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Seems historically similar to the 70s/80s when automakers started positioning an alternator in such a way that it required removing an axle to replace it.

I was a Civil Engineer in hydrology. I built out a web app that integrated some local, clunky disparate software solutions so one could design detention basins in a matter of minut…

I studied civil engineering in college, worked in the field for six years, and got my PE. It bored me. I slowly studied programming and left the civil field for software. I now mak…

Google makes money (via ads) by showing the results the user wants, not by showing the results the user should want. If I want to go to an anti-vaccination site to reinforce my pre…

Mike Munger suggests that ( http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/07/michael_munger.html ) by allowing Uber/Lyft the local government is committing a regulatory takings by devaluei…

I think there might be some selection bias there: if you are iretired from above, it sounds like you are choosing women based on appearance alone. While a fine pursuit, it won't ne…

http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574

I always respond with "Find the money." That is, find a buyer today for the simplest version. THOUGH, this did not end well when after many drinks I met a guy who runs (presumably …

Your timeframe is critical to the decision though. Most of us will not live in our home for 20 years, let alone 30. Some of us will move to other towns to take pay raises that (a) …

I agree, that the firm might benefit from transparency; but the article stresses the need for regulation in the interest of the consumer, not the firm. This is how the price mechan…

As I understand it, Uber's prices are listed prior to contracting for a ride. Uber's market is clearly the middle to upper income brackets. If it's understood that the price is tim…

There's a great interview with Mike Munger on Econtalk about the price mechanism during an emergency: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/11/munger_on_john.html

Also, for truly deep insight into his literary thoughts and themes, read his essays in Farther Away: http://www.amazon.com/Farther-Away-Essays-Jonathan-Franzen/d...

To filter for those managers who will never be happy with anyone's work ask: "Who is your favorite employee? Why? How do you motivate them?"

Additionally, and to my mind most critically, the university degree signals that you play well (enough) with others. It says you have learned that sometimes power is capricious and…

I recommend: Two Cheers for Anarchism (Scott) and Why Things Fail (Ormerod)

Understood. No offense, just being goofy.

For more on patio11's thoughts on pricing and conversions, please listen to his MicroConf lecture: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2013/04/24/marketing-for-people-who...

This is my gut reaction. And yet time and again you hear from the likes of patio11 et al that one should leverage email as an engagement tool. For anyone with experience in this, d…

An economist and his friend are walking down the street when the friend sees a ten dollar bill on the sidewalk. “Look,” he says, “it’s a ten dollar bill”. “Nonsense,” says the econ…

No I saw it. Effing clever, so points for that. It has plausible deniability and has an Oscar Wilde wit to it. Touche.

Thanks for the edit, zalzane.

@ntumlin: when the issue is explicitly gender based and is referring to "using one's girlfriend"...there is a great deal of baggage that comes with the word whether the writer inte…

"Whore" is inappropriate.