Aviv

"LAS VEGAS -- Veteran sports bettors and bookmakers are not prone to fantastic notions. They like to think that everything new is just something old in a fashionable suit. But this fall, the stereotype no longer fit. Years of studied cynicism gave way to breathless talk. Las Vegas had a mystery on its hands." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

"Choosing a guardian for a child is one of the more sobering moments of parenting. You have to face your own mortality and the possibility of your baby growing up without you. You have to take cold, analytical looks at your family and friends, and decide who would do almost as good a job as you at shepherding your children through their grief and toward adulthood." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

"This year, Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks moves to the Hudson River in honor of Henry Hudson’s voyage 400 years ago. Here are prime places to catch the show." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

"Note: If you are going to Mirror these sources or place them onto your own site, please have the respect and courtesy to include with them - Source: www.atarimuseum.com as these wouldn't exist if I hadn't of climbed into a filthy dumpster at 3am in the morning behind the old Atari building in Sunnyvale and salvaged them and restored them from their diskettes." - τorƍue

What are the legalities of re-using such code? Will we see old Atari games on Android? - τorƍue

"There has been a lot of ludicrous recommendations recently to combat deflation by making deposit rates negative. I did not think any central bank would be dumb enough to try it. I thought wrong." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

Don't let Ben tell you rates can't go lower.. - Aviv

Went with Canon Vixia HF S100 instead. Should be here tomorrow! - Aviv

"On Hacker News on Monday, I was amused to read some people saying that writing StackOverflow was hilariously easy—and proceeding to back up their claim by promising to clone it over July 4th weekend. Others chimed in, pointing to existing clones as a good starting point." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

I don't think it makes much of a difference to Windows users, though. Both are ugly and annoying to use. :) - Aviv

Following nobody. Shows just how little this guy is in touch with what's going on out there these days. - Aviv via Bookmarklet

even the photo app and what not? - Frankie Warren

I want just the Photo app and regular updates or whatever they call it. - Aviv

That is GREAT. :) - Rochelle

"My son recently got turned down on a loan to purchase a home through FHA. He has assets. A $35K lot free and clear and a 24% interest in a business worth aprox. $1.3 mil. with a debt of $600K. He is presently making $54K per year with several NICE perks from his Mom and I. He and his wife work for our family businesses. The home price is $212K. The business will pay his note. My wife and I have a large net worth. Home and 600 acre ranch free and clear. Etc. We agreed to co sign. We got turned down too!!! Our income is reported through Family Limited Partnerships using deductions that are advantageous to us of course! We have contacted a local bank at which we do business and are hopeful that they will be able to help. We'll see. Here we have a very stable family. We are the 4th+ generation being self employed. High net worth. Credit scores of 800+ on me and my son. NEVER MISSED A PAYMENT on anything! Then I see these dirt bags that brought all this on. No job, no income, just sucking... more... - Aviv via Bookmarklet

"After creating an online platform for trading precious metals this year, his small company has hit on a frontier beyond the Internet: the seemingly endless line of devices at airports and train stations that spit out cigarettes, condoms, toothpaste and candy bars in exchange for a little cash. But his machines will allow customers to buy small chunks of gold." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

Immediate gratification! - Piaw Na

"Russia is proposing the inclusion of the ruble, yuan and gold as a part of a revised basket of currencies to form the valuation of the IMF’s special drawing rights seen as the coming new alternative global reserve currency, reported AP." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

"China continued to consider a “super-sovereignty” currency among the countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), an intergovernmental mutual-security organization that met today in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, in the Urals at the division of Asia and Europe. Members include China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with India as one of its four observers." - Aviv

First summer with a baby - going to be a blast. - Aviv

only? i feel like that's a high number :) - Frankie Warren

Making the appointment and picking a good date and time took longer than actually pulling the teeth out. - Aviv

Lucky. One of mine took 45 minutes and took small pieces of my jaw. - Eric @ CS Techcast

"No, I don’t have any inside information, but I believe that China and other Asian countries will decouple from the United States during the next five years, partly because the American economy will remain moribund, partly because American policy will continue to be incompetent, and partly because their own domestic market and financial systems will be able to bear the burden." - Aviv via Bookmarklet

I know I tried to get Neal and it wouldn't let me. - Neal Jansons

Neal, the problem is that Facebook employees ARE allowed usernames < 5 chars. See http://friendfeed.com/aviv... - so if a Neal gets hired next week - he'll get it. - Aviv