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  1. Planning trip to Hong Kong. Need advice!!

    Should also mention you can pop over and see Macau via ferry. Besides the casinos, Macau has some examples of the old colonial architecture. China, you'll need a visa but Shenzhen isn't really a place worth visiting unless you want to manufacture 100,000 widgets.
  2. Planning trip to Hong Kong. Need advice!!

    English is a crapshoot. Some places will have people perfectly fluent, others will not speak a word (or at least pretend). But around Kowloon and the Island I doubt you will have much of a problem. I would not count on the minibus drivers to speak English. If you know your street and ni doh...
  3. TV-Transmitting Antenna 490MHz

    If you want an omnidirectional transmission there isn't much you can do. Any antenna you find is only going to give you better range by directing the signal. Instead, I would make sure you have matched impedances and a proper balun (if needed) to maximize the power delivered by your source...
  4. Anyone use a robo-investment service like Betterment?

    How in the world do you go from a $100K salary to a $2K a month take home? Let's say you're already making about $100K and we simplify things by putting all your wife's salary into the 28% bracket, assume full FICA, and hell put a 10% state tax on it. Then say $1K for health insurance and we...
  5. (Updated)Is it just me or do 401ks seem more and more like failed idea.

    That may or may not make a difference. He will have to compare the different plans. I put my IRA into the Vangaurd TRA and the distributions are currently the same for three different target dates that would be in my range. The difference is only when they start to switch over the...
  6. Help me pick an HSA provider

    If your wife has health problems, is there a low deductible FSA plan? My company offers a high deductible HSA and a low deductible FSA. Even with the $500 company contribution to the HSA, I found that the low deductible plan was better in the long run. This was due to the lower maximum out of...
  7. Need device locator that works in salt water

    Salt water is too conductive. It'll kill off the signal in a matter of inches usually.
  8. Betrayal at House on the Hill: table top game

    Looks interesting, and I am always on the lookout for cooperative games, but $50 seems a bit pricey.
  9. EMF meter shows high EMF H field in the wall

    Currents generate both electric and magnetic fields. The fact that you measure an E field in one location and an H field in another location does not mean that they are not created by the same mains current. A simple ground loop that is running down a pipe or conduit would do the trick...
  10. EMF meter shows high EMF H field in the wall

    Your house mains create magnetic fields. You say it's up against a stud, is that truly a stud or is it a conduit or copper water pipe? Small grounding issues can give your AC mains a return path along pipes in your house which will create a loop that you can pick up. Or even not a loop, a...
  11. the verge.com editor gets all kinds of butthurt and meltsdown on twitter

    Man, he is really going for the Belushi look.
  12. Health Savings Account rant

    Yeah, and Dullard gave some good explanations. The thing is, HSA works best as a way for offsetting your healthcare costs when you retire. It basically works like a retirement plan. My company will put money in each year, the money you put in is tax-exempt (which is taken off of your highest...
  13. Starting a 401k, need some help with allocation

    Vanguard Retirement Targets have been doing pretty well lately, it's what I put my IRA into. Kinda wish I could do that for my 401K, the IRA has been performing much better. Oh well. The Target funds automatically adjust their diversification according to how long you have until the retirement.
  14. Anyone work at a national laboratory? Interested in fusion or Gen IV fission reactors

    I've worked a a turn or two at Argonne East... well back when there was still an east and west now that I think about it. A very nice campus being in the middle of Waterfall Glen and some of the facilities are nice, depends which building as the campus was started post-war. Is Argonne still...
  15. Finding work on an oil patch?

    Nothing makes you enjoy the office quite like chatting with field. We look forward to spending our weekend fishing!
  16. Best Donut chains

    To cook, just a few minutes. To make, a long time. Yeast donuts are like any enriched bread, takes around 6 hours to make. Around Houston they have Shipley's which isn't bad. I actually like their cake donuts more than their yeast. Their yeast donuts are really airy and have that glazed...
  17. Math question: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +...

    Eh, that works because the Casimir energy is not the actual physical effect. The energy, at face value, is infinite as the photon modes that contribute to the energy are infinite. What is physical is the density of state of these modes with respect to the separation of the objects, which is...
  18. Trying to figure out the best way to manage my money

    Personally, I prefer to max out the 401K and then go to the Roth. The Roth is helpful because it is a hedge against future taxation. We have very low income taxes, historically, right now. But at the same time, I personally would prefer to compound my current tax savings. For example, 40...
  19. Trying to figure out the best way to manage my money

    Yeah, 7% is rather competitive with what you may expect out of a moderate targeted investment fund lately. I would still max out the 401K (Employer match does not contribute to the max contribution limit) because you still get the reduced tax (which is taken out of the highest bracket). Then...
  20. Root canal or extraction?

    My dentist this past winter recommended that I get my wisdom teeth extracted and two root canals with crowns. I went to a specialist to get my wisdom teeth pulled and asked him about the root canals. He told me that he stopped doing root canals but he would go to an endodontist. Why go to a...
  21. I will be paying $500/month for health insurance starting this month

    I just checked on healthcare.gov and Blue Cross/Blue Shield for me is around $215-$350 a month depending on the plan.
  22. I will show you a trade secret, you show me yours

    And he accepted a job offer from Google! He totally rockzorz the internetz!
  23. Gonna paint the family room, any suggestions for the Depot trip???

    Gonna use oil based paint cause the wood is pine! :whiste:
  24. Colonic irrigation

    Is it time again already?
  25. Communter car advice, Focus vs Elantra vs Impreza vs ?

    I'm disappointed with my mileage in my 2013 Titanium Focus Hatchback. I get about 22-24 mpg and that's a combination of mostly city with a little highway. That being said, it does really well if you do highway for long periods. The speed limits here are 60 and 65 and the last time I drove to...
  26. How to import from Hong Kong to USA?

    Well, let's just say that he's moved to quakefiendopium.
  27. Dungeon Keeper is free on GOG for the next 43 hours!

    Thanks, that helps a lot.
  28. Dungeon Keeper is free on GOG for the next 43 hours!

    I still miss playing it with the 3D acceleration. But that was a bear to get working even back then.
  29. Why are amplifiers so darn expensive??

    The point is though that Class D designs have made it much cheaper to get X W of continuous power compared to the more traditional A/B designs. This is why we are seeing these mega W multichannel receivers at low prices. If he wants a standalone amplifier, those are probably going to be mostly...
  30. Why are amplifiers so darn expensive??

    I would also point out that you can get a rather inexpensive, high power amplifier in Class D these days. That has what made it possible to get these 7.1 1000+ W receivers.
  31. Oh My Science! South Park - The Stick of Truth

    I looked it up on Steam and couldn't find any mention of 3rd party DRM and started wondering. Good to hear about not having Uplay. I haven't bought in on any of the EA games that require Origin and stuff like that. I too, am cautiously optimistic about the game due to the lengthy development...
  32. Broken Age - Tim Schafer (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango)

    The stuff from Telltale is very good. I've got their Monkey Island and Sam and Max series. Sam and Max got better with each season. I really wish that they would pick it up again. I have a big backlog of games myself and have not gotten around to installing Broken Age yet.
  33. GOG - DRM Free Time Machine sale

    And I missed the 90's while I was at work. :( I didn't mind the last sale that was heavily timed based because it turned out that they rotated the sale items. I really hope they do something like that for this one in the end.
  34. Legend of Grimrock II announced for 2014

    Great. I'll be looking forward for this. The first one was a nice throwback. I played through it twice I think, worth the on sale price. I think the main potential was for user generated dungeons but I never did look to see how that went.
  35. GOG - DRM Free Time Machine sale

    Oh good Lord, why did they allow people to add/subtract time on each sale? It's been 1 hour left on bloody Sim City 2000 for hours now. It never ends!
  36. Just had a nutriblast!

    Ha, you mean bastard.
  37. I don't get Dark Souls...

    Just an announcement, it has been 7 weeks since Grimbones was done with this thread. It's been 7 weeks and I'm sure that he is totally over this whole thing. I can't possibly imagine him, coming here, 7 weeks after he announced that he was finished with this thread, to once again talk about...
  38. Anyone have experience going to "Luxury" Movie Theatres?

    All the theaters in Hong Kong had reserved seating whether you bought online or at the box office. When I came back to the States and heard about theaters doing online ticket buying, I figured that was what they implemented it but was severely disappointed. I can't understand why they thought...
  39. Possibly the most important science breakthrough happened today (not really)

    Which reminds me, Rossi has been convicted of tax fraud and has had two previous companies which were purported to produce miracle technology which produced nothing, failed and went bust. Hell, Italy claims that one of his companies was dumping toxic waste. How the hell does a guy like this...
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