Th3 Core

>look alike

This is the problem with all cars in the US - they all look alike (read both bland and ugly)  nothing has any personality. 

LM: The good thing is DDG is privately held.  Also I don't think Google could buy due to anti-trust concerns.  But MS buying them would be the kiss of death.

>crawling

I hope they do or have been doing that.  They can't be insane enough to think they can rely on Bing feed forever.

We are using them here in the Chicago area, but in really well insulated homes.  I'll quiz my neighbors how they fared this winter. Past winters their utility bill has been about on par with conventional gas heat.  All their units are made by Mitsubishi.

>why

I think it's because that younger age group will switch brands and try new products and things.  Older demographics settle on certain brand items and mostly buy the same brand item over and over.

>doable

I got the "shirt pocket briefcase".  Index cards are cheap and if I write somebody a note I don't have to tear a page out of a notebook. 

Good quote RC.

There is a lot of friction in this PoIC system for me.  If I would find an online (cloud) based software that would let me do this and would not lock me into a proprietary silo, I would use that. It would need to use the index card UI.  Unfortunately I can't quite find anything that really fits.  Although SuperNoteCard has some of them https://www.supernotecard.com/

PoIC, works best if you work at a desk or table, where you have room to write and your file boxes, and card supplies are right there.  But I would on a laptop, in a den, from The Ultimate Command Recliner and that makes it a pain to use.

Also, since the idea is really to keep an commonplace book I already do part of that on my blog.  I post what I'm reading etc there.  The PoIC is for stuff I don't want online, story ideas, business plans, schemes for Total World Domination by Search, and any other hair brained idea I might have that can't be telegraphed online.  That makes things tricky too.

I still like the card analogy I'm just not sure it's going to work for me.

Just Trust Zuck.  Not.

Just like Google, their whole business model is about collecting data on users.  There are some things he can do to increase privacy, but both G and FB are locked into spying on you and they can't quit.

>Grocery

What comes to mind is Amazon has all these house brand products now.  Not quite food but stuff that is traditionally sold in grocery stores: paper napkins, towels, toilet paper etc and stuff like detergents, dish soap etc.  This would give them a new outlet for these things. 

Another thought: Amazon has always gone after price points.  I'm wondering if they are taking aim more at Aldi rather than Kroger?