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Vegas casinos subsidize public air travel? I didn't realize they did this...do you have a source for this?

Amazingly powerful read. It is simultaneously completely saddening to read what some humans are capable of doing to others, but also inspiring to see those who were victims of the holocaust and how they looked out for their fellow man during times when they themselves had absolutely nothing.

A tale of the absolute worst and best of humanity.

Absolutely everyone should read this book. I wish it had a better title. "Understanding People" would be an excellent one.

Right? I thought the exact same thing. Seems like the time and effort and expense it takes to build a queueing system could be put into building a site that could handle infrequent heavy loads.

I've used printed boarding passes sometimes and other times used the app. Using the app isn't necessarily more convenient when it comes to the boarding pass, but the Delta app can quickly tell me if my flight is delayed, gives me gate updates, and alerts me when my baggage has been loaded onto the plane. Could I get along without it? Sure. But is having that information on my phone useful? Of course.

There are a shocking number of no-knock raids which have resulted in death of not only officers and some offenders, but innocent people who's homes were raided based on wrong information and in some cases the police literally getting the address wrong.

http://amzn.to/2mlNWxj

We should be putting money into helping people rehabilitate. Help them kick their habit, get back on their feet, and get back to being a productive member of society.

Prison doesn't accomplish any of that because, in America, it is build for punishment, not rehabilitation.

Actually, that's not true.

Federal law only requires "one-party consent" - that is, it's legal to record a phone call as long as one person on the call knows it's being recorded.

Only 12 states have laws requiring that everyone on the call must know it's being recorded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws#Unite...

Once you have several lights installed it's not inefficient at all. I can say "Alexa, turn on the downstairs lights" and 3 lamps, 2 different lights, and my over and under cabinet lighting all come on at the same time. From the living room I can say "Alexa, turn off the kitchen lights" and all the lights in the kitchen turn off, leaving the 3 lamps on.

It's super convenient. Especially when compared to walking around and flipping on 3 lamps and several light switches.

Also, I can walk downstairs and say "Alexa, turn on the living room lights" and my Amazon Echo turns them on. Same thing to turn them off again. That's extremely convenient...way, way more convenient than walking around and turning 4-5 lamps on and off.

They have come way down in price to the point to where you can either pay $20 for a smart bulb versus $10-12 for a standard LED.

Will be interesting to see what happens though...I do agree that life isn't just all about efficiency. But people certainly do enjoy convenience.

Interesting history about rem jurisdiction.

The huge companies don't have an inherent right to a domain that someone else has registered unless they can show that the person registered it for no legitimate use and only so that they could turn around and sell it.

I think there is value in giving kids time to learn things that at outside the subjects that a school teaches. Eliminating homework gives kids more of a chance to do that, not to mention the other things that people have mentioned like spending time with family, playing, etc.

I suppose their server software isn’t … I’m not sure.

A friend recommended Rada knives and they have been excellent. They are very inexpensive and the reviews are outstanding — with many people saying they outperform much more expensive knives.

I’ve been very happy with them … check them out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KV46M0?tag=13r-20