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Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 385

That study was specifically about bumblebees - not bees in general. And it's exactly one study; so, while it's interesting, it's not wise to put too much weight on its conclusions.

Also, most crops are not pollinated by bumblebees. The big pollinators here in North America are non-native European honey bees - and they are generally trucked from place to place by companies that specialize in providing pollination services.

Comment Re: Who? (Score 2) 574

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Neil Young has always had a bit of an "I'm not getting enough attention" attitude - which is why quite a few of the songs people credit to the afore-mentioned group were actually recorded by Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

In all seriousness, these guys were important artists in their day. I'm a big fan of the late 60s counterculture rock scene, and like (and own) a number of their songs. But I'm not sure how many of their retirement-age fans are going to be into streaming music services.

(also - the Wailin' Jennys' version of "Old Man" is far superior to Neil Young's own...)

Comment Re:No live sports? No thanks. (Score 1) 107

Geez, idiots, just give me an option to pay $10~25/mo for live locals and sports stations and you'll get my money.

Yup, totally this. I'd gladly pay a monthly fee to watch my local baseball team over the internet, but that option does not exist as far as MLB is concerned. I have to resort to jailbreaking my iPad, installing Protect My Privacy, purchasing MLB.TV Premium and then telling MLB's AtBat app that I'm located somewhere other than North America.

(Note to anyone else interested... version 8.2 of AtBat seems vulnerable again to location spoofing. I don't guarantee the newer version they released a few days ago will continue to work.)

Comment Re:Non-problems, except for traffic (Score 3, Informative) 410

Yeah, I've lived and worked in/around Seattle since the 1980s - awful traffic is nothing new. Even back around 1990 it was ranked the 6th worst in the nation.

The people who think it's recently gotten much worse have likely moved here during the past five years or so. After the 2008 crash, traffic in Seattle improved a fair bit because a lot of people were out of work. It still wasn't great, but it was significantly better. Now that the economy is booming again, traffic sucks again.

I will say that, prior to the past year or so, northbound traffic jams heading out of downtown were a rarity... but nowadays they're pretty common. Thank heavens the U-Link light rail will be starting up soon.

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