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13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Microsoft earnings edg... · 0 replies · +1 points

what the article doesn't mention is that the report leaked before the market closed and sent shares on about a 5% bender before they stabilized. Funny people those traders!

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Facebook to require ga... · 0 replies · +1 points

I was thinking of that, and realized I do pay for some "virtual goods" like online movie rentals occasionally. However, its a cheaper and easier replacement for going to blockbuster for the same product in a physical format.

What's astounding to me is that game developers think they can get more money out of people for what are essentially power-ups within the game; its a pay-to-play business model on facebook. Really, who thought you could charge people to play games on facebook? What's even more amazing is that people actually do pay for it! I read recently that in one of those games there's an option for a $60.00 block of virtual goods at a time!!! Thats crazy to me that people would invest so deeply in fantasy.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Facebook to require ga... · 0 replies · -3 points

"adequate security for my computing needs"... unless you're in witness protection a little common sense and 45 seconds in the privacy control panel is more than adequate.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Smoking, obesity why U... · 0 replies · +4 points

Exactly. the US is orders of magnitude more diverse, not to mention larger than France and Japan. The demographics are just too disparate to fairly compare.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Facebook to require ga... · 2 replies · +5 points

Virtual goods with real money?!? Unbelievable what people waste their money on.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Pet or sweetheart? 14 ... · 0 replies · +4 points

wow, this article really brought the "cat ladies" (and men) out of the woodwork!

I'll take my girl 11 days out of 10.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Alaska Air reports big... · 1 reply · +5 points

I haven't flown horizon in a while, but didn't they pass out complimentary local wine too? Hmm, ever think of expanding that to all Alaskan flights?

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Fox\'s Bill O\'Reilly ... · 0 replies · -3 points

Well, takes one to know one. Maybe he recognized a kindred spirit in Ole Keith.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 150 years of dieting f... · 0 replies · +1 points

Actually cooking/steaming vegetables often increases the bio-availabilty of the nutrients. A raw carrot gives you something like 5-10% of the available vitamin A, and a steamed carrot gives you 95% of the vitamin A in the carrot. On the flip side, over-cooking and exposing to excessively high temperatures can destroy some nutrients so you do have to be careful.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - 150 years of dieting f... · 0 replies · +1 points

Could not agree with you more! Potatoes are tricky. By themselves they are a pretty good carb but the way most people eat them adds a lot of fat (butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon bits, fried).

I would add to your list, skip the fruit juices; eat a piece of fruit with all the fiber and less sugar instead. Go easy on the red meats that have a lot of bad fat. And remember healthy fats are important too like fish, nuts, seeds, flax, etc.

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