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The Chase Sapphire card is also pretty awesome. 2 points per dollar for travel and dining, 1 point on everything else. Then you can transfer the points 1:1 to all the major frequent flyer programs with no fees. Way more flexibility than the airlines' own branded cards. Also 40,000 bonus points...

Because the question does actually come up occasionally: it's really not trivial to understand why it'snota Ponzi scheme, or why a stock that pays dividends is no different from one that does not. It certainly feels different when you get a payout from the firm's profits, but alas a different...

Yes, but you will have to provide some kind of proof of ownership. You may have to contact your broker so they can give you a document transferring to you the right to vote with your shares (since it's held in their name).

Someone could buy all shares of Amazon and liquidate the company -- and clearly that's going to net him some cash. The fact that this is theoretically possible tells you that there is underlying value to each share. Nobody actually has to go ahead and do it for this to be true. If I go ahead and...

The distinction between dividend paying and non-paying stocks is very confusing, because you can think of a dividend payout as a forced sale of stocks. If I have 100 shares at $100 (so $10,000) and they pay out $1/share in dividends, then I have 100 shares at $99 ($9,900) and $100 in cash. This...

There's a big push in my department (and I guess the field more broadly) to move toward using R instead of SPSS/Stata. It's open source software and with that comes a fantastic community of developers. So tons of free books teaching you how to do basic things, and even proper "textbooks" (with...

You own a fraction of the company. Not enough to have a meaningful say in it (though you can generally attend shareholder meetings), but fractional ownership nonetheless -- just because it's a very small stake doesn't make it any less real. There's also no reason why you'd treat a...

I guess I'm calling for more probability & stats requirements for people in the social sciences. It's pretty atrocious right now.

That's actually a good question -- I only know of one course for sure at Carnegie Mellon, which is for undergrads in statistics:36-402, Undergraduate Advanced Data Analysis (2013) Check out thismidterm, which is posted on the site. That's what a good assignment in the social sciences should...

These courses are pretty abysmal... you don't need to be "good at math" to pass them, because they won't teach you any of the underlying math. It's almost always a course in the most basic operations of SPSS or whatever interface-based statistics tool your university pays for. In a good class...

Pretty awesome show... I just binged the first 6 episodes today.

If I switch to FiOS, do I have any additional expenses compared to cable? I guess I'll need a new modem, but do I also have to pay for a landline?

The pricing is pretty ridiculous and the selection in the beta so far has been underwhelming. Also: why would I want to "rent" Final Fantasy for 3 hours? That's not even enough to get a sense of the game. Besides, it's hard to see the fun of rushing through a game like that. At this point, it's...

I buy the retail version of console games when I pre-order: I'll get to play the game at the same time when I get home, so there's no advantage to buying the download. I may uninstall games in the future as disk space on consoles is still pretty limited - and reinstalling from a disk is faster...

Has anyone had any luck playing the multiplayer? I never got beyond the matchmaking screen... I joined the firefly clan, so maybe that's the problem?

I can't see any use for a touchscreen at this point, but who knows how they'll change ChromeOS... at $16, it's a no brainer. RAM cannot be upgraded. Again, unclear how ChromeOS will develop and what other apps may end up running on it. But for now, 2GB is way more than you need. The next step...

Amazon.com : Acer C720 Chromebook (11.6-Inch, 2GB) : Laptop Computers : Computers Accessories No software that needs to be updated/patched, no lengthy troubleshooting, no messing with drivers... Google Docs now also edits Word documents natively, so no need to convert to a Google Doc...

How many funds do consistently well over 5 years? A study by S&P Dow Jones Indices suggests not many:Who Routinely Trounces the Stock Market? Try 2 Out of 2,862 Funds - The New York Times The NY Times writer goes and follows up with the two funds, apparently implying he didn't get the point of...

Are the servers down? I'm unable to connect...

Two more PS4 codes: E984-K7N6-KK44 7DC8-ANNE-HKDF

Do you know if I can also use that with FIOS, or does DSL need a different type of modem? I just got a nice offer from Verizon for which I may end up ditching Comcast... but I want to see if I have to factor in the cost of another modem. It might also only be worth it for one year, since the...

My PSN ID is SirSoriak if anyone wants to play this on the PS4. Just got through the tutorial and on route to the first mission. I do agree that it'd be nice to have some more storyline so far... right now, there are a lot of disconnected one-liners. I wonder whether they're holding back lore...

Got back into the store, entered my code, and as it's verifying, it seems to have gone down again. Are the servers just as laggy or is it fine once you connect to the game?

edit: wrong thread.

This. The monthly rental rate is so ridiculous, you've basically paid off your own modem within a year. Never mind that the model still has resale value for at least a few years.

Man, just a little too late for Eliot Spitzer. GCHQ has tools to manipulate online information, leaked documents show | UK news | theguardian.com

I picked up theAcer C720 Chromebooka couple weeks ago and really love it. $200, actually gets the 8hrs of battery life advertised, and I got used to 11.6'' very quickly. For things like browsing the web, editing documents/spreadsheets (Google Drive), emailing, and the occasional video, this is...

I've been switching back and forth between State Farm and Geico for renter's insurance ever since being required to get it (wtf Pittsburgh). Pretty neat how those discounts work. That said, I pick the highest dedictibles and Geico gives me better options on that end -- and they also let me...

On another note: after watching Google I/O, I went ahead and cancelled my Amiigo pre-order. Looks like the upcoming smartwatches do a lot of fitness tracking as well, and the Google Fit platform looks promising. Plus, wearing a wristband and a smartwatch might just be a little too dorky even for...

Could you set up tablets on either end of the pool? If the app is open, I believe data is updated in real time.

Check outAmiigo | Explore-- it recognizes both cycling and swimming, and you can train any number of other activities. As people train activities, the app will start to recognize them automatically for others... so by the time their next batch goes out (August), chances are the most common...

I should get a free Kairos watch because they ripped off my name (read it backward). Yes, I know that's not where they got it from...

Longer battery life is always nice, but I wouldn't be concerned about charging my watch over night next to my cell phone. I don't think I'd wear the watch in bed (unlike a fitness/sleep tracker).

The early backers of the amiigo indiegogo campaign got their devices and started a facebook user group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/645343175541140/ I just saw this and looked at some recent posts. It looks like there are still some updates to the app, but issues appear to get fixed...

For fitness trackers, I really like what I've read aboutAmiigo | Explore Pre-ordered it with expected delivery in August. They've apparently had pretty low yield, which explains why everything is backlogged. Hopefully the August estimate was conservative... Also: the moto 360 looks very...

I'm 3 episodes in and the show is growing on me. The potential for intrigues is pretty awesome, but the plot so far has been rather predictable and it's annoying when the characters don't see through it. I hope there'll be a little more suspense going forward.

Why would you do such a thing?

That's really weak... I hope they release the remaining episodes soon, given how each episode ends with a cliffhanger.

I wish this game had a demo... the atmosphere seems pretty cool, but I could see myself hating the combat mechanism. edit: GameTrailers gave it a 9 -- wow.Transistor Review | GameTrailers

I haven't done any of the PvP, but warplots sound like a lot of fun with a guild. The only concern I have there is that it depends on a healthy population level. Also: the humor in the game is pretty good. I don't usually find myself entertained by quest text, but entering a new area as an...