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I've read about 2/3 of the Silo Saga and I can't second this recommendation enough. It was originally just a novelette, but it was so popular on Amazon that he was compelled to write more and so far, it's all excellent.

I think it's pretty clear that (s)he's talking about ActiveRecord.

Mozilla: we care about the problems you're facing, unless you're one of the 80+% of people who hate Australis... then fuck you.

The code I write between 9 and 5 on weekdays is also way higher quality than the stuff I write the rest of the time.

Zero is also less than two.

You should really see some of the fans they make, they earn their name: http://i.imgur.com/GxuVHDx.jpg

I'm guessing it's cause they're bigger than T-Mobile and Sprint and less inclined towards crippling phones than Verizon.

Like the fact that light doesn't take up any space, so you could theoretically store an infinite amount of energy?

Both parties are already paying. Netflix, as an example, isn't getting their bandwidth free, and neither are we.

Except in the cases where this wasn't the case.

If you've been "active" for 3 years then it should have been trivial to build up enough points to do anything you want to do. You have to contribute, not just consume.

I wonder if there might not be some currency buy-in model that would work. Instead of your in-site "cred" getting bumped, maybe that cred is worth something tangible. Maybe in order to buy into the site you have deposit $5 worth of cryptocurrency X and to ask a question you have to "pay" a dollar worth of that currency and those dollars are "credited" based on how the answer/upvote pool decides.

I can think of at least 10 problems with this approach, but I think it might be feasible.

I can remember (mid-90s) when we thought it was downright scandalous that one of our friends had on his website something to the effect of "About: My name is John Doe and I live at 123 Sesame St. Anytown, AL 00000. If you'd like to send me a letter, I'll respond. If you'd like to stalk me... that information was already available to you."

It's only been 4 years, give them time.

Ender: "Knocking him down was the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too."

Please stop equating Liberals and the Democratic party.

We own a Roku 2 XD and a Roku LT, both about 2.5 years old. Both worked great for ~ 6 months and then... something changed and they haven't worked well since.

I used to have one of the originals, it was great.

This is using espeak. There are alternatives, such as Festival which, with decent voices, sound way better.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA0z6ztG7qU

It's using Pocketsphinx: http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/

And use festival, not espeak!

I've never been charged a fee for using Amazon Video on our Rokus. What are you referring to?

As a long-time Roku user I curse ours almost every day. Performance is slower than every other device we own (except the Chromecast). They constantly "reset" themselves while trying to navigate through the Netflix and Amazon listings. Videos will just sporadically stop playing or run into constant buffering issues. There are no parental controls. They didn't support DLNA until a few months ago.

Also decreased risk. Loose your cash and it's gone, loose your card and you just call in for another.

> I wonder what air travel would be like instead of the race-to-the-bottom experience it is now.

Comparing a niche (expensive) car manufacturer to major airlines isn't really an apt comparison. First, airliners are mass transit. Second, the airliners used to be very much nicer than they are now, it was market pressures that drove them to where they are (combined with the deregulation that was also due to people wanting to pay less).

A better comparison would be to compare Tesla to some of the General Aviation aircraft that are available. The [DA-40](http://www.diamondaircraft.com/aircraft/da40_xls/index.php) would be a reasonable starting point and could likely be afforded by the types of people who can afford a Tesla.

I still pronounce it "new" and "nome" and I don't care :)

And it doesn't glow in space.

The most significant bit of that being that you have to break the law in order to use the content you've payed for.

iTunes isn't available for my many platforms, now what?

Minus Apple, this is me.

The problem is further exacerbated by the fact that if you go straight to TPB you could have it already downloaded and ready to watch in less time than it takes to try and find a way to pay them. They've set the barrier to entry too high.

Better yet, have it find an overhead power line ;)