Yep, but you have to beware of slipping into "spending to zero" mode. When you get a raise, put it toward something worthwhile like paying off debt. My problem right now is that I can no longer say, "Oh, I'll just put any extra (over our emergency fund) toward our highest-interest loan." Now I have to say, "I…

I don't keep a budget, but I do track my spending. Everything we buy must be justified, and "for fun" is a great reason, but not used too often.

I think Hulu is a great option, but I agree, I'm so tired of commercials. I can't get away from them unless I use an illegal torrent source. It's not good enough to let me fast-forward through them, just let me pay an extra 20% and remove the commercials completely!

The incandescent bulb would not be an efficient source of heat. You'd save money keeping the LED bulbs in and using something else (your fireplace, an electric heater, a furnace) to cover the slight heat difference.

I've been able to make time for reading ever since I got a job in downtown Cincinnati, meaning I get to take public transportation. So while my chauffeur drives me to work, I have time to enjoy a book. This is the main reason I want a car that drives itself. Driving isn't so bad when going for a half hour, but any…

Yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM

I've been using the T-sub-X button, but one thing I do sometimes when pasting text into an email at work is pasting it into a text document first (Notepad++), then copying from there to paste into the email.

I've noticed in Windows 7 (so possibly also other OSes) that if there are updates waiting to be installed, they will install if I Shut Down, but not if I Restart.

People used to do this just for fun. [en.wikipedia.org]

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!

Awesome, I want an isle seat! I want to sit in the middle of the airplane with no other seats in front, behind, or to my sides. My seat is an island!

I argue that taking these necessary breaks is not procrastination, because they are so important. It can even increase productivity. Taking unnecessary breaks is procrastination and decreases productivity.

That's exactly my point. The kids wouldn't know about it until they talk about it in class. And maybe they'd forget.

These people are not idiots. The Titanic is simply not something people talk about much. The last survivor, Millvina Dean, died in 2009, so there's really nothing more to say about it. There's not a day of remembrance for it (if there is, it isn't popular). So kids these days won't know about it until somebody…

Similar: Technology is anything invented after you were born. Everything else is just normal stuff. I heard this recently when watching a TED Talk.

Yep... there was the Titanic, and some ship that ran aground recently. I had to check with Wikipedia to make sure the Poseidon was fictional. I can definitely see how people would think the Titanic was just another piece of fiction. You usually don't know until you cover it in a history class or see it on PBS or…

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Also, regular 7zip files work (not needing encryption). I used to add a ".mrk" to the end of my ".exe" files or the ".zip" files containing "exe"s, but now I just 7zip them.

True, you'd want to choose from the most popularly played words if you face a random player. But if you face a Hangman expert (are there any?), or somebody who had a computer generate some random words beforehand, you might want to consider all words equally likely be played.

Awesome, I don't think I've seen [Clicker.tv] before. Thanks!