Actually the constant drone of traffic (not the submitter's complaint, I know) is less detrimental to sleep and concentration (as well as being easier to mitigate) than barking dogs.
I moved to an ex-burb with one of the features being less noise, and although it is quieter 99% of the time, the 1% of the time that the dogs of the people in my neighborhood are barking has been a nightmare - actually it would be an improvement if it was a nightmare because that would mean I was actually getting REM sleep. Yes, there are nuisance laws but a dog doesn't have to bark for 30 minutes at a time to ruin your sleep. Just a few barks an hour or two before when you wanted to wake up will wreck your day. Yes, I wear 30 dB earplugs, yes I run a white noise app on my phone - the bark breaks through all of it. My next technocal step is sleepphones, which all reviews indicate are uncomfortably hot when it's not winter... I'll see if I can get my responsible neighbors to join me in complaining and just maybe the jerks will pull their heads from their asses.
I'm now looking into options for dog-free communities or at least a living arrangement where my ability to sleep for 7-8 hours doesn't hinge on the machinations of the canine brain. Since I can't seem to find any HOAs which prohibit dog ownership I'm thinking of a high-rise condo. Probably for the best anyway since living under an HOA would mean having to groom my lawn religiously, and I'm not a fan of yard work.
I don't enjoy the thought of sharing walls with other people, but I'm hoping to find that well-constructed condos (which are typically of better build quality than rental apartments) have good sound mitigation baked in.
In my ideal world I'd be able to buy enough property that my nearest neighbor would be so far away that they could have a pack of howling dogs and I wouldn't even notice, but in addition to the expense (including ongoing property taxes) the commute would be insane. A shorter commute would be a definite perk of downtown living.
Thankfully there are alternatives. I ordered a Yamakasi Catleap off of eBay for $320, shipped from Korea. Arrived within a week with no dead or stuck pixels.
However one question does occur to me... when self-driving cars become the norm, at some point won't it be obvious that regular cars are a hazard and the sale of non-autonomous vehicles is banned? Where does that leave motorcycle enthusiats?
Then again, daytime running lights STILL aren't required on new cars sold in the U.S. (and those would definitely save lives) so I'll probably be an old man before they even start thinking about it.
Want to open something? Press the Win key, type a name, press enter. Viola - I now have (Insert application here) looking at me.
Well, we're all very happy for you that you either use so few applications or have a steel-trap memory enabling you to remember the names of all the programs you've installed.
There's something to be said for discoverability. But hey, we wouldn't want to clutter your dedicated clock bar.
To put it simply - just because you cannot conclusively prove that an invisible Bob Newhart is not trying to steal your brain DOES NOT mean that he isn't.
I like how you gloss over the fact that science has been quite successful at ushering members of the set of inexplicable things to the set of understood phenomena.
I for one am glad that there are rational humans who chafe at the inexplicable - that's what drives them to discovery.
I would rather have progress than convenient, reassuring bedtime stories.
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Because Houston didn't have anything to do with the space program...
And is their public policy actually crafted to serve the public interest as a result?
Disks are usually round.
Did you get the money to buy your SSD drive by going to the ATM machine and entering your PIN number?
Actually the constant drone of traffic (not the submitter's complaint, I know) is less detrimental to sleep and concentration (as well as being easier to mitigate) than barking dogs.
I moved to an ex-burb with one of the features being less noise, and although it is quieter 99% of the time, the 1% of the time that the dogs of the people in my neighborhood are barking has been a nightmare - actually it would be an improvement if it was a nightmare because that would mean I was actually getting REM sleep. Yes, there are nuisance laws but a dog doesn't have to bark for 30 minutes at a time to ruin your sleep. Just a few barks an hour or two before when you wanted to wake up will wreck your day. Yes, I wear 30 dB earplugs, yes I run a white noise app on my phone - the bark breaks through all of it. My next technocal step is sleepphones, which all reviews indicate are uncomfortably hot when it's not winter... I'll see if I can get my responsible neighbors to join me in complaining and just maybe the jerks will pull their heads from their asses.
I'm now looking into options for dog-free communities or at least a living arrangement where my ability to sleep for 7-8 hours doesn't hinge on the machinations of the canine brain. Since I can't seem to find any HOAs which prohibit dog ownership I'm thinking of a high-rise condo. Probably for the best anyway since living under an HOA would mean having to groom my lawn religiously, and I'm not a fan of yard work.
I don't enjoy the thought of sharing walls with other people, but I'm hoping to find that well-constructed condos (which are typically of better build quality than rental apartments) have good sound mitigation baked in.
In my ideal world I'd be able to buy enough property that my nearest neighbor would be so far away that they could have a pack of howling dogs and I wouldn't even notice, but in addition to the expense (including ongoing property taxes) the commute would be insane. A shorter commute would be a definite perk of downtown living.
Dropped by 3X? Dropped by three times what?
Is that the same sort of thing as "todays temperature is twice as cold"?
I think you meant "the price has dropped by 2/3rds" or "prices today are 1/3rd what they were 3 years ago".
9.1mm thin
I want you to stop and think about what you've done.
The burden of proof lies with the party making the more bizarre assertion.
Thankfully there are alternatives. I ordered a Yamakasi Catleap off of eBay for $320, shipped from Korea. Arrived within a week with no dead or stuck pixels.
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You use no windows? On a 7680x4320 screen?
Must be running Windows 8 / GNOME 3.
Because both the unborn infant and the man's wife are human beings.
LOL
Bill Stickers is innocent
How the hell do you kneel in a "normal office chair" in a manner which permits ergonomically correct computer use?
As a fellow rider I concur wholeheartedly.
However one question does occur to me... when self-driving cars become the norm, at some point won't it be obvious that regular cars are a hazard and the sale of non-autonomous vehicles is banned? Where does that leave motorcycle enthusiats?
Then again, daytime running lights STILL aren't required on new cars sold in the U.S. (and those would definitely save lives) so I'll probably be an old man before they even start thinking about it.
People are often quite conservative when it comes to a familiar environment, and will react negatively to any change
But ESPECIALLY change for the sake of change. Which is what GNOME 3 delivered.
It's the answer to a question no one was asking.
Want to open something? Press the Win key, type a name, press enter. Viola - I now have (Insert application here) looking at me.
Well, we're all very happy for you that you either use so few applications or have a steel-trap memory enabling you to remember the names of all the programs you've installed.
There's something to be said for discoverability. But hey, we wouldn't want to clutter your dedicated clock bar.
My biggest concern is exclusivity locking Steam out. Examples: Diablo III and Mass Effect III
You could do what I did and not buy them.
http://www.frys.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp
Arizona, Nevada, Indiana, Illinois, Georgia, Texas (there's 8 in TX)...
Uh... so... my mom and my dad?
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To put it simply - just because you cannot conclusively prove that an invisible Bob Newhart is not trying to steal your brain DOES NOT mean that he isn't.
I like how you gloss over the fact that science has been quite successful at ushering members of the set of inexplicable things to the set of understood phenomena.
I for one am glad that there are rational humans who chafe at the inexplicable - that's what drives them to discovery.
I would rather have progress than convenient, reassuring bedtime stories.
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It may do little harm to those low-level believers, but their existence does much to validate their more extreme bretheren.
But then others living in the same household can coerce someone to vote for particular candidates and verify that they have indeed done so.
I know that some states use mail-in ballots extensively in spite of this fact... which I find suprising.
Oops, my bad. I'll get right on that.
Ass.