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It's not a good idea to call 911 with non-emergencies. But until a few decades ago, the primary way most of us to set our clocks was to call a number the phone company provided, wh…

A lot of consumer products ship with half-baked software and/or firmware. I wish Polk would fix the bug(s) that cause my soundbar to freeze and need a reboot several times per week…

Not just in cities. In the U.S. at least, a lot of people live in suburban townhouse complexes that have shared parking lots. It's going to take a lot of investment to make chargin…

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The genesis of the Post's gigantic comics section (three full pages on weekdays, if I remember correctly) was that they picked up all of the comics that had been run by the Washing…

Anything is possible if you have a Standard Oil fortune and your collecting obsession starts early in life.

A lot of smaller cities (including the one I live in) are addressing this by designating "activity centers" where new, denser housing is incentivized and sought to be concentrated.…

Fire safety, not the strength of wood framing, is what blocked this type of construction before. Effective sprinkler systems are what addressed that concern. There remains a concer…

None of the flaws you cite is attributable to the stick-built construction. Dishonest and/or incompetent contractors can screw up a building made of any materials.

I'll respond to your anecdote with an anecdote of my own. I've been in a wood-framed apartment building for two years, and I never hear my neighbors. There are many ways to incorpo…