I've actually barely even started my research into this. Some notes that I've made so far center around corporate tax reform and lower taxes. I need to see how this differs from the Bush-era trickle-down economics (if at all).

With the tax reform, if he can keep money on the books, corporations will have to either reinvest or pay their share of taxes. Either is great. Right now, a lot of big companies are sending money out a backdoor. As for small businesses, they either reinvest, or pay the 30some percent. The 15% rate will seem more worthwhile for small business to hold on to some cash. More companies holding onto cash could soften the blow when interest rates start to rise.

I'm also intrigued by the tariff ideas. I don't know the repercussions on that other than forcing the hand to bring some manufacturing back to the US, and if that's even a good thing at all.

If you have any good reading material on any of these topics, I'd love to see them.

I'd go along with that. I do feel it's a conflict of interest that he would be a sitting president with a bunch of companies under him. He says he'll leave those behind, but I have a hard time believing that.

As the president though, he's not going to be drafting intricacies to a new tax code. Anything on the table will be up to him, congress, and the public to pick through. From what I can tell of his plan, it's all about transparency and getting backdoor money back into the US.

One thing that won't show up on the "trump accomplishments" list is his taking advantage of the corporate tax laws. Most people see it as a despicable trait, but I think it proves his understanding on what's broken. I think a shakeup by Trump in this area isn't even a gamble. I think it can only end positively.

The gamble is in what I'd expect from diplomatic relations, which is an area where Hillary excels.

In my mind, a Trump presidency appears to result in a stronger economy for us, but may hurt us on the world stage. That's the gamble I refer to, and while I don't know if it's one I will take or not, I do think it it should illicit more thought than to brush it away saying that it's never worth the gamble.

Sorry, this is probably a silly question, but I haven't followed the "birther" topic at all even when it was commonly in the news. What connection does it have to race? If you're not a born citizen of the US, then you can't be president of course, but I haven't seen how race was a factor since the same issue of an unreleased birth certificate could have applied if Obama was white.

Well said. This is probably the crux of what's going to make this a hard decision for me. I don't particularly like either candidate, but I have to choose one since I'm in a swing state and my vote actually matters this time. I'm searching for the stances that I do actually like in both and using that to base my decision, and Trump going against the establishment is one of those things that I like, even though in a different light I also put Hillary's continuation of status quo as beneficial as well. I can vote for one person that can shake things up for better or for worse, and I guess I have to decide if I think that's worth the gamble. If by the time the election comes around and neither has an edge in my mind, I'll probably err on the side of safety and go with our more stable candidate.

I got up and did some other stuff as soon as I heard any birther comments coming up. It doesn't have anything to do with anything. I get that it makes Trump look like an idiot, but there are plenty of other important topics that can do that as well. It's a non-issue that's really annoying to see is a dominant topic in the election news. I feel the same about Hillary's emails. That matters more, but it still doesn't matter.

I saw that it disconnected my custom color calibration, but the profile was still there, so I reconnected it thinking it put it back to how it was. It looks like I'm going to need to take a closer look.

Definitely cool.

I was impressed when I found my Android phone doing this. I think it's useful and not just some whiz-bang feature.

I think your argument for creepy is because you haven't used the Apple maps and may see it as a privacy concern since you didn't approve it to do this tracking. That was probably in your OS agreement. If you want to turn it off, there are instructions here.

Mobile data networks. It was in infancy and pretty well unusable 15 years ago. Now I can go camping and still pick up a data connection. Its uses range from silly time wastes to the life-saving.

I just finished The Caves of Steel. I read it based on a high recommendation from a coworker that said this is the book to start on with Asimov.

In the end, I thought it was a horrible book. It's been a long time since I've ready Hardy Boys, but I kept feeling that it was reminiscent of that series. I thought the story was bland. The environment wasn't interesting. The mystery wasn't complicated in any sense. I would have been OK with those things, if only the characters were interesting. If anything, I disliked the characters, but not enough so that it made me connect with them even on a negative level. The one redeeming value I gave the book was that it was short enough that I didn't feel like I lost a significant part of my life by reading it.

I probably won't go on to read any more Asimov, but I am still curious because I see comments like "Greatest science fiction of all time" when Asimov comes up.

The potential benefit of this screen technology isn't quite clear yet

My guess is that it's only to better fit in your pocket, since it will curve to your leg.

When it comes to naming conventions, the only thing worse than unnecessarily long names is max length requirements. People start yanking out vowels and using acronyms that nobody knows, and you're left with an unintelligible mess. I would rather have to type out a 20 letter descriptive name than try and remember a 6 character equivalent.

The $150 isn't too bad, considering that your "cheap" mechanical with Cherry switches will run about $100. That extra $50 is paying for a more durable product, with more attention to detail. A quality buy-it-for-life keyboard can go up above the $400 level, so $150 doesn't look so bad in comparison. My one complaint with the CODE is that they're using ABS caps, which will take on a shine over time.

Skeptical that anyone is actually making millions on fart apps, I checked and see that people are actually buying fart apps. I didn't see any that had enough installs to break 5 figures, but still, there's some money to be made with silly app ideas.

In general, I wouldn't consider app development as a get-rich plan. Some people may strike gold, but your average app developer is struggling to get pennies from ad revenue and many paid apps may make enough money that it might justify the time to build.

To me, I think the safest assumption to make with app development, is that you're building a sellable skill. Other people that think they can make millions from their app idea will happily pay you a very high hourly rate to build their app, so you get steady income without the risk.