Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Home Prices Are Too Damn High

The rent may be too damn high, but so is the cost of buying a place — particularly in California. This map show the salary you'd need to buy a home in different US cities, based on the median home price. There Is No Island Of Trash In The Pacific The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has always been less substantial than it sounds, less an island in the ocean than a big idea that floats around inside our heads.
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WHAT IN THE WORLD?
WHERE WILL WE RETIRE NOW?
There Is No Island Of Trash In The Pacific
slate.com
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has always been less substantial than it sounds, less an island in the ocean than a big idea that floats around inside our heads.
TOO MUCH
How Much You Need To Earn To Buy A Home In 27 US Cities
digg.com
The rent may be too damn high, but so is the cost of buying a place — particularly in California. This map show the salary you'd need to buy a home in different US cities, based on the median home price.
WELCOME TO THE OCTAGON
America's Worst Utopias
atlasobscura.com
The road to weird food communes and sex cults is paved with good intentions.
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THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
JAWS WERE DROPPED
People In 1980s Tech Ads Were Really, Really Excited About Their New Stuff
flashbak.com
Look at these people. Judging by the levels of shock-and-awe, you'd think this man just turned water to wine. Was cancer cured? Did he make contact with extraterrestrial life? Nope. He hooked up a motherboard to a train and phone.
HE'S NO NEWT
Why We Should Believe Jeff Bezos When He Says We're Heading For Space
arstechnica.com
Blue Origin's crazy big rocket may very well fl,, and that would totally change spaceflight.
GIMME, GIMME MOORE'S
WATCH: Why Transistors Are One Of The Most Important Inventions Of All Time
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The transistor is one of the fundamental building blocks of computing. Without them, we would be stuck with bulky vacuum tubes, rendering many aspects of modern life impossible.
ACQUIRE LOTS OF COURAGE
How To Create The Perfect Company
qz.com
These companies are finding success by rewriting the rules of business. None of them is perfect on its own, but together they show what the corporate ideal could look like.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ONE HAL OF A REMIX
Kubrick's '2001' Works Surprisingly Well As A Music Video For Tame Impala's 'Eventually'
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We get it. We get it: To some, this re-cut will come as a completely sacrilegious act. It's also just really good, so let's enjoy it for what it is.
IN THE NEWS
NCAA To Move 7 Championships From North Carolina Due To HB2 Bill
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HP Buys Samsung's $1 Billion Printer Business
Protesters Tried To Crash The Stage During Ryan Lochte's 'Dancing With The Stars' Performance
Which will arrive first: The weekend, or commercial space travel?