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  1. Bogus Conclusion "Damage" on Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you read the original article, the simply state that they can document methlyation changes to DNA. For all we know, the body may be doing this methylation to help repair damage or neutralize toxins. The conclusion that "smoking damages DNA" is unfounded.

  2. Re:Only fair when we do it on Microsoft and Sony Are Debating Over Whose Console Really Offers 'True 4K' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is touting 30fps at 4k. Sure that is doable, but so what if the renderer is using the same number of polygons or turning off environmental effects. The true benefit they can guarantee is that things like menus and web browsing will be a lot clearer.

  3. Re:Automated Driving Racing Series on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be a real public relations coup for someone like google to break in to the redneck crowd. Like it or not they make up a big portion of the economy.

  4. Re:Automated Driving Racing Series on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Tire wear and brakes overheat.... gas is burned and the weight of the car changes. Some cars will just be running faster than others, so the programmers will want to take advantage of that to win. Also the cars would have competing algorithms and settings, so there would be much more variability than you think. And once the tech was sufficiently advanced they will be running with human drivers in something like the 24 hours of lemans.

  5. Re:F1 is an advertsing business on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    It's clear that you don't understand the first thing about auto racing. I am not suggesting people will come out just for automated racing, it is simply a matter of adding a class to an existing series. And no matter what you think, racing would provide tons of useful data to automation developers.

  6. Re:All about the Benjamins on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 2

    There is no money in ANY auto racing....it's purely sponsor driven. And while the software would have to be modified for other scenarios, the number #1 concern would be to avoid other cars without causing an accident and racing would be great for that.

  7. Re:Good Way To Ruin Brand Name. on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one of the reasons I think Tesla designing a self driving car is a bad idea. The leading software is going to be transferable to any other car maker... the I/O is going to be standard across automakers. If things eventually go the way they do in software industry the Tesla will end up with Bosch, Apple or perhaps Google autopilot in it. So what is the point of sinking all that money into Tesla autopilot and taking all the liability risks?

  8. Automated Driving Racing Series on Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    I've wondered why there is not an automated racing series.... most new performance technologies are vetted first on the racetrack. This would be a great way to develop bulletproof software.

  9. Re:Destitute Drivers on More Gig Economy Workers Can Now Get Paid On Demand (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    There is an easy explanation to this.... what about a driver that does one ride a week? The transfer cost would be a huge percentage of the paycheck.. so why should Uber eat it?

  10. Re:The more efficient a system gets ... on More Gig Economy Workers Can Now Get Paid On Demand (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It would be fine if the central bank, leading economists, politicians would acknowledge this. Deflation can be good if it is accepted and prepared for... But instead it is 'full steam ahead' and they are pulling out all the stops to avoid it, which will make the effects deeper and more profound when they happen.

  11. Re:Training is not the solution on Hackers Offer a DIY Alternative To The $600 EpiPen (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Don't be an idiot. Diabetics inject themselves without dying every day and it takes very little training to do it.

  12. Tell me more about the great innovations from Chinese, Indian, Korean, Japanese adults.....

  13. Oblig. Quote on London To Tech Startups: Please Don't Mind the Brexit Gap (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Khan!!!!

    --- Captain Kirk

  14. Begging the question.... on Comcast Will Launch a Wireless Service Next Year (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Will we have the opportunity to rent a wireless router for 200$ a year?

  15. Re:Fanboies are often the biggest critics. on iPhone 7 Plus Makes Hissing Sound Under Load, Some Users Complain (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting, but what does the body have to do with the title of your post?

  16. Re:Grammatical Flamewar Pending on Elon Musk Scales Up His Ambitions, Considering Going 'Well Beyond' Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    IT Snake is not amused....

  17. Re:So in other words it's used and is useful on Apple Replaced the Headphone Jack On the iPhone 7 With a Fake Speaker Grill (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    What would it do any different than GPS?

  18. Re:Dude You're Getting A Dell! on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Truly it is the year of Linux on a desktop!

  19. Re:Flipphone users on Half Of US Smartphone Users Download Zero Apps Per Month (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    that's what i get for using google as spell checker :)

  20. Flipphone users on Half Of US Smartphone Users Download Zero Apps Per Month (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How many of these 'non downloaders' are former flip-phone users that bought a smart phone due to their low price and obsequiousness?

  21. Re:I can't not read that as "Baby Kale" on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    collard greens provide pretty much the same nutrition without tasting like a green bottle brush

  22. Re:A fool and his money... on Religion In US 'Worth More Than Google and Apple Combined' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If providing a relatively safe place to socialize within your community is really the goal of religion I say they do a fine job. I am an atheist, but my high school age son started going to bible study with one of his friends from school. I certainly don't have a problem with that- I think it is beneficial and maybe he might meet a nice girl there.

  23. Re:Also completely broke CarPlay on T-Mobile To iPhone Users: Do Not Download iOS 10 For Now (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows 10 is a downgrade from Windows 7 but an upgrade for Windows 8, if that makes any sense.

  24. Re:Other People's Playlists on Pandora Has Announced Its $5 Subscription Service (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    This is just the thing if you like to discover new(to you) music.

  25. Not an earbud guy myself... I know a lot of people like them though.