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  1. Arousing on People Feel Weird About Touching Robot Butts, Researchers Find (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
    It's important to note that by 'arousal', the researchers do not mean sexual arousal.

    Though it should be noted that "arousing" only indicates a generally heightened state of awareness or attention.

  2. Falling victim to a bad user interface does not mean someone is dumb.

  3. Re:Nuclear weapons aren't necessarily missiles on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the blame for that should rest on the sailors who operated the sub and ran it aground.

  4. Incorrect Summary on French Court Rules That Facebook Can Now Be Sued in France (thestack.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The appeals court not only agreed that the user's suspension by Facebook constitutes censorship, but the ruling itself negates Facebook's insistence that all legal challenges take place in its native California.

    According to the article, the court didn't say anything about the alleged censorship. It just ruled that the clause in Facebook's terms and conditions that all lawsuits had to take place in California was invalid.

  5. Re:No global deletion on Google Expands 'Right To Be Forgotten' To All Global Search Results (thestack.com) · · Score: 1
    What do you mean? The summary says the the same thing; it's only the headline that's misleading:

    any hidden content under the ruling is removed from all versions of its search engine in countries where it has been approved.

  6. Re:Emergency Brake? on Jeep/Chrysler's New Gearshift Appears To Be Causing Accidents (roadandtrack.com) · · Score: 1

    It works against valet parking, too.

  7. Something to do with Accounts Receivable, I think.

  8. Your sound quality is degraded? Oh, the cables are probably jammed up with Higgs boson particles. Unplug the cables, shake them a few times, then reconnect them, making sure the connection is secure on each end. That cleared it up? Yeah, I figured it would.

  9. Shirt on Mainstream Scientists Cashing In On Climate Wagers (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What Evans apparently doesn't realize is that because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, within narrow bounds we can already predict what global temperatures will be in 2019, 2024, and 2029. And David Evans is going to lose his shirt."

    Well, at least losing the shirt will make it easier to withstand the higher temperatures.

  10. Re:Major Tom will be giving the eulogy on David Bowie Dies At Age 69 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Major Tom, but they could get The Spiders from Mars back together to do it, I suppose.

  11. Re:What could go wrong? on Airbus Rolls Out Anti-Drone System (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Exactly. No, this won't stop an attack by agents trained and funded by a foreign government or a high tech genius, but it isn't intended to. What it's meant to do is prevent someone off the street from throwing down some money, getting a drone, and flying it into a plane or restricted building, and the value of that is enormous.

  12. Retro on George Lucas Criticizes the Force Awakens (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, why can't Disney be more forward-thinking like Lucas instead of just pandering to the moviegoers and giving them more of what they want?

  13. Re:Karma! It IS a bitch! on "Most Hated Man In America" Martin Shkreli Arrested On Suspicion of Fraud (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Probably go into lobbying.

  14. Re:what if I am very still while watching TV? on Netflix Creates DIY Smart Socks That Pause Your Show When You Fall Asleep (netflix.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then this isn't the product for you.

  15. Re:If this is debunked in the summary, why post it on Study Claims Lettuce Is "Three Times Worse Than Bacon" For GHG Emissions (cmu.edu) · · Score: 2
    I know! I can barely stomach such holier-than-though, condescending statements such as

    I wear second-hand leather, eat marshmallows made with cow hoof glue, and just last week I had a Starbucks latte in a paper cup. (Yeah, you heard me.) I'm not claiming to be morally righteous; I'm not claiming to be perfect. I'm a human being, and if I contradict myself then, very well, I contradict myself.

  16. Re:Private sector will always do it better. on Marco Rubio and Other Senators Move To Block Municipal Broadband (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, god, for a second I read that as you saying 'Comcast is great'. Almost did a spit take...

  17. There already is a workaround. It's called investigation, surveillance, and basic detective work.

  18. Re:Ask the right questions on Giant Telescope Project Stalled By Hawaiian Natives (khon2.com) · · Score: 1

    "Come on, name a price already. Don't force us to take what we want at gunpoint again!"

  19. Re:Sensible then not on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There's isn't evidence that exposure causes symptoms. That just means that people experience symptoms are blaming the wrong thing. If someone has a headache and blames it on WiFi, it's reasonable to tell them that's not what's causing their headache. It's not reasonable to tell them that, no, they don't have a headache.

  20. Re:Rational basis on "Fallout 4" Release Raises Questions About Reviews of Buggy Games (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    If they're given a free pass on the assumption they'll eventually fix the bugs, they have no incentive to work harder to eliminate bugs before future games are released.

  21. Re:Where are the trumpeting unicorns? on Vivaldi Hits Its First Beta (vivaldi.com) · · Score: 1

    - The colored bar at the top changes from red to orange to blue to ??? (who wrote this, the Melnorme?)

    This is because 'Use Page Theme Color in User Interface' is enabled. It can be disabled in the Appearance section of Settings.

  22. Re:Do you mean today? on Tomorrow Is 'Back To the Future' Day (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    'What the hell am I reading? When does this happen?'
    'Now. You're reading about now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.'
    'What happened to then?'
    'We passed then.'
    'When?'
    'Just now. We're at now, now.'

  23. Re:You're the problem on Bad Programming Habits We Secretly Love (infoworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any fool can see that.

  24. Re:Better than I'd hoped on A Scientist Is Selling the Right To Name His Newly-Discovered Moth On eBay (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    You don't want some idiot's surname on a species just because he had money considering we'll be stuck with that name for centuries.

    Why not? How is having it named after someone willing to fund further research worse than having it named after someone who happened to officially discover it? Also note that according to the auction, 'Mr. Metzler will work directly with the winning bidder to choose an official name which must be Latinized,' so it doesn't sound like the winner will have carte blanche (and I imagine the Commission of Zoological Nomenclature can veto truly terrible names, too).

  25. Re:Gambling on Another 'StarCraft' Cheating Scandal Rocks Korea (playerattack.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gambling is stupid. Anyone who gambles is already being ripped off.

    Wanna bet?