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I collected Simpsons season DVDs until I lost interest... last one I purchased is season 14. So there's a data point on when I had (re)seen enough of the show (Although, I've seen S15-22 or so completely, sporadic watcher since then).

I think season 10 is a fair cutoff point.

The jarring thing about the more recent episodes is the decline of Julie Kavner's (Marge's) voice. It sounds...weak. Unhealthy. Other actors on the show have a similar problem but hers is most notable.

Maybe this is not brought up because this is not a universal problem. In the two metro areas I am most familiar with, Houston and Detroit, plenty of my millenial peers can afford and do in fact own homes. Admittedly, these are often starter homes well outside the urban core. But owning a single-family home close to the city center is a fairly delusional goal regardless of income, in my opinion.

Clever idea, would probably work well for an arcade style game if you're set on a first person view. For a "driving simulator" type (Forza, for example) game, first person is used for a more authentic experience, in which case, you may as well turn the minimap off anyway and learn the course the way you would in real life.

One car isn't enough to form a true conclusion, but what about 76? [1] This poll is biased in the sense that "0" isn't an option; still, it's an alarming amount of failed drive units. If this is a real problem, it won't scale---they can't keep replacing these things under warranty.

[1] http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/29834-Drive-Un...

There's this: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd. 13" 1080p screen, 128 GB SSD, 4th gen i5, very thin, comes with Ubuntu. $1200

I did all my laptop research in May of this year. Ended up with a Dell M3800. It's the base model with 1080p screen. I added an mSATA SSD. The XPS 15 is the same thing but the GPU is flashed with the Radeon drivers vs. the Quadro. I needed Windows/Quadro for best compatibility with CAD software.

"Retina" screens don't make much difference in my productivity imo.

It has a tubular cage like that because space frames are about the easiest way to build the primary structure for a one-off or low production vehicle.

It's not a particularly safe way to build a car for passengers without helmets. There's no padding on the cage either. Every race series that requires cages also requires helmets and padding.

My high school counselors frequently came by classes and spoke about college---while they didn't talk about the financials in detail, they easily could have. It'd be as simple as doing a quick calculation on the board of how long it will take to pay off some amount of debt. Now whether that advice would stick in the students' heads, I don't know, but they should at least try. There's also high school economics classes that should be discussing this. I was required to take one and my teacher actually did a better job of explaining the cost of college than the counselors.

At what point do these students realize the cost indicates they should stay from that school? Like, "Oh wait, even though X is a better school than Y, it will cost 5x more, and my starting salary will only be 5% less." Is that happening? It just seems some of these people are naive. Another example is ones that are unaware of the economy of the city they aspire to live in, and get a degree with little value in that city. And then they're unemployed...

Now that doesn't mean the college system isn't flawed or unfair. I think that it is. But some of the discussion should be on how we tell young adults to best navigate their way through the system, as it exists at present. Picking your dream school, a "good" school, whatever, should not be independent of some analysis on what the return on investment is. For students that can do that, there are still opportunities out there... I say that because I've made decisions where I got in but didn't go to my dream school. It sucks. But the extra value from the quality of the education didn't seem worth $100k in debt once I get on the job market.

Or build said generator into the car and sell the whole thing for half the price of a Tesla :)

[x] http://www.chevrolet.com/volt-electric-car.html

I only work when I feel I can be productive, and am currently averaging 6.5 hours per day. As a graduate student I am somewhat disconnected from the whole "show up at x, leave at f(x)" concept. I also tend to work on the weekend. Basically if something has to be done, I make time for it.

The disadvantage to this approach is that whenever I want to meet people, I have to modify my schedule. There is value in the idea that everyone involved in a project is at the office for a mandated period of time. It may not be best for everyone, but it sure is nice to be able to interact with people without the ordeal of establishing a common meeting time.