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Coulda, woulda, shoulda. I remember when I left DEC for Apple in the mid-80's and my manager told me I was making a mistake going to work for a company making toy computers. DEC wa…

Even if you require all politicians to publish their tax returns, it wouldn't really be "holding politicians accountable." They have become more sophisticated in their pay offs and…

SUVs sit up higher. This makes them easier to get into and out of. SUVs are basically hatchbacks. I currently own a hatchback (GTI) and our old SUV was easier to get into and out o…

That's ridiculous. My 2+ year old Mercedes self drives on the freeway quite nicely. They do require I keep my hands on the wheel, but other than that, it's doing the driving. Other…

Um, it's trivial to drag any file on a Mac into iCloud. Look in the sidebar in the Finder, between Favorites and Devices is iCloud. Click there to see the contents of your iCloud s…

I want Waze to add new features: 1. Crowd source bad roads. Some interstates are atrocious, I'd happily turn on [X] avoid potholes and uneven pavement. Maybe use the motion sensors…

Here in Ohio we so look forward to what we call Alberta Clippers. Quick little snow storms followed by colder air. So, yup, we tend to refer to snow and cold as coming from Canada.…

The only reason I use the Starbucks "card" is that I get free drinks with it. Walmart will only succeed if they offered some similar type of kickback to the customer. I don't see i…

It's just oxidized hydrogen. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Oxygen is the third most common.

Global warming is a weird example to pick on, because it's dominated by marketing, financial interest, media mis-reporting etc. Global warming works like this: your boss reads an a…

Sounds like a short sale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_sale_(real_estate)

Most US banks are going for chip and signature. I've received two new cards in the last month with a chip in them - both were chip and signature.

The airport isn't what it used to be, but still has some good connections. This spring I took a direct flight to Paris. Not bad...

Unix is dead? Aren't Mac OS X, iOS, and Android basically unix OSes? I'd say Unix won.

I didn't work for Don, but as an engineer in another part of the company. I too was able to retire (at age 49). It makes me sad that the stock options that made my retirement possi…

I shouldn't have said "most". It's more like 34% of the top 20% fall to a lower quintile over six years according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis study of households from …

Why focus on income? It can so fleeting. I cashed out a bunch of options last year that put me in into seven figures for ONE YEAR. Next year I'll be making no salary since I "retir…

> its growth takes up a lot of water I'm sure there are a few places that irrigate corn, but here in Ohio the water that grows the corn falls from the sky.