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I don't know how it works for the oil industry as a whole, but in Argentina gas is taxed at about 45%. Solar has 0 subsidies.

This is very true. I'm from Argentina and visited Italy earlier this year. Naples felt very much like Buenos Aires, and a lot of people understood me even when I spoke in spanish.

There are currently several attempts at using different battery technology that the now-widespread Lithium-Polymer to achieve long flight times: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/my-97minute-06second-rec...

As far as I know that usually results in reduced efficiency.

You could always spoof the ID so that kinda defeats the purpose.

I'm currently doing a Keto diet (very similar to Paleo) and -at least for me- this is definitely the case. I'm addicted to carbs. I cut carbs and I immediately start losing weight and forget about constant hunger. Whenever I eat anything with carbs, my weight loss stalls and I start having cravings again, all the time.

Edit: Oh, and by the way, I've lost 40 lbs since I started :-)

This is my favorite RC/FPV YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest?feature=watch

Very nice. Wish he would have changed the 0.1 fps though

In my city, in Argentina there's already an rfid card that people uses for the bus, train and trolley. You can load it using cash though. There are also an increasing number of cameras in every corner as well, and a week ago the president herself said on tv that she wanted to put up cameras everywhere.

That "house" is probably just a shell resembling a house. Also, those are really big weather balloons, not those found at a party.

Looks really good.

I tried to fill out the form to get an invite, but when I pressed Enter, the form wasn't sent, instead it added a new line to the input field.

Hope this helps, and excuse me for my English - not my main language :)

I live in Argentina. Since October 2011 the government has been enacting new legislation almost weekly to restrict citizens access to US dollars, as well as tightening tax control to an almost ridiculous level. Also, for the last couple of years the government has been restricting imports, specially if companies refuse to export something (for example, Porsche is exporting peanuts so it can bring cars into the country). Apple for example refused, so none of their products can enter the country. The only Apple store in my city closed shop a few months ago.

Finally, inflation is rampant (around 25% annually) but the government denies it and so it can collect more taxes since salaries are going up every year and more people fall into high-income tax brakets.

In a nutshell, the economy is not that bad, but the government keeps screwing up and everyone can see we're going down.

There are country-wide protests right now, here you can see them: http://tn.com.ar/envivo/24hs

Not to be a hater, but what's funny about that? The point is exactly that. Most people don't care about "blazing fast".

If you can and want to, would you mind elaborating on your acquaintance? I'm intrigued on what did he do and how he got caught :-)

Trend is the keyword. The Gov won't stop at border checks.

Whoa! I was daydreaming about this exact same thing (Except it was pizza instead of tacos). I thought they should have a small box that hangs from them so they could drag the box down with a small thread in order to avoid accidents with the propellers. Anyway, awesome idea, hope to see this legally in the near future :-)

I cannot get the OP to load, based on its title I thought it was either a web app or desktop app to create thumbnails?

I don't think that all cops are dicks, but they have the power to behave like it if they want to. One of my dream jobs has always been to be a murder investigator though (I'm a big fan of "The Wire"):-)

And yeah, even though I'm from South America, I don't look too latino. I once crossed the border with two mexican friends. They definitely treated them worse than me.

South America.

I don't understand. Wasn't this an iPad/Windows email client that went open source?

The OP is looking for a webmail, open source solution similar to Gmail.

Got a few minutes and wanted to make some more comments...

I've had several ugly situations while entering the US. Last time I visited (March this year) I went through LAX. I was greeted very nicely by the officer, had all my paperwork done and off I went. Then I went to Baja California (MX) where I would stay at a friends/client house.

Then I had to cross the border (through Tijuana) to go to a marketing expo at AZ. The experience was nerve-wrecking. The border patrol officer started telling me I was hiding something because of my body language (apparently he saw too much "Lie to me") and started questioning why I had friends in the US, how had I met them and so on. After about 20 minutes we were let go. Like I said, I've worked at immigration in my home country, so I know how it works and stuff, but there are more professional ways to handle matters than just accuse people, push and see if they bite.

Also, what I missed to add to my comment above... In (most) mainstream US movies, you see that no matter what your job is you can lead a pretty nice life. Even if you work as a bartender, you can have your small apartment and be in charge of your life. I don't think it works like that. I met a client that was a school teacher and he was broke. Some of my clients have declared for bankruptcy, and some very, very rich clients have lost a lot of RE and have to downsize their homes by an order of magnitude.

I know it works like that pretty much everywhere, but for some reason all this things I imagined as a kid, stuck with me until I visited the US. It's like deep down we hope there's a place were things are better, and the US could be that place; so we buy into the dream (until we realize it was a dream and there's no such place).

I've always been a movie buff, and so as a kid I had some miss-conceptions and naive beliefs about the US. Some random ones I can think of now (a bit busy ATM):

- Cops are nice and they are out there to help people.

- There are no criminals in US neighborhoods. It is ok to even leave your car unlocked.

- There's no unemployment in the US (or it's minimal). If you go to college you automatically get a nice paying job. Only college students or lazy ones work at fast food joints.

- Health care is widely available and easy to get by.

The first day I got to the US I was detained at the airport (in TX) because I mentioned to the immigration officer that I (had) worked at immigration in my home country. He freaked out for some reason and I was taken to a tiny room with some people where I was questioned about my "real" reasons to go to the US, I always replied the same (the truth) and they kept pushing like I was lying. This went on for an hour until I was release and allowed to board on the plane to make the connection. Obviously had to take another flight since the original plane had left.

Then that same day I went to a coffee shop with a friend in a quite nice area of Phx, AZ. While we were inside, someone stole the spare wheel from his Jeep. He then told me they had a car stolen a few months before.

I saw several homeless roaming the streets. Which I had always pictured (as a child) only happened in NYC or something, and only because they didn't want to work or had some issues in their personal life.

While talking about living in the US with some friends there, they explained how health care works in the US. Basic health care is free in my home country and higher end procedures are fairly affordable, so I was shocked to learn about the US system. I don't believe much in socialism, but I can't think of a good reason for people in a civilized society to not be healed for free (retirement is a different issue though).

Can't type much more now. Hope this helps!

Same here. When I was a kid I pictured myself living "the american dream" when I grew up, maybe move to the States when I became a successful entrepreneur (haven't made it yet!).

A few years ago I visited the USA for the first time -and have a been there a few times since- and didn't like what I saw. I like Americans, and I like a lot of things about the US, but wouldn't live there at all.

I think the problem was what Hollywood movies made me believe the US was, and what it really is.

EDIT: Not sure why, but this is being downvoted. If you find it offensive or inaccurate, please let me know why. I don't care about the votes, I just would like to know why.

I recommend you to read this article: http://blog.asmartbear.com/consulting-company-accounting.htm...

While I don't agree with everything he says, there's a large amount of truth in that post.

I actually like long games. I don't think I've ever played a game without finishing it. Maybe I'm a bit obsessive, that's why I try to not play video games any more!

In SouthAmerica the ISP "Speedy" (Owned by Telefonica) also does this, here's the domain they use for this: http://www.ayudaenlabusqueda.com.ar

If Facebook charged $20 per month, would anyone use it?

Could you tell us more about your side project? Your comment made me very curious!

Haven't read the article, though I don't find it too strange. Anyways, I even find that price too expensive for just 50 +1s. You can find twice that much for half the price at Fiverr: http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?query=google+%2B1

These kind of service ("liking", "digging", and anything that involves "votes" of some kind) has been offered since forever, why would it be any different with Google's +1?

Great idea - I like it.

I've been using a Firefox add-on for this, http://wappalyzer.com doesn't give as much info, but works fairly good.