I stopped Jailbreaking my iPhone when I switched to Android. Does that count?

My battery life went to hell when I tried to allow an app to manage my iVPN connection, presumably because the app had to be awake most of the time and keeping the VPN active, otherwise my background data wouldn't flow through it.

This all looks good but it appears I can't actually send SMS messages via my Voice number through the Hangouts app.

Sure, that's great. I'm glad it works for you - everyone should use what works. But saying your system is the best of an imperfect set of choices is silly. It's only the best at some very specific things, and is completely inappropriate/wrong for other priorities.

It's only "the best of nothing but imperfect options" if you weight privacy as absolutely the #1 most important thing, overwhelming all other considerations.

Android Police says you can't change the number you're sending from, though, which breaks the workflow on the phone - sounds like this is still a little unpolished and we'll have to wait for the bug fixes.

When it's your job to write for a website, I tend to expect that you can handle basic rules of grammar. I'm not sure why it is so hard for the world at large to understand less vs. fewer.

Well, of course the asshole comment was an over-simplification, but I think it sums up the reality of the situation.

I disagree with #1.

Or you could, you know, act like an adult and not rely on someone else to filter your own social interactions.

I did it and got an extra year of existing service. I used the same email address that my LastPass account is under.

No kidding. How many times am I going to have to change back the option that says "most recent items" instead of "top items."

Can that LastPass deal add an additional free year on top of an existing subscription? Or is it only for new signups?

I find this kind of advice to be a little ridiculous.

I just cut an extra large slice and serve the broken, piece to myself. Because it's broken, it's hard for everyone else to see that it's bigger than theirs, and I can act like I'm doing everyone a favor by taking the ugly slice.

$17,500 is the maximum sum for pre-tax 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plans.

I'm putting away the maximum yearly 401(k) contribution right now ($17,500) and the Roth IRA contribution ($5,500). On top of that, I put away another ~15% of my salary in liquid savings.

I always ask even if the store doesn't have a policy on refunding the difference. If they refuse, just shrug and say "okay, then I'd like to return it."

I guess, but I'd again say that tells you very little. There are tons of talented hobbyists out there - some have luxurious budgets that afford them pro cameras and glass, some have tight budgets where they take great shots on used or aging gear, and a lot are in the middle.

This isn't a bad idea for collecting some information, but for cameras, keep in mind that the skill of the photographer is generally going to drastically outweigh the capabilities of the equipment when looking at the final result.