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I haven't had those problems with RCS on my Android phone over the last few years of using it.

But yes, the lack of encryption (outside of Google's tacked on version) is a problem.

That's fine?! Consider the fixed costs of building a new carrier! Today's carriers will price it below where it makes sense to "build your own carrier", these costs will be distributed among consumers and we'll all be paying more for the same access we have today. The only difference is today's carriers have higher profits and a stranglehold on our access to the internet.

The cities are geographically close, but there is an international border between them. Canada has more open immigration laws opening up Amazon to a much wider talent pool. Considering that major difference, there could be a strong case made for having these major offices close by for in person collaboration.

Residential buildings in NYC need to separate their trash into three types: recyclable containers, paper, and general trash. How is this accounted for with a single tube system? Do they have exemptions from the law? Can they only drop certain things into the shoot on certain days?

Depends where you are, but where I live in Queens, and I think in Manhattan, parking is often free on the streets, cheap on the avenues (a buck or two an hr), and the parking garages (privately run) are astronomical in price. So, as you can imagine, drivers spend a very long time circling to find a free spot before biting the bullet and paying for a parking garage. This circling of course adds to the traffic problem. I'm of the opinion that if all street parking spots were metered, and prices were higher than they are now, traffic would be reduced significantly.

Then again, I haven't had a car since living here (10+ years) and don't plan on getting one.

Could you expand for those not in the know?

Interesting there is no mention of the Boro (Green) taxis. 6,000 medallions were released in 2013 (with plans to release another 6,000 a year for a total of 18,000.) That's a large swing on the supply side compared to the ~13K yellow taxis that I think would also have an impact on the 2010 onwards trips graph. http://toddwschneider.com/data/taxi/taxi_uber_lyft_trips_per...

"Taxi is actually by far the easiest to get a ride on." Unless it's raining, 5PM (taxi shift swap time), a peak time (eg. bar closing time), or most places in the five boroughs that are not Manhattan below 96th street (but the green cabs help with that.)

Being a Queens resident who does not live on a main artery to Manhattan, Uber/Lyft every time.

New SP4 owner (never had a surface). It's well on your lap. The back angle is infinitly adjustable, so that's not an issue and the key type cover is solid so typing isn't an issue even if on your lap - I read flex in the previous covers made this tricky.

If you're using LastPass on Windows, you can install the LP Windows app and it can autofill the login box ADP uses. But it's still a hassle and takes a few extra clicks.

I'm still searching for a perfect substitute. Feedly is the best I've found so far. I've very pleased with the desktop experience. Although, I really liked the Google Reader widget for Android and the Feedly one isn't as dense information wise, and reading offline (when on the subway) has proved to be problematic.

While this isn't a hot topic among New Yorkers I know, I did have a professor at b-school (NYU) who went on rants about the amount of money transferred by the citizens of New York City to the rest of the state of NY. If this is true, I wouldn't be surprised if most "downstate" residents wouldn't mind splitting the state in two, also. Seeing the typical political lockup between the senate and assembly in Albany, I think it would be best for all state citizens to split NYS.

I can't find it on their site or Google News. Anyone happen to have another link?

There are some slick thin cases available, they're not all Otter boxes. My $5 case for my Galaxy S3 has already saved my phone multiple times from inadvertent drops. Far cheaper than insurance from a carrier or purchasing a new unsubsidized phone. I think a slim, simple case is a no brainer on a $500+ device one uses all day long.

And dividend payments are represented in the stock price graph as a reduction of the price (on the ex-dividend date), making the return to investors actually higher than what is shown in the graph.

Enterprise sales, consulting, services. Mainframes still make up a large chunk of their revenue. Perhaps research/patents? They aren't really that consumer facing anymore, I guess that explains their ads on TV to keep their name out there.

If you could spare an invite, my email is in my about section. I appreciate your offer. Thanks!

Be sure to leave feedback. I asked for denser "dense" view.

Big 3 of consulting: McKinsey, BCG, Bain - These are all strategy only.

Accenture was the consulting arm of Arther Anderson which was one of the Big 5 of accounting (Enron brought them down.)

Accenture is known for implementation/technology/strategy. Along with Deliotte, CapGemini, Booz, etc. These firms differentiate themselves with implementation from the Big 3 that are strategy only.

I'm on the fence about paying for the NYTimes once the paywall pops up. I'd rather not use two lines of CSS to get around it, just like I have made the decision not to use an AdBlocker.

While the NYTimes pay model would work for me (I'd access via a PC or smartphone.) I think their pay model is clunky. Why does someone who wants to access the site via their iPad have to pay more than someone accessing the same content from a smart phone? The Kindle subscription is left out from this paywall so those users wouldn't be able to access the site with that subscription. The full access unlimited digital subscription is $35 a month. That same user can sign up for the weekend only home delivery for around ~$12 a month and get the full access digital subscription with it.

For such a large, risky undertaking, I don't think it is thought out well at all.

I always keep a Leatherman in my bag, amazing how many times I've used it. Android phone for looking things up.

Negotiations is a required class at my b-school. The material is soft. The lecture itself only lasts a short amount of the time. For the rest of the class, you just practice. Negotiate with another party (using a case study to determine your role.) The class ended after the results were tallied and the class discussed different approaches to the problem. It wasn't a tough class, but it was useful and enjoyable.

I'm no expert on flashing ROMs but bit the bullet this weekend. Flashed the latest Cognition ROM (3.02) to my Captivate. It was easy to do (for users of HN) and is quite an improvement over stock. I'd recommend owners of Captivates look into it. Take the standard precautions, read up, make backups, etc.

Living in NYC and traveling almost exclusively by subway makes me appreciate my local storage. In time there will be wireless underground, but for now, it's necessary to store music and podcasts on local storage. The AT&T 2 GB limit per month also encourages the need for local storage.

It's true. I've learned my lesson after living in Brooklyn and now Queens for the last few years. Just get in the cab, ensure your entire party is in the cab. Shut the doors. Say where you're going and sit tight. I've been fortunate to live by the bridges in both locations so I have an easy counter if they start to argue. Hold your ground!

I just finished reading the MSFT blog post that this TechCrunch piece got its info from. I then went to nytimes.com and an ad on the site was "While you were reading this, 21 people bought Windows 7...Click here to learn more" and it takes you right to the MSFT blog with these numbers. I don't think this site and these numbers are a professional way to run a marketing campaign. Especially when your campaign lists net income on it and compares it with two of your growing, trendy competitors. It just feels...tacky. And that is coming from a user who switched to Windows 7 after using OSX for 4 years.

Pinging VOYAGER2 with 20 bytes of data:

Reply from VOYAGER2: bytes=20 time=46152000ms TTL=53

And I thought my latency was bad...

The Voyager probes are absolutely astounding. I thought President Bush had proposed cutting funding to that project as a cost cutting measure. I'm glad that never occured.

Wal-Mart doesn't destroy local businesses or stores. Consumers who choose to shop at the local Wal-Mart instead of their local businesses destroy the local stores. Consumers' obsession with price, and price alone, over everything, including quality of goods, and service, is what kills small stores.

And that's exactly why you won't find me at a Wal-Mart (and living in NYC, there aren't any here...yet)

Any idea if this is for all Android (2.x) phones? Is the Moto Droid included?

I have to agree with ingenium here. I've haven't taken a finance class in my MBA program yet and I'm not in that industry. But I feel that dividends are just a company forcing me to pay taxes early. If tax rates on dividends were lower than capital gains, I would welcome them, otherwise, I'll sell the stock when I need money.