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Some other great climbing documentaries: - Touching The Void (It's an older movie but maybe the most harrowing survival story I've ever heard). - Meru - Free Solo - The Alpinist - …

Why We Sleep is a good book on this topic and addresses many of the comments and concerns in this thread.

How is it a straw man? Maybe it's the right way to go. I honestly don't know. My point is that encouraging a behavior where the country sets a rate, then many celebrate the reducti…

Of course lowering taxes would encourage companies to repatriate large overseas cash hoards, but if that's the only goal, why have a tax at all? As a country the US has obligations…

I've recently started listening to Dan Carlin, specifically the Blueprint to Armageddon series about WWI, and I second this recommendation. Carlin's a wonderfully engaging storytel…

Although he tries not to, the author seems to make the argument for fundamental analysis here. While he acknowledges that current drivers for the prices of social media companies a…

No need to yell beagle (or was that a Borat impression). I am simply curious about how much a device like this would cost a small company to build per unit on a first run. AppleTV …

Cool project, but at $99 for a console and controller they must be operating at a loss, right? Does anyone have any insight into production costs of something like this? It could c…

We're missing the point I think. A site like this wouldn't be a way to combat lobbyist. It would be a way for citizens to become the lobbyists. If a site like this did pop up, it w…

The lack of social responsibility is what erks me the most about Saverin's decision. Saverin takes full advantage of the investments and sacrifices made by countless Americans and …

Relying on passengers to turn off their phones seems like the most ineffective approach no matter your desired outcome. Isn't it possible to insulate the cabin to prevent RF from e…

Exactly, which is why the article spends most of its time discussing how location can be determined through other means, such as Google Images, to find photos with similar geograph…

If the article's purpose was to teach you how to be a better writer, then I agree. It lacked clear instruction. However, I felt the article was really about why it's important to w…

I've been using nature sounds recently. No words, no song changes, and relaxing.

The issue here is not about censorship on the web (ha!), it's about confidential relationships and whether, as a society and for the betterment of it, we feel some information shou…

The iPhone's main competitive advantage is that it is made by Apple. They are cannibals. Apple is willing to eat red delicious in order to develop the best product possible; they w…

The problem here is capacity. Whether minors are involved in a homicide or not, the legal system has typically said that people under the age of 18 lack the mental capacity to be i…