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I don't think that's the definition usually used for "independent" when talking about voter affiliation. US politics has a long history of people telling pollsters (and filling out…

What is the TL;DR version of the difference between Singapore math & US math education?

23 MY owner here - I have been very unimpressed with the automatic wipers in my car, especially in intermittent rain/water thrown up from the car in front, or snowy conditions/lots…

I don't, unfortunately, that's above my paygrade ;-). It's likely going to be a function of the larger hiring situation at Amazon (we're currently in a corporate hiring freeze), ra…

Prime Air is not shut down, we're working on it and expanding. Can't post too many details, but we are actively delivering to customers in test markets today. A publically released…

Mostly right! Fly by wire doesn't inherently have to do with whether a pilot has the strength to move the controls or not - airliners in the pre fly-by-wire era still had hydraulic…

I feel like this irony is at the core of the modern Republican party (witness the fact that more ideologically consistent libertarian types have basically found themselves ignored …

I wanted to update my explanation ^ a little bit - it's based on how trim works in smaller trainer aircraft (which are all I've flown). On a 737 there isn't a "trim tab" - instead …

Maybe not quite 5-year-old, but here's my attempt: The elevator is the little wing at the back of an aircraft that tilts up and down to make the nose go up and down. When the pilot…

Personally, I find this "turn to anger" a little hollow/self-serving. Nothing Trump has done so far is in any way out of line with what he was saying on the campaign trail - the on…

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Tangentially related - but if you're a vim fan and want to be able to use the full, in-browser notebook, you can easily set up vim bindings by following these instructions: http://…

Not to mention that most of our reservoirs are clogged full of motorboats all summer... (another Utahan here opposed to silly regulations like no dogs in the Cottonwoods when ski a…

Don't forget that in some areas of the country, we get snow pretty regularly - in my experience back-up camera lenses get completely covered by road grit in snowy zones pretty quic…

Around here (Utah), we see TONS of people driving on the steep mountain roads in the winter with expensive AWD/4x4 cars, trucks, and SUVs that they bought specifically for mountain…

But you're assuming here that "the rich" investing money is creating more growth (and you stated earlier, helping poor people more) than the government would. I think that's a diff…

You're making the assumption here that the only way that money can be invested in a "job (and wealth) creating venture" is for the rich to make long term investments. Furthermore, …

I really like this work: http://www.epi.org/publication/raising-income-taxes/ It basically suggests that: a)top tax rates have historically had virtually no significant effects on …

One argument I would make is a marginal utility one - the marginal utility of $ decreases dramatically at higher incomes, so even if you have a (comparatively) punishingly high tax…

If it says no CarWoo dealers in my area, do I get any benefit out of going through the CarWoo dealer contact interface? Or am I essentially just going through the service to give l…

AIQ Investments - Park City, UT QA Engineer/Sys Admin/Jr. Developer We are looking for a candidate with strong Linux system administration skills and some application development e…

I'd be interested in finding out more about this. My parents (who live in NH, which gets its fair share of cold days) have a Prius and don't notice any mileage hit in the winter - …

I generally do 2 in the back on a hitch rack, and 2 on the roof on my Subaru right now. (but I realize that car shuttles requiring 4 40lb downhill mountain bikes isn't exactly your…

This might not be as much of a problem for most of the target market, but I was really excited about the Tesla X until I heard about the doors - meaning no roof rack options at all…