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What did you end up finding? I was given advice when shopping for a new screen to find the highest model range, as in the highest leading numbers, and then get the lowest number wi…

I think part of that resistance is that by giving in to urbanization, they are subsidizing SF's resistance to the same thing. If SF relaxed their laws and allowed for more density,…

I find it odd that the baseline used is after the holiday sales period, in the doldrums of retail.Couldn't the lower price after the holiday season be explained by excess stocks du…

In your example, aren't you implying that landlords and other wealthy individuals aren't simply not spending, but actually hoarding cash? Most wealthy individuals aren't holding ca…

Oakland is almost just as bad. I managed to make do with 50K a year, but I lived in San Jose and didn't have the expenses of car ownership. Living in SJ required a 20 minute walk t…

I wonder if a solution would be a payment to extend copyright. I think the strongest argument in the article is about the disappearance of works, but, as pointed out, this doesn't …

Not to downplay the seriousness, but that site is quite surprising. I grew up about an hour outside of DC and according to that site, greatly overestimated the danger of a nuclear …

I used it for a solid year when it first came out and have recently switched to Android, so that I can use Project Fi. I found the systems to be pretty comparable. Google Now still…

I think Scott addresses that critique in the article: HHIPP: “Radical candor is humble, it’s helpful, it’s immediate, it’s in person — in private if it’s criticism and in public if…

I don't think they're going for that market directly. The housing market is connected though, so interest in these, which may be limited to singles or couples without children, wil…

Watch out when shopping for this model. This specific model is tough to find reasonably priced and the current iteration doesn't have a built in USB cord. Instead, it connects via …

I think the more typical behaviour is to buy on contract and thus upgrade on the one year or two year interval that coincides with the contract. A quick Google suggests that even t…

If you are in downtown Austin, this is actually playing at Alamo Drafthouse tonight(9/15).

I think some college campuses try to walk the line with under age drinking. A quick search shows Purdue has a policy that grants students amnesty in the event of alcohol poisonings…

I noticed the same thing. According to Wikipedia: On May 30, Stimson asked Groves to remove Kyoto from the target list, but Groves pointed to its military and industrial significan…

This is why I switched to Wealthfront. I inherited an actively managed Morgan Stanley portfolio which has fees around 2-3% annually. I initially looked at managing everything mysel…

Poland is an even more interesting story as Windows Phone has close to 20% market share. http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-is-windows-phone-outselling...

The UI was what got me hooked. I was coming off of an iPhone and loved the Windows Phone home screen. Once you get hooked on live tiles, its hard to go back.

Could you go more in-depth on your experiences here? Your opinion seems to differ with the review, which refers to it as seamless. It is the main feature I am interested in as I ge…

I agree with the point about the benefits of physicals notes, but I still don't understand what is so special about Moleskines. Maybe it was just because I was an early hire and no…

You can still get access to the QR feature/Bing Vision, you just have to look under Lenses. I was also bummed about this change, but used it infrequently enough that I don't mind i…

I initially read this as returning to work for Microsoft. I actually never left their tech realm. Even though both my work and home machine run flavours of Linux, I fell in love wi…

Local H has always been a duo and so Scott Lucas has had some really cool setups in the past. At one point, he had replaced the two strings on his guitar with two strings of a bass…

I don't know if its the same in all cities, but in Austin I have actually had taxi services refuse to pick me up if I give an address that is a bar, regardless of my level of inebr…

Almonds originally came out of countries like Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. All of which are members of the EU, which in most cases has stricter environmental policies than ju…