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by pstack 15y ago
I've actually traveled a great deal (in my youth, including two years in Zambia and Kenya) and while it's not something I enjoy overall (for all the usual travel hassles, plus I'd rather spend my time earning money rather than spending it),
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by pstack 15y ago
Netflix is for archived content, while Hulu Plus is for current-season content. I'm happy with the Netflix model and it's all I use. The problem with Hulu Plus is that there is some non-Plus content that you can't view as a Plus member (bec
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by pstack 15y ago
After seven years with my company, I was finally earning the highest amount of vacation hours per pay check, up to 15 days per year. In my fifteen year career, as an adult, I've never taken a vacation and I don't really have any interest in
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by pstack 15y ago
I can't even imagine how someone accused (especially falsely accused) could even begin to respond to such a thing with any fairness. If I accuse you of the most hideous crimes against little kids, you have a right to defend yourself. You
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by pstack 15y ago
I have two cats and it would NEVER have occurred to me to search for an app that my cats can play with. I am not a crazy cat woman and don't buy $1,000 cat toys. I mean, good on them for the success -- but I think anyone who actually stops
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by pstack 15y ago
I would slightly disagree. I'm a new contributor, here, but I simply look at the comments on my profile and see the scores which helps me determine when I have, perhaps, strayed. It helps me refine what I contribute and how, based on the co
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by pstack 15y ago
They couldn't have published a more obvious story. Anyone with any sense doesn't log into either service and you don't need to be logged into either service for them to track you. It's amazing what freely available information (your IP, the
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by pstack 15y ago
I can't wait to see this all come to a head. Netflix's CEO isn't shy about calling the industry out on their bullshit, while the industry continues to lie about available bandwidth -- insisting that it is very limited, near maximum capacity
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by pstack 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. I can't keep up with all of the advertising local shops and eateries and services leave on my door (which inevitably end up blown all over my yard and in the bushes and the window wells) and it makes huge mess - espec
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by pstack 15y ago
I'm reluctant to accept any violation of copyright as anything more than a civil issue.
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by pstack 15y ago
I have a founders account from early contributions that I have never used. I logged in, setup the account, asked a few people if they wanted invites (nobody did) and haven't touched it, since. I don't care for other social networking sites
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by pstack 15y ago
I do have a schedule work-wise to keep, but it's not enough that it informs the rest of my life-style, I think. I work three days a week (nights, actually) for about twelve to fourteen hours. I telecommute, so it's not a huge deal and I cou
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by pstack 15y ago
Doesn't seem much different than that Rip Off Report guy. Except, unlike him, they don't seem to be trying to extort money out of people to change the comments about them.
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by pstack 15y ago
It apparently won't ever happen. I'm surprised the author of the article took it so seriously. I've gotten spam like this for years and it just goes directly into /dev/null when I see something like "so and so sent you a..." or "so and so l
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by pstack 15y ago
I believe they've had other minor outages, but overall, the lifetime of the service seems to have somewhere around 98.4% uptime. That's counting since November of 2006, when I believe the PSN launched alongside the PS3.
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by pstack 15y ago
Being a free service isn't exactly a reasonable justification for "you get what you get", though. You can pay for PSN+, but either way, it's still using the same network service and it's the only option. It's not like there's a pay-for opti
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by pstack 15y ago
That may explain why renting is the norm in a lot of other countries and owning a home isn't considered a big deal (while, in America, it's almost an obligation before you can feel like you've made it). Shifting terms is unsettling. I don't
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by pstack 15y ago
A compelling answer to why we can't let ourselves waver from a scientific and exploration driven society, why real heroes are not Bret Favre, but guys you'll never hear of, and why every attack by certain groups on science should be taken s
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by pstack 15y ago
I'd settle for even being able to sleep at regular intervals. I have a habit of staying up until I'm tired and waking up when I can't sleep anymore. As a result, I may stay up all day for several days and then stay up all night for several
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by pstack 15y ago
I don't think you understand my point. Housing should cost whatever supply and demand value it at. That means that when everything goes belly up because of stupid lending and stupid borrowing, those people should have to sell their homes at
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by pstack 15y ago
Unless I moved out of my home, I'd actually be more likely to just rent out rooms. I think there's far less risk and legal complication if you're essentially renting out a room to a "roommate" versus giving over your entire home to another
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by pstack 15y ago
True. That's a big risk and that's one major reason to hold off on buying a home. However, at some point, you have to either decide that you're going to live somewhere or you have to decide you're going to spend your entire life as a nomad.
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by pstack 15y ago
In the US, you have fixed-rate mortgages and adjustable-rate (ARMs). Fixed rates are usually 15 and 30 years. The longer the term, the lower your monthly commitment, of course. I believe a 30yr fixed rate is probably the most common type of
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by pstack 15y ago
When I rented last, my lease switched to month-to-month if you didn't sign up for a new term, too. It went from (at the last number) $1,200/mo under lease to something like $1,900/mo without a lease.
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by pstack 15y ago
In my experience, leases are exactly the opposite. You sign a lease for up to a year and are locked in at a certain price over that year and they do whatever the hell they want to when it comes time to renew your lease for the following yea
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by pstack 15y ago
My thoughts, also. It used to be that you could reasonably argue the money you'd spend "investing" in a home would be better spent in the market, but that would not seem to be the case, these days. Not to mention, there is now a distinct va
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by pstack 15y ago
Close. I think you counted an extra year in there. It increased 5% at the end of the first year, 7% the second, then 10% the third and fourth. I moved out at the end of my lease after the fifth year, so I don't know what the fifth increase
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by pstack 15y ago
I don't see small pox as being unique. If we get rid of it, we need to get rid of everything else. I think we still keep ebola, for example. Frankly, there is simply no way of knowing the future (though I agree, there's no way of ensuring s
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by pstack 15y ago
I think the Economist might be one of the exceptions, where they are prone to less hit and run activity and have a more participatory readership of regulars. Compare that with any news or magazine site that you might click on right this ver
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by pstack 15y ago
A very valid point. As others have stated, buying a home should be more about quality of life and living than making a buck and that has to be on your time schedule; not someone else's. The worst thing you can ever do is buy a home when you

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