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Tell the people who are still waiting for their federal stimulus checks that things are "functioning normally."

360fly | Pittsburgh, PA | ONSITE Hiring Android and iOS engineers. Possibly others too. We make panoramic 360 degree video cameras. Our apps act as primary experience for camera ha…

Fair enough.

I'm thinking boldly here. The French are able to peak at 200-230mph on operating trains running on conventional track. The Japanese and Chinese can push Maglevs up to 360+ mph. As …

Of course Amtrak would issue such a report...

Unattributed, but per Wikipedia: "In mid-2011, scheduled TGV trains operated at the highest speeds in conventional train service in the world,[citation needed] regularly reaching 3…

I disagree with this assessment. The distance from Chicago to Houston is roughly 1100 miles. Non-stop flights from O'Hare to Houston Hobby are listed on Kayak.com at 2 hours and 45…

The built-in Reminders app on the iPhone is great for list-crossing-offing.

This strikes me as one of those (many) pieces where TechCrunch (and the Silicon Valley elite) are too far removed to make an accurate assessment. Like colonial explorers, amazed by…

I think the most concrete example of what you're describing is the "pattern" we saw with tobacco. Science suggested for a long time that cigarette smoking might be bad for you. As …

Verizon FIOS has the same sort of behavior.

In the grand scheme of things, going paperless is not really a significant tactic to mitigate climate change or other environmental impacts. The paper industry has one of the best …

"It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs

Temperatures have not been rising for 150 years or more. You need to check your facts. Direct instrumental measurements only go back ~150 years, but another direct mechanism exists…

You are wrong. My dictionary defines consensus as "general agreement" and this is clearly the case when it comes to climate science. No one in the climate science arena disagrees t…

This is almost the definition of false analogy.

Actually, it's working great for China (in the short-term at least). Though they probably wouldn't call their system "communist" anymore, in preference for the new description: "st…

There's another way to "raise" the average and it's already beginning to happen. It is the organization of workers into unions and other democratic labor organizations. It parallel…

I think the use cases you are describing are accomplished as follows: 1. Starting at the "root" directory. You can control what the finder window initially opens with on the Genera…

I think S-Q-L gets clunky with names like Microsoft SQL Server.

"Lud must have been here." This reminds me of an essay by Thomas Pynchon: "Is it OK to be a Luddite." Possibly posted to HN recently. http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_e…

As Mark Twain said: "Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty."

Show business, being primarily driven by the profit motive, tends to focus on ideas to which an audience can relate and enjoy. The story of the RMS Titanic, being one of the worst …

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy "What to Listen For in Music" by Aaron Copland