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It does make sense. The antecedents of World War I can be traced back to the demise of Charlemagne and how he chose to split his empire among his three sons. Obviously there are ma…

It does make sense. The antecedents of World War I can be traced back to the demise of Charlemagne and how he chose to split his empire among his three sons. Obviously there are ma…

A lot of that technology relies of aerosols which would exacerbate the ocean acidification process. Get engineering is really hard to get right

It's easy to blame the people who can't afford to pay their bills but it misses the point. First, someone who misses their car payment shouldn't find themselves in physical danger.…

Amtrak could make a killing with a service that sent you via high speed rail and sent your car via regular rail either before or after you departed.

I'd encourage people to read the article rather than focusing on the headline. The author makes a lot of way more interesting points than the title would indicate. I tend to agree …

I too used to be in ad tech and I agree. It's a race to the bottom with no real upside. The business model is often broken with ad tech companies. Rather than sacrificing profits f…

First of all, the US didn't win the Second World War -- a coalition of the US, Britain, France, China, and, especially, Russia did. Secondly, the US's biggest contribution to the w…

Yeah I've tried a lot of these and every time I find that I'm not actually doing anything productive, but just linking pieces of text together. They seem like the ultimate busywork…

Why do you genuinely believe the Rift is DOA? They is, objectively, a huge amount of hype around it today. When we're talking ethics, why is Facebook more objectionable than HTC or…

One of the more accurate descriptions of America that I've seen. It's truly a country of contradictions.

Seems interesting and reminds me a lot of the Nextbit Robin - a kickstarted android phone that can offload less-used data and apps to the cloud.

It seems far more logical at this point that the Oak Island sinkhole is a result of natural phenomena and rumors / myths. I'm highly skeptical that there is anything at the bottom …

Besides the creepiness, the law around recording people without them knowing (one-party consent) is state-by-state

Completely agree with the article. The TSA is expensive, ineffective, and unreliable. Moreover, between immigration and the TSA people actively avoid flying through the United Stat…

Am I the only one that has less confidence that Magic Leap will actually ship anything after reading about their CEO? The way they talk about him makes it sound like he has a milli…

In Boston at least I've had a far better experience with Lyft than Uber. I know the driver pool is very similar so it's probably the result of a small sample size on my part, but L…

I agree. I stopped checking Facebook in December. I'm happier and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. All my real friends know how to get in touch with me and do. Everyo…

100% agreed. I've worked for companies where A/B testing is so consuming that nobody see that they're shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. Like ANY other tool, A/B tests have thei…

Same story in Boston, except that most of my friends still take Uber. I've had far better experiences riding with Lyft drivers and the drivers seem to enjoy working with Lyft a lot…