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brady747··on China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days
Good summary by everyone above...China does many impressive things but examples like this are also possible due to lack of oversight, lack of regulation, and corruption (obviously the 'correct' level of oversight and regulation is a struggle in many countries, USA included).

My most recent stay in Beijing (20th floor of a hotel/condo building) seemed wonderful (all things considered) until I discovered an oddity one day. My door had no way to disable the door lock from the inside except by key. It took a minute for the implications of this to dawn on me (hint: there is a fire, you can't find your keys, and you like to keep your door locked). Took about 5 weeks before I even noticed the issue (one day I went to leave the apartment and couldn't find my keys and I went to talk to the front desk and realized I couldn't leave the suite).

brady747··on Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
My father (about 5+ years ago when itunes was picking up steam) thought Apple would sign Madonna and several other big artists and start producing music themselves. I guess he was just off by brand name and a good number of years ahead of the curve with the idea, but its exciting to see this change happening.
brady747··on Eating Healthily for $3 a Day
I'd prefer to hunt I think, especially knowing the benefits of meat. And as for the current debate/link, modern fruits are unfortunately different then the lower fructose versions our ancestors ate. As such, I think people should tread lightly in the land of delicious fruit (excepting berries and the like). Rotten fruit stinks by the way ;) and hosts bacteria, flies, and disease! :)
brady747··on Eating Healthily for $3 a Day
Bingo. We all must point out this saturated fat fallacy when it shows up in society since it is so dominant and the belief in it leads to so many bad choices and outcomes.
brady747··on Hey Google. You should compete with Dropbox.
insynhq.com seems close to this (available on google apps marketplace)...perhaps google prefers to allow (charge) vendors to utilitize their storage and not have to worry about the customer service and software side of things...
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