Yes, not everything has a barcode, but the app I'm using has a search function that allows you to either add the ingredients or the food item if the barcode is unavailable (at a restaurant for example). You can can also save a given meal or food item for easy addition later. I frequently make Thai Curry from store-bought curry paste. The paste itself has a negligible amount of calories, and is less calorie dense than coconut milk. So I just scanned the barcode for the that, added in some ballpark figures for whatever vegetables I added, and logged how much meat and rice I used. Now whenever I eat that, I can just go to my pre-saved meal and adjust the amount of rice or curry sauce I use and I'm good to go.

Your measurements don't have to be exact. When I guess at something I try to err on the side of logging more than I actually ate. Doing otherwise is really just lying to yourself.

There's an almost magic weight loss formula I've followed that just works. I was going to write a book about it, but as it turns out it would be more of a pamphlet or brochure in length.

Just make sure the following is true: calories consumed
I've been monitoring my calorie intake using a free app (My Fitness Pal) and it's been working great. I can scan barcode for just about anything that has one (it sometimes doesn't find odd things I might purchase in, say, an Asian Grocery). You punch in what your goal weight is, and how much you want to lose per week and it calculates your calorie intake and keeps track of how much of various nutrients you're getting (Sodium, Potassium, etc).

I told the app I wanted to lose 2 pounds per week, and over 15 weeks lost exactly 30 pounds. It takes a bit of discipline, but it helps develop the habits you'll need to keep the weight off.

No, it's about the people in charge wanting to be appear to be doing something.

This country is doomed. I'm not sure anything can be done at this point other than put your head between your legs and wait for the wreckage to come to a complete stop.

Absolutely, but that's not really relevant to my comment or the one I replied to. He was saying that when computer parts manufacturers raise prices, he just buys his parts from someone else. And that works fine as longs as those parts are completely interchangeable (memory, hard drives, etc). But if you're selling ebooks, and you don't like Neal's publisher, then you simply can't sell his books unless you cave to their demands.

As Amazon said, the publishers have a monopoly on works by their authors.

That's all well and good when you're selling things for which equivalents can be easily found. For books if you want (say) the newest Neal Stephenson book, and you don't like the publisher's prices you can't just say "Well screw them, I'm going to get Neal's new book from this other publishers".

So, kind of like a Neal Stephenson book? (disclaimer: Cryptonomicon is probably my favorite book ever)

Perhaps if you snapped your fingers in a Z formation.

"two were high school classmates."

That's going to make for an awkward High School reunion.

I live in a state (Washington) that requires Amazon to charge me sales tax, and I still shop there. The main reason is free 2-day shipping (Prime only). I couldn't care less about sales tax when I can order something and have on my porch the next day for $3.99 or the day after for free.

Yeah, the search and presentation of results is really horrible on Amazon. What I've been doing lately is using Newegg to find the exact mix of features that I want and then searching Amazon for that model number to get free shipping via Prime.

Nearly 13GB should be enough for everyone.

Reductio ad absurdum. You sound tea party-ish.

From what I understand, most of the energy generated by an internal combustion engine is waste heat. Power plants (even ones that burn coal) are much more efficient. With an electric car, more of the energy released from burning fuel is used to actually move the car.

Pun intended?