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Every group I know of that actually advocates for density does have this as their goal. It is a bit odd that the external reputation is that they do not, to the point that parallel…

The book "Mothers and Others" discusses this at length, positing not only did mothers have much more "Alloparental" support in the past, but this was the key fact that allowed the …

I've had some good bus experiences, in Mexico City and KunMing I've ridden in nice clean busses with dedicated lanes and raised platforms for easy entry/exit[1]. It's near as nice …

Also seems to be the case in ffx ...

I went to high school with this guy, and used his company as a payment processor when I was running a small retail shop. That was about 4 years ago. really did a good job nailing d…

It highlight the difficulty of comparison, that this tool assumes a western diet. I'm talking about milk, cheese as part of the cost of living. Nearly all chesse is imported and mi…

OK I feel compelled to tell you that the 99% white billionare thing is incorrect. USA does have the most billionares but they are not all white and also China is currently in the #…

no I mean which of the rules is being broken?

Having trouble finding the problem with this solution: http://i.imgur.com/ToduSGR.jpg Anyone see what the issue is? Been staring for 20 minutes . . .

I agree with the other commentors that the samples must be non-random in some way. Italy and China being in the same bucket ought to give it away. I'm certain this is just the prof…

was not rural, bit lived in the centre of a small city (60k persons) was 5 minutes walk to nearest grocery and 5 minutes bike to work. Though in the winter I would walk (half hour)…

interesting. Thanks!

You've never been poor. $2-3 / day for food is doable (Cali groceries are a bit more expensive so maybe $4 here). Cut out all but the cheap meats. bread and veggies are super cheap…

maybe not in a city, but I've lived in a rural area on less than $1000/month and I still know people who pay less than $300/month for rent. after rent, having no car (bicycle) and …

I don't understand the questions. Who is asking these questions? Am I legally obligated to answer? Is that really how jury selection works? Seems a bit ridiculous that they are all…

My experience (back when Hired was known as DeveloperAuction) is that most of the 'offers' I received were completely impersonal and disingenuous. What I mean is that it seems the …

"The neighbors in the community, I think, wanted to be reasonable, but they didn't feel safe having their kids go to the center" Making laws to make the neighbors feel safer! Fanta…

hey, try wechat.com (for the product mentioned by parent) tencent is the corporate conglomerate and owns QQ, weibo, wechat and others. QQ has been around for a bit and would be ana…

I have a 30in monitor and I put all fonts at 16+ pt so they are easily readable from a distance, then I relax instead of leaning in toward the screen. I am often mentally tired at …

Yes one problem with minimum wage is that it is fixed across the country even though cost of living disparities are huge. The high cost of living in silicon valley pushes up wages …

I think you are mostly correct. More precisely, if you take away race you will see that the distinction is 90% education-based. Specifically talking about immigrants, those indians…

Too many hippies on this thread. The biggest problem with the us economy currently is the erosion of middle class jobs for unskilled and semi-skilled labor. My grandparents lived c…

> the uglyness makes sites hard to navigate and hard to use No, ease-of-use and beauty are different things, though often conflated in rants. I've never used any of those sites so …

Your comment on brand is probably close to the truth thinking this way: in the mind of the consumer tasty-ohs are not cheerios, though they are a replacement, but a seat on Southwe…

I did a write up o how I snuck into tech a while back: http://jisaacstone.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-get-job-in-2-... Some points of differentiation: I did not finish any projects…