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Why do you approach them in the first place? Are you genuinely curious about them as people, or do you want them to fill some need / ache / void in you? If you think it may be lean…

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has a 4.3" screen, seems to be the smallest high-end brand name phone out.

Here is the same principle but using a smartphone for geo-location instead of a car. They claim up to 26% energy savings annually: http://www.tado.com/de-en/#your-day-with-tado

When using a touchscreen on a 13" ultrabook, the Win 8 start menu actually makes a lot of sense.

Brad Pitt eats in lots of movies, maybe a western equivalent?

Disregarding the flamboyant visions of an electrical revolution, just having a flippable physical interface (and hopefully not in three different sizes, two of which always gets mi…

Here is a user test from an early adopter: http://alfabravo.com/2011/11/hovding/

These seem to be equivalent for the 13-inch: http://www.asus.com/News/HdaKeDLi5GFAIrkE

Didn't mean to sound condescending - it would be very fascinating, especially if we would find evidence of common ancestry and other similarities. Wouldn't exactly be the cantina i…

Considering how many life forms are on this planet, and how few of them who provide decent conversation, what are the chances of discovering Vulcans or Wookies? Most life we eventu…

They can't really tell with 100 % accuracy until birth, but by week 18 they can tell with a very high level of accuracy. And Sweden permits abortions until the end of week 18.

To prevent parents from aborting children of the "wrong" gender. It has sadly happened, apparently.

Could be she lost friends (or superficial friends) because they were envious of her trying to build her own company, but on the surface they were saying "that will never work" inst…

There are lots of peer reviewed papers that come to a completely different conclusion than this article (for example, that social skills and verbal skills are critical). I recommen…

If there are two camps, these would rather be 'those who want to build a business' (sending invoices, paying customers, etc) and 'those who want to make a big flip' (with major fin…

The title of the article raises a good question, though: what is the rationale for clamping down on this? Have they had a real problem, or is it merely moralistic?

I offer a hug to anyone who I'm not in a professional relationship with. Most people seem to like this, and if they don't, I switch to a 'bro hug' in mid-motion. Nice and simple.