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Anyone have the back story here?

I don't have views on the credibility of specific technologies but I've hoped that these could be viable in places like coastal California where fog provides quite a bit of air moi…

I'm sorry you feel this way! I've felt very lonely in the past and it was among my hardest times--though I'm sure my version of it was different and doesn't have specific applicabi…

Not sure if this the same experience as the person you asked the question of, but I went to Catholic school growing up, altar boy, youth group, the whole works. And I'd consider my…

I really liked Drawing By Seeing by John Torreano when I picked it up in college: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Seeing-Abrams-Studio-Torreano... Thanks for this thread! I’ve been …

This podcast helped me understand just how significant an accomplishment the Madden video game was—I recommend! https://overcast.fm/+dxvETG06k

I think CapIQ is most common, but don't think they do individual subscriptions.

I felt it was beautiful but I don’t think you should feel dumb you didn’t also think it was beautiful! I think it’s not a set of facts, where there are right and wrong interpretati…

Fun to see Ada Palmer posted here! One of my favorite essays by her is The Shape of Rome, which tells Rome’s history through its architecture. It is a fascinating history of course…

I had this same experience, and switched to Credit Karma out of spite toward Turbo Tax. It was fine: https://www.creditkarma.com/tax

Ah, of course.

What happened with Dark Sky? I have used it for years and it seems just as good as ever. And it’s one of the few iPhone apps I give full location information to so I like that it’s…

This is super useful, thank you!

I use Spectacle to do this, like it a lot: https://www.spectacleapp.com

You're doing great work! I'd love to try it next year. If I do, what do you recommend for filing my federal?

Last time I tried fast mail they didn’t really support labels, only folders. Is that still the case, or is there a good workaround?

We don’t even need to think long term—EVs (even charged with fossil power) are already cleaner than gas cars in most cases: https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/new-numbers-are-i…

We can't perfectly suppress fire on a natural landscape. And the act of trying increases the risk that when a fire does start it will become huge and uncontrollable because small t…

I'd add a few points: 1) management fees typically decline after the first few years of the Fund, rather than staying at 2% for the entire 10 years. This is to reflect the fact tha…

Interesting. One concern I'd have is that I actually find the segmentation of data / sms / voice to be a feature because it corresponds well to my priorities. For example, I can tu…

I work in energy investing and we're seeing a lot of growth in emerging market solar paired with LEDs that's bringing electricity to formerly off-grid areas. It's great news genera…

Interesting! Do you know how they value the negative PR cost? My understanding is that "brand value" is notoriously hard to measure, which made me think it would be difficult to in…