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I use Ghostery as a default (free version), I also help run a website that largely depends on ads to support the servers, tech developers and paid writers. Is it ethical that with their $2/month "Plus" offering Ghostery makes money while giving …

New Hampshire last week.

does the 25x more likely stat hold up in a future world of mostly self driving cars?

There's some interesting comments on advrider.com about the new Harley-Davidson Livewire announcement and not surprisingly the focus is on the battery. One user commented "they should have used Tesla batteries and charging stations." Not sure …

that's too bad... I like the idea of the Bill & Melinda types that can use their wealth to do good. Unfortunately the current Bezos tandem won't be one of them :( Let's say it's a clean 50/50 split (no idea how these things work), what might that …

Spotify playlists (Genres and moods etc.) and music festivals with tons of artists.

In the grand scheme of human history less notable but I was at Super Bowl 51 when Tom Brady 🐐 and the Patriots down 28-3 halfway through the 3rd quarter came back to win in overtime. One of the great comebacks in US sports …

> As a resident of the borderlands, my simplistic perspective is it's not functional as a deterrent. Would love to hear more about your perspective. I consider myself very uninformed when it comes to the realities of the border and living near …

Political motivations aside, strategically what is an argument in favor of building a (new?) wall? What's wrong with the border security as it stands today, or what materially needs to be improved? Are there aspects to an infrastructure project …

sounds like a perfectly reasonable human response (I was thinking the exact same thing)... maybe Alpha Zero would say no problem let's just rule out 90% of the actions that we know won't result in a win like putting 10 players on one side of the …

this stuff is fascinating. I wonder how Alpha Zero would tell soccer players to build an attack or inform Bill Belichick what defense to run against each oppositions formation and the strength and weakness of their opponents. Would Alpha do …

> The frustrating and scary thing is AlphaZero doesn't tell us how it came up with these insights. I wonder, is it because AZ has the opportunity to test (almost) every possible scenario that a human could never have the ability to test? Did Alpha …

welp, turns out I like watching youtube videos about chess! I had no idea. I was watching this until 12:30 AM last night. I don't understand chess very well but I was totally captured by it, the suspsense of how it played out. It's crazy how it …

> I don't think this is a 2008-style downturn because unlike them, we don't have a "cataclysmic" event that's hitting us right now, like subprime mortgages. (We do have plenty of those in the horizon though). I think we'll see a few more huge pops …

> Does anyone have an idea what is up? Is it a Bitcoin thing where everyone got too excited? Maybe Trump isn't the miracle we thought he was for the economy? I'm seeing predictions that it's going to get worse come the new year and opposite …

@Chris how does this compare to your experience with Steve Jobs at Apple?

I'm in favor of it but it needs regulation. When I was in Paris recently I rode one around the city and it was one of my favorite experiences in the city but I was probably a nuisance to Parisians at times even if I didn't realize it... I would …

wowza. seems perfect for winter and mud/slush season out east.

well, I never thought i'd be someone posting in this thread but here I am... Up until two weeks ago I had been on a scooter zero times in my life, skateboards zero times and one time @Chris let me try out his boosted board... until a recent trip …

> We tried to hike to this spot one winter day to take a similar picture, but we couldn't figure out how to get there. What was the castle like inside?

Great thread! I've been binge watching Game of Thrones the past month, this is very timely :)

I haven't played video games in years but man this makes me want to donate some of my December time off to this game.

OMG I needed this when I was commuting home in SF everyday. Right around this time of year when after the time change it would be dark when I left the office. I hated the feeling of having cars behind me, even with my little red flashing …

> What are the simple things that you do that make you happy? Great question... With some upfront costs out of the way I find those things are usually free for me... sometimes when i'm faced with a problem or something that needs some more …

I agree with this completely. So much better when it's limited and moderated! On Instagram I limit my following of hashtags to less then 5 and it keeps me sane. My favorites being advrider, #adventurerider and #doggles :)