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It appears they get their money from subscriptions, yes. There aren't any ads in the magazine. They also do some classes on how to make infographics and write articles.

I subscribed to Delayed Gratification quarterly for this purpose. https://www.slow-journalism.com/

I use Secure Shell ChromeOS app to connect to a DigitalOcean machine for all my terminal stuff. Works surprisingly well. The default ChromeOS terminal is far too restricted for me,…

I dropped Dropbox because of better pricing elsewhere for a commodity service.

I think they're doing a wonderful job of moderating the comments and submissions, as well. Duplicates are down, and discussions seem to be trending toward the informative and usefu…

Fire TV lacks iTunes and Google Play. Apple TV lacks Google Play and Amazon Prime Instant Video. Chromecast lacks iTunes and Amazon Prime Instant Video. And now we have a million a…

I propose musicians and artists become salaried positions. They get an office, instrument, materials, and a manager, jam rooms and display rooms instead of conference rooms, etc.

From the Penny Arcade blog on this incident, specifically Gabriel: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2013/09/04/some-clarification "So let me start by saying I like the Dickwolves strip.…

I tried using a week's worth of Ensure Complete as a meal replacement. It didn't provide satiation.

I bought a week's worth of Ensure Complete and was unable to sustain any sort of meal replacement plan on it. Each drink only seemed to alter the 'flavor' of my hunger rather than …

According to another blog post, you can still "switch to it" for the next 30 days. So maybe sign up for paid and then immediately switch to free? http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.…

This worked for me after about 5 minutes of clicking.

My clocks were still showing 2:59 when it went from 'sold out' to 'add to cart' and back to 'sold out', all within 60 seconds. Now, almost every time I hit refresh, it flips betwee…

Google banned how many accounts, in total? Do we have any numbers or statistics? I can't put the threat in context without knowing its prevalence.

People who flag it (click the 'flag' link) counteract the upvotes.

The 'sharp edges' sign came from a Fark PhotoShop contest many years ago.

Reasons to buy from Amazon: * Cheap * Consistent * Fast shipping * Good product availability * Good return policies * Vendor and item ratings

I went to college there and live one city over (25 minute drive). There are a lot of wealthy people living in the area, multimillionaires in the suburbs, but also a lot of poverty.…

How to turn on multiple accounts (account switching): https://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

I'd suggest the excellent Heart of the Comet by Gregory Benford (an astrophysicist), a story about mankind's first attempt to live on a comet, including all the hardships that come…

I was able to do this in the previous version.

They're adding 'click-to-play' as an option for plugins like flash in the default browser settings (no extension required) in version 18. It's allowed people to turn on the radio b…

"Function over form." But the form of clothes is very functional: it determines who you can easily associate with, what strangers think of you, who is attracted to you, what sort o…

It works pretty well for me. My feature wishlist: * iOS native app * nested playlists * smart playlists * playlist pictures * playlist export * gapless playback * built-in scrobbli…

It's caused by the checkbox to deny third-party cookies, and it's on their known issues page. http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/static.py?hl=en&...