"... I was blown away that this profitable, growing, exciting mobile game studio, who has a series of hit iPhone games, is located a few miles outside of downtown Omaha, NE."
I'm actually surprised at your reaction. They're making iPhone games. iPhone games can be made anywhere there is internet access and developers. Is it so shocking that in Omaha, near a university, there are enough programmers, artists, business-minded folks, and other creative types that want to make mobile games that a company like SkyVu can succeed? Why would I want to move to a big city when my goods are completely virtual?
Yes, I still use coins. They're very handy for vending machines, parking meters, highway tolls, stupid magic tricks, decision making, purchasing one taco at taco bell, carnival food, making wishes, receiving change, and so on. I don't think coins will go away as long as paper currency remains, unless we start printing bills worth less than a whole dollar, or we become so rich that we don't concern ourselves with values less than one dollar.
You're completely right, I was assuming that what is good for nature is what should be law. I'm having such a hard time wrapping my head around the short-sightedness shown by these mega-corporations and lawmakers. We're just humans, doomed to die, but whole species are stake here. I don't feel that fishing a species to extinction could be that beneficial to so few people in the short run.
This statement in the article really upset me, and I'd like HN to let me know if I'm over reacting:
"at a time when constitutional arguments for states’ rights are gaining traction, this disagreement over the lowly menhaden could be grounds for questioning the constitutionality of the federal government’s power to interfere with the state of Virginia and its ability to manage its own natural resources."
To me, when a migratory fish's population can be directly linked to one location, and that population has an effect on out-of-state fish and bird populations, then it is no longer that state's own natural resources.
If you enjoyed reading this, you may enjoy reading "The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean" by Trevor Corson.
I had the same reaction upon seeing that photo. My dominant hand has been in a cast for four months, so I've become left handed. The new dominant hand is rather picky about writing utensils, and this one looks like it fits the bill nicely.
This is wildly off-topic, but an idea caught my interest. I upvoted the parent of your comment to compensate for your downvote and it made me wonder how many other people have done the same. It put a bunch of thoughts in my head that I can't seem to form into coherent words, but those thoughts have to do with gaining quite a bit of comment karma from one person's accident, karma trolling, etc. I can't imagine that occurring on HN too any extent, but it's an interesting thought.
It would help me tremendously if HN offered the option to "fold" comments and children of those comments like on Reddit. I do this often to get past the meme threads and onto the real meat and potatoes. But, I think that may be outside the scope of HN's style or design of the interface.
When Ubuntu moved to Gnome3/Unity, I did the same. I tried Kubuntu, but found KDE far too different from what I remember back in the KDE3 days to be comfortable with. Then I settled on Xubuntu, which gave me Gnome2 familiarity with XFCE.
Then, I installed Bluetile (http://bluetile.org/) which is a tiling window manager that functions well in desktop environments. It lets me use several different tiling layouts and different modes including tiling, full screen, and floating. Everything can be done with the keyboard or the mouse (there's a narrow pane on the side of the screen with all the functions available as buttons). I've still got window dragging, resizing with the mouse, minimize, maximize, etc. buttons, and a host of new features to play with. I find Bluetile to be the best of both worlds for me, and not much of a compromise at that.
"2) Reduce delivery to 3 days a week. Would anyone complain about this? How many people even check their mail every single day without fail?"
I check the mail every day, religiously. Going to the mail box, waiting for the street to be clear of traffic, peering in, and returning with the mail brings me immense satisfaction. All this, even though I very rarely get mail addressed to me. I wouldn't complain, I understand the need for cuts, but the loss of my routine would sadden me greatly.
I've heard this from so many people and so many reputable sources that I feel as if I'm the only person that has never experienced this phenomenon. In fact, when I've been in an instance where I've feared for my life (and there have been several) it seems to me that time speeds up and things happen so quickly I only have time to react and not to think. I only seem to recognize something happened after the fact.