mikefivedeuce

I still have some old hypercard stacks on floppy from third grade that I can't bear to throw away. Every time I come across the disks I remember how awesome it was to fire up the IIGS in computer lab and create the dumbest animations.

This might be out of date now, but 10 years ago I purchased a couple of monitors for a digital display. IIRC the monitors were more expensive because the screen wouldn't "burn" in images if left on the same image for a long period of time.

Yep, it's an accessibility argument. If ~7.5% of the population is unbanked, they aren't using a smartphone to pay.

I couldn't tell from any of the articles today if they're going to accept cash or not. Given the push back they received on the first round of convenience stores, it's interesting that it's not mentioned at all.

These kinds of announcements are always full of hype. Panasonic has a similar concept in Denver. Google / Sidewalk Labs in Toronto. The practicalities of executing on real estate development at scale is always underestimated or neglected. Between regulations, the labor force, and tastes of eventual residents, the end result ends up close to the mean because the stakes (amount of capital involved) are so high and many decisions are prohibitively expensive to reverse.

Thanks for this breakdown. Any thoughts on how this process might unfold for psilocybin as opposed to a drug that's subject to a chemical patent? Funding, timing, etc.

Shaka Senghor spent seven years in solitary. Everything of his that I've watched / read / listened to is extremely thought provoking. Check out his recent appearance on Conversations with Tyler: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/shaka-senghor/

Infrastructure is one thing. Human capital is the much more important factor for any of those companies.

Not that I disagree with your premise, but real estate and, to a lesser extent, art and gold, have intrinsic value in that they can be used for a purpose outside of a store of value. For real estate, utility is a much larger share of the market value than the others.

This is a good point. I was very annoyed when Reader was shut down but found Feedly and gladly pay monthly for their service.

Correct. There's correlation with the band's tour dates and artwork popping up. Robin Gunningham is the other popular theory. Either could have been the "Rob" Goldie was referencing.

I don't have any insight into the rationale behind the HQ2 search beyond what was reported in the media, but I've long thought that planning for a potential government-forced break up was part of it. A preemptive segregation of business units will help their case if/when this gains some steam.

Not a law but regulatory capital requirements on speculative real estate make it uneconomical for the banks to hold the properties.

It's also dependent on the jurisdiction. In some cases the lender doesn't actually have a right to proceeds in excess of their loan amount (plus interest, penalties and fees).

I think it's also a demographic trend. Many of the releases are re-issues from a time when we were kids and wanted to wear the Jordans / Pennys / Grandmamas / Ewings we saw on TV but couldn't get our parents to spring for them. Now we're older with disposable income and, although expensive, for the most part they aren't crazy expensive. I mean, a pair of decent dress shoes cost more than my Tinkers... but nobody has ever stopped me on the train to tell me how dope my oxfords are!

Thanks for posting. American Prometheus is one of the best books I've ever read. It gives you such a detailed look into the life of Oppenheimer without much interpretation, which you don't need because his life story is so intriguing. This book sounds like an interesting companion because there were times when I wanted more of an attempt to explain or understand some of the personality quirks and contradictions that wouldn't be at home in a pure biography. Will give it a read.

In some ways they are. The WeLive brand takes liberties with zoning laws that are in place to prevent SROs, for example. I wouldn't call it disregarding laws/regulations but they are potentially violating the spirit of those restrictions. It's not unique to WeLive - all of the co-living companies are doing similar things.

Second this recommendation. Hackers was a great history of early computing. The photos in this post are especially cool as Felsenstein, Captain Crunch, and others are prominent in the book.

I was in Austin two weeks ago and was worried about the lack of Uber/Lyft. I had great experiences using RideAustin. A driver even mentioned that they pay him 2x fares to drive out to areas like the F1 track because it's outside of the city.

Came here to post this link as well. I remembered loving the opening scene as a kid. After reading this on Letters of Note a few years back it gave me a whole new appreciation for the genius of Gene's portrayal.

Typically the exclusivity agreement is a marketing exclusivity only. It's also true that AT&T may have maintained ownership of the lines, especially if it is fiber direct to the unit. If that's the case, any new provider would need to install new lines, which is costly once the building is complete. The ROI likely won't pencil for the new provider.

I wouldn't confuse management companies with brokers and as the REITs themselves own the complexes they wouldn't be considered a broker either. A broker acts as a middle man and pairs a potential renter with a building and collects a fee (which varies depending on the market). They're a third party in the transaction. In Chicago, for example, brokers are compensated by the ownership and it's typically one month's rent. In New York, the renter pays the broker/locator directly.

Brokers do tend to spam craigslist and any other avenue because they are motivated to be the first point of contact for a renter. They'll also buy up common domains and adwords to show up high on generic searches like "luxury Chicago apartment". It's not uncommon for them to represent themselves as ownership by using unlicensed pictures and vague wording.

I don't think I follow your last two paragraphs. A year is a standard lease because there are significant turn costs when somebody moves out and often the apartment sits vacant for a month before a new tenant moves in. You can usually get a shorter term but you'll pay up proportionately. Pet fees cover the damage that pets often cause and security deposits are heavily regulated in most major cities so that they can only be applied to legitimate documented expenses. In Philadelphia, for example, you are entitled to twice your security deposit back if your landlord doesn't return it with 30 days or provide you with a list of itemized expenses.

This isn't always the case. I was heading to Milwaukee for a wedding a few months back and booked an AirBnB a while in advance. My host bailed three days before we arrived and the PGA Championships were in town. There wasn't a single vacancy and AirBnB customer services was completely unresponsive. I had to send multiple emails before they bothered to respond and then they offered a $40 credit toward another booking. That policy is probably fine in NY or another city with adequate inventory but Milwaukee had no downtown options left at any price. I can understand that AirBnB has no control of a host but their complete lack of customer service response was pathetic. I have no plans to ever use them again.

The studies can also take advantage of mean reversion and test patients that are experiencing uncommonly high levels of depression (eg, unresponsive to medication). Over time patients return to their usual level of depression (or whatever's being tested) and the treatment is deemed effective.

Element14 should have it

Thanks for sharing that - never seen it before. I like that it gets something accomplished if it needs to be removed. Reminds me of the pothole artist in Chicago.

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/03/chicagos-potho...

I'm not sure I agree that it's part of the sharing economy because the users aren't gaining income from assets they already own. Teespring is making sure that they control the platform that users need to continue doing business, similar to how Apple controls the App Store, Google with AdSense, Amazon, etsy, eBay, etc. If they can expand the offering beyond t-shirts, this is a really interesting way to open small scale production to a broader audience.

I had trouble with the "no two identical rows" rule as well. I didn't see it in the tutorial and on the 10 x 10 it was a key piece of logic to solve the puzzle.

Enjoyed the game play and the graphics are very smooth and clean.

Most hotels that host business meetings or have many business travelers will install small cell distributed antennae systems to boost cell and data coverage because business travelers who don't have service in the rooms won't come back to the hotel.

Deeds are public record so you can always check to see if a single person/entity is buying up many properties in an area. Sites like whydontweownthis.com are making it easier to check as well.