Found while following a link on buymeaclue's journal

... it, and you disrespect teen girls!" Bullshit. Teen girls also like horses and I got no problem with horses. Or teen girls. In fact, I have so little problem with them that I wince to see the normalization of situations that would hurt them if they got into one--and it's easier to get in than back out. However, as I remarked in a comment on a previous Twilight -themed entry, I am clearly not...

[livejournal] r15985: LJSV-790: Tags for Support board request...

... + return { added => \@tags_add, removed => \@tags_remove }; +} + +# normalize_tag_name(): performs normalization of a given tag name +# see the comment on the beginning of the module for information on what +# "normalization" here means +# it doesn't work in place, so you... is allowed to use existing ones. +# this performs tag name normalization to ensure that DB doesn't store +# non-normalized ...

GM response

... happen to anybody. Lucent's basically paving the way to interceed on anything they don't like with everyday people wandering about suddenly called "field agents". Their own requests for some return to normalization of affairs and trade are dismissal of the agent, formal apology for the actions, and either the symbolic return of Scorch for trial in Lucidia, or trial for said crimes within Lucent (...

Hall of Fame - Scores Normalized

... were being punished too much in the Hall of Shame, and that some people who weren't 100% were likewise being ranked too highly for their shortcoming in the Hall of Fame. So I've added a normalization to the Score calculation that shaves off 40 from the Percent calculation, making the Score Multiplier drop from the 50-100 range into the 10-60 range. I'm much happier with how this has adjusted the ...

The Day in Question

... others, I write books , and they make great gifts, as does an Omikuji Project subscription . (November Omikuji, unforgiveably late, is going out today. December will go out this week. After this, normalization will commence.) In other news, not having justbeast here in the mornings is brutal. Mornings used to be coffee and kisses and hugs, and now there's none of those, only a cold ...

Another Monday's worth of material - 21-23 November 2009

...principles and free-market economics, All Hail The Market . Last out for tonight, an opinion about the plight of Christians in China and a request that the United States start making normalization talks with Cuba contingent on proving they're improving human rights . In science and technology, rediscovering a study that tested whether the blind would hallucinate when given LSD , answer,...

TWITTER TRACKER

..."thank you Jesus for bringing Kia" sign is stupid tho. Jesus didn't do it. Kia execs, GA gov, others did. # 18:52 RT @voxmente: Twilight is not "a teenage love story," Twilight is a normalization of an abusive relationship and an empty female lead. # 18:52 @ voxmente As you see from my RT, IAWTC. They totally didn't mention any downsides, just LOOKIT! SHRIEKING GIRLS! # 18:53 @ ...

... of how far away f(D1) is from r, with σ of course controlling how quickly it falls off. There's a normalization factor of (1/2σ) out front as well. Our new goal is (1/2σ)exp(-|r - f(D1)|/σ) ≤ exp(Δf/σ) (1/2σ)exp(-|r - f(D2)|/σ) (where the vertical bars are again the L1 norm) Now normalization factors cancel on both sides exp(-|r - f(D1)|/σ) ≤ exp(Δf/σ) exp(-|r - f(D2)|/σ) take the log ...

Shanghai Town Hall with President Obama tonight.

... will have a town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai, China. Holding the event in Shanghai is symbolic as the Shanghai Communique was announced here and helped pave the way for normalization and the first 30 years of formal diplomatic relations. At the meeting, the President will interact with young Chinese and discuss the relationship between our two countries in the years ahead. ...

Bodies and Pleasures

Some quotes I liked from Ladelle McWhorter's book Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization (1999). 'I am older and wiser, more patient and sedate*. (In footnote) * Ask anyone.' 'People who say "just let go and feel the music" are complete idiots.' 'Too many of us - the most highly educated of us especially - assume that if we've read a few books, understood the ...