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  1. Re:Solar Powered Refrigerator on New Solar-Powered Device Can Pull Water Straight From the Desert Air (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, pretty much. Dew points are a lot higher at night, so charge during the day and collect at night.

  2. Re:Solar Powered Refrigerator on New Solar-Powered Device Can Pull Water Straight From the Desert Air (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    why not use the hot side of peltier junction instead of the sun to heat the MOF? Then it can cycle at night....

  3. Re:I work from home a decent amount on For Programmers, the Ultimate Office Perk is Avoiding the Office Entirely (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    You forgot #1, get your butt out of bed like normal and get ready etc like you are going into work. Does wonders for your wakefulness....

  4. Re:Leads to bad programming. on For Programmers, the Ultimate Office Perk is Avoiding the Office Entirely (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    we were swapping code snippets with AIM 20 years ago even when we were in the same office

  5. Re:Tesla will flourish if complexity is reduced... on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Too bad Tesla is the only manufacturer that has figured out how to make an EV that doesn't look like a moronic toy. They aren't even close to being in the same class.

  6. Re:Driverless on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Everything is drive by wire now retrofitting a truck like this would be trivial.

  7. Re: So an attacker would know what you are watchin on West Point Researchers Demonstrate Passive Netflix Traffic Analysis Attack (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess I am just going to have to stick with vigilante movies

  8. useless article on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No limit or limit? Was it heads up or ring game? Makes a big difference...

  9. I guess that's what 'Creators Update' means, in the spirit of Bill Gates era MS mid 90s......

  10. the edge machine was infected with viruses that don't use much power!

  11. I believe a link to a picture of that has been posted to /. many, many times.....

  12. I gave it up on As Streaming Booms, Songs Are Getting Faster and Shorter (japantoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Gave up popular music about 5 years ago and listen to mostly classical. People are still puzzling over Bach 300 years later....

  13. Obviously they have never been married!

  14. Re:Evolutionary Adaptation on If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists? (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Really, where are you getting your definition of sociopath? The vast majority of them are not in jail....

  15. Re:Evolutionary Adaptation on If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists? (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    According to the report, Columbus once punished a man found guilty of stealing corn by having his ears and nose cut off and then selling him into slavery. Testimony recorded in the report claims that Columbus congratulated his brother Bartolomeo on "defending the family" when the latter ordered a woman paraded naked through the streets and then had her tongue cut out for suggesting that Columbus was of lowly birth.[85] The document also describes how Columbus put down native unrest and revolt; he first ordered a brutal crackdown in which many natives were killed and then paraded their dismembered bodies through the streets in an attempt to discourage further rebellion.[86] "Columbus's government was characterised by a form of tyranny," Consuelo Varela, a Spanish historian who has seen the document, told journalists.[85] "Even those who loved him [Columbus] had to admit the atrocities that had taken place."[85]

  16. Re:I prefer to keep it old-school ... on Sleep Is the New Status Symbol (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    waking up at 5 am with a throbbing headache and not being able to fall back asleep isn't very restful

  17. Re:Evolutionary Adaptation on If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists? (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Christopher Columbus, Brigham Young, Ghengis Khan... Napolean? What great migration of people wasn't preceded by a sociopath?

  18. I've mentioned this before and have received some snarky comments but having a number of socipathic individuals in a community is an evolutionary advantage. Without them there is nobody to stir the pot, breed discontent, find what is over the next mountain or large body of water etc etc.

  19. Some people want to be different, just like the other people that want to be different

  20. Interesting take on Gorsuch from a Democrat on Senate Confirms Neil Gorsuch To Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting
  21. Re:SNAFU on Senate Confirms Neil Gorsuch To Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Like a giant orange sun melting snowflakes from coast to coast!

  22. Re:No it won't on The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System (hbr.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The majority of drug makers spend more on marketing than R&D

  23. Re:Stupid summary is STUPID on The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System (hbr.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not a free market. By law, US consumers cannot import drugs from other countries. The $50,000+ dollars for hepatitis drug is under a thousand in India.

  24. my list on Slashdot Asks: What Books Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 2

    Music at the Limits - Edward Said
    Across the River and Into the Trees - Ernest Hemingway
    Shadow of the Giant - Orson Card
    God Mining Boomtown People of White Oaks, Lincoln County New Mexico Territory - Roberta Haldane

  25. Re: Excessive collaboration is a good one! on Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    15 mins are too long my scrums are 5 minutes