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You pretty much need something other then a PC due to DRM. For example google movies will not give you 5.1 audio or 1080p on a PC but will on the Chromecast. An xbox one S will pla…

- Cannot contain the special character you normally use so that you can remember what password you used. :( - Have paste disabled so you need to type it. - Disable the password man…

Have you used wireless charging? I did with my Nexus 5 while it did work most of the time I had occasions where alerts would vibrate the phone off the charger, or it got bumped sli…

I having seen any articles about squatters. For actual houses owners will hire companies to make them look lived in. Setting out pumpkins on Halloween for example. For Condos you n…

dd-wrt has gotten pretty bad. They don't publish new releases anymore you just pick a daily build from one of the random people who publish builds and hope it doesn't brick your ro…

You probably want to go bigger if you want to code from the couch. I have a computer hooked up to a 56in 1080p TV in my living room for games. If I am browsing the web I normally z…

Which is why I bought a black and white laser printer 10+ years ago. Never need to worry about the ink drying out. I am still on the starter toner. Not sure if I will be able to bu…

More sales records are being set even after the new tax http://vancouversun.com/business/real-estate/tax-shows-no-si...

Does the high density housing in SF allow for families? In Vancouver at least the majority of condos in the core are single bedroom so if you want a family you need to move to the …

or worse other people getting robocalls with your number as the caller id. I had a few weeks of angry people calling me a couple of years ago.

Or switching to old fashion Dual Edge (DE) razors and blades where the blades are $0.10 each.

Running your own mail server is a pain. Paying for google apps to handle your email is very easy. Other providers can do the same thing for you.

How much are you willing to spend to get the money back?

Then fill out the survey.

What is good about en_CA? Do you just want colour in spell check instead of color? I have always left my machines in en_US to avoid any bugs due to strange keyboard mappings/layout…

When houses start at over 1 million even the bottom of the 1% can have trouble buying. Houses are going up 24% year over year which is much higher then you can save money. Condo pr…

My brokerage account allows me to search for statements and then check off the ones I want to generate a PDF for, they then get combined into a single PDF. Of the three banks I dea…

Really? You move from city A to city B and have to go back to fire fighter school? Admittedly I don't know very many firefighters but the way in for some was to get in a small city…

And if you move between cities or switch fire halls you are back to writing the the test? This is the equivalent of getting into the school you want, not a job interview.

Though with the Nexus 6P in my breast pocket the camera sticks out, just think you could have been watching me type this. :)

It worked after clicking on lock mouse. Using the latest firefox.

Most jobs at tech companies will have a clause in your contract about owning everything that you do or think of while employed.

How do you feel about the all day interview process some large companies are currently using? Keep in mind you probably had 1-3 phone + computer interviews before the in person int…