non-paywalled version: https://t.co/gRcNYuXTcg

Click on the 'web' link and then the article.

http://archive.is/BKrvv works for me

Still paywalled. Forwards to same url.

With a different REFERER, though. The above works for me.

for the curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13909365

That's the one. It's action packed mech eng banter, in a good way.

No one "paid" the loan, the debt was sold to a private creditor and OP's account was then considered settled in the eyes of the DOE. They can't delete the account in order to keep an audit trail, so the amount owed is adjusted to zero.

Even the "penny slots" with 1c initial bet get up to $2-5 per spin on max bet

The wikipedia has a section on birds but is missing this reference from 2012. City birds using the nicotine in cigarette butts to deter parasites.

http://www.nature.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to...

Or kangaroos and wallabies playing in the opium fields

Also known as Flow - the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

Also known as rapture†[0] or ecstasy[1]. See the related altered states of consciousness[2]. Rands and Joel Spolsky call it "the Zone".

† which is incidentally the title of my endlessly upcoming blog (no relation to christianity nor Bioshock)

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_(Buddhism)

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_(emotion)

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_state_of_consciousness

large enough? http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/infographic-the-...

Unfortunately it appears as if the original image was just stretched to a larger size, but if that's the case the resolution you're looking for just may not be available.

I also lived in Boston for 5 years without a car.