The Daily Populous

Thursday December 21st, 2017 evening edition

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Dave Oberting, Code4Life: It's very rare to be working full time and be homeless at the same time.

That's why governments don't track it very well — because it is thankfully extremely rare.

The poverty rate nationally for people who work full time is less than 3%.

With rare exceptions, your salary is generally commensurate with the amount of value you add to your employer.

Forget college — the future is about the acquisition of higher level skills, by whatever means necessary.

William N. Moore: The working homeless anomaly will continue until the affordable housing supply exceeds affordable housing demand.

I recently saw a gentleman washing his feet in the men's room at a Target Store. »

Jonathan Taylor Shoots for the Stars at Wisconsin, Not Harvard

Authored by bleacherreport.com

Nothing could have prepared Jonathan Taylor for what he would experience on this college football recruiting trip.

"Here I am, a young black man," he continues, "and these guys are talking to me about going to Harvard.

He could've fed his love of astrophysics at Harvard, even though the more prudent path to the NFL is through Wisconsin. »

Double Stuf Oreos Don't Actually Have Double The Creme

Authored by huffingtonpost.com

At the market, you'll find varieties like regular Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos and now, Mega Stuf Oreos, which were recently added to the brand's official lineup after a period as a limited edition product.

He weighed 10 regular Oreos, 10 Double Stuf Oreos, 10 Mega Stuf Oreos and 5 wafers, then performed some basic calculations to determine the creme content of the aforementioned cookies.

Double Stuf Oreos are made with less than double the creme of a regular Oreo. »

• Chart: The "Slow iPhone" Phenomenon

Authored by statista.com

There are two possible explanations for these spikes: the first one being the (psychological) phenomenon described above.

Once people know a newer model of their phone is out, they suddenly feel like their old one is getting slow.

In the past years, it has never taken more than a couple of weeks for the search volume to come back to its previous level. »

Apple admits it slows older iPhones, confirming Geekbench report

Authored by cnet.com

Apple on Wednesday said a software feature released last year makes your phone operate more slowly to offset problems with its aging lithium ion battery.

The operating system slows down your device to prevent it from shutting down, Apple says, but only in cases of cold temperature, a low battery charge or very old batteries.

The statement from Apple came in response to a report from earlier this week from Primate Labs, the company behind the Geekbench processor benchmarking software. »