Unfortunately their economy will likely not take much of a hit from antics such as this. The main driving force behind their growth is a ridiculously large populace, all of whom are used to working for pennies and in poor conditions. Although this means that on the individual scale the economy is weak, corporations…

Yeah I saw a similar argument after posting this. It is a valid way out of the wastefulness of what he does, though it's based entirely on assumptions that:

When I was in grade school, I never understood the kids who did things like this. "Hmm, I'm bored. I know! I should destroy some possession of mine for a few seconds of entertainment."

Interesting argument. It is true that the money isn't exactly burned (it was transferred to the manufacturer), and I guess if he were to donate ad revenue equivalent to at least the value of the phone to charity, the disgusting wastefulness would be counteracted. However we do not know what he does with his money. In…

It disgusted me as a child back in elementary school (kids smashing electronics just for the sake of it, or to get their parents to buy new ones) and it still disgusts me today. I fail to see the humor of breaking things merely for the sake of breaking them. It's probably the single greatest example of the excesses of…

It's something that may become more common as the quality of phone cameras improves. The reason why most phones lack it even as an option (as it really requires no effort to implement, it's merely a matter of dumping the sensor data into a non-compressed file format) is simply because for the longest time phones have…

You're actually wrong, and your comment seems kind of irrelevant considering you actually have no helpful advice ("Shoot in RAW, except you can't" :P). When it comes to image processing, non-destructive editing refers to file formats and/or processing methods that don't edit the actual source image, but rather use a…

Too the contrary, I usually handle my psychological conundrums through identification and reasoning. The goal is to distill the root cause of the particular psychological issue you're trying to deal with, and then establish a plan that resolves or at least counters said root issue. Sometimes no plan is needed and…

That's New York for ya man. Up here in the Republic of Canadia the whole country would chip in to make you feel better, and you'd get a few "Soory"'s to boot :D

I found out about that option before reading this, but it's still a great tip. I love how much simpler and lightweight GIMP is over Photoshop, but the completely shitty window system used to drive me crazy. It was annoying even when it worked, but the most annoying part is how badly Windows 7 (not sure if Windows 8…

First of all, this has to be the most obvious "tip" ever. I would be amazed if a first year middle school student couldn't work out the concept of net cost, let alone a college applicant.

In regards to the sex element of relationships, I wouldn't nessesarily interpret that data to mean "The more sex you have, the better the relationship". I think what's really going on is if both partners are having the RIGHT amount of sex, they're happier. Some people want more sex, some less. I think what puts stress…

I like both cats and dogs. In my experience dogs are more loving, expressive animals, whereas cats are more mysterious, intriguing animals. Dog behavior on a rudimentary level is similar to ours (they obey similar basic social constructs, and are also much more able to learn our verbal and non-verbal languages, due to…

I would heavily emphasize the "CAN lessen or resolve with age". The long term prognosis has found to be that about 30-50% of cases persist into adulthood (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1912954…). All too often I hear from doctors and people "Oh it's just a phase that people grow out of". I would emphasize that…

Want an even bigger mindblow? Very rarely, a "fetus-like structure" can form inside a terotoma. In essence, an infant clone of yourself. Food for thought.

Ah, it appears you are correct. Double checking that reveals that it's not the formation of trans fats that's the concern, but free radicals. Take your pick.

https://www.ninacucina.com/types-of-fats.…
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Gener…

Keep an open mind when it comes to oils, there are many others out there, some of which are actually much better than olive oil for most purposes. For frying, olive oil is actually not really ideal (though still healthier than frying in butter, which has a verrry low smoke-point, and as such is completely unsuitable…

I've found in my experience, that the simplest hangover precaution/solution is to drink a bottle of powerade/gatorade and have a small snack before passing out/going to bed. It's not the best advice to tell people to just drink lots of water, dehydration is part of a hangover, but drinking water on its own tends to…

The suggestion to drink water to prevent a hangover is true to a point, however the amount you drink should depend on various factors (how much alcohol to water there is in your drinks, consumption of salty foods or not, etc). Drinking tons of water needlessly can cause a loss of electrolytes which will in turn…

He invested in AMD in the 90's and didn't do well? Him not pulling out his investment at the right time was the problem, not that he didn't invest in any one stock. AMD underwent sudden massive growth around 2000, as a result of great R&D that produced a product (the Athlon series CPU) that could compare to it's…