Diablo 3 is better now. Or so I've heard. I was gifted it and its expansion not long ago and it's just as fun as the first two but with better graphics and sound.

You can use a T-Mobile phone as a hotspot. It's $10 a month.

What makes a language good? I'd argue that most will let you do what you want. And you may be proficient in any given language. But what makes one language better than another is the following.

When you are given someone else's unintentionally screwed up code, is the language easy to understand so that you can find the bug(s) in a reasonable amount of time? Does the language disallow questionable code so that the other guy is less likely to screw up in the first place?

I'm fairly certain that if I'm the only person working on a project C++ would be great. Not my first choice but not bad by any stretch. But if I have to debug someone else's code, C++ would not be fun.

We always get a false impression of the reliability and quality of old stuff, because the stuff that sucked and broke got thrown out years ago, and the only things that we still encounter are the ones that were well made. It's true with old houses, old cars, old furniture, pretty much everything. I'm sure there's a law for this phenomenon with some pompous dude's name on it but it's a well established and discussed phenomenon.

I believe the term you are looking for is Survivorship bias.

Just charge a tax on the total value of whatever is bought/sold. Like 0.1%. This would eliminate any incentive for the micro-game of HFT.

Really? How much are you willing to offer for this motivation?

One possibility is that puzzles that are hard for computers must also be hard for people. That's undoubtedly true...

Not really. I would imagine something like a riddle would be easier for a human than a computer. On a more mundane level, computers, even with robotic bodies, so far can't interact with the world we live in as easily as humans do. Yes, they can do some things we can't but the reverse is also true.

Sounds like an opportunity to install an antenna tower!

If only there was a way to take a real life need or want and make the machine do it. Oh wait, that's called programming. Well, what if I want to use only human language to describe what I want? Well, there's a solution for that too. Hire a programmer.

There are plenty of reasons to not use bitcoin but taxes ain't one of them. You're going to be legally liable for taxes on any income (including any coming from bitcoin) regardless of the IRS ruling but the ruling adds clarity on how it's taxed.

30k was probably cheaper than a full time staff of lawyers anyway.

I don't know why the focus is on Linux.

I got a Microsoft Surface (rt) for my Mom and she loves the thing. It gets a lot of negative press for not being a "real" windows but it fits her needs well (web, email, Netflix, solitaire), has a touch screen and keyboard. It's relatively inexpensive and moreover, Microsoft offers two years of training for $99 (one lesson per week). You can't beat that price if your grandma is interested in learning more about her computer (assuming she's somewhat close to a Microsoft Store).

I think the surface is pretty cool. Got a first generation one for my mom and she loves the thing. Granted, she's not a power user, but for email, office, (very) simple games, and Netflix, it's a great device.

Let's say you deposit your retirement money at the Bonnie and Clyde savings and loan. They then take that money and move to Mexico and use it for their retirement. They may or may not use a car to get there. Either way, you're never going to see that money again.

But, it comes with a cost--the inability to buy used discs or discs from third parties at a discount will keep prices outrageously high for games.

Steam is diskless. It also has games that are just as cheap, if not cheaper, than used disk games (especially during sales). There are other benefits as well, such as no disks for the kids to scratch up or thieves to steal that you have to re-buy if you want to play again.