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  1. Small sample size on Microplastics Found In Human Stools For the First Time (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Now when they say "small sample size"...

  2. Copyright encouraging art from the dead? on President Trump Signs Music Modernization Act Into Law (billboard.com) · · Score: 1

    If copyright was designed to encourage artists to produce more art for the enrichment of the people, how did it ever start being applied after an artist's death. You can't get more art from the dead. I mean, I know greed explains it, but what's the justification?

  3. Re:The only reason on YouTube Red is Having an Identity Crisis (digiday.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I sub for Google Play Music, mostly for listening in my car. The removal of ads on Youtube is nice but those Youtube Originals are garbage. I really can't stand watching most Youtube personalities and would never pay to do so.

  4. I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe. on Google's Museum App Finds Your Fine Art Doppelganger (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just saw this tweet about that app tonight. Hilarious! (NSFW) https://twitter.com/RoryAlbane...

  5. Never liked Vine on Twitter is Shutting Down Its Video App Vine (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    It seemed to me that Vine was just a bunch of people screwing around trying to be funny and failing.

  6. What if we're not "in" a simulation but are a part of that simulation. How could we get out if we're just another programmed element of the simulation?

  7. Yahoo too on Moving Beyond Flash: the Yahoo HTML5 Video Player (streamingmedia.com) · · Score: 1

    "..has lost favor in the industry due to increasing concerns over security..."

  8. Re:Independent Smartwatches on Android Wear Hopefuls Call Timeout On Smartwatches (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm a Luddite because I see no point in buying a smartwatch so I can save the 5 seconds it would take to look at my phone instead of the watch.

  9. Independent Smartwatches on Android Wear Hopefuls Call Timeout On Smartwatches (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't see the point of a smartwatch that requires you to carry your phone around all the time. If a smartwatch could operate independently then I think it would be much more useful. While I don't think a watch would need 4G service, the addition of free 3G, like Amazon has for the Kindle, would be a game changer.

  10. Six Ways on These Are the Six Crypto-Currencies Approved By Apple (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's six ways to lose all your money when the exchange gets robbed.

  11. Creators? on Creators Call Out YouTube For Demonetizing Videos (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Most of these guys just comment on the creations of others.

  12. Professional on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Linux is more professional than ever, while Linus is less.

  13. TOR Connection on Group Wants To Shut Down Tor For a Day On September 1 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Shut down TOR? Wait, what does any of this have to do with illegal drugs, murder for hire, trolling forums and IRC, or child pornography?

  14. Not so bad on TVs Are Still Too Complicated, and It's Not Your Fault (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I bought a smart tv a few months ago. It wasn't any trouble to set up and the UI isn't bad. The remote is just a remote, nothing special or difficult about it. I don't understand why so many here have such trouble setting up a tv. I guess people just like to complain.

  15. I hated using Windows for years because I thought that Bill Gates and friends were assholes for their business practices. Now I hate Linux, not because Linus has evil business practices, just because he's as much an asshole as they ever were.

  16. Re:After watching my mother deal with it... on Cancer Is An Evolutionary Mechanism To 'Autocorrect' Our Gene Pool, Suggests Paper (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    After watching my mother die from untreated cancer, I can assure you that you will have no quality of life by refusing treatment.

  17. Craft on Ask Slashdot: What's The Best CMS? · · Score: 1

    I like Craft CMS. https://craftcms.com/

    It's more hands on that most CMS but I like the fine control you gain.

  18. Pushing me away on Firefox Signs Five-Year Deal With Yahoo, Drops Google as Default Search Engine · · Score: 0

    I've used Firefox for a long time now but it seems like Mozilla is doing everything it can to drive me to another browser. Ads, Yahoo/Bing, playing politics with their CEOs, these things annoy me. I've fought against moving to Chrome but it's getting harder and harder to avoid the switch.

  19. Re:Informative, Entertaining, and Well Written Vid on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 1

    Wait.. are you talking about Anita Sarkeesian getting defensive about a video game she didn't develop or take any part in? Or, are you referencing some other person or instance that you forgot to include in your comment?

    I'm writing about anyone who gets so defensive that they make death threats, you know, the topic of this thread.

  20. Re:Informative, Entertaining, and Well Written Vid on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 1

    Anyone who values freedom will fight her (and you) to the death.

    Ahh, so because I didn't disagree with her and think that there are indeed flaws in the way women are depicted, I deserve to die too? Do you even have a clue as to how childish and overly dramatic you appear with comments like that?

  21. Informative, Entertaining, and Well Written Videos on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I found her Youtube channel about a month ago and watched a number of her videos. They were informative, entertaining, and well written. I didn't see anything that I disagreed with and thought she was spot on in many cases. It is ridiculous that she has to suffer abuse for just stating the obvious, that there flaws with the way women are depicted in media and video games.

    Anyone who gets so defensive about a video game they didn't develop or take any part in really needs to re-evaluate their mental health.

  22. Re:ToS violation? on Uber Has a Playbook For Sabotaging Lyft, Says Report · · Score: 1

    It may also be a violation of the various credit card companies' ToS as well.

    That would fix things, have the credit card companies take away Uber's ability to accept cards. Goodbye Uber.

  23. No on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't want to see it, I wouldn't want any kid of mine to see it, and the thought of gore groupies getting a kick out of it sickens me. Also, if it was a family member of mine who was beheaded, I'd be furious at anyone who posted the video.

    I know what the word beheaded means, I don't need to see it.

  24. Re:Hilarity on Valve Announces Massive Steam Server Intrusion · · Score: 2

    Wrong on number two. Valve did not tell its Steam users about this intrusion. They did not send out any emails or Steam IMs to their members, they didn't mention this on the Steam news page, and in fact they didn't mention it anywhere on Steam at all. The only place this intrusion is mentioned is on the forum. They're happy as punch to tell me through Steam that I can buy freaking Wallace and Gromit for 66% off but they don't inform me that all that my personal information has been compromised? That is shameful.

  25. The Man Behind the Legend on The RMS Tour Rider · · Score: 1

    I really enjoyed reading his message.

    I have been familiar with the free software movement and have heard about RMS for a long time but I never really knew much about the man himself. I mean we all know about his work and his ideology but what is the guy really like?

    I think this email gives us a good peek into who RMS is as a person. I think it really shows him in a good light as a genuine, generous, and down to earth guy who really believes in his cause. I respect and like him more after having read this email.