How to get fake likes :
- Pay a bunch of people in China or India to click on the "like" button.
- Pay Facebook to encourage a bunch of people in China or India to click on the "like" button.

Facebook wants to penalize people who use the first option. Fake likes are OK as long as Facebook get their share.

There is no 3d Mandelbrot set.
What you have are :
- 4d set using quaternions that is projected to 3d
- Mandelbulb-like fractals

Mandelbulb is an extrapolation of the Mandelbrot formula that is tuned to produce pretty pictures, same with other fractals like Mandelbox.
The quaternion-based set is mathematically closer to the original definition but the pictures it generates are less interesting.

I don't think that having a "cool" special ability means more happiness.
Exceptional athletes are typically never satisfied, and exceptional musician seem to have more psychological problems then the average population (suicide, drug addiction, ...).
Additionally, I've never felt that being good at something was a liability. Only the lack of social skills is.

Joking aside, wind is of course a key component in project loon. They chose to set the balloons in the stratosphere where winds are relatively slow and predictable. They use altitude control and the knowledge of wind streams to steer.

Many search engines have a "safe search" feature to hide NSFW material but no way to do the opposite (NSFW only). This has to change.

Google uses open source software the way is should be used by companies.
The point of open source is not charity. For FOSS to work, it needs commercial players, and you won't make money just by giving away stuff. Open sourcing must be profitable somehow.
So obviously, you won't open source your moneymakers in a way that can help your competitors. Opensourcing Chrome, Android or a few libraries, however, makes a lot of sense. These products only serve to support their moneymakers, Google doesn't intend to profit on them directly. As a result, they lose very little by opensourcing and they gain reputation and potential help from other developers. It's a win-win situation.

Probably in art schools, teaching things like additive and subtractive synthesis. And judging by the quality of some UIs, especially these made by coders, it is a legitimate question to ask.

Common sense prevails over fads, really ?
With phones, we pretty much passed the "common sense" barrier. The smartphone is now becoming more and more of a fashion accessory, driven mostly by aesthetics. Just look at the new Galaxy S6 : less durable, worse battery life, but better looking than the previous model.
At least, with VR, there is potential for more than just slight incremental improvements.

Who do you think will make these 3D printers ? Obviously not American companies.
I believe the point here is to promote mass production of 3D printers by offering a 400000 unit order to whoever can build these cheaply. If they manage to drop the price of entry-level 3D printers to say, sub-$100, there may be a huge market waiting for them. This, or the result of corruption by 3D printer manufacturers.
Why schools ? First : if they are to build 400000 3D printers, at least put there somewhere they can be used, second : kids working with 3D printers may become future customers, third : investing in education is good PR.

You can still do it, but it is more complicated now. Google took this measure to prevent installers from bundling unapproved chrome extensions.

Not necessarily : taxi fees are regulated, Uber fees are not.
In Bangkok for instance, official taxis are one of the cheapest mode of transportation, especially if you are a tourist. Because prices are regulated, they can't overcharge you (although some may attempt to scam you by not using the meter).

The problem is not FTP, it would have been the same with HTTP or any protocol that allows anonymous access to files. Although it is uncommon, you can even do it with with SFTP.
The issue is that people are making private files public through misconfigured routers, and Google's crawler is very good at finding and indexing anything public.

I think it is stupid.
Ok, having children is more damaging to a female career so let's make it more damaging to males too, let's make the couple's global revenue less, because, yeah equality. Biologically, men and women are different. Men can't breastfeed for example. And there is this small thing call pregnancy too.

It's not that fathers don't deserve time with their kids, but newborn babies are clearly a woman's thing (except in special cases like adoption). The only thing a man can do is support, and it includes financial support.

Yes it's true that round manhole covers can't fall down but there are plenty of ways to make sure that manhole covers with other shapes don't fall down : supports, ties, hinges, proper handling procedures, etc...
I believe the primary answer is much simpler : because manholes are round, and manholes are round because it is good shape for a human to fit into, it resists pressure well and it is easy to make.

Additionally, not all manhole covers are round. For example, there are square manhole covers, and they usually cover square holes. Because what's good in most cases isn't always good in every case.

Before :
Interview with a woman :
- Pay is X
- Ok (final pay : X)
Interview with a man :
- Pay is X
- I want 20% more
- I give you 10%
- Ok (final pay : X + 10%)

After :
Interview with a woman :
- Pay is X
- Ok (final pay : X)
Interview with a man, case 1 :
- Pay is X, no negotiation
- Ok (final pay : X)
Interview with a man, case 2 :
- Pay is X, no negotiation
- I quit

So yes, equality : take the lowest salary and make it the standard. As for men or women with good negotiation skills, they will simply look elsewhere.