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  1. Re:Benefits are Overstated on The 'Radio Network of Things' Can Cut Electric Bills (Video) · · Score: 1

    This system does not require that the government control anything. It will be your appliance passively reading the price of electricity from a central broadcast and adjusting operations accordingly. "The government might want this so it must be evil" is a terrible line of reasoning.

  2. Re:Silly assumptions. on The 'Radio Network of Things' Can Cut Electric Bills (Video) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think you're massively overestimating the amount of temperature difference 30 seconds would make. If shifting the run time by couple by a couple minutes brought disaster, then opening the fridge would doom your food every time.

  3. Re:NO on Should Video Games Be In the Olympics? · · Score: 2

    Because both of those sports still require physical coordination brought to bear against real, physical objects. And there is a hell of a lot more to real shooting than just pulling a trigger.

  4. Re:I sat right next to the CRT as a kid, and I liv on Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what vague risk you are referring to, but I don't think it has much of anything to do with the effect observed here.

  5. Re:Who will get on North Korean Internet Is Down · · Score: 1

    The problem is that nobody /wants/ unification. Cleaning up the mess that North Korea currently is is too much of a money sink for any government to take it on willingly. Millions of starving people with medieval technology isn't an asset.

  6. Re:Not a cargo ship on New Cargo Ship Is 488 Meters Long · · Score: 1

    Because space ships are self-propelled and capable of maneuvers. Space stations are less so.

  7. Re:Seems unintuative on Researchers Accidentally Discover How To Turn Off Skin Aging Gene · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I believe it's already known that avoiding sunlight helps prevent this enzyme from being released, and in turn keeps skin looking younger. This is just artificially lowering it even further in an attempt to to create immortal, sunlight-fearing vampires.

  8. Re:Why is it there? on Researchers Accidentally Discover How To Turn Off Skin Aging Gene · · Score: 3, Informative

    It sounds like it's part of the system that removes damaged cells and toxic material after a sunburn. It causes some collateral damage, but it might be better than being poisoned.

  9. Re:Seems unintuative on Researchers Accidentally Discover How To Turn Off Skin Aging Gene · · Score: 2

    Without the 'redness' of sunburn your body would simply be poisoned by the toxins that ruptured cells release.

  10. Re:Touch our great lakes on 11 Trillion Gallons of Water Needed To End California Drought · · Score: 2

    Transporting water that distance is completely impractical compared to simply desalinating ocean water that's available locally.

  11. Re:Labor Loopholes? on Telepresence Store Staffed Remotely Using Robots · · Score: 1

    Wait until the robots can stock shelves and clean up smashed jars of pickles...

  12. Re:One of the few games with incredible imaginatio on NetHack: Still One of the Greatest Games Ever Written · · Score: 1

    My exact reason for giving up on Nethack after grinding through the same levels Sokoban for the 40th time for the same loot.

  13. Re:He should have done it. on Supreme Court To Decide Whether Rap Lyric Threats Are Free Speech · · Score: 0

    Did your girlfriend just dump you because her parents found out?

  14. Re: Is it just me ... on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Battlefront II is the only place I've seen this bit of trivia mentioned.

  15. Re:I agree, except: on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Extremely fast cuts isn't really indicative of anything in a trailer.

  16. Re:some sharp knives in that European drawer on Google Told To Expand Right To Be Forgotten · · Score: 1

    The only country in the world? I think you need some citation there.

  17. Re:Delete Your Facebook Account Already on Married Woman Claims Facebook Info Sharing Created Dating Profile For Her · · Score: 1

    People who actually care about you will find other ways to talk to you.

  18. Re:Google is a freaking genius on Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    You mean my advertisements will finally be for something relevant to my interests instead of endless miracle weight loss crap?

  19. Re:Can't every website just have a patreon? on Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    ...is Patreon not a middleman?

  20. Re:"Yeah, but fuck science... on Philae's Batteries Have Drained; Comet Lander Sleeps · · Score: 0

    Just because a member of a demographic creates something doesn't mean that the rest of the demographic has to like it. It doesn't even mean that that thing is in the demographic's best interests.

  21. Re:Quit buying games on day one on Assassin's Creed: Unity Launch Debacle Pulls Spotlight Onto Game Review Embargos · · Score: 2

    Yeah. I play games that are typically three years old or older. By that point they are dirt cheap and all mediocre games have been filtered out and forgotten.

  22. Re:Yeah. Knowing the Knowing ==poet? Notes academy on Codecademy's ReSkillUSA: Gestation Period For New Developers Is 3 Months · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't make them a capable programmer, but I would be very happy if every lower level user on my system was required to take training like this.

  23. Re:Every patient? on Why Every Cardiac Patient Needs a Virtual Heart · · Score: 1

    "A couple families" is not everybody. There are many, many people who are going without because they do not meet the specific requirements for government assistance.

  24. Re: Physical requirements are not all that tough on US Army May Relax Physical Requirements To Recruit Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    Basic physical fitness helps with a lot of things, mental acuity included. It requires next to no effort to reach the baseline laid out there. It could be compared to brushing your teeth or washing you clothes occasionally. A basic inconvenience that's part of being a functional human being.

  25. Re:Physical requirements are not all that tough on US Army May Relax Physical Requirements To Recruit Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    "a lot of time" in this case equal about six weeks of try to do 13 push ups a day. You're literally disqualifying yourself because you don't want to spend two hours TOTAL exercising.