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Seattle has had one streetcar line for some time and is just finishing up a second. What's unclear to me is why. They still suffer from the same problems that the article says led to the fall of streetcars last century: gridlock due to cars makes schedules and ride times unpredictable, same as buses. The Seattle streetcars do carry a few more people than a bus, but it's not a huge difference. From my own observations, the streetcar tracks also present a fairly significant danger to inexperienced cyclists.

We do have an expanding light rail system, which makes a lot more sense as it operates on its own right of way and thus isn't affected by Seattle's terrible car traffic.

My 2011 11" Air (i7) runs 10.10 just fine. I haven't noticed any slowdown over the past 4 years, although I do disable all the unnecessary transparency and animations Apple keeps adding for seemingly no reason.

By the way, my battery health is also around 85% after 500 cycles and being plugged in and charged to 100% whenever possible.

That's right. To some degree it makes sense -- most families probably don't want to share every photo they take. But most probably also won't bother to manually add every photo they do want to share to a shared stream. I'm not sure there's a great solution to this, but it'd be awesome if somebody figured it out.

My wife and I have a similar problem with our music libraries. I have all of our music in my library and on iTunes match. I'd like for her to be able to access music in iTunes match too, but there's no way to do that without sharing an iCloud account and thus sharing everything else iTunes related.

I agree that's a problem and would be very happy to see native support for paid updates added to the MAS instead of the hacks developers are currently stuck with. I didn't say the MAS is without downsides (the original article does a good job of spelling them out), but joesmo is arguing that the MAS has no real benefits to the user. I don't think that's true, and that's why I really hope Apple fixes these issues instead of letting the exodus continue.

Same here. I'm on AT&T, but bought an unlocked Verizon iPhone 6. I may not end up switching carriers in the next two years, but it's nice to have the extra flexibility for the same price I'd end up paying if I went with subsidized or Next plans.

I find the simplicity nice: find an app I want to buy, click buy, and I've got it. Developer just pushed an upgrade? It installs automatically without my having to do anything.

I'm not worried. 14 day return policy + AppleCare = no risk that that I'm stuck with a bad/dead device.

If this turns out to be a major problem that doesn't happen to me initially, I'll return the phone. If it's not that widespread but I'm among the unlucky ones who ends up with a bent phone over the next 2 years, Apple will replace it for free (or worst case charge me $79 if they think it's my fault).

One of the reasons I switched to Crashplan. Their Java client is pretty terrible performance-wise, but it's still the best cloud backup I've tried.

My understanding is that iPhoto and Aperture now share the same library format in the latest versions, so you should be able to open your Aperture library in iPhoto right now.

Yep, shared laundry is very common in older buildings and multi-family houses, but I've never seen such a place with a card system. They all took quarters. Who's going to bother installing an electronic system when you have one set of machines and 3 apartments?

I had to deal with coin-operated in-building laundry for years (mostly in New England), and it's definitely terrible when you realize you _have_ to do laundry tonight but you're out of quarters and it's too late to go to a bank. Time to start knocking on doors or making friends with the guy at 7-11.

I definitely thought about (and searched for) a service like this, but as everyone else has said, paying a 50% premium on quarters is tough to swallow. I'd have paid 10-20%, though. (But now that I have in-unit laundry, I'll never go back to shared if I can help it.)

I like the idea, but I'll wait until they publish the source.

On my Windows machine, I switched to Chrome from Firefox years ago largely due to better (perceived) performance. I switched back to Firefox this year and haven't noticed any slowdown as a result.

Firefox does seem slower than Safari on OS X, but I don't use Chrome enough on my Mac to compare Firefox vs. Chrome.

What concerns me (and I'm sure many others who don't like the idea of a larger iPhone) is that the iPhone 5s is currently the only flagship phone under 4.5". Sure, you can get smaller budget smartphones, but if you want a small high-end phone, it's Apple or nothing.

If the rumors are true and Apple decides to make the iPhone 6 4.7" and 5.5", what do I get next time I'm ready for an upgrade? I think it's silly for Apple to leave money on the table by only selling the current form factor when there's obviously a lot of demand for a larger iPhone, but it's equally silly to ignore the market for smaller phones like every other smartphone manufacturer is.

Anyone familiar with the orbital engine design they're using? The wikipedia article about it is pretty sparse and I didn't find anything better in a quick web search.

I still use Amazon Fresh in Seattle, but I wish there was an acceptable alternative. I'm seeing the same thing - prices, delivery fees, minimum orders going up, selection constantly decreasing. I can walk to small local groceries and farmer's markets for fresh stuff, but Amazon's still my best option for getting the boring stuff without getting in the car.

The thing is, more established companies aren't a guarantee either. I tend to hit the back button as soon as I see an internet company promise to do anything "forever."

Also a very large anti-fanbase.

"This makes sense since those who feel the need to buy a new device the very weekend it launches are most likely the power users who want the highest-end phone experience."

As a near-daily Solidworks user, I totally agree. The problem in my mind is just that the barrier to entry is so high due to cost that it prevents the kind of open collaboration on mechanical design that's been possible for years in software and electronic hardware. Just like 3D printers, prices will come down to better serve hobbyists and individuals -- it's just a matter of time.

You can bet it's thousands of US dollars, if not tens of thousands. Just a single seat of Solidworks is $4000 without any extras. Believe it or not, that was actually crazy cheap for parametric CAD back when Solidworks started becoming popular ~15 years ago.

The only times I use my iPhone for music are on long drives and airplanes. Not a good use case for iTunes Match. I do have Match, but mainly just use it on my laptops (which don't have any music on them).

WiFi works great for me at home and work since I control those networks. But finding & connecting to public hotspots is often a pain and my effort's frequently rewarded with a slow, unstable connection (even for paid ones). In my area, LTE isn't marginally faster, it's way faster than 3G. For me, it's absolutely worth the extra money.

I really don't think having fast, hassle-free internet access on the go is an edge case. Isn't that one of the main reasons people buy smartphones?

Until some wearable device can actually replace a smartphone instead of complement it, I think you're right. Not many people want to carry yet another device, so you've got to have a pretty awesome and broadly appealing use case to convince them to do so. I just don't see it with the Gear (or the Glass for that matter).

Oops - it's actually a single tap with two fingers...

I just tried this one handed suggestion - first time ever in my 6 years using an iPhone - and I can see why I never thought of it. Extremely awkward and imprecise. I don't get why anyone would do that. Do you have giant hands?

For zooming, I've always used the double-tap method. This generally works fine for zooming in and out on Safari, and it works for zooming in on Maps. I can do a two-finger double tap on Maps to zoom out, but it's still pretty awkward so I'll keep switching to two-handed mode for those (rare) instances.

Looks like it's from the movie Troll Hunter.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/

Link just worked for me. Looks interesting; I'd love to see an example -- even just a hello world.

Why not? Right now, I basically always have my iPhone with me. Often, I also have an 11" Air with me. But there's a lot of redundancy between the two, I have to keep them in sync, and tether the phone to the Air when off WiFi. This sounds like a credible solution to eliminate that redundancy and it wouldn't mean carrying an extra device.

Honestly, I'd probably fund this project right now if they had a tablet or notebook docking accessory in the plan.

Their indiegogo page is way better. Skip the standalone site and go straight there:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/canary-the-first-smart-hom...

I agree, but I've always found DDG results to be pretty terrible, so I just ended up using Startpage with some custom CSS.