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I agree. I think they are both comfortable and sound good, but the leather (or faux-leather) starts to flake and fall apart quickly.

It looks like there might be a movie in some stage of production. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959300/

I think he is paraphrasing a quote from Kurt Vonnegut. "America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor..." http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/158414-america…

I personally just got around to accepting my antilibrary as a good/ok thing to have. In the past I would refrain from buying new books if I still had some unread ones on my shelf. …

I haven't seen Inherent Vice, but I totally agree about No Country for Old Men. One of the differences there might be that both of those movies were made by very accomplished direc…

Yeah. Barbecue sauce in particular gets used in the same situations as ketchup, and is usually also tomato based. I feel like ketchup is almost just synonymous with Heinz. When I w…

If you are referring to gydfi's post as the "daydream", I don't think you interpreted the tone correctly. I didn't read it as a description of a utopia. The last sentence gives awa…

I absolutely agree. Your point about Samantha Bee reminds me of a podcast that Malcolm Gladwell did recently about satire. In it he criticized SNL's portrayal of Sarah Palin back i…

I like a George Carlin quote as much as the next guy, but this doesn't make sense. If gourmet means it costs more, then there absolutely is gourmet coffee, rolls and pizza.

Yeah, I didn't get it either. It feels to me like he had this Italian election analogy in his pocket and couldn't wait to use it. It feels very forced.

Tone and facial expression aren't conveyed at all in non-emojied text. Comparing emojis usage to spoken conversation doesn't make sense because they aren't used to augment or repla…

I wasn't a huge fan of The Circle. It did a decent job of presenting the creep of surveillance powers that come along with ever more useful social media features. But it didn't hav…

Its not. Its probably more accurately described as "science which has political implications" rather than "politicized science."

I agree. That assignment was one of my favorites. It was a lot of fun because it was fairly easy to get something that functioned, and as you came up with ideas for making it bette…

Having different priorities than you is not the same as corrupt.

I originally replied to a child of this post, but if you are interested in the book, I think its "But What If We're Wrong" by Chuck Klosterman.

I think hes talking about "But What If We're Wrong?" by Chuck Klosterman. Sorry to spoil the secret! edit: Its highly recommended. Also, its not an argument about quality. The auth…

I totally agree that the transferred images don't have the power of the originals. I know nothing about art (well, painted art), but its striking how the transfered images seem lik…

I can see how that happens. The thing that impressed me most about Infinite Jest is the incredibly deep introspection that the characters had. But the passages were very long, and …

I love Infinite Jest, but its not for everybody. If you do want to read it, I wouldn't recommend reading it on a commute. Its very dense and requires a lot of attention, and I don'…

Its a parody of Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises".

More likely its a complication of the fact that ice is slippery.

"For Excel users, this should be a good story to keep in mind before sharing results of an Excel model." Shouldn't this be an argument for sharing your model before drawing conclus…

If you don't like the series, why are you still reading it? If you don't like the first 3/4 of the series then I think you can be pretty confident that you aren't going to like the…

I do like the architectural diversity in the Loop, but it goes beyond just downtown. One of the things that I love about my neighborhood is how you'll find 2, 3, or 4 floor walkups…