I realize you say this jokingly, but seeing that at this there are almost as many others as female (14 v 16) I'm curious how they define it. If I had to guess it would be mostly male->female given the overwhelming number of males, but I have no idea.
Here's some quick thoughts: if this is going to be used for short stories (fiction/non-fiction, but not blog posts) you could monetize by letting readers build an anthology and printing nice volumes for them. You could also (if the authors agree) license the content to other sources.
I kind of agree. I prefer the middle ground of notepad++ (with plugins for code completion and ftp/file explorer). Light and powerful while still resembling something designed for human consumption.
I don't see why not. I learned the math part of that (and more) in one year of grad school and basic C++ instead of the two languages. Just takes dedication if you're doing it on your own, I know I couldn't have.
I agree there should be a cost for posting stories, even going so far as preventing further submissions if you fall below a certain threshold. You could raise your karma back up through commenting.
While I don't think it's the case, I do think it would be a brilliant strategy. The NYT article on the Iran negotiations seems rather helpful to the US, but nothing that could ever be said officially (especially the positions of other nations).
It definitely takes longer for calls to connect and I think it may drop calls more frequently when using it on a cell (although it has improved greatly in that regard from about a year ago). I recently started using it through gmail and have been told the calls sound much better. Not sure what it all means.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau. It's public domain, so you can get it free. I challenge anyone here to read the first page and not immediately want to read the whole thing.