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The game mentions that and says something like, "Deal with it. This is a game."

Taking a subset of statistical average income is not the proper way to define the "Middle Class." It's better defined by what you can achieve with a specific income. Can you afford…

They're on my list for sure.

Black's opened a second location in Austin on Guadalupe near the University of Texas. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm curious.

I'm not an expert, but I've had both (and dozens of others), I smoke my own brisket, and I feel like I have a decent understanding of it. Salt Lick mops their brisket with a mustar…

I bet you're looking forward to the last episode of HPMOR on Saturday.

From what the article says, the city fears losing control over its local government because Google employees would outnumber the rest of the voting citizenship. They seem to want t…

My understanding is that the densely populated cities are the most sustainable form of living we do. It reduces carbon emissions because we need don't have to drive so far to get t…

In Austin AT&T and Grande (Local ISP) both started offering Gigabit shortly after the time Google announced Austin as a fiber city. It's working.

Does this mean that one neuron can carry a signal that is more dense in data than a 0/1 binary spiking signal? Like a single neuron can transmit a complex feeling instead of just i…

But, have we (the US)? We're a good solid decade or two into the age of free-flowing information, and we are trending the other direction in a frighteningly fast pace. The middle c…

I think you've hit it right on this. I'd also add that the cost variations probably do play a big factor into what piracy does exist. I'm a lot more likely to take a shot in the da…

Sure, it's a VERY extreme example of "First World Problems" or whatever the meme is, but do you want a job when the offer is a con from the start? What kind of relationship with yo…

Journalistic flair?

From around the same time period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Palacio_del_Rio

They still only came under budget by half a MB. That stress they put into reducing it was very likely still entirely justified. It's like setting your alarm clock 10 minutes fast t…

Ever since I heard about Betteridge's Law of Headlines, I can't stop applying it. It basically says the answer to any headline that is a question will be "no," because otherwise a …

Currently, they certainly are not. Our education systems (non-higher education) are largely designed to produce good workers for a manufacturing/labor economy that we're (relativel…

That was a really great read.

I too often find myself wondering this same thing. Anyone have any insight?

Chrome's incognito mode is a good solution for this too.

They seemed to come to this decision only when it was realized that they had no way of winning the fight. Hardly worth congratulating for.

I would hardly say it's dead. It's just dead domestically for Germany. Germany imports a large quantity of power from France (which relies almost entirely a nuclear for production)…

Also, consider your local hackerspaces, co-op workshops, and community centers. Often a reasonable membership will get you access to some equipment that you'd never be able to affo…

I don't understand it. Who are the police so afraid of that they need armored vehicles, assault rifles, and snipers? I can see a SWAT response for a hostage situation or a large sc…