That pic is bullshit. I was in the industry at the time and Samsung used about 4 of those since 2005. Pretty much the ones on the far right. Toss in MicroUSB (which they took far, far too long to adopt, IIRC not until 2011) and that makes 5.

For Option B, buy the adapter. They're $4 on Amazon for brand-name stuff. Which means you can probably find a cheapo Chinese copy for under a dollar. They're also usually tossed in for free with new MicroSD cards.

God, how I wish we had a President Underwood. Sure, he's evil. I will even give you 'irredeemably evil' and 'possible antichrist'. But he's damn effective. Even with season 3, he's given 2 years of enormous progress which has dwarfed what Congress has been able to do in the meantime.

Somehow, Kinja never include my disclaimer on all money advice, which went something like "there's no greater difference in difficulty than between saying 'make more money' and actually doing it."

Because the dollar is really, really predictable over the long run because there are people whose job is entirely devoted to making the dollar stable. The dollar will not loose 50% of its value in less than a year. That kind of thing happens *all the time* in commodities, be they metals, energy or cyrptocurrencies.

Metal isn't an investment because you can't predict what gold or silver will be worth 5-10 years from now. It's speculative (finance term for "gambling"). If you want to stash cash, stick it in a insured deposit account (CD, savings, etc.) or buy stock in stable, dividend-focused industries. Electric utilities (for…

You're half-right. Currency, like the dollar, come with a promise from the issuing government to honor all obligations in that currency. It will only accept payment of tax obligations (or refunds) in dollars. Any fines or awards will be paid out in dollars. So long as that government exists, the currency will be worth…

First step is either making lots of cash on your own, or getting a room mate or a romantic partner whose contributions (combined with your income) will allow you to live on your own. Everything else is just moving boxes and signing forms.

Wholeheartedly agreed. I'd say this is part of the anti-intellectualism that's ingrained in American culture. I'd say it's easing as we gain a more knowledge-based economy, but we probably need a couple more generations before it's markedly better.

Half of that battle is just getting a fitted suit. Not off the rack. Trying to find a properly fitted suit off the rack is like trying to find a winning lottery ticket. Hit up a Men's Warehouse (or the like) and make sure to ask plenty of questions as to why they recommending X over Y. That'll get you caught up with…

The secret to networking is knowing something that other people need. Then they come to you and you just sit back and collect names and favors. Networking is really about power and knowledge is a form of power. Money is another one, which is why the rich are always well-connected.

Can't say my parents ever covered that. Fortunately, they introduced me to someone who could...

Or just say "thank you" like a normal person when they receive a complement or congratulation. Maybe compliment the person back on something good they did.

You are completely correct, sir. Have this cookie

This seems to all boil down to a combination of rules 1 & 3: have more female characters of varying appearances, attributes and personality. It's a bad idea to have one female character, whose "personality is girl" and wears a top held on by 2-sided tape and a prayer.

The answer is quick saves...checkpoints YOU create. You want to run through the whole game without saving? Don't use it. Never want to lose even 3 minutes? Spam that F5 key.

Or maybe raise the minimum wage so it actually pays way more than being on the dole (this was my case the last time I was out of work, which was 2010-ish and most of the jobs were...well most of you were there. You know what it was like).

I don't think DDG1000 has the ability to run its radar and a rail gun at full charge for very long. Once the capacitors are drained it's an either/or choice. AN/SPY-3 is a thirsty bitch.

It'd be easier to build 4 new 50K ton nuclear battlecruisers than to gut 4 museum ships.

You sound a lot like the Evangelicals that went to Africa pushing abstinence-only campaigns.