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I quit Twitter when Elon took it over. It provided me with: Easy access to information and articles about breaking news events. Community. A feed of interesting articles and discus…

That's fine, then reinforce it with a comment that is interesting, and not a useless cliche. It's everybody's responsibility to ensure the quality of the discussion remains high.

This is such an annoying and useless comment. This same comment is parroted EVERY time there's an article about robots anywhere on the Internet. How are you adding anything to the …

One unique advantage seems to be that it can jump over obstacles. Something that rotates/rolls (presumably) is more difficult to get over obstacles.

I always thought that Kim Stanley Robinson's "meta nationals" from the Red Mars series seemed too probable to really be science fiction.

> The trick is, rather than waiting for customers to place an order, waiting for the restaurant to make the order, and then battling traffic to deliver the order—a process that can…

I played WoW for a few years, from vanilla to the level 80 cap days (pugging Naxx was an interesting experience). I used to love wandering around the world, finding hidden spots, a…

They raised ~1 mil in 2 weeks. So they thought they could then raise 5x that amount in 2x the time? How is that a rational conclusion?

It's funny that you say that 2048 "gets really boring" after a while, but that it is "more fun to play than Threes". It's interesting that the balance and effort that went into Thr…

Al Jazeera wants you to move to St. Louis. As someone living in New York, my most common response to these sorts of article is: 1: Okay, but I can't just pick up and go to some art…

What is "hipsterism"?

You realize you can do all of those things and still make not very much money, right? You also realize that people in different economic situations aren't privileged to receive all…

Eh? Torrez says "@edcasey If last week taught us anything it is that everything on the internet is fake. So I am covering my bases." Doesn't seem like he is seriously alleging that…

Which point is that?

Having a drone drop my package on my fire escape would be far better than dropping it on the street. Lots of New Yorkers have trouble getting packages (well, those not rich enough …

What do you mean? You're saying that because it was published by Bloomberg?

I'll add a +1 for HelpX. I worked for an English couple in Normandy, and an Irish woman in New Ross, Ireland in the summer of 2009. It was a fantastic way to see a different side o…

Well yeah, but in places like SF and NYC, supply is limited by available space. We could house people in 6x6 cubes in giant rectangular buildings to be really efficient, but nobody…

Arguably, SomethingAwful (founded in 1999).

Are there any articles in the New York Post that aren't likely to be low quality?

He himself acknowledges that it has been done before, but he wanted to explore it further. I don't think claimed anywhere that this was somehow revolutionary or ground breaking. Wh…

This is basically link bait dressed up in medium clothes (spammy title and "in your face" bro attitude and all). It presupposes that the end goal is MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE.…

You can configure adblock to block it. It does leave a weird gap between the flickr nav and your bookmarks bar, but that weird gap is better than the god awful yahoo nav. On any fl…