I worked in the game industry for close to 20 years. While I don't have horror stories like these, it was not exactly rosy. The first company I worked for laid me off, rehired me 9 months later, never paid me more than half the industry average salary for my position and level of experience, gave me a 10% pay cut in…

I fail to recall famous people's names most of the time too.

I'm guessing there will be a line of toys which will consist entirely of Iron Man, Hulk and Cap. Because we can't have nice things.

I like everything else about it — dual alarms where we don't mess up each other's schedules, automatic time setting from NIST, big display — I just wish it was red and not so bright.

It has to be across the room so I'm not tempted to turn it off and immediately go back to sleep. Once I get up, find it in the dark and…

I like everything else about it — dual alarms where we don't mess up each other's schedules, automatic time setting…

Tahini is optional too, honestly.

I can't relax without a fan. I have a fan at work, a fan at my computer desk at home, a fan beside the recliner, and a fan blowing on me at night (even if it's freezing and I'm under blankets). The moving air is more important to me than the noise, but the noise is helpful.

I can't relax without a fan. I have a fan at work, a fan at my computer desk at home, a fan beside the recliner,…

Some studies have shown that optimal sleeping temperature for most adults is between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Some studies have shown that optimal sleeping temperature for most adults is between 60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Steam could fix this easily. They could have their own self-curated, best-of-the-best games separate from the Greenlight and Early Access stuff.

While I probably won't build these, this has inspired me to think about building a hutch for my desk. So, uh, thanks :)

Seems like with a display like this, something that fools the Windows desktop into thinking you have two monitors (for the purpose of maximizing) would be handy.

What they really should do for "brighter, clearer" images is not re-JPG-compress uploaded images. I swear it must be using a 10% quality setting or worse. Upload a PNG with a smooth gradient, get back a horrible block of mangled pixels. It doesn't do it every time, though...

Water.org, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, Women for Women International.

It's not so much the "Christian message" so much as ongoing, if inconsistently applied, discrimination against LGBT people. And there is still some question whether donation money is being used for political lobbying rather than actually helping the poor.

Please tell me that's in Dubai, and there's a panther in the passenger seat, and the owner hires a body double to drive it around for him.

If you have an older major appliance (water heater, AC, washer/dryer, refrigerator etc.) it can easily be worth replacing with a more efficient modern unit.

I keep a text file in the cloud with ideas and links I want to follow up on later.

I have a persistent text file I use at work to keep track of what I'm working on in case of interruption, and often have another instance or two of Notepad open for notes and pasting stuff into.

I'll vouch for slow-cooker turkey breast. I'm not sure offhand where the recipe was from, but ours had an apple and onions in the crockpot too, and it was fantastic. And far easier than most turkey efforts.

I literally mean I have to raise my arm like a Beckoning Cat, pick up the scanner and wave it back and forth and up and down and tilt it at random until it finally scans it.

Whereas when I scan my phone, I hold the phone in front of it and it just works.

Music! Cocteau Twins especially are a mood shifter, but gloomy dark ambient stuff or blues (not angry music) usually calms me down. I won't necessarily be *happy* afterwards, but not crushed by despair or about to smash stuff in rage either.

I have a Microsoft Band, which I guess is a semi-smartwatch.

I use it for fitness/sleep tracking, silent haptic notifications for email and texts and silent timer for blood sugar testing when I'm at work, and... as a watch. Sometimes to pay for Starbucks, but to be honest it's more awkward than just scanning my phone.

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