I literally cried a little while reading this article, and I haven't even had to put a pet down since I've been old enough to even understand what that was. Once I was close to making that call for one of my dogs, decided not to, and the little fucker eventually came through and got better. After that I don't think I…

Maybe you are home and lost power, and your car battery is also dead? I don't know but this is pretty silly.

What the article fails to mention is that even though it won't get you there any faster, speeding is still pretty fun with good conditions and visibility on the open road.

What the article fails to mention is that even though it won't get you there any faster, speeding is still pretty…

This detector and many others can also detect lasers in front of the vehicle. Of course, if the cop just gives you a momentary laser burst as you're passing by (as opposed to a steady beam) then you're still screwed. The best you can hope for is that he blasts a car in front of you that's still in range of your…

This detector and many others can also detect lasers in front of the vehicle. Of course, if the cop just gives you a…

I agree. Usually someone is presenting at a conference because they've got something to sell, so they are perhaps a little more approachable in that environment especially for a relatively private conversation than they are via email or social media. Don't be weird.

Ditto. Perfect example, this weekend I'll be at CEDIA in Denver. Many times there will be so-called anonymous employees working for the various exhibitors I am interested in who are "famous" in our relatively small industry for one reason or another. If I've got an excuse to go say hi and even, time permitting, talk…

I don't think an apartment per se is either more OR less secure than a house. You're apparently ignoring the fact that people you have never met have access to your apartment, and you cannot revoke that access from them - that's a big security risk in my opinion, and you seem to have a FALSE sense of security because…

The cable guy requires an adult 18+ years old to be home for any service, and if you choose to give those other trades keys to your house then that's a choice you're making based on trust. With an apartment you may not have that choice; people will have access to your building, floor, and the apartment itself whether…

There are plenty of stories about a maintenance guy coming in unannounced and stealing shit for example. The doorman is just one layer in your layered security approach. Even when I lived in a doorman building (however briefly) I still put up a few wireless contacts and a camera with a monitored alarm system; got a…

I would submit that I am much more capable of hurting your German Shepherd than it is of hurting me. I've got two arms, probably a knife or other metal tool since I'm stealing shit, and a bigger brain that can plan ahead and that knows the location of all the sensitive parts that will make the dog know that I am not…

Lucky you that you live in a place where you can trust everyone else who lives, works, or delivers something in that building. It is notoriously easy to get into all but the highest-profile doorman-"protected" buildings.

Lutron lighting systems have a feature that records all of the events over a rolling 30 day period and can emulate it when put in vacation mode, so it appears from the outside as though you are home even if it is Groundhog Month. Kitchen & hall lights turning on and off at seemingly random intervals, etc.

I agree with the first two paragraphs, but the third is well known MYTH. The Very Large Dog is probably also a Very Valuable Dog, and a professional thief (as opposed to a random tweaker) is going to hurt your dog to burglarize you and/or take the dog with him when he leaves and probably sell it to a breeder or…

Yes - and some questions in other parts of the test might give you an indirect answer to other questions. "The volume of this solid is [x]" might stump you, or you might confidently answer by using an incorrect method - but a later question might be "To calculate the volume of a solid, one must: (a) do this (b) do…

Those are great suggestions but not a substitute for natural light over the long term, and there are plenty of people who leave work when the sun is already on the way down and maybe spend the majority of their morning commute in the dark (e.g. subway).

Me too. Those are the places where it's super critical to get outside as often as you can to any green space that might be in your vicinity; it has a way of giving you some perspective and maybe a minute of relaxation.

Obviously relatively few of us have a choice as to our office location or decor. Is there any data on sunlight substitutes such as high-quality lamps, different temperature colors (e.g. 6500K +/-), UVA/UVB output*, etc? That might be something more of us have some control over or least input to our higher-ups. I've…

Ditto for me - my IKEA book shelf has survived many moves; each time that it was further than a few miles, I took it apart to flat pack size and reassembled. Even with a bucket of wood glue I wouldn't trust it to stand up to the abuse that furniture movers could [accidentally] dish out.

Maybe the guys routinely do rape-fantasy cosplay with each other?

For your basic around the house maintenance and small projects, cordless or manual is the way to go for most tools. Hanging a TV, cutting a shelf to size and mounting it, removing all the electrical plates and fixtures in preparation for painting, etc. - all low power or short bursts of power. If you're building a…