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  1. Include magnesium in the energy balance on Scientists Find Way To Make Mineral Which Can Remove CO2 From Atmosphere (phys.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just where do they propose to get the magnesium? At what energy cost?

  2. An EU court has already ruled that things made with CRISPR must follow the same guidelines as GMOs. Short form -- No GMOs in EU

    Perhaps, since an EU member has money in the game, this will be reviewed

  3. What about Z? on 'It's Time to End the Yearly Smartphone Launch Event' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "Every manufacturer from Apple to Xiaomi"

    Why leave off Zync Global?

  4. Actually, the speed of sound goes UP with pressure. So it will be much higher

  5. Since the speed of sound depends on gas density (among other things) this is one of the thing they'll have a chance of learning

  6. Important Question on Online Photos Can't Simply Be Republished, EU Court Rules (politico.eu) · · Score: 1

    This is going to ruin the mime business

    How much must you alter a photo to get out from under the copy-write law?

    Are there any easy tools out there to do the needed modification?

  7. Why is this news? on The Internal Report Proving the FCC Made Up a Cyberattack (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't see any new material here. It was all given in earlier Slashdot posts

  8. Given him some slack on Cramming Software With Thousands of Fake Bugs Could Make It More Secure, Researchers Say (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This might work. Right up until day 2 when someone leaks the list of "chaff bugs"

  9. If a Starbucks manager is under pressure to increase monthly sales. (And who isn't these days. See Wells Fargo) It won't take him long to capture your Latte order and, say, triple it.

    More generally, is anyone tracking BitCoin's attack surface?

  10. Read your bill on Are There Dangers in a Cashless Society? (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    If you read a U.S. bill, it says "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."

    Go to a cashless shop; offer to pay with bill(s); sue them.

    Just be sure to get good management for your new business

  11. If we have UBI, will those choosing to work need to pay taxes or will all funding be generated by those using robots?

  12. Amazon "could' replace libraries but... on 'No, Amazon Cannot Replace Libraries' (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My problem with this, with ANY internet service replacing paper books, is 1984

    When a book (or as has happened the Declaration of Independence) is prohibited, it could just disappear. Worse, particular words could be dropped or added (say, the word "Not") seamlessly

    Having real books removed or modified is much harder

  13. Don't Dis the Obits on 'The Cashless Society is a Con -- and Big Finance is Behind It' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You should read the obits first. BEFORE getting out of bed. If you're in there, you don't have to get up

  14. Re:Flag this topic as "obvious" on 'The Cashless Society is a Con -- and Big Finance is Behind It' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    AHH. But what if you are the only {insert group name here} in the WASP neighborhood at the time of the crime?

    What if you try to get out of the area when you hear the sirens?

  15. Replacing natural fertilizer on Killing Rats Could Save Coral Reefs (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Just how do you propose to apply the fertilizer?

    There are a LOT of small islands out there

    OH. And how do you propose to create the fertilizer?

    The birds are free

  16. Question -- Coral bleaching on Killing Rats Could Save Coral Reefs (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Bleaching occurs because the coral expels its zooxanthellae This happens (mainly, I'm told) due to the water warming.

    Question: What is the evolutionary benefit to the coral?

    What is the benefit of losing the symbiont and (eventually) dying?

  17. Taken in context of the times on Facebook Apologizes After Flagging Declaration of Independence As Hate Speech (nymag.com) · · Score: 1
    Actually, these dead white guys did fear and hate "Indian Savages"

    They continued over the next 150 years to commit genocide

  18. Not true on Best Buy Stops Selling Music CDs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    See https://gizmodo.com/no-best-bu...> No, Best Buy Has Not Completely Stopped Selling CDs—Yet, Anyway

  19. Re:Reality has a liberal bias on Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The majority of the civilized world has a liberal bias.

    While most primitive, barbaric countries are mostly conservative.

    Unfortunately, the latter still outnumber greatly the former on this planet. So in a sense, you are right.

    Civilized people like the Europeans?

  20. Re: These days I don't trust ANY company on politi on Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Get the quote right, please

    "There were good people on both sides"

    So, if at least 1 person was marching because they liked statuary, he was (technically) correct

  21. A new ISS Game on SpaceX Will Send an AI Robot To Join Astronauts On ISS (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    How long until they are playing "Simon Says"?

  22. Why stop a forest fires? on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1
    If the issue is bringing down a plane/helicopter at a fire scene, why stop at large fires?

    What about -- house fires, hostage situations, ... ? That is, anywhere where news choppers (presumably approved) have to fly low over a scene.

  23. Re:All well and good... but will it stop them? on Colorado Lawmakers Want To Make It a Felony To Fly a Drone Over a Wildfire (thedrive.com) · · Score: 1

    All drones are supposed to be registered.

  24. Not fired by Machine on The Man Who Was Fired By a Machine (bbc.com) · · Score: 2
    He was fired by his manager when his contract wasn't renewed.

    Having a human controlled check point in the process (by HR for instance) would just allow dismissed contractors access to the system

    Perhaps they should rehire him. Perhaps at a better rate

  25. Take your pick on Hurricanes Are Moving More Slowly, Which Means More Damage (npr.org) · · Score: 0, Troll
    If the stats said "Hurricanes moving faster" then the headline would be "Less time to predict the path and evacuate".

    That's why it changed from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change". Any event meets the model and requires that we stop using any fuels