In the past, I just showed up and did a walk-in appointment, but had to wait a long, long time. This time, I called and called and called, and finally got through, so didn't have to sign up for Facebook. I half expect the IRS to one day require people to use Facebook to pay taxes, or the FEC to require a Facebook account in order to vote. It wouldn't surprise me if some classes of immigrants are already required to have a social media account owned by Facebook or Twitter.

Sometimes, "freedom" creates "slavery" -- in this case, a company without any checks on its power and reach can so thoroughly transform the landscape that it becomes a *requirement*.

While we are on the subject of freedom, slavery, government, and markets: a point I don't see made, which should be is that preventing any sort of government solution, in order to keep the markets free, means that you are *restricting* people's right to a government solution. Entrepreneurs become more free, and then some consumers become less free, since they aren't allowed a government solution that they want.

"I assume it was due to when the site was having issues due to alot more viewers coming from reddit" -- I think you answered your own question there :)

Was it graphene or some other material that showed promise of phone battery life in the range of weeks?

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