Your missing the zip ties and tape . <| sep |> Yeah I saw a guy argue in traffic court that his cell phone was dead and he was just used to holding it all the time . They believed him and he just got a small fine , no demerits . So that argument works . <| sep |> You should really start cutting yourselfsmaller slices of pie . <| sep |> I ' d have to see some evidence to back up that claim . Is anyone here studying consumer economics in particular ? Can anyone vet the claim that lower cost manufactured items cause reflexive investment in housing or education ? I don ' t think that comports with CW as to the increase in education spending . CW is that tuition prices are rising because more money is available , but not from students because of cheaper stuff , but because of increased liquidity provided by the government . I mean , higher education pricing isn ' t particularly hard to figure out . The biggest driver of the costs of higher education by far is personnel costs particularly in a low interest rate environment where building facilities is cheaper than ever . Schools have hired more professors and increased course offerings because the inputs that matter to them and students rankings , reputation , etc . care more about those things than cost , so cost has gone up . It ' s not rocket science .