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CDs are annoyingly delicate to handle. Vinyl does not care about your finger tips. Vinyl sleeves are also more attractive than CD cases and easier to store on a shelf or bucket.

At least some vinyl buyers who don’t own record players may be buying them as gifts for people who have them. Last Christmas, I bought 3 vinyl records as gifts. I don’t own a recor…

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There was some report in the New York Times while back that indicated that these companies staff a remote operator for every three of these cars, or something close to that, so the…

Barefoot got me into running. It simply seemed easier and freer to run almost barefoot than in boxy shoes that everyone (falsely) assumed you needed. I did 2 marathons and many, ma…

I agree. Academic math is taught as a set of rote rules or steps. The focus is not on intuitive understanding. I was taught the usual method of long division and carrying all by ro…

Productivity in building construction has not improved much, according to data, even if tools have improved. Even if tripling house size doesn’t literally triple costs, that is a s…

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Some of these are very country or group specific. “Lit” is a term used in American hip hop. “Pissed” is mainly used in Britain. “Wasted” is used by American high school and college…

This seems like an easy thing to get going, starting with form 1040, that would be fun and save Americans millions in tax preparation fees. Contributors could keep the code up to d…

Most acclaimed or popular books are mixed. The trick is to vary the speed and depth of your reading. Read slow and enjoy the most informative parts. Skim the boring sections or cha…

I made far fewer mistakes and could type faster using the BlackBerry physical thumb keyboard. Apple should sell attachable thumb keyboards for their phones.

Popular accounts from earlier decades, when fewer people went off to college, suggest that high school used to play this role, as well as being a place where many people met their …

I was extremely shy and awkward when I was young. I even bought a cognitive therapy book called Overcoming Social Anxiety in my early 20’s. As you get older, a few things happen: -…