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Been using both w/same setup for years. The speed, simplicity, and flexibility of nvALT is amazing. I'm always flipping in and out of my nvALT window throughout my work, where is save clippings, terminal commands, todos, links, troubleshooting fixes and how-tos, and so on.

With tagging and zero-lag search, it's great for archiving dozens or hundreds of disorganized notes, b/c finding exactly what you need takes 1 or 2 seconds (keyboard shortcut to window and just start typing to search… matching notes instantly appear. Or, for a new note, just keep typing to give it a title and hit enter).

The instant in/out ability (w/ near imperceptible lag) to work with nvALT makes it something I couldn't live without. It's always there, hidden in the background and available. Other windowed note tools require launching the app or opening new windows, often suffering from display refresh lag times or hogging resources (read: OneNote). Opening and using Notes.app (or even TextEdit.app), for example, and flipping between windows and other apps while working is annoyingly slow.

Oh, and might as well give credit to the background syncing with SimpleNote for web / iOS app availability, providing access to notes while on-the-go or at a second machine. Yes, the nvALT / SimpleNote combo is great. Love. Love. Love.

Fantastic... I teach quant research at the grad level. Game is simple and fun-ish. Learning to visualize and think about correlations for the first time can be tough—game is perfect to engage students and supplement textbooks, lecture.

I can't speak for Comcast, but my FiOS boxes allow for you to turn off the initial launch/guide ad popups in your box settings. It's not the easiest of settings to find, but it's there (and enabled by default, of course). Call support (fast and helpful...not kidding) or search the online support area, which is how I figured it out and was easy to find the answer. The only persistent ad, I believe, is a single ad bar (annoying, but doesn't obstruct view) at the bottom of the channel guide, used mostly (from what I recall...I don't pay much attention to it) for promos of new on-demand releases. Love LOVE FiOS.

Confirmed down in Dubai (via friend).

Here's the direct link to the Princeton study cited in the article:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1401.4208v1.pdf