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It would be really interesting to see how many negative stories about Tesla each media company has produced. CNBC has got to be in the lead.

The old local news model is dying because it's top heavy and has enormous overhead. Local news isn't dying though, and is as valuable as ever. It's just in the process of completel…

Most departments are understaffed. Turns out all the negative press against police is having long term impacts on how many kids want to grow up and become a police officer. Also pr…

We have been seeing massive fishing net globs come ashore for the past few years on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's getting worse. My boys and I personally dragged a large chunk ash…

It's a labor shortage more than anything else they listed. It's not an energy boom, weak dollar, Trump etc. The question should be "why is this a surprise?" Does our culture esteem…

Supply shortage of workers, plain and simple. A. Takes time for new workers to be adequately trained. B. Takes even longer to get people that have been raised to look down on the t…

I think it's both the dog and the owner and our culture that looks down on the trades, or blue collar work. Kids are being raised and taught to work hard so they can avoid working …

Online! We are building Tradeskills.io to make it easier for people to explore and learn trade skills online. I would love to hear more about the types of things you are now intere…

:) They are having to pay higher wages. The wealthy in bigger cities are able to absorb these higher costs. It has a much bigger toll on the middle class in smaller cities because …

I would simplify it and say that learning trade skills is a better investment for most people than attending a 4-year college. Trade skills can be learned at a young age, right fro…

They are rising all across the country because there is a big shortage, and it's only going to get worse. Boomers are retiring faster than they are being replaced. Optimum employme…

There is a shortage of trades workers, and it's only going to get worse because the bulk of the workers are currently older and are retiring much, much faster than they are being r…

I use this every day and it saves us a trip to our PO box unless we have something important to pick up. Snapping a picture of packages would be a huge upgrade.

I also find this fascinating. I just signed up..ryan@recraigslist.com I also have another use case I'd like to bounce off you if you could shoot me an email. Thanks!

Author here, you are absolutely right. Want to see me angry? You should have seen me when I found out my 90 year old neighbor lady is on her second Whirlpool made vertical modular …

I was going to say that when a dryer is taking too long to dry, but it's still heating up, it's not broken. It either needs to be cleaned because it's blocked up in the lint chute,…