Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Comment preview: *Sorry for the long reply. I teach people how to program computers for a living and I geek out on curriculum and pedagogy all day. This reply is just me geeking out.* Even more than that, the teacher has to explain "the basics" in terms a beginner would ....
Comment preview: I have returned from my journey, come now, build the fire up, for on my journey I had a strange dream. In this strange dream, I was at once surrounded by a forest, but not a forest like the one in which we sit, no, in this forest the trees made of shining ....
Comment preview: I was driving back from an Arts Festival in South Carolina with my brother. We were somewhere in the in hills of West Virginia, it was winter and there was pretty heavy snow and ice. We were arguing about the possibility of building a space station on the ....
Comment preview: For me this is the southern Washington forests. I don't even have to be blazed, just camping out in dense, heavily wooded, humid forest. Trees are covered in emerald green moss. There are birds and small animals - sometimes you see moles coming up from the ....
Comment preview: Trees Forests Tree farms are basically like a corn field, but with trees. It is not the generically diverse ecosystem that species are adapted to live in. I'm from Oregon, most of my family has been involved with logging at one point or another (my grand ....
Comment preview: Turning 10 years old was a very important day for Sylla. He was tasked by his father to fetch some fire wood deep in the Radiant Forest. Eagerly, Sylla agrees. Hopping and skipping with a quelling blade in hand, Sylla is too elated to worry about any real ....
Comment preview: VT student here. Fair enough, but this new facility still isn't necessary. Our administration is spending money these days like crack addicts in a crack store. Shit, we're top 5 in the nation for campus food and we're building a new multi-million dollar Hi ....
Comment preview: Oh my god this. I've got a co-worker who *suffers* over his code (and everyone else's) and likes to lord over everyone if you don't program *his way*. His way, of course, is "maximum optimization" at that very, very low level. Like to the point of (we're w ....
Comment preview: Obligatory: This brief history of math teaching can only serve to reinforce our confidence in educationist wisdom: Teaching Math In 1950 - A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teachi ....
Comment preview: If you don't mind me saying, you are making two mistakes here. First, you are assuming that roads did not exist in medieval Europe. This is categorically false. The remnants of various Roman paved roads survived in Britain, France, Spain, Italy, etc and co ....
Comment preview: Given how moist the Deep South can be in the rainy seasons of spring and summer time (particularly the line from New Orleans to Savannah), a land owner would benefit from dry roads, especially those leading into his plantation. A large oak tree can [transp ....
Comment preview: "While many monsters can control the elements, and are a threat to civilization merely by existing, there are other monsters who prefer a...stealthier approach." *Scene shift. A dark shape can be seen moving slowly through a heavily wooded area. A few graz ....
Comment preview: As for *CRITICAL FIXES NEEDED ASAP*: - The **[zombie pathfinding bug](https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-17630) needs to be fixed**. It's killing SMP with horrible bouts of lag, and villages are nearly unplayable on some maps. - Fix boats, they're unus ....
Comment preview: Too much aww not enough /r/Awwducational from the wiki about their habitat and why they are endangered >Tree-kangaroos inhabit the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, far northeastern Australia and some of the islands in the region, in particular, the S ....
Comment preview: Dendrobiologist here. Many theories exist to explain how a tree dies even if it lives in perfect conditions (no grazing, no parasites, no fungus, etc.). The main theory is that the photosynthetic parts can only sustain a certain amount of non-living struct ....
Comment preview: "Forming a dense mat underneath forest tree cover (facilitated by a remarkable shade tolerance), it smothers ground-level plants and prevents the natural regeneration of taller species; if left unchecked, it can lead to the destruction of native forests. E ....
Comment preview: Well, this made it to Kotaku overnight: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/01/30/lordran-setting-dark-souls-almost-entirely-redrawn So I guess I HAVE to finish it now! Thanks so much to everyone for all the kind words, it means a lot to know other people appreci ....
Comment preview: The area is literally *known* for its propensity to have common sinkholes, as the limestone underneath is frequently eroded by saltwater. This leads to the trees that were above the sink hole falling over and getting washed up next to each other before the ....
Comment preview: Please be careful with this. Have you ever seen how quickly a tree can burn? [Here is an example of how quickly a dry evergreen will burn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBiZtfjioU) Also here's the best fire-proofing tips I have seen for a live tree. Firs ....
Comment preview: I get irked by a lot of seahawks representation on reddit. Not ALL of it. But enough of it. I'm sorry, guys. This is going to only add to your conspiracy-level mindset of "literally everyone is out to bash/hate the Seahawks." But you guys go out of your wa ....
Comment preview: This is what I study!! Basically what you're talking about is phyllotaxy, or the patterning of lateral organs (leaves, branches, etc.) around the axis of growth. Some plants will arrange organs in a spiral around the stem as it grows, or others will alter ....
Comment preview: It makes sense. If you think about it, your daily life tends to revolve around one perspective. You can do a lot of things in your day but you're likely kicking it with the same people or similar people, you have your certain influences, and you're seeing ....
Comment preview: Holy fuck. If even 10% of what you wrote is true, it's a fucked up relationship. There is nothing good about this. I'm not even going to ask you what's good about your relationship, because clearly you've been beaten down by this man (figuratively and lite ....
Comment preview: This is an amazing example of not being able to see the forest for the trees. You are inside a situation that is *freaking stark and obvious from the outside!* It's staggering to me that you put up with him at all. Any one of at least three of the point ....
Comment preview: It's relevant in this context that Mordor - the leading industrial and military power - has great mines and military power in the north, and slave-worked agricultural fields in the south. But Tolkien in general doesn't like modernism and he doesn't like in ....
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