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  1. Re:The editors should have fixed the summary. on Zuckerberg Sues Hundreds of Hawaiians To Force Property Sales To Him (msn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Quite right. Exaggerating one's facts, even when in the right, is a common mistake when presenting one's case.

    It lends credence to the deniers, who can denounce everything you present in your argument if you stretch one or two facts.

    It is the polar opposite of fortuitous that this strategy is regularly employed in important debates like global warming and minimum wage.

  2. Re:Oversimplifications on How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What's Not (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 1
    My morning gibberish is inspired by equal parts caffeine, optimism, and wonder.

    The evening stuff is more cynical, exploding with hints of honey'd raisin, main cinnamon and self-indulgent candy notices.

  3. Sitting too much, much? on Sitting Too Much Ages You By 8 Years (time.com) · · Score: 1
    Some things are common sense. Most of us would agree we feel better if we get a bit of exercise, and that remaining in the same position for hours makes us feel like crap... excluding a good night's sleep.

    Beware of the autoplayer, and beware of things that begin with Studies have shown... and then attempt to ascribe a definitive value like eight years off your life.

  4. Oversimplifications on How the Human Brain Decides What Is Important and What's Not (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny
    An example in the article is how we learn to focus on the speed and proximity of vehicles when crossing the street, rather than their colors.

    Is that what makes the rabbit rush out of danger and then dart back under the wheels? My Lapine is a bit rusty, but are they shouting, "Oooo, look at the candy apple red on that pretty truck!"?

    Hundreds, maybe thousands, of ingrained calculations are at work when you cross a busy street... unless you're a millenial on a cell phone.

  5. Re:Minus 20% VAT on Apple Increases App Store Prices By 25% Following Brexit Vote (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    The USD rally will not continue, and similarly, the GBP depression won't either. Once these corrections take place, what then? Is Apple going to revise their policy once more?

    Even supposing your calculations are prophetic, not pathetic, I think the safe money's on a slower response to negative price evaluation.

  6. You'll just need to agree to the new terms of service, which will be available once the deal is completed.

    Rooting for the Google Sky Map version.

  7. Re:Washing & reusing Ziploc baggies on AT&T Shuts Down 2G Network, Ends Cellular Connectivity For Original iPhone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't you one profane motherfucker!

  8. Well plagued, sir, well plagued.

  9. Re:Washing & reusing Ziploc baggies on AT&T Shuts Down 2G Network, Ends Cellular Connectivity For Original iPhone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    I dislike the disposable culture of today, given that we cannot infinitely replace old electronics with a finite supply of building materials.

    As long as you can live with the knowledge that your miserly tendencies are cheating a 25th Century landfill miner out of rare earth elements.

  10. Tesla will have a beta version next week, but will have to roll it back because it causes the car to drive into the nearest tree. Elon Musk will somehow blame both the driver and the tree in one fell tweet.

    That was Paul Walker, and it was a Porsche.

    To be fair, Paul Walker was the passenger in that accident.

    I imagine one's perspective of the value of everyone else getting the hell out of the way is in direct proportion to the likelihood he's a passenger in the ambulance.

  11. Washing & reusing Ziploc baggies on AT&T Shuts Down 2G Network, Ends Cellular Connectivity For Original iPhone (macrumors.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Originally released in June of 2007 and discontinued in 2008

    If you're still using a phone you've had for 9.5 years, my hat's off to you, you thrifty bastard.

  12. Re:IT is amazing on Caffeine May Counter Age-Related Inflammation, Says Study (stanford.edu) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This. In addition, it seems a safe bet the the sugary, cream-laden concoctions that pass for coffee at Fivebucks negate any possible health benefit of caffeine consumption.

  13. So. on Study Finds Link Between Profanity and Honesty (neurosciencenews.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As dishonesty and profanity are both considered deviant they are often viewed as evidence of low moral standards.

    Purported links between honesty and profanity being what they are, it seems worthy of experimentation by scientific method to determine if deviant is at all relatively rare, and thus, deviant at all.

  14. Re:They said they want us to die... on Apple To Offer 32GB of Desktop RAM, Kaby Lake In Top-End 2017 MacBook Pro, Says Analyst (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1
    Dang! Took a piss all over Apple.

    Well sprayed, coward, well sprayed.

  15. About what you pay the paperboy? on Oculus Accused of Destroying Evidence, Zuckerberg To Testify In $2 Billion Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ZeniMax is seeking $2 billion in damage, which matches the value that Facebook paid for Oculus in 2014. The trial is expected to last three weeks.

    If the Instagram and Whatsapp overtures are taken into account, that could loosely translate into tens of dollars.

  16. Re:I'm a maintence guy in an apartment building... on AT&T Denies Refunds For DirecTV Now Customers, Despite the Service's Performance Issues (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Re:I'm a maintence guy in an apartment building...

    That is fortuitous. I'm in 310. The garage disposer is on the fritz and the heeter is out intermittently.

  17. I hope I can spell "Epiphany" on AT&T Denies Refunds For DirecTV Now Customers, Despite the Service's Performance Issues (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the rep told them specifically: "We do not currently have a policy in place to offer any refunds."

    As a business owner, it had never occurred to me to present such a clever argument.

  18. Re:There will be no train on California's Bullet Train Hurtles Towards a Multibillion-Dollar Overrun (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    High speed rail will tie these two great regions even closer together, compensate for our overcrowded highways and airports, and benefit the entire state.

    Sure, but wouldn't that scenario be good for the State of California, and thus, less inspirational for the "government is always wrong" posting numbers?

  19. Can I quote you on that?

    The Guardian has created a big name for itself for the massive scoops it has delivered.

    Sometimes this leads to the unrealistic expectation that the scoops can keep being manufactured at a steady rate. Trying too hard much?

  20. My guess is Trump'll blame the bumblee deaths on a conspiracy of his enemies in league with NASA and NOAA in league with other bumblebees.

    If you didn't get todays Trump big conspiracy, he just said that Democrats and Republicans had conspired to make up the Russian spy claims, and its all the work of political sleazebag operatives. He promises a new report within 90 days that will totally exonerate Russia.

    Sad to see the bumblebee endangered, but it is equally unpleasant to witness the near extinction of respectable politicians. I'm not a fan of Trump, but if the media had done a better job of delivering news instead of trying to influence opinion, we wouldn't be in this wagon.

    Repeated attempts to spin everything positive or negative, depending of the sphere of intended influence, has worn thin on folks and made the crooked press a mud-slinging that sticks.

  21. They have plenty of company on Amazon Just Got Slapped With a $1 Million Fine For Misleading Pricing (recode.net) · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Amazon is not alone in this practice. (beware the autoplayer)

    As long as people value the ephemeral bargain of the markdown, instead of the actual product value, this retail trick will never die.

  22. Re: How Many Babies Died For Your Stem Cells? on Scientists Use Stem Cells To Regenerate the External Layer of a Human Heart (indy100.com) · · Score: 3, Informative
    Quite. Since GW Bush was president, it has been possible to remove embryonic stem cells without harming the fetus.

    It's just not necessary, unless researchers need totipotent cells, since pluripotent cells are what's being discussed here.

  23. Re:More than decade old news on Implantable Cardiac Devices Could Be Vulnerable To Hackers, FDA Warns (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    So, just like every internet accessible medical device ever.

  24. Perhaps the Grey Goo will get us after all on Pentagon Successfully Tests Micro-Drone Swarm (phys.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a link to a neat video of the exercise.

  25. Marketing, my arse on Apple's iPhone Turns 10 (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 1

    ...and to the horror of its rivals, everyone wanted one.

    It's almost as if the people who make these purchasing decisions are unpredictable.