It's the co-op model, which USA generally has no problems with as long as it's elective, e.g. you aren't forced to depend on it.

It's different to a co-op model as you don't have to individually buy in, it's provided as a function of the state, no? Are their commonly private [non-state run] libraries in USA that you can become a member of, I'd guess not, which makes your claim about election/forced dependency seem strange (in context, though it might work more generally).

Yes, it's a little bit different than a regular co-op, but:

1) it's paid for mostly by your local government, not the federal government, so there's some self-determination.

2) You can get your books there, but you don't have to get your books there, and you can still have your own collection.

Personally I feel like I would happily pay small amounts for news, but nobody has figured out how to frictionlessly pay $0.00004 to read a news article I'm interested in.

We're stuck right now with only two models, $15-30/mo subscriptions subsidizing hordes of non-payers, or ads.

Agate (http://agate.one) seems a reasonable way, but unless it builds a following I don't see it lasting.

In my area, Facebook authenticated commenters conducted themselves poorly as ever and comments were permanently switched off.

Yup. When I look at the comments on the stories the local news back home posts to Facebook, I see hundreds if not thousands of vile racists come out of the woodwork - most of them with names I recognize.

I see it as more like, the defenders of public broadcasting are infuriated that public radio ($4M) is put on the chopping block and the DoD ($600B) is to be increased.

It's not that cuts to public radio is unthinkable, but when someone proposed they will fix the federal budget by cutting NPR (0.0001% of the budget) they are looking for a fight, not really trying to solve the problem.

Generally, vegetables are more expensive than grains and more perishable.

By mass, Indian food is mostly grains and pulses (Rice, wheat, and split peas).

There's a family business exception.

My parents bought a car for me to drive back when I was a teen. It cost $900, not $25,000.

The average price of a new car in 1975 was $4,960.

http://www.autonews.com/article/19960626/ANA/606260830/1975-...

I wrote "new" car.

They can, but don't get credit for it in Google's page rank. Which to me makes the whole complaint sound dishonest. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

>don't get credit for it in Google's page rank

How do you know that? There are very few people in the world who can claim that with evidence.

I haven't tested it but google shows a lighting bolt next to amp sites so maybe the custom amp websites dont get the bolt.

That should be easy to test, given that cloudflare hosts a top-level AMP cache. Just check if a cloudflare-cached website gets the bolt.

They do get the bolt.

This isn't true. Example:

- Miami herald rolls their own amp pages: http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/business/article135187364.ht...

- Here's the icon in search for the same page: https://i.imgur.com/43Hk7tV.png

From what I understand, google bots detect the amp standard and flag it with the amp tag for mobile search results.

They host their own pages using AMP, but they still are forced to use the one centralized JS file implementing AMP.

The point was that even if websites host their own AMP standard, they still get the AMP icon in mobile search results.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make about using js files.

What do you mean by "their own AMP standard" then? I thought that meant a customized version of the AMP elements/framework.

What a useless reply. Your parent is IMO accurate. The consumer is not actually valuing price above everything else; the consumer does not have all the information on how comfortable this or that flight is, and we all know markets only work optimally when the buyer has all the information.

Basically the market for airline flights is not a well functioning transparent market, so you cannot say "aha, the consumer preference is obviously the cheapest ticket at all costs".

Personally I would happily pay a little more for more legroom, but have found no good reliable way to find those tickets.

I might be in the minority, but I usually take a look at Seat Guru or read one or two trip reports or flight reviews before buying an transatlantic or transcontinental airline ticket, just as I would with any other $500+ purchase.

That sucks man. I'm 6'2", my knees almost hit. When I first sat in the new thin seats, I extended my leg straight down the aisle. My foot reached well in front of the seat pan ahead of me. It was crushing to see that visual evidence of just how tight it was.

The worst part for me is my shins are long enough my knees & thighs are elevated off the seat, causing the blood to pool. I have wondered if economy plus allows enough leg extension to alleviate that problem.

The economy plus leaves room between my knees and seat. On one of the regional jets, where the seating columns shift slightly, there is a single economy plus seat with a huge amount of leg room, and you can stretch them out.