I did not know that! Thank you - learned something new today. I always assumed the keymakers would look at it and go "Nope" because they could get in trouble. Maybe some keymakers are also under a false impression and that reinforces it?

With a skilled thief, this was true long before this app ever came along. Guard your keys.

None of that makes any sense. They don't have a way to verify your key isn't yours unless it's one of those official, expensive, controlled, "Do Not Copy" or "Illegal to Copy" keys for government buildings. In fact, this app sort of bypasses that unless it OCRs the text about not copying the key.

Secondly, how often…

Man, glad I just transferred out of using my domain name with Gmail and google apps and moved to a private server. Don't get me wrong, I like Play Music / Listen Now and Google Voice for routing my calls / disguising my real number / managing contacts. But there are alternatives. It was scary to leap *from* Gmail, but…

Just an FYI if you wanted to play it on PS3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Playstation Plus game that's listed for free for Plus members, if I'm wrong and it's not free it's like $5 or less.

They're set to lift this ban at the end of the year. I wonder what changed?

I was in the airport two weeks ago and saw a news report on CNN on one of the tvs in an airport bar, they're looking to lift these restrictions by the end of the year. I wonder what is changing, specifically, that makes them less concerned about lifting this ban now?

Sounds like you break that habit by stop accepting checks. Cash or eviction, give a receipt if he pays you rather than the landlord directly. Although the second or third time that happened I think I'd break the habit of living with that roommate.

I was going to suggest this site earlier, because I've used it before, but I wanted to check first and see if someone else mentioned it. So, plus 1 recommendation to you, sir.

This. A thousand times this. Who gives a shit what someone else's signature says anyway? It's usually the most-ignored part of an email anyway, I presume. Cut people some slack and don't be an assuming douche bag, whether their full email sig is present or it says "Sent From My Asshole."

Instead of demonizing Twitter, the EFF has chosen to praise Twitter instead for providing an opt-out and possibly leading what hopefully will be a new trend in transparency. So is this a dick move with a silver lining or is Twitter being a good internet citizen?

I get that. It's worded a little weird. What it should say is it scours social media, including profiles of your contacts or friends of contacts who may have non-public profiles, but are otherwise accessible to you once logged in to those services.

Here's the over/under from Wikipedia on it. I'm not really a fan of the idea of chemicals in my water besides H20. If I need medicine in my water, well, I'd just take medicine. In the meantime, I'd like to not receive heavy doses from showering, drinking, and watering the plants we eat with it. That's how I feel about…

Clearly it says it's not completely public. I think the mistake you've made is an assumption that "social media profile" == "public." Not all of us leave the default post settings to "public" or leave ourselves searchable or friend damn near er'body or let people find us by email address whom we aren't already friends…

Not everywhere. The confusion comes from the "professional" part of most urban area's definition of the word. In most urban areas, if you appear on a regular basis and beg for money, you are a busker. You do not need to perform unless you consider your plea for money a performance. If you make a living at begging, you…

If you're a professional beggar you're called a busker, just as an FYI. In many cities you have to have a license or permit to do it, otherwise they can legally arrest you for it if you make over a certain amount per day.

I'm usually getting 5-7 days as advertised. I think the reason nobody can nail down specifically how long is the difference in how many notifications different people receive, or allow, I guess.

I really wish they'd add a regular battery indicator with numbers so I could tell if it was close to time to charge. Some…

I think Pebble's SDK combined with the fact it *also* works with apps on the Android and iOS devices and the available third-party stuff out there means it'll have a lot more innovation once more product gets shipped. Most people I've met with a Sony smartwatch are pretty envious and want Pebbles (and then even more…

And it's different on the Pebble, where the apps run on the watch. You can get notifications from your phone, but only as a function of the watch's firmware. The part you can code for, those apps run on the watch (although arguably, you CAN write apps on the Android OS or iOS that talk to the watch too, but most of…

Yes, on an article about making your own ice cream, your suggestion of "Go trade money for the thing you want, let someone else do the work," seems totally in the DIY spirit. Thank you for your valuable contribution to this conversation.

Consider more than just money for a moment as your motivation for DIY - making…