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Author here. While having fun coming up with titles, other options included: This French Guy Hated on Blogs Back in 1835 and People Have Been Hating on Buzzfeed For 180 Years (I th…

I've had this conversation with a friend from Paris who made the same point. The stats show that SF rents are as high as places like Paris and NYC, but it may be a comparison betwe…

Please use ctrl-f to skip to this part of the article: "So if drivers disregard speed limits, why bother trying to set the “right” speed limit at all?" Then let us know what you th…

This article on an urban planner's objection to suburbs on financial grounds (most succinctly put as suburbs are a ponzi scheme) is relevant for thinking about why this project is …

Here's an explanation of the move to data services and writing articles and blog posts. http://priceonomics.com/introducing-the-priceonomics-busines...

I think it's been mine, but I don't have the monies to have gone to fancy hotels all over the world. Where all have you found the expensive hotels to consistently have free wifi?

Seconded! Always fire back at people who try to look down at having a drink on the rocks!

I'm interested to hear people's reactions to the article and the Soros trade. I'd also like to know what the HN crowd thinks about opinions like this recent New Yorker article that…

Does anyone see a cow when they look at Clarus the dogcow? I see a dog all the way.

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The original paper breaks down finance between 3-4 categories. (If you google the title you can find free pdfs.) We combined them to make it more clear for the casual reader. ~pric…

I would argue that the 10x engineer isn't a myth - the myth is that these 10x more productive employees are unique to engineering whereas they can really be found across industries…

do i use yahoo?

Author here. I originally had a pic of a regular old seat belt, but when I saw the Volvo meme I had to use it. Just fixed that. Sorry for the confusion!

Author of the post here. I don't have any metrics like those up my sleeve, but I would encourage you to check out the Pew survey i mentioned which (in reference to print and tv) fi…