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Art Bell was one of a kind. Out there, but a mostly harmless lovable breed of crazy.

> The customers will tell Amazon they never received the items. Amazon will replace them free. Why does this remind me of that old Firefly episode where they steal the medicine fro…

I still see getting your viewers over to patreon being the most difficult part. No matter how many times you plug a patreon in your YouTube videos, only a small percent of viewers …

I can't wait for more cheap movies while they burn through more venture capital!

> Perhaps for people who don't have a "hack the world!" mindset, it does appear as genius I suppose. I think this is it. I've realized that as an engineer, I look at the local envi…

> I doubt the canal can or does charge ships based on their overall itinerary You'd be wrong there! They actually have a rebate system[0] based on a number of factors including ori…

> the belt is industrial nylon (not plastic) Last I checked, nylon was still a thermoplastic.

> does Hyundai make more than automobiles? Much more. "It is the second largest South Korean chaebol or conglomerate, after Samsung Group, related to other Hyundai-name industries …

> It would imply that lifting the wheel after you've stopped releases that amount of energy (it seems to do so). Notice, however, that the springs are actually missing when they sh…

I concur, and this smells of bullshit. Unfortunately they don't show inside their magic box, so I can't see whats happening on the inside. I did notice that the springs were comple…

So I've had some limited involvement university fee structures and their health clinics. I actually had a conversation with the director of one about these plans. He explained: * T…

Plus, by having a bug bounty program, it indicates that they're going to be reasonable and accepting of outside bug reports. In the absence of such a program, one can't be sure tha…

I don't remember where I first heard it, but I've always remembered the adage that if someone personally announces their resignation, it was likely their idea. If the company annou…

Yes, NCEES (the body that administers the Engineering licensing exams nationwide in the US) is discontinuing their Software Engineering exam next year because only ~80 people have …

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. I've had the same thing happen multiple times, also at a certain "major nationwide pharmacy." Interestingly, the smaller/more local pharm…

Unfortunately that article reads like a press release from "Renewlogy" and doesn't seem to have a complete basis in reality. In reality at present the area is facing a $900,000 inc…

How does anyone think it's a good idea to take out $1M in loans for an education? Yes, tuition costs are ridicules and in general students have no control over them. In general, I …

> advertisers should stop allowing online outrage to dictate where they advertise I agree, but good luck convincing the Tide executives that its okay for their ad to play before a …

The real question here is what colleges are admitting kids that can't read or write? Is affirmative action really so strong that these colleges accepted every kid from a HS where t…

Some classes don't accept paper homework these days, everything is completed online- The textbook publishers have started selling access codes to online homework websites. So s phy…

Accessing the material is becoming less and less of a problem, for all the reasons already stated - piracy, international editions, OER, etc. The real issue is that the textbook pu…

Tom Scott made a good video talking about this tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCLaeBAkFAY

Unfortunately the zip code level is not always precise enough to determine local tax rates, but your point stands that it isn't usually overly difficult to find the tax rates for a…

My "guess" has always been a bad taco truck (or the like). Something that maybe the locals are used to, but makes the Americans ill.

While sort of true, I've never seen any sort of tradeshow where the power is metered. Typically you just pay a flat rate for the number/size of hookups you need.