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HEPA is only for particulate contaminants. At least some of the expensive filters have activated charcoal and other chemical filters.

Yes indeed :)

Hi Aatish! I enjoyed it quite a bit. The fibers on the bottom of the leaf may not be significant -- perhaps they are vestigial and only the upper ones provide an advantage. Alterna…

https://github.com/spark/core-communication-lib/tree/master/...

Yes, they have said it will be.

In many places, homes available to rent are not and will never be comparable in quality to homes available to purchase.

It's easy to think that, but no. The materials will degrade and the data will become unreadable sooner than you think, probably on the order of 10s of years, depending on the manuf…

I think the real problem with Crumbs cupcakes is that they are actually pretty bad...

Handling delivery of packages is sill a major annoyance of online shopping. I love Amazon but consumer-side logistics could use some serious improvement. The drive to reduce shippi…

This isn't really fair. In Chrome DNS has practically been replaced by google search, and it's great. Instead of typing yelp.com (or was it yelp.net? www.yelp.biz? http://www.yelp.…

The sample size is so small that drawing any conclusions from this data seems suspect. Percentage comparisons (hired/applied): 6% JoS fans 4.3% of Columbia job fair 2% Princeton jo…

We do give you the model's measurements but they don't necessarily mean much. The stylists for the models will pin the clothes to fit well so the pictures look good. People who are…

No, the writers at the WSJ are the producers of the original content. At some level, every producer is an aggregator. I don't think it's fair to categorically distinguish between t…

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In five years it seems that bloggers have about caught up to traditional media in reporting at the whims of PR firms. Would anyone say there's a higher proportion of PR-resistant b…

After all this, you don't think the TSA is strict on their policies?

Why is weapon in scare quotes in the title?

I really wanted to click on it, which was very frustrating. Usually when there's a new logo you can click on it and instantly find out why it's there.

Supporting telecommuting workers from out of state can be a big financial hassle as it may be enough to establish nexus in the state, which will force your company to collect sales…

I appreciate that in general this attitude has led to erosion of rights. However... I don't see how anyone other than Blizzard has any right to free speech on their privately owned…

You don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide, eh?

I think the difference is more along the lines of: - That person is wrong, they must be stupid. - That person knows he's wrong and is just trying to further his own agenda. - I thi…

Can you explain this at all?

Twitter, texting, cell phones, etc. don't cause rudeness, they just make it more obvious.