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  1. I just can't wait to get back to the land ... on Startup Sells Pot 'Grow Fridges' That Are Tended By Robots (nj.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and grow my own, with Seedo. Oh, yeah.

  2. Reasonable environmental action, or ... on California Law Banning Paper Receipts Clears First Hurdle In State Legislature (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ... back-door attack by the cashless society people? You be the judge.

  3. Fee, fie, foe facts: on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Giants don't like a tax.

  4. So, is this where we get the term ... on Neuroscientists Say They've Found An Entirely New Form of Neural Communication (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    ... "inductive reasoning"?

  5. I'm so sorry, but ... on Goldman Sachs Asks: 'Is Curing Patients a Sustainable Business Model?' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... our P&L needs curing more than you do.

  6. "Set in stone" is probably a mash-up. on How Badly is Google Books Search Broken, and Why? (blogspot.com) · · Score: 2

    What is likely the original phrase, I remember hearing as early as my childhood in the 1950s, was "carved in stone". A equivalent phrase, most likely newer in origin, is "set in concrete". You can see the evolution. It's kinda like "irregardless".

  7. It was, in large part, Mozilla which protected the web from the depredations of Microsoft, almost two decades ago. Methinks the lackey doth protest too much.

  8. Remember, it's their phone ... on Android Q Will Include More Ways For Carriers To SIM Lock Your Phone (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and you only really have permission to pay for it.

  9. ... until someone hangs Claymores on 'em and sends 'em into a crowd.

  10. Oh boy! Now with "fluffier dark matter". on Large, Strangely Dim Galaxy Found Lurking On Far Side of Milky Way (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    But will it still have that satisfying crunch?

  11. The psychoactive components of marijuana boil off prior to actual combustion of the plant's woody material, so a gradual heating releases more of the desired products. A quick rise to high temperature simply burns the psychoactives along with the wood.

  12. ... in the Rosenberg case?

  13. This outcome was planned. on Is Repair As Important As Innovation? (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    A century ago, technology was sustained by repair. This kept economies diversified and distributed. But predatory financial interests realized that centrally controlling production and distribution was more profitable to their schemes of empire. They saw they could reduce payrolls while ensuring the costly material and economic thrash they use to manipulate the economy, and economic bubbles, to their gain. So, here we are.

  14. Yet another, fun reason ... on Walmart Patents Cart That Reads Your Pulse, Temperature (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    ... to always carry a stun gun at Walmart.

  15. The Thunderbird email client ... on How To Disable Gmail's Annoying New 'Smart Compose' Predictive Typing Feature (vortex.com) · · Score: 1

    ... works well with Gmail accounts. Set up is simple, and then you have control, not just of the composition process, but of your address books. Google will nag you to drop T-bird, claiming security reasons, but their logic is specious and self-serving.

  16. What they're not saying ... on Mystery Solved: FBI Closed New Mexico Observatory to Investigate Child Porn (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is that it was alien child porn.

  17. Acting as the Devil's legal counsel ... on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I have to ask, does this mean you can suggest women are more influenced by abusive behavior, and that's not sexist?

  18. A milestone! This advances microplastic production on Road Makers Turn To Recycled Plastic For Tougher Surfaces (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    ... by decades, and decades.

  19. It should be noted ... on No Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption, Says Major Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    ... this research doesn't really establish a safe level for teetotalling, either.

  20. Isn't this a bit late? on Should Professional Sports Switch To Robot Referees? (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    Weren't the fans replaced with robots decades ago?

  21. So, they can't operate a drone ... on Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    ... but they have nuclear cruise missiles? Should we worry?

  22. Mr. Stamos appears to suffer ... on Facebook Security Chief Said To Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... from a debilitating case of ethical principles. He should seek treatment at the closest available MBA program.

  23. Looks pretty clear to me. on NIH Study Links Cellphone Radiation To Cancer In Male Rats (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Just don't let your rats near your cellphone.

  24. As delivery drones already prepare ... on Uber Study Says Self-Driving Trucks Will Result In More Truck Drivers, Not Less (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    ... to take up the last mile, we are asked to seriously believe removing jobs from the system will magically create more?

  25. Unless a control group was isolated ... on New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    ... from essentially all modern media, you got nothin'.