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  1. Re: All odd numbers are prime on Is Statistical Significance Significant? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    The even number 2

    "All odd numbers are prime" does not imply "no even numbers are prime".

  2. Re:But don't worry on Decade-Long Study: Measles Vaccine Doesn't Cause Autism, Even in High-Risk Kids (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is very convincing evidence linking childhood vaccinations with irreversible cases of adulthood.

  3. Re:Another Fantastic Article! on How Streaming Music Could Be Harming the Planet (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I can also listen to an mp3 more than once. Winamp is going to save the planet, one album at a time.

  4. Re:Is this a good thing or a bad thing? on YouTube To Blame For Rise in Flat Earth Believers, Says Study (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you consider being a decent human being "work"?

  5. Re:Is this a good thing or a bad thing? on YouTube To Blame For Rise in Flat Earth Believers, Says Study (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Many.

  6. Re:Is this a good thing or a bad thing? on YouTube To Blame For Rise in Flat Earth Believers, Says Study (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you need God to act morally, you're not acting morally. You're just acting out of fear or hope for reward. I have a lot more respect for the person who acts kindly out of love for his fellow man than I do the person who acts kindly because they think God is going to reward them for it.

  7. Re:e-cigarrettes arent tobacco on Tobacco Use is Soaring Among US Kids, Driven By E-cigarettes (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    As an added bonus it doesn't taste like shit.

    There are flavors available that taste like shit if you really want to recreate the experience.

  8. Re:e-cigarrettes arent tobacco on Tobacco Use is Soaring Among US Kids, Driven By E-cigarettes (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    #1 sellers by a huge margin is no nic

    No nic is the way to go. My vape pens are full of THC. Much better for you.

  9. Re:I had to start on Ranks of Crypto Users Swelled in 2018 Even as Bitcoin Tumbled (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Buying shit on the dark web, gambling, ransoms, and questionable investments seem to be Bitcoin's strong points.

  10. Re:A Depressant you can't regulate on Researchers Say Social Media Can Cause Depression (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    ...software that monitors usage...and that could send an alert or disable the app after so many minutes.

    I've never tried this feature, and it doesn't sound like it has everything you're looking for, but it's something.

  11. Re: Bi-Polar Treatment on Kids' Apps Are Flooded With Ads (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Saturday morning cartoon ads get seen by everyone with a view of the TV. Phone ads are visible to everyone who can see the phone. Are you suggesting that parents are watching ads over their children's shoulders while they're playing games? Or do you think the advertisers are counting on the kids seeing the ads and then recommending their preferred brand of bipolar medication to their parents? Those scenarios seem unlikely.

  12. Re:Fill 'er up? on With Fuel Exhausted, NASA Retires Kepler Telescope (space.com) · · Score: 1

    You want to re-route to the end of the universe? It could work, but it seems infinitely improbable.

  13. Re:60% of species on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    either that or find a way to photosynthesize for ourselves...

    If you haven't already started regularly injecting chlorophyll, then I'll reach peak efficiency before you.

  14. Re: Ok hippies on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    We need a seventh the global population and we need that as a fixed ceiling.

    I hope you're not questing for an Infinity Gauntlet.

  15. Re:60% of species on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    ...that would mean wiping out 100% of animals and making sure all resources go directly towards sustaining human life.

    I consider pigs, chickens, and cattle resources for humans.

  16. Their biggest problem is they really don't make you much safer, just more inconvenient.

    If you're pirating, they make you much safer.

  17. Re:Why charge for something thats free with Opera? on Mozilla Is Reportedly Going To Sell VPN Subscriptions Within Firefox (trustedreviews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd rather the Chinese collect my browsing habits than Uncle Sam.

    If the only benefit of not choosing "neither" is that you get the privilege of running Opera, then I'd pick neither. Running Opera is just volunteering all your bases to China with no payoff.

    Also, just because you're gifting your data to China doesn't mean Uncle Sam isn't watching too. Use a reputable VPN and something other than Opera.

  18. exercising almost automatically makes people eat better.

    When I look at a soda and see 20 minutes on the elliptical, I want it a lot less.

  19. Re:Bloomberg! Bloomberg! Bloomberg! on New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in US Telecom: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't equate Bloomberg with the Chinese government except in the sense that neither can be trusted with outrageous claims without verification.

  20. Re:item to add on Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces To Fight Killer Lice (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    You took him to school. No, that's a terrible pun, I cod do better. Gimme a minute to mullet over.

  21. I don't mind the cops having a camera on me any more than they should mind me having a camera on them

    With you 100%. The laws backing cops barring cameras are offensive.

    You're probably being overly paranoid if you expect that to happen to you, as it's probably within an order or two of magnitude of pulling down a huge lotto jackpot.

    Of course it's not going to happen to me. I'm white. Shouldn't happen at all.

  22. Re:2 views on Body Camera Maker Will Let Cops Live-Stream Their Encounters (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Where do these paranoid fantasies come from?

    Fantasies?

  23. Re:2 views on Body Camera Maker Will Let Cops Live-Stream Their Encounters (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Now if you're a perpetrator you don't want the cop to livestream your encounter.

    If you're the perpetrator that gets pulled over for speeding and then shot for smelling like cannabis, you definitely want the cop's camera on.

  24. Re:Wavelength on Sunglasses That Block All the Screens Around You (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    If it was about wavelength people with certain coloured pants would appear as floating torsos.

    Pretty sure it would make it look like they were wearing black pants. If it made the lower half of their torso transparent, this tech would be MUCH more exciting.

  25. Re:Missing the point... on The UK is Practicing Cyberattacks That Could Black Out Moscow (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    yelling, "Wahooooo....." on top of a nuke dropped from a radio-broken B-52

    While Vera Lynn sings "We'll Meet Again."

    Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that "we will meet again"?