I haven't had those problems with RCS on my Android phone over the last few years of using it.

But yes, the lack of encryption (outside of Google's tacked on version) is a problem.

Google is going outside the standard to prop you up on their phones. Apple can't do that and remain compliant with the standard.

That's fine?! Consider the fixed costs of building a new carrier! Today's carriers will price it below where it makes sense to "build your own carrier", these costs will be distributed among consumers and we'll all be paying more for the same access we have today. The only difference is today's carriers have higher profits and a stranglehold on our access to the internet.

The cities are geographically close, but there is an international border between them. Canada has more open immigration laws opening up Amazon to a much wider talent pool. Considering that major difference, there could be a strong case made for having these major offices close by for in person collaboration.

While we are friendly to immigration, Canadian citizens will need to work there too (in order for government incentives to be doled out)... Otherwise, the public will eventually demand those benefits rescinded.

As a ballpark number, if Amazon wants to hire 50k people, I'd imagine they'd need at least 20k Canadians. So I suspect they'll need to convince Canadian programmers to move there.

I can't pretend to speak for all Canadian citizens, but given the choice:

1. Move to the most expensive real estate market in the country, where the raise in wages wouldn't account for the price difference in housing costs. To work for an employer with Amazon's reputation towards employees... (that's the most polite way I could put that)

2. Immigrate to SV under a TN visa, with the chance of working on interesting valley projects.

Despite both options having a crazy housing market, #2 is much more attractive. The value proposition can be changed though. I'd move in a heartbeat if the same wages were available in Montreal. Same for any Canadian city other than Vancouver and Toronto.

Assuming the TN visa is still around in a year.

Residential buildings in NYC need to separate their trash into three types: recyclable containers, paper, and general trash. How is this accounted for with a single tube system? Do they have exemptions from the law? Can they only drop certain things into the shoot on certain days?

Separation comes post-chuck. In other words, they have people sort it afterwards. All those public trash cans in NYC too - they sort it downstream.

Depends where you are, but where I live in Queens, and I think in Manhattan, parking is often free on the streets, cheap on the avenues (a buck or two an hr), and the parking garages (privately run) are astronomical in price. So, as you can imagine, drivers spend a very long time circling to find a free spot before biting the bullet and paying for a parking garage. This circling of course adds to the traffic problem. I'm of the opinion that if all street parking spots were metered, and prices were higher than they are now, traffic would be reduced significantly.

Then again, I haven't had a car since living here (10+ years) and don't plan on getting one.

Could you expand for those not in the know?

There is a selloff so the price is lower. Bonds pay an interest (in coupons). There is the face value (par). But you don't buy/sell bonds at face value, you buy them at market value. So what's interesting is the yield = coupon amount / market price (or just price).

Relative to other bonds US treasuries are a lot less attractive today.

http://www.investopedia.com/university/bonds/bonds3.asp

http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/US10Y

But the price is not that simple. Since bonds are paid periodically, the market price factors in the next coupon. Would you buy a bond at the same price 1 day before paying coupon than the day after? Of course not! So market price is called "dirty" because it has the next coupon implicitly considered. There are different ways to make it a "clean" price, depends on the country.

There was a relatively large upward movement in yields today (and corresponding downward movement in price).

I bought a few with cash on hand in the retirement and college savings accounts.

From Google Finance:

  Bonds [yields]
  3 Month	0.42%	+0.02 (5.00%)
  6 Month	0.53%	+0.03 (6.00%)
  2 Year	0.90%	+0.07 (8.43%)
  5 Year	1.48%	+0.12 (8.82%)
  10 Year	2.07%	+0.12 (6.15%)
  30 Year	2.86%	+0.10 (3.62%)

This is actually much more indicative of the economic direction the market thinks we will be headed in. Hint: it's not good.

The bond market is extraordinarily efficient at pricing risk, and right now, they're beginning to price a significant risk of a long-term US default.

So buyers of these things think interest rates will be lower in the future (eg due to poor economy and further stimulus perhaps?)

Yes, or at least as insurance in case interest do go lower.

Interesting there is no mention of the Boro (Green) taxis. 6,000 medallions were released in 2013 (with plans to release another 6,000 a year for a total of 18,000.) That's a large swing on the supply side compared to the ~13K yellow taxis that I think would also have an impact on the 2010 onwards trips graph. http://toddwschneider.com/data/taxi/taxi_uber_lyft_trips_per...

"Taxi is actually by far the easiest to get a ride on." Unless it's raining, 5PM (taxi shift swap time), a peak time (eg. bar closing time), or most places in the five boroughs that are not Manhattan below 96th street (but the green cabs help with that.)

Being a Queens resident who does not live on a main artery to Manhattan, Uber/Lyft every time.

New SP4 owner (never had a surface). It's well on your lap. The back angle is infinitly adjustable, so that's not an issue and the key type cover is solid so typing isn't an issue even if on your lap - I read flex in the previous covers made this tricky.

If you're using LastPass on Windows, you can install the LP Windows app and it can autofill the login box ADP uses. But it's still a hassle and takes a few extra clicks.

Just to add to this, KeePass worked using the old ADP portal system (portal.adp.com, a traditional 'authentication required' popup), but does not with the new portal (workforcenow.adp.com, a form-based login). For whatever reason the password field won't fill in. I don't know if LastPass is any different.

It might be that the tab order is messed up. You can configure a password's input sequence to include extra tabs or other characters. It's under the "Auto Type" tab.