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Always take the Amtrak train between Chicago and Detroit - so much nicer and easier. In my opinion, better than a car on a long weekend when the roads are jammed.

If you use any (and I mean any) school funded resources for any of your personal projects, yes, they usually have a basis for a claim.

I have a friend who went to Utah for his bachelor's in CS.

Came here to say that.

Hopefully, he can steer MS away from projects like the Zune.

"entire neighborhoods empty with the yards growing weeds."

Maybe they can actually get some cash by growing weed there, now that it's legal and all. ;)

I would love that too! If they had some sort of stat meter next to a product saying x% of the purchases were returned, it would be great. Plus it would force the seller to up their game or die.

"kind of like when Netflix shows "shows related to" when they don't have what you're actually looking for."

I wouldn't mind that to be honest. And I've discovered some shows/ movies which were pretty damn good (but not mainstream) just based on this sort of logic. I most likely would've never discovered them otherwise.

Amen. As a U.S. to UK transplant, I concur with this statement.

How do they survive? SISU - that's all you need to know about Finland. Look it up.

#sisu

Same here. I am a US to UK person as well. Stuff is just so much easier to find and fill out. It was a breath of fresh air, where previously I would dread the thought of trying to use govt websites.

Maybe I haven't been paying that much attention. I travel wearing a mix of dress/ converse/ boots type shoes but no issues so far. Neither has my GF had any issues (that I know of).

Fair enough.

No it's not. I fly regularly intra-EU and maybe once (?) have had to take my shoes off in the last 5+yrs....can't even remember. I don't know which airports you transit/use but I go throw most of the major ones across EU pretty regularly.

Really? Don't get me wrong, MySpace did have its own thing going on back then, but was filled with creeps and strangers I'd rather not connect with it. When Facebook came about in my freshman year in 2004, it was a breath of freshair....now, not so much.

VX was the only airline in recent times I actually look forward to flying with. I dreaded most of the others.

Are there even "closed office" designs? I've never worked in one. I think I might have been in a couple maybe once or twice over the course of last 5 to 6 yrs while visiting someone. Everybody in my office, right up to senior VPs sit in open plan. I didn't even know the guy sitting next to me was one when I joined before someone pointed it out.

I really can't compare.

If you can't turn left, it's the end of NASCAR! ;)

"If Samsung pulls off the latter the whole smartphone evolution is just done, over, finished."

The next thing will be not to have a phone at all, or a holographic one. ;)

The perfect card for the UK after March 2019. I will just BrexIT the expenses.

So damn true! It's one of those things which you wait all your life to slip into an article/ convo.

Sounds a bit like IBM back in the day. There's an anecdote that you never got fired as a manger for choosing an IBM product/ solution. It's the safe choice, no one could really fault you for going with it, even if it didn't meet all your reqts.

" And I think people should learn to spend more time alone and, most important, undistracted. It looks like many are afraid ot the silence, or the voices from within they'd hear if they are alone and in silence."

I am totally guilty of this. I really just can't sit in a silent environment without going crazy. At least need music. My GF and I broke up after a 2yr long relationship, having shared an apartment. She left and moved to a different city, coming home to an empty place after a long day at work was a bit too much sometimes, especially during the weekends. So when the contract ended I actually moved into a house share, where I like the company, there is usually someone always around.

I am 35 and have never ever lived in a place by myself, apart from when I was in a relationship or something.

There is no mention of salaries in the article. But if you want to read it: https://outline.com/ZC4jn8

I like Apple too - writing this on a 2013 rMBP. Works flawlessly (touch wood).

But the new Pro series is just not pro enough for me. Why the hell should I buy a dongle for everything? It's supposed to be pro - you shouldn't have to basically carry a whole bunch of dongles to get stuff done. I don't know, maybe I am technophobe, but sometimes taking away the stuff which works and useful to shave a mm in height is just stupid from my perspective. If I want a super light laptop without the need for ports etc. I would go for an Air.

Dunno what's going to happen but will stick to my 2013 till it literally won't work anymore.

/end of rant

I wish the algo changes the preferences based on the time etc. S, if you can set "work hours," or label it that way, it will play the sort of the music you like during those hours, while something else for other times. You can have multiple "moods" set - one for commuting, one for partying, one for night time etc.

Though to be honest, even if I could afford something massive, I'd rather not - just don't see the appeal in it anymore. Maybe when I was a kid growing up in HS and in college, I used to think that way. But having traveled and lived in a bunch of different countries around the world, I just lost that "aspiration," if you could call it that.

I will be more than happy with a nice and simple 1 or 2 bed apartment. Plus, big houses = lot's of caring/ maintenance = boring!

Python in definitely one of the easier languages to learn if you have some basic programming experience. You will definitely be fine with your background.

I never learned/used Java. I only had some C and Matlab/Octave experience, I was able to pick up Python OK. I am no expert by any means but can do the basics and stuff. I mainly use it for data analysis.

"I’m curious how self driving focused groups are solving lane detection and managing surrounding traffic on snow covered roads. It’s not uncommon for a multi lane highway to be completely covered with snow and multiple tracks for different ‘lanes’ that overlap. It’s also not uncommon to see cars just making their own lanes. This occurs even after the snow has stopped flying."

Yep. As a Michigander, I totally agree. You see 6 to 12 lane roads reduced to "random" 2 lane roads when there is a good pileup of snow. And the snow drifts make it even worse!

The ONLY time I ever pick up a print of anything (newspaper, magazine etc.) is while traveling, if I don't have enough juice on my devices, or don't have wifi etc. And if the mags/ papers are free.

That said, I do prefer reading printed versions of text books and maybe some novels.

Haha! Good one! Might steal it from you. ;)