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Yes, but like that comment, his profile could probably do with some editing and a different form of publication, like in a proper site/blog article. There's a whole paragraph dupli…

Median age doesn't say much about the number of people over 40. Life expectancy in iran is around 70 [1]. Also, the last shah was overthrown in 1979. [1] http://www.indexmundi.com/…

Resident Assistant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_assistant

Do you mean "communicate"? The word "commune" exists too, but is not quite the same.

I realize the bamboo part is not the point of this post, but can anyone confirm that this is actually how (some) bamboo grows? The only references to it I've found all go back on C…

From that overview: "This newer strategy...with fewer releases but more features and changes manifesting in each one...has held through to subsequent Firefox releases to date." His…

"So long as it is private (probably not for long), our healthcare system will be "the best" -- in terms of quality, but not necessarily cost" And again a overly broad claim that yo…

"Our healthcare system actually is pretty great, if you do not believe me try getting a major surgery done in another country." I'm amazed that on a website full of such thoughtful…

Left middle on T, on a querty-based keyboard? And you've never broken anything? :-) [1] has what seems to be the classic way, with t and even r being typed my the index finger. [1]…

I propose a new law: An observation of the form "Maybe , but " can probably be adequately dismissed with .

From personal (European) experience, I can also recommend it. If moderately used, it's dirt cheap compared to owning a car. I spend about as much on it as just renting a garage wou…

Actually, here in Belgium my carsharing service (Cambio) tries very hard to aim at businesses too, although more for traffic between work and home/station than business trips. Sinc…

"Modern gadgets are meant to be disposable machines, not eternal repositories of all your stuff. " I think that would be a better subject to get worked up about than the feeling yo…

I appreciate that you can't go far into technical details in an HN comment, but after a statement like that, you could at least give a pointer to those "good reasons". They might n…

I think you're being unnecessarily harsh. Sure, that quote is not the best or most subtle summary of his own point, but in my opinion the basic insight and the clear, memorable ill…

Love the presentation. Nice work. I tried it with a European City and a bogus city name. Both were processed without complaining. Maybe a validation check would avoid frustrated us…

With no experience at all, I'd like to add a marketing lesson: if you write a blog post concerning your project, make sure it features an easy link to that project.

Amusing (and recognizable) that you use the long developing time as attention getter and then feel the need to point out that you're really a fast developer. O Vanity. :-) Seriousl…

I like the idea, but have some remarks/questions: 1. I don't understand some of the rules at all, possibly because I haven't read "Style: Toward Clarity and Grace". In particular, …

I'm sorry to be negative, but I really can't see the use of linking to a Google Translate version of a very general German article about someone that anyone here already knows plen…

Which, to be fair, is her second bullet point.

I use Cambio for car sharing here in Belgium, and it works great for me. The price for one trip may sometimes feel steep, but overall it works out a lot cheaper for us than owning …

I think the article sufficiently demonstrates the relevance, interpreting this as a rare glimpse of the habitual censorship used to misinform the people of NK.

23% of all US car accidents are caused by cell phone use. [1] That's 1.3 million crashes per year. I'd call that a big problem. [1] http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncr…

Actually, studies really show there's no difference between hands-free and hand-held. See e.g. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/2006083010503... I assume the obvious …