I’ve tested with four companies (FamilyTreeDNA, NatGeo, AncestryDNA, 23andme), and have my genome data at GedMatch, and no article has scared me yet about privacy. Sorry, it’s just not clicking for me. (ELI5?)

I’ll give him a pass on the first two, but “I hear you,” FFS.

Plowed by a guy from the county before you wake up?

Thank you for a very thorough description of your experience. As a genealogist, and an early adopter of genetic testing, you hit all the salient points. The advertising done by AncestryDNA and 23andme, among others, literally makes genealogists scream at the TV. It’s purpose is to get more people interested in…

I like that idea a lot actually. I rail against rent stabilization regularly but housing credits are a much more compassionate answer than just, move to Staten Island. But you still free up housing stock downtown and reduce pricing pressure.

Part of the reason why the storefronts may be empty is because of leverage. If someone owns a building, they can get a commercial mortgage on the building. The value of the property (and the amount of the loan) is based on projected rental income — which property owners inflate. If they rent the space below the…

Well, sometimes we just make do.

"Good vendor of shoes! How many barleycorns am I this fine day?

There has been a shit load of Positive stuff coming from the FCC as of late...waiting for the other shoe to drop

I'd recommend most of Air-o-Swiss line, but if you want just one, this is my favorite. Most of their units have a hygrometer, so you're not just pumping water into the air, but maintaining a specific level of humidity. It's got a good sized reservoir, timer, and pre-warming. Their filters are good, and they are…

I'd recommend most of Air-o-Swiss line, but if you want just one, this is my favorite. Most of their units have a…

Comcast will be there between 8:00am and 6:00pm.

I have the "how to cook everything" app on my iPad. It's an amazing addition to everything I try doing. Even if I'm pulling a recipe from elsewhere, I use that app to look up certain ways to cut or prepare an ingredient, as I'm a newbie cook myself. DEFINITELY suggest the app.

In my opinion, this chart is extremely confusing to read and I'm pretty sure wrong (the niece/nephew and aunt/uncle rows and columns). This is the kind of chart I've used before and I think it's much better:

I'm glad she's feeling better about it, but this doesn't relieve me of having to see Colin Jost attempt to do jokes every week.

Ugh. That Lost in Austen miniseries was TERRIBLE. No part of it was good (it was badly acted and seemed like it was written by someone familiar with the characters' names, but who had never actually read the books). :( It wasn't deserving of a MAKE, muchless a remake...

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/…

Anything from the stationery section of Kinokuniya — the paper in Japanese-produced notebooks (the real ones, not those things like flash-cards on a single ring) are super-premium and the lines (if you prefer lines, or a grid) are printed ever-so faintly as to nearly disappear into the sheet. They're the same price…

#5 is huge. I didn't realize how much so until I managed people. Now I immediately fess up when I screw up, but not before gathering as much info as possible on how it happened and how it can be fixed. If you go into the confession armed with solutions, your boss (and everyone else) will instinctively move on to that…

The real discussion you need to have is with the Sons of the Confederate Veterans — the symbol is their logo.