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wh0car3s··on Glove80 Ergonomic Keyboard
For coding I still use my IBM trackpoint keyboard, might actually try this one.
wh0car3s··on Ask HN: What do you pay for your internet connection, and where do you live?
You are correct, on cost/mb, my country is one of the highest in asia.
wh0car3s··on Ask HN: What do you pay for your internet connection, and where do you live?
Philippines (in the Metro Manila area), $50 for 300mbps (and I think 50mbps up). Service is ok but some slow-downs do occur during evenings.
wh0car3s··on Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
iBought < https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibought/id811696972?mt=8 > finance tracking app (iOS only). I had big plans for it but just don't have the time to make improvements. If anyone's interested, send an offer to info@elklabs.net.
wh0car3s··on Review: The MacBook Pro is an expensive MacBook Air on the inside
If you're stateside you should check Microcenter. They usually have in stock previous year MBAs or MBPs (new or refurb) - often on huge discounts.
wh0car3s··on Apple Unveils the Apple Watch Series 2
Exactly the same: 18 hrs on both.

source (scroll to the bottom): http://www.apple.com/watch/compare/

wh0car3s··on Passport Index 2016
Re: Japan/Singapore/Senegal and 2 other passports - in theory a great idea but those 3 countries do not allow dual citizenship.

As far as dual citizenship (with the greatest amount of travel) is concerned, anyone of the G7 country passport (minus Japan) and one other should be fine. Best I could think of is US/Germany/UK/etc. + Chile (visa free throughout S. America, Europe including Russia, India). For visa-free travel to China, if your nationality & business qualifies, you can apply for an APEC business travel card.

wh0car3s··on Philippines Wins South China Sea Case Against China
Yep, the one council in the UN that really matters and China can veto any resolution regarding this issue anytime they want. Possession is as they say 9/10 of the law and I doubt any country can wrestle away the islands that China has already developed.

Filipino here - I still applaud our government's efforts in pushing this issue through. This was raised by my country in the ASEAN summits and China through various political and diplomatic channels were able to stop those resolutions.

wh0car3s··on New Electric Car Company Emerges: Faraday Future
Prius came first (introduced in 1997), then came the Honda Insight (1999) - the Civic hybrid rolled off around 2001.

2nd gen. Prius was introduced 2003, but sales only picked up around 2005 < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius >. The design wasn't the only factor - I would say Toyota's marketing and rising gas prices contributed too < http://zfacts.com/gas-price-history-graph >.

wh0car3s··on Rise of the American Professional Sports Cartel
They are not scheduled on the same day though.

This also applies to the regular season - again, so as not to split attention from fans, and the other simply logistical (some stadiums - being used for both NBA & NHL - need more prep time to setup the ice rink).

wh0car3s··on Why you might not want to incorporate in the USA
Not a US citizen (yet) - I'm a long way from getting it, considering that I'm just in the process of getting a green card; But to answer your question, I'm from the Philippines..
wh0car3s··on Why you might not want to incorporate in the USA
I'll echo mattlutze and say that the EB visas are a great track to come here in the US.

Also, I'm a foreigner with a non-immigrant visa, but that didn't stop me from incorporating and I know that if I hire someone or did business in another state I'll have to register or incorporate in that state (I got that by my own research, if that wasn't given to you then you received bad counsel).

Not anyone can just come to Europe and just live there, In the countries you mentioned, I'll need a job offer before I can even start the process to get a work visa (I can't even visit Europe without a Schengen visa).

wh0car3s··on Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'
Yep, it is based on the northern hemisphere. Generally, the football season starts from Aug to May (in Europe) so the WC is usually held on June-July.

AFAIK, Australia's bid was for June-July 2022 and if FIFA changes the date, there is talk that Football Federation Australia will ask for recompense on their bid < http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/17/world-cup-20... >.

wh0car3s··on Volkswagen's 261-MPG Diesel-Electric
The R18 e-tron sends the extra power to the front wheels (effectively making it a four wheel drive). I guess the rule was put in place to negate any advantage the R18 e-tron will have when cornering.

The other LMP hybrid is the Toyota TS030, their system applies the extra power at the rear only, and therefore Toyota can use the electric power at any speed (race reports of the 2012 24 hr of Le Mans said that the Toyota TS030 was eerily silent going down the pit road as it was running on pure electric power on pit stops).