just not sure if its worth riding it out to see. It might also just continue to get worse. Who knows.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 430, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00381", "text": "LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5 LINKSYS WMP54G 32bit PCI2.2 Wireless-G Adapter SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C9 GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail I just went on NewEgg and picked things that looked nice with lots of positive reviews. I haven't built a PC in years but can afford right around $1500.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00382", "text": "I would say I've been secretly severely depressed for around 6 months. I've been trying my hardest to get over my heart breaking over a messy break up with my ex (together for 3 years, it was perfect mostly). We broke up around Octoberish and I thought I really could carry on. But the more I try not to think about her the worse it is. I've tried taking up physical and mental hobbies to take my mind off but I just can't stop thinking about memories we shared together. She's obviously moved on and is happy again, which I'm happy for but I can never extinguish the hope that we can still share a few more memories together. So anyway, I've made a serious cry for help gesture before by means of a pain killer overdose and sleeping tablets but now it just seems like I really can't go on. My heart feels broken and shattered. I have a motorcycle which I ride regularly in heavy, open road traffic to commute and I never forget when riding how easy it would be just to swerve slightly to the other lane and get hit head on and end it. I know this is incredibly stupid because of the immense damage it could cause to so many other people but it's always there in the back of my mind. I just can't move on. She's slept with other men now and has got a whole new life, she was incredible in almost everyway. I know she's a totally different person now but I still can't shake her out of me, she got so inbuilt, everything I did, I did for her... Help me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00383", "text": "'s example. \"You know, my daughter's life — she's...\" he paused, searching for words. \"I'm proud of her for standing up. She had more courage than I did. She had more courage than I did. She had a stubborn backbone. She thought she was right. She would stand there and defy you. \"But if I understand her,\" he added, \"she wanted to do it peacefully and with a fierceness of heart that comes with her conviction.\" In interviews with multiple media outlets over the weekend, Heather's mother, Susan Bro, also praised the way her daughter balanced peaceful efforts with a \"very strong sense of right and wrong.\" \"It was important to her to speak up for people that she felt were not being heard, to speak up when injustices were happening,\" Bro said, \"and she saw in the lives of many of her African-American friends particularly and her gay friends that equal rights were not being given.\" One day after the violent gathering that saw protesters and counterprotesters punching and kicking one another — and later saw Heather Heyer killed, along with two state troopers whose helicopter crashed — peaceful protests took shape in cities across the U.S. In Seattle and New York City, Atlanta and in Grand Rapids, Mich., demonstrators sought to respond to the message promulgated in Charlottesville and, in the words of one protester, \"resist it fearlessly.\" \"I hope that her life and what has transpired changes people's hearts,\" Mark Heyer said. \"You can fight all you want and fuss and cuss and do all that stuff, but when you take your last breath, it's over. It's done! \"You're going to take away what a person has and everything else they're going to have. There is no more — not here, you know,\" he added. \"And that's — that's pretty much all I got, brother.\"", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 389, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00384", "text": "By \"Frugal Shopping List,\" I mean one-time things you would have to get again if your place burned down and it forced you to restart your current frugal lifestyle from scratch. OR, what acquisitions (as opposed to lifestyle changes) might you suggest to friends looking to cut down on expenses and waste? Here's mine: * Foaming soap dispensers (3x). I love how sensual the foam is,and how much soap they save. To refill these, dilute liquid soap in 4 parts water. I fill mine with... * Dr. Bronner's soap. It has every ethical/sustainable cert imaginable, but I like how hypoallergenic it is. I use it for hand washing and showering, and this container will last me a couple years. * CFLs. * Hankies. * Low-flow faucet spouts. I found good prices here. * Electric toothbrush. I got the cheapie version, but it's a big step up from a manual. If I save just one cavity, it'll pay for itself many times over. * Pipe insulation. Spending even $1 can put a serious dent in hot water costs. * Menstrual cup. These are great alternatives to disposable tampons/pads. $35 can eliminate 5 years of hygiene products. * Tongue scraper. Waaay more effective than mouthwash or breath mints, and no recurring costs. * Safety razor supplies. * Dish brush. Takes hand-washing from \"completely awful\" to \"tolerable,\" and it keeps me from using the tap to blast off food.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 323, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00385", "text": "Good, All-American bar food. This is J and my go-to spot when we are in the mood for something good, reasonably priced and close to home. We have been many times, but the last time was especially awesome. \\n\\nJ ordered the full slab of ribs which came with fresh-cut fries and cole slaw. While there was a bit too much BBQ sauce on the ribs, they were cooked perfectly, fall off the bone good. \\n\\nI was in the mood for a good beer of which they have plenty. While I normally would order an Abita Purple Haze, I was talked into some shandy that was on special. Thursday specials are micro-brews - which means that we should really go every Thursday. But I am getting off track. When the waitress told me that there were two shandies on tap, she offered to give me a taste of the one in which I wasn't familiar. The beer that came out was big enough that I didn't really need to order a full glass, but it was good enough that I wanted several. \\n\\nWe decided to split an order of the pepper jack cheese bites which were served with unnecessary ranch dressing. The bites were awesome - cheesy, not greasy and excellent breading. I ordered the California Turkey Hoagie with a side spinach salad. The spinach salad has feta cheese, walnuts, dried cranberries and warm bacon dressing - all in all, a delicious spinach salad with fresh, crunchy spinach. The hoagie has fresh turkey - that is featured in several sandwiches and meals and always delicious - avocado, pico de gallo, swiss cheese and lettuce. I would probably trade out the swiss for maybe pepper jack, but other than that - the sandwich is perfect. \\n\\nI know that this place is not everyone's cup of tea, but for my husband and I, it's good food, good beer and decent service. \\n\\nThe one thing that for me stopped me from giving it 5 stars is that it is so freaking loud in there. Apparently, this is the hangout for people that want to get really drunk and be really loud - even if there is no need for it. You generally have to kind of yell over to be heard, but if you can get past it, the food is worth it.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 478, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00386", "text": "Hi everyone, I intended to make weekly updates - but last week was a disaster. I attempted to make a honey-nut cheerio based rice-krispy treat variation, using JW Dundee Honey Brown. I won't tell you about the failure, rather, the success(es) of this week. **Honey Brown Beerio Treats** * 12 oz JW Dundee Honey Brown (reduced to ~3 oz on low heat) * ~4 cups mini-mallows * ~4 cups honey nut cheerios The 3 oz of reduced Honey Brown becomes the butter, basically. Treat the recipe as is on any given website or Rice Krispys box! **Young's Double Chocolate Mint Brownies** Let me begin by saying I managed to really impress myself with these. Way better than expected. * 12 oz Youngs Double Chocolate Stout * 1 Cup Cocoa Powder * 4 eggs * 2 Cups all purpose flour * 2 Cups sugar * 3/4 teaspoon salt * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract * 1/2 cup butter * 1.25 cup Andes Mint Baking Chips Whisk/Mix 12 oz Youngs, and Cocoa powder. Get this nice and smooth. Add sugar, make smooth. Add vanilla extract, butter and eggs. Make smooth. This is very important: resist eating it all at this point. Throw in the flour, mix; salt, mix. Throw .25 cups Andes in your mouth, and 1 cup Andes into the mix. Put in a pan at 350 (actually, next time I'll do 325) and bake for ~40 minutes or so.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00387", "text": "So, I had a crush on this girl in my department at my university. After nursing it along for about a year and a half I asked her out. She was nice enough about saying 'no', as she was still getting over a breakup from the past fall. So, I moved on (or so I thought). I met another woman and we've been dating for about a year. Here's my problem. For some damned reason, I keep having relapses for this old crush of mine. Serious relapses. It doesn't make any sense! I am in a relationship, and shouldn't be thinking about other women. I feel like a fucking high schooler (no offense to r/highschoolers- I just mean that my freaking emotions are running rampant). I'm at the point, today, where it's eating me up inside. I cant' focus on my class work or settle down. The only way to burn off my nervous energy is to work out, and even still my stomach won't settle down. I have to deal with this. I have to see this person all week long (we work in the same building and she shares office space with my friends) and every time I see her I go all \"Ahab\" inside (If his chest had been a canon, he would have shot his heart upon it). Ugh. This girl doesn't flirt. She doesn't do anything but be friendly and smile. She's not leading me on in any sense of the word. Fuck. I sure could use your help, Reddit. Thanks. :) **EDIT: If anything about this isn't clear, please tell me. Thanks!** **EDIT 2: What's with the downvotes? I need advice!**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 353, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00388", "text": "Re: Supreme court ruling on free speech by corporations Since it's money that gets messages heard in our society you aren't infringing on free speech by stopping advertising for political purposes by corporations. This is essentially putting money into politics. Now if someone wants to sell a message (in the form of a book/cd/message, or a corporation wants to pay for a webpage about a topic, etc.) this should be protected under free speech. But paying money to get a message into a prime attention-grabbing space/time is essentially spending money to influence an election, not exercising free speech. A logical ruling would allow corporations to disseminate their message in a free and legal way or through the already existing channels but they would not be allowed to spend money on it to get it heard. Nobody would block you from making a documentary and selling it but you can't pay for people to see it. I would argue that (out of fairness and the difficulty in clearly banning this) corporations should be allowed to pay production costs and research for ads even. Still, they should not be allowed to pay for the placement of the ads. Another argument I thought of is that basically you ARE infringing on free speech by allowing corporations to advertise political messages. By basic supply and demand you are pushing up the cost of advertising and thus pushing out some messages that are not well-funded enough. I think these two arguments get at the ruling itself whereas the numerous (and very persuasive) arguments as to why this ruling is REALLY bad idea seem to attack the consequences instead of the ostensible logic of the ruling.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 317, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00389", "text": "I recently received a nice handwritten letter in my mailbox from a Christian that I do not know that quoted Scientific American, among other publications, highlighting the many coincidences that make life possible on Earth. It was well-written and respectful. I responded in kind as copied below: I want to thank you for putting in the time to write me a hand written letter to share your convictions. I think it is the first handwritten letter that I have received in years. :) I agree with much of the content of your letter. The earth is indeed a beautiful and rare type of place in the universe. That is one of the reasons that I enjoy studying the chemistry that goes on here particularly in our atmosphere (I am an atmospheric chemist). As you may know, scientists are skeptics first and foremost. We subject even currently accepted scientific theories to constant interrogation hoping to break our old theories until new, more accurate theories emerge. That is how new knowledge is found. Religion on the other hand requires faith and asking too many questions of religion is often frowned upon. Perhaps you can see why the way scientists think often leads them away from religion. Our constant questioning of things is often not welcome among the truly faithful. I assume that you believe in one particular God and religion among the many thousands that exist within our human population today. Indeed, many thousands more have existed throughout human history. We have both rejected the ideas set forth by thousands of religions. It's only that I have placed my faith in one just one less religion than you have. In that way, we are very similar. Please understand that I have nothing against religion per se but many of the horrible acts that occur in the world today are perpetrated in the name of religion. My greatest hope is that we can all live peacefully together and strive towards a kinder and more generous society. As a Christian, I'm sure you feel the same way. Let's make the world a better place one day at a time. That is a goal that we can pursue together even if we can't believe in the same religion.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 414, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00390", "text": "I wake up fairly early, between 6am and 6:45am normally, and feel great. All of my endeavors seem like they're exactly where they should be. I exercise, eat breakfast, drink some tea, and then work for awhile. I feel on top of the world. All of my projects are almost done. Man what a cool website I made! Ha ha remember that one time? What a great day this is going to be! Hi there stranger! Is that your friend over there? Have a great day! I should make a comic book! Or buy a boat! Man I love those birds! Normally, by around 2-3pm I start winding now. What am I doing with my life? That project is never going to get done, that guy probably thinks I'm a fraud. God I hope this person doesn't make eye contact with me. This world is so huge and indifferent. This website is terrible. I bet my clients think I'm a slacker. What a miserable day, and it will be at least 6 more hours until I can get to sleep. Ugh. I don't even have any onions, wtf am I supposed to do about dinner. Fuck it I'm not even hungry. Anyone else feel like this, predictably, almost identically day in and day out? How do you deal with it? Is there a way to make night-time durable, or you just have to suck it up and wait 'til morning? Help is appreciated =/", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00391", "text": "I took my boyfriend to Casbah at the end of September for his birthday. We were seated near the door for our reservation however it was a very warm night so it was nice to sit in an open air setting. Our server, her name has slipped my mind, was excellent. I am not a fan of red wines but my boyfriend is and it being his birthday, of course I said let's get a bottle of red. We explained to our server what white varietals I enjoy and she suggested a bottle (which has also slipped my mind being months ago that we were there)that was perfect-both of us enjoyed it. We started off with the papardelle. The rabbit was delicious and it was perfectly seasoned, perfectly cooked-the flavors were amazing together! For entrees, my boyfriend ordered the duck and I ordered the short rib ravioli. His words to describe the duck were \\\"life changing\\\". I was only able to taste a small piece of his since he ate it so quickly, but I agree it was excellent. The short rib was so tender and juicy. I was concerned it would be overly salty and it was not. It was the best ravioli I have eaten hands down! For dessert, we ordered a cheese tasting. It was the perfect way to end our meal-with the cheese tasting and a glass of wine. I can't wait to go back to Casbah and sample some other items-I would have ordered the entire menu on our first visit if I could have!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 306, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00392", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: An Uber vehicle in autonomous driving mode hit and killed a woman in Tempe, AZ, in the first known pedestrian fatality involving the self-driving technology. Uber has temporarily stopped its self-driving operations in Tempe and all other cities where it has been testing its vehicles, including Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto. An Uber car in autonomous driving mode struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ, on Monday, in the first known pedestrian fatality involving the self-driving technology, as reported by our sister site CNET. Uber has since temporarily stopped its self-driving operations in Tempe and all other cities where it has been testing its vehicles, including Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto. The vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time of the accident, with a vehicle operator behind the wheel, according to a statement from the Tempe police. More about autonomous vehicles Special report: Tech and the future of transportation (free PDF) This ebook, based on the latest special feature from ZDNet and TechRepublic, looks at emerging autonomous transport technologies and how they will affect society and the future of business. Read more The female victim walking outside of the crosswalk crossed Curry Road in Tempe, and was struck by the Uber car, the police said in the statement. She was transported to a local hospital, where she passed away from her injuries. SEE: IT leader's guide to the future of autonomous vehicles (Tech Pro Research) The investigation is still active, and Uber is assisting, the police said in the statement. \"Our hearts go out to the victim's family,\" an Uber spokeswoman said in a statement. \"We are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident.\" \"Some incredibly sad news out of Arizona,\" Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted on Monday. \"We're thinking of the victim's family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened.\" This is the first known pedestrian fatality from a self-driving car. However, autonomous vehicles have been involved in a number of other accidents, including backing into a delivery truck in Las Vegas and getting hit by another car whose human driver did not yield in Tempe, both in 2017. In May 2016, a Tesla driver was killed in an accident while the car was operating in its semi-autonomous Autopilot mode. A US Department of Transportation investigation did not", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00393", "text": "On Wednesday, KPCB partner Mary Meeker released her 2018 Internet Trends report—a 294-slide presentation examining the global impact of the internet on the economy, and how it is changing the daily lives of users. While the report is focused heavily on the consumer side of tech, there are some key trends that impact the business world. Technology companies represent 25% of the overall US market cap, and that number is growing, as noted on slide 39. Additionally, six of the top 15 CapEx and R&D spenders in the US are tech companies, the report found. As technology continues to impact the US and world economies, certain aspects of the field will be especially important for business professionals to keep up with. Here are five of the most important things in Meeker's report for professionals to take note of. SEE: IT leader's guide to achieving digital transformation (Tech Pro Research) 1. Internet is impacting, disrupting jobs Technology disruption is nothing new in the workplace, but the pace at which it is happening is accelerating, as noted on slide 142 of the report. The rapid adoption of the internet coupled with massive growth in storage and compute power is rapidly shifting day-to-day work in every industry. Technology also makes it easier for freelance workers to find jobs, and freelance work is growing at a faster pace than traditional work. On-demand workers are in high demand, and are growing in number. Immigration is also essential for creating new tech jobs, as 56% of the highest-valued tech firms were founded by first or second generation Americans, as noted on slide 289. 2. Consumers keep moving to mobile While this may sound like a broken record, customers keep moving to mobile, and they don't seem to be slowing down. Mobile shopping and mobile payment apps are providing better online and in-store experiences, and many services—including mobile app-based ones— are shifting from one-time purchases to subscription models. Mobile shopping apps alone have experience 6% year-over-year growth, the report noted. The next generation of retail includes mobile technology and in-store retail, furthering the omnichannel ideal some companies are striving for. 3. AI everywhere Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms are growing in prominence, brought to light by cloud leaders such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This includes hardware tools for GPU acceleration, and APIs for features such as natural language processing and computer vision. Based on a Morgan Stanley", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00394", "text": "My girlfriend and I have been together for almost one year now. We are moving from Australia to the UK together and I love her very much. Earlier today we were going over some old msn logs on my computer reminiscing about the time where we started going out. After I went to work she apparently kept reading and found some other logs where I was talking to other people, and said that she wasn't the girl for me and I wanted to see other people. I don't know any context that it was said in, or who I said it to, but I know that it must have been around the time we started seeing each other, as since we have been going out I couldn't ever think about being with anyone else. She's quite upset, and now thinks I'm angry about her reading the msn logs (I'm not, but I'm not going to be able to convince her of that till I get home from work) She is absolutely the love of my life, and I can't imagine ever losing her over something I said ages ago, I just don't know if there is anything I can say or do to make things ok. Should I go in self righteous about privacy and how she shouldn't have been reading things? Should I go in apologetic about something that I have said ages ago? Personally I'd love to just sit down and discuss it with her, but the 30 seconds I could get on the phone was mainly tears so I'm not sure how things are going to be when I do get home.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00395", "text": "Right, so......\\n\\nFirst off, hire employees that actually appreciate having a job. Not ones that are there because they are forced to. That way, maybe you can actually earn a decent review. If you start off with a bad experience with an employee, you're not going to get a great review.\\n\\nI went here midday on a Sunday. Thought that was a great idea, especially when I got there and there were no cars in the drive thru. Pull up to the sign to order and wait for five minutes before I am even acknowledge that I am there. Finally order and pull around, I wait another five minutes. I could understand the wait if there was someone in front of me, or if the sit down area inside was packed, but there was no one else there but ME.\\n\\nI'd gladly tell y'all the employee's name, that is if where the name is suppose to be wasn't ripped off. All I can really say is that she was a real ball of sunshine. I was made to feel like I was interrupting her day and that I should have just went somewhere else to spend my money.\\n\\nYou know what really puts me in a tizzy (yes, I just used that word)? Leaving the drive thru, driving the distance to my house, walking into my house, sitting down to feed my face and find that part of my order wasn't given to me. *enter angry expletives here*\\n\\nI doubt I'll be revisiting this location again, I'll drive the further distance from my place the next time I'm craving a taco or two.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 332, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00396", "text": "Low calorie Shrimp Fajita Lettuce Wraps 2 dozen shrimp (veined, cleaned) 8 large lettuce leafs 2 medium/large bell pepper (colors of your choice) 2 medium onions 8 mushrooms 1 packet of Fajita seasoning 1. Prepare foods. Peel onions and slice. Clean out peppers and slice. Rinse mushrooms and slice. Select lettuce leafs and rinse. Remove shell/tail and clean shrimp. 2. Cook the shrimp however you like. I personally boil them in a frying pan with some water till they're pink, then saute with spray oil to brown the edges on Medium-Med-High. 3. Remove shrimp. Spray pan to grease. Pan should be Medium to Medium-High. Add onions and mushrooms. Saute till onions are tender (2-3 minutes). Add peppers. Sautes till not crisp any longer (3-4 minutes) 4. Add seasoning mix. Make sure it's as prepared on package. (as in it has liquid...) Stir. 5. At this point you can turn heat to Medium-High and add shrimp. Everything's cooked, you just want to get the seasoning well mixed, some of the water evaporated; before there's burning, but after the liquid because thicker like sauce is when you know it's done. 6. Scoop 2-3 shrimp and an appropriate amount of veggies into your leaf and roll it up similar to a fajita. Enjoy. This recipe should make approximately 6-8 servings. Each serving is: 70 Cal. 0.9 Fat (g). 10.5 Carbs(g). 5.3 Prot(g). Don't like shrimp? use chick breast or tenders (skinless). It adds about 50 Cal per serving. 1.2 Fat(g). 8.9 Prot(g) on top of the current nutrition values.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 395, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00397", "text": "The Knights received goals from 10 different players in cruising to a 16-1 win over Grafton-Park River in the East Region tournament quarterfinals at Purpur Arena. No. 1 Central improved to 22-0 and will play No. 4 Devils Lake in the semifinals Friday at 6 p.m. at Purpur. \"We moved the puck well and shared the load,\" Central coach Grant Paranica said. \"Throughout the lineup, everybody played quite well.\" Central senior Grant Johnson, the state's leading scorer, led the way with a six-point night. He had three goals and three assists, despite playing limited minutes late in the game with the score out of hand. Boe Bjorge, Cam Olstad, Lucas Kanta and Zachary Murphy all had two goals for the Knights, while Judd Caulfield, Hunter Moreland, Cole Hanson, Parker Stroh (first varsity goal) and Mitch Idalski all scored once. Central defenders Brock Reller and Tate Steffan each had three assists. \"We played really well, passing the puck and not being selfish,\" Reller said. \"We can't get complacent now. We have to play our game, pass the puck and move our feet.\" Central outscored the Spoilers 35-2 in three meetings this season. Fourteen different Knights figured into the scoring. Central scored more goals in a game than it has in at least 10 years. \"From our third and fourth line, we logged quite a bit of minutes,\" Paranica said. \"They seemed to manage and actually create opportunities no matter who we played them against.\" Central led 7-1 after one period, with Grafton-Park River's lone goal coming from Wyatt Wardner, who made it 2-1 at 4 minutes, 39 seconds of the first period. The Knights led 12-1 after two periods and saw running time throughout the third period. The Spoilers, who dropped to 4-18 this season, will play No. 5 Fargo South/Shanley at noon on Friday in a tournament loser-out game at Purpur.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 441, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00398", "text": "which plays preseason games in China, home of forced abortions and organ harvests, moved its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina's law stipulating that transgender individuals should use bathrooms appropriate to their physiology. The New York Times reported the downside of humanity's mastery of fire: \"Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit.\" Facing a budget shortfall in 2010, New York's Legislature raised the cigarette tax $1.60 to $4.35 per pack, expecting, illogically, that it would discourage smoking and raise $290 million annually. By 2016, cigarette revenues had fallen 25 percent, and smuggled cigarettes held 58 percent of the New York market. By 2016, six years after the president's wife agitated for federal guidelines limiting sodium, sugar, fats and calories in school lunches, 1.4 million students had exited the National School Lunch Program, and students had a robust black market in salt and sugar. A tweet with the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama said, \"The first lady can have a personal chef, but I can't have two packets of ketchup?\" After Connecticut imposed its fifth tax increase since 2011, General Electric moved its headquarters from there to Boston. CKE Restaurants includes the Carl's Jr. chain, which was founded in California and ignited the fast-food industry. CKE announced that it was moving its headquarters from California (highest income tax rate: 13 percent) to Tennessee (highest income tax rate: zero). Congress considered bills to prevent the IRS from hiring or retaining people delinquent in their tax payments. Unions in New York and California lobbied for exemption from the $15 minimum wage they lobbied for. It was splendidly appropriate that when Cuba buried the architect of its ramshackle socialism, the vehicle carrying Castro's ashes broke down and had to be pushed by soldiers. \"Thou swell, thou witty, thou sweet, thou grand\" were not lyrics that many Americans sang about either presidential candidate, but one of them had to win, so as you steel yourself for 2017, remember H.L. Mencken's timeless wisdom: A martini is \"the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.\" Will writes for the Washington Post. Readers can reach him at georgewill@washpost.com.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 493, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00399", "text": "Sorry guys I hate asking for homework help here, I know it's the wrong place, but I can't get a hold of any classmates online or on the phone and I think maybe you guys can explain it better than they could anyway. My instructor keeps assigning us homework and only covering half its topics before collecting it. He has one lecture left on Smith Charts, but the homework is due at the start of that class. We're using \"Electromagnetics for Engineers\" by Clayton Paul, but I don't feel it explains the material well enough to solve this without the next lecture, and I couldn't find a better reference online. I have two problems I'm stuck on. 6.4.9 We want to determine the value of an unknown impedance, Z_L_ attached to a length of transmission line having a characteristic impedance of 100 ohms. Removing the load yields an input impedance of -j80 ohms. With the unknown impedance attached, the input impedance is (30+j40) ohms. Determine the unknown impedance. I divided the attached input impedance by the characteristic impedance and mapped that value on the Smith Chart at (0.3+j0.4), then made a circle the radius of its real component. I'm not quite sure what to do next. What am I supposed to do about the -j80 ohms piece? The book seems to imply that if I go a quarter wavelength, that will tell me the unknown impedance, but I don't understand because that doesn't seem to work. The other problem I'm having trouble with is this one. 6.4.10 Use the Smith chart to determine the length of a transmission line having a short-circuit load such that it appears at its input terminals as a 10 pF capacitor at 1 GHz. Assume an air-filled line v=c having a characteristic impedance of 50 ohms. We haven't done anything in this class that would help me solve this problem nor does the book explain anything about how to use the 10pF and 1 GHz parameters to solve anything. All I have done is found the wavelength of the signal and I'm stumped. Please, if you can help me, *don't* straight up tell me the right answer, I'd much much much prefer if someone would walk me through solving the problems with the given information because I'm stumped. Thanks for any and all help!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 491, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00400", "text": "JR H and I seemed to miss each other this weekend in Pitt. Always going to the same place yet not really. Our little group, which inlcuded the parents(yeah i still get free food) went to the Market Square location. The location is nice. Market Square is a nice area. Brick inlaid street. Clsoe to 3 river point park and my hotel.\\nThis restaurant is something one must do when in town. It was also on Food Network, and man times reviewed here at Yelp. The food is pretty good. Where else can you get a \\\"value meal\\\" between to slices of bread. The sandwiches for those just learning. Your choice of meat with some nice itailian deli selections, kolbassi(haven't seen that on a menu i around SF), or fish, below a nice bed of fresh made and not too dripping wet coleslaw. Fries with that? Heck yes and they sit right on top. All on a Itialian sliced bread. The have a daily beer special 24oz beer for about $2.50. \\nNow this place and the food is fun. The food gets better tasting as the hours get late on a night out. Think how great a bacon wrapped dog is after \\\"dancing\\\" the night away. You know that fun 3 step dance. Raise beer, tip glass, put back down. The kind of food and place you want to head when you cheat on your diet, watch some footbal and chat up with the locals.\\nThe staff was very good. The food came quick. Best of all. It had no kick back later or the next day.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 340, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00401", "text": "I have been coming to Reddit for the last year, shorter than most people and I found that in one short year this website has changed from an unbiased depository of informative news articles relating to everything to nothing more than a garbage dump of stupid pictures of people with giant cardboard box towers they built for their cats and gnarwahl(sp?) suits they made for their kids. My favorite aspect of this site used to be the fact that their were always dozens of articles exposing the genocide that Israeli's were committing against Palestinians but within a month, all of these articles were mysteriously down voted en masse by some mysterious entity despite being very popular. Everything else good disappeared around this time as well but this is what I specifically noticed and than this site just turned into a den of extremely biased democrats who would whine about Christians, that horrible cocksucking God of theirs, how Christians rag on other peoples beliefs! (Irony much!?) and how LSD makes you smarter (the equally unfounded idea that LSD causes brain damage was less unnerving than the shit \"redditors\" have schemed up in their LSD ridden brains). this stage was fleeting however and soon replaced with the giant compost heap we now see, now this place has become the New Jersey of websites... yeah, that's right, the New motherfucking Jersey of motherfucking websites, the worst state ever, a floating barge of human and material filth! Now I have to start going to Drudgereport for my equally unreliable news... drudgereport... the Alabama of news sites. PS Visit my website www.godhatesfags.com", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00402", "text": "Hi fellow Reddit programmers, I've had an idea for a while on how to create more \"natural\" threading within a language structure itself. I've found threading to be a bit of a hassle in most languages/platforms (C++ and Win32 is a cluster-fuck), while others pull it off decently well (Java/C# do it cleanly). The basic idea is to take the existing block structure found in the C programming language family and have each block run as a thread, if defined to do so. Each thread, like a block, has local variables, as well as can access variables found in higher scopes (for shared variables). Mutexes are hidden and automatically binded on variables used by more than one thread. There are a few things still open in the air, such as the syntax associated with manipulating threads (i.e.: stopping or joining) from the main thread, as well as how threads can spawn off child threads, but I'm just toying with it. Some sample theoretical code: int main() { // Simple \"bucket\" variable that is subtracted by 1 from // thread_a, and when set to 0, thread_b stops int bucket = 5; // Start a thread, named \"thread_a\", that subtracts the // \"bucker\" integer by 1 each second for 5 iterations thread thread_a { for(int i = 0; i &lt; 5; i++) { bucket++; Sleep(1); } } // Start a thread \"thread_b\", running in parallel to \"thread_a\", that subtracts // a single value from the shared variable thread thread_b { // Check if bucket is set to 0, if so, exit thread while(bucket != 0) Sleep(1); } // Finished! All threads must complete to reach here return 0; } Any and all feedback is much appreciated, so let me know what Reddit thinks! **Edit:** Looks like a few compiler specific environments introduce this block-style threading approach. OpenMP]( does a good job of only adding to the language to support block-style threads, while [Cilk is a C-like language with language-level support. Cilk seems to be almost everything I was looking for, so I'm glad my idea has already been tested and implemented. I'm very surprised Cilk's design is used more often / is more popular. Thanks proggit for the answers!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 487, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00403", "text": "So, obviously this is a throwaway account... I've been self-harming since i was about 14, when i used to punch, bite and scratch myself with my nails to cause pain when i was upset or angry. When i moved out of my parents place i started cutting myself using a safety razor (if you hold it at a certain angle you can cause small scratch-like marks on the skin, not very much though) and later moved on to using stanley knives. Up until about a year ago all i did was scratch the skin, so i never got very much scarring from it, but about a year ago i started really digging into the skin on occasions, so now im developing really scarred arms and legs. I self-injure as often as i can without my husband catching on (although a lot of the time he knows what's going on), and as soon as one cut begins to heal the urges to make another become stronger and stronger. Sometimes i want to so bad i literally can \"see\" the new cuts on my arms, the blood etc and i cant get the thoughts out of my mind. The only way to make it stop is to cut again. Sometimes if i already have a ton of cuts, i'll re-open a healing one just so that it doesnt look too suspicious. Im under treatment for Bipolar 1, and although im sure they are connected, i dont want treatment for the SI. As far as im concerned, this is just something i do, like smoking or whatever. It eases my stress.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00404", "text": "Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET Almost 48 hours after violence engulfed Charlottesville, Va., President Trump called out white nationalist groups by name. Trump's remarks on Monday followed criticism that his initial statement about the clash of protesters did not condemn racist groups specifically. \"Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,\" the president said from the White House. Trump began his remarks talking about his economic accomplishments and plans for trade negotiations before turning his attention to the events over the weekend in Virginia. After the Charlottesville City Council had voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from one of its parks, white nationalist groups — including white supremacists, the alt-right, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis — descended on the city for a \"Unite the Right\" rally. On Friday night, they marched on the normally sleepy college town, home to the University of Virginia, carrying torches. On Saturday conditions turned deadly as hundreds of the white nationalists, some carrying Confederate flags and shields and others in militia-like gear, clashed with counterprotesters in the city streets. At one point a silver Dodge Challenger, allegedly driven by 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio, rammed into a street filled with counterprotesters. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed, and at least 19 others were injured. Fields was charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run. President Trump expressed sympathy to Heyer's family as well as to the families of Virginia State Troopers Lt. H. Jay Cullen and Berke M.M. Bates, who died when their helicopter that was patrolling Saturday's event crashed. \"These three fallen Americans embody the goodness and decency of our nation,\" Trump said. \"In times such as these, America has always shown its true character, responding to hate with love, division with unity, and violence with an unwavering resolve for justice.\" Trump spoke after meeting with newly installed FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the White House. He said that the Department of Justice had opened a civil rights investigation into the car attack. \"To anyone who acted criminally at this weekend's racist violence", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00405", "text": "Serious question. Why do people do it? What's it for? I genuinely do not understand its role in a relationship. If I have a relationship that has all the things I'd want before committing to marriage, why do I need to add marriage to that mix? What does it do FOR the relationship. What does it give that I can't have without (beyond the blessing of a religious institution over your sexual unity). The only thing I could see as being a practical, real contribution from marriage is a few tax laws that your could get just as easily from starting a business name with that same person, which considering most weddings is far cheaper, and much more versatile (as far as taxes are concerned anyway.) And even if that's a good reason, that's never why anyone says they get married. What I want to know is: Why DO people get married. What is it really for? I want to hear from unmarried and single people, attached persons, engaged persons, married persons especially, and divorced persons from hopefully a wide range of ages. I'm not being cynical, I just have genuinely never understood the existence of this tradition, or found a good reason for it. I just want to get to the bottom of it. EDIT: More specifically, aside the citation of legal and tax benefits naturally associated, we immediately run into a slew of people saying \"You marry for love.\" To which I again pose the question, why? Why is love a the thing that warrants a marriage? I understand the association, but it's apparent you can easily have one without the other. Is there a standard of attributes necessary before marriage should be considered (just to know it is more likely to work, but I don't want that question to become the focus of the thread.). And even if those attributes are present. Why does one feel the need to get married, even in lieu of their existence.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 384, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00406", "text": "chkin. In 2014, the Maple Leafs and Red Wings faced off in front of a record crowd of over 105,000 at Michigan Stadium but for their Centennial launch the league chose a more intimate setting with 40,148 filling BMO Field. What better way to get a year-long party started than outdoors in the city many consider hockey's biggest market. \"We always talked about the greatest thing about these outdoor games is that they take you back to being a kid whether you did it in the backyard or pond or lake or a frozen river,\" explained Hall of Famer and all-time scoring leader Wayne Gretzky. \"Some of the kids in our era, we played on outdoor rinks. We had elite games that were on rinks outdoors. \"That's what this brings back. Parents come to these games with their kids and they think about when they were kids.\" Hockey fans are being served a big helping of hockey nostalgia to start 2017. The Centennial Classic will be followed on Monday, Jan. 2, with the Winter Classic in St. Louis, where the Blues will face off against the Chicago Blackhawks. The highlight of the NHL centennial, which will bridge this season and next, will come near the end of 2017 with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the league on Nov. 26 followed by the Dec. 19 anniversary of the first games. In a bid to keep outdoor games fresh, Mayer says nothing is off the table, not even ruling out the possibility of taking the extravaganza to Europe sometime in the future. \"We are looking at all options and from the commissioner on down discuss what is the next best game, what's the next best place and how will it be unique,\" said Mayer. \"We are looking at all options, all places. I don't think there isn't any place we wouldn't go.\"", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 386, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00407", "text": "Okay so i'm trying to figure something out. the second timeline has gone on forever which means at some point in the past in the second timeline jack dropped the nuke down the hole and juliet hit it until it blew it up...right? the nuke still had to blow up in the past and we'd have to assume they did it. and if they did it that means they would have had to have crashed in the second timeline as well in order to back in that timeline to blow it up. i mean i understand the result shown in the second timeline of the island underwater and them not crashing is because of what they do in the first timeline but someone still has to blow up the nuke in the second timeline. i cant figure this out, i'm trying to have it make sense but in order for it to make sense it would mean that when they were put in the 70's and blew up the nuke they were actually in the second timeline and after blowing up the nuke they went back to the first. but then theres the picture of them in the first timeline from the 70's....fuck. okay so i really cant explain it. its impossible for it to be them in the past in the second timeline to cause the island to sink and it can't be the effect of the first timelines events. it wouldnt explain what happens in 70s in the second timeline. as soon as the plane doesnt crash in the second timeline that means they dont go back in time in the second timeline and sink the island. so i have to assume that they were actually in the second timeline when they joined the darhma initiative and blew up the nuke and then returned to the first timeline after its detonation, or something else causes the island to sink in the second timeline. i dunno. aghh. that wasnt explained very well at all", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00408", "text": "a grocery store parking lot in Lynn Haven. He watched as a man left a bank adjacent to the parking lot, and got into the vehicle with two black males. A traffic stop was done and Johnathan Johnson, age 22, and Germarco Johnson, age 27, cousins, were arrested. Johnathan Johnson was charged with Robbery with a Weapon, Counterfeiting of an Instrument with Intent to Defraud (two counts), Principal/Accessory to Uttering a False Bank Bill (two counts), Larceny $300 or more but less than $5000 (two counts), and Violation of Probation for Financial Identity Fraud. Germarco Johnson was charged with Robbery with a Firearm, Counterfeiting of an Instrument with Intent to Defraud (two counts), Principal/Accessory to Uttering a False Bank Bill (two counts), and Larceny $300 or more but less than $5000 (two counts). The white male with them was identified as Charles Edward Sinard, age 39, a transient. He was also arrested and charged with Uttering a False Bank Bill, Larceny $300 or more but less than $5000, and Criminal Mischief, $1000 or more. The other two transients involved in this case, Riles and McNeight, were also arrested and charged with Uttering a False Bank Bill and Larceny $300 or more but less than $5000. During a search warrant on the two vehicles two printers, blank checks, cash, and a computer with check-making software were located and seized. All seven men were taken to the Bay County Jail and booked. 34 total views, 34 views today Share Us", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 348, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00409", "text": "Have taken my car here a few times because there's a bus stop out front so it's convenient to drop my car off and get to work. But after what happened I will never be back. They just cost me money and lost my tires. \\n\\nIn March I blew a tire on a pothole (naturally) and they replaced the two front tires for me. The second tire was fine but you have to replace both, I kept it so that I would have a spare if another one blew out. Put the tires in my basement, no problem. Saved for a rainy day. \\n\\nThis week I ran over a nail and the tire wasn't fixable so I had to get it replaced. Luckily I've got a spare! I called Monro early this morning to see if I could get in but they said it would be tomorrow at the earliest. I needed my car so I took it to pep boys (three hour turnaround - also the last time I needed an oil change they said they were booked for three days, good lord). \\n\\nI drop the car off at Pep Boys and tell them the extra tire is in the back. They call me up and tell me the tire is the wrong size. What? Monro gave me the wrong tires back when they replaced them in March. So I had to buy a new tire when I had a perfectly good one that is now god knows where. The tire was the wrong size and definitely didn't come from my car as it wouldn't have fit on the rim. \\n\\nAfter paying for the tire at Pep Boys I went over to Monro to see what they would do about it. They informed me that because I already had the new tire put on they couldn't do anything but the next time I came in they \\\"would work with me\\\". Why the hell would I come back when you just screwed me out of a hundred bucks and a good tire? Not worth chancing. Because you couldn't fit me in within a day I get screwed? \\n\\nIf you need tires go to Pep Boys on Milvalle. If you need an oil change go to Midas on Penn Circle they'll be able to get you in and not wait three days.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 458, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00410", "text": "Note: Tasty has a credit card minimum of $10 and has a parking lot\\n\\nTasty is another standard chinese takeout place - it didn't blow my mind but overall it was good, especially considering the price. Before I continue, I will come out and say that all of the food was a little tough - the eggroll especially(As was warned) - and the rice had some dark spots(I assume it was from the bottom of the cooking vessel). However, I will chalk some of it up to my mistake because I thought they closed a half hour later, than they did, and consequently ordered about 10 minutes before they closed. So, Tasty, you get a pass on the rice\\n\\nAnyhow, I ordered a vegetable eggroll($1.50) and general tso's tofu($8.25)(I've learned to accept my guilty pleasure). I ordered the general tso's extra spicy - it was not. Also, the tofu was in very large chunks, which has seemed to be my luck lately. I want surface area, and I don't want to have to figure out how to cut my food with chopsticks. I will say, though, that the sauce was very tasty - enough to seal the deal for a future order at this place.\\n\\nThe eggroll, as I said, was tough.. It tasted good, but it was tough, and small... This probably won't be in my future order, however with the $10 minimum I do need to order something else with my tofu... I hope the soup is good.\\n\\nThe lady behind the counter was friendly and was decent on the phone and didn't once mention that they were closing so close to when I ordered. Portion size was good, for the $10.44 it cost me, I'll definitely be able to make a lunch out of what is left.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 384, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00411", "text": "OK, so based off the recommendation of my date, I thought that I would like Legends North Shore but I left dinner disappointed and in need of a mint to mask the over abundance of garlic (salt) that I had consumed.\\n\\nThis restaurant is in a prime location on the North Side and has plenty of opportunity to capitalize on the growth in the area. That said, allow me to jump into some of the minuses:\\n\\nBeans and Greens appetizer - I love beans and greens, but was shocked by the amount of garlic the chef added. Actually, I don't think it was garlic...I believe it was garlic salt (a huge no-no) Don't get me wrong, I love garlic, but there was so much that it killed a simple, rustic dish.\\n\\nBlackened Shrimp Pasta - My date and I shared this dish. This dish tasted as though an entire container of garlic salt had accidentally been dropped onto the plate before being served. The shrimp and pasta, however, were cooked well. Had the chef backed off the garlic he would have presented a more edible dinner. i was not in the mood to send this dish back to the kitchen, but did call this out to the waitress once our meal concluded.\\n\\nThe restaurant is cute, in a great location, and service is friendly and prompt. These are all important things to me, but quality and taste takes precedence. Unfortunately, Legends just didn't do it for me.\\n\\nWould I go back? Most likely not. There are far too many other Italian restaurants in Pittsburgh that I would like to give a try.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 327, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00412", "text": "I went here: and watched the embedded vid. \"The link is more or less a video appraisal of what makes English such a Goddamned whorehouse. (via www.penny-arcade.com, tycho's comments)\" After thinking about what she said, i really wanted to upvote her on the site, and even spend a fraction of a second looking for the arrows. This got me thinking about other things, like the advantages of sites like angieslist.com, or my fave, consumerreports.org. My brain then went on a journey of fantasy, where things like dating or public elections went through the same process, where, for instance, in dating you would have a private list of votes up and down, where you could go back and look at why and where you up- or down-voted, so that a semblance of reason or at least better recall would invade relationships, maybe permitting better choices; or an external up- and down-vote bubble, allowing registered users (snigger) to help or warn others of potentially good or bad choices. What does reddit think? Am I off my rocker, spending too many weekends at work? Or could the very means of our supporting or denying in this microcosm really be a good thing? Is this what democracy is supposed to be about? EDIT: I think that voting for me is less of a karma points thing and more of an opinion thing, if i see something i like, then i'm much more likely to upvote it. However, unless i really really disagree with something, or if i think that a post is intentionally trying to combat the truth (as i see it), then i'm going to downvote. Truly, i think i upvote about 4 or 5 times more than i downvote.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 365, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00413", "text": "Ok, first off, this is a throwaway account. I've been a redditor for some time now. I am a female trying to get out of college debt and pay for graduate school, and one of my friends has offered to let me exchange... *aherm*... services for a substantial sum of money each week (appx. $1,000 +/-) in cash (check is not an option). Being a very liberal person (at times too liberal) and him being who he is, I really have no moral issue with this, so please do not lecture me. What I need to know: how can I use this cash in a way that won't get me in trouble? (note, we have agreed that the cash will specifically be for me bringing him candy bars. Not for services. I don't know if this matters though since it is cash). Also, do I have to claim this with the IRS, or is there a way around that? EDIT: I'll be doing this until either August or next January. The gift thing won't work because I'm not receiving it all at once, and he would need to be involved (according to the IRS website) as a donor and me as the donee. We are trying to not be connected by any paper trail. I'm wondering if I can \"sell\" him a candy bar each week and claim the cash as income (like e-bay/paypal income)? That way he wouldn't have to file anything. I'm also curious as to the ways to get around claiming it at all. I know there has to be some way that dealers (as Rowleyds13 said) get away with not claiming it. EDIT: Cover up scheme accomplished- I've been a freelance artist in the past doing murals, so I could claim to be doing this again. Lets me claim travel and art supplies (new paints! Woot!). Would that make me an independent contractor though, or do I just claim the income?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 406, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00414", "text": "What we eat can influence more than our waistlines. It turns out, our diets also help determine what we smell like. A recent study found that women preferred the body odor of men who ate a lot of fruits and vegetables. Whereas men who ate a lot of carbohydrates gave off a smell that was less appealing. Skeptical? At first, I was, too. I thought this line of inquiry must have been dreamed up by the produce industry. (Makes a good marketing campaign, right?!) But it's legit. \"We've known for a while that odor is an important component of attractiveness, especially for women,\" says Ian Stephen of Macquarie University in Australia. He studies evolution, genetics and psychology and is an author of the study. From an evolutionary perspective, scientists say our sweat can help signal our health status, and could possibly play a role in helping attract a mate. So, how did scientists evaluate the link between diet and the attractiveness of body odor? They began by recruiting a bunch of healthy, young men. They assessed the men's skin using an instrument called a spectrophotometer. When people eat a lot of colorful veggies, their skin takes on the hue of carotenoids, the plant pigments that are responsible for bright red, yellow and orange foods. \"The carotenoids get deposited in our skin,\" explains Stephen. The spectrophotometer \"flashes a light onto your skin and measures the color reflected back,\" says Stephen. The results are \"a good indicator of how much fruits and vegetables we're eating,\" he says. Stephen and his colleagues also had the men in the study compete food frequency questionnaires, so they could determine the men's overall patterns of eating. Then, men were given clean T-shirts and asked to do some exercise. Afterwards, women in the study were asked to sniff the sweat. (Note: The methodology was much more scientific and precise than my breezy explanation, but you get the picture!) \"We asked the women to rate how much they liked it, how floral, how fruity,\" and a bunch of other descriptors, explains Stephen. It's a small study, but the results were pretty consistent. \"Women basically found that men who ate more vegetables smelled nicer,\" Stephen told us. Men who ate a lot of meat did not produce a sweat that was any more — or less — attractive to women. But meat did tend to make men's odor more intense. \"This is not the first study", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00415", "text": "I don't know why but my gf is convinced I'm interested in a friend of mine (girl) who comments on my photos or writes on my wall. Honestly I haven't seen this friend for the longest time and rarely talk to her, but any kind of explanation never gets through to my gf. It angers her to the point she wants me to delete my friend from facebook, which is ridiculous. How should I go about explaining to her? I know the easiest option is dump her and find someone new, or not use facebook, but I've been with her for a few months together and a longer time long distance and feel we can get through this and I like using Facebook to keep in contact with friends. Is there any way to approach this or am I out of luck getting through? **EDIT:** Thanks for all the responses! I have learned a lot about internet etiquette . Especially to be aware of passive aggressiveness of girls, I know it may sound dumb but as a guy I was unaware the extent of this but am enlightened now. I had a talk with my gf about it. Everytime I explained there was no threat and that I was not interested in my friend and it was completely platonic she fired back with some point about me adding girls so I just had to stand ground because those claims are baseless since i was adding guys too. I brought up trust and she admitted she did have a problem about it, so I suggested that both of us are going to have to trust if we want a strong relationship (it was a lot longer but that was the summary) and that i'd try to let her know in advance if I was adding a girl she didn't know that i feel might be suspicion or when a girl makes a comment that she might take issue. My intention is that it's a way to build trust and start the conversation before the argument (in theory anyway). It was really nice that valentine's day was this weekend so I used it to make up with her, I treated her with flowers, she got me take out delivered. Things are better now. I'm going to see her next week (this was already planned) and can't wait! I hope this is past us but I'll keep you guys and gals updated.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 460, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00416", "text": "I have a girlfriend that I am very much in love with that I've been together with for a couple years. She is a love addict/love avoidant, and has had some serious problems with it, but has been working on recovery for over a year now. We have discussed this, and we are going to take a four month break so that she can be single and focus on herself while she deals with her issues. I very much support this idea, and am going to wait for her (and she says she is commited to me and wants to get back together again). She is going 2 two SLAA groups, meets with a sponsor every week, and is seeing a therapist and a psychologist, so obviously she is taking this very seriously and I trust her in that regard. Now the hard part for me is going to be what should I do to keep myself busy during these months. I'm cool with being alone, but I want to make sure I am being productive still and am not quite sure what else to do with the amount of free time I will have all of a sudden. I'm also a little freaked out because while I know she wants to come back to me, she does still have problems with the addiction and will probably look for attention from other guys. Lives goes on if she doesn't get back with me of course, but I really like this girl and hope it doesn't go that direction lol. Just hard to make such a leap of faith you know? Anyway, any thoughts you have to share will be appreciated.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00417", "text": "Democrats and Obama are headed for a political titanic right now, and they are fucking asleep at the wheel. WAKE THE FUCK UP. You have to re-ignite the base. How, you ask? It's simple 1. FIGHT BACK. Stop letting Republicans get away with lies and call them out. Do it with force. Stop pussy-footing around it by making it seem like these guys are honest opponents who simply disagree. They are not honest players. They want to kill you, and it seems like you don't even realize it [and if you do, you don't show it]. American's like fighters, not wimps, and not smarmy professors. 2. GET SHIT DONE. Use any means necessary. I don't care if Republicans are obstructing, there are MANY ways you can run over them. 3. STOP APPEASING THE RIGHT-WING. Your base didn't elect you to be a centrist wonk who is going to move the ship 1 degree. You were elected on a mandate of CHANGE by PROGRESSIVES. Enact PROGRESSIVE POLICIES! The right wing will never love you. Accept it and do the things your base elected you for! *edit: for all those telling me that everything is just fine, and the Democrats have nothing to worry about, you need to WAKE THE FUCK UP as well. Democrats lost Massachusetts, Virginia, and New Jersey all in a row - all 3 of which went for Obama last year. The number of people who call themselves Democrats is dropping in all the polls. Republicans are LEADING in the generic ballot for the first time in YEARS. A GIANT iceburg is right in front of us, it's OBVIOUS.*", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 357, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00418", "text": "you currently sell? Could you serve as a middleman that allows entry into an otherwise expensive product? Other companies have proven that unconventional business models can be successful, so at the very least thinking through how these could apply to your industry will prepare you for potential competitors. 3. Ask better questions As leaders, we often fall into a default state of assuming our job is to provide answers. We're the men and women that are supposed to make decisions, provide guidance, and answer tough questions. These are important leadership skills, but increasingly, so is asking the right questions. The rapid pace of change increasingly means we as leaders simply cannot have a functional knowledge of every discipline that's required to compete effectively in today's market. A junior designer on our team might have a bit of knowledge that can help push the collective thinking forward, but will only offer that knowledge if you as a leader create an environment where he or she feels like they can contribute. Try to gain a sense of the perspectives each person on your team brings to the table. This is useful for two reasons. First, it allows you to call on specific people when you need expertise in a particular area. Secondly, it can help identify areas where your team is lacking. You may have a dozen technologists, but no one that can think through how to make employees more effective. Or, you might have a room full of great thinkers on customer experience, but no one that knows the capabilities and limitations of the tools required to deliver those experiences. SEE: 10 books every small business entrepreneur should read (free PDF) (TechRepublic) 4. Get out of your comfort zone Focusing only on your industry can be comfortable. You speak the same language, have the same concerns, and often move at a similar pace to industry peers and competitors. As a leader, you may have grown up in the industry, and are well-regarded as an expert in the space. It can be uncomfortable to spend time with someone who has never heard of you, and regards some aspect of your company as significantly lagging or even irrelevant. However, just as sitting in an \"echo chamber\" of like-minded individuals can adversely affect our personal lives and perspective on our fellow human beings, so, too, can safely remaining in your professional echo chamber. For more business and leadership tips, subscribe to our Executive Briefing newsletter. Subscribe Also see:", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 481, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00419", "text": "leaving states to make their own decisions on how to proceed. Many have yet to adapt their lead poisoning prevention programs to the last reference change, implemented four years ago, when the level dropped from 10 to 5 micrograms per deciliter. Other states, including Virginia and Maine, made changes this year. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is close to adopting a rule requiring an environmental inspection—and lead cleanup if hazards are found—in any public housing units where a young child tests at or above the CDC threshold. If the CDC urges public health action under a new threshold, HUD said it will follow through. \"The only thing that will affect our policy is the CDC recommendation for environmental intervention,\" said Dr. Warren Friedman, with HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. To set the reference value, the CDC relies upon data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey. The latest data suggests that a small child with a blood lead level of 3.5 micrograms per deciliter has higher exposure than 97.5 percent of others in the age group, 1 to 5 years. But in lead-poisoning hotspots, a far greater portion of children have higher lead levels. Wisconsin data, for instance, shows that around 10 percent of children tested in Milwaukee's most poisoned census tracts had levels double the current CDC standard. Some worry a lower threshold could produce the opposite effect sought, by diverting money and attention away from children with the worst exposure. \"A lower reference level may actually do harm by masking reality—that significant levels of lead exposure are still a problem throughout the country,\" said Amy Winslow, chief executive of Magellan Diagnostics, whose blood lead testing machines are used in thousands of U.S. clinics.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 359, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00420", "text": "Facts: 1. I have a facebook account. I use a non-gmail account for logging in. 2. I used to have it so you couldn't find me by searching for my name, so some people suggested I join facebook using my gmail address. 3. I periodically receive e-mails from facebook to my gmail reminding me that some people want to be my friends and I should join. I usually ignore these. 4. These e-mails (or at least the most-recent one) contain both \"these people have invited you to facebook\" and \"you might also know these people on facebook\" sections. 4. I just got one of those reminders, and my landlord was one of the people on facebook that I \"might also know\". 5. I have never done anything related to my landlord on facebook, and none of the people who have invited me to facebook via my gmail have any relation to my landlord. 6. I use completely different passwords for my gmail as my other accounts. How the %&amp;(# did this happen? Is it &amp;%^ing BUZZ's fault when it made all my gmail contacts public? Is facebook scouring those results and making suggestions for me based upon them? (The odd thing is that I don't *think* that my BUZZ contact list was ever public, 'cause my google profile said I had to add more info to make it public...) EDIT: also, I wish reddit followed a policy of politely explaining why you downvote when you downvote. This seems to be a genuinely mysterious occasion, but no one will help explain it 'cause of the downvote nazis patrolling /new/. * * * IsoscelesJones had a suggestion that made sense. My landlord might have shared her email contacts with Facebook, it then found my gmail address that way, and then knew to suggest her as a friend in my invite reminder emails. Now I at least have one explanation that doesn't involved a total invasion of my privacy. Thanks isosceles.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00421", "text": "I work for Habitat for Humanity as an Americorps down in Louisiana. We have an architecture firm that does our blueprints and they're fairly decent. The problem is, they charge $125/hr for any work, and we can't justify that cost just to create a bunch of as-builts. Right now, the way we keep track of changes is to print off an extra copy of the official prints and change dimensions with a pen. I have familiarity with various CAD programs including AutoCAD, and we're looking for something cheap and effective to deploy on a computer in the office, or my own laptop. I'm already on payroll and would be doing much of it in my spare time, so the cost of my time to learn a new system is negligible. AutoCAD would be fantastic if it didn't cost so damn much. Really all we need is something on which we can draw in 2d and make measurements in American units (feet and inches.) Can anyone recommend an effective, worthwhile system that can do decent 2D work? It doesn't even have to be able to read the AutoCAD files from our architect, I can manually recreate them. Anything between free and $80 would be nice. Google's Sketch-Up is about the quality and level of control we need, except that is a 3D program. Not flashy or powerful but simple, quick, and effective. I've tried QCAD but it doesn't look like they've updated anything in a year an half, except their book. TurboCAD has a cheap option, but I don't want to shell out cash without trying it. DoubleCAD I'm using as a demo now, but its almost impossible to get online help about it, and I don't know what features I'll lose when the 30 day trial expires and I have to use their free version. Thanks DIYers. Edit: I have access to Windows XP, OSX 10.4, and Ubuntu, so platform isn't a real issue.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 405, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00422", "text": "Tom's Diner is one of those places I really, really want to like. You see it when driving down the street and it looks like a cool, retro place that got picked up from the past and dropped in the present next to the chain stores and abandoned buildings lining the rest of the street. If only the experience here matched the charming exterior.\\n\\nI don't have a problem with the diner food, first of all; it's not great, but hey, for cheap eats, it's not bad. They make a mean French onion soup, I admit. \\n\\nMy problem is more with the maintenance of the place. The windows are dirty, seats are busted, tables aren't properly cleaned - those things really detract from the experience and make the place look run-down and a bit unwelcoming.\\n\\nThe biggest offense for me, though? The service. My waitress? It took her three trips to remember I had ordered an additional drink (yes, we reminded her), by which time I was almost done with my meal. Also: this diner does not have ketchup at its tables. This would be okay if the servers remembered to bring it out with all meals. They do not. \\n\\nSeriously, guys: you operate in Pittsburgh. Ketchup is mandatory.\\n\\nI may poke in for a quick bite again, but I'll be honest with my final opinion: considering how mediocre my experience was on a slow Saturday night, I suspect some fast food chains could knock Tom's out of the park on a busy day at this diner.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00423", "text": "While I have always had a great experience with my food, I feel the need to update my prior review based on my experience at brunch today. \\n\\nWhen my food came out, there was a very visible hair on my plate. I was with a large group and did not want to make a scene, so I mentioned it to the server who immediately took my plate away. The manager on duty came out to apologize, which I did appreciate. However, I was a little surprised because when they brought my plate out about 5 minutes later, I could tell that it was the same exact plate. \\n\\nFirst off, it was not even warm, so if they made my meal on the spot you would think it would be hot, or at the very least warm. I had also substituted bacon for the sausage that normally comes with the entree, and if the chef had made a new plate on the spot, he would probably have sent it out with the sausage (or with a side of bacon again), which he did not (they had served my bacon on the side when they brought it out initially). Everything was in the exact same place on the plate. I wasn't going to cause a scene, so I pretended to enjoy it, but did not. I was quite repulsed.\\n\\nin my last review I had said that Casbah was my favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh. I had mentioned that the Cassericia dish was my favorite but that they had removed it from the menu the last time I tried to order it there for dinner. I received a response from someone at the restaurant that she was not sure why I would think that because it is still offered, and I explained that the waiter told me it was removed from the menu. \\n\\nI'm not really sure what happened here, but I can tell you this... I don't think that Casbah is my favorite anymore. In fact not only is it not my favorite, it has taken a plunge to the bottom of my list of places to eat. \\n\\nFor me, if you expect to eat at a top restaurant, the service should be top of the line, and it has just been too inconsistent for my taste. No thanks Casbah!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 454, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00424", "text": "**Thanks for the downvotes. Wtf? Don't like my story?** Title says much. I've always enjoyed martial arts and fighting but found most of these discipline (judo, karate, jiu-jutsu) to be too \"artificial\" in my youth. I joined the army, worked my ass off and how consider myself nearly unbeatable in any fight. And yet, all this looked useless. One day, I got a revelation: I was coming out of a bar, I called a taxi, everything was well when three morons jumped in to take my seat. I yelled at them, and the driver, not wanting to take three intoxicated asses, told them to get out. They didn't obey at first and I kept yelling. One came out and we started the fight. The ultimate irony was that I was able to take them one by one since it took them so long to get out of the taxi. It was sort of easy. And I sort of liked it. These days I go to bars and clubs alone and just piss off people who look irratable and stupid. I live in Canada, so there are few guns, and I know how to defend against most knives and close-quarter weapons (I have some, too). Most of the time it's incredibly easy and the fight starts before I even want to. It helps get laid, too. I have developed one particular hit that can knock anyone in one shot - even the toughest guy (a right uppercut to the jaw). I've always dreamed of being a bouncer at a dangerous club. Might apply. So there it goes, AMA!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 333, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00425", "text": "After being laid off in early 2009 I decided to hit the road and see the world (was director of operations for a web hosting company). Sold everything I owned, told my wife I was going fishing and started riding north. From my home in South Florida I rode up to Fairbanks, Alaska, stopping along the way to see family in Atlanta, Tennessee and at a campground in Banff National Park. After visiting Denali (stunning!) I took a train to Anchorage and then a ferry to Vancouver Island. Eventually I made it down the coast before crossing into Mexico (at Tijuana). Got sick, healed, rode down the Baja and then took a (very) last minute ferry to Mazatlan. My stay in Mexico so far has been amazing. The people here are incredibly friendly, the food is delicious (and I eat a lot!) and there is so much to see. I stopped in Guadalajara for 3 weeks and took a Spanish class because it was so frustrating not to be able to have a conversation with all the people I was meeting. I'm in Uruapan right now waiting for it to stop raining. After Mexico it's down through Central America where I'll hop on a boat from Panama to Columbia to continue my ride to Argentina. After that I want to fly over to New Zealand and then maybe check out SE Asia. * Miles ridden so far: 10,732 (17,271 km) * Most miles in one day: 112 (180 km) * Top speed: 43 mph (69 km/h) * Tires used: 3 * Miles ass has hurt: 10,732 (17,271 km) Here are some pictures. And here's my bike give or take. Sorry 'bout the crocs but it beats standing barefoot in motel room/cg showers sometimes. Ask away. Just kidding about the wife BTW. edit: I'm really not married. No wife left behind. edit: 2/5 It finally stopped raining so I'm back on the road. If any more question come in I'll try to answer them within a couple days. Thanks for all the great questions so far!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 446, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00426", "text": "Nothing particularly new here. After stumbling across a promotional vehicle that has grown well beyond its initial sentimental appeal into a marketing colossus, the NHL has regularly staged outdoor games since 2008, from snowy Buffalo to balmy Los Angeles. What started as a one off novelty has become the league's regular season centerpiece, a New Year's day extravaganza that has become the NHL's signature event. After the first Winter Classic in Buffalo the league was hesitant to even confirm there would be a second one. Now 21 games later, the NHL will tell you the outdoor showcases are here to stay. The Centennial Classic, won 5-4 by Toronto, marked the start of the NHL's 100th birthday celebrations and the outdoor game is a firm part of the league's future. \"This will be the 21st outdoor game, so they are here to stay,\" Steve Mayer, NHL executive vice-president, chief content officer told Reuters. \"We all have to figure out the balance of how many. \"There are some years where there have been six and some years when there are three. \"There is a bit of a balance that we cannot do too many of these because we don't want to make it feel like it is not special.\" The appeal of the outdoor game lies in the sport's roots, anchored by romantic nostalgia and wintery charm. But after nearly a decade of taking it outside the NHL is looking at ways to keep the romance alive. Games have been played in iconic sporting shrines like Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park. There have been exotic settings such as Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles and marquee matchups featuring the NHL's biggest draws, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. In 2014, the Maple Leafs and Red Wings faced off in front of a record crowd of over 105,000 at Michigan Stadium but for their Centennial launch the league chose a more intimate setting with 40,148 filling BMO Field. What better way to get a year-long party started than outdoors in the city many consider hockey's biggest market. \"We always talked about the greatest thing about these outdoor games is that they take you back to being a kid whether you did it in the backyard or pond or lake or a frozen river,\" explained Hall of Famer and all-time scoring leader Wayne Gretzky. \"Some of the kids in our era, we played on outdoor rinks. We had elite games that", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00427", "text": "On Monday, company leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS) took the stage at the AWS NY Summit to detail the firm's latest efforts in data protection, analysis, and migration. The first of the core announcements was Amazon Macie, a new security tool that uses machine learning to identify the secure data that a customer is storing in AWS, and takes steps to protect it. \"Amazon Macie recognizes sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) or intellectual property, and provides customers with dashboards and alerts that give visibility into how this data is being accessed or moved,\" a press release said. Macie works with data stored in Amazon's Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), but support for additional data stores is due later in 2017, the press release said. Macie can be enabled through the AWS Management Console, and its cost is determined by the amount of content that is classified as secure. SEE: Special report: The cloud v. data center decision (free PDF) The goal of Macie, it seems, is to make the jobs of security professionals easier by automating many of the daily processing tasks associated with categorizing and protecting cloud data. Once a baseline is established among a customer's data, Macie looks for anomalies, and alerts users to any activity it deems suspicious. Another new service, AWS Glue, could make it easier to analyze customer data as well. Glue is an extract, transform, and load (ETL) service that simplifies the processes for loading data into Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), or other databases running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), so that the data can be further queried and analyzed, according to a press release. ETL jobs in Glue can be created through the AWS Management Console. Customers tell Glue what data they want to target in AWS, and then Glue \"discovers the associated metadata (e.g. table definitions) and classifies it, generates ETL scripts for data transformation, and loads the transformed data into a destination data store, provisioning the infrastructure needed to complete the job,\" the release said. AWS Glue is a serverless solution. Because of this, customers are billed for compute resources consumed relative to data preparation and loading jobs, the release said. In an effort to make cloud migration easier, AWS also announced its new AWS Migration Hub, an umbrella solution made up of the AWS Application Discovery Service,", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00428", "text": "I am a manager at a large casual dining chain restaurant and worked a very busy shift today (Valentine's Day). Normally, people do not propose at our establishment. This evening, while one man was on his way to the restroom he \"pst pst'd\" his waitress from the kitchen entrance and asked her to give them a cake for dessert with a note inside asking the girl he is with to marry him. The server came up to me and asked what to do and how to go about it. Our main dessert, the cake he asked for, has a warm liquid center and is topped with ice cream. We couldn't put a note in it. So we racked our brains and came up with an idea. We took a plastic heart shaped ring from cupcakes the staff had earlier and pink paper precut into a flower shape that we found. We wrote the message on the note and and rolled it inside. We put this prettily on the plate and served the dessert. The woman opened the note and was surprised and cried and said yes. She joked with him about it being a plastic ring before he gave her the real one. They seemed so happy. This guy came in with no plan and we made it quite special. Then the asshole didn't say thank you and left $5 on a $60 check. Thanks buddy. tl;dr Guy came into the restaurant. Asked the staff to make a plan for his proposal. Girl says yes. He doesn't say thank you and leaves a shitty tip.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00429", "text": "I'm trying to develop some formulas, and I need a little help. (It's only around high school level) The first formula I think I finished, but I can't find a good way to graph it. There's a bunch of inputs I want to put in and compare beside each other, on hopefully the same graph. Formula 1 (how can I graph this?): ([({1}*x) / ({0.812, 0.723, 0.644, 0.573, 0.511, 0.455, 0.405, 0.361, 0.321, 0.286, 0.255})]*[(0.5*x)^2]) / ([9(.5x)]+[10*({1}*x)]) (Sorry for weird formatting) The two {1}'s will be changed to {1, 2, 3, 3.5, 6, and others} and that's what I want to compare, but the {0.812, through 0.255} will always be in the formula. Wolfram|Alpha can graph 1 of these, but I need a way to graph a lot of them on one plot. -- Formula 2 (finding best ratio): [{61.5,69.0,77.5,87.0}*(r)^2] / [(9r)+(10{50})]=f(x) Now, that formula has many more values for both sets of {}'s that I'll add in, but this way simplifies it a bit. So what I need help with on formula 2 is finding a way to write it so (r) will be a ratio to the {50}. I'm trying to find the best ratio for both minimum and maximum f(x). I thought [{50}/r] where r=(0,20) might work, but it seems to result in an asymptote and I don't think it's giving the information I want. (My teacher, not sure how much she was paying attention, thinks forumla 2 might involve calculus, which I haven't learned yet, so I'm unsure.) -- Thanks a ton! and Ask if you need clarification on something.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 461, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00430", "text": "the company's booming business. Sears' stature is far smaller these days amid a constantly changing retail landscape which brought with it the dominance of Amazon, the rise of e-commerce and big-box discount retailers. It's left brick-and-mortar stores reeling. Despite its merger with Kmart in 2005, Sears has consistently lost millions of dollars each quarter. The retailer has closed hundreds of stores, slashed jobs and sold off key assets like the Lands' End clothing line and its legendary Craftsman brand — although both brands continue to be sold at Sears. Independent retail analyst Sucharita Mulpuru says these changes haven't worked. \"There are just so many onerous forces relating to competition,\" she says. \"I think that no matter what they do, they are fighting a losing battle.\" In a memo, CEO Eddie Lampert says Sears is taking decisive action to return to profitability and to become a new kind of retailer. Some analysts accuse Lampert of sucking the value out of the company, selling off its most marketable assets. Then there's that line in Sears' recent annual report to federal regulators — which states \"substantial doubt exists related to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.\" But Leena Munjal, a Sears senior vice president in charge of retail operations, says that reports of the company's demise are exaggerated. \"Do we have challenges? Absolutely,\" she says. \"Just like many of the retailers out there and we are all trying to figure out what are the changes we need to make to our business models to be able to rise to those challenges.\" Sears' transformation plan includes a membership program called Shop Your Way. Customers collect points they can redeem when they shop at Sears. The company's also worked on ways to make it more convenient for customers to shop online, or on their phones. The Sears at Woodfield Mall, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, is huge. There are clothes, fitness equipment and aisles of gleaming appliances. Carla and Jeremy Lang push their twin 18-month-old sons in a stroller while looking at ovens and stoves. Carla Lang says they've heard about the store's financial troubles. \"We've read stuff online that they may be closing stores and what not, but we still come here,\" she says. \"It's close by, and like I said we've had success with purchasing things.\" There are others though, loyal past shoppers, who haven't been in a Sears for", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00431", "text": "So I've recently flooded this sub with questions regarding my pending new PC purchase, and I am grateful for all the advice. Now that my order is ready to me made, I'll be allocating my old machine to my daughter. It's an Athlon64 3200+ OC'ed to 3.2GHz (possibly a little higher w/ a new fan/cooler) and it will have 2GB of memory. Right now, the card is an AGP GeForce FX5200 w/ 256MB of memory. Is there an AGP card in the $25-to-$50 range that will run the Sims 3 well? I'm not expecting full resolution and detail at a high framerate, but having the game smoothly playable without too much lag or stuttering would be nice. I think the official *minimum* is GeForce FX 5900 or Radeon 9500, but we all know how official minimum specs work out. Anyone here with a similar machine who runs Sims 3? Can it be played enjoyably w/ the right video card? Thanks again! EDIT: Her monitor can only run 1024x768 on the desktop (*maybe* 1280x1024 for games) w/o looking like total shit, so the resolution won't be pushed too far. Given that some of the suggestions are priced a little too high, she may have to settle with only being able to run Sims 2. No skin off my ass, I guess. She should be happy enough with running Sims 2 and Oblivbion at all, and KOTOR and Neverwinter Nights at better detail/resolution and frame rate.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00432", "text": "Dear Reddit, I was in charge of performances for the Japanese Student Association, Matsuri Festival. Our Matsuri festival is on February 27th, 2010 at the University of Washington from 5 PM until 9 PM. Due to the inner workings at University of Washington (where our president gets paid nearly a million dollars), and the tuition hikes (14% this year, and 16% increase next year... 30% in 2 years) and the lack of funding for student organizations. I'm in an **extreme** pinch. We didn't have as much money as we thought we would have for our Matsuri festival. The cost of renting the room increased, the amount of food we need increased and everything. We simply are unable to pay honorarium/performance fees. My budget shrank considerably down to $500. I needed at least $1,500. My budget is barely enough to get two decent performers. We need a total of 8-9. I really want to present an authentic, and good performances so people can really get a sense of Japan through it, and get a new experience. If you're talented, or know someone who is talented and can do something related to Japan for free please PM me! -- ABOUT MATSURI -- It's a festival we hold annually. This is the 4th annual Matsuri festival. It's centered around introducing Japanese culture to the local community, university students, people interested in Japan or people who just want to have an interesting experience. We usually get around 2,000+ people comprising of kids, parents, high school kids and university students, We present Japanese culture through performances, games, food and other forms of entertainment. Also, the entrance is free, because we want to make this accessible to anyone and everyone. However, food costs tickets ($1 = 2 tickets, and food is around 2-8 tickets). [if you could please upvote this so it can reach out to people that would be awesome]! here are some pictures of Matsuri from last year here's a video of a Taiko performance from last year~ [edit] I maybe should have made it clearer - I'm not asking for donations. I'm asking for the above: If you're talented, or know someone who is talented and can do something related to Japan for free please PM me!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 482, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00433", "text": "...Is to increase interest paid on excess reserves. You may ask if they want to control inflation why don't they just raise the interest rate? They are trying to avoid doing that at all costs because it will increase the amount the government has to pay on its debt. But remember, that rate *has to come up sometime.* We paid 164 billion on interest in the past 3 months alone, imagine how that number will rise in the coming years. So in lieu of raising rates came up with this gem which amounts to handing out more free money to the banks. What I want to know is why don't they just raise the reserve requirements? Maybe they're afraid of the instability it would cause. This is not the only instance in which banks were encouraged not to lend. In fact the whole system encourages them not to lend, at least not to consumers. Instead they take the free money they get at the federal reserve and use it to buy government debt which earns them interest. It's the easiest money those banks have ever made. Another way they are encouraged not to lend is done by the FDIC. When a bad bank goes bad the FDIC breaks up their assets and distributes them to healthy banks. This is an amazing deal for any bank to get and is much more profitable than lending. As a result banks have cut lending and are hording cash in order to improve their \"health\" and make sure they are on the receiving end of one of these transfers. Keep in mind, some of the smartest people in the world constructed these counterproductive systems! How people still believe an economy can be centrally planned is beyond me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00434", "text": "This happened at a restaurant called Black Finn in Arlington, TX. Basically my friend and I just got kicked out of the place (at friend's birthday, no less) for trying to not pay a bill. Basically we were told our drinks were $3 and when they tried to charge us $6 each the manager accused us of lying and threatened to have us arrested and speak with police. I'm so mad and offended, I don't even know what to think. I always tip a lot, myself and have never been kicked out of a restaurant or bar in my life. What would you do? Here was my google review, but pssh.. does that even deter anyone from going? NEVER GO HERE.‎ - ‎ - 2010-02-12 I have never been so humiliated in my entire life. Here's what happened: on a weekday at about 11 pm, my friend and I were told $3 you call its before 11pm. I specifically asked if what I was about to order was $3. The waiter said yes. I ordered two of these drinks. Then the manager gave me AND my friend a $12 bill for our two drinks each. I then told the manager we were specifically told by our waiter they were 3$ each. He accused us of LYING and that we had raised our voices at him (false) and called the police on us. Yes, we had to speak with the police even, for several minutes. He ultimately kicked us out over a $6 difference humiliating us at a friend's birthday party. First of all, this is the first time in my life I've ever been kicked out of a bar, and I'm not a young guy, and this was all over a few dollar difference. He insisted he was going to have us arrested as well. I've never seen anything like this in my life. You can be assured I will never place foot in this restaurant again. Oh, and their food sucks as well. Unbelievable. I just am really still in shock over what happened here. It was nothing short of horrible. I don't know, damn though, never had anything like this happen to me. :(", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 445, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00435", "text": "My husband and I stayed at the Best Western Parkway Center Inn for a U2 Concert at Heinz Field. We realized that the room was going to be extremely small based on the reviews, but I think I was taken aback as to how small it really was. The hotel was clean on both the inside and outside. Although our room was down a very narrow corridor and a joining room to another room, it was clean and updated with a nice flat screen TV. We had Bath n Body Works products, which I use at home. The best part of the hotel was the free shuttle to and from the concert. I hate having to drive in traffic and parking would have cost us a pretty penny. The staff are wonderful! Very friendly and accommodating. Apparently there is free breakfast from 6am-9am, which we were told about, but didn't get to take advantage of since we overslept. There is also a pool which we missed because we weren't at the hotel long enough. We did get to take advantage of the free wii fi which was very nice. The purpose of our stay was a place to sleep and for this purpose, this hotel served us well. However, if you intend on staying an extended amount of the time at the hotel, I would suggest elsewhere. The quaint room made me feel very claustrophobic. As well, there aren't any places to eat near. I would stay there again for a reason of a place to crash after a concert or something similar. I wouldn't recommend staying with a family at this facility because of it's size, unless you can get a bigger room or a couple rooms at once.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 337, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00436", "text": "Ever since i was 10 i have known i was never going to be good at anything but music. Now aged 23 with a degree in music compostion i often (perhaps foolishly) pass up excellent jobs and training courses to concentrate on my music. Over the past year my friends and i have been living together and trying to produce music that sounds both unique and epic and we are currently producing cross genre music i'm really proud of. It's a mixture of electronic and rock music. We are currently doing so well in a competition (currently ranked 4th place) in which winning bands play at download festival and tea in the park festival. I know in asking you to help i would be swaying the competition unfairly so instead i ask this. Please click the link and watch the video containing our music. If you enjoy it then please rate the video however you see fit in the 5 star rating system below. If you REALLY enjoy it then please help create a hype and push us further up the charts with Tweets, facebook shares and/or comments. The comments unfortunately take a quick sign up, but everything else is just a one click commitment. if you don't enjoy it i would love to hear constructive criticisms about it, i always find it interesting to hear what anyone things about the music. Thanks very much for your time reddit. I look forward to seeing whether this helps. p.s Bacon and Narwhals edit- Thanks so much for helping with this everyone, 9 votes so far and every little helps. All comments and shares contribute too. Sorry to those who are annoyed by this submission, i do feel rather guilty but i have to take every step possible to help. = D edit- We have climbed to third place, thanks for the help so far = D", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 359, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00437", "text": "(original link) I'd like to say thank you to everyone who replied, and whilst I haven't really changed any of my parenting methods (they seemed pretty much spot on) I thought I'd share a couple of things I **have** done. 1. Lego. Well, Duplo to be precise, as we have a 15month old who would do his best to eat the smaller lego pieces and choke. So she now has a big box of Duplo that she's started being creative with -- For example, she made a crane-truck all by herself the other day (based on two images in the book that came with it, but she built it by herself) 2. Letting her help with my work. I've been building a pile of PC's recently to replace some already exisiting ones, and she's been doing some of that too.. She was screwing in power supplies for me the other day. Those are the two major things that I've done, thanks to your advice. I've also continued on the 'never raising my voice' thing, and we now have an official 'daddy daughter' thing when we go and get fish and chips.. If I was to go without her, I'm SURE it would be the end of the world. Anyway, thanks. Here's a couple]( \"Jade helping make rissoles on Australia Day\") more [photos]( \"Dressed up as a Cowgirl for preschool\") of [her]( \"Playing on the Trampoline with Blake \\(brother\\) and friend \\(Emily\\)\") of her enjoying life as [only a 4 yo can", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 333, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00438", "text": "Literary Roots E.T.A. Hoffmann, a German writer, penned the eerie and dark tale \"Nutcracker and Mouse King\" in 1816. About 30 years later, the French writer Alexandre Dumas took the Nutcracker story into his own hands, lightening things up and softening the character descriptions. Dumas even cheered up the name of the protagonist. \"Marie Stahlbaum\" (meaning \"steel tree,\" representing the repressive family Marie found herself in, which led her imagination to run wild) became \"Clara Silberhaus\" (translated to \"silver house,\" a magnificent home filled with shiny magic.) Snowflakes of the original cast, \"The Nutcracker\" at the Mariinsky Theatre, 1892. Photo by Walter E. Owen, Courtesy Dance Magazine Archives. From Page to Stage In 1892 St. Petersburg, choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky pulled the story off the page and onto the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. But Petipa fell ill while choreographing The Nutcracker and handed his duties over to his assistant, Lev Ivanov. Critics at the 1892 premiere were not pleased. Balletomanes felt the work to be uneven, and lamented the lack of a main ballerina in the first act. Many thought that the story was too light compared to historically based stories. Out of Russia Despite its initial reception, the ballet survived, partially due to the success of Tchaikovsky's score. Performances were scarce, though, as the Russian Revolution scattered its original dancers. The Nutcracker's first major exposure outside of Russia took place in London in 1934. Former Mariinsky ballet master Nikolas Sergeyev was tasked with staging Petipa's story ballets on the Vic-Wells Ballet (today The Royal Ballet) from the original notation. The notes were incomplete and difficult to read, yet Sergeyev persisted, and The Nutcracker made it to the stage. Dancers from ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in \"The Nutcracker\" pas de deux. Photo Courtesy Dance Magazine Archives. An American Premiere The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo brought an abridged version of The Nutcracker to the U.S. in 1940. Over the next decade, the company toured the ballet extensively, exposing it to audiences nationwide. Willam Christensen (center) with his brothers Lew and Harold.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00439", "text": "So I have to ask myself, why don't I shop here more often? My family and I tend to shop at Giant Eagle, partly because of the large size of their stores and partly because of their GetGo rewards. Kuhn's has somehow become the place we stop when we don't have time to drive to Giant Eagle. \\n\\nWhich is totally a shame, because whenever I DO stop in here I'm reminded about how nice the place actually is. Today a simple trip for milk turned into a fall-themed decoration shopping spree that went really well (yay super cute owl pillows!) and I ended up picking some breakfast and lunch items as well just because of how cheap they were. I know from past experience that the produce is fresh, and between the wonderful aroma and colorful display the bakery here is absolutely torturous to pass. There's also a ready-made dinner/lunch shelf with sandwiches, chicken wings, pizzas and a few dessert items if you want to grab those on your way out; I've actually gotten dinner here a few times on my way home from the city when I was too tired to cook. What's not to like about affordable and delicious food, right?\\n\\nHowever, there is at least one thing that does keep me from wanting to be a regular here and giving Kuhn's a 5 star review: the blasted parking lot you have to deal with to go here, which I've cursed in other reviews. This lot is the one that fills up super quickly, creates miniature traffic jams like no one's business, and is a time-stealing trap. Sigh. Suddenly I think I understand why my family always goes to Giant Eagle.\\n\\nSorry, Kuhn's. Your prices are wonderful, your set-up fantastic, and your options well varied and impressive. But can you blame a girl for hating a poorly constructed parking lot? (Don't worry. You're still great. I'm sure I'll see you again!)", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 398, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00440", "text": "This is where I think we run into a problem when discussing blanket legalization and government regulation of distribution: No matter what the personal viewpoints of these leaders and congressmen we elect actually are, they have too much money coming in from all of these special interest groups (big pharma, alcohol, tobacco, textiles) that would disappear if they voted in favor of big bad MARIJUANA. Sadly, logic and reason are not what govern our country. Money and power bitches. The country as a whole does not believe their propaganga. We are ready for a change! But no matter whats good for the country, if it doesn't please the big industries, forget about it. (We could have mass produced alternative fuel vehicles YEARS ago, cheaply, but OIL couldn't have that.) Who would EVER buy their first pack of cigarettes? Seriously think about it. Game over for big tobacco. Alcohol would suffer a bit, but will never disappear. If anything, maybe people would drink more rationally. AND I think it would lead to a boost in production of quality, rather than quantity. (Gotta have my dank brews) Pharma. Let's be honest, we all know what they're out for. I'd say only about 50% of all prescriptions have an ailment that actually warrants their distribution. And it's not just these few. Hemp is cheaper and easier to grow than cotton or any others for that matter. It can be more efficiently turned into paper and other products also. Starting as racial supression, today it's almost depsised for it's greatness.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 322, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00441", "text": "This is the second review of The Dor- Stop, I gave it another star this time.\\n\\nCanadian Friend of Joe (CFoJ) was getting ready to catch the 4:45 flight to Philly, and wanted to share one more meal before leaving the Burgh. He was hungry for breakfast, after all it was only noon and he was still in bed. So he calls me and says meet in Dormont for some serious diner food.\\n\\nHe's already at a table when I walk in, sitting there eating a huge cinnamon roll, split in half, grilled and looking soooo delicious. So he points to the wall and says \\\"Guy from Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives was here\\\". Spitting pieces of Cinnamon roll at me in his excitement, who knew Canada got the food network?\\n\\nI ordered the oatmeal pancakes, knowing full well there are eggs in the batter (somethings are just worth having as a vegan) but at least I was smart enough to have the butter on the side so I could discard it later.\\n\\nHe ordered the raspberry french toast, over hard eggs (Canadian for broken yokes) and bacon, a large OJ, coffee, and the cinnamon bun he was noshing when i entered. The man can eat, and he's so thin, I really hate him and his metabolism.\\n\\nMy oatmeal cakes were HUGE, and three to an order, I got the first one down without any problem, they were moist, chewy, flavorful with real oatmeal and cinnamon, and the syrup was almost not needed as they have a natural sweetness to them.\\n\\nHe devoured his french toast, eggs, bacon, saying it was one of the best breakfasts places he's ever been to.\\n\\nIt's a shame we take restaurants for granted, here's a guy from Vancouver, over 3000 miles away wishing the Dor-Stop was in his home town.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 402, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00442", "text": "I am about to graduate with a degree in biochemistry in may. I could easily apply to grad school for biochemistry and continue from there, but..... Without going into all of the details, I originally considered getting a degree in physics, but decided against it for various reasons (although I am fully intellectually capable of it). Since then I have had more experience with physics, including a tutoring job for premeds in introductory physics. It turns out that I like it. In addition, I am not exactly sure what I want to do with my life. I haven't really started the process for applying to grad school, and anyway I am not sure I am really ready for it psychologically, (I think I am fully prepared academically). I literally do not know what the hell I am going to be doing in 6 months. Also, I seem to remember that a noticeable amount of the more interesting researchers in biochemistry that I have come across also had some background in physics. In this state, I may be having a change of heart about getting an additional degree in physics. I can't help but think that the greater background in mathematics etc, would turn out to be a great help to any scientist. Which I think in the end is what I want to be, a researcher/professor etc. Though I am not 100% certain. On the other hand, I am already 22 and I am not sure I could pass it by my parents successfully. Not to mention getting the government to pay for anymore.... Alternatively, the physics department here seems almost desperate to get more undergrads even though it is a major university and has a Nobel laureate in the department. I do research and work for a biophysicist so I have a little behind the scenes experience. It may be that I could talk to them and procure some money. I guess what I want is some advice. What do you think? Should I pursue knowledge without a clear goal or should I just grow up and go to grad school for the degree I have basically already gotten?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 417, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00443", "text": "so...my Maytag Neptune front-load washer...is malfunctioning...again! Evertime I try to wash a load of clothes...some of the water goes into the washer...then the rest of the water which is a lot...floods out of detergent dispenser and all over the exterior washer and onto my basement floor... \\n\\ntried to fix it my self but unsuccessful...fed up with the constant flooding...I called the Appliance Service Center like I usually do when my washer goes hay-wire... Customer service lady was okay...no awards for customer service excellence though...lol :) the appliance guy gave me a call...staying he will be at my home in 10 minutes which I thought was very considerate... the appliance guy...i call him...Mr. G... shows up and fixes the problem in 5 minutes! (to include the time it takes for introduction, background, and for him to take the lid of the washer off, diagnosis of the problem, and fixing the problem). He was very friendly and personable. \\n\\nthe cost of the 5 min fix is $92 bucks! and I have been a customer with this company for while... $92 bucks is cheap...in comparison to their other fixes on that washer... \\n\\nbeing able to wash your clothes at home is a blessing but may break ur bank if you go with this company depending on the malfunction...but everytime they fix it...the problem never re-occurs but something else always manages to break on that washer! I would rather pay the price knowing it gets fixed right the first time than to find another person to fix a mistake and pay more in the long run :)", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 343, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00444", "text": "The article is here: Google's translation har a few problems, so I've translated it below. If any Norwegians feel like my translation is missing anything, feel free to correct me. **Defends murder of homosexuals** *Mohyeldeen Mohammad, who held the main speech in the muslim demonstration against Dagbladet (the newspaper that recently reprinted one of the Mohammed cartoons) last friday, tells Klassekampen (a left-wing newspaper) that gays must be killed.* Mohammad explains that he supports the islamistic al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia, who recently stoned a man to death. \\- To my knowledge, that person was a homosexual, and that's the punishment he deserves. That's the point of view every muslim is forced to have through his religion, says the 24-year old from Larvik (a town about 2 hours south of Oslo) to Klassekampen. Mohyeldeen Mohammad has a his roots in Iraq, and currently studies in Medina, Saudi-Arabia. When asked about why he demonstrated against Dagbladet after saying that muslims don't have to participate in the Norwegian democracy, he replies: \\- The demonstration was a legal way to respond to the attack. In other countries we would have used other methods. Democracy has no place in Islam, because Islam forbids man-made laws. The only one who can create laws is Allah. He then goes on to reject that a society based on sharia is a dictatorship. \\- Sharia is not a dictatorship. It's the best and most just laws. But today, no countries are ruled by God's laws. Those who claim to rule according to sharia don't. About muslims who supports the democracy, the message is clear: \\- They're either hypocrites or lost. **Update: **this has caused a bit of a stir in Norway. The Islamic Council in Norway denounces Mohyeldeen Muhammad's views, and general secretary of the council Shoaib Sultan says: \\- These views are not representative for out member organizations or regular muslims, who appreciate the rights we have in the Norwegian democracy. They give us all the chance to live according to our values. We hope this young man with a little more maturity will come to a better understanding of his religion and the world around him. In the mean time, the last thing he needs is the media competing about giving him a platform.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00445", "text": "Many industries have adopted blockchain technology as a core part of their operations. It creates transparency and trust between parties so that trust is no longer needed, which is why industries such as real estate, finance, and advertising are beginning to use it. And now, Wikipedia's cofounder Larry Sanger wants blockchain to replace the free online encyclopedia. TechRepublic's Dan Patterson met with Sanger to discuss why he joined Everipedia, and why the blockchain should replace Wikipedia. Everipediais the encyclopedia of everything, where topics are unrestricted, unlike on Wikipedia, Sanger said. More technically, it's a blockchain encyclopedia with a decentralized protocol for accessing and sharing knowledge. SEE: Cheat sheet: Blockchain A blockchain is a list of transactions, or a ledger, that can be used to represent a database. By putting all of Everipedia's content on the blockchain, it creates a transparency between writers and readers. When it's all set up, it will be possible for people to propose adding information to the blockchain, Sanger explained, and people who have tokens (which are earned by adding to the blockchain) come to a consensus about what information gets added to the blockchain. \"In terms of editorial standards, just to get on an encyclopedia blockchain will be relatively easy,\" Sanger said. When the initial protocol is adopted, it should be a very low bar that allows encyclopedia articles to get onto the blockchain, he said. However, the actual editorial decisions that are made won't happen on that level. Different users of the information that make up the blockchain and Everipedia will make the decisions on the ratings of articles, and what order they will be placed. Users will be able to go in, read those articles, and visit our interface to submit their own ratings, he said. Find out The Next Big Thing and subscribe to TechRepublic's newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 375, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00446", "text": "I am a (poor) college student who has been doing about 4 shoots a week (very busy!) 50% studio, 20% club/party, 30% wedding, bands, senior pics, etc. I have been using an aged Nikon D70 but the time has finally come to upgrade (camera not working well). I plan on buying the Canon T2i when it comes out. I have been using my Nikon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX lens as my \"one size fits all\". I believe I paid around $350 for it and being a young college student that's my price limit. What would be a comparable Canon lens to this? For $100 more the Canon comes with the 18-55mm kit lens. I would like to have more focal length than that. Is it worth it to just buy the body and a better lens? I also heavily use my Nikon SB-600 flash. I love it. They sell for around $225 new. What is a comparable Canon flash to this? I know that the Nikon flash works somewhat on a Canon body, but to what extent? Thanks for the help. I loved my Nikon but Canon has outdone them with price and features. Is there anything else I should know while switching over? EDIT: Thanks for all the help everyone. I'm probably not as much as a noob as I sound but I am always learning. Some people are saying to stick with Nikon. I know this is easier, and I like Nikon a lot but I have been living with a glitchy camera for over a year and waiting for something new to come out. Still haven't seen anything and the Canon T2i costs about $100 more NEW than the Nikon D90 costs used and the T2i is much more impressive spec wise (from what I've seen).", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 388, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00447", "text": "Under Minnesota law, permits expire every five years, at which point applicants must undergo training and pay a fee to renew their permit. The new bill, introduced by Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center, would establish a one-time permitting system by eliminating expiration dates from carrying permits issued after Aug. 1. \"It's similar to our firearm safety certificate,\" Cornish said. \"You're given that when you're 11 years old, and you can handle a firearm for the rest of your life and you never have to take another class. Why do we require (renewal) for handguns?\" The bill is among gun-related legislation to garner opposition this year from anti-gun violence group Protect Minnesota. The group took to the State Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 14 for its Broken Hearts Day event to urge lawmakers to reject bills like lifetime permits, which members called \"extreme.\" The group distributed 1,500 handmade cards to lawmakers, each one representing an incident of gun violence in the last year. The Rev. Nancy Nord Bence, Protect Minnesota executive director, said the Cornish bill would hinder law enforcement's ability to remove licenses from people who can no longer safely carry a gun. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reported cancelling, revoking or suspending permits from nearly 400 Minnesotans who had previously been approved to carry firearms. The bill, she said, also raises concern over Minnesota's aging population, who will become increasingly susceptible to dementia. The Alzheimer's Association estimates more than 90,000 Minnesotans over the age of 65 live with Alzheimer's, and the number is expected to grow to 120,000 by 2020. \"Do we really believe that that person who was safe to carry a gun when they were 21, or 31 or 41 still be totally completely together when they're 91?\" she asked. \"We have a serious issue with our aging population that is well-armed.\" Cornish dismissed concerns from Protect Minnesota, whom he called \"gun-haters.\" A former police officer who chairs the House Public Safety and Security Committee, Cornish said the initial training and background check would sufficiently vet applicants the first time. The lifetime permits holders, he said, could lose their permit if convicted of crimes that would bar them from carrying a handgun. Cornish's bill also aims to lower the cost of legally carrying a firearm by reducing the maximum permit fee counties can charge from $100", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00448", "text": "Dear reddit, I am a long time lurker but I have never posted before. I am 20 years old, 5'10\" and weigh 210 pounds. I used to be fit, play soccer, ran a 5.06 mile. Since my senior year in high school I haven't been exercising at all. I got a job in a kitchen and started smoking which kept everything in check. My job has been on hiatus for a few months and my weight has gotten out of control. I woke up last week and looked at my fat and felt depressed. That has changed to disgust. My jeans don't fit anymore, nor do my t-shirts. I honestly hate my body. I have one month of unemployment till I get my job back. I understand that it takes more than a month to get fit but I am scared that if I don't get a routine I never will. I live in the middle of a ghetto which makes running hard, i.e. crackheads in the streets at all hours. I have a membership to the YMCA but feel awkward there because I am the pudgy not very social kid who doesn't really know anything about the machines. I guess the reason I posted this is to get some kind of advice/support. Was anyone else in this position? If so how did you get back into shape? Also is there a good way to drop a decent amount of weight in the next month of unemployment? I am willing to try practically anything, I feel awful all the time. None of my friends care about exercising so I can't talk to them about this.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 324, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00449", "text": "Being a Chef is not all \"blam\" and cookbook contracts, but for me..very rewarding. I eat on the cheap due to the fact that I know where most of the food I'm eating comes from. 85% of what you eat comes from SYSCO and BEN E.Kieth, so I decided to look local and it's the best decision I've ever made. I started this tonight when I got home as a thanks to all the awesome redditors that are out there. If this is something that interests you, let me know. So here is my first recipe. Breakfast taos/burritos -1 pakage frozen corn -1 can rotel spicy chopped tomatoes -6 eggs -1/4 lb. meat of choice (I use hot Italian sausage, but chrizo would be better) -1 yellow squash Ends cut from top to bottom then sliced into half moons -1 (16 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed -1 pack of tortillas (locally made if possible, if not then use Mission) -1/2 lb cooked rice -5 cloves garlic, minced In a large stock pot or dutch oven sautee onions and squash in a bit of oil (olive, canola, or Wesson) and cook for about ten min. add meat, breaking up pieces with a wooden spoon until browned. Add can of rotel, the minced garlic and corn. sautee till thick, about ten minutes. add rice and can of beans. Turn off heat and allow flavors to marry. At this point, taste and add salt pepper, chili powder and or spices of your choosing (some chopped, pickled jalapenos work well here). In a seperate skillet, scramble the eggs until half way done, then add to meat/rice/bean mixture. Mix until incorporated. One at a time add a ladelfull of stuffing to tortillas, roll up and wrap in saran wrap or aluminum foil. Freeze and there you go breakfast for weeks. To serve heat oven to 350 and place foil wrapped totialls in oven for about 15 mins, or plae plastic wrapped tots in microwave for 1 1/2 min on high. Sorry, I don't know how to do bullet points", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 465, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00450", "text": "with local Wi-Fi networks; this allows location-independent remote control using the mobile device's smart-lock app. According to the report, neither Bluetooth nor SSL-encrypted Wi-Fi connections introduce any detectable vulnerabilities. Data protection: AV-TEST's engineers measured each smart lock's privacy policy against European data-protection law. One concern centered on whether systems save more data than what is needed to operate properly. From the report: \"For August, Danalock, and Noke, the testers see a need for improvement, e.g., in terms of information on stored data and its use by third parties. An adaptation to European data-protection law would easily remedy these defects.\" SEE: Cybersecurity in an IoT and mobile world (free PDF) (ZDNet/TechRepublic special report) Smartphone-app security: The report warns that apps are a potential target for attackers, in particular how each app manages access permissions and log files. All smart-lock systems but August and Danalock handled access and log files adequately. The engineers are concerned that August and Danalock generate comprehensive debug logs that provide clues to how the app functions. Additionally, August keeps debug logs in a protected area, whereas Danalock does not, making it possible to read the log files using tools like Android Logcat. The report suggests both August and Danalock need to improve security in this area. One serious misstep: The AV-TEST paper took issue with the smart lock from Burg-Wachter because the lock system does not require the user to change the default admin password. \"A dangerous complacency, as IoT devices with unchanged default login details are easy prey for attackers,\" mentions the report. Overall results Each smart lock was rated on local communications, external communications, app security, and data protection, with three stars holding top honors. The following graph shows the overall results. Image: AV-TEST On a positive note, the AT-TEST report notes, \"All in all, it appears the manufacturers of smart door locks, unlike many other manufacturers of smart home products, did their homework.\" The report concludes by saying, \"The AV-TEST Institute rated five out of six of the locking systems evaluated in the quick test as having solid basic security with theoretical vulnerabilities at the most.\" Stay informed about IT security news, tips, and tutorials—subscribe to our Cybersecurity Insider newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 478, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00451", "text": "I am currently unemployed and spent 6 months of last year travelling overseas (I am Australian). It was the best thing I have ever done with my life, and I knew I wanted to go back o/s to continue the adventure. However, I am now in the position where I have to get a job - not much money left after my last journey. I am flying into London next Wednesday but have absolutely no plans after that. Most everyone here at home thinks I will try to get a job in the UK (and I will if I have to), but to be honest I would rather try somewhere else like Spain or Sweden or... somewhere. Nothing against the UK, but I have spent quite a bit of time there and I would just like to try something *really* different. The problem is that I only speak English. I speak a smattering of French, German and Spanish (really trying to improve my Spanish through Rosetta Stone currently) but nowhere near fluent. If I moved somewhere in Europe the first thing I would do is throw myself into trying to learn the local language. So do any European redditors (and perhaps esp. Redditors who have moved to Europe from English speaking nations) think this is feasible? Two more points: 1) I am not too fussy about what kind of work I get. 2) I am an Aussie but I have an Italian Passport/Citizenship (long story) which should allow me to work in any of the Schengen countries.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00452", "text": "Gandelina Damião, 78, is permanently hunched, carrying her sorrow. She lost three children to heroin in the 1990s. A quarter century ago, her cobblestone lane, up a grassy hill from Lisbon's Tagus River, was littered with syringes. She recalls having to search for her teenagers in graffitied stone buildings nearby, where they would shoot up. \"It was a huge blow,\" Damião says, pointing to framed photos on her wall of Paulo, Miguel and Liliana. \"I was a good mother. I never gave them money for drugs. But I couldn't save them.\" For much of the 20th century, Portugal was a closed, Catholic society, with a military dictator and no drug education. In the early 1970s, young Portuguese men were drafted to fight wars in the country's African colonies, where many were exposed to drugs for the first time. Some came home addicted. In 1974, there was a revolution — and an explosion of freedom. \"It was a little bit like the Americans in Vietnam. Whiskey was cheaper than water, and cannabis was easy to access. So people came home from war with some [drug] habits,\" says João Goulão, Portugal's drug czar. \"Suddenly everything was different [after the revolution]. Freedom! And drugs were something that came with that freedom. But we were completely naive.\" By the 1990s, 1 percent of Portugal's population was hooked on heroin. It was one of the worst drug epidemics in the world, and it prompted Portugal's government to take a novel approach: It decriminalized all drugs. Starting in 2001, possession or use of any drug — even heroin — has been treated as a health issue, not a crime. Goulão, who had worked as a family physician in his 20s, at the height of the crisis, says there was very little opposition to the policy change. \"Every family had its own drug addict. It was so, so present in everyday life, that it turned public opinion,\" Goulão says. \"We are dealing with a chronic relapsing disease, and this is a disease like any other. I do not put a diabetic in jail, for instance.\" Under the 2001 decriminalization law, authored by Goulão, drug dealers are still sent to prison. But anyone caught", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00453", "text": "Reddit, be forewarned: the following is a sad, sad tale of a lonely young woman. It took me two long, lonely years to heal my heart after my last relationship. After it all, I'm finally ready for a meaningful relationship, and as luck would have it, met a very nice man. Last night was our fourth date, but I haven't gotten so much as a peck on the cheek from him. I must add that my libido is considerably higher than the average woman. To our date last night, I wore my patented garter belt, stockings, heels and skirt. Just looking that sexy is usually enough to get my engine humming, and I was certain last night would be the night. However, we talked a bit about what we were looking for, and we can agree that we're into each other. He, however, apparently is the only man on the face of the earth that won't take a wet, willing, wanting woman to bed. He admitted that he's the type to take it slow, and wants to make sure he matches someone's personality before they match physically. I'm just honestly not sure if it'll work between us -- I think we \"clicked\" very well, but I have a sexual appetite that would put any teenage boy to shame. tl;dr: girl wants sex, boy wants to get to know her first. boy is a good match for girl, but girl isn't the type to wait on someone else's timeline. On top of it all, I'm terribly depressed that I couldn't get laid to save my life last night. It's not supposed to be this difficult for a woman to get some, dammit. Quite depressing.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00454", "text": "After a long enduring 12 plus hour trip to Pittsburgh, my shuttle driver told me about the delivery service at Vincent's and suggested their food was worth checking out. Overwhelmed with work at that time of the night and unfamiliarity with the area prompted a quick call for their Ad's Rockin' Pasta ($17). I was initially told the delivery would arrive in 45 minutes to an hour, but the food came knocking on my hotel room sooner than expected. \\n\\nThe complimentary mini garlic buns were cooled by that time. It was over-buttered but yummy nonetheless. It was a delight to see the whopping serving of pasta after not having anything to eat all day. Thankfully it was kept warm by the plastic container and comforting with every bite. The generous servings of angel hair was filled to the brim with juicy chicken slices, very few shrimps, mushrooms, roasted and hot peppers drenched in a mild marinara sauce. The flood of sweet and semi-savory marinara was not the ideal and the peppers also did not make an impression. The quality of the pasta was overcooked and oversoaked, but the pieces of chunky chicken were tender and delicious. The side salad did not look very fresh and was not newsworthy.\\n\\nI didn't get a chance to visit the venue to get a better impression of the establishment, but as a delivery service I thought it was fast while portions were very generous. Value wise, kudos to them for having a $5 children's menu for those at the ages 2-10. For my dish however, I still consider it overpriced for what was supposed to be their fanciest pasta dish. 2.5 stars for the experience.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00455", "text": "I'm just having trouble understanding logic behind the US electoral system. It seems that if I'm not qualified to judge the accuracy of opinions or the feasibility of certain motions, that I'm probably no better a judge of the people who _do_ perform the actual judging. Additionally, the judges of one subject might not be the best judges of another. On the other hand, if we reason (on purely moral grounds) that we're a democracy and that representatives are just casting votes on our behalf. Then ought there be _some_ mechanism for telling our congress people \"Don't bother, I've got this one.\" It doesn't make sense for my opinion to be morally binding when it's election time but for it to be unqualified and possibly ignorant when the actual voting starts. I also understand that a lot of the time it's just an information problem, that it's easier to communicate to a smaller group of people than a larger set of people. The internet would seem to take care of that. If the public's ability to understand information became important, maybe the quality of public education would matter more to people who usually private school their children. **tl;dr:** Representatives: If the people want something, and they have the right to decide if they can have it, then either vote for it, or get out of their way. The irony is that (of course) such a revision of the structure of the State that we would need a constitutional amendment, approved by, wait for it, congress. Meanwhile we're stuck with winner-take-all/winner-decides-all representative elections without even so much as a means of a national referendum.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 333, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00456", "text": "* 3 tablespoons medium chili powder * 4.5 teaspoons garlic salt * 3 teaspoons onion powder * 2.5 teaspoons ground cumin * 1.5 teaspoons MEXICAN oregano leaves, crushed * 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper Aside from the basic Mexican spices, the most important ingredient here is the mexican oregano. This is a completely different plant than the oregano you grew up with. It's worth the effort to seek it out. I live in Texas so it's not a problem... Buy a couple of pounds of \"good\" skirt or flank steak. We all know these are the shite cuts of meat to begin with but buy fresh, reasonably thick, meaty, deep red cuts. Rinse the meat in cool water then pat dry and tenderize with a mallet until it's all about 1/3 to 1/2 inches thick. Please don't skip tenderizing the meat. If you don't have a mallet, wrap the meat in cellophane and beat it with a friggin phone book. Apply a very liberal coat of the rub to every square inch of the meat... Sides included. Grill it over a hot charcoal fire to an internal temp of 160-165 F . Slice it thin, against the grain and serve with warm (preferably corn) tortillas, crema or sour cream, guach, and diced tomatoes. BONUS RECIPE: Chop the tips off of a black (so black you wouldn't eat it if it was a banana) plantain then slice it long-ways. Leave the skin on then grill it meat side down with some sliced red onions until the skin easily peels off the plantain. Dice both and mix with enough of your favorite good chipotle salsa to coat the onion and plantain. Skip the guach on one taco and use the plantain relish in it's place... EDIT: Limes... Squeeze them on the tacos! BONUS EDIT: Rub the onions and the meat side of the plantain with a light cooking oil and it won't stick to your grill.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 437, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00457", "text": "The laffer curve is a curve which is supposed to represent the relationship between the amount of revenue a government generates by taxation vs the rate of taxation. For details please check I actually have a couple of things to point out before I get to the questions. 1) Why do people assume that the relation between revenues and the tax rates (which the Laffer curve supposedly represents) is a smooth (i.e., continuous and differentiable) one to one concave function with a single maximum somewhere between a tax rate of 0 and 100%? 2) Take a look at what is often called the neo laffer curve Note that the Neo Laffer curve is a satirical construct, but the point Martin Gardner was making with this curve is that the relationship between revenues and tax rates might be very complicated. So complicated in fact, that a simple 2-D graph does not account for all the variables and/or randomness and/or memory in the system. If this is indeed the case (and I haven't come across a convincing argument that this isn't so), then the Laffer curve is a gross oversimplification. I don't deny that it is reasonable to say that tax revenues will be zero when tax rates are 0 and 100%. The continuity and differentiability is probably ok as well. However, all the other assumptions (one to one, concavity, memorylessness) need more rigorous justification. What I want to know from the economics subreddit is a) How much faith do real economists have that the Laffer curve is valid? b) If economists accept that the Laffer Curve is a gross oversimplification, why is it still being used to formulate economic policy? As an example, it provides justification for the reactionary Republican opposition to any tax increase, no matter how small. It is also responsible for trickle down economics and all the bad policies that go with it. Using this gross oversimplification seems to have done more harm than good for the American economy. c) If you believe the Laffer curve is valid, can you provide more rigorous reasoning for why it is so?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 424, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00458", "text": "My experience may different from others because I am an attractive female who went in with 3 young African American males. Good friends of mine who spent a helluva a lot of money in Pittsburgh that weekend - who work hard and expect good service for good money like everyone else. We were greeted with reserved distant service. The waiter said something nervously like \\\"It's all good,\\\" or something that people don't even say anymore. A round of Patron Margaritas were horrible. They tasted entirely like sour mix and we couldn't even take more than two sips. Of course, when we ask that they be taken away and replaced with shots of Patron, we were got the \\\"oh, you're that type,\\\" look and it took a while to convince the waiter that there was sincerely something wrong with the drinks. Being used to that look, black folks often stomach bad food just to not appear to be complainers, but these drinks were horrible! \\n\\nSo in the spirit of good faith, we ordered the some appetizers. Shrimp cocktail, crab bisque, and two oyster samplers. The soup was bland, shrimp were large, but had a wierd texture that didn't seem fresh or like they'd been scrubbed to hide something, and oysters were not evenly sampled on both orders. One appeared to contain mostly one type instead of the 8-9 different types. We plunked down the $200 for the appetizers and drinks with a nice tip and said ciao - went and had dinner at Sonoma - which was much better... Fish Market needs some lessons on hospitality and diversity OR new management.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00459", "text": "Three of us had dinner here during a little getaway trip to Pittsburgh. The decor was a bit more impressive than the service and the food were. Not that they were bad. They just didn't quite meet my expectations.\\n\\nFirst, even though we had a reservation, it couldn't be found. Then it was, but it was on the \\\"wait list\\\". Then we were seated right away..... but away from the hubbub of the main dining room at a table between the bar and the kitchen. \\n\\nThe wine list (including MANY wines by the glass) was nice. The waiter suggested a fantastic dry white for me, but I was disappointed when I wanted a second glass and there wasn't any more. The next suggestion wasn't nearly as good.\\n\\nThe waiter seemed a bit frazzled at times. Maybe because he sometimes functioned as a bartender (our table location gave us that behind the scenes view). Sometimes our used plates sat for a l-o-n-g time and sometimes (like when we were not asked if we wanted refills on the \\\"Pasta Trio\\\" they were oh so efficiently whisked away.\\n\\nThe bread brought to the table was wonderful, as were the spreads that accompanied it. One of my dining companions had the octopus appetizer which he stated was the best he's ever had... and he eats LOTS of weird sea creatures. My son and I shared the Caesar salad which was quite good. Was that a touch if mustard in the dressing? YUM! For our entrees my two dining companions had the \\\"Pasta Trio\\\". Both enjoyed them, although they felt they were inconsistent.... and not refilled as \\\"enthusiastically\\\" as hoped for. My grilled salmon was tasty, but a little fatty. I never had fatty salmon before. Kinda weird. The accompanying Yukon gold potatoes and green beans with a whole grain mustard sauce were DELISH! \\n\\nDesserts were quite good. A pumpkin mousse and an amaretto cake shared three ways were a tasty ending to the meal.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 424, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00460", "text": "I booked a hair apt here after reading some of the reviews on Yelp, hoping I'd find a place to get my hair cut after moving to Pittsburgh from NJ. Maybe it was just the hairdresser I booked an appointment with, but I did not have a great experience. I'm a nurse who works mostly day shifts, and I value sleep over styling my hair in the morning. I tried to articulate that I wanted a hair cut that required minimal styling on my part. The hairdresser immediately shot me down, asking me how I expected to have my hair look nice if I wasn't willing to put work into it. She then berated me for not using styling products-- again, I'd rather sleep. \\n\\nNow, maybe a few people feel differently about their hair, but all I wanted was a cut that allowed for minimal styling on my part. I wasn't asking for some trendy 'do that needed 3 different products, a round brush, and a flat iron in order to re-create it. I ended up getting almost the same exact cut I had going in there (just an inch shorter). Oh, and she also told me the cut I had coming in wasn't entirely flattering because of it's blunt ends--- funny, I ended up with the same thing. \\n\\nThis experience has definitely made me decide never to go back, for $50 I expect a little bit better service and a little bit nicer treatment. Oh, and somewhere that isn't constantly pushing products.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00461", "text": "Most days I don't feel like a human being. First of all, I am uncreative and will most likely stay that way. Remember the famous Picasso quote, \"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.\"? I can think of one good counterexample: me. As far as I can remember (Grade 1 or so), art class and creative writing would conjure up physical pains in my stomach and all I could do was bluff my way through until it was over. Over the course of school I discovered more art forms to hate: music, singing, dancing. I suppose I could learn to appreciate art, but only on technical merits. The cliche that art is how we \"express ourselves\" makes no sense to me. Probably more importantly, I honestly don't think I know how to love another person. From what I can tell, most people seem to agree that giving and receiving love is the apex of human existence. But here I am in my mid 20's, and I don't understand it. Sexual attraction, being \"in love\", hell even \"having a crush\" are all weird, foreign concepts to me. And as far as friends go, let's say that my absence would not have a huge effect on their social lives. All of my feelings of self-preservation are gone. When falling asleep, I pretend that I'm dying, only to be disappointed waking up in the morning. As a person who cannot produce something of value for humanity, nor someone who can love humanity, what hope is there for me? A life as a generic, non-feeling peon seems like a worse punishment than non-existence.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 344, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00462", "text": "One of my absolute favorite places to eat in Pittsburgh. The meals are a little bit more expensive than you normally want to eat as a student (I probably spend $20-25 with appetizer and dessert), but the food makes this hole-in-the-wall truly worth a trip.\\n\\nChristo is the owner of the restaurant and was at one time employed upon the Onassis yacht. Years ago when I first came to his restaurant, he was the head waiter on a staff of one. More recently when I have gone, there have been other hired waiters. The service isn't great, but it's not terrible either.\\n\\nThe food offerings include standard middle eastern fare: hummus, baba ghanouj, phyllo-dough wrapped pockets, and kabobs. The desserts also include standard middle eastern desserts like baklava and strong coffees, but the signature dessert is the Onassis dessert, a syrup-soaked cake topped with custard and whipped cream, dusted with cinnamon. The last time I was there, he had added a chocolate Onassis dessert, which was also excellent.\\n\\nMy normal meal there consists of baba ghanouj (which is about the best I've ever had....it's a real hit-or-miss dish, and Christo's knocks it out of the park), a combination (lamb & chicken) kabob, and the Onassis dessert.\\n\\nIt's out of the way, but well worth a trip!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00463", "text": "Jeremy Kessler, 33, surrendered just before noon at his home in Crosby, where officers had been stationed since 3 a.m. after a 911 caller reported multiple gunshots coming from the house. No one was injured, and Kessler was taken into custody without incident, Chief Deputy Rob Melby of the Divide County Sheriff’s Office said. Official charges have yet to be filed by the Divide County State’s Attorney’s Office. As of Tuesday afternoon, it was still unclear why Keller, who was alone in his house in northwest Crosby, allegedly began firing. A neighbor said gunshots continued throughout the early morning hours after six shots were heard initially, along with someone yelling. “He emptied a full mag,” Huntter Lacey, who lives next door to Kessler, said. Police issued an emergency notification to surrounding residents, but did not order evacuations, Melby said. “We told them to shelter in place,” he said. Both the elementary and high school in Crosby were put on lockdown as well, according to Divide County School Superintendent Sherlock Hirning. The alert was lifted around 11:15 a.m. when police notified administrators that Kessler was in custody. The incident prompted a response from the U.S. Border Patrol, the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, several deputies from the Williams County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Minot SWAT team, who surrounded the home before Kessler came out. Investigators from the Divide County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation spent hours Tuesday afternoon combing through the small house and inspecting the surrounding property, including the exterior of other houses nearby. Agents removed a number of rifles from the residence, along with what appeared to be ammunition boxes.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00464", "text": "After a brief cold snap moved into the region last week, temperatures have been about 20 degrees above normal, according to the National Weather Service. Grand Forks' high went from 2 degrees last Wednesday to 22 on Thursday and 38 on Friday, a 36-degree jump in two days. Highs have lingered in the high 30s this week and are expected to climb into the low and mid-40s by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. \"We have gotten into the 44 to 51 range for this week of February,\" NWS meteorologist Pete Speicher said of past weather readings. \"We've been as warm as 51 back in 2000. It's not totally uncommon, but it's still well above seasonal norms.\" An extended outlook from NWS favors above-normal temperatures next week for most of the country except for the West Coast and Alaska. Northwest Minnesota and northeast North Dakota have a 70 to 90 percent chance of seeing unseasonably warm weather. Records possible Some cities have a shot of setting record highs. The lowest record high for next week was set Feb. 19, 2016, at the Grand Forks International Airport with 44 degrees. \"That would be the easiest to break,\" Speicher said, adding the forecast for Sunday is 45 degrees. No high records have been set in February so far this year. Above-freezing temperatures could be good news for southern and western parts of North Dakota. The warm weather should speed up snowmelt, helping to remove excess moisture from river basins along watersheds. Fields in the southern part of the Red River Valley have little snow compared with the Red River of the North starting near Hillsboro. Paths could open up as the snow melts, taking the excess water to rivers, streams and lakes. Areas should be on the lookout for rising water levels, but but the melt taking off that excess water from snowpack slowly could help alleviate flooding in the spring, according to the NWS. Less snow could mean less moisture that could flow over the plains. \"Anything helps,\" Speicher said. \"It definitely helps that we are going back below freezing at night because that slows the flow rate down.\" Devils Lake Basin To the west, Devils Lake could see above-freezing temperatures today and into the weekend, with some days going above 40 degrees. A slow melt can't hurt the Devils Lake Basin, said Jeff Frith, manager of", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00465", "text": "Woulda been a 1 star review if not for our cute & courteous waitress.\\n\\nThat said: YUCK! This was my second supremely dissapointing Primanti's experience in nearly a decade of living in this fine little city. I guess the fascination with this place must be that it it 1. has a bar 2. you don't have to order a side of fries or coleslaw because it's all gonna be slathered on your sandwich. Bleh! On my first Primanti experience, I ordered a corned beef sandwich as it shoud be, no fries or coleslaw on it. So I was served 2 slices of bread and about 1.5 slices of corned beef. What a rip off. 2nd experience, today, equally as awful. But as i said... waitstaff was great. I ordered a \\\"Pitts-burger\\\" with coleslaw and fries on the side. Seriously, the quality of the burger I was served made 7-11 mini mart burgers seem gourmet. I guess you really see what their overpriced, crappy sandwiches are truly made of when you strip off the fries & coleslaw. Their fries are also soggy and gross. Not a whole lot goin' on here except for cutie/attentive waitresses. \\n\\nIf you want a decent, GIANT-sized sandwich and a real PGH experience, go to Peppi's.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00466", "text": "I don't think I would have known about Quiet Storm if it hadn't popped up several times in friends' Yelp feeds in the last couple years. I'm all about veg/vegan restaurants, but I have to agree with other reviewers who wish Quiet Storm's food was *slightly* more interesting. \\n\\nHusband and I ordered take-out so we could enjoy a late lunch al fresco at Schenley Park overlook. Folks working were vegan-hipster quirky, but friendly and helpful. We ended up waiting about 30 minutes for our food, so we decided to partake in an afternoon coffee to pass the time. I had an iced Morroccan latt\\u00e9 with cardamom and rose, husband the Mandorla sweet almond milk latt\\u00e9. Both were excellent.\\n\\nFor my meal I picked the Tahini Bowl with brown rice, spinach, roasted red pepper, tomatoes, pepitas and fried tofu cutlet with a tahini dressing. I wished there had been less rice and more dressing; the bowl was also screaming for more seasoning. Husband opted for the Crunch Wrap Extreme: scrambled tofu tossed with celery, carrots, edamame, kale and spinach, dressed with vegan wasabi mayo. Again, twice as much dressing would have added flavor and moisture to an otherwise fine wrap.\\n\\nAnd that's just it: the food at Quiet Storm is fine. When really, I'd been hoping to be utterly wowed by the magic capable of being worked by nothing more than mere vegetables, plain grains and humble legumes. Still, I won't discourage you from eating here. I just might come back myself.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 343, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00467", "text": "I need some advice reddit.. last year i decided that enough was enough and i went back to school to study for a career change. This caused my wife to leave me and basically 2009 was a bit shit. I am now back in my old job, which i hate, living like a student and stuck in the fucking rat race again.. only this time minus one wife. I live in Ireland and want to move to Paris for a fresh start, but im really clueless how to start! I have given this a lot of thought as I've always wanted to live in France, and i believe this is the best chance i will get to take the leap. There is no chance of reconciliation with my wife (i wouldn't want too anyway). I can speak high school french and am learning more, but i really need some advice on how to get a job and get started in Paris... I have worked in IT since leaving school, im now 28, i have lots of experience with respected company but only basic qualifications (MCP, A+, certificates in ICT). I guess the big questions are .. 1) Will it be difficult for me to find an IT job in paris give that i speak only basic French atm and have no degree? 2) I have a dog, a german shepherd, will i be able to rent in paris with him? (its hard to find landlords here that are pet friendly) 3) Any hints/tips from people who have done something similar? how did it work out for you guys/gals ? Thanks for any help that you can provide :) *EDIT formatting", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00468", "text": "Ran says in his latest post, \"I've been thinking [...] that guy who flew a plane into the IRS building, and that professor who shot people when she was denied tenure, are symptoms of the decline of America. We've all been raised with the belief that if we work hard and play by the rules, we will get high-status jobs that pay a lot of money. But for someone to have high status, many others have to have low status, and money is meaningless without people so desperate for money that they will obey you if you give them some. As American power declines, there will be less and less money and status to go around, and tens of millions of people who were promised \"success\" will have it taken from them. And some of them will lash out.\" Given enough people, there are going to be some that think they deserve status, or to be taken care of. But most people actually grow up and learn to take care of themselves and be kind to others. We live in a complex technological society. I actually find it surprising that there actually aren't _more_ people who do violence to others, given that the tools for destruction (guns and airplanes in Ran's example) are so easily gotten. That tells me that most people actually are fairly mature. If this is a symbol of decline, it's of the \"I deserve to be taken care of\" mindset. As Ran says, more and more young people are seeking their own happiness and fun rather than wanting to be cared for. That's evolution in the right direction!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00469", "text": "I've been a lurker for a while now, but I figured, fuck it, no shame, right? I'm a girl, 20, and I've never had an orgasm masturbating. Background: I'm not a virgin, and I've have had an orgasm during sex. I was just never into masturbating as a teen, and I really feel like I'm missing something. All ever hear and read is \"clitoral stimulation ftw\", and I think this might be my problem: Either it's broken, or I'm doing it all wrong. It's not a location problem, I know where it is. Nothing really happens for me when I touch it. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I never get turned on, I guess I just don't know what to do with myself once I am. I'd really like to think that I'm not shy or uncomfortable and that this isn't psychological, but I suppose there's a chance it could be. For the most part it's just frustrating. My questions: * Is there anyone else out there with this problem? I know there are plenty of people out there who have trouble getting off, but do any of you also feel like you're lacking sensation, so to speak? * Ladies, what happens for you when you touch/rub/stimulate your clit? Is there a consensus on what I'm supposed to feel? Are you instantly turned on, or does it take a really long time? * Does it all boil down to the fact that I *need* a vibrator? I'm somewhat hesitant to believe that something vibrating down south is going to produce some magical reaction when touching myself does almost nothing, but I may be completely wrong. and the biggest thing: * Do you have any recommendations? Tips, videos, tutorials, techniques, straight up porn, anything! Teach me, using whatever media you think will help. I would have posted this in TwoX, but I figured some of you guys might have girlfriends with the same problem, or at least some good videos of girls getting there that I might be able to learn from! Edit: formatting Edit2: Thank you guys for all your advice! Keep 'em coming. And thanks for the reassurance that I'm not alone, it makes me feel better. I'll look into all these toys people are suggesting, and plan a time to wait for the delivery man to come when my super religious roommate isn't around. :)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00470", "text": "Trailer: IMDB: I just saw this movie. It was stunning and I was moved. Not the best movie ever by any means, but certainly one that raised my consciousness and captured my attention. I expected a chewed up piece of Hollywood history based on the impression i got from the trailer. But after several suggestions from friends to go see it I finally did. First of all, the movie is not completely historically accurate, infact it is a little chewed up in some areas, however it correctly captures the *essence* of the period and people in a way that only film can. That was most important to me. One thing I was surprised about was how beautiful the movie was. Ignoring the script, it is one of the most beautiful historical films I have ever seen: the sets, props, city and cinematography are all excellent. It is inter-spaced by impressive scenes of the planet earth, resting almost, in space. The movie took time to build itself up, which is important to me. It didn't feel rushed at all. They had a story to tell and told it in the amount of time required to do it well. But the real reason it captured me was for it's look into the darker side of human nature, for at it's heart it is not just a movie about religion, it is about whether we as individuals and as a society are able to lift ourselves up, question our universe, probe it and be passionate about it. That is the story here. It left me wondering as i walked out about how we, humanity, are so close to our primal instincts, and how we must try as hard as possible to make sure we question everything and find wonder in the universe that surrounds us. EDIT: Please go and see this movie, as it deserves your money in hopes more like it will be made to champion the heroics of histories scientists and thinkers. On the other hand, i know not everyone can afford a trip to the cinemas, so here is a link: Another good one: Creation (the story of Charles Darwin)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 421, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00471", "text": "of the radical AIDS advocacy group ACT UP. The slogan helped change the way the world looked at AIDS. At one point, Silence=Death was the most powerful protest slogan around. It became an iconic backdrop to the group's chant for \"ACT UP, FIGHT BACK, FIGHT AIDS!\" Now, at 65, Finkelstein is one of several ACT UP veterans from the 1980s and '90s who today is helping shepherd new protesters train and strategize, including the anti-Trump collective Rise and Resist. \"Many people are younger people who work with organizations that were formed by ACT UP. Or were in ACT UP themselves,\" he says. He recently led a teach-in on design and imagery for Rise and Resist. \"All of the civil disobedience training is being done by the same exact people who did them at ACT UP,\" Finkelstein says. \"So here is this perfect cross-section of this moment. Here is an inter-generational activist organization. And its meetings are in the community center a spitting distance from where the original ACT UP meetings took place.\" In January, Rise and Resist took one of its first actions: scores of members booked brunch reservations at restaurants in several Trump-owned properties including Trump Tower. Over eggs Benedict in the crowded eateries, protesters began to cough and cough some more. The \"cough-in\" protesters held up signs saying \"Trumpcare is making us sick.\" \"That's the kind of mediagenic sort of action that ACT UP used to needle their opponent,\" says filmmaker and writer David France, who's behind the book and film How To Survive A Plague. \"And Trump is an easy target for needling, and they're working on trying to exploit that weakness of his. The more time he spends in the early morning hours fashioning his tweets in response to perceived slights, the less time he has to advance his agenda.\" France and others note the feeling of total powerlessness in the face of Trump and Republican control of Washington echoes the early days of the AIDS crisis. \"Younger generations, the millennials, and even Gen X and Gen Y, have the sense of never having had power, really,\" France says. \"And it's kind of a learning experience for them to realize that there were times in history when others felt the same, and were yet not dispirited by it, but found a way to plow through it and find that power.\" ACT UP was certainly not immune to", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00472", "text": "I always thought 1-star reviews on Yelp were written by bitter, resentful people who had nothing better to do than just complain. But now I feel their pain. It really doesn't hit you, until it... hits you.\\n\\nYou pay a premium at WF, you expect a premium, right? Well parking is part of the shopping experience. It's why they have parking lots in the first place. But never mind the atrocious parking lot and not being able to easily maneuver in it.\\n\\nI'm talking about being TOWED. Towed, not for leaving the parking lot, but for legitimately shopping at WF. Yes, this could happen to you too.\\n\\nUpon contacting the towing company, they demanded $135 (cash only) to return my vehicle. Upon contacting WF (since I was a legitimate shopper there and didn't leave the lot) they just shrugged their shoulders and just told me the name of the company that managed the lot.\\n\\nAnd that's it?! $135 is no chump change, but it seems like WF wants me to carry an extra $135 every time I frequent them (thankfully, never, since I don't live in Pittsburgh). This whole parking/towing situation is extremely shady, but the only company I'm going to point my finger at is Whole Foods for doing business with such a shady complex and passing the burden on to its customers.\\n\\nTip: Bring an extra $135 to pay for parking, or just go to Trader Joe's/Giant Eagle for a better parking/shopping experience.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00473", "text": "I currently have a Netgear WNR2000. I would be about equally satisfied with any other Wireless-N router with equivalent wireless strength. This is a relatively new problem for me - I never encountered it with older routers, but I had to upgrade to this one because I need the wireless. So...the question: How the hell can I disable the built-in DoS protection OR does anybody know of an OpenWRT or similar build that will solve the problem on this router while otherwise keeping features intact (without too complex of setup / plugin / whatever stuff) OR, as a last resort, an equivalent-functionality router for under $100 without DoS protection? It's fucking *killing* me trying to play online games like Call of Duty or Counter Strike when the damned fucking thing decides that \"Refresh Server List\" = \"ZOMG I'm being DoS'd; I'll just stop working completely for the next 5 minutes\". I've tried adjusting QoS settings, which does nothing. I've changed connection speed settings to stupid-low numbers, which helps a bit for Valve games, but does nothing for other stuff. I'm at my wits' end. I'm a home PC user - *I am not at risk of a real DoS attack*, or at the most, no more at risk than I am of getting shot while walking down the street. What retard decided that it would be useful to not only add that protection to an off-the-shelf home user router in the first place, but to also leave no way (or at least none that I can find) of turning it off, when it so obviously conflicts with very common usage scenarios? ARGH.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 342, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00474", "text": "I was all set to want to give this place 3 stars simply because another laundry place put me in a bind and this place was open 24 hrs. I thought the late hours alone should give it a star. Then I had this experience\\n\\n--Poor ventilation I could barely breath its cramped and small with dryers and washers lining two narrow corridors. \\n\\n---- misleading advertising it boasts \\\"high capacity\\\" washers an says its air conditioned, well the air conditioners and vents in the ceiling both were dripping in black dust and look like they were installed in 1963. which might have been why I felt an instant asthma attack coming on. \\n\\nThen the high capacity washers were all of 2.... not great enough to meet demand as it turns out one girl took up both of them while I was waiting. Then another woman waited for hers to wash and took up two again this was at 1030-11:00 pm at night so I can only Imagine what its like to try and get one at other hours. \\n\\nThen there was this guy I guess he was an attendant or the owner, he was wiping down the machines and dryers. I was moving my clothes out of the dryer and I had put my bras hangers and a few shirts on top of my washer. I was literally loading right in the same area and was heading back to grab my things when he touched them!!\\n\\nUgh laundry violation ya don't touch someone's wet clothes it feels like that time in college when someone would mess with you and dump your clothes behind the washers if you didn't move them out quickly enough. Sooo that pissed me off...... but I have to get the job done so I load up my clothes. \\n\\nI come back in to check on drying clothes.... and what do I find but my dryer mysteriously switched from high heat to low heat. Now I am forced to put in another quarter to finish my load. All in all I spent 8$ at the econowash for 2 large loads I wasn't able to do my third load in the washers he had for under that. I can do that much at Laundry Factory around the corner though. So I will be going there. I don't need a creepy dude changing my dryer settings and touching my stuff.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 477, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00475", "text": "A few hours before the event, we happened across the ad in the City Paper and decided to give it a shot. We were excited to get there as the event said we would be making something, there would be food and music, demonstrations, live music, and a gallery. Booking our reservations for 6pm was quick and easy over the phone; $60 for a couple. Upon arrival, we checked in and were asked if we wanted to purchase another item to make; we were confused because we assumed that we would each get to make something. In the end, we chose not to spend the extra $15 to make another garden float/ornament; aka a hollow glass ball. \\n\\nWhen our 'instructor' met with us, he was very friendly but it was loud and he was very hard to hear. He ran through everything at lightning speed and in the end, all we got to do was blow air in a tube for 10 seconds. Had the first attempt not popped, I wouldn't even have been able to do anything! From a teacher's standpoint, there were many other steps in the process that we should have been able to participate in; I would've been happy to sign a waiver if that is part of the issue. Within 15 minutes, our ball was done and we were shuffled out so another couple could have their turn.\\n\\nWe then worked our way downstairs to the food and drink and there was an assortment of beer, wine, sparkling juices, veggies, fruit, cheese, and some deli meats. The assortment was nice, as we were able to snack on the healthy side, but the beer was still warm.\\n\\nThe gallery was nice to walk through with work on display from so many talented people, the live music added to the ambiance, and the demonstrations were interesting to watch.\\n\\nIn the end, it was nice experience, but were severely let down by the make-it/take-it section of the evening (the part we were most excited for!). It really started to bug us, when later in the evening, we saw an older couple getting to do more of the steps in the process (mind you, we aren't young kids, but young professionals). We would have liked to have a small 'info talk' about the steps that will take place, why they are that way, the tools used, maybe some quick science behind it, then get to work on the item.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 496, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00476", "text": "Standing in the dappled shade of a driveway hundreds of miles from Charlottesville, Va., Mark Heyer spoke of the violence that claimed his daughter's life — and, with voice occasionally quavering, called on people to answer hate with forgiveness. \"My daughter was a strong woman that had passionate opinions about the equality of everyone — and she tried to stand up for that,\" the Sharpes, Fla., resident told Florida Today in a videotaped interview. \"With her, it wasn't lip service. It was real.\" Just two days earlier, a driver rammed a car into a group of people protesting a white supremacist rally, killing Heyer's daughter Heather, 32, and wounding 19 other people. Federal authorities have opened a civil rights investigation into the attack, saying \"such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred.\" The man allegedly behind the wheel, James Alex Fields Jr., had long harbored sympathies for Nazi ideas, according to a former teacher. Fields has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit-and-run. But the hatred espoused by white supremacists and others in Charlottesville this weekend must not be met with a response that's \"twisted into something negative\" in its own right, Mark Heyer told the local newspaper. \"People need to stop hating, and they need to forgive each other. And I include myself in that, in forgiving the guy that did this,\" he said. \"He doesn't know no better. You know, I just think of what the Lord said on the cross. Lord forgive him, they don't know what they're doing.\" In this respect, he said he aspires to follow his daughter's example. \"You know, my daughter's life — she's...\" he paused, searching for words. \"I'm proud of her for standing up. She had more courage than I did. She had more courage than I did. She had a stubborn backbone. She thought she was right. She would stand there and defy you. \"But if I understand her,\" he added, \"she wanted to do it peacefully and with a fierceness of heart that comes with her conviction.\" In interviews with multiple media outlets over the weekend, Heather's mother, Susan Bro, also praised the way her daughter balanced peaceful efforts with a \"very strong sense of right and wrong.\" \"It was important to her to speak up for people that she felt were", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00477", "text": "I was home for the holidays and wanted to take some friends of mine climbing. They've never belayed and don't have equipment so my hope was that we could go, I could test out of the belay class and we could top rope some easy climbs.\\n\\nDreams crushed. Only people that are belay certified can even be in the top rope room. I would've had to pay $5 to test out of the certification and even if my friends wanted to take a quick lesson on how to belay, its only at very specific times and you need to give advanced notice.\\n\\nSo we bouldered. The walls are old, made of smooth plywood and though the walls are a good variety, you eventually end up right on top of one another. You can only top out on one tiny section, everything else backs right up to another wall or and abyss. With someone who isn't super comfortable down climbing or jumping from the top, I wasn't always super excited to fall when there wasn't a nice big cushion. Those were only on the overhanging walls.\\n\\nThe place was super busy on a Sunday afternoon and group after group rolled in. I understood why there were so many VB and VB+ routes (easier than V0's).\\n\\nSide note: cubbies are completely separate from the bouldering area and no food or drinks are allowed inside the bouldering area. Therefore your water stays in your cubby, plan carefully.\\n\\nI expected better from Pittsburgh and heard that there is a new gym coming, so I'll be waiting for that one before I try to climb again in da burgh.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 337, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00478", "text": "I've been dating for three months, and its a commited relationship---my first since highschool, though I've 'played' around before. We met in the dead of winter, and she (being from the tropics) took to swaddling in sweaters, and jackets to the point where I had no idea what her body really looked like. Initially, I'd been interested in her for her mind---she's brilliant and we have a lot of common interests. Yet as we got closer, she began dropping bombshells intentially and unintentionally that made her to be something of my ideal fantasy woman. 1. She's from the same country as I am. Its a tiny little country so this was completely unexpected, but I'd always imagined myself marrying a girl from my little island paradise. 2. She is easily the most attractive girlfriend I've ever had. She has body image issues so doesnt' like to show off, but she has a unique hourglass figure that I haven't seen outside of playboy. 3. She's incredibly young---18 years old in fact to my 26. I couldn't beleive this at first since she's a college senior, but talking with her family confirmed it. I've sort of always twiddled with the idea of dating a teenager, but it seemed in my mind to be 'wrong'. 4. She's a no-joke, done nothing virgin. I'd suspected she had a hymen but hearing it come out of her mouth confirmed it. She loves me, and I've come to really care for her. Now combining the fact that she's paper-perfect and makes my heart throb, should be a good thing. All *should* be well... but I can't seem to get an erection with her. Its' freaking me out a little bit... and I keep thinking if she discovers it, she'll break up with me. There's been several instances where we could have had sex if only I'd been up to the task, but I simply couldn't. I'm *very* turned on by her, but though the spirit is willing, the body is weak. So please, help me RA.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 448, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00479", "text": "I have been a Steelers fan as long as I can remember. I love the Steelers as a sports team, BUT this week I am very disappointed. Tisk Tisk Steeler higher ups. This does have to do directly with Steelers policy not Heinz Field.\\n\\n I have a 9 month old daughter and I was so looking forward to taking her to her very first Steeler game! Now, she is a very very good baby and in social situations I have been able to take her everywhere. She loves people and loves to take in new and exciting experiences. The point of this is that she would be well behaved, laughing at a Steelers game, and most likely clapping with rowdy fans not throwing a temper tantrum and disrupting the game for others. I would take her out if she was upset, believe me I get it!\\n\\nI feel that The Steeler organization is trying to weed out the younger crowd by charging full price for a ticket and a seat that a baby can't even use. Most kid friendly places don't charge for Children 2 and under, that includes Aiirlines in the US, museums, fairs, Zoos, Concert Venues, Pitt games(at Heinz Field) Baseball games(PNC park), and many more less opulent businesses. \\n\\nAs far as the Steelers are concerned even though your child won't be using a seat they have to buy a full price ticket. I asked about Club level seating and yes especially in the club. Which would be the best place to walk around and entertain a youngster if fussy. If you purchase non club seating then it doesn't matter where your baby sits if you have lower level seats. Getting 3 seats together can be much pricier than a pair and are harder to find. I asked why this was the policy and an unfriendly person told me that \\\"Steeler Policy states that gate operator is not incumbent to assess a childs age of 2 or under so they do not have the resources available for gate entry for people in line entering the stadium.\\\"\\n\\nSorry but considering the Pirates allow free entry under 2 and offer discounted tickets for children under 2 if they want to participate in the activities for children's days. So NOT COOL STEELERS!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 461, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00480", "text": "I'm curious to know other peoples stories of their first panic attacks and how they are managing them now. I had my first panic attack about 12 years ago (I'm now 23) in the 6th grade. I remember watching a documentary about the child that the exorcist movie was based on and I thought it was the most terrifying thing ever. Later that night , I'm thinking about possesion when all of a sudden I have my first panic attack and I thought I was being possesed! Lol and at 12 years old I ran to my moms room and slept in her bed that night. After that I didn't tell anybody about what was happening and thought I was going to be possesed every night. It wasn't till about 5 years later after I got the Internet that I was able to look up my symptoms. I thought I was a bunch of things. First being autistic to being a schizophrenic or just depressed and when I told my mom about this she hauled me off to a shrink and they put me on anti depressants for a while. They did nothing but make me cranky. I finally figured out that I was having anxiety attcks but since I moved out of my moms they have gotten worse. I've been meaning to try this online program called panic away since a real cbt class is like 3x the amount. So yea please share your stories as I feel kind of alone in this situation and feedback would be helpful. ( I've never posted anything about this online before)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00481", "text": "There are some really good things to say about the climbing wall, but overall I was quite disappointed. I wanted to like this place, so I'll start with the positive aspects. \\n\\nFirst of all, the gym in pretty cheap. And the bouldering area is really quite good. To be honest, this should only be a bouldering gym. There were a lot of different volumes, nice routes, some top outs, and a good cave area. Even a small crack with a few problems set on it. \\n\\nIt seems like whoever is in charge of setting the boulder problems really has some talent. I might be back to bolder once in a blue moon. The other climbers here were pretty cool, so the place might have a good vibe/community aspect. \\n\\n\\nNow the downsides. The staff wasn't very helpful. The rules regarding the top rope area are nonsensical, and the only reasoning offered up was insurance. I wanted to belay for a friend, but he wasn't allowed in the top rope area unless belay tested. Belay testing also cost $5, and I hate when gyms charge for a test. It's poor form. \\n\\nThe ropes aren't doubled up, and with the short wall it gives way too much pull. They require you to clip into daisy chains on the ground. I wanted to lead climb, but there was no one at the gym that could give a lead test. The TR routes were really hit or miss, a lot of them just confusing and not fun. They aren't rated properly, just easy, medium, or hard. \\n\\nThe walls are painted plywood, so smearing is basically impossible. Further, I question if the holds have ever been cleaned. Some of them are so polished to the point that it's dangerous. \\n\\nThere's only once changing room, and overall the place isn't very clean. I believe there is some potential here, but it seems to be mismanaged and on the whole, a missed opportunity.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 419, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00482", "text": "Like most of you all who joined the Secret Santa project last year, I was excited not only to be receiving a random gift from a random redditor, but I was also looking forward to doing some research on my secret santee and send him or her as cool a gift as I could muster up. So, when I found out the user name of my match, I checked out their reddit posts looking for clues. I also searched around the rest of the web for more leads. One of the best ones I came across was the same user name on Last.fm. It was obvious he liked music and now I could tell what kind of music he liked specifically and I ended up making a gift based on that. I sent my gift out, confirmed it, and waited. I didn't hear anything for a while, and then I got my gift fairly late. Around then, early-mid January, since I hadn't gotten any sort of message from him (I put my name on the gift) I looked to see if he had been posting anything. Nothing since before the last time I had checked when I had been santa stalking. So, more time passes, until today, when for some reason I just thought I'd check. **What I found was this:** * His Reddit account no longer exists * His Redditgifts page no longer exists * Even his Last.fm account is gone So, if you have any information regarding the whereabouts of a Mr. **Thrillkillcult**, your help would be greatly appreciated.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 306, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00483", "text": "I'm currently taking the first level of college chemistry, and while attempting to finish a lab report, I became ridiculously confused. The post laboratory questions include the statement that both H3PO4 and H3BO4 are polyprotic acids, and refer you to the textbook for information on how to write out the disassociation steps for each of them. The phosphoric acid (H3PO4) brought up no issues for me. However, I had read online that boric acid (H3PO4) did not dissociate in water. I looked up \"boric acid\" in the index of my textbook, and turned to a section on boron compounds. H3BO3 was mentioned, and refered to it as boric acid. The text explicitly stated that boric acid was not a polyprotic acid, but a monoprotic acid - instead of losing a hydrogen ion to create H30, H3BO3 accepted an OH ion from the water to create B(OH)4. I wasn't too worried at that point; though both H3BO3 and H3BO4 were referred to as boric acid, the formulas were different, so it seemed entirely possible that H3BO4 could dissociate in water though H3BO3 could not. But when I looked online, I couldn't find very much information on the difference between the two. I found H3BO3 being called orthoboric acid, but occasionally the formula for orthoboric acid was given as H3BO4. Though I couldn't find much mention of H3BO4, it was most often called perboric acid, which I couldn't find any useful information on. The easy thing to do would be to use the same dissociation steps for H3BO4 as I had for H3PO4 with every P replaced with a B, but since I know one form of boric acid is unique in that its formula resembles that of a polyprotic acid but actually is a monoprotic acid, I'm not sure if something strange would also be going on with H3PO4. ... I am so confused. Anyone?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 441, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00484", "text": "Technically YIL, but that doesn't have quite the same ring. During the massive snow storms in the Eastern US lately I've tried a few low/no cost methods of keeping warm and dry while digging out. First and foremost, double up on socks and pants. I use two thick pairs of socks, and a pair of flannel pajama pants under my jeans. Optional, but highly recommended. During the first blizzard in the last week: My first pair of makeshift snow pants was simply to wrap cellophane (cling film / saran wrap / etc) around each leg starting at my boot and then up each pant leg. This worked fairly well, but cellophane is difficult to deal with as it sticks to itself. It also doesn't hold up tremendously well in the snow, though a bit of duct tape helped. I imagine it is a more expensive method than the trash bags described below as you cannot re-use it. It does however, have one distinct benefit that since it is wrapped around the boots, it is impossible for snow to get in your boots. During the second blizzard: This time I chose two large (30 gal.) trash bags. I put one on each leg with my toes pushed to the bottom corner of the bag. The bags I used had draw-strings, which I pulled tight(ish) and tied. One strip of duct tape around my calf to pull the excess bag in, but not tight enough to cut off circulation or restrict movement. Another around the top of the bag around my thigh to secure it further to my jeans and keep any snow out. Then I put my boots on over the bags. This worked very well, though a little snow did get in my boots occasionally, but the bags kept my feet dry. The huge benefit to this method is so long as you carefully remove or fold under the duct tape at the top, you can re-use them later for the same purpose. I suppose you could remove the tape at the bottom too and just use it as a trash bag again, if you wanted. Anyway, two very effective sets of snow pants on the cheap with stuff I had at home. If you don't have any snow pants, you should try it out.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 453, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00485", "text": "Before I continue, I should say that tickets for the convention and the Saturday night dinner are all sold out. The organisers couldn't gamble on booking a larger venue without government funding but that's another story. Whether you're able to come or not, please upvote if you like the idea of reddit atheists gathering. That way we can increase the chance that people see this and don't miss out. For those who do have a ticket to the Saturday night dinner, I thought it would be good to organise a reddit table. There are 10 seats per table. My brother and a friend have already said they want in so that leaves seven spots. If there is enough interest there's no reason why we can't form a second table. So if you're interested, what I need is for you to send me a PM with your real name and the confirmation number for your dinner ticket. To find your confirmation number, check these examples. The first seven replies will be at our table. If there are more than I will form a second table. If you want to guarantee that you and your friend are together and not split across different reddit tables, please submit your details together. I will send the booking at 6pm Sunday Melbourne time, 48 hours from the time of this post. Finally, I don't want to be responsible for people who change their mind, so sign-ups are final once I send the booking to the convention organisers. If you do want to change, that's between you and the organisers. See you there!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00486", "text": "Sometimes you don't know you need a feature until you discover it and put it to use for a bit. Then you wonder how you ever got your work done without it! That's how you might feel about Windows Tags. Yes, it's a Windows feature, but you can use Tags to manage Office files—and other file types as well. Whether you work alone or share files via a server or even OneDrive for Business, you can benefit from Tags. In this article, I'll show you how to add Tags to Office and non-Office files and how to search using those Tags. I'm working with Office 2016 (desktop) on a Windows 10 64-bit system. The Windows Tags property is available in older versions, back to Windows Vista. In Office, they've been available since at least Office 2007 (but maybe longer). There's no downloadable demonstration file. You won't need one. What are Tags? Don't confuse Office Smart Tags and Windows Tags; they aren't the same thing. Windows Tags are keywords used for organizing (searching) files. How you use them will depend on your needs, but anytime you're working with bulk files or sharing files for the same purpose, Tags can help. Don't limit their use to simply describing the file's contents, either. You can use Tags to describe how you use the file. For instance, you might use terms such as complete and not complete to describe status. Or you might use the term upload to group files you need to upload to an external service such as OneDrive. Add a tag to an Office file Tags are a Windows file property, but you can add them when saving an Office file. During the save process, you'll see an Options link. It's quite possible that you've never explored this link before. Let's take a look: With any Office file open, click the File tab and choose Save As in the left pane. Below the Filename and Location controls, click the More Options link (Figure A). In the bottom-right corner of the resulting dialog, look for the Tags control (Figure B). Click the Add A Tag Link and supply a keyword (Figure C). To add more than one, separate the keywords with a semicolon. Once you add a Tags keyword, Office will display it in an AutoComplete list when you tag subsequent files, making it easier to use Tags consistently. Click Save and continue as you normally would. Figure A Click the More", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00487", "text": "I have tried to create my Google/Gmail account (jxwolf), but Google won't let me! I'm not sure what the problem is, but I think it is resulting from an aborted attempt to create the address some time ago. I think the name got reserved, but not tied to any services whatsoever. I have tried using the automated customer support tool, but I can't get it to get me in touch with anyone to help me. It seems to me that the Google ID jxwolf was created at some point but not attached to any account, not even a gmail account and now the name is permanently reserved. If there is any way I can get this set up, I could finally move a large number of services to google, and abandon the yahoo address of the same name that I have been hanging on to for simplicity's sake for almost 10 years. I know I could just append some numbers and make it work, but I like the cleanliness of my current email address! I'm not trying to scam anyone and if the account is actually in use, I'll just stick with the yahoo address I've had for years. For reference: &gt;There are no Google Accounts currently registered to the username jxwolf@gmail.com. If you spelled the address incorrectly or entered the wrong address, please try again. &gt;If your email address is correct, then you may not have created an account with Google, even if you currently use some of our products. For example, it's possible to use iGoogle and Google Alerts without a Google Account. In this case, please create an account. &gt;If you're sure that you previously created a Google Account with the username jxwolf@gmail.com, contact us so that we can assist you. &gt;If you can't remember the username you used to create an account, read this help article.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 381, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00488", "text": "adapt this structure to handle more than one week. Figure A We'll create this simple timesheet that allows you to track time by projects. The sheet has an input area for employee, company, and department information, including the time (pay) period. This model doesn't force you to \"clock in.\" Instead, users enter hours by category or project. As such, the user does bear bit more responsibility for tracking actual work hours throughout the day. SEE: Tap into the power of data validation in Excel (free PDF) (TechRepublic) 3. Limit the time period The example uses Sunday to identify the pay period. You could enter a combo control that lists every Sunday of the year, but it would be cumbersome to use. Instead, we'll a validation control that accepts only Sunday dates: Select B2. Click the Data tab click Data Validation in the Data Tools group, and then select the Data Validation option from the dropdown list. In the resulting dialog, choose Custom from the Allow dropdown. In the Formula control, enter the following formula (Figure B): =WEEKDAY($B$2,1)=1 If you like, click the Error Alert tab and enter a meaningful error message, as shown in Figure C. This step isn't necessary for the timesheet to work, but your users will appreciate the information. Click OK. Figure B Use a formula that accepts only Sunday dates. Figure C Enter a meaningful error message. Figure D shows the result of entering a date that isn't a Sunday. You could continue to limit input values, but we won't do so in this article. Figure D The data validation control rejects invalid input dates. 4. Automate the dates This next step returns the dates in a single pay period by referencing the input date in B2. To start the sequence, enter the following expression in B5: =IF(B2<>\"\",B2,\"\") Next, enter the following expression in C5 and copy it to D5:H5: =IF(B5<>\"\",B5+1,\"\") To extend the pay period, simply add more expressions to row 5. For now, the expressions return nothing because B2 is blank. Enter a Sunday date; initially, the expressions return serial values. Apply the Short Date format to B5:H5 to display meaningful dates, as shown in Figure E. Figure E Format the expressions in row 5 to display dates. 5. Add a projects list", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00489", "text": "Sushi Kim is one of those Korean restaurants you'll find in most N. American cities that don't have a really big Korean population. They tend to diversify into sushi as well as Korean food, which is probably a good move considering the American palate and their general unawareness of Korean cuisine outside of the major Korean enclaves. It's pretty obvious by their name, they aren't trying to hide the fact they are Korean.\\n\\nI've been there for both Korean BBQ on the second floor and Korean food on the main floor. I wouldn't trek all the way from CMU to have sushi there since sushi can be more easily had, but definitely for the Korean food. Some would disagree, but I have friends from Seoul who even think Sushi Kim has the best Korean food in Pittsburgh.(Granted we are speaking for Pittsburgh) It is pricier than Korea Garden, but the atmosphere is slightly more \\\"upscale.\\\"\\n\\nThey also have at least 3 brands of soju(Charm, Cheoeum cheo reom, and Jinro Chamisul), which for Pittsburgh is quite exceptional even though I would only drink the Chamisul. They also have Korean noraebang, which you have to reserve in advance. However they only have Korean songs, so if you can't read Korean you're out of luck. They charge $30/hour. I'm not sure there is any other Korean noraebang in the city. I didn't try it, so I can't say what kind of selection they have for songs.\\n\\nThe BBQ is a great deal and though not the best I've ever had. It may be the only Korean BBQ grill place in the city. The staff is quite attentive and is pretty good about replacing the grills. I would prefer a different sahm-jang and more variety in the non-BBQ items in the buffet. The BBQ is great for groups and seats 4 people for each grill.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 404, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00490", "text": "The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four men from Atlanta after they allegedly hired local transients to cash fraudulent checks for them using stolen personal information. Three transients have also been arrested for their participation. BCSO Criminal Investigations opened an investigation after deputies initially responded to a call from a local transient who claimed he had been robbed by two men. Investigators now believe that four black males came from Atlanta to the Destin area on October 1, 2017, and rented two vehicles. On October 3, 2017, they came to Bay County and two of them─Johnathan Johnson and Germarco Johnson─ picked up transient Scott Allen McNeight, age 44. McNeight was recently released from prison on October 1, 2017. They first asked McNeight if he had a photo ID, which he did. The men took a photo of the ID and sent it to the two other men from Atlanta. A fraudulent check was created using McNeight’s information and stolen routing numbers and checking account numbers. The other two suspects from Atlanta─Clarence Suggs and Reginald Hughes─ picked up transient James Dean Riles, age 58, for the same purpose. The two transients were first taken to a thrift store in Springfield. The Atlanta men purchased better clothing for the transients to wear when they entered banks to cash the fraudulent checks. Once dressed, McNeight was taken to a bank on Panama City Beach and was able to cash a 1,600 check. Although the agreement was for the transients to get about $80 for their part in the scam, McNeight took half of the money and fled on foot. Demarko Johnson and Johnathan Johnson were able to find McNeight at a gas station at Magnolia Beach Road and Thomas Drive. The two men entered the gas station after McNeight, one of them carrying a tire iron. Johnathon Johnson put McNeight in a choke hold, and they threatened McNeight with the tire iron, and took the money, his wallet, and his cell phone. That was when McNeight called the BCSO to report the robbery. Although initially not forthcoming about the true circumstances surrounding the robbery, McNeight eventually told investigators how he got the money. James Dean Riles, the other transient, was unable to cash his fraudulent check at the first bank, and was taken by Clarence Suggs and Reginal", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00491", "text": "I am an atheist, but I hardly ever hear of ANY criticism of anyone who isn't religious AND conservative. All I see in /politics and /atheism is how conservatives who believe in \"gawd\" are idiots, morons, ignorant, retarded, ruining our country.. blah blah. The religious part isn't just a descriptor, it's part of the insult. So I ask you reddit, why does Obama and liberals in turn who are religious get a pass? Almost the entire Democratic side of Congress is Christian, Catholic, Presbyterian or some other form of religious denomination. If you truly believe that religion is for ignorant people who need a crutch, how can that opinion not be associated with Obama? You cant use the logic that conservatives are \"more ignorant\" it just doesn't fly.. you either believe in a supreme being or you don't. How hard you pray or adhere to the fairytale story in a book is irrelevant. Don't we just have another believer in fairy tales in the White House? Why do religious liberals seem to get a pass? **EDIT:** I see a lot of excuses here that basically boil down to a level of public devotion as seen by many of you. Obama has talked about his faith many, many times. He has referenced his church, his pastor and his faith in God. He doesn't hide from it and just because he hasn't said \"because God told me to\" doesn't mean he doesn't hold to the same beliefs. This seems to be just partisan as I suspected.. it's ok to be religious if you are liberal, otherwise, you are a nut-bag. Just to point out to many of you, not all conservatives/republicans attribute everything to their faith. **EDIT2:** Yep, more of the same.. I knew this was bust when I asked the question, it's all partisan in nature.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 381, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00492", "text": "There are only so many ways to make the American bastardized version of a pizza, but for some reason there are as many \\\"pizza shops\\\" as there are stars in a clear night sky. As they may be stunning to behold, from afar each one is pretty much the same thing. This shop is another place that tosses sauce and cheese on bread and serves it to their patrons. Ok, so they DO have a slightly different take, throwing the cold shredded cheese onto the pie as soon as the dough is out of the oven. This does not melt the cheese, and I do see how the pizza would be cold after heaping on the cheese. Some customers may like it, me, not so much. I tried the Italian hoagie. It was a good size and the meat was flavorful. But that's about it. They put oil on the sandwich, but no other dressing. I expected a nice tangy flavor to compliment the meat but was disappointed. My date ordered a hot sausage hoagie. I didn't sample it, he liked it, but it was way too messy. The bread got soggy and the darn thing fell apart. It looked more like tomato soup with sausage than a sandwich. The staff did seem pretty nice, even trying to keep a smile while dealing with the stress of a busy crowded restaurant. The dining room is also a bit cramped. There are plenty of booths, but the tables are rather close together and hard to maneuver between. Hungry patrons also are constantly getting up to visit the soda fountain. When they are busy, it is a claustrophobic nightmare.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 327, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00493", "text": "The iPhone X is built with gestures in mind, taking MultiTouch to the next level as it's now the main way to interact with the iPhone. Doing things as simple as double-tapping the Home button to show the App Switcher, using Reachability for items at the top of the screen, and Force Quitting apps has changed. These are the top five gestures that you need to know to take full advantage of the iPhone X. SEE: Mobile device computing policy (Tech Pro Research) 1: How to access the App Switcher on the iPhone X On previous versions of iOS hardware, accessing the App Switcher to swap to another app or force quit an app was as simple as double-tapping the home button; however, with iPhone X, the home button is no more. To access the App Switcher—whether you're in an app or on the Home Screen—you'll use the Home gesture (swipe up from the bottom), except you'll stop halfway up the screen and pause. The view will change to the App Switcher you know and love (Figure A). Figure A 2. How to force quit apps on the iPhone X Inside of the App Switcher, you may be wondering how to force quit an app, because in this new switcher, swiping up does not quit the app. To force quit an app, launch the App Switcher, then tap and hold on an app. This will enter editing mode where you can either choose the \"-\" button that appears in the corner of each open app, or swipe up as you would on a non-iPhone X iOS device. As we've mentioned in a previous article, you only need to Force Quit unresponsive apps. There is no need to force quit apps on a regular basis. 3. How to quickly swipe to the previously used app on the iPhone X The Home Indicator at the bottom of the screen gives you many capabilities at a single tap or swipe. Swiping from left to right on the Home Indicator will launch the previously used app from the App Switcher without the need to open the App Switcher. This feature is very useful on the iPhone and greatly improves multitasking capabilities because it lets you jump between apps quickly and efficiently. SEE: Cybersecurity in an IoT and mobile world (ZDNet special report) | Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic) 4. How to enable Reachability on the iPhone X Reachability is an accessibility feature that can be enabled on previous", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00494", "text": "I want to start a website but I can't seem to find any software that meets my needs. I've already looked at most of the CMSs in this list but none of them seem to be designed for anything remotely close to what I want to do. My site will be similar to GameFAQs]( Users will register for the site in an automated process. They will then be able to add items to the site (games in the GameFAQs example). Each item will have a page for [background information]( There will be sections for users to submit [articles]( and [images, a forum, and a wiki page for each item. Ideally, there will also be a bug tracker-like system and RSS feeds. Each item will have tags for the search function. I have found many CMSs that are capable of doing these things for an entire site, however, I have found none that can do all of these things for each individual item. I need something that will automatically create a new, separate forum, wiki page, and blog for each item that a user creates. Other websites that seem to do what I want are TV.com]( [Last.fm]( [GameSpot]( and [IMDb]( Sites like [SourceForge]( [MySpace]( and [Facebook are similar but only enable the creator of an item to make changes to it. My website will allow any users to make changes to any item. I realize that all of the sites I have listed run custom software that was developed specifically for that site. I can't afford to pay anyone to create custom software for my site, so I hoped to find something like one of the many GPL CMSs out there that can meet my needs. If necessary, I would purchase paid software that does what I need. I could probably modify something to add any simpler features (RSS, wiki, tags, blog) as long as it already has the important ones (item based system, all users can edit, forum and submissions for each item). Thanks in advance for your help. EDIT: If there isn't anything similar to what I want, does anyone know of a 'Web 2.0' CMS that would play nicely with the type of modifications that I would need to make to add the features I need? If I would need to make large modifications to existing software, would I be better off using a framework to build my own software?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 483, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00495", "text": "Hi Reddit. A few weeks back, practically out of nowhere, a guy I worked with brought up punishment for child molesters. I think he over heard me talking about how I like how the chinese government deals with terrorists (shoot first, shoot again.. no questions) or so I have been told by my chinese friends. Anywho, he asked how we should deal with child molesters and such, specifically asking about castration (chemical or physical). I told him if there was no doubt in anyone's mind that he is guilty, and there is enough evidence to support any positive results (of castration), then I said \"hell yeah\". His response (he was just waiting for this) was that I was \"barbaric and wrong\". His advice was that a person like that is mentally ill and requires proper (expensive) therapy and should never see the inside of a jail cell int he same way that a cancer patient should see jail. I told him he was crazy and my mom's cancer couldnt hurt a 6 yr old girl. He got me pissed (which I regret, this guy is a dick and I think I realized he just wanted to piss me off from the get go), so I said that I changed my mind and if there was no doubt of the crime then to kill the offender. After all, what he did to the child is basically murder because the child will probably never be a normal human with normal relationships etc etc. Anyway, I just wanted to ask reddit what they thought about this and I guess what they think about people like this guy (or me for that matter). Let 'er rip Reddit. Edit: I just wanted to say that my support of the death penalty was sarcasm used in order to piss of the guy I work with (I jumped to a wild extreme). However, after reading some of the posts (in between all the childish ones) I have changed my mind. All sex offenders SHOULD go to jail. The main reason is that I have heard from pretty reliable sources that most of the major gangs target these type of offender usually by gang rape or mutilation. Reddit and hippies have opened my eyes!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 438, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00496", "text": "First, let me say that I was very impressed with the original, and the second one is pretty entertaining and despite the following I'd still recommend it. However: The big difference from the first one is that you play as a Big Daddy. Awesome right? Well, kind of. I'm playing on hard difficulty, but hard difficulty or not, you are a Big Daddy, a big hulking brute in a metal diving suit. Yet playing through the first few levels you lose health just as easily as you did in the beginning of the first game. A splicer with a pipe hitting you over the head should not take away 20% of your health, regardless of difficulty. A splicer across the room can devastate you with a pistol. Going 1v1 with a Big Daddy requires plenty of ammo and medkits, because while your rivet gun makes almost unnoticeable changes in his health, HIS rivet gun is a beast that will make you churn through medkits like crazy (of course when you pick it up it uses the same ammo and your gun gets no stronger). I know you're an older model Big Daddy, but a massive metal diving suit is a massive metal diving suit. I remember seeing splicers get annihilated in the first one when provoking a Big daddy. In B2, if more than two splicers show up with guns you literally have to run for cover. WTF? I know its hard difficulty for a reason, but there are ways of making the game harder that make sense and ways that don't. Why not make healing kits much more infrequent or scarce special Big daddy repair stations in exchange for true Big Daddy health. COME ON! **edit**: I am not saying it shouldn't be hard. I am saying that there should be a better way to make it difficult that doesn't rely on completely overlooking game ideas (ie, that a Big Daddy is one. ) tl;dr - You are too squishy starting off in bioshock 2.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 411, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00497", "text": "run a data, digital, or technology program on a campaign. Developing a custom program five months out from election day proved to have its unique challenges. Also, the style of President Trump as a candidate was far different from what we have seen with other candidates. This required us to changes some of our approaches to more quickly measure the attitudes of the electorate. Hindsight is always 20/20, but going back and doing it all over again I would have traded money for time. I say this on most campaigns that I work on, but a bit more maturity in a few of the programs we set up may have yielded even better results. Given the outcome of the election, we are more than happy with the result. At the end of the day, people are people. Convincing someone to show up and vote or donate for a political candidate is correlative with many issues businesses face everyday. Whether it be finding new customers, or improving brand loyalty, many of our techniques are suited to do just that. Regarding your tech, does the firm build tech in-house, acquire tech from startups and other companies, or a mixture? We acquire data in a number of ways - everything from commercial licensing, political exchange agreements, internal investment (R&D projects), and proprietary relationships with partner companies. We most certainly do build tech in house. We recently hired our CTO, Darren Bolding, who served as CTO of the RNC this past cycle. Darren and I manage, and are currently expanding, our in-house team of engineers to productize our offering a bit more. We aim to move more towards general automation of what we do in the form of a SaaS product. SEE: IT leader's guide to Agile development (Tech Pro Research) Big data is a huge business trend. What's your take on the current state of political big data? And what does the future look like? We don't consider ourselves a 'big data' company, we are a data analytics company. Many organization out there want to serve as the database of record for their clients. We aim to be the layer on top of that, which provides our clients with actionable insights - essentially acting as the brain behind the decision-making process. We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of work to be done on the side of automation. Campaigns move so quickly that often it's difficult to keep up. The more automation we can bring to the process outside of the campaign HQ will", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00498", "text": "Yesterday was my 40th birthday and I wasn't feeling too good that morning. I went to breakfast knowing my wife would be pleasant and say, \"Happy Birthday\", As it turned out, she didn't even say good morning, let alone any \"Happy Birthday\". I thought, well, that's wives for you, the children will remember. The children came in to breakfast and didn't say a word. So when I left for the office, I was feeling pretty low and despondent.. As I walked into my office, my secretary Janet said, \"Good morning, Boss, \"Happy Birthday\". And I felt a little better that someone had remembered. I worked until noon, then Janet knocked on my door and said \"You know, it's such a beautiful day outside, and it's your birthday, let's go to lunch, just you and me.\" I said, \"By George, that's the greatest thing I've heard all day. Let's go!\" We went to lunch. We didn't go where we normally go; instead we went out to a private little place. We had two martinis and enjoyed lunch tremendously. On the way back to the office, she said, \"You know, it's such a beautiful day. We don't need to go back to the office, do we?\" I said, \"No, I guess not.\" She said, \"Let's go to my apartment.\" After arriving at her apartment she said, \"Boss, if you don't mind, I think I'll go into the bedroom and slip into something more comfortable\" \"Sure!\" I excitedly replied. She went into the bedroom and, in about six minutes, she came out carrying a huge birthday cake ----- followed by my wife, children, and dozens of our friends, all singing \"Happy Birthday\". And I just sat there ---- on the couch ---- naked.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 381, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00499", "text": "crime groups that kill and control, but also of the state government. Fear that state officials will order them murdered for what they investigate or write has forced about a dozen journalists to flee the state, claiming that fear also puts a clamp on coverage for those who remain.\" And that's not to mention the mass grave discovered outside Veracruz city last month that contained 252 bodies, many of which are believed to have been buried years ago. Strikingly, Duarte's allegation-plagued tenure was by no means uncommon. The politician isn't the only former Mexican governor to draw prosecutors' attention — nor was he the only former leader in his own party, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, to go on the lam for an extended period. Former Tamaulipas Gov. Tomás Yarrington was caught in Florence, Italy, just last week after five years on the run. U.S. prosecutors have alleged he \"accepted millions of dollars in drug cartel bribes and invested it in Texas real estate,\" according to The Associated Press. And The Wall Street Journal, citing orders issued by state police, says that Yarrington had been assigned eight law enforcement officers as bodyguards as late as last year. Meanwhile former Chihuahua Gov. Cesar Duarte — no relation — has still eluded authorities after he stepped down last year. Once a rising star in the PRI like Javier Duarte (who was suspended from the party around the time of his disappearance) and Yarrington, Cesar Duarte is being pursued over embezzlement charges. All of this makes for a rather persistent problem for the party's leader, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who has been battling historically terrible approval ratings. So it's not too much of a surprise that, as the AP reports, the PRI cheered the capture of the former Veracruz governor, who the party said should \"be punished in an exemplary fashion, as well as anyone who is confirmed to have taken part in his criminal ring.\" Still, it will do little to erase the rather unexemplary records of many governors across Mexico — and not just those in the PRI. The Duartes have plenty of company. The Los Angeles Times breaks it down: In a country of 31 states and one federal district, nearly a dozen governors recently out of office are on the lam, under investigation or already in prison.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 484, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00500", "text": "If you haven't already, make sure you nominate Austin yourself. But if you still want to do more to help the next step is to lobby the Mayor and City Council Obviously phone calls and written letters will have more impact then emailing, but an email is better than nothing. You can use the email contact form. If you are not feeling creative, here is a boilerplate template you can use for the contact form. Please feel free to suggest other templates in comments: &gt; Google announced yesterday that it is going to be rolling out fiber-to-the-curb pipes. They haven't decided on location yet. &gt; &gt; I would like Austin to officially pursue becoming a Google fiber trial location. &gt; &gt; Austin has a large student population (over 50k at UT alone). These students would benefit tremendously from having access to a fiber connection. It would significantly improve the capabilities and value of UT as well. &gt; &gt; Austin has a booming technology industry which would also benefit enormously from having access to direct fiber connections. Particularly Austin's prosperous small business industry which does not have the capital to invest in a direct fiber connection themselves. &gt; &gt; Having access to a direct fiber connection will be an important motivator for entrepreneurs to choose Austin as a place to start their business. This will bring high paying jobs and investment money into Austin. &gt; &gt; This will also apply pressure on local ISPs to improve their service and value. This is approximately 10x faster than Time Warner for download, and 25x fast for upload. After Time Warner's shenanigans last year I think it is clear more outside competition is required to keep them in check. &gt; &gt; Google has said they plan to rollout the infrastructure as an 'open network' which means that other ISP companies will be able to make use of it. &gt; &gt; Please support a Google Fiber roll out in Austin. &gt; &gt; Information and opportunity to issue a request can be found here:", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00501", "text": "Backstory: After 10 years of \"discussions\" with my ex-wife, my eldest daughter (14) has come to stay with me (WOOTBERRIES!). She's a gifted student, and I've been chewing over ideas to help her through what could be a most magnificent time of her life. As I'm getting her a phone anyway, I've decided to get an iPhone so she can also use the school's wifi, etc. This got me thinking about videos to put on there for her. I was considering things like TED talks, independent and CC content (from \"Kiwi\" to Big Buck Bunny, and a range of bits and pieces I have from YouTube. There are also **so many** pieces I've seen that I can't find anymore ... I'm thinking five to fifteen minutes long usually, to allow her to watch things in the short snippets of time she gets free (on the bus, in the car, waiting for a bus or car, etc). I've mentioned this idea to a few close friends, and they think it's a fantastic one, and asked if they could get a copy of the videos for their kids. Which got me thinking ... If I can get a good and focused list of video content, how many other parents would like this? What about schools? Content that could add to enhance their studies? I hope to obtain a *large* list of suitable content, and get it up on a webpage or four. Not as content, but as a filtered list with links, tags, length, and **download links**. Filter the list to what you want (say, max 16G space + prefer small filesize video over large + philosophy + general science + wacky + new media + CC) and you're on the way to filling your device. So far, I have about 12 parents and 3 schools very interested. So, dear Reddit, I'm asking you for your advice on inspirational or otherwise *\"worthy\"* video content. Stuff that can engage our kids and help them think and grow.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00502", "text": "Dear Google Apps admin,​ In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar. Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above. Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser. We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change. In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience. We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses. Thank you for your continued support! Sincerely, The Google Apps team", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 317, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00503", "text": "Hey RA, I'm a stereotypical shy, relationship-inexperienced, college-aged guy, but that's not what I need advice about. I've gained a lot of self-worth and confidence, and it's only getting better even if the going is slow. Here's the situation I need advice with: I befriended a really neat girl with whom there is a bunch of mutual attraction, but she's got a boyfriend and she's not breaking up with him anytime soon. It was never my intention to be \"that guy\", but despite my initial cut-and-run instinct we've become really close friends. This is great most of the time, but it's also the cause of some distress for me in the following ways: 1) Sometimes the tension is unbearable. I'm sorely tempted to fool around with her, but I know it would introduce a lot of drama to our lives. Probably wouldn't end well, but it's real hard to hold back at times. 2) In social settings, my attention will gravitate to her when it would otherwise be the perfect time to meet other fine young ladies. 3) I occasionally feel resentful that she's perpetuating the friendship when there are these (seemingly, to me) unresolved attraction issues. I don't want to feel that way--it's disgusting and I genuinely like her--but occasionally I do despite myself. I guess what I'm really wondering is how to resolve the aforementioned attraction issues? I go back and forth between being convinced that my overactive imagination has invented them, and being certain that if I just confronted her with a \"shit or get off the pot\" speech she would instantly make up her mind and choose me or the BF to the exclusion of the other. I know neither scenario is realistic. I've tried to think it through, but I repeatedly come to one of those two conclusions--I can't fully disentangle my emotions. What should I do? Like I said, I don't want to be \"that guy\", the pathetic one who holds onto infatuations long past the expiration date. I feel like if I just talked to her plainly about it, that's how I would seem, though. I genuinely want to move on, but her proximity is making it tough. I'm at a loss and I need someone to talk some sense to me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 480, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00504", "text": "So I met a girl at a party about a month ago, we really seemed to hit it off. She ended up asking for my phone number, and I got hers as well. The only problem is, she lives about 300 miles south of me, and was only in town that weekend visiting a friend. So after she left town the next day, we texted back and forth a bit. I sent one text to her that she didn't respond to for 3 days, and when she finally did we texted back and forth a couple more times, ending with me asking her to give me a call/text next time she comes to town. She responded with \"for sure.\" Weekend after that I texted her and it went pretty well, a bit flirty, pretty good, some nice banter. I asked if she was coming up again anytime soon, she said probably not, since her friend and her had a fight. Since then, we've had no contact. She's come into my mind a bit lately, and I want to text her hi or something, ask how she's doing, but I'm not sure what to say. I think a call would be too much, since we only knew eachother for about 5 hours, and its been a month since even a text. I'm worried about the proximity to valentines day, she might think its weird. Also, I don't know her situation at all, as to whether she has a boyfriend now, or anything else, etc. So, what would you all suggest I do? Contact her, not contact her? If I do, what do I say? I know I'm gonna get answers to check her facebook, but she's the one girl on earth without one, haha. Figured I'd head that one off. Thanks", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 370, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00505", "text": "Official Coverage Twitter Feeds This is meant to be a discussion of PT: San Diego, posting anything you want. It started today and coverage is up on the mothership. * There was a turn 1 win: Goblin guide attack, reveals Damnation, Judge call, game loss! Explanation: Player plays Goblin Guide and attacks, his opponent reveals the top card of his library and reveals a damnation, the judge is called and the opponent loses. * LSV is 5-0 right now playing a Naya Deck with Cunning Sparkmage + Basilisk collar in the board. Also Team Channelfireball seems to be playing this deck. * Nassif is 5-0 with some kind of control that canceled three times in a match. (cancel isn't bad!) * Chapin is 4-0-1 with UW Control * Conley woods is improving at 3-2 before the draft. He was pretty great at ZZZ so we'll see how the ZZW goes for him. * Tom Ross is rumored to be the creator of the breakout deck with its pilots going a combined 33-6-1 in the first 4 rounds! I can't wait to figure that out. Minghua has a comment below with the possible combination. * Kibler is at 2-3. Bummer for that guy, he's very charismatic but his play seems to be lagging behind his personality. * According to the deck breakdown on the mothership, Jund is still at 112 decks, roughly a quarter of the field. The next deck is WW at 41 copies and Vamps at 33 copies. So its still Jund + everything else. Edit: New Information", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 348, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00506", "text": "Longer boring version (to hopefully avoid flames about the choice I am making): I currently work primarily as a Java Developer, however I have had exposure to several languages over the years and I am more than capable in Python, C, C++ and a few others. I am now looking for a new challenge and thought I might try applying for a few C or C++ roles. This is not because I favor one language over the other. Languages have never really been an issue for me. I have always just used what I have been given. Case in point, about a year ago I was contracted to duplicate the look, feel and functionality of a web app using Excel. Thousands of lines of VBA and most of my sanity later, it was done. Highly painful and something I would never do again, but I still enjoyed the challenge and I am glad I went through it. It must be noted that I had no choice in the tools I was allowed to use. I did voice my opinion of the can of snakes they could be unleashing, but those were mostly ignored. Back to the present though. C and C++ command a slightly better salary where I am, though not by much. The money is not the driving factor though. What I am looking for is a way to get away from web based dev for a little bit and perhaps more so the Java toolchain. I have grown to dislike the overly complex grouping of frameworks and application servers of late, which may be attributed to the way my last job utilised it, but nevertheless. I like to be removed somewhat from the UI side of things and work primarily on integration and backend code where it is all about the logic and no fiddling with button positions pretty pictures. So with all of that out of the way... Short version: What I am looking for is a really good example of production level C++ code lying somewhere around the interwebs. I am not too interested in what it does, just how things are structured and what kind of standards I would be expected to encounter. Looking forward to your replies and opinions. Thanks in advance.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 426, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00507", "text": "If you're like me, you juggle multiple projects at any given time, both for your job and/or freelance. These projects may span multiple platforms and or languages. In my case, I'm always jumping around Objective C, Actionscript 3, and PHP. Often, I will need to come back to a project that I have not touched for a week or longer. I find that I have to spend a considerable amount of time just figuring out where I left off. You know what I'm talking about. It's those times you are 10 levels deep in figuring out a problem, only to get context-switched by your wife/coworker/dog/xbox and shut down the project. I've tried keeping a little README file in each project and jot a little note in there in hopes I will know what the hell I was saying when I wrote it, but I often forget to do that. I dont always have a notepad and pen handy, and if I do, it's seldom the same notepad I was using when I wrote down the cryptic information I need right now. So, /r/programming, do any of you have a special method for keeping track of all your projects and exactly where you are in the project? I was prompted to write this because I just opened up a freelance XCode project for the first time in about two weeks, and have no clue what I did when I last touched it. So I just spent the last hour logging and debugging just to figure that out. FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00508", "text": "Here is the '93 I previously posted. I had the 1993 on it's own a week previous. For this vertical, we did the Seven Year Itch - three biggies, each seven years apart: 95, 02, and 09. Itchy Seven Vertical Tasting One year did impart significant maturity. The hop aroma and flavor were still bold and brash. The underlying malt had developed in a richer and more interesting mix than fresh Bigfoot. Carmel and maple. The 2002 is where things started to get interesting. The beer starts to take on a sherry-like character and is turning viscous and syrupy. This is when the \"palette cleansers\", in this case a Sierra Kellerweiss and a Bell's Denver Pale Ale, taste watery in comparison. Slight brownie batter, dark chocolate. The 1995 opened with just the slightest release of Co2, as if the delicate kiss of a woman upon your cheek as she thinks you sleep. There is still an underlying bitterness present beneath the sweet syrup. It is an earthy bitterness, almost burnt. I get a strong sense of marmite and a salty yeastiness. This was just slightly more prevalent in the '93, if memory serves me right. The beer sits heavy in the gut. More oily now. The yeasties have dried up and turned to hard dregs. Their work is long since done and they rest now in the bosom of their own creation. This is a beer of regal seniority. A relationship with this is of the best kind: one born of time, of understanding, and of a deep love that has blossomed from experience and knowledge of it's past lives. Fresh bigfoot feels like the flutter in the stomach from young love, the beating heart that comes from bedding a mistress for the first time: exciting, strong, enthusiastic and vigorous. The old bigfoot is more wizened than that. She does not leap into your arms, but curls against your chest in the most natural way.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 416, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00509", "text": "If you want, you can look at the unimaginably vast universe we inhabit and feel miserable and alone. On the other hand, you can take solace and joy in the fact you are, in fact, just a collection of organic molecules out of a nearly infinite universe that have come together to form you. The very atoms you are made of were forged in an exploding star, filling the universe with light before eventually coalescing into our planet. The building blocks of your body have been dirt and plants and animals and thousands of inanimate objects and living organisms before you, all leading up to this current combination that we define as you. The atoms inside you happen to have come together in this very specific instance, not as a bird, or a rock, or a tree or a dog. But as you. There are a near infinite number of possible people who ever could have lived; all the possible combinations of DNA, possible people that will never experience happiness, love, joy or sadness. Of this near infinite collection of possible people, you have the opportunity to live the life you are living. This is a truly spectacular chance that should not be idly discarded or wasted away fretting about the struggle of your daily life. To preserve this cycle, one day you must die, and your body will be reabsorbed back into the earth, into the universe, and into the cycle that binds us all together as one. (There is definitely some credit due to Dawkins and Sagan.)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 301, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00510", "text": "he made a website to show me. Some background... The only emote I have macro'd is a /bye in my disengage. I grabbed a flag in wsg, ran out the top, spammed disengage/parachute off the horde tunnel across half the field, and hit the ground with rocket boots on full. (one my favorite things to do in this game) You can see in this screenshot my \"waves\" to Dyslogy. You can also see the whispers from the character he created right afterward named 'Dettanooblar'. ** EDIT: The nerdrager wasn't Dyslogy. His character was actually Næphthis in that game. ** I thought it pretty funny... then I get this in the mail: Advice on how to be like me, from his website, where I am now the main attraction: &gt; Be a 'click \"macro\" shit talker'. &gt; Have crap gear. &gt; Hit like a diseased gazelle. &gt; Run like rogue on speed while being confronted by a character two levels or lower that once I pick you out I will hammer you like a two-dollar whore in Hell's Kitchen... and just because slapping sluts is fun, I'm likely to farm you with all proxy. &gt; Then lose in a one on one confrontation moments later... yet the clicking ceased... Hmmm! Alliance BG WSG Nooblar Confrontation of the Week. &gt; This extra-ordinairy Hero is likely to be carried very far by many raids to come. The one on one thing never happened, and I don't see a wave goodbye as shit talking, but the rest of it may be true. He made my Sunday morning. This is why WoW is so much more rewarding than church.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 368, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00511", "text": "I want the pasta trio in ma' belly now! It's hands down the best dish you can get there. Three deeeeliscious pasta's served to you in a never ending skillet! What other wimpy pasta's can compete with that? The OG (short for Olive Garden) doesn't hold a spaghetti noodle to this place! \\n\\nI swear you to you I haven't seen the same noodle twice here. They always seem to serve up a dish with some crazy looking pasta that they say the name of and I can never remember. But obviously the best thing about it is the sauce! Oh, the sauce! Meat sauce, sweet sauce, lemon, butter, the list goes on and on. I'll never forget the first time I fell in the love there. I fell in love with this out of this world pumpkin ravioli. I'll never forgot you pumpkin ravioli, NEVER! (This was all said looking wistfully out the window like in a movie montage). \\n\\nBut don't fear if you need something other than pasta (I don't know why, but let's roll with it). I attended a party there once and we had a a three course meal. First we had a delish caesar salad, which was on the lemony side, just the way I like it! Then we had a choice between meats and a fish and I tried the fillet. It was...to. Die. For! I was very pleasantly surprised that my non-pasta meal was so utterly satisfying. Then came the light and fluffy tiramisu. Now I was officially in heaven! We were also sent home with a goodie bag that included Lidia's Eggplant Pasta Sauce. I tried it a couple days later and it was great! It's a red sweet sauce with a tiny kick to it. I loved that it had eggplant in it because it was something different than your normal meatie balls and sauce combination. \\n\\nAnd lastly, the ambiance is very unique. There's huge windows in the front to gaze out at well, a parking lot. But they're tinted so you have a nice intimate vibe going on. There's also a huge glass Chihuly chandelier hanging in the middle of the restaurant that's gorge! So please, convert over from the OG, you will not be disappointed. And don't worry, they DO give free bread sticks!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 497, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00512", "text": "So, I'm a physics major who decided to take a philosophy course. I loved it. Where physics is the best tool (in my opinion) to understanding the physical world, philosophy seems to be the best for the non-physical. (and until I took that class, I refused to acknowledge its very existence.) After about every class I would spend hours talking with my professor about that day's content. For the most part, it was very enlightening, but a few things still evade me. For this semester, my professor asked me to construct a coherent, consistent world view. I won't share that here, it's pretty complex to explain. So far, I've been struggling on the concepts below, and I was wondering if Reddit could give me some insight. What do you think? &gt;1. How do the brain and the mind (soul, spirit, consciousness, etc.) interact? &gt;2. Assuming time had a beginning, (whether the \"big bang\" or \"creation\" or the like) how could you define anything as \"Eternal?\" &gt;3. Where and in what state is the soul/mind/consciousness/etc. before birth/after death? Any insight at all is welcome. I'm a bit of a philosophic noob. **Edit:** Going to class, be back by about 5:00 PST. I'll see if I can dig up my professor's arguments on why the brain and mind are seperate by then. **Edit2:** Back.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00513", "text": "Naturally, I'm thinking about this guy who flew his plane into the IRS building. (I know people who work in that building in Austin, sheerly by coincidence.) There are many countries where people pay substantially more in taxes than in the U.S., where failing to pay taxes is illegal and carries penalties, and so on. Why do people in the U.S. go so utterly apeshit over taxes? We have whole political philosophies devoted to the attempt to justify the moral rightness of failing to pay one's taxes. Everything stands and falls on taxes. Decline in education, infrastructure and even growth can be partly attributed to a hatred of taxes. States like California are foundering entirely on the inability to raise taxes. I guarantee if you go to any country that has low economic development, low literacy, horrible infrastructure and so on, the common denominator is that the richer people don't pay taxes. (Many of these countries use IGA or sales taxes as their primary tax collection method.) I don't get it. I pay plenty of my salary in taxes. The other day, I realized I don't even count the portion of my salary that is taxes as really part of my salary. It just makes sense to me that I should pay taxes. My parents got this huge economic bonanza during Bush because they are in that wealthier tax bracket that benefited from his absurd tax reform and they welcome paying more tax if it will keep the country from going down the drain. I don't understand what it is that makes Americans so particularly nuts about taxes. My theories are: (1) People in America love to shop and calculate what they could get at the mall for the money they pay in taxes, whatever the devastation to the country. In other words, we simply don't have a civic minded culture. We're selfish and it is every man for himself (2) It's a kind of peculiar and witless attempt at seeking personal freedom, stemming from the rhetoric we learn surrounded the revolutionary war. I know another reason is that they've been brainwashed to be obsessed with this issue, without most people recognizing that they ultimately benefit from income taxes enormously and that the only people who really are worse off are the extremely wealthy.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 451, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00514", "text": "I'm going to apologize upfront: this is somewhat of a rant post. I'm normally an Arch user. I stopped using Ubuntu as my distro of choice a couple years ago. However, my webserver still runs Ubuntu out of laziness. I am in the process of setting up a development environment for myself and a couple others for a project we're doing for our university. We're going to be using Ruby on Rails, and since my university's IT office is full of jackasses, they won't install ruby *et al* for us on the school's existing Red Hat server reserved for CS students (for exactly these types of projects). Luckily I already have my own server which i'm in full control over. I've done Rails work on Windows and on Arch. I know the normal thing is generally to do the following: - install ruby (which includes rubygems nowadays) - run \"gem install rails\" So I did this on my machine a few minutes ago and went to create the project by running \"rails site\". And *after I am told rails has been successfully installed*, I get this: The program 'rails' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install rails WHYYY? Seriously. Maybe I'm a bit out of line with this, but I've been slowly growing to really *hate* Ubuntu for a lot of reasons and this is an example of one of them. It's like Ubuntu feels it needs to do everything differently (and often in a really stupid way) for its users compared to literally every other Linux distribution out there. I get that Ubuntu aims at creating a user-friendly desktop environment. But why does it do shit like this? And to pour salt on the wound, apparently this is a recent change. Google tells me this is only an issue with Karmic Koala! FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 384, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00515", "text": "Some background information first. One month ago (Dec 31st) I proposed an idea of a fitness project to AskReddit]( and it turned out to be fairly popular. I was asked to start a subreddit and [the project was on! In the last month we've had over 500 people subscribe to the subreddit of which 78 people signed up for the project. We just completed one month and I'd like to share some progress statistics with you, reddit: Total Responses = 33 * Cumulative Weight Loss = 75lbs]( ([34kg * Mean Weight Loss = 3.1lbs (1.4kg) * Mean BMI Drop = 0.5 * Mean %BF Drop = 0.4% ← 7 response only Majority of the responders reported \"subjective\" improvements in strength](|Maybe%20[10]|No%20[4]&amp;chd=e%3AXRdFLo), [endurance](|Maybe%20%20[8]|No%20[8]&amp;chd=e%3ATeWQWQ), [flexibility](|Maybe%20[6]|No%20[8]&amp;chd=e%3AOOVVcc) and [diet. Considering this is just after *one month*, I think HealthProject has done great! Sadly, this was our best shot at celebration. Will you join us in celebrating this feat? tl;dr: **Reddit, Let's Fucking Party!**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00516", "text": "gonna try and make a long story short. a couple of weeks ago my wifes phone was stolen from out back yard. we are smokers so we have a smoking area just outside the back door. my wife left the phone outside and when she returned it was gone. she told me about it but she thought she had misplaced the phone or that one of our kids had gotten it, which has happened before. a couple of days go by and i decide to make some changes to the acct, and this is when i discover that several downloads and international calls have been made on the phone. i call tmobile to report the phone stolen and also to ask what can be done about the charges one the bill. i am told that because i did not report he phone stolen within a certain time frame that they are unable to do anything about it. my next questions is, what is the amount of time i have to report the phone stolen. the reply, 60 secs. this answer set me off. i tell the csr that this is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. i tell her we have young children and i believe that it is a reasonable assumption to believe the phone is misplaced instead of being stolen. i dont live in apts, or subdivision, i live out in the country, my closest neighbor is a few hundred ft away and my home is surrounded by an 8ft fence which is always locked. i need help , i cant afford this $800 phone bill, which is on my moms acct. and the ppl at tmobile dont care and wont pass me along to a supervisor. so if anyone knows something i dont, a number or email to bypass this moat of stupidity and callousness, plz help.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00517", "text": "I live in the US (female, 25). Most of the guys that I've been with have had a history of being with Asian girls. I've only lived in areas that are &lt;5% Asian, so it's not like it just kind of happened that way. When I start dating a guy and I find out that most of his exes and hookups have been Asian, I bring up this concern. I always get a response like, \"I like you for who you are, not because you're Asian.\" I always believed this until a couple of years ago, when a guy I was dating got wasted and started talking about how he was still in love with his (Asian) ex. He also let it spill that he'd only ever hooked up with Asian girls. I broke it off and a week later he was with another Asian girl. I had truly believed that he liked me. I recently started dating a guy and have noticed that over half his Facebook wall consists of posts from Asian girls. I already know that he's had ~50% Asian hookups/girlfriends in the past. Again, in an area that's &lt;5% Asian. I've brought up the same concern, got the typical response. To clarify, I like my personality and I like who I am, but I don't know what to think anymore. I almost never dwell on the fact that I'm Asian, but it's reached a point where I'm starting to feel significantly devalued as a likeable/lovable person because I'm increasingly suspicious that it's mainly based on my ethnicity and not my personality. I mean, is that it? Do I just spend my life dating guys, finding out they're into Asians, then wondering if that's why they're with me? Should I start rejecting guys who bring up Asia in the first conversation? I don't know what to do. Advice of any kind is welcome... thanks.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 396, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00518", "text": "I've been in a long distance relationship with a woman for about 2 months and I've never felt this way about anyone before. I see her every weekend. I am already making plans to relocate back to where she lives and think about a life together. Here is the problem: We are talking on the phone too long every night - at least an hour. I definitely want to talk every night - a quick chat about what happened that day, talk about our plans for the weekend, etc. But I feel the conversations are dragging on and I'm getting bored... we end up talking a lot about how much we miss each other, which is pointless and just makes it harder to be away from her. I've had problems in past relationships where I've expressed these concerns, and the woman has always interpreted it to mean that I never want to talk on the phone, and they're always cutting the conversation abnormally short to try to make me happy. This is not what I want! Side note: I've considered getting webcams for us. Do you think this would make the problem better or worse? We have a lot of sex when we're together but the idea of phonesex or webcam sex has never really done anything for me. She is really turned on by talking/reading about sex but it's always seemed a bit forced for me. Do you think the webcam would make it more natural and enjoyable, since guys tend to be more visual? I'm worried because I tend to zone out/browse reddit and facebook when she's talking to me sometimes, and I need some way to stay engaged. I don't want to screw this one up!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 333, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00519", "text": "He's alive and well and living in New Mexico. Here's a recent story in the newspaper about him: right here I know a half hour song is excessive, but my band and I wanted to see if we could do it and write a long, engaging, cinematic piece without any limitations. We wrote it as it came to us over a few days in the studio. Various sound effects for the story were recorded over 2 days by my friend and I as we drove around the desert South of Tucson for a few days looking for things that felt right. It's the last song my band wrote before we ended things and more or less quit playing music. The parts that sound like they might be synth or strings aren't; they're from a 12 string guitar that I played with one of those shitty $.99 AA battery fans from Circle K with tons of reverb, and then the reverb was kept, while the original track was discarded. Nothing else that was artificial was used. The words are intentionally buried within the mix and can be difficult to make out at key times. Sometimes they are replaced with German. I know I'm not the best musician in the world, but I'm proud of this song and what it means to my family, and I'm told it means a great deal to my Grandfather. I thought I'd share it, as I think it's something unique and would be quite moving to the kind of person (like me) that likes to listen to music loud, in headphones or in the dark while driving, sitting in the driveway until it's done. Anyway, I hope you like it. If you don't, that's fine too. It's called \"White flags were up, but they were meaningless\" whiteflags.mp3", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 356, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00520", "text": "*I know this would make a high school english teacher grit their teeth, but sometimes I enjoy making the longest run-on sentences possible. Just to see how well I can stretch it out. This is sort of a take on \"The Aristocrats\" joke but turned to an exuberant insult.* *Alas, improper syntax and such aside, I hope someone enjoys this as much as I did ad-libbing it last night in a melodramatic monologue to my friends.* **Before I ramble any further, here it is:** Now, in your pathetic self-indulgence you have managed to surpass any set of expectations I couldn’t even begin to charge to a person of your miraculously low stance on the socio-politic-bureaucratical totem pole of gossip with such a task. Notwithstanding, only you my friend could have managed to circumvent the exceedingly simple social indenturings and have somehow managed to venture past the proverbial \"Event Horizon\" into a string of reality unfathomable by even the greatest quantum physicist born millennia after the extravagant revolutions of the indubitably tenured Stephen William Hawking…[A man who turned the prior world of Einstein-ian science inside out just as the very infinitely-infinite black holes--ironically studied by said scientists--compress, bend and obliterate all matter within their immense grasp] by acting in such a dreadfully childish manner and fucking it up. It has now become wholly fucked up due to your ego-centrical, macabre undertaking. **fin** *Too silly? Don't worry, criticism wont bother me at all*", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 324, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00521", "text": "Note: i created a reddit account just so i could post this and share with the reddit community. I visit reddit everyday. I just bought a new house and was moving things in from my car and on one of the last trips to the car a cat came running down the stairs and out of the house. The cat wasn't in there before and most likely slipped in when the door was open when i putting stuff in the house. I didn't think to much about it and left to get more of my stuff. When I got back i started putting boxes in the house and on the 2nd or 3rd trip from the car I went upstairs to my bedroom and found the cat rolling around on my bedroom floor. It was interesting to see the cat there having a good time. She was really friendly and was constantly kneading and purring. I Finished moving my stuff in for the night and she was still in the house. I opened the door to let her out but she wouldn't go out so i just closed the door and started setting up my computer room while she just followed me and hung around. I went to sleep and woke up with her at the end of my bed. I let her out in the morning on my way to work and when i got home she was waiting for me. Its now been about 3 or 4 days since i moved in and she is still here (currently sleeping on the couch). She looks like she might be pregnant, she has a really big belly but I can't tell. Im planning on taking her to a Vet pretty soon. I attached two photo's of her of when I had found her in the house the second time around, the pictures are kinda blurry though cause she wouldn't stop rolling on the floor and I was using my camera phone. another tid bit of info about the house, the previous owners apparently just got up and left one day and the house went into foreclosure. I bought the house the day it was listed for sale(closed a month later). I think the cat may have belonged to the previous owners of the house but who knows. * * EDIT: Thanks for all the info guys, im definitely going to check with the neighbors and animal shelters to make sure this cat doesn't already have a home. Its my first Cat and my first pet in more then 10 years so im not exactly pet smart. Thanks again!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 485, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00522", "text": "I remember my first love - I was wholly infatuated with the girl. Spent every waking moment thinking about her. At the very least, she was always on the back of my mind. Over the past couples years I've had a bunch of on and off short flings... and have enjoyed them all thoroughly. But I haven't had a strong emotional bond with a member of the opposite sex since my last long term relationship (couple years now). This may sound even cornier than my question above, but I feel as though I've \"grown out of love\" - I don't think I'll ever be entirely infatuated with a woman again. I think it's a problem with trust. I wouldn't share my deepest emotions/feelings with a girl. I feel as though a slightly misogynistic demeanor has taken over my love life. Not hatred of women, per se, more like the pursuit of fun, casual conversation and mostly sex. I can't remember the last time I had a serious, intellectual conversation/debate with a girl about *anything* - let alone a serious conversation about each other. Maybe I've just stopped looking for an emotional bond and have become too focused on sex. So I believe in the very metaphorical concept of love to a degree, but I think I've moved on from finding a member of the opposite sex that picks and pulls my soul. I don't know... what are your thoughts reddit? What do you think about love? Has anyone fallen in a deep love at a later age? Lay your emotions in the comments.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 320, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00523", "text": "02/08/10 2:19pm &gt; Dear Friends, &gt; Popular progressive blog, Firedoglake (FDL), has launched a new poll to identify three 'Fire Dogs' in Congress. Firedoglake will provide the winner with get out the vote tools, voter lists, in district voter registration and fundraising support. This support will help us in our re-election campaign. &gt; We are currently 2nd in the poll out of all the Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. I need your help in getting us into 1st place. **Please log onto and click the link on the right-hand side of the page to vote for FDL Fire Dogs.** &gt; Firedoglake is evaluating candidates on three criteria: 1) Pledged to vote against any war funding that does not have troop withdrawal provisions 2) Voted against June 2009 war supplemental 3) Pledged to vote against any health care bill that does not have a public option &gt; I've been a leader in the effort against the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and led the efforts against funding for the wars. This week I will introduce legislation in Congress on the question of withdrawal from Afghanistan. Together with Representative John Conyers, I've led the effort on single-payer, passed an amendment in committee to protect the rights of states to pursue single-payer and voted in committee for the bill that had a public option. I will continue to oppose any healthcare bill that does not have a robust public option. I will never give up on the dream of Medicare for All! Your continued support makes it possible for me to take strong progressive positions. &gt; I need your help in winning this poll. Please log now onto to help us get to 1st place! &gt; Thank you for your support! &gt; --Dennis", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 382, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00524", "text": "Throw-away account so my boyfriend doesn't see... not that he visits 2X anyway Ladies, I've got a problem. My boyfriend and I have been together about two years, and it's around this time that my interest in sex is starting to dwindle. There was a time when I'd get wet just kissing him, in the beginning of the relationship of course, but that's not the case whatsoever these days. It's gotten to the point where I feel relieved when there's a reason to 'get out' of sex :/ if he's in the mood and we have the time, I always indulge him and pretend to be interested too for his sake, because it's not like I *hate* it (I actually enjoy it once we get going), but I always dread it going in. It's kind of like exercising. You don't want to go, you have to talk to yourself into it and practically drag your own ass kicking and screaming to the gym, but once you're there (and especially once you're finished, haha), you're so glad you went after all. ANYWAY. I think the problem is foreplay. I need help getting into the mood. He has no idea how to perform foreplay because we've never needed it before, and the bigger problem is, *I have no idea what to ask for*. I have never had it before! I've only been with a few guys in my life, and none of them ever bothered with it. I am pretty comfortable talking to my boyfriend about sex, and I am even better at telling him what I want, but I have no idea what I want. What IS foreplay? I have no idea how to direct him, because I genuinely have no idea what's going to get me going. Help! How do I find out what I like? What do you guys do to work yourself up? What does your partner do?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 390, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00525", "text": "If I had been posting this a week ago I would've said that I really did love him (in that way). He's been my mentor for over a year now, and he's been helping me through a lot of personal issues. I used to have dreams about him that I thought were \"sexual\", but I've recently been piecing things together and that sexual desire was nothing more than a desire for a hug. He's grown into the father figure I haven't had since I moved out 5 years ago. The only problem is he has his own wife and kids. Taking on a 20 year old \"daughter\" probably isn't going to work for him. Once a month we meet up for dinner and go over how things have been going. This month we talked a lot about my self confidence and how willing one should be to do things for others (two years ago I was raped and it's bee fucking up my self confidence ever since). I noticed how happy he was to succeed and how much it hurt him to witness my self destructive behavior. We were talking about a recent success when I told him that the only reason I've been working my ass off lately is for his approval. I also alluded to the fact that there are very few people I trust anymore, and he's probably the only person in the world I'd do anything for. It's the truth, but I feel like I'm fucking our mentor/mentee relationship by telling him that. Part of the reason I need his approval so badly/would do anything for him is because I was in love with him, however incorrectly directed, for over a year which is something that should be left out of our relationship at this point. I feel guilty for bringing it up, and part of me thinks I should end our relationship before I cross the line again. I don't even feel like my current love for him is appropriate given his family situation. I'm only complicating his life now. ;tl/dr I was in love with my mentor, but now I just love him. I accidentally told him about emotions that started when I was in love with him, and now I feel like I've compromised our relationship. What do you think, RA? Should I end our meetings? Am I overreacting? Is there a way to get rid of my feelings towards him?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 475, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00526", "text": "I'm actually more interested in the music used in the preview video for the game. It came on one of those Sampler CDs that was typically bundled with purchased software. I remember an association to Encarta '95, but I'm not entirely sure since it's been so long. **Music:** the music sounded like some form of Irish instrumentals with a techno beat. Enya comes to mind. **Visuals:** Ivy-covered cobblestone temple with teleportation/portals? I've spent many hours scouring Abandonia]( [Freeoldies]( [DJ OldGames]( [Classic PC Games, and Wikipedia to no avail. I'll try to post more details as they come to mind. Thanks! **EDIT:** I think I've narrowed the time period down a lot more than what I've posted in the title. I'm going to say it's 1993-1996, since I remember this being before Terra Nova]( release and around the time of [Terminal Velocity's release. **EDIT2:** I'm at my parents place for the weekend, and I've managed to dig up a couple of sampler CDs. Unfortunately, these do not contain the game in question, but they are along the same vein. **EDIT3:** Thanks for the responses so far, but nothing is ringing a bell yet. So far, trailers for Lands of Lore 2]( [Zork Nemesis]( and [Riven are very close to the cinematic style and visuals, but still no match yet. In attempting to recall other details of the source, I believe it was on a Microsoft Sampler CD (similar to this of some sort, rather than one from the gamer magazines. Argh... this has been bugging me for months. If it weren't also for my brother's recollection of the same video and song, I'd assume that it was just a dream. **EDIT4:** It has finally been found in this]( thread. The game is called [Maabus]( and the song is [\"Think About The Way\" by Frisco V Ice MC]( Thank you [lordnecro]( for opening the door, and thank you [carny666 for the seemingly nonchalant discovery. I'll need to find a word that will concisely describe this overwhelming sense of relief + nostalgia that has taken over me. Thanks again for your responses!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 479, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00527", "text": "I usually do not come straight to reddit for the answers to life's problems. But I am making an exception here (where else can I find other chem engineers to consult at 1am?). I have an exam in my Separation Processes class tomorrow (well, technically today since it is 1am). I have not been to class yet. Yes, yes I know I have failed at life. I am not going to waste your time with my excuses. Also, i ordered my textbook on eBay, and guess what? The seller ran out of the book (didn't bother to tell me until a week ago). I ordered a new one, and it is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, which does me no good. So here I am, trying to gather morsels of information from not very detailed lecture notes I printed off. I have already scoured the interwebs for all manner of free downloadable material on the subject. Unfortunately, there are literally like 2 books used academically for the subject, none of which I have found downloads for. Also checked all the free online courses offered by MIT, Berkely, etc. MIT has the same class but no notes, videos or any decent substance. Also checked google scholar and all of my libraries resources (both their copies are checked out, of course). The solutions manuals are available, but they help little without the actual text. So I have about 9 hours to learn this stuff with little to no material. The book for my course is Separation Process Principles by Seader and Henley, 2nd edition published by Wiley. If someone has some kind of magical online access to it, that would be excellent. If not, any sources of good material on the subject would be very much appreciated. Topics on the exam: Separation concepts Simple thermodynamic concepts Concept of an equilibrium stage Binary vapor-liquid equilibria Single stage operations Cascade concepts, balances Equipment Binary absorption/stripping Stage efficiency, column sizing Any help is very much appreciated! UPDATE: Despite my fairly insurmountable circumstances, I am not giving up! I also have a Biochemistry exam at 10am which I am almost prepared for, but I will at least give the engineering exam a shot. If I go down in a ball of fiery flames, so be it. I can always drop the class. If I succeed...well...I'm not going to get ahead of myself here. Currently practicing solving flash problems. Joy.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00528", "text": "He fucked another woman. In fact, multiple women. While what the guy did was dishonest to his wife, it ends there. The fact that he was basically forced to go on national TV and call himself a sex addict is fucking mean. It's dangerous to label people who make bad choices \"addicts\". This is just the classic Christian brainwashing that tells us that expressing our sexual side is wrong and immoral and if you make a mistake, you're some kind of chronic pervert with no mental stability or moral direction whatsoever. Should he have dealt with the situation differently? Yes. But should society be so quick to go \"man that guy's a fucking pervert\"? No. Further, to add to the notion that this shit shouldn't be on the news, let's put it into perspective. While tiger is rolling in money and banging women we'd never get in our best dreams, the same people chastising woods are doing shit like cheating, child molestation, cross dressing, beastiality (as funny as it is), and rape. I'm not saying everyone in society is a sexual monster but if the people putting woods up on the chopping block thought for a second about the shit they've done, maybe he wouldn't have gotten so much media attention. We shouldn't be so quick to shun those who have affairs and actually treat them like human beings instead of guilty gutter slime who have to go on TV and basically tarnish their reputation forever. Or, better yet, IGNORE THEM. People fuck, it's what they do. It's suppression that causes a lack of communication and in some cases for us to end up doing wacky shit like fuck a dog or your cousin or... your best friend at camp......... ...", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 349, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00529", "text": "Context: I've been asked to run a science evening for a bunch of kids next week. The reason it falls to me to do this is that I am the only one who knows the difference between exothermic and endothermic. There's a set of really easy stuff I need to cover [making a basic switch, proving that hot air rises etc etc] but I see this as an opportunity to show these kids something they don't get to see at school and really engage them in the subject. What I need is one or two quick demonstrations that will be A: safe and B: cheap. Obviously everything needs to be easily obtainable. I'm sure Reddit can provide a set of awesome suggestions and I will do my best to follow up with the results. Cheers folks! EDIT: Okay lovely people, I require sleep to avoid being a total zombie at work tomorrow. I'll be checking in tomorrow then running the best of the ideas past those in charge to get the provisional green light. You're all awesome! EDIT 2: I have been okayed to try the ol' Coke &amp; Mentos and have been told I can ignite some custard powder at my own risk. The chromatography idea was very popular and I'll be using a lot of the pressure/thermal expansion based ones as filler material, as well as the awwsome milk idea. Sorry I couldn't get replies to everybody, suffice to say that there's not a single bad idea out there and if I ever do an evening like this again Ii seriously hope I can find this!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00530", "text": "etc. But in 2015, it began putting a pair of RFID tags from Zebra Technologies on the shoulder pads of every NFL player in order to track speed, field location, and movement patterns. Now, it also has sensors on the referees, first down markers, and end zone pylons. How to fully take advantage of all this data and convert it into value for the NFL and its customers was the big challenge. When Amazon learned that the NFL now had all this player telemetry data, the AWS team suggested that they could help create more value with analytics—similar to what AWS had famously done with Major League Baseball Advanced Media. \"We started working with [the NFL] to help them apply machine learning to that data,\" AWS vice president of marketing Ariel Kelman told TechRepublic. \"They're recording things like when the ball was snapped, what the formation was, how many of which type of player was on the field, what the result of the play was. A lot of that is pattern recognition... The idea is there's a whole bunch of things that require manual detection and tagging that they want to be able to automate.\" So AWS and the NFL drew up a partnership where the NFL used the Amazon cloud, its advanced analytics tools and the new SageMaker machine learning product—while Amazon got to slap the AWS logo on Next Gen Stats as the official sponsor and get a bunch of promotional opportunities that show off what its big data tools can do. The deal kicked off about six months ago, before the start of the 2017 football season, and culminates on Sunday in Super Bowl LII—although both the AWS and NFL folks were even more excited about what they're going to be able to do with the data next year. Here are the three main ways it's changing the game: 1. The impact of Next Gen Stats on NFL teams One week of NFL games now creates 3TB of data, NFL CIO Michelle McKenna-Doyle said in her presentation at Amazon's re:Invent conference last November. After each game, the league now exports a trove of data to each team to help them evaluate their overall performance and their players. The league provides some basic tools to help the teams evaluate the data along with a few basic insights. Some teams have their own data scientists or analytics partners to take it further. The teams are using the data to help inform their training, fitness, and game preparation. But there's one big caveat that", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00531", "text": "Common sense suggests that when you've got a big goal, like committing to a new workout routine, eating better, losing weight, or perhaps writing a book or starting a business, you should tell as many people as possible. After all, if lots of friends know about your goal, you'll be motivated to work harder because you don't want to disappoint yourself or your community. Plus, your friends will check in with you, and push you, and hold you accountable so that you don't quit on yourself. Right? Well... maybe not. In his 3-minute TED Talk, Derek Sivers shares a surprising idea: Telling people about your goal makes it less likely to happen. Why is this? As Derek explains, some researchers think it has something to do with the power of \"social acknowledgment.\" For example, let's say you announce to your best friend: \"I'm going to train for 5K race! This year, I'm really doing it!\" Your friend responds by saying: \"Congratulations! What a great goal. You can do it. I'm so proud of you.\" As you listen to your friend's encouragement, praise and acknowledgment, you feel really great! You feel accepted, appreciated and full of warm, fuzzy feelings. But there's a catch: once your body is flooded with those types of warm feelings, you're actually less motivated to \"do the hard work\" that's necessary to reach your goal. In a sense, your brain has been \"tricked\" into thinking you're already \"done.\" That's why telling people about your goals can be counter-productive. It gives you a \"premature sense of completeness.\" Or so the theory goes. My personal opinion: It really depends on your personality and on the type of goal you're trying to achieve. If your goal is to get a new job, for example, then it's important to tell lots of people, because the people in your professional network can point you towards possible job opportunities, write letters of recommendation and open all kinds of doors for you. You'll get farther and faster if you involve your community. But in other instances, zipping your lips might be a good idea. If you've been telling your friends, \"I'm going to write a book!\" for 10 years in a row, but you're making zero progress, then maybe you could try changing your approach. Zip your lips and start writing in secret. Maybe you'll find more success", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00532", "text": "I've been doing a lot of on-line research to determine whether or not Burce Ivins really was responsible for the Anthrax attacks. I'll admit that the FBI report is persuasive in portaying Ivins as crazy. However, Meryl Nass (a former co-worker of Ivins) has a blog with posts that are very persuasive in defending Ivins innocence (though not his sanity). I've concluded that he Anthrax attacks were definitely an inside job. The FBI is covering this up and has closed the case by blaming Ivins as a lone nutman (who conveniently killed himself). To me, the two interesting pieces of evidence are in the Anthrax letters themselves. The strain of Anthrax came from the US supply. There is no dispute of this. The FBI report mentions that the phrase \"ALLAH IS GREAT\" would likely not be used by a Muslim terrorist. So, right off the bat, we know the letters came from a non-Muslim with access to US Anthrax. This seems to leave open the possibility that a crazy US scientist was responsible. However, the inclusion of the phrase \"TAKE PENACILIN NOW\" in the Anthrax notes rules out that possibility. No working US scientist with access to Anthrax would think that Penicillin would help or would spell Penicillin wrong (unless they were so crazy that they were incapable of carrying out the attack or so sane that they were trying to divert attention from themselves). Frankly, it's harder for me to believe the FBI report than it is for me to believe that the Anthrax attacks were part of a false flag operation to scare US citizens.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00533", "text": "The relevance of formatting for 80 columns has been discussed previously on reddit, in which it seems generally agreed that 80 characters is standard for open source, and about 120 was mentioned works well for a given font size on some inhouse companies' large screens. However, I am specifically requesting that any project you work on outside of work, that you are going to share with the rest of us, please limit it to 80 characters, and spread the word. That's just what I really wish people would use. But in the interest of science and fairness, and not talking out of my ass, I spent some time collating opinions from various programming style guides, so that the standards used out there are documented to help programmers make a decision. I originally intended to put it all in one reddit post, but it became big. If you have some other snippets from style guides on this topic, paste them in this thread and I'll add them. I have collected snippets from 22 programming style guides that comment on the subject of line length, including the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, C#, Delphi, ActionScript, Ada, Python, Ruby, PHP and Lisp. On average the guides recommend from around 78 to around 130 characters/columns, citing remaining modern small screens, large screens, font sizes, readability and language-specific efficacy as arguments for their chosen prescriptions. If just one person decides that they're going to start standardising on a line length, I'll be happy.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00534", "text": "Someone probably linked to this already, but the link I had found was dead. Luckily, in xda-developer I found this: &gt;Hi, &gt; &gt;I have found out a way to update the Nexus One to the new OTA that Google is pushing through, the one including multi-touch everywhere. &gt; &gt;Go to the URL below: &gt; &gt;and download. &gt; &gt;Then save on to your sd card, not in any folders, and rename it update.zip (windows users just rename it update, .zip will come by &gt;itself) &gt; &gt;1) Turn off your phone. &gt;2) Turn on by holding down Power and the Trackball &gt;3)Select Bootloader (Selection instructions on the top of screen) &gt;4)Select recovery &gt;5)An Android-Bot will come standing next to an open box &gt;6)Press down Power and Volume Up &gt;7)Select apply update.zip &gt;8) Enjoy! &gt; &gt;All the credits go to Fabolous from AndroidForums.com &gt;Also, in case you don't trust the MediaFire link, here's the GoogleOne: Source Hopefully this will help someone else, as it helped me. Not everyone is with T-Mobile. EDIT: This is for people without root. You do not root by doing this. If your phone is already rooted you probably don't need this guide anyway.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00535", "text": "I go to a Christian College that upon entry requires everyone to sign a \"contract\" saying that we will abide to certain standards and rules. A lot of these rules are pretty obvious, don't cheat, or don't commit plagiarism. Also, we get lame puritanical Christian rules like you can't drink, which everyone ignores. The worst of these rules is concerning something called \"homosexual behavior.\" The direct quote from the statement is \"Scripture also prohibits certain behaviors and community members should avoid them. They include backbiting, cheating, dishonesty, drunkenness, gossip, immodesty of dress, lying, occult practices, profanity, sexual promiscuity (including adultery, homosexual behavior, pre-marital sex), theft, and vulgarity (including crude language).\" I feel that not many of my fellow students really have that kind of view of homosexuality, but for some reason our college administration feels the need to be bigots. I'm not sure what I can really do about this sort of thing. As a Christian I feel the need to stand in solidarity with those being oppressed, but I don't know if any amount of solidarity or organization will change this perpetuation of bigotry. What does reddit think? Also, blah blah I believe in God blah blah illogical. That's not what this is about, but if you want to talk about that feel free to send me a message. EDIT: I guess I didn't make this clear, but I'm not homosexual. I just have a passion for bringing equality and reconciling bigots with people they think they have reason to hate.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00536", "text": "I think we have enough interested pilots to form a mining operation, which would be a benefit for the entire group. So, let's use this thread as a sign-up sheet. If you're interested, please state your pilot name, what you are capable of flying, and whether you are interested in mining, hauling, and/or manufacturing. Also, please state what time and time zone you will be available to do ops. Miners may need some armed escort, although a separate thread may be more appropriate for that. **Newbies:** If want to learn more about mining, check out Halada's mining guide for your RL skilling needs. Even if you're a newbie, if you're interested in this, don't be afraid to step up. I argue that even a hauler fresh out of industry tutorials can be of great help. However, I do ask that you at least complete the tutorial on it before you volunteer. You'll even get a free hauler in the process. Finally, because this is a public forum, it's best that we don't discuss the details of our operations here. The purpose of this thread is to function as a sign-up sheet. You'll get more in-game instructions through the Corp after sign-up. **Vets:** Please understand that while you may be used to bigger operations, many are new or still skilling up. We're all just trying to pitch in and help, so please... have patience. Also, at this particular moment, an Industrial director has yet to be named. If you are interested and have the experience for it, please submit your candidacy to AZRugger. Once a director has been announced, I'll change and add any new details here. Alright gang, let's get this show on the road!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 360, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00537", "text": "/r/worldevents got its start as an idea posted in this thread. Basically, there are some of us who feel that, for various reasons, /r/worldnews doesn't really facilitate the sort of in depth inquiry and discussion of world events that reddit is capable of hosting. To that end, we've created /r/worldevents as a place specifically dedicated to: * Drawing attention to events that don't already have a foothold on the front page (be it the front page of /r/worldnews or the front page of the *New York Times*) -- we still welcome submissions about headline-grabbers like Israel, Russia, Pakistan, etc., but we hope that they won't be so numerous as to drown out submissions about the less frequently noted corners of the world; * Submitting articles that not only report events but also dig into their context and give the reader a better understanding of *why* they occurred, *how* they came to pass, *what* it means for the both the region and for outsiders like us; * Sharing our own knowledge and impressions about international and regional events; and * Discussing all of the above in a collaborative effort to understand the complex interlocking events of our world. If that seems like a pretty daunting mission statement, don't let it be. The trick is just this: If you run across an article that makes you see international events in a new light, or helps you make sense of something that you didn't quite understand before, share it with us. Be sure to up vote liberally for submissions that do the same for you. Thanks for joining in, and have fun.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00538", "text": "Maybe this is obvious to some, but most of the people I know seem pretty surprised by (and surprisingly hostile toward) the following idea: ---begin wall of text--- It's pretty simple. Consider all of the food, plastic, gasoline, and other resources that you'll use in your lifetime--imagine them filling up a huge bag. Also, grab all of the garbage and pollution that you'll produce, and throw that in the bag too. This \"resource bag\" represents the cost of your existence to the planet. Each of us has such a bag, and though the size of that bag could vary quite a bit depending on where you live in the world, it's a safe bet that your children's \"resource bag\" (i.e. their \"cost to the planet\") will be about the same size as yours. Now, suppose you want to be the \"greenest\" person that you can. Basically, that means finding lots of good ways to reduce the size of your resource bag, right? i.e. use less resources, create less garbage, etc? But is there any way you could reduce the size of your personal \"resource bag\" to zero? No, it doesn't matter how green you are, you simply can't empty the whole bag. You won't even come close. But if you had one less child than you otherwise might have, you will spare the planet from having to cope with *at least* one full \"resource bag\" worth of environmental burden. (And that's assuming that your child wouldn't have had any children of his own--otherwise your savings to the planet would be much, much greater.) --- end wall of text --- So it's frustratingly simple logic: having one less child is, for most people, by far the most environmentally friendly thing they will ever do. So much so that it will pretty much outweigh all of the other \"green\" things they ever do--combined! Or, if you like to be antagonistic, put it this way: each child that you do have is by far the most environmentally *unfriendly* act you will ever commit. (A word of advice if this argument makes sense to you: don't bring it up at parties or family gatherings. Yikes.)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 457, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00539", "text": "I had the EXACT same experience as John R. Went here to get a quick bite to eat before seeing a movie across the street. The place was near empty and there were three waitresses. Got seated and waited on immediately. Ordered drinks, and it took them 15 minutes to come...no, not alcoholic drinks, two waters and an iced tea. This should have been a bad sign, but at this point we ordered food.\\n\\n20 minutes go by...we flag down our waitress, to let her know that we need to get to a movie in 45 minutes. She said our food would be out in a few minutes. Another 20 minutes, still no food, and our waitress is nowhere to be seen. We flag down another waitress, she says she will find our waitress, who we then notice is chatting with one of the other waitresses. She finishes her conversation and finally makes her way over to our table about five minutes later. She says she didn't even realize our food hadn't arrived (well, you never even checked on us, so of course you didn't). After speaking with the kitchen staff, she informs us that she \\\"definitely\\\" put our order in so it \\\"must have been given to someone else by mistake.\\\" Because they wouldn't have noticed that that WASN'T what they ordered? Seriously?\\n\\nThe waitress told us she could give us our food for take out and, since we were starving, we reluctantly agreed. 10 minutes later, our food and the bill arrived. All that was comped was the iced tea, and we got some free utensils and wetnaps. How generous! We shovelled what we could into our mouths, did NOT leave a tip (thankfully, we didn't have the added gratuity that John had), and sprinted to our movie where we covertly finished our smuggled food. Worst part? I opened the wetnap, and it was totally dry. Of course.\\n\\nHowever, I gave this place two stars instead of one. That's because my food, when I finally got it, was perfect. I had the Greek burger and it was huge, cooked exactly how I like it, with delicious toppings. I really wish I could come back here for the food but...hell no.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 471, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00540", "text": "I really want this place to be awesome, because, yet again, I want Regent Square to be an up and coming area. This place has been here for years, and as I sit drinking my bitter, bitter coffee, and smelling the overwhelming scent of (I believe) dog pee, I wonder how it's even possible. \\n\\nThe three times I've been here, I'm greeted as if I'm a colonial space marine trying to fish a child out of a vent. They always sit in the corner peeking over the top of the counter as if I am terrifying to them, then duck out of the way. Then grudgingly come when I peek around the counter at them. If I didn't, I'm convinced that they would just sit there, as if they're not certain of what position they hold in this place, or what the next step should even be. This is what I like to call, \\\"The Dance of Shitty Customer Service.\\\" \\n\\nToday (and I write this longingly looking over at Square Cafe) I decided to give it a chance because it never is crowded, and I figured the quiet would be a good thing. The girl at the counter was on the phone, and that's the way it stayed for two minutes until I said 'excuse me?'. The charming reply: \\\"Yeah?\\\" She grudgingly got off the phone, and after accomplishing the Herculean task of handing me a cup, I pumped this swill that I'm currently drinking.\\n\\nShe's currently muttering under her breath back in her corner. I'm not sure if maybe she's having a bad day, or she's just an asshole, but...if I had to bet, I'm going with asshole.\\n\\nThis place has pretty expensive coffee for how awful it is, and the food...Just don't eat the food. \\n\\n(side note: this place isn't quiet at all when somebody orders something. She stomps around like she's being sent to her room. Then continues muttering)\\n\\nOkay, so this place is a travesty. Bad coffee, bad odor, bad lighting, unbelievably bad, grudging service. I would beg the owners to put any effort into this place. As it is now, it's cornered the market in Regent Square, and sits like a middle finger boastfully pointing at the people of Braddock Avenue.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 496, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00541", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: Amazon Key will now deliver packages into a customer's vehicle at no extra charge, saving them time and money. Professionals can have packages delivered to their car in the office parking lot, which is more professional than fielding personal deliveries inside the office. Amazon Prime members can now have their Amazon orders delivered directly into their car through Amazon Key, the company announced in a Tuesday press release. Amazon Key was originally touted as the service for delivering packages directly into the home of the recipient. Now, however, the Amazon Key In-Car service will deliver packages into compatible vehicles as long as they are parked somewhere that is publicly accessible, like a work or home address, the press release said. Amazon Key In-Car is now available in 37 US cities, and currently works with 2015 or newer Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac with OnStar; and 2015 or newer Volvo cars with Volvo On Call, according to an Amazon spokesperson. SEE: Workplace safety policy (Tech Pro Research) \"To get started, customers download the Amazon Key App and then link their Amazon account with their connected car service account,\" the release said. \"Once setup is complete and the delivery location has been registered, customers can shop on Amazon.com and select the \"In-Car\" delivery option at checkout.\" Amazon customer Scott L. from Miami noted in the release that he setup the service with his OnStar-equipped car, only giving Amazon permission to unlock the trunk and re-lock the vehicle. And each time a delivery driver requests access to the customer's car, it's done through an encrypted authentication process, the release said. Once the driver is confirmed to be at the right place with the right package, the car is unlocked. \"No special codes or keys are ever provided to delivery drivers,\" the release said. On delivery day, customers must confirm they are parked within range of the delivery location and are then given a 4-hour window for when the delivery will take place. Amazon Key In-Car is safer than having a package delivered to one's porch, as thefts of online purchases have skyrocketed. But, it's also less invasive than allowing someone into a home, as is the process with the traditional Amazon Key delivery service. For professionals, Amazon Key In-Car can save time and provide piece of mind by having packaged delivered into a car parked in the office parking lot. It's also a lot", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00542", "text": "I had a totally mixed experience with Bernie's, which may explain the other reviews. \\n\\nI have a DSLR that I got from my father - it had never been cleaned or adjusted. It had been having some trouble with the battery, so I took it to the only place in Pittsburgh (apparently) that will help with this. A dark-haired guy greeted me as I walked in and treated me like a total noob, and his demeanor made me feel like the dirt under his shoes. However, he did give me good information and service about my camera when prompted by another man in the shop (who I might assume is Bernie). \\n\\nThey told me they could send it to the manufacturer where they'd clean it for a couple hundred bucks, but instead they cleaned out the sensors and the lens right there at the counter and checked the contacts between the lens and the camera. The dark-haired guy showed me through a magnifying glass what I was looking at, and explained that some spots I saw in the viewfinder were inside the top of the camera and wouldn't appear on the pictures. The other guy (Bernie?) explained to me some of the functions of the camera -- I knew these already, but it was nice to hear them explained and he showed me a few examples. They advised me to get a UV filter to protect my lens, which I knew was overpriced but I happily bought anyway to pay for their service. \\n\\nSo I think the kind of experience you get depends entirely on the person you run into. I can see how someone would be put off by the dark haired guy I ran into first, and how someone would absolutely love the service from the other guy. All in all I'm pleased with my encounter with this shop, but I probably won't buy anything from there considering how overpriced it was -- however, if something goes wrong or I need any service, I'll definitely go back.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 395, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00543", "text": "Abduzeedo.com Open this page, and note how slow it loads. Lets take a look at the source code for a title and the first image: &lt;h3&gt;The Luminarium Exhibit 9: We Are Dust And Shadow&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p class=\"imgC\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Luminarium Art Group\" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The image is 1,500px × 788px, shown at 600px wide. My browser is loading a huge picture just so I can see a thumbnail. Ughh. There's 12 of these on the page. All \"width=600\" But at least they are hosting the image. Let's check out another page. Look at the first image, first example: \"al b sure\" source code: &lt;h3&gt;al b sure&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p class=\"imgC\"&gt;&lt;a href=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\"&gt; &lt;img src=\"\" alt=\"Digital art selected for the Daily Inspiration #436\" width=\"450\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Hotlinking images. Plus, all the images on the page are rendered at \"width=450\" I love abduzeedo. I really do. It's a fantastic site. I'm just really surprised they have web tutorials and stuff like that, but have overlooked these stupid flaws in their own site!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 317, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00544", "text": "according to a press release. ETL jobs in Glue can be created through the AWS Management Console. Customers tell Glue what data they want to target in AWS, and then Glue \"discovers the associated metadata (e.g. table definitions) and classifies it, generates ETL scripts for data transformation, and loads the transformed data into a destination data store, provisioning the infrastructure needed to complete the job,\" the release said. AWS Glue is a serverless solution. Because of this, customers are billed for compute resources consumed relative to data preparation and loading jobs, the release said. In an effort to make cloud migration easier, AWS also announced its new AWS Migration Hub, an umbrella solution made up of the AWS Application Discovery Service, the AWS Server Migration Service, and the the AWS Database Migration Service. In addition to guiding users through the migration process, it also tracks the migration status as well. While the AWS Migration Hub is based in the US West (Oregon) Region, it can manage migrations that happen in any AWS region, the release said. There is no additional cost for the Hub, as users are just charged for the services that are a part of the hub. Additional AWS products like the Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), AWS Config, and AWS CloudHSM all received some minor updates at the AWS NY Summit as well. The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers Amazon Macie is a new security tool that uses machine learning to identify sensitive cloud data, and takes extra steps to protect it. AWS Glue is an ETL service that makes it easier to migrate data to one of many AWS data stores so it can be analyzed and queried. The new AWS Migration Hub is a collection of AWS tools that guide a user through the cloud migration process and give insight along the way. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Cloud Insights newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 384, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00545", "text": "**Very general on purpose: Please elaborate** We need to take a stand over what is happening in this country that was once a sign of hope in a tyrannized world only to be secretly hijacked by the most cynical people ever to walk this planet. They have lead us to believe of a false reality through age age propaganda and have lulled America the only country that could truly stop this through the media. People will never be awakened until it's too late and even if they do police will quickly quell riots with military force. The only way to start a revolution is through a well orchestrated stealth campaign to remove those who control the world. It's seriously our last stand as humans before Agenda-21 is imposed, once that happens humans will never be able to take down the establishment that Orwell predicted. Our last stand is to do what Our Forefathers did, shed blood to water the tree of freedom, a tree that has been starved since 1776. We must somehow establish a well funded covert group that will carry out tasks to eliminate those who stand in the way of true freedom and bathe in the blood of the innocent. I will call it *The Second Revolution*. Look at the future that is being brought upon us and think when it has happened and **It will happen** we will look back and wish we had done something to save humanity from what has happened. You will think of that post that *dnlslm9* posted on reddit and wish you will have listened to him, you will eventually go mad over the guilt and commit suicide. So do something now because we are gonna die but I'm going out with pistol in hand for the sake of **TRUE FREEDOM!!**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 347, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00546", "text": "tl/dr version: Dreddit is basically \"goonfleet\" with a different set of shared memes. If this is what you want, then go for it and get in on the ground floor! This corp should be great for new players or Eve players who want to PVP but can't get into other 0.0 PVP corps. Dreddit will get you out there in a few months. If you are experienced with Eve, rich in ISK and SP, and have other options for 0.0, then dreddit may not be for you. My major complaint is that dreddit's leadership is/are making some bad decisions. There are three which I think are exactly analogous to shooting one's self in the foot. In their defense, the leadership is swamped with the chaos of growing pains and I assume that as they hobble into the future they will be forced to reassess these decisions... but the fact that these decisions didn't immediately stand out to the leadership as extraordinarily and extra-obviously bad... well that was enough for me to look elsewhere. Good luck Dreddit! edited for comment: I wrote a long version of this where I explicated the faults in unnecessary detail. I'm willing to air a little dirty laundry here but don't want to be accused of actually undermining the corp by revealing \"secrets\". Trauma Nator in a show of blind trust, gave permission for my to blab on these forums. Thanks for the blind trust, Trauma. Hang in there. Here is the full version:", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00547", "text": "My friends/family/clients know I am extremely good about always picking up the phone. But there are times in which I simply can not pick up the phone. I see you called, I will call you back as soon as I possibly can. Do not leave me a voicemail either. I almost never check them (although since I got visual voicemail, I've been slightly better at it.) Unless it's a life or death thing, do not call me repeatedly until I pick up the phone. Lately I've had this new client who is especially guilty of this. One time I got out of the shower (like pretty much anyone who is self employed, I'm on call pretty much 24/7) and when I glanced at my phone, he was calling. After I hung up with him, he had called TWENTY SEVEN TIMES before that. The reason? Even though I had left him like six copies of a piece of paper with all the passwords, he called me to ask me what the password was to log in to the computer in the front desk. ... I also have a \"friend\" who does the same thing. Whenever I call him, he *never* picks up. But the day he needs me for something, he is calling me and everyone else in my family non stop until one of us pick up to put me on the phone. I guess this is why I never give clients my home address. Imagine if I was bedridden that day and had my phone off. They'd break down my door.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00548", "text": "I have to say, as far \\\"new age bookstores\\\" go, this one is the most impressive shop I have had the privilege to visit thus far. Moonstones is deceptively small looking from the outside, but on the inside there are as many things to see as there are spiritual paths. \\n\\nAfter years of searching, I found a pendulum! I was so surprised to find the unassuming tiny metal acorn literally jump at me! I had assumed that what I needed would be an ornate crystal pendulum, but \\\"great things come in small packages\\\". After I took it home it took no time to get acquainted with it. \\n\\nThe store contains many crystals, gems, jewelry, oils, and even jars of dried herbs. There were around 60 different bumper stickers to chooses from. And hard to find matchstick incense. It is exactly what you think, a match you strike that burns as incense. Speaking of which, I was disappointed to not find any \\\"pick your own\\\" incense sticks. My supply is quite depleted, and I need more. I did but a very dainty scarf from the selection of hats and clothing on the top most floor of the labyrinth. \\n\\nI hope to attend one of the interesting classes that I have seen mentioned. It does appear that the list needs to be updated. \\n\\nI also LOVE how the shopkeepers don't keep a hawk's eyes on you. Instead they allow you to spend your time browsing the merchandise alone. After all, it is difficult to hear a small voice when an item is calling out to you if you are anxious from unwelcome stares.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 339, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00549", "text": "He was a fellow redditor and was actually the one who accidentally introduced me to this site. He had cancer, was only 24 years old and made an IMA post when he first found out (he told me after he posted it, and then later I went online and saw it- I don't think he knew I surfed reddit then): For those who read through that, he got back together with his girlfriend (who quit her job and found another one to be closer to him), he got that sports car he wanted, and as for the traveling he wanted to do, he got to go to Cancun. I don't know what else to say... I just felt this need to do an update for him; he was one of my closest friends and I'm still getting over the shock... EDIT: man, I thought I posted an edit earlier but I guess it didn't save :/ Anyway, just wanted to thank you all, but in a way I feel undeserving of all the condolences, and I pass them on to his girlfriend and family. His girlfriend (who I'm also really close friends with) is being really strong right now and I'm supporting her any way I can and even though I was good friends with him, I don't think I'm close to the level of loss that she or his family is feeling. Honestly, he's the kind of guy who'd get annoyed if anybody ever fussed over him this much... Thank you all for your support.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 301, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00550", "text": "so, i decided tonight that i'm going to quit my job this summer and see the world. i'm 27, single, and ready to get rid of my apartment and just about everything i own. thankfully, i have no loans, no debt, no real responsibility or personal obligations to anyone or anything. so, i was wondering if anyone has advice for a potential low-income traveler like myself. travel: any recommendations for cheap international airfare? obviously, i have no idea where i'm going just yet, but it'd be helpful to know which websites (i keep seeing that priceline commercial - is that something?) or airlines to check out. shelter: i've heard about couchsurfing.org, but other than that, i have no idea about booking hostel reservations (can you typically just show up at one and expect a bed?). are there chain motels that offer discounts if you keep using them? essentials: passport, a suitcase or two full of clothing, a heavy coat, sleeping bag, camera, 100v converter, laptop, phone, toothbrush + charger. am i missing anything? communications: i plan on starting a blog and updating my twitter/facebook every chance i get so family knows where i am. general: any other tips or advice? recommendations for places i definitely need to check out? are those lonely planet travel guides worth checking out? will i need a new sim card everytime i visit a new country? that's all i can think of for now. any advice/recommendations/warnings/encouragement would be greatly appreciated. thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00551", "text": "**The questions at hand...** * What is a typical curriculum for an SE program? * What knowledge/experience is expected of SE graduates? * What can I do to improve my confidence in the field? * What are the typical job functions of a software engineer? * What should I absolutely know before graduation? * How important is development (coding) experience versus synthesis/analysis (planning) knowledge? It seems that the courses focus more on the theory than the application. Is that typical? **On a related note...** * I've been looking for *any* type of internship relating to computers for about three years, and everything I've found falls through. I live in Ohio, go to school in Indiana. Any advice? * I'd really like to learn Unix/Linux administration. Where is a good starting point? I started with HTML/CSS in high school and shortly after picked up PHP, then Javascript (backwards, I know). My freshman year I learned C++ and Ada, both using basic OOP but only doing small-scale programs. Sophomore year covered Java and more OOP, though neither in depth. A project allowed us to make a choice of two languages, so I have also used Prolog and Scheme, *briefly*. This is my Junior year, and we had a larger (group) project assigned. I was responsible for the database backend and interface, which I implemented using Java and an h2 database. The member of my group responsible for the GUI basically didn't do it though, so the project didn't end so well. Next year will be my Senior year, and I'll have courses focused more on testing than development, and the final course is a Senior project and 30-minute presentation/seminar. Most courses have repeated the same concepts of the \"Software Design Model,\" including specification, requirements analysis, coding, testing, maintaining. We've also talked about other methods like agile programming, extreme programming, and pair programming. My chief complaints are that the professors in the department aren't convincingly knowledgeable/experienced, and that the courses don't require enough work to be comfortable in the languages. I work for the school's web team, but that only consists of HTML/CSS/Javascript work with the occasional C# form. I'm beginning to worry that when I graduate, I'll be completely unprepared for what's expected of me when/if I get a job. Any advice? Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 494, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00552", "text": "I use Gmail and an application that notifies me if I've received a new email, containing its title. (GmailNotifier with Miranda-IM) Most of the emails I receive are ones I don't want to read, and it's annoying having to login to Gmail on a slow connection just to delete said email. I've been (unsuccessfully) trying to write a script that will login and delete the 'top' email (the one most recently received). However this is not as easy I thought it would be. I first tried using imaplib, but discovered that it doesn't contain any of the methods I hoped it would. It's a bit like the dbapi spec, containing only minimal functionality incase the imap spec is changed. I then tried reading the imap RFC (rfc3501). Halfway through it, I realized I didn't want to write an entire mail client, so decided to try using pop3 instead. poplib is also minimal but seemingly has what I need. However it seems pop3 doesn't sort the messages in any order I'm familiar with. I have to either call top() or retr() on every single email to read the headers if I want to see the date received. I could probably iterate through every single message header, searching for the most recent date, but that's ugly. I want to avoid parsing my entire mailbox if possible. I also don't want to 'pop' the mailbox and download any other messages. It's been 4 hours now and I feel no closer to a solution than when I started. Am I overlooking something simple? Is there another library I could try? (I found a 'chilkat' one, but it's bloated to hell, and I was hoping to do this with the standard library) I call upon the wisdom of reddit to help point me in the right direction. * **Solution**: Add 'recent:' to the front of the username. Thanks swanson.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 397, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00553", "text": "An Edmonton man was charged with impaired driving and firearms offenses after a hit-and-run in Jasper National Park on Sunday. James Nicholas Percy, 35, was arrested on Highway 16 near disaster point after fleeing the scene of a collision near Pocahontas Cabins shortly before 3 p.m. According to Jasper RCMP it all started with complaints of an erratic driver from the public and from Hinton RCMP heading westbound toward the park. Jasper RCMP members responded and headed east but almost immediately after received a report of a two-vehicle collision. It got worse. “A male suspect had exited his vehicle and was yelling at bystanders and attempting to fight them,” Const. Patrick Vallee said in a press release. “The suspect then got back into his vehicle and fled the accident scene.” He pulled over a short distance west of the scene at a spot known as disaster point and according to bystanders, started loading what looked like a gun, hiding behind his vehicle. Many of the members of the public likewise took cover behind their own vehicles. Two Jasper RCMP officers conducted a “high-risk arrest” and took the suspect into custody without incident. He was transported to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries he sustained in the collision. “The RCMP would like to thank the public for its assistance during and after this incident,” Vallee said. Percy was found to be in possession of more than one firearm, triggering a host of Criminal Code, traffic, drug and National Parks Act charges including impaired operation, dangerous operation, failing to remain, possession of a controlled substance and unsafe storage of a firearm. The complete list of charges is below. None of the charges have been proven in court; Percy is scheduled to appear in Jasper court on Dec. 14. – 2 counts of unsafe storage of a firearm 86(2) Criminal Code – Possession of a prohibited device 91(2) Criminal Code – Possession of a prohibited device in a motor vehicle 94 Criminal Code – Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle 249(1)(a) Criminal Code – Failing to remain at an accident scene 252 Criminal Code – Impaired operation of a motor vehicle 253(1)(a) Criminal Code – Possession of a controlled substance 4(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act – 3 counts of possession of a firearm in a National Park 24(2) Canada National Parks Act – 2 counts of possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00554", "text": "I've been going to Dor-Stop for years (well before the DDD crowd arrived). While I'm thrilled to see Bob and Vicky's crew thriving, I do have to say that I miss being able to actually walk-in on a Saturday or Sunday without a line around the block.\\n\\nIrregardless, when you're looking for unique spins on traditional diner fare, this is your joint.\\n\\nThe pancakes are all fantastic. I've had every combination on the menu and then plenty more (they'll usually grant a request if they have the ingredients and they usually run a weekend special). I highly suggest the apple walnut, banana chocolate chip, the oatmeal raisin, and most importantly... PUMPKIN (the best in town).\\n\\nLori's Raspberry French Toast is the obligatory first dine, just stay away from the other iterations that aren't first coated in corn flakes prior to landing on the griddle.\\n\\nThe jumbots, eggs benedict, and potato pancakes all also represent fantastic choices. If you have a choice of meat, hands down get the \\\"ham off the bone\\\".\\n\\nOne other key note... Bob, Vicky, and their daughter Lori go out of their way to make people happy. They always bring samples out to those waiting for a seat and offer coffee to hold people over when it's cold out.\\n\\nIf you're running solo or with one in tow, I recommend you check to see if there are spots at the bar (first come first serve).", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00555", "text": "My fellow Piraticans, **We have seen tremendous growth in the last two weeks, but we've also seen our share of trouble. Now that certain issues have been resolved it's time that we moved forward, not just as Pirates, but as Americans fighting for the future of their nation....with raptors.** Despite these tribulations, we've seen our council put in countless hours for the betterment of our party. We should all extend to them our deepest gratitude, for they have shown us that our differences do not have to be a source of division, but that they can help us to improve this party of ours. With that being said, I would like to officially announce my candidacy in the upcoming council election. This will undoubtedly be a difficult task, but, with hard work and dedication, we can move this party forward. With your blessing, I hope to ensure we accomplish the following: *Complete a full party platform: Lets face it, if we were to go on the street and tell our friends or some stranger that we were part of the APP, we wouldn't be able to them what we stood for. If the council was only to get one thing done in the next few weeks, this would be it. *Finalize the decision-making process: This is a little more self-explanatory. We need a way so that all our ideas can be heard, and that good ones come to fruition. *Complete and ratify our party constitution: If this party is indeed going to be a force in the national stage, we need a permanent organization. One that can speak for us and represent us in the national spot light. And one that can help local organizations get up and running. *Clearly define and establish our party's organizational structure *Solidify and establish our committees I feel I can best serve you all as a council member, but whether you vote for me or not, please keep in mind the absolute importance of our unity in the faces of these challenges. Our party must stand firm, otherwise we'll fall like so many have before us. You can learn more about me here **TL;DR: I'm a candidate in the upcoming council elections AMAA** Edit: Format. And special thanks to some_asshole, bigtobacco, and 0x44", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 464, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00556", "text": "one year i made thanksgiving dinner for my family (me, ex, his parents, grandmother, and brother) and i did absolutely everything -- cooked the turkey, made a gourmet version of mashed potatoes, stuffing, a couple of other veggies, salad, hors d'oeurves, and 2 different kickass desserts. everything was absolutely perfect and even done relatively on time (i think it hit the table maybe half an hour after it was \"supposed to\"), and i pulled it off singlehandedly. their response? it was NOT a potluck since i had volunteered to do everything, but they kept calling me several times asking if i was going to make this or make that and why couldn't i make a kielbasa for the polish people (ex FIL and his mom)? they ended up bringing their own veggies in little tupperware containers, brought over a kielbasa for me to cook for them (just them), and completely ignored the one dessert that everyone else has always raved over. no comments at all about any of the other food beyond a shrug and \"it's good.\" the only food they made any comments about was the stuff they brought themselves. i don't expect a standing ovation when i cook, but i am good at it and after doing all that work something more than random grunting would have at least been polite. it was YEARS before i ever offered to make anything requiring any kind effort for a thanksgiving dinner. so what have you guys done that obviously required lots of planning and work, only to have the recipient shrug it off and say \"so?\"", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 329, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00557", "text": "I'm looking for something that can handle a couple of low-traffic websites, some light file serving as well as mail and SVN for my personal projects. Low noise is imperative, so I'm looking for fanless components and an SSD. What components should I get that have good Linux support and won't bust my bank account? I'm planning on using Ubuntu server, since I've had good experiences with that in the past. Any other distros I should consider instead? **EDIT:** Thanks for all the great suggestions and links! I think I'm going to go with Tunk's laptop suggestion first, as it is cheapest. I'll let you know how it goes. **EDIT 2:** This is what I ended up with: An old Dell Latitude D800 laptop with an 1.7 GHz Pentium Mobile and 512 megs of ram. After installing Ubuntu Server 9.10, I removed the video card and the display, since there's no way to disable the video fan without locking the CPU to 600 MHz. I also removed the CD/DVD combo drive. The main system fan (which is the main source of noise) is kept off by dellfand, unless the core temperature rises to permanent-damage territory. To prevent the system from overheating I added two left-over heatsinks, one from a Matrox video adapter and one from a Pentium CPU cooler, that I bonded in place using thermal adhesive. The smaller Matrox heatsink goes on the CPU, while the larger CPU heatsink goes on the northbridge chip, as the northbridge chip is normally cooled by the video adapter fan. The cpufreq toolset limits the frequency of the CPU to keep the temperature below the temperature where the fan would turn on - usually it runs at 1.4 GHz, with occasional dips to 1.2 GHz. This keeps the core temperature below 50 degrees. Because of the large heatsinks bonded to the processors the keyboard and some of the trim cannot be attached, which makes the whole thing somewhat less than beautiful. But that doesn't matter, as it quietly spins away in a closet. I didn't replace the stock HD as it is very quiet to begin with - maybe that's something for a future upgrade. Once again, thanks to everyone that contributed!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 466, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00558", "text": "My friend has been fighting this diagnosis for just over 2 years now. Today he told me that he is preparing to \"leave,\" which means he is going back to China and that he is giving up on chemo and preparing to die. I visited him this weekend and I think I saw him at his worst. As my roommate in college, I knew him as a very active PhD candidate. Not only was he very involved in his research (herpes virus - layman's understanding), but also played soccer, tennis, and exercised everyday. He was misdiagnosed at a very large and well known cancer center, and one year later the cancer had metastasized throughout his body, especially his lungs. He has since gone through many surgeries and chemo treatments. Now the pain has really weakened him. Initially he used to refuse as much pain medication as possible. He then let Percocet in and now has settled into Oxycodone. I'm hoping that there may be some responses here for any unconventional (non FDA approved) treatments. My friend and I are grateful for any suggestions that you may have. He is 29 yrs old and needs to regain some hope for a future. I would really like for him to be around for a long time as my best friend. I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability. Responses may be very slow as my friend has a hard time speaking on the phone and sleeps about 18 hrs a day. Thank you for any assistance or support you may have to offer.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 313, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00559", "text": "My husband and I have used Amtrak to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago and we have also used it to get to Altoona, Lancaster, and Harrisburg, PA. We like using it to get to Chicago because the schedule isn't that bad--it leaves late at night an arrives early the next morning. We always get the sleeper car. When Amtrak is on time, or if it's less than say an hour late, it can be wonderful. The problem is that Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight railroads that own the tracks. \\n\\nLast year, according to my husband the train enthusiast, the train was constantly arriving into Chicago 4 to 5 hours late because of extreme frieght train congestion. We avoided it then, but since then the company that owns the tracks has gotten its act together and its been much better. It's also nice that your food travels with you and you can get up and stretch your legs when you want to.\\n\\nAmtrak used to run two trains a day to Chicago and two across Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, budget cuts a few years ago caused one of these to be cancelled, so it is much less convenient. Also, the train to Washington, DC leaves Pittsburgh in the wee hours of the morning.\\n\\nOne thing I like is that Amtrak, upon 24 hours notice, will provide refridgeration or ice for my insulin. If you are a \\\"special needs\\\" traveller, they can usually accomodate you with advanced notice. One other tip. If you are using Amtrak, you can actually check your trains' on-time record using the website. You can see which trains have good on-time records and which don't (and believe my husband when he says it varies from route to route). You should also ALWAYS call Amtrak's number 1-800-USA-RAIL before you head out to the train station to check whether or not it will be on time.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 397, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00560", "text": "I recently (2-3 months ago) posted a story of my wife leaving me for another man. I took Reddit's suggestion, got a lawyer the next day, and force through a complete divorce in 42 days; for that Reddit, I thank you. For the record -- I knew she was being emotionally taken advantage of -- 3 days after the divorce was final and she got her money she started apologizing etc, etc... He mom wants me to talk it out with her.. Fuck that. One week after my wife left me, I was solicited to hang out with my ex-wifes friends sister -- I obliged for no reason other than that I was looking for company and this girl had just broken up with a boyfriend of 2 years. Fast forward almost two months and we find ourselves hanging out a few days a week, she has spent the night numerous times (no sex, I refuse do to the statistical anomalies of my life that make pregnancy eminent). I know that on the surface everything says that its a bad idea to get into any type of committed relationship - I was with my ex-wife since high school and she was really my only serious relationship. My mom and sister keep telling me that I need to date lots of other people before getting into any type of relationship. This girl said that its cool for me to do that, granted I tell her what is going on (warning bells again, I know)... This girl has been in plenty of relationships before and knows what she wants -- which is very attractive. At some point I know I am going to have to make up my mind with her, and I know that she will get pissed the minute I go out with another girl. Here I am, 25 yrs old, white male, own my own house, very successful career, 0 responsibilities -- and I don't have the slightest idea how to meet a girl. I am fine once someone puts the person physically in front of me.. I just don't know where to physically meet someone. I won't resort to Internet dating. Really I am just looking to prove to myself that I truly want what I have always felt I wanted. I am not looking for a relationship, I am looking to see what else is out there... PS - I keep telling her I had no idea a BJ could be so good -- I never realized how bad my ex-wife was... I don't want to miss out on more things like that.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 495, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00561", "text": "So, I have been a serious drinker/drug user for a long time, maybe 15 years. I hit the wall early this year and started to not like drinking, so I slowed down to 1 day of alcohol a week, but about 12-20 hours I would be out. I now have the classic symptoms of liver failure - itchy skin, edema in both ankles, weakness, fatigue, easy bleeding, cloudy thinking. I believe the doctor will tell me I may have as few as a few days to live, though I don't feel completely sick at this point. Anyone have a ray of sunshine for me? Or a final go out big plan in case my fears bear out? EDIT: Thanks to all for your advice and counsel on not prematurely diagnosing my death. The edema is getting pretty bad - hard to walk - but I'm in on Monday AM and my head is feeling more clear now. Perhaps the liver is already recovering a bit. The last thing I drank was 2 glasses of wine mid week (these days I never drink except my 1 binge weekend day, so it was a fluke) but that was when these symptoms hit hard. I'm taking everyone's advice. I was in a bar on Friday for a short bit, feeling horrible, and didn't touch a drop - no problem. I guess I'm a lucky one that I can walk away, unlike others (My condolences Ictinike, sounds rough). Never again for me... Thanks for being the one place I could reach out and talk about this tough topic! You guys rock.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 326, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00562", "text": "I have a background in computer engineering, and I work for at a service desk for a large company. I spend 8 hours on the phone dealing with \"for a lack of a better word\" retards, people that call a computer a CPU, grrrr. These lackies don't even know how to turn the fucking thing on, when i tell them to press the power button on the computer I get one of the following, either they ask where the power button is or they press the power on the monitor. I hate my job, I have been doing it for 3 years and my patiance has run its course, i can't take it anymore and I don't see having a future in this company. I am an intelligent person and I do a damn good job despite the fact that I hate it. My manager has managed to use every excuse in the book to prevent me from climbing the ladder, so I am finished here, no more. I don't mind going back to school. I want to be a helicopter pilot, I have given it a lot of thought and this is a definitive direction I want to take my life in. I live in Ontario Canada, I really can't pay $100K out of my own pocket for the commercial license required to work as a pilot, and I have not been able to find any certified schools that OSAP(gov't loan) will cover for a commercial helicopter license. Military is an option but it is not guaranteed that if i sign up i will be accepted as a pilot. Does anyone know of any Helicopter schools in Canada that would qualify for a student loan, I am looking for alternatives and ideas. Thanks", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 340, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00563", "text": "Subject: Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous. Importance: High FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greetings Australian Government Officials, Members of Local and International Press, and the General Public. We are Anonymous. Austrailia - 2/8/2010 - Over the past several years, we have maintained a close watch on the actions of the Australian Government with particular focus on its stance towards internet censorship. Australia's laws on internet censorship are already among the most restrictive in the western world. Their government filters more internet content than any other Parliamentary Democracy. For some elements within the Government, including Telecommunications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy, this still is not enough. Late in January of 2009 he proposed legislature that would lead to mandatory ISP filtering for all of Australia. The stated goal is to prevent Australia from viewing \"illegal and unwanted content\" on the internet. Anonymous' concern with this legislature is twofold. First, the ambiguity of the term \"unwanted content\" is completely unacceptable. No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be \"unwanted.\" Indeed, the only possible interpretation of \"unwanted content\" is content that the government itself does not want to be seen. More importantly, Anonymous does not approve of the steps already undertaken by the Australian Government to control what their populous sees. Claiming to be cracking down on \"simulated child pornography,\" many depictions of women with small breasts in pornography have been banned. Officials cannot claim that they believe the models in these movies are in fact underage, as the production the titles that have been affected are heavily regulated to ensure the age of the models. Instead they are relying on earlier ambiguous wording that allows pornography featuring models that \"appear to be\" under 18 years of age to be treated in the same manner as actual child pornography. The repercussions of this censorship of a natural body type on the psyche of Australian women cannot be understated, but this is not Anonymous' concern. The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not Forget Expect us. Contact: operation.titstorm@gmail.com # *(this is a repost of this* **EDIT:** apparently this is happening. link", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 490, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00564", "text": "My friend (G): I am whverry high at the moment. Cornered by the eight ball. Corned beef and eggs shit you knowwhatiamsayinmyniggaaaaaaa. Like for real tripcrossed, slo mo medixine show shit my neighbor. Higher than the motherfucking alps my nigga. Cant feel my scalp my nigga. Hip Hip dead, my finga on the trigga. Do a victory lap my nigga. Get home, roll myself a blunt. Dutch weed. Pour me some henny. Such seas I part. Rollin on a benny YO GABBA. fuck I am so hungry. I want a taco. Or a spicy kebab. I am playing halo. 3 and i can hear it well.I liek super well. Ehqabk fuckdir auto correct you what I. Men? G: Nah brarahoohmama gaga ooh la la, I am just super fucking Melvins. Like i have an unironic abiding love of gypsy music. I just ordered a pizza. Wool wool Me: Hahahahahaha. wtf dude? what are you on? pills and weed? G: No pills here bro. It ain't l4d yet. G: I am High On Life. And My Lord And Savior Jesus Christ. And Really Good Marihuana. Me: I wish I was back home so I could blaze with you. I'm working on a fucking essay right now when I should be out. G: OH shit dude kief honey blunt time!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 331, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00565", "text": "Sometimes when I'm sitting on a plane I think about this. The closer you are to a gravitational object, the more highly time is dilated (if youre near a black hole, youre time slows down a LOT) So being high up, time should run slower for someone on the ground. But you are also moving at around 500 miles per hours, so special relativity says time should slow down in the plane. So which effect wins? Does time slow down more than a person standing on the earth because of your velocity? or does time speed up in the plane because of their proximity to the surface of the earth? I finally found the answer, which is as follows. The way you can calculate the effect of gravity to first approximation is to just consider an inertial frame on the airplane and let it fall. Due to the equivalence principle, this is the same as letting starting a person at rest and accelerating them away from you and then a second observer accelerates past you (the guy on the ground as you fall). YOu can calculate the speed when that person gets next to the 'falling' inertial observer by 1/2mv^2 = mgh and solving for v. You get about 1000 miles per hour, double the horizontal velocity, so the gravitational effect is twice as strong as the special relativity effect. So in some respect, if you are standing on something higher up than someone else, you are traveling 'faster' than they are, even though both of you are standing still, because youre both in an accelerated frame of reference.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00566", "text": "So like many individuals I have a hard time finding a romantic interest. I don't think it's my looks because I'm decent looking (I guess that should be read as I think I'm good looking, people tell me I look good, but I'm not a male model or something), I don't think it's me or my personality (I'm a fun guy, have lots of friends, and pretty easy to get along with), so I guess it's cause I'm just kinda awkward at the whole approaching a woman and asking them out. It's not that I'm scared of women, it's more a thing about logic, I think to myself 'If I were a girl and walking across campus to get to my next class would I want some guy I don't know bothering me? No. More so considering that he walked up to me without knowing me at all must mean he just thinks I'm attractive, and while faltering that is, it's still kinda creepy'... so that's when I come to the conclusion that maybe I shouldn't bother her. Anyway, so I have had issues with getting dates and I have always known about dating sites but always kinda thought they were below me, like I'm not one of those people that NEED the site, I can do this on my own. But today, in a round about way, a reddit story led me to make an account on okcupid. This all started with the story about why we should be dating women in their 30's tl;dr: never used a dating site before, but now after signing up for one I'm not sure it's a good idea or bad", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00567", "text": "Let's start with the fact that the idea of having kids completely freaks out my boyfriend, to the point where he didn't even consider having sex until his mid-twenties. I'm currently on the pill, and we've agreed that if something gets messed up, I'll get an abortion (and he'll pay for it). We're currently long distance so we only have sex a few times when we see each other for the weekend every four or five weeks. Generally I control my period such that I choose to have it soon after I see him. I haven't missed a pill in the 7 months I've been on it (except for a month, in november to see if I could get the weird cramps to go away if I took a break for a while, we used condoms and had no complications), but right now it's been more than 4 days since I went off to get my period, and it hasn't arrived (usually it takes between 24 and 48 hours for the period to start... has never been more than 72). Now its entirely possible the causes are that somethings just wrong with my hormones, since I went back on the pill in december I've had mild cramps virtually every day, and the period I had in January was excruciating (and heavy), so clearly my body isn't happy with this pill and I was planning to switch anyway. Because of his fears, my boyfriend and I have discussed what-ifs pretty extensively, so I know just handling any eventuality myself without telling him is an idea he isn't ok with. So at what point do I need to tell my (always paranoid about the topic) boyfriend about my worries? Another few days? If I take a positive pregnancy test?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 358, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00568", "text": "G, you will there and then and you will be the only person who will be able to stand almost right next to the running back and experience as the things explode and happen at the site. Just the sheer power of that use case is phenomenal, and the money that different people in the ecosystem will make out of it, including the telecom service provider, I think can be quite an interesting paradigm in my view. Patterson: What are some of the challenges or roadblocks to the rollout of 5G? Vyas: I think there are plenty. One of the biggest ones is going to be, without even getting into the technology aspect at this point, I would say is still a major part of the industry will still struggle to find the justification to invest in the capital, from a business case ROI standpoint. Now, on that one, one is also hearing as I go around the world and meet different CTOs and other executives of service providers, one is hearing that there are different ways of skinning that cat, if I may. The overall cost of 5G deployment is likely to be atmospherically high at this point, there are all indicators that the likely cost is going to be cheaper than what was in 4G, and if that happens, that itself is probably a business case-justification. SEE: IT pro's guide to the evolution and impact of 5G technology (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Of course, there is a bigger underlying assumption that the prices in the marketplace at least hold up, and if they drop, they drop only marginally and not dramatically. There's no guarantee of that, but at least that's a possibility. That's one challenge, clearly that the market is going to face. The second is going to be a more technical and execution challenge, which is the availability of the technology, the trials that need to go through in a very satisfactory fashion worldwide so that people get enough confidence to go and deploy the technology at a very large scale, which I don't think is a question of if, it is more a question of when. I guess the challenge would be more for delay rather than really making it happen. Patterson: Manish, I think that that is a great point. I wonder if you could leave us with say, the next 18- to 36-months in the rollout of 5G. Where are we in a year, year and a half, and where are we in", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00569", "text": "Hi Reddit, **tl;dr Friend may get sexually abused if she visits family this weekend as it's happened before. If she stays here, I said we can tell police when she's ready, if she goes I said I'd tell them right away to protect her. Am I wrong?** **Why the downvotes?** I really need some advice. A friend of mine confided in me that she's been sexually abused since a young age. It's even happened a few times recently. She's 18 now and the most recent occurrence was a few weeks ago. It's a relative and he's threatened her about telling people. She wants to visit other family in the same town as this guy this weekend. I told her (my first reaction) to not go and that if she does I'll go to the police. If she avoids going there until she's ready to talk to the police, I'll wait too. I don't want to wait, but I'm prepared too for her sake. She's under a lot of pressure, last year of high school, exams and family problems. She doesn't want to add police investigation to it and the family problems that will come with it. I don't think I can let her go this weekend and not tell the police, knowing that the last 2 times she visited this town, bad things happened... She may not ever talk to me again if I go to the police. I told her I don't care and I'd rather that than for this to continue. Am I going about this the wrong way? Did I give her the right choice (Stay here, we'll wait... Go and I tell.)? I don't want to add more problems to this girls life but I can't knowingly let her be hurt again. She knows I'm asking Reddit for advice. We're both regular Redditors from Melbourne, Australia. This is a throwaway account. **Update: We got back from the Police station an hour ago. She hasn't pressed charges but has got things moving and will be receiving counselling and support to help her work towards prosecution.**", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 430, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00570", "text": "The Cavaliers withstood a big night by Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins, who scored 41 points to lead the way for Minnesota. It matched Wiggins' second-highest point total of the season. Wiggins had help from Karl-Anthony Towns, who scored 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Gorgui Dieng added 12 points, but no other Timberwolves player reached double figures in scoring. A step-back 3-pointer by James and a fast break layup by former Timberwolves player Derrick Williams pushed Cleveland's lead to 114-106 with 1:39 to play. That essentially sealed the win for the Cavaliers, who went on to close out their 38th victory of the season. It's Cleveland's second win over Minnesota in a two-week span. The Cavaliers beat the Timberwolves 125-97 on Feb. 1. Cleveland took its biggest lead of 14 points midway through the third quarter when Irving hit a deep 3-pointer. Wiggins single-handedly brought the Timberwolves back. Wiggins scored 19 points in the third quarter, including a late 3-pointer and a buzzer-beating jumper to tie it at 93 heading into the fourth. Wiggins had 37 points through three quarters on 14-of-22 shooting but cooled off in the final quarter. Cleveland's offense had to make up for the loss of forward Kevin Love, who earlier Tuesday had surgery on his left knee that will sideline him for six weeks. Love was averaging 20.0 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. In Love's absence, three Cleveland starters topped the 20-point mark. Irving and James had their typical outputs on offense, while Channing Frye chipped in 21 points—including four 3-pointers. Tristan Thompson added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Minnesota struggles to guard the 3-pointer this year, while Cleveland entered Tuesday's game as one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the league. While the Cavaliers shot only 33.3 percent from long range, they converted 13 3-pointers. NOTES: Timberwolves G Zach LaVine had successful surgery Tuesday to repair his torn ACL in his left knee. LaVine suffered the injury Feb. 3 in Minnesota's game against Detroit. LaVine was averaging a career-high 18.9 points.... Minnesota plays Wednesday at Denver before a nine-day break for the", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00571", "text": "or act performed for ritual or obligation all rob our limited mental bandwidth, and many perform these actions unquestioningly. If you allocate your focus as you see fit, and actively choose what you want to focus on, you'll be in command of your mental bandwidth even when faced with unmovable obligations ranging from work to civic duties. SEE: Time management tips for tech professionals (free PDF) (TechRepublic) 3. Do a bandwidth cost/benefit Most of us are awash in meeting requests and accept without question. Everyone complains about excessive meetings, yet it's often a guilty pleasure to summon a group at your whim, or join a discussion under the assumption that your input is necessary and valuable. In the worst case, this might extend to accepting vague requests for \"coffee\" or \"catch-up\" sessions without thinking through whether the commitment is worth the cost in allocating your focus elsewhere. The world is awash in advice on how to make meetings more productive; simply asking yourself whether requesting or attending is worth the cost in mental bandwidth is a great start. 4. Plan for focus time There are tasks that require great focus, whether performing precision or dangerous manual work, or designing a complex system or bit of code. Or, you may need to spend some time with a small group, free from distraction. Book a block in your calendar, shut off your phone, move to a different physical location, or do whatever is required to create the right circumstances to have the necessary focus to get the job done. Creating the right environment and circumstances can be a critical element in how you'll deploy your mental bandwidth to achieve the best result. 5. Know when to throw in the towel Thankfully, most work cultures are evolving away from rewarding \"time served\" to outcomes produced, but for many of us it can be tempting to put in the extra hour at the office, or delay vacations for what's perceived as a critical set of meetings or deadlines. Trying to squeeze out the last ounce of mental bandwidth can be tempting in the moment, but it's ultimately an effort with rapidly diminishing returns. Calling it a night, taking that long-delayed vacation, or even the simple act of a quick walk around the office will recharge your mental energy and make you more effective in the long run. 6. Don't make assumptions about your team A locked door and giant pair of headphones might be just the thing you need to focus and deploy your mental energies most effectively. It can be tempting to assume", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00572", "text": "The balanced Roughriders used a big second-half start to pull away from host Grand Forks Central for a 67-56 girls basketball win. Red River led only 23-20 at halftime. But they opened the second half with a stretch in which, on their first 13 possessions, they scored on 11 of them while turning the ball over twice. \"I don't know if a stretch like that happens very often for anybody,'' Red River coach Kent Ripplinger said. \"Sometimes we rush things and don't take care of the ball. We took care of the ball and found open players in that run.'' Lexi Robson and Kendra Bohm each had six points to set the pace as the 16-3 Riders stretched their three-point halftime lead to 45-27 with 10:52 remaining. Central was behind by double figures for most of the remainder of the game until putting together a 7-0 run to pull within 64-56 with 46 seconds left. Robson had 38 points when Red River beat Central 71-59 in the teams' first game. She had a game-high 18 points this time, but Red River had more balance. Bohm added 12 points and Danica Kemnitz and reserve Maggie Steffen each added 10. \"That (balance) is something we wanted to get done,'' Ripplinger said. \"We needed more offense from our post players and Kendra and Danica came through. We got four players in double figures. Typically, it's more like two or three.'' Red River had a 13-0 run in the first half, but Central still was within three points at intermission. \"If you don't give up runs like that, you don't get yourself in trouble,'' Central coach D.J. Burris said. \"And (allowing big runs) has been a bit of a problem for us.'' Lauren Dub's 16 points led the 9-10 Knights. Amber Anderson added a season-high 11 points to go with eight rebounds.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 421, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00573", "text": "Ok so after coming here since March I finally feel ready to review. \\n\\nI started coming to MCN after I had my hair colored and cut by someone who absolutely destroyed my hair. I had asked for an ombr\\u00e9 and ended up with a poop brown and bleach blonde wreck. The next morning I called MCN praying they could fit me on for a corrective color. They got me in with Leslee that afternoon. \\n\\nI have linked some pictures but I don't know if they do her work justice. I went from having patches of bleached hair to the long ombr\\u00e9 that I'd hoped for. Leslee spent hours on my hair color. It involved dying the roots the correct color, bleaching my end pieces blonde, and then toning the blonde from crazy yellow bleached to golden. \\n\\nShe took my hacked long layers and blended them while leaving as much length as possible. I was already overwhelmed with the change in color I was so glad she was able to salvage my length. \\n\\nI left that day with the hair cut and color I wanted in the first place and I was so so grateful! I've been going to Leslee since and I think she does an amazing job. Last time I saw her I ended up ditching the ombr\\u00e9 and going to a \\\"fall\\\" color. I wanted deeper brown with red. It's literally exactly what I asked for. \\n\\nI've also gotten an up-do for an event. I've never gotten so many compliments. And my long, heavy, thick hair stayed up all night. I've never had an up-do last as well. \\n\\nThe salon is beautiful. The staff is helpful. And Leslee is the best! I highly recommend MCN and Leslee. 2 co-workers of mine now go to her and they are both very happy as well!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 393, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00574", "text": "I went around the tubes looking for canidates views on cannabis for the up coming election for Attorney General in California. I could not find it for all of them running, but I did find a few. I will try to post a Republican version later, these are only Democrats. **Ted Lieu** \"I oppose the legalizing of marijuana. ... I don't think you want 18-year-olds driving cars when they're high, you don't want people to get that access.\" Lieu said he supports use of medicinal marijuana, but \"if we're going to treat it as a drug, we should regulate it as a drug and have physicians prescribe it.\" **Kamala Harris** Q: Do you favor the legalization and taxation of marijuana, not just for medicinal purposes? \"I support the current legal use of medical marijuana for health issues. I do not support the legalization of marijuana beyond that.\" **Chris Kelly** Mr. KELLY: I don’t think that’s part of a – part of my campaign. What I’ve said about – about medical marijuana is that it’s been part of state law for almost 10 years now. And we haven’t developed in effect a regulatory system around that yet. We just had the lifting of the thread of federal prosecution by the Attorney General of the United States. He has made it clear that for clubs and individuals who are in compliance with California law on medical marijuana that he will not prosecute them. Mr. ARRINGTON: Yeah. Mr. KELLY: I think this is a great opportunity to see what kind of regulatory system we can develop. L.A. has had to aggressively revisit their regulatory system which was inadequate and had all sorts of loopholes in it they’re working on that right now. Oakland has recently introduced taxes on medical marijuana. I want to see how these things develop before we have a debate about full legalization and the discussion about full legalization. **Pedro Nava** Nava Demands Halt to Illegal Pot Dispensaries **Alberto Torrico** Opinion by Alberto Torrico", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 418, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00575", "text": "Last month I pre-ordered the new Overkill album. On Thursday it arrived! A CD and vinyl version as well as an awesome t-shirt! I first heard Overkill many years ago with The Years Of Decay. Upon hearing Ironbound I was immediately transported back! These guys thrash just as hard as ever! So in honour of Overkill’s new album this podcast is a thrashing good time! Lots of old stuff from the likes of Sacred Reich, Nuclear Assault and Death Angel. As well as some cross over thrash from D.R.I. and Cryptic Slaughter. Thrash ‘n’ Roll comes courtesy of Abigail and Anihilated. The new guard is represented by Municipal Waste and Warbringer! Enjoy! Track List 0:00 – 6:31 Overkill – Ironbound 6:31 – 11:04 Overkill – Elimination 11:04 – 15:57 Warbringer – Senseless Life 15:57 – 19:24 Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots 19:24 – 25:41 Anonymous – Abusive Mental Anarchy 25:41 – 29:00 Nuclear Assault – Critical Mass 29:00 – 33:42 Obituary – Truth Be Told 33:42 – 36:41 Municipal Waste – Acid Sentence 36:41 – 40:22 Anihilated – Thunderflash 40:22 – 43:55 Abigail – Metal Got Sick 43:55 – 47:12 Cryptic Slaughter – Menace To Mankind 47:12 – 50:51 D.R.I. – Suit And Tie Guy 50:51 – 55:42 Forbidden – Step By Step 55:42 – 1:00:08 Sacred Reich – Surf Nicaragua 1:00:08 – 1:03:50 Death Angel – Seemingly Endless Time Link:", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 393, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00576", "text": "This is my favorite Italian market in Pittsburgh. I buy food from here almost every week. It doesn't have the crazy selection (or crazy crowd) of Penn Mac, but what it does have is a serviceable meat and cheese counter, a good range of olive oils, a few different brands of canned tomatoes, nice pepperoni, and a tiny little produce section which is heavy on the peppers. I usually get my pasta from here rather than Penn Mac. They have a few different choices of brand, all of them decent, and you don't have to fight a hundred out-of-towners if you want something. The people are friendly, and if you stop in frequently, they remember you (Penn Mac and a lot of the other stores are just too crowded for the level of fussing-over that you'll get here). \\n\\nJimmy (the guy with the cigar permanently ensconced in his mouth) also makes fabulous pepperoni rolls and sandwiches. We like to eat lunch here as a break during our grocery shopping. During the warmer seasons, you should sit at the outside tables and people-watch, because you will see and hear some truly hilarious stuff (this is the place where I heard the guy from Hermanowski's corner store chatting with the nun selling raffle tickets about another nun, Sister Dominica or something similar, who had won $50 on the scratch-off lotto and blown it all on more scratch-off tickets). There's also an upstairs dining room for when it gets colder out, though.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 305, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00577", "text": "The Winner: Google Chrome. Man, did I ever want Firefox to win. It was the first and the best, and the gettinest and customizablest (warning, not all of the previous are words) But I got tired of waking up in the morning and jumping to my PC and finding that El Memory Gordo had locked up, or--in really bad cases--killed my system so I couldn't do anything but hit the power button. And my machine is not wimpy. I am still comfortably in the safe mode for running games. I can't do super HiRez that game that everyone benchmarks by... the shooty one... with the armor and... Koreans? (It makes me crazy that I can't see an Asian girl or type the word \"Korean\" and not have my heart lurch and want Angela Kim back...) Anyway. So Firefox is a suck. And I love it. And I kept trying. But eventually it was just because I didn't fully trust Chrome. And I wanted to fuck with Firefox still. But I've been using Chrome at work and am super pleased that it flits around like a butterfly even when I'm running illustrator on a government issue XP machine... (not 100% true. I get a better one because I do Video stuff, but it's from the NSF and still at barely CS level) And so... I'm deciding to go with Chrome at home. For a while. Sorry Mozilla, I want you guys to win, but it's got to be about competition and you're gonna have to catch up. Love you though. Keep in mind too that I still keep a version of IE on my computer for those very very rare instances when I can't do something important unless it's IE. You can't prepare for every instance, FF, but YOU DON'T GET LAZY OR I'M DROPPING YOUR ASS TOO CHROME. Sigh. Anyway. The big guy wins. Better big guy than most, but... So everyone switch over and let me know when you've done so. switchtochrome@gmail.com Thanks. I'll relay the info to El Biggo Gee-oh-oh-oh", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 444, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00578", "text": "Ok, ok, ok, y'all need to calm down. Quit with the 'it's too small,' 'it's a Pittsburgh thing,' and 'it's so greasy' statements. That's what Primanti's IS. It's a compact, greasy Pittsburgh right. \\n\\nYes, the place is small, it is in Market Square, and will remain there, wouldn't you be disappointed if one day you wanted Primanti's and no more Market Square location? I know I would. If I were in the downtown region and had that craving I wouldn't want to have to work my way up to the Strip just for a bite of that Pittsburgh goodness. \\n\\nThe 'it's a Pittsburgh' thing comments baffle me. If you have food shows featuring the sandwich, magazines writing about it, and it's considered the 'Manliest Restaurant in America,' I think that means it's more than just a Pittsburgh thing. Why else would Primanti's be featured on such media? Why else would these people centered around shows and magazines venture to a Primanti's? I mean that has to show you it's more than just a Pittsburgh thing.\\n\\nAnd 'it's so greasy?' Did you not watch them makes your sandwich, which you picked from their extensive menu, on the griddle in front of you? Expect it to be greasy, they are frying it for you and melting that cheese on it. Maybe don't even pay attention to the greasy factor, especially with that crunchy coleslaw and heap of fries placed between those two thick slices of Italian bread. \\n\\nBetter yet, move out of my way, I'm about to chow down on that Pittsburgh grease fest awaiting my attention.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 354, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00579", "text": "I started up a small forum community a while back. It had a few hundred members. People were always on and the threads were flowing. Then, somebody started a forum topic asking everyone if they used AdBlock. It was clear from the replies that the majority of my users did. This explained why my adsense revenue was so low for a website that was getting more traffic than my other websites, but still making less. I was getting thousands and thousands of page loads a day, yet my impressions were as low as hell. I made about $20 throughout a 10 month period. The time came around for me to renew the hosting plan and I decided not to since the site was running at such a loss. I didn't want to make millions from these ads - instead I just wanted the site to be self-sufficient, which is the least thing I could have asked for considering the effort I put into it. After the domain went down, I got scores of angry emails off members who were actually annoyed that I had taken down their little community. I laughed. I had been asking them to remove adblock when browsing the site for months, but none of them listened. How they thought they could just use something for free and then **purposely** stop that free thing from supporting itself is beyond me. Long story short: I wasn't going to be putting effort and money into something that wasn't giving anything back. The moral of the story? The more people that use adblock, the less things people will get for free. Right now, you have a lot of 'dumb' users who don't know how to install things like Adblock. But as word about adblock spreads and other easier-to-install or installed-by-default solutions come out, expect webmasters to either charge for things that used to be free or find a way to lessen the enjoyment/functionality of their websites for those who use things like Adblock. Oh and just so you know, I don't support pop-up ads, flash ads etc. I would never and have never supported them. Edit: Telling me to find a new revenue model is basically the same thing as asking me to charge you.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 444, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00580", "text": "2 available to all macOS users? All macOS users can enable FileVault 2 to protect their data. Some users running more recent versions of OS X can also enable disk encryption, while others using older versions of OS X will only be able to utilize legacy FileVault, which encrypts just their home folder. All macOS users can enable FileVault 2 to protect their data. Some users running more recent versions of OS X can also enable disk encryption, while others using older versions of OS X will only be able to utilize legacy FileVault, which encrypts just their home folder. What are the pros and cons to using FileVault 2? Some of the pros include it supports legacy hardware, and deployment may be locally or centrally managed by users or the IT department. One con is enabling FileVault 2 can have a negative impact on I/O performance of approximately 20-30% of modern CPUs. More pros and cons are detailed in this article. Some of the pros include it supports legacy hardware, and deployment may be locally or centrally managed by users or the IT department. One con is enabling FileVault 2 can have a negative impact on I/O performance of approximately 20-30% of modern CPUs. More pros and cons are detailed in this article. What are alternatives to FileVault 2? The main competitors are VeraCrypt, BitLocker, GnuPG, LibreCrypt, and EncFS. The main competitors are VeraCrypt, BitLocker, GnuPG, LibreCrypt, and EncFS. How can I get FileVault 2? FileVault 2 is baked in to all versions of macOS and supported versions of OS X. The encryption program is turned off by default, though it's easy to enable. Additional resources What is FileVault 2, and how does it encrypt the startup disk on Macs? FileVault 2 is an encryption program created by Apple that provides full-disk encryption of the startup disk on a Mac computer. By utilizing the latest encryption algorithms and leveraging the power and efficiency of modern CPUs, the entire contents of the startup disk are encrypted, preventing all unauthorized access to the data stored on the disk; the only people that can access the data have the account credentials that enabled FileVault on the disk, or possess the master recovery key. By enabling FileVault 2's whole-disk encryption, data is secured from prying eyes and all attempts to access this data (physically or over the network) will be met", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00581", "text": "Prior to writing my review for Primanti Bros., I put on my helmet, tooth guard, started my car and prepared to run away once the angry hordes of Pittsburghers read my review...Why you ask? Get ready for it....deep breath...\\n\\nI...don't...like...Primantis...\\n\\nGasp! Choke! Faint!\\n\\nYes, yes, I know. As a born and bred Pittsburgher, I am committing blasphemy by admitting I don't like Primantis. I don't like their sandwiches, I don't like their nachos, I don't like their soups, salads, wings or fries. I find the whole idea of a sandwich containing 3,000 calories worth of Italian bread, cole slaw, meat, and fries just too over the top. The fries are a soggy mess, the slaw has too much vinegar, the meats are cheap, and the bread is...well the bread is actually ok.\\n\\nI know it's a Pittsburgh institution and it even served a very pragmatic purpose back in the day, but now it's just kitsch that gets the city featured on Food Network on occasion. I've eaten there numerous times and have done my Pittsburgh duty of taking all out of towners to the (in)famous Primanti's, but always with the caveat that, \\\"It's not that good.\\\" and usually an apology afterward.\\n\\nSo there you have it. I do feel like a giant weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I no longer have to carry around my terrible, terrible secret.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00582", "text": "How is it hanging, Reddit. I was wondering if you could help me turn myself into a halfway decent singer. As it stands, I reallty suck, but I love singing. Several people in my family sing, and they are just as enthusiastic and out of tune as I am. I have one good friend who thinks he can sing, but can't. His voice is deep, nasal and abrasive, but no one really has the heart to tell him. I really don't want to end up like that. I'm really at a loss for what I should do. My overall goal is to be able to be able to sing in tune, and well enough to not overly embarass myself, in a campfire-type situation. I'm a guy, and I really love blues singers and old nightclub singers like Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra I suppose singing lessons are an option, but I'd rather not. Currently, I'm taking guitar lessons with a musician who is also a very good singer, and I could ask her about it, but I'd prefer to get a little more comfortable with my voice first. I'm really at a loss as to where to start, as I don't want to set up any bad habits. What I've been doing so far is recording myself on my laptop's mic. This isn't producing much progress other than reminding me of how bad I am. If any of you sing I would love to hear how you got started, and any excercises, (Do Re Mi, etc.) would be great.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 315, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00583", "text": "I am writing this up as it was a topic that confused me and thought it would be helpful to know for new players. I hope you find it informative. Would like to get this added to the Wiki at some point when it is all set up. Many of you have or will run into the term cap stable (used on Battleclinic. But what does this mean and how does it affect you? The key point to understand is that your capacitor is the 'mana' of your ship. Without cap, you can't warp, fire(lasers, hybrids, and smartbombs), or use modules. At some point you will notice people talking about their setup is cap stable. Cap stable means that you can run all your modules and your capacitor's recharge rate will be able to keep up. But also of importane is knowing the percentage at which you are cap stable. You may notice on your ship fitting screen it will have a time (ie 2 minutes 30 seconds). That time means your cap will run out at full module use in 2 minutes and 30 seconds not counting someone using anything on you that drains your cap, someone transferring cap to you, or using Capacitor Boosters. But if you are cap stable it will have a percentage (ie 30%). To understand what the percentage means you must understand that your capacitor has recharge rate that is greater the closer you are to being out of cap. So if you are cap stable at 30%, that means your capacitor recharge rate will be at its peak when you have 30% capacitor left. Shields work the same way. Shields recharge faster the lower they are. So you could be taking a pounding in a fight, but once your shields reach their peak recharge rate, your shields will start to keep up with some of the damage. Note that Armor and Structure do not regenerate. Ways to achieve cap stability are: * Energy System Operation skill - Increases your recharge rate per level * Energy Management skill - Increases the max capacitor amount of your ship per level. * Capacitor Recharger - Mid slot items that grant a bonus to your recharge rate. * Capacitor Rigs - Same as Capacitor Rechargers, but for your Rig slots on your ship. If anyone knows the exact mathmatical formula for how the recharge percentages work, please post as I am sure many would like to see the actual science behind it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 483, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00584", "text": "Our women's team is beating Sweden 12-0 and the Swedes still trying. They're trying so hard! I would have given up and walked off the ice by now. But they're still playing and they haven't given up, even though they would have to score a goal every to minutes to win the game at this point. I feel so sorry for them. now the Swedes are trying to play dirty and they can't even get that right. They tripped a Canadian player right in front of the referee and now we have a 2-up power play. It's a massacre. Our goalie is blocking their shots before they make them. Normally, a hockey team will avoid a huge point difference. It's considered rude to defeat a team by any margin greater than three points. If you *really* hate them, you go as high as 6-0. I once attended an NHL game in Edmonton where we were beating the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 7-0. We were booing our own team because they were being jerks, beating them so hard. Even though the Mighty Ducks deserved it for having such a silly name. But in the Olympics, the medal decision may rest on the total number of goals scored. So they have to go for the jugular. I saw them beat a team 18-0 and I had to shut it off because I felt like crying for the opposing team. I cry when I lose a street hockey game 2-0. Imagine losing by 18 points in the Olympics! Damn. Second period is up and they're beating them 12-0. This is just painful to watch.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00585", "text": "Dearest Reddit - I've been visiting this little community for years now, watching the comings and goings of you all, the meme-gasms, the ranting and raving over the political cause of the moment, etc etc. I've truly enjoyed it all. Such pathos, such conviction - spelled out in letters, distilled into bytes of mental purity (purity of what, I'll leave for the readers to really ponder). But I've felt lacking, nay, persuaded to commit something to Reddit's digital log of social-media, it's new fangled amalgam of group think made possible by our hard working nerds out there, who struggle to maintain the purity of form that they fondly recall and lean on to continue justify this type of existence and expression - You see, I am a sociopath. Before the majority of you slime jump to conclusions and 'banninate' (sorry, I am fond of this neologism), the idea and thus me - hear me out. I have many stories and insights to share, if you are willing to read them. I am not some violent mongrel, wishing only to troll, as it where, as I assure you I get my jollies in meat-space just the same. Why do it online when that is infinitely more satisfying? No, I simply aim to enlighten those who want it, nothing more. Ask away... I'll say two things first to get it out of the way 1) I have never killed anyone 2) I have no intention of ever changing my ways and thoughts about who and what I am.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 327, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00586", "text": "Another 5-star find in the Pittsburgh area. I kid you not. Guy Fieri hyped the right place. It is hands down the best diner in the universe. Actually, I don't know that for sure, but I dare you to find a better diner anywhere in the United States.\\n\\nThe food here is made with love and that's what makes it stand out out. You can taste the love in every single bite. The staff of this family-owned restaurant run like a well-oiled machine, used to the crazy crowds that come here every day to blow their diets and binge. This was all a girl could ask for on a cheat day.\\n\\nI had Vicki's Italian Jumbot but with Guy Fieri's twist on it, making it a little more spicy. It was more than enough for Jim and I to share. We also shared the fantastic pumpkin pancakes. They do not need syrup at all. So fluffy, so delicious and gut-busting. Why do I have to live in D.C? I would be here every weekend for brunch. There is nothing like this place over here..wahhh! This place is great for sharing so order different dishes and eat them family style. The portions are gigantic and unforgiving! \\n\\nAnyway, do not come to Dor-Stop thinking they have become over-commercialized because of their appearance on the Food Network. They have not. They are the same family-owned established where you can get no nonsense service and absolutely amazing food. If you are in Pittsburgh, run don't walk to Dormont and grab a seat at Dor-Stop. This is a glutton's dream come true.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 340, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00587", "text": "Jimmy Tsang's Chinese Restaurant is one of the old \\\"traditional\\\" Pittsburgh restaurants, a place you remember as always \\\"being there.\\\" My parents feel the same way about it. It is a good, if unspectacular place with reliable, tasty fare like honey chicken, Chinese flank steak, and authentic eggrolls. \\n\\nI don't normally go for the spicy fare, indeed I prefer the plainer dishes like chicken with vegetables, but they have one item on the menu that I've always wanted to try--Sau La Gi, which is stir-fried hot spicy chicken, onions, green onions & fresh bean sprouts. Perhaps I've never noticed, but I don't recall seeing it anywhere else. It was good, but Hoo-Boy did I have to pace myself while eating it. And have plenty of water nearby! Sau La Gi was worth trying once, but it really wasn't to my tastes and I doubt I'll have it again.\\n\\nMy friend Maryann tried Ching Za Gai (spicy also) which is roasted crispy chicken served with tangy vinaigrette sauce. I sampled it and perhaps I will order that for myself next time. I'd like to cook a milder version of it myself at home. \\n\\nMore to my tastes however are the Garden Chicken, Chicken with Broccoli, or Beef with Pea Pods. Seafood dishes include Sweet and Sour Shrimp and Sauteed Shrimp Szechaun Style. Yeah, I'm a little unimaginative when it comes to Chinese food, but I know what I like and if a place can do the basics right, it's okay in my book!\\n\\nJimmy Tsang's also has a convenient and inexpensive lunch menu. The place also does Korean Barbecue and you can book a private dining room for you and your special someone with a $100 deposit.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 382, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00588", "text": "I understand the reddit machine is ever changing and I'm at terms with that. However I feel as a community we should steer our younger/immature brethren in a proper direction. Right now on the pics Reddit we have about 3 pictures on the front page making fun of obese, physically, and mentally challenged individuals. Is this how we we want to represent our community? I know we arn't heartless, I've seen so many accounts people helping each other on this site. I want to share personally how this makes me feel. In 1981 my mom gave birth to triplets, one died, one was perfectly normal, and one had cerebral palsy. The nurse tried to deliver the babies without calling a doctor in and completely failed. I grew up with a sister who has cerebral palsy. The sister with cerebral palsy has been in a wheel chair her entire life and will never walk. Were about two years apart and did mostly everything together as kids. I grew up watching grown ups and children alike stare at her like shes some sort of mutant who's about to spew acid from her nostrils. She had to sit at the sidelines at all my football and soccer games and watch all the kids her age run and jump. Can you imagine your entire life sitting on the sidelines watching people physically move around like that knowing youre going to be strapped into a wheel chair until the day you die? Can you imagine never knowing what it's like to run? It's a really painful thought but im very thankful for growing up in this situation being able to share this experience to others who dont see it from that point of view. I dont expect this post to go anywhere, I'm sure it will be down voted to hell. If I can reach just one person who thinks twice next time before they up vote a picture of someone who's handicapped then I accomplished what I set out to do. Stay classy reddit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 390, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00589", "text": "I can't say this to them, so reddit, Imma say it to you. Every time I think, Surely this is as bad as it can get, you bitches fuck me again. I can't believe I am paying $15,000 for this worthless semester. Not only that, I left a 45,000K job to come here! That is probably nothing to you, cunts of the Ivy League, but it was my first \"real\" job and I loved it. If I had known I was leaving it to pay for the privilege of being shat upon and, hopefully, given a degree that will not be worth the paper it's written on, I'd have made a different choice. I will take your shit for exactly as long as it takes to walk the stage and get a job. And then, Ivy League cunts, I will make it my personal mission to see your POS program lose its accreditation. It won't be challenging; the curtain your name throws over your blatant incompetence/fraud has already developed some big holes. I am going to report you to the government for the medicare/medicaid fraud I witness daily. I will smear your name to anyone in the field in danger of making the same mistake I did in actually trusting that your name and reputation means a fucking thing. But best of all, in spite of you, I am going to make sure I'm awesome in this field. I'm going to make a lot of money, and it will never, ever go to you.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00590", "text": "So I have this friend, we're both in our early 20s, and while I'm engaged , her relationship's future is fairly unknown. My problem is this: she never stops talking about having babies. It's become an obsession. If a study comes out about how many eggs you lose before some decade of your life, she's making plans to have sperm donations before then. She thinks every pain in her abdominal area is related to her uterus and her whole future is in danger. The list goes on... If she sees a small child she goes into instant \"Aww\" mode and clings/drags me over/points and continues \"Awwing\". I normally don't have a problem with people smiling at kids - kids are cute and little miracles... but it's becoming some serious overkill when parents are grabbing their kids and yanking them far away and often out of the store. I understand that becoming a mom is her #1 priority here in terms of life goals, but I feel seriously uncomfortable with the amount of baby talk going on here.. it's taking over our friendship. Especially since I got engaged... she keeps asking me \"When will you have kids\" and is practically planning their futures for me. And while me and my fiance do want to have children some day.. we're not in any rush and want to do it when things feel right. TwoX: Is it so bad that I want to have one day, one outing.. where the subject of babies doesn't come up somehow? I don't want to be a bad friend here but I'm starting to become concerned with how much she's obsessed with this. I've tried talking to her about it. I've been the reassuring friend and told her it'll happen when it's meant to happen - and there's plenty of options for her out there in life... and I've gently brought up that I'm uncomfortable with how much she forces the topic on me, that I feel like I'm being badgered... so I honestly don't know where to go from here. Any ideas?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 420, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00591", "text": "How do you handle work on a team project? When you feel like the other members are less competent or the team lacks organization do you go ahead and take the lead and ensure everyone is contributing at least something? I'm quite interested in how teams in the real world function. Ideally a team would include members skilled in different areas but I'd imagine that more often than not some team members are less proactive and competent than others. Personal background: I've been coding on my own for a while now, but this semester I'm taking a software engineering course involving a group project. I did my best to involve all the other team members but while they appeared competent during our meetings when it came to the actual coding the team members made a few mistakes which cost me spending time rewriting a large portion of the code to submit the project by the deadline (damn you, NetBeans; I never hated you more) as well as documenting everything as no documentation was produced in the process. I did not want to just march in and take charge as if I only wanted things done my way as I know from personal experience how annoying a self-proclaimed team leader can be. Every decision proposed I encouraged the team to discuss and offer alternative solutions for, and on a few occasions we went ahead with the, in my opinion, less optimal solution just for the sake of me not seeming like I'm craving to be a control freak. I still have another project to complete with the same team. What would you advice as far as techniques to encourage and ensure contributions without anybody feeling suppressed or useless?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 314, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00592", "text": "Starting in 2011, the effort was awarded more than $3 million in grants, the bulk of that from a competitive U.S. Department of Justice grant program. The program's four lead partners—Grand Forks, the Grand Forks School District, Lutheran Social Services and the Community Violence Intervention Center—used the money to support extensive bullying and sexual-assault prevention programs, therapy services for child victims and character-building efforts such as the Coaching Boys into Men program. Over time, Safer Tomorrows activities were offered in every public school and three parochial schools in Grand Forks County. The federal grant support ran out last month. So, Safer Tomorrows leaders now are reporting back to the county about what the program accomplished and what efforts might be sustained into the future. In December, some of the leaders spoke to the Herald editorial board. A transcript of the conversation is below; it has been edited for clarity and length. □ □ □ Q. Did Safer Tomorrows start with the grant that you won in Washington several years ago? Pete Haga, Grand Forks community/government relations officer: Yes. Since 2012, Safer Tomorrows has received a total of $3.3 million to work toward ending or mitigating childhood exposure to violence in Grand Forks County. We're now sunsetting on the federal grant, but we're sunrising on our efforts to sustain the program into the future. Q. What was the background for the project? Kristi Hall-Jiran, executive director, Community Violence Intervention Center: I don't know if you're familiar with the Adverse Childhood Experiences study. We call it ACE for short. Basically, it was a study that was done some years ago that looked at kids who had experienced trauma during childhood. The things that are counted as ACEs are things like seeing violence in the home, having a parent die, going through a divorce, being a victim of child abuse. So, what the study showed was that besides higher rates of depression and anxiety, there was a very high correlation between the ACEs and physical ailments as well, including things like cancer, heart disease, diabetes. For example, if kids have four or more ACEs, they actually start having neurochemical changes in their brains. And what that can lead to is three times the rate of academic failure, seven times the rate of alcoholism, 12 times the rate of suicide attempts. So those", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00593", "text": "Now, I'm not sure if this is proper, or if I'm doing something redundant, but, it's what I did to get it started: Edit: Okay, **hgg**'s is *much* better. ♜ | ♞ | ♝ | ♛ | ♚ | ♝ | ♞ | ♜ ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ ♖ | ♘ | ♗ | ♕ | ♔ | ♗ | ♘ | ♖ **Copy and paste:** ♜ | ♞ | ♝ | ♛ | ♚ | ♝ | ♞ | ♜ ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ | ♟ . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ | ♙ ♖ | ♘ | ♗ | ♕ | ♔ | ♗ | ♘ | ♖ You can copy and paste that and get your own chess board. I don't know of an easy way to change the pieces after that, except being persistent. ==", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 421, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00594", "text": "this again, converting the project input range (A15:H16) to a Table (with headers). Then, enable the Total Row as you did for the category Table. You may or may not need a project row each week. You could have 0 rows or several, depending on the number of projects you worked on that pay period. The current project list has only two projects, so you'd have up to two rows for the given pay period. If you add a new project next week, you might have up to three rows in this Table. As you add projects using the data validation list, the Table, shown in Figure K, expands. As before, don't worry about Table formats just yet. Figure K This Table will adjust to the number of projects you work on during the pay period. 8. Category and project totals To add a column of category totals, select I8, click AutoSum, highlight B8:H8 and press Enter. Change the default header to Category Totals and increase the column width. Repeat this process to add project totals to the project Table. Be sure to highlight row 16 (AutoSum might try to sum values in column I). 9. Grand daily totals Presently, you have category and project weekly totals in column I and daily subtotals in row 13 and 17. You don't have a daily grand total. Insert two blank rows between row 5 and 7. Select B7 and enter the expression =Table4[[#Totals],[Sunday]]+Table3[[#Totals],[Sunday]] Copy it to C7:H7. Instead of entering those long references, you could click B15 and B19. Figure L shows the timesheet after disabling the gridlines and applying Table formats consistently to both Table objects. It's a bit odd to have grand totals at the top of the sheet, but this position allows the project Table to grow with impunity. Figure L The complete timesheet. 10. Business rules At this point, your sheet is functional, but there are some things you might want to add. If blank cells are problematic for your accounting system, add zeros to the input ranges in the category and project Table objects. To do so, enter a 0 into an empty cell and copy it to the Clipboard. Then, select B10:H14 (the category input range) and press F5. In the resulting dialog, click Special. Select the Blanks option and click", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00595", "text": "I don't really know what to do. I can't talk to any of our friends. I have been super depressed and despondent for a long time. I never cry really but now I can't stop. There doesn't seem to be any happy outcome. All I can do to keep from sobbing is think about how I'm going to get her back. I wanted to marry her. I've never been in a relationship nearly this serious before. All I can think of to win her back is to exercise and get really fit because she say's she doesn't find me attractive anymore... What's worse is that she is already trying to move on with some guy she is chatting with online. He lives far away but the thought still hurts a lot. I don't even know if I want her back now. I have health problems that have been plaguing me for years too. I'm pretty much constantly in pain. Since, for the past two years I've been dating her I have pulled away from friends and now I'm completely isolated. Edit: Thanks to all of you and your advice. I forgot to mention that I live with her but she is watching her sisters house for a couple weeks. I am doing the exact opposite of what the general consensus is. I'm planning a large valentines gift to try and get her back. I'm also not been eating much and doing exercise... I threw my cell phone against a wall and I started crying in a few public places. I have a few suicide plans that you'll be happy to know are pretty painless.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00596", "text": "My in-laws saw the Dor-Stop on DDD and wanted to try it out. When I found out they were famous for their pancakes, I hopped right on board. We went on a Sunday morning and was told the wait would be 20 minutes. After about 10, four seats opened up at the counter so we snagged them. We got to know the staff as we perused the menu. We were right next to the cash register and the (I'm assuming) owner was a gentle drill sergeant doling out orders. \\n\\nI had the banana chocolate chip pancakes with a side of sausage. The three generously-sized pancakes were sweet with a crispy edge and were loaded with fruit and chocolate. Ohmygod. Some of the best pancakes I've ever had. I stuffed myself silly knowing I wouldn't be able to come back next weekend and do it all again. The sausage patties were really tasty and not greasy at all. I had to fend off T who kept getting samples. :) I also tried T's apple cinnamon pancakes which had dollops of apple pie filling and just the right amount of cinnamon. My father-in-law had the strawberry-stuffed French toast and my mother-in-law had the walnut French toast. I didn't try either but they looked amazing. \\n\\nI would DEFINITELY come back here if I lived in the area. Pay no mind to the wait time. Bring a book, bring someone you love to chat with. It's worth it!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 306, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00597", "text": "Some recent reading has really got me thinking about consumerism, and just the amount of time, energy, and resources that are wasted in the big treadmill that comes out of it. But my thinking has gone deeper into why consumerism has come about in the first place, and as a result, I'm finding that I'm questioning if it's possible for capitalist economies to get out of the cycle of consumerism? That's what I'm questioning here - is it possible for a capitalist society, in an environment of plenty*, to exist without falling into consumerism? I can't imagine it any other way. Humanity has become so efficient at using resources to provide the basics for everyone that only a small percentage of people are involved in doing so. Thus we have a large percentage of people who are able to work, but are not needed to provide for everyone else - but as we're a capitalist society, those people need to work to make the money to buy the things they require to survive, so they then have to make and provide things and services that aren't needed. These then have a need to be sold to people, and so on. In other words, it looks like that because we've chosen an economy that requires people to buy the necessities of life with money, as if they're scarce resources, then we need to find reasons for everyone to work to earn that money. People are pushed to consume to make sure that others get paid to produce, just because that's the only way that most people can have the jobs they need to stay alive. If the majority of people were to stop all that excess consumption, it seems like our economy would fall apart, with masses of people out of work, because we've come to depend on an economy of consumption. Am I wrong here? I'd really be interested in seeing how capitalism could work without this reliance on consumption - and even better if there are ideas as to how to get there. (*I want to call out the environment of plenty, because it does seem that a society where the work of everyone is required just to provide enough for everyone to live, would end up not being consumerist, because there isn't room for it. I don't know, however, if such a state is stable. But that's not what I'm really interested in here.)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 467, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00598", "text": "Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways: Business professionals could gain from wearing a wearable device, but some have more fitness features than business features. Professionals should look for wearables with different ways to stay connected, basic activity tracking, and a fashion-forward look. Wearables, like smartwatches and fitness trackers, are popular with business professionals, and for good reason. The devices can collect data and provide insights, allowing wearers to track their fitness and productivity to reach their goals faster. But some devices may not work the best for business professionals. They may not have enough ways to stay connected in terms of communications, or they may be too focused on physical goals like meditation. And some may stand out too much for professionals in formal business attire to feel comfortable wearing them. SEE: Wearable Device Policy (Tech Pro Research) How to choose a wearable for business Connectivity is the first thing to consider when selecting a wearable for business purposes. Some options can connect to a smartphone, while others work outside of a cellular network. Some professionals need constant access to business communication, and selecting a wearable that works in tandem with a smartphone can provide that. Think about what you want to accomplish with your wearable. Do you want to just be able to see notifications, or do you need to be able to answer texts and emails as well? What about activity tracking? It can help you understand how you spend your hours to find ways to become more productive, or you can use it for fitness purposes as well. Apps and integrations can be helpful for business professionals, so check out what is available. Some, especially ones connected to a smartphone, have multiple options, while others have fewer choices. Integrations can streamline things between your wearable and other devices, potentially making you more efficient. Apps can offer new ways to boost productivity. Mindfulness features are also helpful, especially in high-stress jobs or industries. A sleep tracker can help understand if you're sleeping long or well enough. Finally, looks aren't everything, but some wearables can stand out when worn with business attire. More wearables are adopting the look of traditional watches, with leather bands and sleek faces. A wearable won't do much if you don't wear it because of its look. How to choose a wearable for fitness First, you should consider if you want one device to carry from work to the gym, or if you want separate options. Some popular devices, like the Apple Watch, can", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00599", "text": "In short my HOA sucks hard. Ive been living in my town house that for 6 years. The HOA fee started at $145 and is now up to $190. They raise the fee each year. Which wouldn't grind my gears but... They don't even open the pool anymore because they cant afford it. The tennis court and basketball court are long over grown with vegetation and not even close to being usable. I have like a 1ft by 3ft piece of grass which i guess they maintain and besides putting away money for other things, i feel like im paying them $190 a month to mow that patch. The community looks like crap. They aren't keeping up with maintenance on peoples houses. Now they want an extra $300 this year from everyone because they town raised the water rates. I think paying these guys about $2000 a year to do nothing is a bit much. Yes, i know they probably reroof the house at some point. But the way they do things, when they have to do that, they are going to say they dont have the money and are going to ask for more money. Plus, it seems to me, they keep raising the damn HOA fee, then more people dont pay it because they cant afford it, so they raise the HOA fee again to cover the people who don't pay it.. and then circle continues. And who the hell would move into somewhere where the HOA fee is $190? Nobody. SO, to cover the costs of those empty units, guess what they do? Raise the HOA fee. The only thing these guys have done for me is send me threatening letters because my neighbors dog shit on my lawn and I didnt clean it up (isnt that what im paying them for?). ANd when i convinced them that it wasnt my dog and i wasn't going to clean it up, I then asked them if my next 'violation' would be my first or second. They said second. ANd I asked how since the first one wasn't even my dog. They didn't have an answer to that but stuck with, if i get another letter, it will be my second warning (and therefore a higher penalty fee.) And before anyone asks. I would love to GTFO but my house is too far under for me to move.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 477, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00600", "text": "Visited this place for the first time for a rehersal dinner. The decor is cool and varied and the place itself is quite large. There is free parking which is nice, but parking was hard to find on a Friday night. We had a semi-large party (about 15-20 of us) and it took us well over 30 minutes to get seated. Clearly they knew we were coming, so it shouldn't have been a surprised to them.\\n\\nOnce we were finally seated, it took 30 minutes from ordering our drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) to actually getting them to the table. We still hadn't even looked at a menu when the drinks finally did arrive. From there the service picked up slightly and we were presented with warm bread, garlic butter (decent) and salad. I dislike iceburg lettuce so this was meh. Given that we were a large party, obviously we were given a limited menu selection. I ordered \\\"The Incredible 15 Layer Lasagna\\\" and it certainly wasn't 15 layers, unless you count the loads of marinara on top as, say, 10 layers. My cousin ordered the same thing and ended up with a piece of chicken on his plate, don't ask me why. The lasagna was okay, but I've had better from a Stouffer's frozen meal.\\n\\nMoving onto dessert, I ordered the tiramisu. Might as well just call it white cake with \\\"espresso\\\" drizzled on top. It was still slightly frozen too. No thanks.\\n\\nFrom start to finish it took us over 3 hours to get our entire meal. Understandably, we weren't a small table of four so it will take longer, but it shouldn't have taken that long. Since we were there for a significant amount of time, we were able to observe what other's were eating/doing while we were waiting. Nearly everyone had enough leftover portions to take home and feed themselves at least once if not twice more. Good value as a customer, bad for a business who is trying to make money.\\n\\nAll in all, if you're looking for some good authentic Italian, I would recommend going elsewhere.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 450, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00601", "text": "and wow, is this fantastic. i've taken a decent amount of psychotropic drugs, including but not limited to: paxil, zoloft, lexapro, xanax, klonopin, adderall, wellbutrin, plus the typical hallucinogens, and modafinil is quickly becoming a favorite. when i took wellbutrin, my brain felt very slippery, like someone was pouring baby oil over my pituitary gland. i seemed able to enjoy physical pleasures a little better than normal. on adderall, i was obviously super focused, but was easily irritated if i was interrupted. i felt a little more detached from my body, and my appetite was suppressed heavily. i was also jittery and anxious, and after a few hours of experiencing the effects, i felt physically exhausted and wanted to sleep, but my mind still raced. modafinil combines the positive experiences of both wellbutrin and adderall, and subtracts the negative. i'm super focused and able to juggle multiple concepts within my mind easily. i'm also able to extract relationships between mental objects easier than normal. my appetite is slightly suppressed, but not as badly with adderall, and i'm not as detached from my body. in fact, physical pleasures are somewhat enhanced, similar to wellbutrin. i'm *slightly* jittery, my anxiety level is normal, and my mood seems neutral-to-good. i hope these effects continues for the day, and plan on acquiring some more modafinil in the future.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00602", "text": ", accompanied Lorenzo to provide legal help in case she was detained. \"The environment is so uncertain,\" Katz says. \"We've heard stories of people being taken into custody. We know of at least one mother who was taken into custody out of a check-in.\" Across the U.S., judges have issued final removal orders for more than 900,000 people in the country illegally. Many remain as long as they check in regularly with ICE. Under the Obama administration, they were not considered priorities for deportation because they had clean criminal records, or strong ties to their communities. The Trump administration, however, is taking a more aggressive enforcement stance. President Trump signed executive orders that broadly expanded the number of people who are priorities for deportation. That category now includes many immigrants whose only offense may be entering or staying in the country illegally. Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, applauded the move. Von Spakovsky says criminals should be the priority. But, he says, that doesn't mean everyone else should get a free pass. \"You're in the United States illegally; you broke the law to come here illegally,\" von Spakovsky says. \"And the government agency is basically saying, 'That's OK, we're not going to do anything about it.' That just to me is a complete violation of the rule of law.\" An ICE spokeswoman did not respond to questions about the check-ins. Several cases of unauthorized immigrants being detained at their ICE appointments have gotten widespread attention. That could have unintended consequences, says Alonzo Pena, who served as deputy director of ICE in the Obama administration. If agents detain large numbers of immigrants at their check-ins, he says, other immigrants may decide it's too risky to report. \"It's going to send a bad message to others, and it's going to really backfire,\" Pena says. \"They lose faith in the system... and you don't know where they're at. \"There's nothing good that will come out of that,\" he says. Lorenzo emerges from her appointment in the ICE field office with a smile on her face. \"I feel very happy right now.... My heart isn't as heavy anymore,\" Lorenzo says. \"I don't have the words, but I feel relief.\" Lorenzo found out that she can stay, at least for a few more months. She doesn't have to check in with ICE again until October. But neither", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 499, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00603", "text": "Dear Friend of Fair Copyright, Thank you very much for taking the time to make your voice heard on the fight for fair copyright in Canada. In addition to yours, I have received well over 25,000 emails, letters, Facebook messages, faxes and phone-calls from everyday Canadians who want their elected officials to heed the call for fair copyright legislation in Canada for users, creators and innovators – NOT just the U.S. music and film industry lobbies. Make no mistake, your emails and letters have made a huge impact. Without the enormous groundswell of support for fair copyright, the Conservatives never would have undertaken the consultation process that they did. Will they listen to what they heard? That remains to be seen. A factor that threatens the development of fair copyright in Canada is the ongoing Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) negotiations. These talks have been conducted under a heavy veil of secrecy that excludes citizen engagement, denies public or media oversight, and undermines domestic copyright laws like those currently being considered in many countries around the world, including Canada. Please read on for more info, but I want to make sure you take this opportunity to add your voice to those opposed to the ACTA secrecy. If you’re on Facebook, please join this group and ask your contact list to do the same: #. Documents that have leaked from the talks show that negotiators are hammering out a deal that would criminalize internet users. It would require ISPs to spy on individual internet use and shut down access to content based any potential allegation of infringement. The most sinister of these is the “three strikes” proposal. It sets out that anyone who is accused – NOT convicted – of illegal downloading three times is summarily disconnected from the internet and prevented from obtaining another account. Please join the chorus of voices calling for transparency and accountability on the ACTA negotiations, so that our government doesn’t negotiate away Canada’s ability to determine what fair domestic copyright laws should be. Sincerely, Charlie Angus, MP Digital Affairs Critic, NDP", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 410, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00604", "text": "House Bill 1366, which relates to the way oil tax revenue is distributed to cities, counties and schools in the Bakken, failed with a 37-54 vote. House Majority Leader Al Carlson, R-Fargo, urged lawmakers to vote no to the bill, emphasizing that it would be better to address funding for oil-impacted areas after the March revenue forecast is released. \"A no vote doesn't mean you're against the west,\" Carlson said. Rep. Gary Sukut, R-Williston, the primary sponsor of the bill, said communities in the Bakken rely on oil tax revenue to pay for expanded law enforcement facilities, new water plants and other infrastructure they added to meet unprecedented growth spurred by oil development. Officials from so-called Bakken hub cities of Dickinson, Williston and Minot, as well as smaller communities in the Oil Patch, testified during a hearing on the bill that the funding is essential so they can continue making debt payments. Initially the bill had a $33.5 million fiscal impact to keep the communities receiving the same amount of funding they received last biennium. The bill was amended to have a $7.65 million fiscal impact. In addition, the bill includes funding for airports in Williston and Dickinson and other oil impact grant funding that was approved during the last session but has not yet been delivered due to budget shortfalls. Several legislators from western North Dakota spoke in favor of the bill. \"Many people feel that things are dead or dying in western North Dakota, but it couldn't be further from the truth,\" said Rep. Denton Zubke, R-Watford City. Carlson and other legislators said they'll discuss funding for western North Dakota again in a different budget after they have an updated picture of the revenue forecast. \"It does not need to be decided today. It needs to be decided in the second half,\" Carlson said.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 382, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00605", "text": "She had overdosed. Someone had brought her to the clinic in the middle of the night, authorities said, but when the clinic was closed, whoever brought her abandoned the car and left. They didn't call 911. This month, the Grand Forks Police Department put out a reminder that those using and possessing drugs who are present at the time of an overdose will not be prosecuted if they call and cooperate with first responders. In North Dakota and Minnesota, Good Samaritan laws are on the books that give immunity to those who call in drug overdoses if the caller remains on scene until first responders arrive and cooperate with medical services and law enforcement. The person must be in need of emergency medical services. Up to three people can be granted immunity. The law also applies to people overdosing from alcohol consumption. \"We want people to be focused on saving a life,\" said Lt. Jeremy Moe with the special resource bureau. In 2016, Grand Forks Police responded to 28 calls for overdoses. Three of them were fatal. State Sen. Howard Anderson Jr., R-Turtle Lake, was a sponsor of the Good Samaritan laws that passed in North Dakota in 2015. The former director of the North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, Anderson said he wanted to sponsor the law to give people a better chance to survive. Information provided by companions can be key to successful care. \"It's hard to find out what they took or what the situation is, so by the time doctors get a chance to figure out what it is, it's too late,\" Anderson said. In the process of passing the law, legislators heard testimony from a man whose companions had abandoned him in a dumpster, thinking he'd overdosed, Anderson said. But too few people know about the law, Anderson said. He also believes law enforcement have been overzealous in pressing charges against people, despite the law. \"They're using the Good Samaritan laws as an excuse to charge people because, obviously, if I gave you drugs, then I'm guilty of providing them for you. It's like a sale even if I gave it to you free,\" he said. \"So we need a little better education with police. If you're trying to save somebody's life for crying out loud, back off a little bit. Catch the crook the next time.\" Anderson said users speak to one another, and if law enforcement is too aggressive, it might deter people from calling for help. Grand", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00606", "text": "I ... don't know why I keep going back to Olive or Twist. Seriously, you could check my Foursquare stats and see that I've been to this bar more frequently than any place I've ever called my favorite spot in Pittsburgh. \\n\\nWhy? I moved up here from Orlando to be with my boyfriend who I had just started dating. I moved because Orlando on a whole sucks and I was ready to get out. My boyfriend used to play in a band as does one of his best friends now. This was their favorite spot to hang out out because all of the (female) bartenders know and love them. They used to get free or greatly reduced drinks, could be as loud and obnoxious as they wanted, etc. etc. - the ush. \\n\\nI tag along now because I didn't know many people in this city at first, obviously. The bar is way too small for the number of people who try to pack in at night. I've had several items off of the menu and they all left a lot to be desired. The drinks are poured strongly. At first I thought this was because the bartenders knew how the boys liked their drinks, but now I realize they're just heavy handed. \\n\\nNothing here really sticks out for me. I can get the drinks properly made elsewhere for the price. Same with the food. I guess the only reason I agree to go back time after time is because of two of the bartenders - Amy and Linda. Those two are the most kick ass bartenders in Pittsburgh. Considering I currently live in Heinz, it's also pretty damn close, which works in its favor (can't wait to move ... ). \\n\\nOlive or Twist has a great location and, if Amy and/or Linda are working, you're sure to enjoy yourself. Just keep those expectations low.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 380, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00607", "text": "I cross-posted the following text from the forums on OKCupid and figured it was tailor-made for this forum as well: So, I've been using the internet for well over a decade now. Way back when I was still closeted and living in a Christian Conservative household which heavily discouraged pretty much any form of sexual behavior outside of heterosexual marriage, I used the internet to network with other gays and gain confidence in who I really was. After reading the thread from the guy who figured furries need their own board outside of alt lifestyles I got to thinking about how I also used the interwebs to look up vast amounts of porn and gain knowledge about pretty much every facet of human sexual behavior and what sort of things people did with their naughty bits because my own education had been pretty scant on this sort of thing, having only been instructed on the technical aspects of making babies for Jesus or something. I think it is fascinating that our species is so creative, adaptable and capable of sexualizing pretty much any conceivable object, being or concept and I've seen pretty much everything: some of it hot, some of it hilarious]( and some of it downright [scary or perplexing if you don't want a whole bunch of unwanted attention from folks with foot fetishes, an obsession which seems to be extremely common in the LBGTQ community. I'm sure most of you have heard of Rule 34 and in my experience it is mostly correct. So I am curious, what kinds of things have you folks run across, whether intentional or not, which got you hot, made you laugh uncontrollably or made you close the browser quickly for fear that you would puke or have a panic attack? I'm not trolling or judging, just legitimately curious.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00608", "text": "This store will not let you photograph their lighting fixtures. We browsed for a while and found a chandelier we liked, and my husband took a picture of it on his cell phone. The salesclerk told us that was not allowed. We were dumbfounded. We are renovating a house and need a number of light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, etc.-- the only way we can keep track of them all (and check if they actually might look good together) is to photograph everything we're seriously considering. We tried to explain this and the clerk said nope, not allowed. We asked why. She said, \\\"I don't know-- they just don't allow it.\\\" Well I bet I know-- they don't want you going online in search of better pricing. But hey, NEWSFLASH-- that's how things work in 2012. I'm not going to drop $1,200 on a chandelier without looking it up online. (For the record, I understand that local businesses aren't usually going to have the lowest price available. I don't mind paying a bit of a premium to support a small business in Pittsburgh that gave me great in-person service. But like hell am I going to spend that kind of money without making sure I'm not getting completely ripped off.)\\n\\nWe tried to press further, though-- what about matching finishes or colors to other fixtures? The salesclerk said, \\\"Oh, people just tell us what colors they have in their room and how big the room is and we tell them what works.\\\" I'm sorry, but unless you're omniscient, this is not acceptable. \\n\\nThe most insulting thing, though, is the clerk telling us \\\"I don't know\\\" about a policy that's so clearly the exception to the local norm. If you're going to have a ridiculous, anachronistic rule, at least have the guts to explain why to customers when they ask.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 398, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00609", "text": "I think most of us here like to think of ourselves as rational people. And fighting is for kids or something. I remember fighting only when i was in school, and usually made good friends with the other guy after the fight. I do all kinds of sports, so I could fight if i wanted to. But I don't remember ever getting into a fight, even when tempted. Is this common? wow.. seems this is common. **Edit1** When i say fight, i don't mean a friendly match in a ring, or part of your job as a bouncer or infantry. (Do infantry still fight? Do armies still have an infantry units?). I mean fight as a result of a dispute. **Yes, this was inspired by fight club, the movie.** **Edit2** My last fight was when i was 13. A guy was making fun of me on the bus, and felt he had the upper hand because of his giant cousin. Punched him a few times then his cousin(19) comes and gives me a squeeze hug. I try to kick him in the groin, can't reach. I bite his ear so hard he lets go. **Edit3** I'm not exactly a competing athlete, but I go paragliding every chance i get. I run sometimes, or swim, and i've been to the gym a few times. I can bench press 140 lbs. As a kid(7yro), i used to go hiking all day a lone, catch spiders and what not. Somehow i always found my way back. Point is, i am not really scared of anything. I'm not Hercules brave, but i'm just not scared. Now, 29 yro, I still don't fight when i'm provoked. **Edit4** I'm Lebanese. I was in London on 9/11. Two guys beat me up after finished my shift at the pub. I did not stand a chance. They were literally hiding behind the gate waiting for me to leave. Funny in London they could tell i'm Arab, here in China most people, including westerners, think im Jewish! Too bad I don't have any scars from that 'fight'.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 449, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00610", "text": "Background: My son has always been a little bit introverted and shy in groups. He is quite intelligent at school, but not a nerd (he plays hockey, has good discussions with his friends about star wars, XBOX, and bacon :) etc.) A new kid came to the school, who oddly my wife took in as a daycare child for a few weeks and I got to witness this punk face. Parents are divorced so doesn't see his arsehole army dad, his mom is a cop so works weird shifts, and he obviously has esteem issues. He has become the school bully, but is targeting my son (verbally). Yells out loser at him in gym, tapes notes to his back,pushes him in line etc.. It will likely escalate to violence as it already did with another kid in a younger grade he bullied. My son broke down last night and told me about it, said he couldn't think about anything else. I discussed some common ways to deal with bullies, avoid &amp; ignore, call them out in front of the class to isolate them, my son could handle himself if it came to blows but would never want to. Do you guys have some good techniques? I'm sure a lot of redditors dealt with this crap. Thanks in Advance. Edit* Thanks for the advice everyone, I will update you how the school admin reacts. I also gave my son some extra ground and pound training which he probably won't use, but is very confident now. (Friday 12th_", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 310, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00611", "text": "Image: iStockphoto/real444 Docker is apparently about to raise another $75 million in venture capital funding, bringing its total raised to roughly $250 million. If only it could raise similar amounts from paying customers. Even as containers have gone mainstream, with enterprises embracing them en masse, Docker, the company, has largely missed out. Though this new round brings the company's value to $1.3 billion, that number has hardly moved from Docker's $1 billion valuation back in 2015. Investors clearly continue to have an appetite for Docker's potential, but unless the company does something drastic to super-charge its appeal to paying enterprises, other companies like Red Hat will continue to mint money on the container revolution that Docker kickstarted. Fat and lazy on investor cash You've seen it before: The hearty congratulations on Twitter to startups that raise a big round of funding. Too often, however, venture money isn't a sign of success—it means a company still hasn't figured out how to make money, so it's buying time with VC money. While venture money can be used to fuel growth, too often companies use it as an excuse to put off the inevitable, difficult task of making money. SEE: Docker rocker: container technology usage doubles; serious money follows (ZDNet) I should know. I've lived it, working for a range of open source startups that each struggled to make money. My most recent startup, MongoDB, seems to have cracked the code on revenue, with indications that it has now surpassed $100 million in annual revenue. But, it wasn't venture capital that delivered the revenue. Instead, a new, highly sales and operations-minded CEO, Dev Ittycheria, joined the company and started forcing hard decisions to turn a hugely successful open source project into a hard-headed open source business. Docker, however, has yet to make this shift. Yes, the company hired a new CEO, Steve Singh, the former CEO of Concur Technologies. Like Ittycheria, Singh may well bring discipline and a sales-minded culture to Docker. Indeed, according to the funding rumors, a significant share of the funding is intended to build out a sales and marketing machine. If so, that's really good news, as Docker's current revenue is paltry compared to its popularity, as several sources close to the company have shared with me. Even if you don't believe the inside sources, the company's valuation growing just $300,000 over two years", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00612", "text": "I'm 19, male, and live in Chicago IL. She's 18, and lives in Dallas, GA. We've been \"dating\" online for a bit over 4 months now, and though I am very happy with our relationship it has became increasingly obvious to me that she is bored, or at least getting bored, with only having a voice on the phone or a picture on the screen. I understand this feeling, and a month ago money was raised so that I could make the trip down to see her. Sadly, my parents got in the way of this. I'll be honest: I've always been scared of my parents. Neither have ever beaten me, but they are my sole source of basically everything I have, and have threatened to disown me on numerous occasions for unless I bend to their will, and considering that I'm jobless, with no money in the bank, I basically need them if I want to survive. Anyways, money was gathered and tickets were bought, but they wee non-refundable, and when told my parents about my intent to see my beloved, it was forbidden, and the non-refundable tickets went unused. This has caused a rift in our relationship. Starting today, we're taking a \"break\" in our relationship, which honestly scares the crap out of me, because my girlfriend has stated in the past that she is still somewhat attracted to her ex, and has also been talking about a boy who has recently been trying to woo her (her claims of him being \"undatable\" due to the fact that one of her friends likes him doesn't really help to subdue my suspicions that she either will (or has been) cheat(ing) on me with him). So, now, we're on hiatus, until I can raise the cash needed to get down there. I honestly don't know why I'm posting this. I don't see how any advice would help, but if you have any, please, fork it over.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 407, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00613", "text": "I've been a computer geek forever, but just recently got into linux within the last 2 years. Now every machine that I touch on a normal basis has a Linux distro on it. The problem is with my work machine, Linux runs waaay to slow and is starting to make me unhappy, and I don't even understand why! CPU usage never reaches 100%, SWAP is being used, but the system never uses more than ~65% of my physical memory! I only have firefox, putty(a terminal emulator), amarok, and a xterm running. Hardly a heavy load, and while swtiching between windows after I've used only one window for a long time, my mouse will sometimes stop working for 20 sec, windows will go grey and come back, etc. I've only been using Fedora on all my PCs becuase I'm most familiar with it. If I've had amarok playing, but minimized and try to open it. It will take 20 sec to come up! like its been put into swap, but like I said its not even using all my ram. I've been really getting into linux, but this makes me sad. I'm starting to see that linux doesn't run good on older/slower machines as a desktop environment, at lest Fedora doesn't. Maybe my distro is too new? The machine is a Dell: P4 @ 3.00GHz 512 MB ram Suggestions? Just want to say thanks for all the replies!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 311, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00614", "text": "In another post here on reddit people seem to suggest that its a horrendous and even inhuman that America is not a world leader in broadband internet. The same argument occurs frequently, not only on reddit but other sites as well. The argument is usually made by people with a liberal mindset who also claim to be nerds, but likely know little about computers in general other than playing a game and reinstalling windows on an infected pc. I really have to ask, what benefit is there to society having ridiculously fast internet? I can see a benefit to those who do research either at work or at an university, but those facilities both would provide very high speed internet for the research needs. It is actually very unlikely that an average person would be doing research which required fast internet and not be already be affiliated with a organization that provided such. I still come up blank when I think about the average person and there need for very fast Internet. It seems we are ranked 15th( )in the world, according to that site. Is this really a bad thing, I don't think so. Id rather our resources be put into things that matter, like giving kids the books they need or paying teachers more. The only plausible reasons I can come up with why the average person would need very fast internet today is for media, all which makes the person and society in general dumber and less intelligent. Playing a game doesn't make you smarter, nor does it benefit society. Downloading the newest TV shows via torrents doesn't do anything for you and just makes you a mindless dud. A society filled with mindless duds, inst all that great of a society to live in. We are finding that out now. I know we can download massive amounts of free books and text online, which is great, but even the earliest modems let alone 56K can download faster then most humans can read. I also don't believe we benefit at all from fancy media rich websites, they again dull our minds and distract us from real progress. Other then media, what else would society actually benefit from the requested \"second to none high speed internet?\". Because it seems these so called nerds, really just want to spend more and more money so they can download porn and connect to a video game faster. sorry for any spelling errors, I was in a rush.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 476, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00615", "text": "The email: One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off! Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. Remember the five simple rules to be happy: Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less. NOW ............ Enough of that crap . ... The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock. MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON: When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you. You have two choices...smile and close this page, or pass this along to someone else to spread the fun. --**edit**-- Fixed the odd random capitalization of words.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 443, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00616", "text": "I'll lay it out for you. I met this guy a couple of weeks ago. We hit it off great, talked almost everyday. Finally he asked if he could take me out. Of course I said yes. we pick a day/time/place. The time comes for him to pick me up... he's not here. Two hours later I still haven't heard from him. I tried calling. He ignores the call ( you know when you call someone and it rings twice then heads straight to voice mail... you know it because they hit the button to decline the call). You could sound like my roommate and say, maybe he lost his phone, got in an accident or got held up at work... To that I say maybe he got eaten by a bear or a velociraptor attacked him outside the apartment on his way up the stairs to knock on the door and carried his body away to feed their offspring. Or maybe, just maybe he decided he didn't want to go out anymore and was to much of a pussy to pick up the phone and tell me. I probably sound cynical, but considering this isn't the first time it has happened, I can't really see the whole misplaced his phone argument. I'm a cool girl. I consider myself pretty cute. I laugh at pretty much any joke... actually I laugh at most of my own jokes as well. But still... I'm starting to think, maybe it's me. So my question is, has anyone else been stood up? Or better, has anyone stood someone else up? Why do people do this?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00617", "text": "Through years of my own self abuse and the fact that you don't want to walk around in public with a huge erection in your pants, I feel like I've developed this situation where the only way that I can actually get hard is through some kind of manual stimulation. I feel like there is some kind of disconnect between my head and my groin, where I see something that mentally excites me, yet I feel no actual physical response. I still do get morning wood, so I know to some degree the plumbing still works. I'm 35, I don't do drugs, don't smoke, don't drink.. I am overweight, but I am working on that. It also feels like when I do get hard, masturbation is only the means to an end.. I don't get as hard as I used to and when I cum, it's less fulfilling and not in the amounts I formally used to erupt.. Also too quickly. ;-( I feel like one of those old porn stars you'd see who could never get fully hard and would just ooze a little cum... Except with myself. I've already cut-back on the amount of jacking off I would do, but I'm not even sure if that would help. I did get a blood test and due to my weight, my testosterone does appear to be in the lower spectrum. When I discussed it with my Doctor, he just wanted to prescribe Viagra. I don't have anything against that, but I just feel like I'm way too young to be taking medication for my erections. Oh - I am taking some high blood medication right now, but looking at those online doesn't seem to show side effects when it comes to sex and arousal (at least not stated). Is there anything that I can do to get back to the way I was before, or is this just a sign that I need to lose weight and that I'm just getting older. I think I run the mental risk of this becoming a perpetual cycle where I may become frustrated and it will lead to a mental block if things continue like this. Any suggestions on what I should do?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 428, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00618", "text": "I have recently run up against some difficulties regarding connectivity and general ignorance with regards to my home network. I would like any useful links to websites that can give me an understanding of my network. From basic knowledge all the way down to specific facts that will help me get my setup running. I have a cable modem, a switch, a Vista PC and an XBOX 360 that barely cohabitate as well as a new printer that I want to connect over the LAN. I feel like the problem is that I don't really understand the difference between a switch and a router. Like I said, I would love links with which to educate myself on a briad level, but I would also appreciate any comments. Edited to include this - I go from modem -&gt; switch -&gt; (pc/xbox/printer). I can get the pc and xbox both to function minimally together. Say I am running Gtalk and could recieve a few messages without getting kicked from xbox live. I cannot be on xbox live and get facebook or any other bandwidth heavy website to load, or vice versa I cannot be using facebook and then expect my xbox to access live upon boot. The printer is the new part of the equation, its not being recognized, even with a power cycle of the switch. My ISP is Charter. Thank you (all) OKCEngineer Follow-Up/Conclusion - I bought a Wired only D-Link Router at Best Buy (even though I have heard many negative things about D-Link) my dilemma is solved and I am well on my way to a better understanding of networking on a general level. Thank you everyone!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00619", "text": "There has been a lot going on behind the scenes, so I thought I'd recap where we're at to get everyone on the same page. The engine team, headed by Chrisf and Svenstaro, hosted a few gloriously productive hacking sessions using Gobby. The result was the foundation of **BaconEngine**. Though written in C++, it communicates with a Python instance for scriptability. Python will also be used for portions of the engine, so get in touch with your fearless leaders (IRC is a good bet) if you think you can help. Charlieb started working on the **skeletal animation system** that the engine will use, inspired by Aquaria. It uses Python and Pygame. While not yet integrated into the main code base, you can find it here. On the toolchain front, Svenstaro created an **Arch Linux VM** that has all Machine dependencies, as well as the code, preinstalled. You can bittorrent it from here. There has been push to centralize the scattered RMAG infrastructure into a **Redmine installation**, lovingly administered by RobotCaleb. There, you'll find the wiki and forums which will subsume the Wikidot wiki and Google Group. You can visit redditmakesagame.org to find links to our Redmine and other resources. I'm less familiar with the happenings on the art and design front, but there appear to be **no shortage of concept drawings, music submissions, and level ideas**. Jean Eric and Stiev Sigma are your art leads, Faet and Trentish are on top of design. Remember to link your submissions on the wiki so they're easy to find later! AFAIK, that sums it up. Now quit lurking and go barrage our leads with nooby questions and unrefined ideas :) Thanks for sticking around!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 374, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00620", "text": "I'm 18, he's 18, and we are in a long distance relationship. I can be a very jealous girl, and being in a long distance relationship makes things even worse, because I can never know for sure what he is doing, but I try to trust him. My boyfriend is in a band, and sometimes he has performances that he wants to do that I give him a hard time about, and tell him over and over to not flirt with any girls while there, to be faithful, et cetera, and sometimes we even get in fights over it because both of us are so stressed out from one another. So today I was sitting on the computer waiting for him to come home. Normally he comes home around 4pm my time. Today, I waited until 12am for him to finally come on. I was really worried about his health at this point. When I asked him where he was, he said \"Sorry, I was at a concert. I didn't want to tell you until after it was done so you wouldn't worry.\" I didn't get mad right away, but slowly it started to really irk me. I feel like I tell everything to him, and he just so easily kept that from me, and betrayed my trust. He must have known for at least a week, maybe even way more, and just decided to keep it a secret and perform. Should I be mad at him? Am I making an unnecessarily big deal over this stuff? Edit: Every comment is making me think a lot. Despite that they suck to read, for the most-part. :| second edit: I think I do have a problem. Whenever he told me where he was, I started to shake uncontrollably and felt sick... I really want things to work. I just feel like I have no control. third edit: I guess I'll apologize. Thank you, Reddit.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 388, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00621", "text": "so, i feed her every friday. tonight she asked if i've ever played sodoku. and how i did. i play when i hunt, when i'm sitting in a blind, or waiting at a water hole. so she asks if i know all the rules. i tell her they're pretty obvious, and that i do. she say's \" so you know that you're supposed to move the big black numbers, right?\" oh no. she's been playing it wrong the whole time? i have no idea how to correct her. i made sure she was serious, it was all i could do to not laugh hysterically, that the way she thought you played, is to move them. * \"so... how do you know where to move them?\" * \"well, you move them to the left, or right, sometimes they can jump a number. anyway, it's so you can get the rest of the numbers to fit\" * \"you can't be serious\" * \"oh, i'm serious, i know, i thought so too at first, but nope... that's the way you play it.\" i don't know how to tell her that she's wrong, and that every single puzzle she's EVER solved, is wrong. she'll be 90 next month. i have no idea whether i should tell her or not. i kept trying to ask like... * \" well, why wouldn't you just do ALL of them the same then?\" * \"well, you're only supposed to move it one space away, so they're all the same\" i just can't decide whether to tell her or not. i hope the bullet points didn't confuse anyone, it's just so it can be a new sentence on a new line... i'm a noob", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 364, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00622", "text": "This is probably going to end up more of just a rant but it's still what I feel I need at this point. So I've been dating this girl for almost a year and a half now. We live in neighboring states but are both originally from the same town. I attend college about three hours away from her and she works a couple jobs in our home town. The distance has never been an issue, but what has been perturbing more as of late is her apparent lack of knowledge. She's never been 'stupid' by any means but not the sharpest knife in the drawer either. She's been out of high school for a year just working to try to save enough money for school. In this time she has already taken the ACT once and is going to take it again this Saturday. The first time she took it she scored a 19. When I took it I got a 29. I've been trying to help her study for it this time to and every time I make an attempt she shuts me down and basically refuses to learn. What has really been getting my goat is this eHarmony commercial that says something along the lines of \"we match you on deeper levels of compatibility, things like intelligence that are the foundation for a long lasting relationship\" and it just worries me more every time. Does anyone know how often relationships like these end in failure? Is there anything I can do to help improve my odds? A lot of the time I really do love her, but there can also be a lot of frustration. Edit 1: There was basically no way to write this without sound conceited as all hell and I accept that, it's still how I feel. Edit 2: All this I feel is stemming from my deeper fear of her lack of motivation, that she will never go anywhere in life and never leave the town we grew up in. Sometimes it's \"I cannot wait to get out of this place\" and others it's \"I could just work my two jobs the rest of my life\". I just hope the latter never becomes the more prominent thought. And without a good education it very well could be. Which is why I may be pushing her a little.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 448, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00623", "text": "My coworkers and I had lunch here on a Friday afternoon, and it was a pretty \\\"meh\\\" experience for me. We were seated all the way in the back of the restaurant/bar, in a room that I didn't even know existed, so apparently Buffalo Blues is bigger than I thought. It's nice that they have some tables away from the main bar area.\\n\\nI went for the Hot Veggie Sandwich with sweet potato fries, in some kind of attempt to be healthy. The sweet potato fries weren't too bad, with a good flaky crisp. The sandwich left something to be desired. It wasn't hot, first of all - I'd say the (slightly crumbly) bread had been toasted with the cheese, but all the veggie ingredients were cold, leaving an overall lukewarm effect on the sandwich. The hummus spread didn't taste much like hummus, and was thick and pastey instead of smooth and creamy. There wasn't a lot of exciting flavor, It was just belly-filler, really. I guess that's what I get for trying to order healthy here. \\n\\nI just wasn't much interested in it, and I don't think it was worth anywhere near $8. I better have a darn good sandwich if I'm paying $8. Also, it was relatively small in size - I don't have a huge appetite, so that wasn't a problem. But I guess I think an $8 sandwich should either be awesomely delicious, or big enough that I can take half home. Buffalo Blues was neither.\\n\\nNot particularly interested in returning for any reason.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 334, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00624", "text": "This U.S. is divided. It always has been. There was a north and south side before and now there is a liberal and conservative side. People will never agree on a solution because we can't even talk about it fairly and honestly. The only way I see to make everyone happy is to remove a significant amount of power and influence from Washington and give it back to the states. You're pro-choice, pro-gay marriage rights, etc. you live in these states. Feel different? Move to ones of these states. You're free to move about the country to a community that fits you. If the government would stay out of every issue but a few choice ones that effect us all, such as: national security issues, international relations and constitutional rights. We could cut the federal budget significantly if they stayed out of so much shit. In fact, why do I even send in a federal tax return. I should file a state return every year and the state can send in their share to the feds for national security, etc. Why do we do everything twice. For example, I live in Georgia. Why do we have an FBI when we already have a GBI that could handle everything within the state. Sure, we could use a national database for local police to coordinate but why have federal and state prisons. If the federal government stayed out of community standards (and all the major issues are) then we could free up enough cash to pay for social security, universal healthcare and all the other things that need to be fixed. For the conservatives that don't want tax funded healthcare for all, they can live in a state that doesn't have it and shut up. I know this is impossible (too much money and influence in Washington to give it up) and I'm sure there would be issues to be worked out but I see this impossible solution as the simplest and only reasonable solution to the problems that have paralyzed Washington.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 388, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00625", "text": "in my last sexual relationship, sex would generally last between 10 and 20 minutes. when it ended in that time frame, it meant that we finished together which was always the best way to finish. in that time frame my penis was constantly growing in sensitivity and the finish was fantastic and intense. on those occasions where she took a bit longer, i had to constantly back off from orgasms so she could finish. eventually, i would cross this line somewhere after 25 or 30 minutes of sex and my penis would lose much of its sensitivity. it still felt good, but a little more numb. Usually after this point i would ask her to finish me with her mouth - this was great because I love blow jobs and she loved the taste of herself on me. anyway, it became really obvious that i was significantly de-sensitized at this point because normally when she took me in her mouth as foreplay, it was incredibly intense. after a lot of sex, she needed to suck like a hoover and squeeze rather hard with her hands to get me off. The orgasm in this situation was always interesting because it would be this sudden burst of intensity during a period where she was being rather rough with me. so it was incredible and then i had to really plead with her to calm down and be really gentle as she brought me down. so i guess my question is, does this happen to other guys and, if so, about how long before you lose a lot of sensitivity? also, is there anything you can do to extend the amount of time your sensitivity grows before it crosses that thresh-hold and you lose some sensitivity?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00626", "text": "Let me start off by saying I am not a materialistic person by any means. I'm a delivery driver, and I made something like $8k last year. I don't have a lot. My clothes all have holes in them. I have 5 roommates to split rent with me. I live paycheck to paycheck, but I still have my gear. I am at a crossroads where I'm thinking of selling everything I own to move to a new city (I'm not even sure which city yet, if you have suggestions, I've lived in Phoenix for 19 years), but I can't bring myself to get rid of my instruments. My first drumset (which I still use), my 1st electric drumkit (Yamaha DTXPress that I saved up for in college), my first electric guitar (an Ibanez), my first Strat (Mexican), my mom's classical guitar, my Yamaha keyboard that my friend gave me before she moved to Canada, my pedals (especially my boss dd-20), my Crate Blue Voodoo 4x12, my 12 input mixer &amp; my Lexicon Alpha. All of this would save a lot of space in a new place, and would give me money, but it all means something to me. I'm afraid if I get rid of any of it that I'll regret it forever. Do any of you have similar experiences? Attachments to instruments that meant more than just the money they're worth?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00627", "text": "it can take on a different meaning if it's something that comes from the coach: \"Well, this is how we treat women and girls, and it's OK to talk about it and have a healthy conversation about it.\" We've reached more than 800 male athletes. Q. What kinds of results have you seen? Hall-Jiran: A new project update on Safer Tomorrows shows really exciting outcomes. Forty-six percent fewer students in grades 9-12 have reported that someone forced them to do something sexual that they did not want to do. Violence-related suspensions and expulsions are down 42 percent. Physical fights in schools, down 24 percent. Those are pretty awesome numbers. Q. Were these findings based on before-and-after surveys? Hall-Jiran: Right. We used a lot of the surveys that were already done in the school system, and then compared the results as the project progressed. We also in Grand Forks region have the lowest levels of dating violence at 33 percent lower than the rest of the state. And that's since the project started; before it started, we were actually higher than the rest of the state. Haga: The brain science of all this is fascinating. It is a touchy-feely method, but it's also a scientific truth that something is happening to the brains of our children when trauma is happening. And there are methods that we can use, if we know what to do and what to look for, that can heal those harms and actually change their brain science and actually prepare them even better. Hall-Jiran: And that changes generations. As you know, when someone has unresolved trauma and then they parent, there's no way it doesn't affect their kids. So it just goes on and on. I see that at CVIC, and I'm sad, because i think we should have been there for those kids 25 years ago the way we are now.", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 393, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00628", "text": "Not exactly a fan of this location, however I tend to frequent it because of my work location, but I always leave unsatisfied. The baristas are not friendly. I'm always always always made to feel like I'm stupid (seriously? i'm ordering coffee from you - who gave you a Masters Degree of all things brewed?) and they're just rude. Just.... rude. I've never had an issue with my order being accurate, although again, just ordering coffee people. I'm not asking you to recite the Gettysburg address.. in Latin.. backwards. Just asking for a coffee.. congrats on getting it right! I wwill also add that everytime I go in to this store, it smells.. bad. real bad. not like the delicious aroma of fresh brewed coffee. No no. You know those febreze commercials where they take the most disgusting atmosphere for smell and throw poor, unsuspecting victims in there to test the febreze-ee-ness of the area? Yeah, it's like that. Only with no febreze. \\n\\nTo sum it up, I would suggest if you're in the area and need some starbucks in your life, take a few extra steps and go to the one on the corner of 6th and penn. Those people are SUPER friendly (gave me a free coffee on new years day because I was on my way to work and realized I forgot my credit card after I ordered for me and my coworkers.. so nice!) and it smells like a coffee shop should smell - like coffee. WHOA.. mind. blown.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 328, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00629", "text": "So, I was browsing OkCupid a while back (3 or 4 days ago) and my house mate saw a profile of a girl he found interesting, so he signed up. Completed his profile, and messaged the girl for a while. They've been chatting since (for these past 3-4 days) and chatting with web-cam and exchanged personal facts and such. I'm thinking they definitely know each other well now. However, he's feeling pretty stuck as to what to do now. He's under the impression he knows her as well as he can online. Under usual circumstances I'd recommend meeting up for coffee or a cinema date or something like that, but the problem is its a ~150 mile gap. Getting there and back for him is not a problem, but the effort of doing so over such as distance makes him think, quite sensibly, that is will put forward a much bigger impression than is usual for a casual first date. But he doesn't want to keep too much on the online only in case of the friend zone danger, which I suppose may be possible. Him: Not had a g/f before. Virgin. 22. Her: 21. Seems to match his personality really well (spookily so). tl;dr - Virgin house mate chatting with a girl online recently who he really digs (sorry, 'reddits' ;)), but wants to make the relationship more (and offline) but she lives quite a distance. He doesn't want to end up in the friend zone. Disclaimer: This is actually 'a friend' - trust me, I'd be using a throw away otherwise. :)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 335, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00630", "text": "I can't believe this place got a bad rating!!! Sure, it's not a 5-star restaurant, but you can't beat the price or the food!!!\\nWhy would you order french fries at a Greek restaurant? I want everyone to disregard the previous bad rating about this place. \\nI live about a block away from Salonika's, and I absolutely love it. The first time I went in, I noticed that it was rockin while every restaurant nearby was empty. Very good sign, trust me!!\\nSure, there are no waiters. You order at the front counter and linger around until your food is ready, but I've never had to wait more than a few minutes. \\nThe food is absolutely amazing!!! And cheap!!! My boyfriend loves the chicken with pasta, which is exactly what it says it is: pasta with chunks of chicken. It is lightly seasoned, but no heavy sauces. And it's amazingly filling. \\nI always get the Greek salad or the pastitsio. The greek salad comes loaded with onions, feta, olives, and jalapeno peppers that are marinated in some kind of garlic marinade. And there is always enough dressing!!! Homemade dressing at that. \\nThe pastitsio is definitely an acquired taste. It's like a greek lasagne, but without cheese. It consists of a large layer of very spiced beef, then layers of noodles and a cream sauce. \\nI bring a lot of friends to Salonika's when they trek downtown to hang-out with me, and EVERY SINGLE PERSON I have introduced to this place absolutely LOVES IT!!! I usually make them get a gyro, and I can't tell you how many of my friends will go back up for another one because they are so good. The gyro meat is fresh, in fact they carve it right there. \\nThere is also a bar in the back of the restaurant. I kind of wish it wasn't there because it attracts some \\\"unsavories\\\" and takes away from the atmosphere in the restaurant. But you can't win them all.\\nKeep in mind that this is a cash-only establishment, so hit the ATM on the way. \\nYou will not be disappointed with this place. This place is really a gem!!!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 466, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00631", "text": "Here's my take on why a tiny convention of less than 1,100 people was *the news* for days: Back in September 2008 there was a convention with over 10,000 people who organized the first \"tea party protests\". They were supporters of Ron Paul, and knew that their convention, across the river from the GOP convention going on at the same time, would garner little or no media attention. They were shown to be correct, as the media gave it little or no coverage. They were very, very outspoken against the GOP, they were outspoken against the Constitution shredding Patriot Act and the neoconservative foreign policy of Bush. Fast forward to this past weekend when the current Tea party, which has been thoroughly co-opted by the GOP, holds a small convention with an exorbitant entry fee. The convention bars The Campaign for Liberty. They bring in Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker. CNN covers it nearly every hour for days. Why? -- Because this convention was essential in the neoconservatives taking the reigns of the Tea Party. If Sarah Palin can be pushed in as the leader of the Tea Party then it will be yet another group supporting the neoconservative foreign policy. -- Because if Sarah Palin can be pushed in as the leader of the Tea Party and runs in 2012 as a Republican then that will pull the Tea Party voters away from the Libertarian party and back into the GOP. Now here's my question for you: From 2001 - 2008 it was very clear that there were many people upset with the foreign policy of Bush. Why are many of those same people sitting quietly when a group that opposes that foreign policy is being splintered and destroyed by GOP insiders?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 351, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00632", "text": "I've been reading about how Internet Explorer is the bane of web developers because it dosn't follow any standards and things don't work, work differently or require an entirely different way to go about solving problems at times. What is so hard about making your website/services work 100% with Webkit, Mozzila and IE8? I use chrome and home on windows, Firefox at home on Linux and IE8 at work. I am so suprised how it seems that 90% of websites have one problem or another in one of these three browsers. Reddit locks up when expanding comments in IE8, I can't pay my electric bill in chrome and Firefox seems to have the best support, I don't have any immediete examples of that not working. What makes it so hard? Is it really so bad to pick different scripts written for each browser based on whatever part is screwy? I really have not done web development so I'm just curious. If I need rendering to work between different platforms, I write a layer above the implementation and based on the platform pick a different layer. If your forum has quirks in IE8 can't you do a check and say, \"IE8 detected, run the IE8 script that does the same thing but makes it work in IE8\". I'm starting to loose faith in webdevelopers, I figured with 10+ years of different browsers you guys would have figured out how to make your website work with just three of them.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00633", "text": "can make a difference. If the parents aren't able to be present in a child's life, who else can step up? Q. What kind of programs did you offer that helped bring about your results? Hall-Jiran: At CVIC and elsewhere, we were involved in the actual counseling and intervention piece. We knew that the awareness-building and school-based efforts would lead to huge referrals, which they did. We saw a 213 percent increase in the number of kids that we served over that time, and we helped nearly 1,000 children through the trauma. And so, some of the results we're seeing, 96 percent of kids that go through our programming have an increase in their coping skills and their emotional well-being. That's going to lead to better grades at school, and is reflected in a lot of the results that we've been finding. Janell Regimbal, vice president of children and family services at Lutheran Social Services: At the school level, the programming goes from that preschool age with our Al's Pals program—which is helping those younger kids know how to deal with conflict, to respect and understand differences, to regulate their own emotions better—all the way up to the high school. And in the high schools—to use just one example—we're involved with the Fourth R. That's a curriculum that looks beyond reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic to the fourth R, which is relationships. It helps kids understand how to form and treat relationships. It's an evidence-based curriculum that the health teachers are able to take and infuse into what they're already doing. So that's a unique aspect. It's not just middle school or elementary school, but that entire span of childhood and adolescence, such an important time in the growth and development of kids. Jody Thompson, assistant superintendent for Grand Forks Public Schools: Pete referred to the sunsetting and the sunrising. The sunrise part of the plan is that we've had multiple staff members who've been trained nationally in the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, a research-based and nationally proven model that involves surveys, curriculum and training. And Olweus is one that has just blended perfectly with our character-education themes and what we would do normally. We're big on the sustainability. Thanks to Safer Tomorrows, we were the recipients of some outstanding training and curriculum expertise. As a school district, we don't take that very lightly, because we haven't had to pay", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00634", "text": "You wouldn't expect a 73-year-old to be on the crime beat, but Maximino Rodriguez Palacios couldn't help himself, says Cuauhtemoc Morgan, editor of the Baja California news blog Colectivo Pericu. \"It was totally by chance,\" he tells NPR. \"In November 2014, Max called me about a shooting near his home in La Paz. And then he sent me a story and photos about what happened. From that moment, he was our crime reporter.\" Rodriguez's passion to cover crime led to his death. Gunned down Friday as he pulled up in front of a supermarket, he became the fourth journalist murdered in Mexico in just six weeks. The country continues to be one of the deadliest places in the world to report the news. For decades, Rodriguez had worked in journalism and in public relations for the state government. He came out of retirement to take up the crime beat for Colectivo Pericu, and in the following years his work became increasingly important. His home state, Baja California Sur, has become one of Mexico's most violent in recent months as drug cartels fought over the territory. In January 2017 the state recorded its most murders ever in a single month. Through this, Rodriguez built up a following. A Facebook Live video from April 5 got more than 15,000 views. In it, he runs up to the police tape around a crime scene and, winded, tells his audience that the subject is dead. The victim would turn out to be a plainclothes police officer. Several police officers had been murdered in recent months, and Rodriguez chased the story. In the last column he wrote for Colectivo Pericu, he cited anonymous sources to identify the leader of a local cartel as the mastermind. But this turned deadly. \"Our comments sections [on the blog] are open, so it has become routine for us to receive threats there,\" says Morgan. Rodriguez's final column had five comments on it. Four were threats. Among expletives, one comment ominously reads, \"You're lighting the candles for your own funeral, Max.\" Three days later, Rodriguez was dead. His bullet-riddled car was the exact kind of crime scene he would have run to cover, camera phone in hand. On Sunday night, the state attorney general's office said that ballistics tests showed that the firearm used against Rodriguez was the same one used in the killing of", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00635", "text": "Sandcastle Water Park in P-Burgh was just \\\"okay\\\" for me. I really think that this place is geared towards children more so than adults or \\\"family\\\" because there isn't much fun here for people older than 16. The water slides here were lacking. There were very few of them and the majority of them are boring. The last time I was there (not too long ago) there weren't any extremely modern slides like a tornado slide, so they really have some updating to do. \\n\\nThey do have an \\\"adult pool\\\" and bar area but it was so packed that it was hard to actually have fun in this area. The pool is very small, similar to one you'd find at a hotel chain. It has a hot tub area but it sits about 8 adults max. and people were fighting tooth and nail to get in. It wasn't too impressive to me. \\n\\nThey also have a lazy river at this park and, while I do enjoy lazy rivers, this one was so packed that it was hard to breathe. People kept bumping into me and touching me and it made me grossed out. \\n\\nThe one attraction that I did enjoy was the wave pool. It was crowded as well but large enough to fit everybody comfortably. The water was nice and clean (a big plus) and the wave action was strong. I could have stayed in there for the entire time we were at the park.\\n\\nOverall, this place is just mediocre. It doesn't \\\"wow\\\" me very much but if you live in the area, have kids, and are looking for somewhere to go in the summer other than the mall, it'll provide them with a lot of fun.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 352, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00636", "text": "Not being from the area, I traveled an hour to come here from Uniontown, PA. I was excited! I haven't been to this Dave and Buster's since I was younger and was ready to go back and play me some games! I went with my cousins, mind you, we hadn't ate all day and were very hungry. So, we decided to do the Eat & Play Combo, naturally. Here's where it gets bad. First of all, we get a very snobby hostess that shows us to our table. Then, we wait...and wait...and finally after about 25 mins we get a waitress. Her name was Ashley. We had plenty of time to decide what we wanted, so we quickly put our order in. Next, we were sitting and talking, waiting, we had empty glasses and our waitress had never even come around to see if we needed refills except for one time. She said she'd come back right away with our refills...yea, right. 20 mins later we get our refills. Mind you, our food still hasn't came yet. I see other people getting their food that had come in after us. I was frustrated. After waiting 45 mins for our food, I asked to speak with a manager. One of the servers who I asked replied rudely with \\\"Well, he's really busy right now. I doubt he'll be able to come out and talk to you\\\". Finally, 15 mins later...that's one hour, folks. We get our food. What do you think the next problem was? Yep, the food was cold. I was completely fed up at this point, and told my waitress how disappointed I was, especially after driving one hour just to have this terrible service. The manager never came to speak with me, and we didn't even receive our meals for free. The only compensation we got were $10 game cards. Woopty-doo. The only thing good about this place is the games, but the prizes you get for your tickets are all junk and worthless. So, in conclusion...I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE WATERFRONT DAVE AND BUSTERS OF HOMESTEAD, PA. It was horrible, and I will not be returning for a very long time!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 469, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00637", "text": "Please tell me that I'm not the only one who thought spoiler shared mannerisms and a keen likeness with Sawyer? I nearly shat bricks when I saw it! It very well might be coincidental, but I'm going to wager that we saw his father, because: * This plot twist is exactly the sort of thing LOST would do. Over the last five seasons, we've gradually seen that each character has *some* relationship to one another in unexpected ways. * One of the big season 3 mysteries is related to how Anthony Cooper * If this was Sawyer's father, then I'm also going to wager that we'll see how Jacob or perhaps the Man in Black manipulated Anthony Cooper (or impersonated him) in order to kick off the chain reaction of events which ultimately brought Sawyer and Locke to the island. Although it's totally plausible that Sawyer's father was alive in the X time line if you suppose that Jacob wasn't around to put Anthony Cooper in the right place at the right time, this still leaves a few things unexplained: * How did Locke end up a wheelchair? Even if Anthony Cooper didn't cause the deaths of Sawyer's parents, I guess he could have still pushed Locke out the window. Or maybe it was something else like that DEA agent who conned Locke shooting him in the spine? * In the island timeline, Sawyer is returning from Australia where he was pursuing the man he thought was Anthony Cooper. But if Anthony Cooper wasn't around to fuck up his life, then why did he go to Australia? Anyone have a screen cap to confirm?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00638", "text": "The project I'm working on requires me to write lots of repetitive code. For example, if I want to load a image file called \"logo.png\" in my code, I would write something like this: Bitmap logoImage; ... // Init logoImage = load(\"logo.png\") ... // Usage logoImage.draw(0, 0); .. // Cleanup logoImage.release(); Having to write this code to use every new image is a pain, including having to specify that logoImage should load the file \"logo.png\". As I'm working on a Java Android game and images are used a lot in inner loops, I really want to avoid slow things like making virtual function calls and e.g. accessing arrays/maps/object fields when I can avoid it. Copying an idea from the Android API (the generated R class), I thought I could run a utility before compiling to generate some of this repetitive code for me. For example, the actual code in the project file would be reduced to just this: logoImage.draw(0, 0); Using some command-line tools (e.g. grep, sed), I can look for every instance of \"&lt;Image name&gt;Image.draw(...\" and then generate the other required code automatically i.e. code to load/release the file &lt;Image name&gt;.png and declare \"Bitmap logoImage\" somewhere. This code could either be added to a new class or I could add placeholders in my code that told the code generator where to insert the generated code. To display a new image, all I would need to do is just copy the image file to the right directory and add one line of code. Nice and simple. This avoid approaches like creating an array of images, defining labelled int constants to references the array and having to specify which filename to load. Is this a really bad idea? It seems a bit of a hack but I can see no easier way of doing this and it does seem to drastically clean up my code. Are there any standard tools for doing this simple kind of code generation (i.e. the tool doesn't need to understand the meaning of the code)? Does anyone else do things like this to make up for language features?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 444, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00639", "text": "Fiber will be heading next. Six potential cities—Portland, OR, San Jose, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Tampa, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Phoenix, AZ—are listed as places the company is exploring. SEE: Louisville and the Future of the Smart City (a ZDNet/TechRepublic special report) William Hahn, an analyst at Gartner, said going to even one-third of those cities next year would be impressive for Google Fiber. However, he said he doesn't foresee a shift in the market in the next two years. The next big gamechanger? The rollout of 5G, which will give providers more wireless to potentially play with in cities and hard-to-reach rural areas. In five US cities in 2018, Verizon plans to roll out 5G fixed wireless, which will compete directly with fiber in speed and low latency. Antlitz said it's probable that Fiber will collaborate with incumbent ISPs to target unserved and underserved communities, including those in emerging markets and harder-to-reach rural spots. \"I think they don't want to be an ISP,\" Antlitz said. \"They're trying to prove a point.\" The point? That faster, 1 gigabit internet can be affordable—and that the existing ISPs just needed a push. \"They got what they wanted,\" Antlitz added. Stay informed, click here to subscribe to the TechRepublic Next Big Thing newsletter. Subscribe Also see", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 304, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00640", "text": "It seems police issues have been huge on Reddit as of late. I have seen some valid issues and concerns, as well as some wild untruths and misconceptions. I thought I would come on the IAMA sub to provide a forum where I could candidly answer some of your questions and maybe convince you that I am not a racist, cruel, thug out to beat you up and kick your puppy. I will give you my resume and some of my reasons for taking my chosen profession here. I was a long haired freak in high school, I wore all black, smoked cigarettes and hung out with theater geeks. I went to art school (graphic design) at a super liberal East Coast college out of high school. Promptly dropped out after 3 years (chasing women and drinking too much High Life). After that I worked at a coffee shop for a year and then, on a whim, enlisted in the military. Went to war, came back, did ROTC at a big ol' East Coast University. Double majored, Magna Cum Laude and commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer. Did that for a while and got interested in investigative work. Considered the FBI, but hate everywhere except where I live and don't want to move. Decided to take a position in my State's Police. In this organization everyone is \"on the road\" for a certain number of years before they do anything else. My State has a full service State Police, not just highway guys. That is that. Also, I am 29 years old. Maybe a little older than most of you out there. Just wanted to try to convince you that I am not an overweight, philistine from some scary backwood. I am just a guy, who like you, reads Reddit almost everyday. Seriously, ask me anything and I will do my best to give you an honest answer about why police do some things the way they do.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 393, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00641", "text": "Hi all, I know for some V-day can be a downer. So if it is for you, I apologize in advance. But this is not what I want to discuss... so please refrain from slamming the said day and please only post if you can contribute to my actual question. I have been with the same lady for just about 4 years now. Every V-day, I've tried to do something thoughtful for my lady that is within my means. Now, I’m not rich or anything but I try to be different without being too over the top. I've done the dozen roses at work, nice dinners and last year I surprised her with a new kitty. This year I have a lot in the way of finances to consider and so the budget isn't very high... I would love to definitely stay well under the $100 mark (going on vacation for the first time in 3 years at the end of the month!). Anyway, I would love to hear suggestions on what to do this year or even some of your past experiences. I always strive to do something that she wouldn’t expect, something different that makes her feel like the only woman in the world. You know, like a princess. Help me knock her off her feet this year! *Note: We have had a slightly rough patch a few days ago that we’re trying to get through and doing this right would really be great step in the right direction to forgetting our little tiff. Thanks for taking the time to read this and helping me out. Cheers,", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 310, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00642", "text": "Well, it's been in the works for quite some time, but I'm finally going to get the chance to go on the hockey road trip I've been planning. My gf and I are huge hockey fans and have been hoping to take a trip to see some great hockey games. Our schedule (leaving from Washington DC): Weds, Feb 3: Adriondack Phantoms at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Thurs, Feb 4: Vancouver Canucks at Ottawa Senators (NHL) Fri, Feb 5: Belleville Bulls at Ottawa 67's (OHL) Sat, Feb 6: Pittsburgh Penguins at Montreal Canadiens (NHL) Sun, Feb 7: Barrie Colts at Oshawa Generals (OHL) Mon, Feb 8: San Jose Sharks at Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) Tues, Feb 9: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres (NHL) Weds, Feb 10: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) You may guess this from the schedule lineup, but we're both displaced Penguins fans living in DC. I'm thinking of starting up a blog to document the travels - especially if feedback is good. My main question to you, reddit - Anybody have any advice? Cool places to check out in any of these cities? Anything I *must* do doing my journey? Anything you'd like to see documented? I'm unbelievably excited about this trip and would like to share the experience with all of you.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00643", "text": "Hey guys, this is a throwaway account as I'm not sure if she goes on here or not. I'll try to keep this as direct as I can. Any of your advice you been extremely appreciated. We are both in our late teens/early 20's. I've known her (as far as being friends) for a few months now. She admitted to me one day that she liked me a lot and I did as well. We both go to the same college together so I asked if I could meet up with her and tell her what I'm feeling. So what am I feeling? TBO, I really want to go out with her but I'm a single college freshman living with my parents. She is also but she does have a child which I have no idea how to handle and I know that she IS looking for something long term. She's not being clingy or anything like that she just wants to have a legitimate relationship which I can understand. I just feel like this is way out of my league but I really like her and she does as well. What I don't want to happen is for me to say yes and if it goes well, put off taking it to the next level because of me. I don't want to do that to her. What should I do? EDIT: I sat down and talked to her today and told her what I was thinking. She understood and agreed to just stay friends. Wasn't mad about it at all but I can tell she already figured I was going to say no. I feel really bad but I think it's for the best, and we still are talking and being great friends. Thanks for the advice guys.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 344, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00644", "text": "Was I scared of flying after 9/11? No. Was I scared of going on trains after the 7/7 attacks in London? No. Was I scared to fly after the Glasgow attack and the pants bomber? Not in the slightest. However today, the terrorists won their fight against my freedom. I've never gone through a security scanner without being picked out and patted down. This essentially means that from now on every time I go to the airport I will have to subject myself to a stranger looking at me naked. And that **does** make me think twice before booking a flight. Well done, terrorists. I managed to last 21 years before your antics affected my thought process. Good game, good game. **Edit:** I would just like to say to the overwhelming amount of people linking me not wanting to be seen naked to my penis size... Well done. You are so correct. That is the only reason I don't want a naked scan of myself. Have you ever thought that maybe we shouldn't HAVE to be seen naked to be deemed safe? That maybe the only way to detect a pants bomber ISN'T to strip down naked, but to properly vet the people going onto the plane? Possibly using information handed to you on a plate marked \"LAP THIS SHIT UP, THIS IS PRIME INTEL\"? But you're right. I should just go through the scanners so people don't think I have a small penis! Because that's the only reason someone wouldn't want to get the scan, right?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 312, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00645", "text": "I'm not talking gnash here. I'm talking about something incompatible but fills some of the same niche. Gnash is aiming for a known target. I'm asking what target would people like to be aiming for. Some people do not think that content like this should exist, If that is you then this is not the thread you are looking for, move along. For people who want something that flash does, but open. What are those things? I am actually working on something, and I'll be making a project page on google code shortly. It is of course incomplete and needs work, but it already does some things that have impressed some people. quoth one notable flash developer \"Make haxe output to it, I'll love you long time\" What I'm making Will not satisfy all of you, people have too many conflicting ideas to make the possible ever. What I'm aiming for is to provide a solution for a niche that people actually want. I'm asking this now before I put up the project page because I'd like to get some opinions on what people want without them being a reflection on what I have provided. There may be little overlap between the two. so be it. What I'm aiming for is neither a superset nor a subset of Flash's capabilities. Later I'll add some thought as to what I think flash does provide that I think are good things to have. A lot of them are not bullet point features, but boring architectural things that quite possibly matter more.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 303, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00646", "text": "Reddit, I dearly need your help; as I cannot afford the $300 fine for this, and I was honestly not guilty here. I was clocked going 59 on a Texas freeway, while making an exit on the exit ramp. The exit ramp one of those yellow \"advisory\" speed signs at 40mph such as this. Cop claimed I was speeding on the offramp. Highway speed = 60, Offramp speed = 40, **I was traveling 59 MPH** therefore speeding on the offramp. The cost to pay will be $300. He said those yellow signs ARE THE LAW. ===== The Texas Administrative Code]( states in regards to **advisory speed signs [like this.**: (2) Exit ramps. The Exit Speed or Ramp Speed signs (W13-2 and W13-3) are intended for use where engineering investigations of roadway, geometric, or operating conditions show the necessity of **advising** drivers of the maximum **recommended speed** on a ramp.* I read ADVISORY SIGN, SUGGESTED, RECOMMENDED SPEED as to be a helpful hint for safe driving, and not a legal obligation. I was taught only white signs are regulatory by law in drivers ed. ------------------------- ==== * How can I prepare for the court process in Texas? * Any good guides to handling this? Most are e-books online for $70 saying \"GET OUT OF THIS TICKET; EVEN IF YOU'RE GUILTY!!!\" and look sketchy. * Lawyers are quoting me around $500. I don't trust a lawyer, once I hired one for $70 on something similar and they just got me defensive driving and still costed me a ton I've got major bills and will be financially ruined by this. I really need your advise guys. ==== DETAILS: I live in Lewisville, TX I was stopped in the Town of Hickory Creek, a small town where tickets are probably a big source of income.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 404, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00647", "text": "I am an 18 year old (currently) Mormon male attending BYU, and I don't believe it's true any more. Looking at everything through a non-biased viewpoint, it's hard to believe I lasted this long in this sea of nonsense. And here comes the hard part. I somehow have to tell my hardcore, lifelong Mormon parents. I called my mom today, and she told me how excited she was that my mission was coming up, and how she hoped I would go to Germany, where her mom was from, and all the preparations we would go through, and how proud she was, and I almost started crying. Hopefully sometime this month she'll be coming up to visit me, but I don't know what I'm gonna do then. Reddit, you are my entire social life, and most of the rest of my life too, so tell me, what am I supposed to do here? Update: So, during that phone call I told you about, I briefly mentioned in passing that there was something I wanted to tell her in person. Apparently, her imagination got the better of her and she just called me begging to know what it was. I just did it. Hardest thing I've ever done. My hands are still shaking. That was a conversation full of long awkward pauses. The worst part was near the end, I could hear her crack and start crying. Thanks everyone for all the advice but damn, this sucks. And by the way, my real account is TheTwilightPrince. Now that I've done it I might as well let everyone know.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 322, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00648", "text": "I'm giving this the ok rating, I am not an experienced climber but a beginner. The last climb I went out was a real one in Utah with my brother who got me all harnessed up only to instruct me to place my foot and hand level with my head and pull myself up . You can imagine how that went with my golden retriever feverish barking and running below instructing my brother to let me down lol.\\n\\nSo for a beginner I found the price to be ok I went with a group and paid 16$ for shoe rental and I guess climbing fee? We stayed for about two hours. We went on a Saturday it was very crowded probably 15-30 people in the place but there are so many choices you can still get a wall. There were several beginner climbs that are easy for anyone with a shred of upper body strength. Then some V2 and V3 and V4, the other beginner gals I was climbing with found there was a pretty big variation from the VB to V2 on some of the climbs. So sometimes it was better just not to follow the stickers completely if you're a beginner but still looking for variation while bouldering. \\n\\nI think safety-wise things are bit of a liability here, walls are high, mats are very old and very few. Also lots of people don't follow the basic rules including teenagers who are there alone. So be cautious of your space an d others space and consider fatigue when getting to the top of those walls with your hands all sweaty. \\n\\nI also expected it to be a little larger based on the website photos, but I understand that this is Pittsburgh not a city with room for a huge gym like out west. I also think if they were to build a bigger newer gym here with higher climbs, then you would be looking at paying $25 and up. \\n\\nMy biggest complaint is that you can only do lessons at certain times with a harness, this makes it harder for beginners to get in and get a feel. I did complete one or two V7 or V8. Just to push myself but I would have had more fun if I had the support of a rope so the next time I go back I will consider classes. Which costs a little bit more but oh well. Class times are limited check the website.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 476, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00649", "text": "I was downtown with some friends yesterday, checking things out. There were throngs of people everywhere. People out with their kids. People out with their dogs. Art installations. Street performers. Everyone seems to be having a pretty fantastic time. As I approach the corner of Granville and Georgia, I notice the sound of a young man's voice amplified over a loudspeaker. As I get closer, I realize he's espousing the virtues of accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior. There are about 4-5 other people standing near him trying to hand out pamphlets on the subject. I couldn't help but notice the wide berth almost everyone on the street was giving these people, how few people were accepting pamphlets, or the crowd of Canadian hockey fans that walked by and booed loudly at the speaker. I also couldn't help but notice the tone of what the speaker was saying. Do you feel empty? Are you unhappy? Is there something missing? Are you scared? Turn to Jesus and everything will be fine. If you don't, well shit... you better watch out. I was annoyed - for the same reason as the hockey fans I imagine - that these people took it upon themselves to come downtown on a beautiful day and attempt to throw their wet blanket over everybody within earshot. But I was equally amused to see them trying it. Sunny, 15 degrees, thousands of people on the street in a great mood and enjoying life in a city full of excitement... and you're on a bench asking people if they're unhappy? If they feel empty? That's what you're selling? Really? Good luck with that. TL;DR - nobody paid attention to religious crier on streets of Vancity during olympics and I was happy to see it.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 361, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00650", "text": "I stayed at the Pennsylvanian for about a month in one of the Corporate Apartments. This place is old. I believe it used to be a hub for trains and buses.\\n\\nThe outside looks nice but the hallways to the rooms look a little dingy. There was mildew on the floors of my bathroom and bathtub. The washer and dryer was old. There was rust on some of the door hinges. The dresser, fixtures, coffee table, dining table, and dining chairs looked new and modern. The carpet for the most part was clean. The sofa looked old and was not comfortable. The bedsheets had yellow stains on them. I did not use the comforter and one of the layers. The Pennsylvanian has a maid service option with 1 week or 2 week intervals. I am not sure if they even changed or washed my bedsheets because they all had the same yellow stains? wtf?\\n\\nThe views from the apartment is nice, but the windows are hard to see through since the window screens are dirty.\\n\\nThe kitchen is ok. The corporate apartment comes with a fullsized fridge, dishwasher, coffee maker, silverware, platewear, pots and pans. There is also an iron and ironing board. There is also a 22 inch? CRT-TV with about 100 cable channels. I had a router for internet but it was taken away from me 2 weeks into my stay. The Pennsylvanian claimed Comcast took it away without even telling me. They did not offer me a chance to pay for it.\\n\\nThe fitness room was nice. There are treadmills, elliptical machines, pullup bars, and other various machines. There are even a few sets of dumbells. I never used the sauna, so I cannot comment on that.\\n\\nThere is a 24 hour concierge that is always helpful and friendly. There is also an option to sign up for a dry-cleaning service, which is outsourced to another company. You drop your dirty clothes into a room and pick it up a few days later after it has been cleaned. This is rather expensive as well. Everyone who has a dry-cleaning Key has access to this room. Thieves could come in and steal your clothes.\\n\\nIf I had an option, I would not stay at the Pennsylvanian again.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 485, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00651", "text": "Sadly I've been here a few times because it's a crowd pleaser when my girlfriend's parents come down to visit. There's nothing really WRONG with it. The portions are big and the food is \\\"alright\\\" and the interior gives you the superficial impression that you're encountering fine dining.\\n\\nThe food is sooooo bland though. Everything you get at P.F. Chang's you can get elsewhere in Pittsburgh at a much lower cost and it'll be made with more precision and have better flavor. The honey chicken at P.F. Chang's was so mediocre all I could think about while eating it was heading over to Wai Wai in Bloomfield and getting a tastier order of it for 8 bucks.\\n\\nLast time we were there the server was horrendous as well. I don't think I've ever felt as awkward at a restaurant. He brought my girlfriend's father (Don) his unsweetened tea then told him he didn't bring sugar because he asked for it sweetened and then did not understand the concept of sweetening it yourself. He then got all huffy when Don kept asking for it and actually seemed angry at us. When he came back to take our order Don ordered for himself and his wife and before Janey (my girlfriend) and I could order he had already started to walk away. We actually had to yell out to get him to come back and finish our order. (not in an uncivilized or malicious way, either) After that he must have thought we were terrible diners (I don't think I've ever been impolite to someone who is currently at work, or ANYONE for that matter) and he showed it by being silent and plopping things down in a passive aggressive way. It was really embarrassing and every time he came by the conversation died.\\n\\nObviously the attitude of one idiot who can't hide his bad day well doesn't really have anything to do with the restaurant. But it's soooooo bland! Go somewhere else for Chinese! Look up Chinese on Urbanspoon and it'll give you a variety of good, local places to choose from at half the price.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 440, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00652", "text": "TME = tell me everything. Ok trees, I've now smoked a grand total of one time (I *did* get high, though), and I've decided that I'd like to do it again. So, I have a load of questions for you. **What sorts of prices can I expect to pay for pot?** How much is one high's worth of marijuana (in grams, ounces, etc.)? **How would one go about growing your own pot (how to get seeds, how to grow, how to harvest).** If I buy pot, how will it be given to me? As leaves, ground up, etc. How do I get it from that state to the correct state for smoking? **Should I invest in a vapor genie? Anything bigger is a little bulky and beyond my budget.** How can I hide this from my (unusually observant) parents? **How risky is this in Virginia?** I only plan on smoking (or vaping) a couple times a month, is this a lot/too little/average? **How much should I buy at a time?** How long does it take to get high? Thanks, ents. EDIT: I'd like answers to all the questions, if possible. I bolded some of them to break up the \"wall of text\", since I had some issues with the bulleting. EDIT AGAIN: Thanks for the great answers, one more question: How would I go about cooking brownies or cookies? How much time would this take, what sort of smell, how much pot is required? And does it affect the high at all?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 331, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00653", "text": "Apologies on the delay in posting. Today we're gonna talk about three words: this, that, and that (far away object - over there). This seems pretty straightforward but very useful in learning the Korean languages. - This: 이것 (written), 이거 (spoken) - That: 그것 (written), 그거 (spoken) - That (over there): 저것 (written), 저거 (spoken) So some simple examples of how to use these words: 1) 그것 뭐야? What is that? (Used for close proximity to the object). In the case of an object far away write (or speak) 저것 뭐야? 2) 저거 누구예요? Who is that? 3) 이것 누구 책이에요? Whose book is this? Pretty easy no? How about places? Let's talk about the words: here, there, there (far away). - Here: 여기 - There: 거기 - There (far away): 저기 You'll probably notice these are very similar to one another. Hopefully this makes things easier, rather than harder. Some examples: 1) 지금 거기 희남 있어요? Is Heenam there now? 2) 여기는 미국이에요. This is America. 3) 제 가방은 저기 있어요. My bag is over there. - If you are having difficulty on this topic, here's a link. **So, questions/comments on this lesson?** EDIT: Thanks *roflburger* for bringing up a good point I missed. You can also use these pronouns to demonstrate, or point our a particular noun. Think as if you are pointing to the noun you are talking about. In this case you use: - 이 + noun = this noun ---&gt; Ex: 이책은 재미있어요. (This book is interesting.) - 그 + noun = that noun ---&gt; Ex: 그사람은 한국사람 이에요. (That person is Korean.) - 저 + noun = that noun over there ---&gt; Ex. 저건물이 뭐예요? (What building is that over there?) - 어느 + noun = which noun ---&gt; 어느극장이 뭐예요? (Which theater is this?)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 465, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00654", "text": "I decided to finally give Lost a shot after hearing years worth of grand praise mixed with very vocal frustration. I'm about half way through the first season and I'm already starting to see why people complain. I just finished episode 12 (the one with Kate's case), and sat there thinking, \"W(hy)TF did I just watch that?\" In the episode before (trying not to be specific to not spoil anyone else here) someone disappeared, and two other characters made what appeared was going to be a significant discovery. Those two storylines were barely mentioned in the next episode. I can understand glossing over certain plot points to visit another part of the story, but a person is missing, possibly in grave danger, and suddenly it's like it never happened. The characters who were desperately searching in the last episode are now going about their daily business. Say wha? So I figured if the wagon wheels are starting to rattle already in the first season, I'm going to run out of patience quick when I get to the episodes that people really complain about. So I hit the internets in search of an \"essential episodes\" type of list. Here's one I came up with: There's at least one suggestion there on a few episodes to skip, and apparently it's also an option to just go straight to season four and watch the recap there. Any Lost experts have an opinion? Am I going to be missing out if I don't slog though every episode? I have a hard time believing any good story takes almost 90 hours to tell (121 episodes * 44 minutes), but I'll try and plow through if it's worth it. Thanks in advance, and no spoilers please!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 347, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00655", "text": "So one night I had this dream (wall o' text incoming): I was sitting in my friend's basement watching a movie when suddenly, the ceiling started crumbling into lava (???). Clearly, the right course of action was to hide behind the clothes in the closet that just happened to be the closet from my childhood bedroom. After the lava subsided, pretty much everything had burned down and I found myself climbing over rocks down towards the beach. There, I found my former roommate and her dad walking the beach. The waves were pretty big and I noticed that the water kept getting pulled farther and farther back. I knew what that meant. Tsunami. I yelled to my friend and her dad and they managed to get to a rowboat in time. The water slammed over me. I fought up to the surface and climbed up into their rowboat. We row the boat to shore (which apparently takes days) and start looking for other survivors. We find my brother, some other adults, and a group of young children. My brother and his band have built some low concrete bunkers. He tells me that he has something very important to show me. He ushers me into a dark room and I see something that looks almost like a pinball machine. My brother explains that it is a super computer he has built called The Construct and without it society would be lost. He tells me that we must protect The Construct at all costs. Years pass. The children grow. When they reach the right age, a ritual is performed involving dark cloaks and they get to see The Construct and learn to protect it. One day, I don't watch a child closely enough and he spills water into it. The Construct becomes sentient. Letters materialize and spell out a message that I lost as soon as I woke up. I wake up. The next night, I had the same dream except that I was lucid. I realized while I was in my friend's basement that, not only was I dreaming, but that I had dreamed the same dream before. Unfortunately, no one else in the first part of my dream believed me. My brother believed me though and the two of us helped correct mistakes that our little society of survivors had made the last time around. I also showed him how to pour water into The Construct and help it become sentient. Very, very strange in all. Any ideas?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 482, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00656", "text": "Hello 2X. I am a male but am young enough to have grown up when all the equality stuff was being pushed on kids. I'm not at all annoyed about that. I feel there is much less intrinsic sexism and racism in me than in previous generations. When I see blatant examples of such from not that long ago (especially the 50s, yikes) it boggles my mind. All progress aside, there are lots of oddly male oriented customs and institutions that bother me. The naming conventions around marriage and children really bother me as being entirely male-centric. I realize some cultures it works the other way around but that's just as bad--I want a middle ground. My idea is for males to be named &lt;First name&gt; &lt;Mother's surname&gt; &lt;Father's surname&gt; and females the other way around, &lt;First name&gt; &lt;Father's surname&gt; &lt;Mother's surname&gt;. It has the benefits of being easy to follow back direct male and direct female lineages. It does complicate other relational paths but does make it easier to follow, stepping through each generation. As far as marriage goes I see no reason for anyone to take the others name. Hyphenation is awkward. As probably the most reasonable and diverse group of ladies on reddit, I was wondering what you thought of this? Stupidly complicated? Not a big deal? Lemme know, thanks. EDIT: Here's a sample tree:", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00657", "text": "media landscape. What I mean by that is right now, we are used to a web, where we can delete, where we can change, and where we can alter. And what's really happened there is that people throw ideas out there, knowing that if they are wrong, they could change or delete, or things are not immutable, right, per se, which is what's happening on the blockchain. What I really hope beyond just the products of what it can do, is really that it'll change the way that we do things, right. Like in society today, there are consequences for things that you do. You can't just press the delete button or change, right. So you think about these sort of things before you actually act on them. And I think what we've seen in the media landscape is that people are very quick to send ideas or shoot ideas out there, knowing that they can hide behind something, or knowing that they could change something. And what does it really mean when you need to kind of account for those ideas, and when they are living on a blockchain forever? So one of which, when it comes to media on the blockchain, I think is this idea of security, immutability. SEE: What is blockchain? Understanding the technology and the revolution (free PDF) (TechRepublic) This new notion that you are now in control of your ideas and of your assets, both in a public and private, public key, private key manner. And being able to take control of that, right. We at Po.et, really want to focus more on the long tail creators, like we are accessible for everyone. We aim to be a library of the world's creative assets on the blockchain and are building different ways for access and people to do so. Whether that's through, as you mentioned, a content management system, or going directly to Po.et, or within your own domains. But once you do that, what can you actually do on the domain? And I think there's two major things. One is really being able to own and manage your ideas. So how do you issue a content license? What should that cost? How can you make sure that your ideas are being heard and transacted on? An example that I give often and we see it every single day on Twitter, is that if you put something up on Twitter, which is a piece of media that can go viral beyond just the at replies, there's also Huffington", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00658", "text": "Okay, so I've been an ectomorph (skinny guy) all my life. I'm six feet tall even, and between the ages of 17 - 22, my weight was consistently around 135 - 140. I was skinny, but on the plus side, I had next to zero body fat. I'm now 23 and weigh about 172, though I still look pretty skinny, however I suffer from slight moobs as well as hip fat (love-handles). About a month or so ago, I started running every day (my college has a great indoor track) and I've been lifting weights every other day. Mainly upper-body, mainly free weights just to ensure I don't lose too much muscle in the process of weight loss. Honestly, and hear me on this, I don't care about being big and buff. So, please don't tell me to focus on gaining muscle rather than losing fat, as that is a very hard thing for someone with my genes to do. Trust me -- I've tried it, and I'm sick of it! I don't care any more. I just want these hips and manboobs gone. That's really all I care about. I just want to be lean again with minimal body fat. I would have no issue being around 155 lbs. or so. I don't know my BF%, but I'm guessing it's around 20% or so. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask absolutely any questions. I really want to be lean again this spring and feel comfortable in t-shirts.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00659", "text": "Is healthcare a right, or a privilege? When I pose this question to teabaggers, they always exclaim \"it is a privilege\"! When I ask them how one would merit this privilege (I have to explain this concept to them using very simple analogies, such as driving) they always hit on the idea of ability to pay. But this has gotten me thinking. If healthcare really is a privilege that must be merited (as a free market commodity), then shouldn't the provider be able to decide the criteria for merit? Why should an emergency room physician who doesn't think that a teabagger like Rush Limbaugh merits treatment and stabilization for a heart attack be forced by law to render him their services, even if he has money out the wazoo to pay? Shouldn't she be able to say to him on the gurney \"Oh, it's you. You are an ignorant, uneducated, fascist, homophobic racist who hates women. I didn't spend sixteen years of post-bach. school to waste my time saving the likes of you. Orderly, wheel him out the door!\"? I can't think of another free enterprise service outside of the health profession where professionals are forced by law to provide services to persons despite the inability to pay or who don't merit services otherwise. This seems to me to be the end logic of the teabagger argument that healthcare is a privilege. Please notice that I am not arguing in this post that it is a right--I am only analyzing the argument that it is a privilege. What say ye?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00660", "text": "At least they would generally have the excuse of being drunk. But frankly, reddit seems to be highly vain, ignorant, repugnant WANNABE intellectuals, rather than actually thinking, sentient beings. Why is this? I just MUST ask because I want you to take a goddamn look at yourself as through a mirror, which you obviously do not do so often. You oh so often seem to be rejects of 4chan. WHY is this? BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY ARE! And then I must also ask, why are you a fucking reject from THERE!? because you FAIL at fitting in as well. pretty much.... I'm asking you reddit...why the FUCK DO YOU FAIL so HARDCORE and not even realize it. I've NEVER seen more hypocrites (except maybe for politicians, which you ALL so apparently wish to be...to \"fix\" the world....), I've never seen more goddamned ASSHOLES TRYING to be smart, but literally FAILING because they just used google. I mean seriously.... how the FUCK do you as an aggregate think so fucking highly of yourselves that you ignore the bleeding obvious!? It is utterly painful. I literally have never come across a more truculent group for absolutely no reason, let alone a bad one! REALLY....I am seriously asking how the FUCK you sleep at night thinking yourself a \"great\" community when you are obviously pretty much a core part of the scum of the universe without even realizing it!!? You remind me of the fucking crusades you are so blind in your faith in yourself!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 321, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00661", "text": "Hi there reddit. I've been rejected by 20+ medical schools due in part to my procrastination in sending out applications and also due to my mediocrity as a student/average GPA. I used to be smart-I had a near-perfect SAT score, but now I feel dumb. I am getting 70's in biochemistry. My friends are getting 80s-90s. I did get a mid-30s score on my MCAT, but there's no way that wasn't luck. I could possibly get accepted to one school, but it'll be thousands of miles away from my fiancee and would be full of students that I've seen hundreds of times before in undergrad. I hate most of them and their cocky attitudes. I've started thinking maybe I'm not cut out for medicine. I enjoy the arts much more than sciences, and generally perform far better in them. Maybe law school or a MPH would be better? Has anyone else switched from medicine to anything else? Additionally, I can't ever focus on anything anymore. My mother is a pharmacist who fears giving her children adderall or ritalin. I was wondering if anyone else on here was feeling depressed because of their lack of motivation or failures, then took something to make it better? I'm not a pill-fix guy, but something feels very wrong. Couple this with repeated failure and a quarter-life crisis, and it's a recipe for mental disaster. **tl;dr-former boy wonder can't get into medical school, might already be depressed, appreciates help &amp; alternatives.** This is a throwaway account, by the way. Can't have the world knowing my problems, eh?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 346, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00662", "text": "So last night my girl and i (together 7 months+) went out and bumped into an old male friend of hers who i happen to know she slept with shortly before we got together. I've always been a bit wary of this guy but she keeps reassuring me she doesn't feel anything for him. So anyway we ended up having a few drinks with him and i wasn't worried because I know he has a girlfriend now, but as my gf got more drunk she got as i feel more flirty with him. She was staring at him constantly and conversing with him like i wasn't barely even there (even though she had her arm around me, and kept stroking my thigh). She was laughing far more at his jokes than mine and kept playing with her hair when he was talking. Then after we left she kept going on about how the guy's girlfriend is such a bitch because he's really different when he is with her, which just enhanced my feelings that she still likes him and has just settled for me. I wanted to say that she probably seems like a bitch becayse she doesn't trust you as you slept with him just before they got together, just the same as I don't trust him, but i thought that would be starting a pointless argument, right? I don't know how to bring this up with her because at the end of the day all she was doing was laughing and playing with her hair really, and I did end up going home and sleeping with her. but i just felt really sidelined and jealous. Do you think I should be or am i being a dick?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00663", "text": "Genre: Detective story with an academic twist Okay, so our hero[1], Alan Grant, is a Scotland Yard detective, laid up in bed with a broken leg, and bored out of his mind. One of his interests being faces, a friend brings him a collection of historical portraits, looking through which he is struck by a picture of the notorious Richard III. The face, Grant decides, is really not that of a murderer (this is one of Grant's few failings - he believes, as did Tey, that there is an art to find the mind's construction in the face), and he decides to embark upon an investigation of the murders of the Princes in the Tower. The result is a wonderful combination of police and academic methods, with historical evidence sifted through and examined much as clues and witness accounts would be in a more conventional murder investigation. Tey's execution is very skilful too - Grant, confined to his bed, has to rely on accomplices to go look up stuff and fetch him books, so that the pace of discovery is controlled. Also, the framing story adds a bit of human interest; this is not just an account of one man doing academic research and presenting us with his (nicely satisfying!) conclusions. Tey is one of those authors whose works I reread fairly regularly, and The Daughter of Time is a book whose brilliance impresses me anew every time I read it. All in all, very recommended. [1] tangentially, one of the better things Poe and more significantly Conan Doyle did was establish the tradition of a detective continuing across multiple stories", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 325, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00664", "text": "I am unable to access the website and the game launcher just say's its trying to contact the servers. But my friend in las vegas is having no troubles connecting. Ran a tracert and the results were.. 3 9 ms 8 ms 7 ms gig3-4.rlghncmrf-rtr1.nc.rr.com [66.26.33.70] 4 15 ms 13 ms 17 ms 66.26.32.112 5 11 ms 12 ms 13 ms ge-5-3-0.rlghncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com [24.93. 64.0] 6 21 ms 22 ms 24 ms ae-3-0.cr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.80] 7 33 ms 126 ms 19 ms ae-2-0.pr0.dca10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.169] 8 34 ms 19 ms 31 ms 216.156.116.9.ptr.us.xo.net [216.156.116.9] 9 47 ms 26 ms 46 ms vb2002.rar3.nyc-ny.us.xo.net [207.88.13.74] 10 36 ms 34 ms 42 ms ae0d0.mcr1.cambridge-ma.us.xo.net [216.156.0.26] 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * * Request timed out. 15 * * * Request timed out. 16 * * * Request timed out.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 364, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00665", "text": "Little bit of back ground. About 18 months ago I weighed about 260lbs,(5'11/m/mid twenties) changed my eating habits to only Meat/veg/fruit/nuts, and took up running, over the course of 8 months I dropped to 205/210lbs. I've pretty much hovered at this level, the last 10 months I've relaxed my diet, run some 10k's in around the 50min mark- run 8km once a week,gym twice a week(rowing 8km/30mins, run15min, 3x circuit of the machines they have there), field hockey once a week and salsa once a week. Now i'm quite happy with my fitness level and myself. but one thing is really getting to me, I've lost the weight around my face, legs (they no longer rub when i walk) my arms and generally all over. I've bulked up quite a bit; but it's just my core I can't shift the man boobs and the tyre. it's like no weight has been lost there at all. Dropped from a 44/46 to a 36 inch waist and I just look silly with this sagging tyre over my belt. The lower back fat (unloved handles) are just a annoying. I would really like some advice as to how to shift these, so that when summer comes along I can finally, after about 6 years, get on the beach. tl;dr - How to loose man boobs/love tyre thanks", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 318, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00666", "text": "Warning: Graphic images. I was diagnosed with a Clark Stage IV (Breslow thickness of 3.2mm w/ ulceration) melanoma lesion almost a year ago, when I was 26. I made an appointment with a dermatologist to examine a suspicious mole that was bleeding and spreading superficially. The dermatologist removed a sample, and sent it to pathology to get the initial staging of the lesion. My immune system actually began to consume mole, leaving just a ring of cancerous tissue on the epidermis, in addition to the original mole (semi-graphic): * The white area on the right is where the original biopsy was performed. The dermatologist referred me to a surgeon specializing in oncology. They performed a lymphoscintigraphy, in order to identify lymph nodes needing dissection. A wide-excision was later performed, in that they removed the initial lesion, plus an additional 3cm \"safe-zone\" of tissue around it. They removed 2 lymph nodes as well. No lymph nodes were involved, nor was there any distant metastases, so I was fairly lucky. Wide-excision pics (more graphic than the last): * (excision) * (excision, angled for depth comparison) * (skin graft donor site) * (torso shot, for size comparison) Almost a year later (a little gross, but not really graphic): * The complete pathology results indicated a T3bN0M0 staging. tl;dr: Got skin cancer, had it removed, everything went better than expected! Gross pictures. Ask me anything! Edit: Line breaks...", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 328, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00667", "text": "I'm from a fairly WASPy area in the Midwest so that may or may not explain this but, There seem to be quite a lot of redditors who are extremely opposed to circumcision. I'm not going to say I saw a tremendous number of penises where I lived back home, but all of the ones I did see were circumcised. In fact, I didn't meet someone who was uncircumcised until I visited a friend who went to college in New England. So for me personally a circumcised penis has become what I consider to be normal (despite the obvious fallacy to this mindset). I'm wondering a couple of things: 1) Women, do you have a preference and is one or the other a deal breaker? Was it at all strange to have an experience with one and then the other? 2) Guys who are circumcised, do you wish it hadn't been done? Guys who aren't, do you wish you were? Note: Please don't make this about the horror of infant genital mutilation. I understand that argument and can see how it is very valid and should be addressed but clearly circumcision is and has been very common for quite some time (at least where I'm from). Also, I don't mean to offend anyone by stating my views about normality it's just the only experience I've had in that department thus far. EDIT: Thanks for all the sincere feedback. This could have been a disaster but I really appreciate the honesty.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 307, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00668", "text": "When I was a kid one of the local TV stations showed sub-par movies every evening. There's one movie that stands out in my mind as being interesting at the time, but I have no idea what the title of the movie was. I'd love to watch it again to see if it was as bad as I think it might have been. I can only remember bits and pieces of the movie, though. The movie was black and white and told the story of elementary school students during one day in the Cuban Missile Crisis. An alarm went off at the school to indicate that nuclear disaster was imminent. Nobody at the school believed the alarm at first but eventually all the students were sent home. The kids were all singing at one point on their way to wherever the heck they were going. Unfortunately for the kids, for some reason there didn't seem to be any adults around after they left school. Some of the school ended up finding their way into a well-stocked fallout shelter but some kids were shut out. I remember one of the kids begging to be let in to the fallout shelter only to be denied (\"What if the bomb fell right as we opened the door to let him/her in!?\") and ended up taking a tearful refuge in a refrigerator he/she found somewhere. I believe, but I'm not certain, that bombs ended up falling. Or it was a malfunctioning alert system. Does anyone know what movie this was? (Hint: While somebody did in fact hide in a fridge to avoid death in a nuclear explosion it was most definitely NOT an Indiana Jones flick!) **Edit 9/14/12:** I ended up finding this film a few weeks ago and watched it. It's called Ladybug Ladybug from 1963. It is unfortunately available on Netflix streaming. I don't recommend it unless you want to watch Mr Feeny play a teacher again.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 379, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00669", "text": "As reported by the New York Times, a Senate study reveals that GlaxoSmithKline's diabetic drug Avandia resulted in 83,000 heart attacks that wouldn't have otherwise happened if the victims were on a competing, similar drug. What's worse even than the massive harm done to people's lives is that Glaxo *knew about the heart risk* for years before they did anything about it! In order for capitalism to work, customers have to hold companies accountable for the damage that is caused by their products. GSK knew that their profits came at the price of quality of life of tens of thousands of Americans, yet they didn't even inform their customers, much less pull the drug from the market, for years. We need to make them feel the cost of their actions! The following is a list, from wikipedia, of drugs and other products made by GlaxoSmithKline. Many of these products have cheaper, equally-effective generics, and several that aren't generic have similar drugs made by other companies. Even if you're healthy and don't rely on these drugs, let your mother, grandfather and friends know how they can talk with their doctor and stand up for our safety! Advair Albenza Alli Amerge Amoxil Aquafresh Arixtra Arranon Augmentin Avandia Avodart BC Powder Beano Beconase Biotene Boniva Boost Ceftin Coreg Coreg CR Dexedrine Flixonase Geritol Gly-Oxide Goody's Powder GSK-189,254 GSK-873140 GW-320,659 GW 501516 Horlicks Imitrex Keppra Lamictal Lanoxin Levitra Lovaza Lucozade Macleans Nicoderm Nicorette NiQuitin Pandemrix Panadol Panadol night Parnate Parodontax Paxil Promacta Ralgex Relenza Requip Ribena Sensodyne Serlipet SKF 38393 SKF 82958 Tagamet Treximet Tums Trizivir Tykerb Valtrex Ventolin HFA Veramyst Vesicare Wellbutrin Zantac Zofran Zovirax", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 446, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00670", "text": "Wow. What a difference a few years makes. Back in the late 90s, I used to ride the Pennsylvanian to H'burg a few times a year. Took the train this past weekend for a meeting -- out Sunday morning and back yesterday afternoon -- and I was amazed by the experience.\\n\\nI see the other reviews about the station. Forget the station. Any train station. They're all sad and they offer very little in the way of amenities. You're not there for the station; you're there for the ride. \\n\\nFirst and foremost, the trains were on time for both trips. In fact, we arrived in H'burg and Pgh EARLY! \\n\\nNot only has the on-time performance improved, but the service on the train is MUCH better than I remember. The conductors and cafe staff are warm, friendly and helpful. More like hosts than employees. \\n\\nNow I did spend the extra $19 to get \\\"business class\\\" seats. It's a Metroliner car with more room between seats and a power outlet in each row. AND FREE WIRELESS INTERNET for nearly the entire journey! You also receive unlimited non-alcoholic beverages and a newspaper. I think I drank more than $19 worth of beverages on each leg of the trip. \\n\\nYea, I could have driven the route in about three hours and the train took five hours, but I arrived in H'burg without being burned out from navigating the gawdawful turnpike. Plus, I was able to get some work done. Not as much as I had planned, mind you, because I spent most of the time looking out the window at the scenery. It's a series of wonderful views between Greensburg and Harrisburg.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 365, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00671", "text": "A few details: * I was bicycling &amp; got hit by a car that had no business driving into me. There was no question of liability, which is why it was settled out of court. * It took 4 years to get the money. Lawyer took 25%, which is better than the going rate. He worked on discount because it was such an open&amp; shut case. even then, 4 years? * Injury: bones of lower leg were splintered into about 5 pieces, some of which broke the skin. 1 emergency reconstructive surgery &amp; another one later on. Had blood clots. I have a cool scar. * I'd rather it never happened and I hadn't gotten the money. I lost too much of those years and my leg will never be right again. Having the money doesn't fix that. I limp sometimes. I was planning on going dancing the night I got hit :( * I actually felt bad for the driver. She was clearly racked with guilt. She made a mistake. How many mistakes do we all make - and luckily get away with? I never spoke with her after the accident. * I haven't done anything with the money, which I got last summer. I'm intimidated by it. I avoid financial matters in general and I don't want to do the \"wrong\" thing with it. It's in a CD. I only took a few thousand out of it to pay off credit card debts I accrued while I was out of work. I'd never had a credit card balance before then. I only let myself go into a bit of debt as an indulgence, knowing the payoff was coming. Other than that, I haven't touched the settlement money - not even to buy a nice dinner. * Medical and injury insurance and law is completely dysfunctional. AMA", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 373, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00672", "text": "were given clean T-shirts and asked to do some exercise. Afterwards, women in the study were asked to sniff the sweat. (Note: The methodology was much more scientific and precise than my breezy explanation, but you get the picture!) \"We asked the women to rate how much they liked it, how floral, how fruity,\" and a bunch of other descriptors, explains Stephen. It's a small study, but the results were pretty consistent. \"Women basically found that men who ate more vegetables smelled nicer,\" Stephen told us. Men who ate a lot of meat did not produce a sweat that was any more — or less — attractive to women. But meat did tend to make men's odor more intense. \"This is not the first study to show that diet influences body odor,\" says George Preti, an adjunct professor in the dermatology department at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. A study published in 2006 found that women preferred the odor of men who ate a non-meat diet, \"characterized by increased intakes of eggs, cheese, soy, fruit and vegetables.\" But Preti points out that the relationship between diet and body odor is indirect. Some people think if they eat a garlic or onion — or a piece of meat — they will smell like that food. \"But that's not what happens,\" Preti says. Your breath might smell like the food you eat, but not your sweat. Body odor is created when the bacteria on our skin metabolize the compounds that come out of our sweat glands. \"The sweat doesn't come out smelly,\" Preti explains, \"It must be metabolized by the bacteria that live on the surface of the skin.\" Now, of course, at a time when good hygiene and deodorant use are commonplace, is the smell of our sweat a big concern? I put that question to the happy-hour crowd at a bar down the street from the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. \"I'm pretty OK with my smell,\" Stefan Ruffini told me. That evening he was ordering a burger on a bun and a side of fries, along with a beer. When I told him about the findings of the study, he laughed it off. \"I've got a girlfriend, so I don't worry about these things!\"he said. The study did not assess diet and odor attractiveness among same-sex couples. \"As a lesbian, I haven't", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00673", "text": "Hey 2X, I would really appreciate some female input on this. I am a single guy who dates quite frequently. I have no problem meeting girls, be it out and about, bars or sometimes online. I will strike up conversations with girls, arrange a date and we will go out. When I go out with them, I always ensure we have a great time. By this I mean, I already know we will have something in common, I can pick good locations for dates, we have good conversation, we laugh a lot. Then the date ends and 7 times out of 10, I might not be interested in having a second date. My question is this... in situations where I know the girl is interested in having a second date, what is your preferred way of finding out how I feel about this? Would you rather I tell you straight out at the end of the date?... \"I had a great time and you are really cool but I just don't see this going anywhere.\" Or rather I say \"Maybe see you 'round sometime\", peck on the cheek, never call again and leave you to draw your own conclusions? I generally tend to go with option 2 as I think these girls are smart enough to read between the lines and nobody wants to be told they are not desired in that situation but at the same time, I feel it is a bit of a cop out. I've talked about this with some of my girlfriends but I am genuinely interested in hearing this from a group of women who won't be influenced by knowing me in person. Thanks!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 322, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00674", "text": "I have a major problem that is starting to get in the way of what I want to do. I have a condition that is called Temporobimandibular Jaw Disease. A lot of people have this problem, so it's not that uncommon. Mine, however, is incredibly bad. When I talk to much or do too much movement with my jaw it gets really sore or locks up. This also causes headaches like you can't imagine and back pain. I've gone to physical therapy and even seen an oral surgeon who told me any kind of surgery for this is malpractice. This is my problem: I want to give my boyfriend a blowjob. Honestly, I do. I love him so much and we are in our mid-twenties and are very much in love and there is nothing more that I want to do than to satisfy him. I know he likes it, because he's told me. But the problem is, in the past with one of my boyfriends (i've only given a true bj to one guy) it was extremely painful and I also got lockjaw. My question to you guys, is what can I do to maybe make easier for me? I know all the moves with the twisty hand and lots of saliva and deep throat, but I need to know what I can do to make it either go more quickly or what I should do in between. I love my boyfriend and I know what he wants, but I'm scared that my jaw will lock bc he told me it takes him a long time to get off and I believe him because I have given him a handjob and it took almost an hour. There's no way I can last that long. So what I'm asking you is what things can I do that will make him want to get off faster? I love doing that, but I also don't want to be in pain. Please help me.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 385, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00675", "text": "O.k 2x I'd like some advice on plus sized fashion. Currently I'm a jeans and tight tee girl, usually with some form of whitty slogan. Anyhow, Im starting to feel that it's a bit mumsy, and I'm starting to not like my look and now that my son is older, doesn't mess on my clothes any more I'm wanting to change my look. But I don't want to be in something that doesn't suit, and not wanting to be in something that makes me look like mutton dressed as lamb - I'm approaching 30 and don't want to look like I'm trying to dress like I'm 18. So I have 2 questions. 1. for those who have changed your look have you done it all at once? or got 1-2 items in a new look and intergrated it into your wardrobe etc. 2. What's good fashion for plus size girls? is it a matter of what ever you feel confidant in? can a plus size girl rock the skinny jeans? thank 2x. Oh and I solved the handbag problem too :) I'm getting one of these in black. **Edit** O.k if this helps here are some photos taken just now, un edited of me. So you get an idea of shape. Front on]( [side view As you can see from these I muffin top anyway it's my shape (at the moment) so yeah What ya got for me 2x", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 309, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00676", "text": "Donald Trump's presidency is less than three months old, but in that time there have been massive turnouts for the Women's March, and Tax Day protests in cities across the country demanding that Trump release his returns. This coming Saturday, on Earth Day, scores of March for Science protests are expected. Helping to guide these actions are veteran activists with the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power — better known as ACT UP. Thirty years after its founding, some seasoned activists are dusting off their bullhorns and updating their direct-action playbooks to tap into the new wave of activism energized by opposition to Trump's policies. Founded in 1987, ACT UP never settled for trying to push change quietly or behind the scenes. They were loud, demanding, and in-your-face with telegenic direct action, a protest that got serious attention and, occasionally, laughs. Like the time members engulfed the suburban Virginia home of their nemesis, the late Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, in a giant canvas condom that read \"Helms Is Deadlier Than A Virus.\" Or when ACT UP members posed as news executives and bum-rushed Dan Rather during a live broadcast of the CBS Evening News at the start of the Gulf War. Then there was the time they stormed the National Institutes of Health, pushing for changes in AIDS research, funding and clinical trials. Over an NIH foyer, activists unfurled a giant banner with their logo and slogan: Silence=Death. I'm \"the snarky, Machiavellian dude behind the Silence=Death image,\" New York artist and writer Avram Finkelstein says with a chuckle. That slogan — black and white with a pink triangle — presaged the formation of the radical AIDS advocacy group ACT UP. The slogan helped change the way the world looked at AIDS. At one point, Silence=Death was the most powerful protest slogan around. It became an iconic backdrop to the group's chant for \"ACT UP, FIGHT BACK, FIGHT AIDS!\" Now, at 65, Finkelstein is one of several ACT UP veterans from the 1980s and '90s who today is helping shepherd new protesters train and strategize, including the anti-Trump collective Rise and Resist. \"Many people are younger people who work with organizations that were formed by ACT UP. Or were in ACT UP themselves,\" he says. He recently led a teach-in on design and imagery for Rise and Resist. \"All", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00677", "text": "I've been playing soldier for a while now and I had heard of TF2lobby being for pub players who wanted to play a serious game. Perfect! I joined with my friend, who is a pretty good medic but it isn't his primary class (probably the reason we got bitched at). I ended up having to switch because we were having trouble keeping an ubercharge up (medic impotence? lol). Now, for a map like cp_badlands, what should each class be doing? I've watched a lot of eXtine's commentaries and have tried to mimic some of the things that teams like EG or complexity do, but how do you know when to ditch your healing buddy? I try to heal from behind corners and things, but things always get by and I have to separate from my soldier/demo/whatever leading to my own death and eventually whatever offensive class I was healing. I had to pull out the needle gun (not blutsauger!) a lot to protect myself from scouts when retreating. Should I do this? I tried to select one soldier as a pocket and one as a roamer, but I have no idea how I should heal other than that. I used to play medic as a primary class, but it has taken a back seat to soldier. I really like the mobility and area control of the soldier, but is there more benefit to switching to medic to reduce medic deaths over staying soldier? It seems like whenever the medic dies, if the team doesn't retreat it gets completely rolled. My problem is I can never make the OTHER team retreat. I doubt I'm the only one who's confused about semicompetitive play. Would someone write a guide, or at least some class-specific tips for playing maps like cp\\_badlands, cp\\_follower, cp\\_obscure, etc. What should the options be set to? (I think I accidentally set \"all talk\" chat. That wasn't fun.) In short: help!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 404, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00678", "text": "I found out on Saturday night that she'd miscarried. She wasn't very far along - about three months or so, but she and her fiance were smitten with the idea of being parents. She already had a name and her partner was always rubbing and kissing her tummy. I haven't yet spoken to her about it. I don't know what I could say or do in this situation, because I know it would have devastated the both of them. Please, XX, help me help her. My heart's broken for them. Update: Thank you all so much for sharing your advice and anecdotes, I gotta admit I teared up reading some of them. I love XX so much &lt;3 I phoned her this arvo - right while she was getting check out by the obstetrician! Oops. But yeah, she and her partner are dropping by soon. Thank you once again for all this. XOX Update II: She came around, and is incredibly well adjusted about it. Turns out she'd found out about about a week or so ago, at her 12 week ultrasound. Apparently, her bub had been dead inside her for two weeks. She said she'd cried about it, I made her and her fiance scones, we had a good old chat and some laughs. She said it just wasn't meant to be, and that she'd much have rathered it die than live with severe mental/physical disabilities, and she can't wait to try again when she's ready.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 308, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00679", "text": "I've never, EVER experienced such poor customer service before at any beer distributor. Yes, I called them and asked for a price on ordering a case of import beer. When they called me back with the price, I decilned purchase. I was talking at the same time to another distributor who was doing a lot more leg work for me tracking down the supply chain. When he informed me he could have a case shipped to wherever I bought my beer, I gave him Banksville Beer's name thinking I was giving them some extra business. I don't normally get my beer from there. When I stopped into Banksville to pick it up, a person who I assume was the owner got immediately defensive with me, raised his voice saying \\\"You told me you didn't want it.\\\" I tried to explain what had happened, but he continuously interupted me with a constantly rising voice level barely allowing me to get a word in. He claimed he did not speak to the guy I had spoken to, which was obviously a lie since he referred specifically to \\\"that person you (meaning me) talked to.\\\" I finally had to cut him off and say, \\\"Listen, do you have the case here or not?\\\" He said they did not, so I left.\\n\\nI can understand his frustration if what I did caused him any loss or inconveneince, but he did not need to take the majorly unprofessional approach that he did. I honestly had no idea that I did anything wrong, and on the contrary thought I had actually done them a favor. Had he explained the circumstance, it would have been no harm, no foul and lesson learned. And I just would have asked them to order me a case straight out and would have returned for more cases to be orderd in the future. But because of that reaction, I will NEVER step foot in there again under any circumstance. No beer is worth dealing with a world class A-hole like that.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 398, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00680", "text": "I'd like to get an eReader. The Kindle or Nook seem to be the obvious choices, but I'm open to recommendations for something else, if someone thinks it's better for my needs. The important thing for me is the ability to get the eBooks I've already got (and I have MANY, mostly .lit) onto the eReader. I really just want to be able to hook the device up to the PC via USB cable, copy the .txt/.lits/.pdf/whatever format it has to be to the device, and have it be able to read the file. I'm not averse to converting files to do so if I need to. I know the Kindle(2) supports being used as a storage device, but is it able to read the files, and display the eBooks stored on it in that manner? I mean, could I just toss a .txt file on the device through Explorer, unplug it, and then read it? What about the Nook, or other eReaders I might not know of? I'd really rather not have to deal with a dedicated program for handling eBook on PC to device transfers. I don't care about the wireless stuff, or internet access on the device, or color. I just want a device for reading eBooks, with an eInk screen (a screen designed for periods of long term reading), and good battery life. The Kindle 2, if it handles files the way I hope, would be good. It has the screen, and 2 weeks of battery life is more then good. Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 330, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00681", "text": "It's been more than seven years since Project Looking Glass? I'm not talking about the cheap rip-offs that everyone's made to date - sure; Apple stole the dock, Microsoft ganked the nice tilting transparent windows along with the media 'carousel'-thingy, and Linux making a rather limited toy out of the 3D-ness part - but that's not what I'm referring to here at all (and I'm not referring to other crude and commercial 'virtual world' stuff such as \"Second Life\", either.). No - I'm talking about the user-generated 3D universe that never ends, because *everybody* is contributing towards making it. The one where you *start out* with a 3D desktop environment like Looking Glass (only better now, of course) and then just keep moving through its 'landscape' forever. You trek through wilderness, make roads, build buildings and other structures - all through an interface so simple a child could create with it initially, but sophisticated as well so that sub-menus would allow anyone to 'fine-tune' their objects and creations and surroundings as much as they wish. Just right-click on anything, and start configuring it. Imagine working in such an environment - you could create a document or a picture or music or video or anything, within the virtual environment that's already existing... others would be there too; friends, relatives, co-workers, the lot - you could grant some, none, or all access to your 'turf', your particular 'area' - and the objects you create would be there for them to see, or even to work upon in turn (if you allow them). So - where *is* that universe, anyway? Look; I don't care if you guys have to build it on a bloody \\_Plan 9\\_ platform or whatever, but isn't anyone even going to *start* doing something like this? *Soon*? I'm a cranky old bastard; I'll be **dead** before this ever hits the bloody .iso downloads! Are you just gonna let that happen? Does anyone even give a flying damn about the *concept*, at least? &lt;sigh...&gt;", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 448, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00682", "text": "So yesterday I got a call from my mom. She asked me if I knew of any ways to block certain content when my niece browses websites. Basically here's the situation. My niece is 7 years old and very curious and loves to learn about new things so she is constantly Googling. Her latest thing is haunted houses. I lectured my mom about letting my niece have somewhat unsupervised access to the internet. But because she also babysits my younger niece (age 2) she can't be there 100% of the time. The computer is in an open area where my mom walks by all the time .. so there is that. Limiting her to certain sites isn't acceptable because she loves to explore different web sites. She wants to learn about new things. That being said we will be turning on Google's SafeSearch but I am also wondering if the Linux gurus can suggest something that can: - Filter out porn, hate speech, etc. - Show which sites she visits I know nothing will be 100% foolproof but as we all know there is some bad stuff on the internet. Something that worries me is she might stumble across hate speech. The reason it worries me so much is my sister is engaged to a Chinese man. (We're white) I would really hate for my niece to stumble across some hate site that rails against interracial marriage or something because the guy my sister is engaged to is a super nice guy and treats her wonderfully. I think having a list of the sites she visits would be helpful because my mom and sister can then engage my niece on the contents of the site. It won't be a \"YOU ARE A BAD GIRL TO LOOK AT THAT!!!\" but rather openly discuss what she looked at so she can understand the context. Also, if we see she constantly Googles for something scientific .. or musical .. it's something we can encourage in her. Linux details: Mom runs Ubuntu 9.10 Any suggestions would be MOST appreciated. EDIT: Any solution must be fairly user friendly as my mom and my sister need to understand how to use it. I got them on Linux specifically to reduce tech calls. ;)", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 441, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00683", "text": "For example, my wife and I (both in our early 20's) made around $80,000 in 2009. We have no children, paid around $7,400 in federal income tax, $4,700 towards Social Security, and $1,100 toward Medicare....our total tax return is $1000. On the other hand, I have a friend who made around $23,000,...he has 3 children, and he paid a little over $3,500 in total taxes (income tax + medicare + social sec.),...yet he received a return of around $7,000 when you factor in the credits he received for having children. No offense, but if the guy can barely make over $20,000 a year, why the hell did he have 3 kids in the first place? Why does this country reward those people that have made bad decisions with the money of those that have worked really hard to try and secure at least modestly good jobs? We paid around $13,200 to the federal government last year,...and received $1,000 back plus the promise of \"medicare\" and \"social security\" when we're 65. That's $12,000 pissed away last year for a promise that we'll receive health benefits and a monthly social security check 40 yrs. down the road. Does anyone else find this system to be broken? What the hell do we, as a society, do about it?", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 300, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00684", "text": "Incredibly authentic Italian cuisine. If your looking for a memorable spot with some of the most delicious actually Italian dishes then look no further than Alla Famiglia. This is a restaurant to celebrate an occasion at such as New Years, Valentines Day, Anniversaries,etc. \\nmy girlfriend and I came here for New Year's Eve and we could not have enjoyed it more. To start we had the Alla Famiglia Meatball. I couldn't get over the rich tomato sauce that the meatball was surrounded in and the smoothness of the actual meat. Just delicious, must have.\\nWhen you order an entree you also get their house salad served in a homemade Italian vinaigrette (light and complimenting to the diverse salad topped with great peppers!) and their Penne Alla Vodka. This pasta dish alone is enough to warrant a visit . I am a alla vodka lover and this is the best I've ever had. It's hard to describe but its not to rich or creamy it's absolutely just right. The pasta itself was so smooth and melted in your mouth with their sauce.\\n\\nFor entree my girlfriend had their Ahi Tuna Steak (special). Prepared perfectly and with a great lemon butter sauce. I had their speciality, their double cut Veal Chop. This is something straight out of The Flintstones in its portion but let me tell you it's with every penny. I had the Veal Chop Pizzoaloa style wivh was with hot & sweet peppers, a great tomato sauce covered in provolone cheese. This was such a moist Veal Chop that literally fell off the bone and with the marbling it just melted in your mouth. \\nEverything was spectacular , it's a restaurant you have to visit if your in the area at least once given you are willing to spend for your meal. $$$$ but you absolutely get what you pay for.", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 388, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00685", "text": "a better work-life balance, while baby boomers are more likely to leave due to burnout. Despite those who plan to leave their jobs, 70% of IT professionals say they are satisfied with their current jobs—though 63% say they believe they are underpaid, the report found. This number is even higher among millennials: 68% of millennial IT workers feel underpaid, compared to 60% of Gen X and 61% of baby boomers. In terms of salary, millennial IT professionals are paid a median income of $50,000 per year, while Gen X IT professionals are paid $65,000, and baby boomers are paid $70,000. These salaries also correlate to years of experience, the report noted. In terms of tech skills needed to be successful in any IT job in the coming year, 81% of IT professionals reported that cybersecurity expertise was critical. Despite understanding how critical this area is, only 19% of IT pros reported having advanced cybersecurity knowledge—potentially putting organizations at risk. This echoes previous research about the dearth of cybersecurity professionals currently available to companies, as well as the need to upskill employees to fill security gaps. SEE: Cheat sheet: How to become a cybersecurity pro About 75% of IT professionals also said that it was critical to have experience in networking, infrastructure hardware, end-user devices, and storage and backup. Of these, 41% said they have advanced networking skills, 50% said they have advanced infrastructure hardware skills, and 79% said they are advanced in supporting and troubleshooting end user devices, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. \"Although the majority of IT professionals are satisfied with their jobs, many also believe they should be making more money, and will take the initiative to find an employer who is willing to pay them what they're worth in 2018,\" Peter Tsai, senior technology analyst at Spiceworks, said in a press release. \"Many IT professionals are also motivated to change jobs to advance their skills, particularly in cybersecurity. As data breaches and ransomware outbreaks continue to haunt businesses, IT professionals recognize there is high demand for skilled security professionals now, and in the years to come.\" Want to use this data in your next business presentation? Feel free to copy and paste these top takeaways into your next slideshow. 32% of IT professionals said they plan to search for or take an IT job with a new employer in", "label": 0, "domain": "news", "token_count": 500, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00686", "text": "O my Pittsburgh Pirates. What a storied history you have! But the last time you went to the post season was in 1992, and I remember it well. I worked as a ticket taker at the old Three Rivers Stadium and I have such fond memories of working there. I was 17 when you won your last divisional title and I don't think you've had a winning season in my entire adult life.\\n\\nDon't get me wrong, my Bucs! I do love you so much. In a way, I have to. See, you're like the boy I knew in grammar school who was such a sweet kid, but he was constantly failing his classes--and he lived in a nice house! \\n\\nLet's take a look at your records since 2000. I warn you dear Pirates--it won't be pretty. But it's something you have to come to terms with:\\n\\n2001: 62-100 (last pl)\\n2002: 72-89 (4th Pl)\\n2003: 75-87 (4th pl)\\n2004: 72-89 (5th pl)\\n2005: 67-95 (last)\\n2006: 67-95 (5th pl)\\n2007: 68-94 (last)\\n2008: 67-95 (last)\\n2009: 62-99 (last)\\n2010: 56-101 (last)* *As of 09-29-2010\\n\\nSo that's six seasons in last place, two 100 loss seasons, and this season has been the worst so far.\\n\\nYes, I'll still go to your games next season. I'll still go with my husband, my co-workers, and my Girl Posse. My dad and I will still have our father-daughter nights out here. But like the parents of that sweet little boy in grammar school with the failing grades, you're really trying my patience. And don't forget, the Washington Wild Things have been wooing me for the longest!", "label": 0, "domain": "review", "token_count": 435, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00687", "text": "Ok, so I'm sure some of you have figured this out already but I know lots haven't. I have been trying to get started with crafting but everything available from Romaine never changes. I have bought tons of crap from her and still nothing. Well here is what I discovered. Apparently it is not based on how much (quantity) you buy but it is based on the value of what you buy. From what I have seen so far the fastest way to unlock the second tier vendors is to buy 4 or 5 of Romaines phaser array upgrades. If you are just buying hypo upgrades and stuff like that you will literally have to buy hundreds, don't waste your time. If you need mk 2 phaser arrays they are cheap enough to pick up on the exchange. Once you have the second tier unlocked you can make some really really nice stuff, like rare quantum torp launchers and stuff like that. I made a rare torp launcher and sold it on the market yesterday for 200,000. Anyway I haven't figured out how to unlock higher tiers yet but I'm sure it works the same way. Also DO NOT throw out your sensor scans. The common ones are pretty worthless but the other ones like the blue green and purple ones are worth a lot of credits. So even if you are not planning on crafting save your sensor scans. Some of them go for 15,000 on the market, so either sell them yourself or if you don't want to bother drop them in the fleet vault and we'll sell them for cash.", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 319, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}
+{"id": "academic_tone_train_0_00688", "text": "It made me so angry I finally created a reddit account to post this. There was a story on the Globe&amp;Mail about government \"sacrificing\" to balance the budget by cutting public pensions. I posted the following: 'Why are they calling it a \"sacrifice\"? They've been looking for excuses to cut public pensions all along. The idea that people have pensions when they retire does not agree with Conservative philosophy.' =&gt; This, I agree, is a little strongly worded but in no way \"abusive\". But within 5 minutes, this post was taken down. I've seen FAR worse on those forums. Also taken down because it was abusive (paraphrased; don't remember my wording exactly): 'I hope Canadians are aware of what's happening here. Conservatives don't *say* they're against government services. They just cut the GST during the good times (against most economists' wishes) so that the surplus is a bare minimum. Then obviously, during a recession, the deficit is going to be humongous. Then they tell Canadians that sacrifices need to be made. Since raising taxes is a big no-no, services must be cut. Eventually the budget is balanced... but surpluses are bad because it means people are being overtaxed. So taxes are cut. Another economic downturn. Another round service cuts. And the cycle continues leading to a weak and toothless government. All they have to do is to instill the idea that taxes are the work of devil so that deficits are tackled with service cuts and not with tax increases.' -- Tell me you haven't seen worse in those forums. This is ridiculous!", "label": 0, "domain": "social", "token_count": 339, "matched_pair_id": null, "split": "train"}