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There has to be at least one password. If you use password managers like Lastpass or Keepass, you're essentially putting all your eggs in one basket, but that is generally safer th…

Comcast is an awful awful awful company. Yet I pay them over $100/month. I hate them with a passion. I've never experienced worse customer service. If I could pay double the price …

Gambling can be done intelligently and profitably. Don't be so quick to label gambling as a pitfall to be avoided at all costs. I am not a financial expert, but as someone with a b…

I think one important thing to understand is that beautiful music is not the only kind of music that can be great. Sometimes music is designed to invoke a wide array of emotions wh…

It would be nice if they gave even the smallest hint of what they're measuring.

I would say fuck it, I'm opening it now.

Absolutely. So you'd agree that what's over the line in one circumstance could be interpreted as harmless flirting in another. And that much of the time, the guy must guess where t…

Not specific to hacker culture, but I always felt there was a bit of a double standard when it comes to alpha male behavior. Women are attracted to aggressive men. Women like men w…

The worst is when they use security questions that have answers that change like "what is the first name of your best friend?"

that's going to be taken pretty much everywhere

Back to the Future 2 was made in 1989 and hit on several things. Most predictions seem to think we'd all be in flying cars by now. http://gawker.com/5667202/11-things-from-back-to-…

I'm in the "insider trading should be legal" camp.

There is risk, but I agree in the sense that the risk is not nearly as serious as most people think. The worst thing that happens is that you waste a year or whatever, the company …

"Carreon also hints that Inman might be responsible for someone setting up a fake Twitter account in his name which had some "offensive statements." His evidence that Inman was res…

He's apparently suing the charities too. WTF. I'd like to hear him explain how the charities are responsible.

"OTHER characteristic features of “depressive” Internet behavior included increased amounts of video watching, gaming and chatting." So what uses of the internet would NOT indicate…

The article says she asked her customers to post genuine reviews. I don't know if that's true but if it is, I see nothing shady about asking your customers to post reviews. There i…