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by brianclements 11y ago
The poll data can be found here[1] [1] http://www.marketplace.org/sites/default/files/marketplacepo...
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How Does the Economy Feel to You?(marketplace.org)
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by brianclements 11y ago
I have 2 stages of news reading: The first is discovery, the second is digestion. I've used Feedly as a backend ever since Google reader went offline to keep my lengthy RSS library usable, but never ever use the web interface, which th
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More parents, students saying 'no' to homework(philly.com)
206 points by brianclements 11y ago|289 comments
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by brianclements 11y ago
Batteries, sure, but solar leasing was the big idea that helped alleviate the upfront cost barrier of the panels themselves.[1] [1] http://www.solarcity.com/residential/affordable-solar-lease
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More parents, students saying 'no' to homework(philly.com)
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The World’s First Fully Robotic Farm Opens in 2017(popsci.com)
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by brianclements 11y ago
Supply and demand only influences prices when there is actual competition out there. I'm bracing myself too for the inevitable Tesla battery revolution and see how power companies handle the competition. Municipal utilities are very du
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LADWP loses money during drought, plans to raise rates(abc7.com)
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Math professor's textbook choice adds up to controversy at Cal State Fullerton(latimes.com)
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Competitor to Offer $1 Pill After Turing Price Hike Outrage(nbcnews.com)
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by brianclements 11y ago
While in theory, I agree that this could really give underdogs a way to crowd-fund against well funded adversaries, I think in practice, the added obstacle of needing to organize will always give singular entities that are already wealthy t
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by brianclements 11y ago
There was a story within the past year or two I remember that was in a similar vein: where the hackers were able to obtain some address info from Apple support, which led to CC info from Amazon tech support, which led to interception of the
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by brianclements 11y ago
I'll add too that I think the palm pre was the best form factor I've ever had: small, physical keyboard, yet gives me the full screen look and sleekness. And android still has yet to match it's universal search on type featur
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by brianclements 11y ago
Same phone, same story. The loss of a physical keyboard on my device removed the "input" use of it. Now it's really just voice and ready-only features. If there are websites I find or any other "work" that needs to
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by brianclements 11y ago
For knowledge and facts, I mostly agree. I would add that doing your own research is what you do while attempting method 3 and get stuck. But I think the article, and my original point, was about subject area wisdom . The larger lessons be
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by brianclements 11y ago
The only ways people learn important lessons from the past is by 1) being taught them by someone willing to teach it 2) overhearing someone else being taught it, or 3) reinventing the wheel and learning it yourself. If 1 and 2 aren't h
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by brianclements 11y ago
Curious what you think about why boards aren't incentivized to reign in CEO salaries. Is it because they all sit on each other boards?
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by brianclements 11y ago
> But in all these words he never gets around to explaining how as President he would actually make the reform happen, other than saying it'd be his "first priority" and (twice) that he would "work with Congress.&quo
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by brianclements 11y ago
What I find incredibly interesting about the Uber story is that it seems to be a sped up history of the relationship between workers, unions, and customers in the market place. At first Uber drivers jumped at the chance to make "extra
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CEOs beware: Your astronomical salaries may soon cost you customers(washingtonpost.com)
23 points by brianclements 11y ago|20 comments
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Your experience point by point matches my own, the customer service feels exactly how it should. The premium product I need from Amex isn't the lounges and the prestige, just a credit card company that has my back and isn't trying
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by brianclements 11y ago
I uninstalled flash completely from all my systems upon the last major vulnerability news. My biggest loss? No videos in Facebook, which seems to have been fixed recently anyway. I'm chillin.
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Sometimes I get really excited when, in rare circumstances, the bottom line is suddenly tied directly to the quality of a product, and not just the roll-out from the sellers PR machine. Frankly, I didn't expect online reviews to have t
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Americans’ Denial of Climate Change Hits Record Low(time.com)
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What went wrong with Tidal(businessinsider.com)
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Meet the Mind-Reading Robo Tutor in the Sky(npr.org)
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by brianclements 11y ago
IMO, this is what Thomas Jefferson's "periodic rebellion" looks like in the 21st century.
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For me, it's simply because it's been incredibly easy to swap out broken parts as they come and go. I don't have extreme performance needs with my main machine, and various spare computer parts always find their way into my l
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Is ‘Artisanal’ Music the Next New Thing?(thedailybeast.com)
2 points by brianclements 11y ago|0 comments

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