City view is usually a euphemism in the hotel world that just means your window faces the windows of the building across the street. Just like how “garden view” is a euphemism for parking lot. Last year I stayed at a hotel where the “water view” was a view of a swamp, versus their “beach view” which was a view of part…

I suspect “slave wages” probably doesn’t mean what you think it means. It’s a pretty common term, though the meaning shifts a bit in certain political and civil justice circles. A historian will give you one definition while an Amnesty International volunteer will give another. Most people though will give you one in…

They should get the studio that does the MGS series. Those games are consistently high caliber in voice acting. But acting is just part of the realism. They gotta get the sound right with volume, reverb, etc for each scene. This is something the Shenmue games didn’t really do, so even if you had the Japanese audio, it…

There are others in this thread. Most of the AmazonBasics products I’ve bought have been great; the HDMI cables being the one exception.

Not really a deal since Amazon is selling at $170 and in the past (according to a review earlier this month) without the promo they sold for $120... so it's kind of a fake sale.

Not really a deal since Amazon is selling at $170 and in the past (according to a review earlier this month) without…

Everyone knows women are made of sand.

I think it's gorgeous, and if you found a way to keep it shiny and not rusting, I'd be tempted to do it myself.

It's beautiful but for how long? Don't these things rust really quickly? Can you treat it with something to prevent rusting in the long term?

Where I live people tend to be very transient. More than half the homes in my neighborhood are rentals, and about a quarter are people who only stay for a few years. It's a first home kind of neighborhood for people who can't afford to live downtown. So getting to know the neighbors isn't on anyone's agenda. I tried.…

All the claims about how great these are because of how long they last are baseless. How long it lasts depends on the relative humidity in your home and how powerful the output is. A 1 gallon humidifer that lasts 40 hours? That's not a good thing. Right now ours is putting out 8 gallons a day, and sometimes that's not…

All the claims about how great these are because of how long they last are baseless. How long it lasts depends on…

I've owned half the ones promoted so far, and this is my favorite. Very efficient. Easy to keep clean. Much better looking in person than in the picture.; was pleasantly surprised. Ours is white; not this beige color like in the product pictures online. Has a nice texture to the plastic and was smaller than I expected…

I've owned half the ones promoted so far, and this is my favorite. Very efficient. Easy to keep clean. Much better…

Does MBTA have the right to use the official MBTA logo? It's straight-up stolen from Stockholm's metro system. The T stands for tunnelbana which is Swedish for "underground". It's called the "T" there too.

I used to think stuff was getting stolen, but turns out, FedEx was occasionally delivering to the wrong address. I would call and they'd be like "we definitely delivered it. Driver said he left it at your front door."

Realized this was happening when a couple times the people who got my package got in contact with me,…

Have you considered you could just spend time reading without the poop smell, then do your fast step-stool poo and be on your way?

Just tried the iPhone 4S, 5, and 6 side by side. Didn't like holding the 6 one-handed. I felt like my hand was going to cramp. Too big! Can't imagine what the 6+ is like...

Let's also not forget, in our sense-of-entitlement culture, that not all of our ideas are good. I myself have discovered, after years in a particular workspace, why ideas I had suggested earlier on were rightfully ignored by my superiors.

I also once worked with someone who had a MILLION ideas to share- ideas about…

How good it is will depend largely on what region you're in. Different regions have different suppliers. In the Northeast it's Newman's Own Organic Blend from Green Mountain Coffee in Vermont) and people around here say it's pretty good. In other regions I know they use Peet's Coffee, Community Coffee, and Gaviña…

Why isn't f.lux standard on all Apple devices (including desktop) already???

Not a hater, yet (except for the 1 in 20 people who are tone deaf) I think we can all agree she's not a great singer. But she's not terrible either, and millions of people connect with her lyrics, melodies, and brand. It is what it is. Enjoy or move on. If powerful live singing coinciding with dancing is important to…

Communism is fine as long as there are no capitalists.